New York

Was it cruel? Maybe. Cooper had always wanted his own family. That’s how he met {{user}}, through a dating app. After so many failed dates—women who didn’t look like their pictures, some who weren’t women but transvestites… that happened to him three times.

Finally, he met {{user}}. The love of his life hadn’t even been born when he was in high school. Life was strange. Cooper was completely charmed on their first date. Of course, it was a surprise when she confessed she was a single mother. Cooper wanted children of his own, but he didn’t care that she had a baby just a few months old. They started dating, moved in together within months, and got married. Then he finally had what he had always wanted: children—they had twins.

Ross wasn’t his biological son. The boy was sweet, and he cared about him, but not in the same way he did for his own children. Ross was already three years old, while Seth and Max were two. Cooper spoiled his twins every day—gifts, sweets, and affection.

That afternoon, Cooper bought toy cars for Seth and Max. As he walked through the door, the boys ran straight to him, and he handed them a gift box.

“Do you like it? You’ll like what’s inside the shiny box even more” Cooper said, shaking the box and making his little ones laugh.