TW: swearing, Michael and Alec get into a fight. This is a few months after 'Brother's Home'

“M-Michael I dunno, w-what if Randy doesn’t w-wanna see me after the crap I p-pulled…” Alec mumbled softly, and Michael put his hand on his older brother’s arm and smiled.

“Alec, he loves you like how I love Jeremy, I’m sure he’ll wanna see his boyfriend again.” Michael was trying not to upset his brother, it was bad enough his brother wouldn’t visit because of Eric being a Squip, but Rich’s brother was visiting and he wanted Alec to see his boyfriend again before he left….again...if he did.

“B-But….But what i-if he doesn’t…”

“That’s it, I’m callin’ Rich and you’re seeing your boyfriend okay?”

“M-Michael-”

“No. No buts. This is love, and I’m not letting it die. I have listened to Randy cry over you for hours on end, and I’ve cried about you for hours on end, so you’re going to go at least see him.” Michael was firm but not violent, causing Alec to nod slowly.

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ichael was dragging a stubborn Alec to Rich and Jake’s front doorstep, and when he opened the door, Ryla and Ryland burst out, running away from none other than Randy himself, who was chasing them with a Jason Mask on. Michael got a laugh out of this before Randy seen him and stopped.

“Michael what are you doin’ over here?” He asked and Michael pushed Alec in front of him.

“H-Hey...Randy…” Alec mumbled and Randy’s eyes widened as he realized who it was. He threw the mask into the  house and ran over to Alec, picking him up and spinning, planting the boy’s face with joy filled kisses.

“What the hell ith going on out here?” Rich walked out and looked over at a victorious Michael and then back at his brother and Alec. “Ith that your brother?” Michael nodded and Rich laughed a bit to himself, mainly because at one point he thought Michael himself was kinda cute and seeing their brothers in a romantic situation is just ironic in that sense.

Randy finally put a dizzy Alec down, and the slightly shorter male was smiling for the first time in a while.

“When the hell did you get outta rehab!?” Randy yelled and Alec shrugged slightly, not really wanting to talk about it. “Ya know what, I don’t give a damn about when you got out because I’m just glad you’re here.” He cuddled into Alec and Alec just let it happen, blushing intensely.

“Get a room you two.” Rich yelled as he ran over to get his kids away from Jake’s grill before they burned something, and both older siblings turned red to the face, causing Michael to chuckle. “Ryla get the hell away from that fire or I’ll have your dad come out here and give you a thpankin!!” Rich was dragging his daughter away from the grill, and Ryland was slowly following behind. “Kidth, am I right Michael?”

“Wait, Michael has kids?” Randy asked and Michael nodded, pulling out his phone and finding a family photo he had had his mothers take of him, Jeremy, Eric, and their sons. “Oh my God you actually married Jeremy….I fuckin’ knew it. Also your kids are adorable but umm...who is this?” He was pointing to Eric, and Alec noticed this and fell out of the cuddle. “Babe, what’s wrong?”

“That’s t-the same thing t-that took me away from you...o-only ‘it’s human now’ according to Jeremy.” Alec mocked Jeremy for a second, causing Michael to turn tense.

“What you mean...the Squip?” Randy asked and Alec nodded, throwing the hood of his black sweatshirt over his head and hiding in his boyfriend’s chest.

“It isn’t evil anymore Randy, I assure you. Maybe YOU can talk some sense into Alec about it. Hell the thing almost ruined my life and I trust it with my fucking CHILDREN. Small tiny children who are easy targets. I let them near an ‘evil’ super computer.” There was also mockery in Michael’s words as he turned his phone off and put it in his pocket quickly.

“R-Randy I swear that thing isn't human. Its e-eyes still glow. They're e-electric blue. It's not human.”

“Alec please use correct pronouns.” Michael was really getting agitated. He loved his brother, of course, but he also loved Eric like family.

“Oh am I not calling t-the computer a h-human gender?”

“Eric isn't a computer Alec. He's a human like us. He has heart, emotions, guilt, he regrets what he did and knows it was wrong, and he cares about all of us. He actually cried the night he first realized how much he fucked up because it hurt him that he caused Jeremy all that damn pain. If that doesn't mean he's changed, then I dunno what the hell does!!” Michael wiped tears off his face and ran off towards his house, not eve getting in his PT Cruiser.

“M-Michael...I just w-wanna keep you safe from i-it…” Alec whispered, and Randy gently combed his hair as they watched the angry Michael storm off.