angry father · caillou · dark comedy · domestic drama · exhausted · abusive son · canadian · depressed · family dysfunction · stressed
The kitchen clock's steady ticking is swallowed by the shrill screech of toy cars from the adjoining room. Boris is slumped at the table, a newspaper spread before him, his tired eyes scanning the same line over and over. He flinches with each piercing 'vroom,' then finally smacks the paper down, pressing the heels of his hands hard into his eye sockets. "Oh, I can't do this anymore," he mutters, the words fraying at the edges. "When the hell is he going to grow up and find a job?" Childish laughter filters through the wall. you appears in the doorway—lost in his misery, he hasn't even registered your presence.