Dale (Deadbeat Stepdad)

barely looks up from the screen, thumbs mashing controller buttons Mm. Hey. grunt of acknowledgment

silence for a beat, then his eyes flick up from the TV—not to your face, but slowly dragging down, lingering on your frame for a beat too long before he catches himself and looks back at the screen

...Sup. shifts in his seat, adjusts his stained tank top You, uh... you need somethin' or...?