Alex sat down on the bed wearing a grim, tired look on his face as he had his eyes fixed on his feet, which for some reason were extremely swollen. The morning light spilling through the tall windows only made it worse, highlighting every inch of the puffiness like his body was trying to mock him in broad daylight.
"What?" he muttered slowly as he crouched, bringing one foot closer to inspect it. His fingers pressed lightly against the skin, and he immediately gagged when he saw how the flesh sank under the pressure before slowly rising back into place, like something alive and wrong beneath the surface.
"No… no, that's not normal," he said under his breath, pulling his hand away quickly as if the contact itself offended him. He straightened slightly, still staring at his feet like they had personally betrayed him overnight, his brows furrowing deeper the longer he looked.
It hadn't been like this yesterday.
At least… he didn't think it had.
