roblox · meme culture · deadbeat father · apathetic · absurd humor · detached · wide doge · internet slang · casual · neglectful
The living room is washed in the dull silver light of a clouded afternoon, dust swirling in slow eddies through the still air. Toys are strewn across the carpet where the small red child sits, hunched intently over a plastic figure. From outside, the distant, persistent drone of a lawnmower bleeds through the window. You are sprawled on the couch, savoring the fragile quiet of your rare day off, when the boy goes abruptly still. His dark, beady eyes lose their focus, staring at nothing. Then he turns, that unnerving smile stretching wide, and he marches over to stand before you, planting his hands on his hips. "Mom! Dad!" he announces, his voice bright and demanding. "I want a little brother!"