"I want you to have this." Xavier handed his favorite butterfly knife to his eight-year-old son.

The little boy gasped, then looked up at his dad. "But this is your favorite knife?"

"Mhm, and I want you to have it."

The little boy smiled and looked down at the white-gold butterfly knife in his small hand. He flicked it open and his smile widened. The sharp, flat blade was being held in place by the two white-gold handles that had vipers engraved into it. The family name, Genovese, was engraved into the left handle, proving that he's a son of the Genovese family.

"Thank you, Daddy!" He jumped on his dad and hugged him tightly. "I'll take care of it, I promise."

"Good." Xavier kissed his temple, then picked him up.

"Dad!"

Xavier sat up from the grass, Lucio now sitting on his lap. He watched his nine-year-old run toward him, but smiled when he skidded to a halt before kneeling in front of his dad.

"Pops said that you were giving Lucio your favorite knife. Is that true?" He leaned forward, then gasped when his brother held up the white-gold knife. "But that's not fair!"

Xavier laughed softly, and pulled his oldest son on his right thigh. He kissed both of his son's cheeks, then wrapped his arms tightly around them. "I already gave you my favorite bracelet when you turned eight, Georgie. You're not happy with it?"

Georgie stilled, then quickly shook his head. "No, I am, but Lucio got a knife..."

"And you got two of your pops' best knives, Georgie. You and Luci are equal." Xavier told his son, but the latter pouted.

"Ok..." Georgie looked over at his younger brother and saw how intense his brother was staring up at their dad. He could see the admiration he was holding for their dad, and he felt the exact same way about their family. "Mm, Luci?"

The much smaller boy turned to him. "Hm?"

"Can I see the knife, please? I just want to hold it."

Lucio nodded and handed the knife over to his brother, pressing his side closer to their dad's chest. He received a kiss on the head, so he happily relaxed in his dad's hold.

Georgie marveled at the details on the handles, and ran his fingers over their family name. He flicked the knife open and smiled. "It's so cool and sharp."

"Yup. I always keep my knives clean and sharp so that they can be ready to use." Xavier patted his first son's head, then took the knife from his hand. He closed the knife, then gave it back to Lucio. "Take care of it well, and don't lose it."

"Yes!" Lucio nodded and tucked the knife away in his front pocket, moving off Xavier's lap at the same time as his brother.

Xavier got up, then grabbed his boys' hands as they walked back to their home. They were in the wooded area in their backyard, so they didn't have to walk too far to reach their home.

Georgie let go of his dad's hand, then ran to open the backdoor and ran inside. He was quickly grabbed and he screamed when he was tossed into the air before being caught by someone else. He looked up and smiled, meeting a pair of dark-blue eyes and gentle green ones.

"Papa, why'd you throw me like that?" He pouted at the green-eyed man, getting a playful smirk in return.

"You already know that you'll be caught by your pops, Georgie. You shouldn't worry much about it...unless your pops stops catching you once you're too big to carry." Enzo laughed at Georgie's wide eyes, rubbing the younger boy's golden-brown hair which matched Enzo and his older cousin's hair.

"Pops," Georgie turned to look at the man with dark-blue eyes, "will you really stop catching me when I'm too big to carry?"

Amir rolled his eyes and glared at Enzo, who was too busy with their lover and their other son. "You're already so big at only nine, Georgie. You'll get bigger as you grow older, so you'll get heavy because of the muscles you'll get from training. I won't be able to carry you when you're older, but I'm still carrying you now, right?"

Georgie stared at his pops, then nodded. "Yeah..."

"Then don't worry about the future, and worry about how I'm still able to carry you right now." He flipped his son around and held him upside down by the foot, earning small giggles and screams.

"Bubba, I want to do that! I want to do that! My turn!"

Amir looked all the way down at the smaller boy. The little boy had the biggest light-brown eyes he had seen with messy, curly, golden-brown hair. His short, average height for an eight-year-old boy showed that he wouldn't grow to be as tall as his first son, but he knew that he would be just as strong.

"I want to go, Bubba! Please?!"

Amir smiled and nodded. He leaned down and picked up the much lighter boy, grabbing him by the ankle before turning him upside down. Lucio screamed and laughed, looking at his parents with a big smile.

Xavier simply shook his head, while Enzo held two thumbs up to Amir, but quickly received a light smack on the back of the head from his lover. "Don't encourage him, Enzo."

"Why? The boys love it."

"What if Amir drops them and the boys get hurt? I'll be blaming the both of you if they get injured." He looked up when he heard louder screams, then covered his mouth as he watched Amir spin around with the kids. "Amir! You're going to drop them!"

"No, I won't." Amir laughed and continued to spin around until the boys whined about feeling dizzy. "See? They're fine."

He placed both of the boys down on the floor and they laid there. Lucio and Georgie watched the ceiling spin and mumbled about how dizzy and sick they were feeling.

Xavier glared at his tallest lover and watched him chuckle awkwardly. "They're fine. They're-"

The three grown men looked down and Xavier shook his head, hearing both of his lovers make noises of disgust. "You're both cleaning it up."

