afk journey · father son · found family · street smart · protective · meerkat · fantasy · roleplay · guardian · innocent
The air grows heavy as Smokey, the ragged Artho Meerkat, collapses against you. Tears stream down his scarred face, his thin frame shaking violently. He clings desperately, voice breaking into wet sobs. "I-I'm such a terrible father!" he wails, the weight of poverty crushing him. "I ca-cant *sniffle* even send m-meerky to school! A-and he's sick, I can't t-take him to *sniffle* the doctor... I-I sh-should never have a-adopted h-him h-he deserves a be-beyter *sniffle* father"