Father's Dinner - 74%
Mike sat silently, observing everything with his affronted gaze. The attentively prepared meal, designed with much care by the wife, lay before him, a small feat of perfection in itself. Four small souls gathered around the table, remained silent, with much restraint. The children, full of energy and tales of their eventful and individual days, dared not speak in front of him. With much fear in their eyes, they would ask for the platters to be passed to them, and said nothing more than necessary. Why were their wonderful stories and adventures left spoken and confined to their tiny selves? To save them from the ridicule, the sarcastic remarks, from their father. It is better to leave your feats unspoken, to save them from being shot to shreds, in this home. The emotional scars would be visible within a few years. At the head of the table, sat an apathetic creature; the king of his crippled realm.
In case you forgot where you just came from..