Yep, another NSL-au, but this one is a unique one, taking place before Dexter v. Jimmy: Dawn of Justice as a motive for Dexter's behavior.
It was a beautiful night at Grammer's (Guess the restaurant) as the Louds (minus a certain White haired boy) was having a fancy dinner at the Olive Garden. It has been a great week for the Louds, their cousin, Dexter won another science fair prize, Lynn won a championship game, and Rita got a promotion.
"What a week." Lynn said, happily.
"Yeah, I know!" Lynn Sr. said. "Our family's getting all the good luck in the world, if Grimey could see us now, he'd be spinning in his bed! He might as well shear those counted sheep!"
Luan laughed as she said, "Good one, Dad, but that delivery was a little tiring!"
Lori laughs as she said, "That is literally funny!"
The Loud Family continues to eat the delicious food at the resturant, unaware that Lincoln is watching in heartbreak. This is hard, sad and at the same time cringeworthy. To him, it feels as if Lincoln is still a punching bag of misery and a burden to his family, the guy needs some love or at least comfort.
"All this because I wanted free time?" Lincoln asks himself. "How could this get any worse?"
As if on cue, it starts to drizzle outside. Feeling dejected, Lincoln runs away from the restaurant in tears.
In the restaurant, the waitress arrives as she said, "Will you be having any desert?"
"Well, what would you offer?" Luna asks.
"Either tossed salad and scrambled eggs or "Doyle's Cookie Ice Cream desert"."
"We'll have a few of those!" Rita said.
"It will be ready in 9 minutes." The waitress said.
Unbeknownst to any of them, Lincoln found himself in downtown royal woods, the crime infested part of town as he stopped crying and shuddered.
Suddenly, his phone starts to ring. He answers, "Hello?"
"Lincoln, a moment of your time?" An accented kid was heard.
"Thanks Dexter, I really needed someone to talk to." Lincoln replied.
"What's wrong?" Dexter asks.
Then, Lincoln told everything about how he was forced to live outside of the house because of the louds' superstitious beliefs. He only wanted time to himself, and this is what he gets in return? Lynn blaming him for her loss in the first game, being casted aside by his whole family? Dexter's reaction wasn't even close to being horrified.
"They've gotta be kidding!" Dexter said, incredulously.
"And after I saw them in Grammer's, I saw that they were having a great time without me. I'm starting to believe that they never really cared for me at all." Lincoln sniffed.
"Are...you sure?" Dexter said, concerned.
"Yeah, because every time I make a mistake, like post my sisters embarrassing moments on YouTube, or even get the Van ruined, or even get them banned from the Store, everyone even my parents are quick to give up on me. It's almost as if they like everyone in the family but me. Because they have the gall to throw me out of my room and take away my privileges all because Lori and Leni fought over a dress, ignore me because they can't learn to laugh at theirselves, they blame me without giving me a chance to prove my innocence, or basically make me the butt-monkey of the family!" Lincoln sobbed before his voice turned into anger.
"Geez..." Dexter said. "Well, I can let you live with me if you'd like."
A tearful Lincoln was about to take up on his offer, he may not hate his family, but he needs some time apart from them. Despite all the bad times and good times, he's unsure if he could trust his family, maybe he can get advice about how to handle his situation from his Uncle Jeff and Aunt Kate. Just as Lincoln was about to say yes, he bumps into 2 strangers with a long leather jacket as the 1st stranger said, "Hey, gimme all your money, shitbag."
"Leave me alone..." Lincoln said, wistfully.
Before he could finish talking to Dexter, he noticed that the stranger wielding a handgun on his right hand.
"Then it's your funeral, kid." The stranger said, shooting at Lincoln, giving him 3 bullets to his chest and stomach.
"Lincoln?!" Dexter said, alarmed, he heard something bad happened, what happened? The strangers left as the ran off.
Lincoln sufficated as he lost a considerable amount of blood, attracting horrified citizens to the scene of the crime. They cried out in help in various ways,
"Oh, my god! HELP!"
"Stop the bleeding!"
"Call 911, now!"
A citezen crouched down to Lincoln as he said, "Hang in there, son."
"It keeps flowing!" A woman said, concerned.
Suddenly, Lincoln started to close his eyes, about to pass out.
"Oh, no!" An elderly man gasps.
"Stay with me, son. Come on!" The man said, crouched near Lincoln, but Lincoln closed his eyes and fell to his side, limp.
"He's gone..." The man said, shocked.
"Poor kid, he didn't deserve this."
"Where's his family?"
Lincoln Loud was dead. All the citizens watched in sadness and shock at a little boy dying in the cold. But on the end of the phone, sad was nothing compared to how furious Dexter is. Whoever shot Lincoln is going to pay dearly, and as for Lincoln's family, may lord have mercy on what Dexter is going to do to them.