Hello! This is my first story ever, so please be gentle. I will update fairly regularly!
I do not own anything but the plot.
Of Mothers and Sons
"Ugh, another redo project it looks like."
Cornelius Robinson stood looming over his latest invention trying to figure out where the smoke was coming from this time. Franny would not be happy if they had to call the fire department for a fourth time in six months. But he was so close to getting the product to work! If he could just find out what caused the short...
*Ding Dong*
"Wilbur, honey? Will you get that?" Cornelius heard his wife, Franny, call from downstairs.
That was weird, they weren't expecting anyone, but you never knew who wanted to make some sort of good impression with the "Father of the Future" by showing up to his house with their new invention. Because who wouldn't want that?
Cornelius rolled his eyes while searching blindly for a wrench with his left hand, his right one still probing the top of the machine.
He heard the door to his lab creak open.
He heard a strained, "Cornelius?" come from the doorway. Franny.
Cornelius whipped around, nearly burning his hand on a metal rod in the process, and took in the sight of his wife.
The expression on her face was somewhere between upset, angry, and confused. His brow furrowed. Who could it have been at the door to make his normally bold and cheery wife that upset?
Cornelius stood up straight and faced her after making sure his hands were somewhat clear of motor oil. He was halfway to her when he noticed something in her hands. Even more concerned now, he continued over to Franny and placed his hands on her arms.
"Fran?" He tried to catch her eyes with his, but she was staring down at what looked like to be a thick piece of paper. "What's wrong? Who was at the door?"
Franny took a deep breath and handed him the paper.
"It was a woman… claiming to be your mother."
Cornelius felt himself run cold. His heart skipping a beat as he took the paper from his wife's hands.
"And unlike the others that pretended to be your biological mother, she had this."
Cornelius looked down and unrolled the paper. It was in a tight coil from Franny wringing it in her hands. He glanced down at the paper, then back up to Franny.
It was a birth certificate. His birth certificate.