thing can be possible.”
“Mom!” Jack couldn’t help but raise his voice. “Aren’t you going to say something? She’s suggesting that we-“
“I know, sweetie.” Rebecca rubbed slightly above his knee and smiled at him, determination and love bleeding together and forming something new on her face. “And… I think she’s right.”
“Jack, just listen to me.” Molly turned her attention to him, seeing that his mom had was already convinced. “The world that we knew, that you grew up in, it doesn’t exist anymore. Everything has changed. I know how weird it must be, even to just think about it, but you have to understand how important it is right now, of all times, to keep an open mind.”
Keep an open mind? To fucking my own mother? This is insane!
“Look, let me put it this way. The old social standards, the judgments and traditions of society, those don’t apply if there is no society!” Molly ran her hand across her face and shook her head.
“Molly, this is my mother that you’re talking about! I’m her son!” Jack desperately looked over at Rebecca for backup. “Mom, say something! You know what she’s suggesting! Things would never be the same between us again. Hell, even just thinking about it makes me…”
He trailed off.
Makes me what?
“I should have waited a while longer before bringing this to discussion,” said Molly. “I’m sorry for making you uncomfortable Jack. Just keep in mind that from where I’m sitting, yes, I see the two of you as mother and son. But I also see a man and woman, an attractive man and an attractive woman, both of breeding age. I see… potentially, the future of the human race.”
Jack was speechless. Molly was staring at him through the screen, and his mom, too, was waiting for a reply. He looked over at her, noticing her large breasts, silky hair, and trim waist as though for the very first time.
She’s still my mom. How is this even being suggested?
“I’ll talk to him about it tonight, Molly,” said Rebecca. She turned to Jack and squeezed his thigh again. It felt vaguely sexual to him, and he wasn’t sure if it was intentional or just due to the circumstances.
“Thanks, Rebecca,” said Molly. “And Jack?”
He looked up at her, still too stunned to be able to think straight.
“If this really makes you that uncomfortable, just put it out of your head for now.” She smiled at him. “I didn’t mean to drop a bomb on you, but it’s hard for me to be so subtle when it comes to something so important. Hell, if it was me in that bomb shelter with you, we probably already would have gotten started by now!”
Jack didn’t laugh. Molly scratched her head awkwardly and then leaned in a little closer to the webcam.
“Anyway, I have to get back to scanning the channels for a bit,” she said. “Just relax, keep an open mind, and be grateful for the fact that the two of you are still alive! Talk to you guys soon!”
“Bye…” Jack whispered and then watched as the communication ended. Instantly, the screen jumped back to the zombie TV show that had been on before Molly’s call.
“Jack… sweetie.” Rebecca turned to him, forcing a smile onto her face and rubbing his leg. “I know that was a lot to take in. We don’t even have to talk about it. We can wait until you feel ready.”
“You say that as though I’m the only one with objections,” he replied. “You’re… fine with this? Fine with the two of us…?”
He couldn’t finish his sentence. She was his mother, the woman who had raised him, cared for him all his life. Rebecca blushed and bit her bottom lip.
“I’m not sure I’d say that I’m fine with it, but if it’s the only option…” She walked over to his chair and leaned over it, dangling her large breasts in his face. “It’s not exactly like there are any other options. Even artificial insemination would require equipment that we don’t have.”
“That’s… I mean, even if that’s true,
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