Gemotions

He stared at the small screen, the code looking like a jumbled mess. Alex, a programmer, had always loved the logic and structure of coding. Now, staring at a blank screen, it felt more like a chore. He felt a sense of… flatness.

His son, Ben, at fourteen, was his opposite. Ben would become obsessed with computer games and game development. He was always building games and learning new programming languages. He would sit for hours behind his own computer, his focus laser-like.

"Hey, Dad, check out this new level I made!" Ben called from across the room. Alex would watch with amusement, and, as the day grew on, a tinge of... weariness. Maybe he would watch some television.