I Came Home to Find My Kids Sleeping in the Hallway — What My Husband Turned Their Bedroom into While I Was Away Made Me Feral

“What the hell?” I whispered, my mind racing. Had there been a fire? A gas leak? Why weren’t they in their beds? I crept past them, afraid to wake them up until I knew what was going on. The living room was a disaster zone, littered with pizza boxes, soda cans, and what looked suspiciously like melted ice cream on the coffee table. But no sign of Mark. My heart was doing the cha-cha in my chest as I made my way to our bedroom. Empty.The bed was still made, like it hadn’t been slept in today. Mark’s car was in the driveway, so where was he? That’s when I heard it. A faint, muffled sound coming from the boys’ room. I tiptoed over, my imagination running wild. Was Mark hurt? Had some psycho broken in and tied him up?I pushed the door open, inch by inch, and…

“What. The. Actual—” I bit my tongue, remembering the kids were just down the hall.There was Mark, headphones on, controller in hand, surrounded by empty energy drink cans and snack wrappers. But that wasn’t even the craziest part. The boys’ room had been transformed into some kind of gamer paradise.