And The Silver Spoon

A few months after Theo's birthday, the questions about The Bolt persisted.

But it wasn't just the Bolt. You've noticed your son develop an abnormal obsession with all sorts of old superheroes.

You knock softly on his bedroom door one night. He is lying on his stomach on the ground making a presentation for class. You step over the cut paper, the gluesticks, and the scissors.

"Heyo," he says, not looking up.

You freeze in his doorframe.

Theo's bedroom walls are covered top to bottom in superhero memorabilia. Posters, replicas of helmets, mini plastic replicas of weapons, and more grace every square inch of Theo's space.

You feel your heart sink.

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