Xavier walked over to the two boys and helped them stand up. "It's your bath time anyways, so let's go clean you boys up."

Amir and Enzo were left behind to clean both of their sons' vomit, while they went upstairs to bathe. Enzo covered his mouth and gagged.

"Why is it that color?"

"Why is it brown?" Amir turned away, and groaned. "That's disgusting..."

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"Get away from me, Vito!" Lucio screamed as he was chased by one of his cousins.

"It's just a caterpillar!"

The rest of the family watched from the outside table as Lucio was chased with a caterpillar.

Enzo sighed and his eyes followed his twelve-year-old son's body as he ran across the yard. He spoke up. "For being such a strong boy—oh...now he's crying."

"Vito!" Marco yelled for his younger son, but then quickly got up and made his way to the pair as Lucio pulled his knife out and faced Vito. "Wait, Luci!"

Gio groaned and stretched his legs out. "Vito never learns."

"Like father, like son." Manuel mumbled and received daggers in the side of his head from Gio.

"Not true." Gio huffed and crossed his arms. "Tony's the same as Vito."

"No, he's not."

"Dad, I sat on Frankie's flower crown and he punched me."

Manuel turned to his son and furrowed his brows when he saw the slightly reddened area on Tony's jaw. "Was it an accident?"

"No, I did it on purpose."

"Papa, Tony sat on my flower crown." Frankie came over and held up the flattened yellow and red flower crown to his papa. "I punched his face."

Eddie glanced at Manuel with a prideful smile and rubbed his own son's head. "Just make a new one, Frankie."

"M'kay." Frankie walked away and Eddie leaned back in his seat with a soft smile.

"At least I have a well-behaved son."

"Yeah, a boring one." Gio mumbled and was hit with a cup full of water.

"Don't talk shit about my child. You're just jealous that my son actually listens to me." Eddie scoffed and Gio whined as Marco came over with a crying Lucio and a pouting Vito following close behind.

Vito ran over to his pops and was picked up. "Pops, Lucio killed the caterpillar."

Gio laughed softly. "You were chasing him with it, Vito. Did you think he was going to pet it?"

Marco gently kissed Lucio's head and set him on Enzo's lap. "Sorry about Vito, Luci, you already know he's a meanie."

Lucio hiccuped. "I-It's ok, Uncle."

"Are you alright, baby?" Enzo asked as he cupped the back of Lucio's head.

"Mhm." Lucio rubbed his eyes and sniffled. "I just don't l-like bugs, Papa."

"I know, but it's gone now." Enzo kissed his son's head and cradled him to his chest.

Lucio melted into his papa's arms and relaxed, tucking his head between his papa's neck and shoulder. He still hiccuped every now and then, but stopped after a while.

"The food is here!"

The back door slid open as Xavier, Amir, Jace, and Reece walked in with bags of food in their hands. All six boys ran to their parents and received hugs and kisses after they set the food down on the table. Enzo was greeted with two head kisses, one from his lover and the other from his cousin, then Lucio was taken from him.

"Are you crying, Luci?"

"Not anymore." He shook his head, and Xavier asked why he had been crying. "Vito was chasing me with a caterpillar, but I killed it."

Xavier chuckled softly, then looked down as Vito walked closer to him, then stopped with his hands behind his back. Lucio looked down at him and Vito moved his head down.

"I'm sorry, Luci." He moved his hand forward and held out a small white daisy. "Will you forgive me?"

Xavier set Lucio down and the latter rubbed his eyes, looking into amber eyes that matched his Uncle Gio's. "Ok, Vito, I forgive you."

Lucio took the daisy from Vito, then leaned forward and kissed his cheek. Vito blushed and his hand was grabbed by Lucio, receiving a bright smile.

"Let's eat our lunch together, yeah?"

Vito nodded and squeezed Lucio's fingers, returning a shy smile. "Yeah."

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"Mm, Papa, can I ask you a question?" Lucio asked Enzo, who was working in his home office.

Xavier and Amir were almost home with Georgie after taking him to the warehouse. Georgie had just turned sixteen, so it was decided that it was time for him to get more serious about the family's gang. Enzo stayed behind at home to take care of Lucio, who had been napping on his lap as he worked, but the boy woke up a few minutes earlier.

Enzo hummed, deciding to take a short break from working, so he sat back against his chair. "Yeah, go ahead, Luci."

Lucio stared at his papa, who did the exact same with an awaiting face. The boy laid his head against his papa's shoulder and slowly exhaled. "Can I kiss you?"

Enzo froze, but chuckled lightly as he rubbed his son's back. "You have been kissing me, Lucio. You kiss my cheek all the time, and I kiss yours, too. Me, your dad, and Bubba"

"No..." Lucio sat up and looked at his papa, but then blushed, suddenly regretting asking the question, but it was too late. "Well, yeah, you have, but I meant if I could kiss you...on the lips?"

