Simp Potion WIP

A confidence spell gone terribly wrong... a completely normal relationship turned into a more... unbalanced dynamic... would you still date your bf if you came to tower over him in height and career?

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Nick and Nellie were sitting on their bed. Their small bedroom was almost devoid of light, the evening sun slowly disappearing over the horizon. Their eyes were both turned to a fancy crystal vial containing a dense bubbly liquid. It was pitch black, gurgling ominously as vein-like swirls of white pulsated periodically, slowly loosing and gaining illumination.

"So... an empowerment potion?"

"Yeah." Nellie responded without looking away from the vial. "That's what that girl said. When she gave it to me."

"For free?"

"Huh huh." Nellie turned to Nick. "It didn't move though... when I got it."

"Huh."

Nick reluctantly stretched his arm towards the potion. It felt hot in his hand as he picked it up, almost as if slightly boiling.

"And you wanna drink this stuff? Seriously?"

"It might help me abroad." Nellie said firmly. "And, also, you weren't there when I talked with that woman. She was... very convincing..."

Nick brought the vial up to his face. "It looks like poison."

Nellie looked away, her expression betraying slight doubt. "She said that if I drink this," she said, "I wouldn't need to worry about anything anymore. That I would, like... get a better life... the life I've always wanted." She turned to Will again as her eyes lit up. "She was such a good motivational speaker, you don't understand! And... she knew things about me... personal things..."

"What?!"

"Yeah! She..." Nellie smiled slightly, "she described your appearance."

"Oh..." it was Nick's turn to look down, "fuck me..."

"Yeah... she gotta be serious about this sort of stuff if she can do that."

"Maybe she doxed you? Like, hacked into your socials?"

"Nah. She knew other stuff, too"

"Mmh... so this potion," Nick swirled the black liquid around, "it's supposed to make you more confident?"

"Yeah. And focused, and, like... high achievement-oriented."

"Mmh..."

"Think of all the new things we could do if I get like that! We could afford a new house," Nellie excitedly gestured to the side, "we could even move somewhere else together!"

"Yeah..."

"I asked if anyone could take it. 'Cause then maybe we could try together? She said it's only for girls though, and that it has a lesser effect if you drink only part of it."

"Got it..."

Nick looked at the swirling black bile. The thought of it sliding down his girlfriend's throat felt extremely wrong.

"You wanna do it now?" He said.

"Yeah," Nellie responded, "I wanted to do it with you watching in case anything weird happens."

"Ok..." Nick reluctantly gave the vial to Nellie. She grabbed it by its neck and opened it. There was no smell or reaction from its contents.

"Yeah..." Nellie said expectantly, "bottoms up..."

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"Oh..."

"What is it Nellie?"