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   Cat’s in the Cradle by manetglazer

   Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   03 Dec 2025

   Tags

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   • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man/Waterboy
   • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
   • Waterboy (Dispatch)
   • Waterboy's Grandmother (Dispatch)
   • Robert "Robbie" Robertson | Astral Mecha Man
   • Shroud | Elliot Connors
   • Chase | Track Star (Dispatch)
   • Froyo - Character
   • Malevola (Dispatch)
   • Prism (Dispatch)
   • Sonar (Dispatch)
   • Golem | Bruno (Dispatch)
   • Invisigal | Courtney (Dispatch)
   • Coupé | Janelle (Dispatch)
   • Punch Up (Dispatch)
   • Phenomaman (Dispatch)
   • Blonde Blazer | Mandy (Dispatch)
   • Flambae | Chad (Dispatch)
   • Original Characters
   • Beef the Dog (Dispatch)
   • Humor
   • Animal Transformation
   • Character Study
   • POV Third Person Limited
   • Post-Canon
   • Fluff and Humor
   • Identity Porn
   • Technically?
   • Identity Reveal
   • Moral Dilemmas
   • Brooding
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • ideation really
   • this is robert robertson the third we’re talking about
   • Self-Deprecation
   • rob again
   • Canon-Typical Behavior
   • As in the usual HR violations & foul mouthing
   • ily z-team
   • Crack Treated Seriously
   • the manetglazer usual
   • em dash abuse
   • i put that mf to WORK
   • POV Multiple
   • my usual wombo combo of third person limited with varying povs
   • tagged robs dad cuz he haunts the narrative
   • that bitch still dead #dead
   • Pining
   • Denial of Feelings
   • that robert robertson one-two combo
   • a lot of robert lying to himself in this fic
   • robert already wants that cookie prior to the beginning of the fic but give him a moment to accept that
   • there’s lowk some blonde blazer/invisigal coupe/punch up malevola/prism vibes but nothing obvious
   • Found Family
   • Canon-Typical HR Violations (Dispatch)
   • Fluff
   • Slow Burn
   • cuz he’s a cat
   • Mutual Pining
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Literally only for the last chapter

   Summary

   Things have been good— besides some lingering regret over not killing Shroud and the careful consolidating of corporatizing Mecha Man with dispatch work, Robert’s been alright. Hell, he even bought a bed recently.

   Things spiral pretty quickly when he’s a victim of some sort of bizarro mugging and gets turned into a cat. Surprisingly, it doesn’t even rank in the top ten worst experiences of his life.

   Series

   • Part 1 of I Think You’re the Cat’s Meow

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