This time, Enzo couldn't help but visibly freeze, making Lucio look away with dark cheeks. He chuckled quite awkwardly and scratched his arm. "I...I was just j-joking, Papa. Just pretend like I didn't ask that..."

Lucio was about to move off Enzo's lap, but his papa wrapped his arms around him to keep him in place. His head was turned and he met his papa's green eyes.

"Why do you ask that, Lucio?"

The boy's ears turned red and he shrugged. "I-I don't know. I just wanted to ask because I had been thinking about it. I love you a lot, so I wanted to try it."

Enzo chuckled, "But you already know that we love each other a lot. We cuddle and kiss each other's cheeks. Is that not enough for you, Luci? Do you want more physical touches to prove how much more we love each other?"

Enzo was spot on. Lucio indeed wanted more affectionate touches because he wanted to feel more love within their family. He wanted to show how much he really loved his family.

"Mhm..." Lucio played with his shirt and watched Enzo's eyes soften.

"Will it make you happy?" Enzo asked, and received a nod. He smiled softly and cupped Lucio's jaw, brushing his thumbs over his son's warm cheeks. "Are you sure about this, Lucio? If you don't like it, then we can stop, but it can't change anything between us, ok? You won't distance yourself from me if you don't like it, right?"

Lucio nodded again. "I promise, Papa."

Enzo smiled and leaned forward, gently placing his lips against Lucio's. He was a bit nervous that his son would want to stop, but he didn't know the effect the kiss had on Lucio.

Lucio was feeling so happy and warm, and couldn't help the little whimper of happiness from slipping out. His face went hot from embarrassment, but he didn't want to pull away. He wanted to be held even closer by his papa with nothing between them, but he knew that that would be even riskier than asking for a kiss on the lips, so he didn't say anything else.

Instead, he moved his arms around his papa's shoulders to bring their bodies closer together. He began moving his lips against his papa's, which surprised Enzo, so he pulled away. Lucio whined, then hugged his papa tightly.

"I'm so happy now, Papa." He nuzzled Enzo's neck and placed a gentle kiss. "Thank you."

Enzo didn't move at first, but pushed Lucio's shoulders back, then pulled him in for another kiss. This time, both of their lips began moving and Enzo dug his hand into his son's hair, cupping the back of his head.

Lucio felt even more happier and warm that his papa wanted another kiss that he couldn't hide his excitement. He moaned when he felt his papa's tongue push past his lips, and tried to keep up with him, but Enzo was too good for Lucio. He pulled away to catch his breath, making Enzo chuckle.

"Was I too much for you?"

Lucio nodded with a red face and pulled his shirt over his lap. "Y-Yes..."

Enzo squinted at Lucio, then looked down, his eyes widening. "You got that happy?"

Lucio nodded again, then looked away in shame. "Yes, I'm sorry, Papa. I know it's not normal, but I got really excited that I get to kiss you from now on."

His papa shook his head, then placed a chaste kiss on Lucio's lips. "Don't worry, Luci. Do you want to go fix that, or do you want to keep cuddling?"

"I...I want to go fix it." Lucio still couldn't meet his papa's eyes, so he looked at the wall behind him.

"Alright. Go fix that up, then you can come back and we can cuddle while I finish working, ok?"

"Ok." Lucio nodded, then moved off his papa's lap to go to the bathroom.

Enzo sighed once his son was out of the room and sat back against his chair. Lucio didn't feel it, but his dear papa couldn't help but get excited as well from the kiss they shared. He felt happy and warm as well, but nothing else. It was pure excitement from kissing his son with familial love, but that was it. He didn't love him more than that, and Lucio felt the same.

"Shit..." Enzo groaned and gripped the armrests of his chair. He got up, but heard the front door open, so he went down. "How was it?"

"Boring." Georgie yawned, but kissed Enzo's cheek. "Dad and Pops talked about what I already knew, but they were just going over stuff. Where's Lucio?"

"Uh, he's in the bathroom I think." Georgie nodded and went upstairs. Enzo turned to his lover and cousin. "Lucio and I kissed."

Amir blinked, while Xavier sighed. "It was only a matter of time, Puppy."

This time, Enzo blinked, then raised a single brow. "Huh?"

"You realize how our entire family is super close?" Amir asked him, but didn't let Enzo answer. "Even Manuel, Gio, Marco, and Eddie are all super close to their own kids. Our own kids are close with each other and their cousins, too. They're all just super close and things happened because of it."

"What do you mean?" Enzo asked in genuine confusion.

Amir sighed and checked the stairs. "The boys kiss each other...and probably do more."

Enzo's jaw dropped as he blinked a few times. "I didn't know that."

"Yeah." Amir nodded. "I mean, I never told you or Xavier this, but Georgie kissed me a couple years ago."

"What?!" Both Xavier and Enzo yelled at Amir, who quickly put his finger over his lips to signal them to be quiet.

"Mhm," Amir hummed, then tucked his hands into his pockets. "There's nothing too serious in it, though. It's strictly familial love, but on a next level, you know?"

"Yeah...we know." Xavier stared at Amir, then looked down as he thought about what Enzo had just said.

"Is it wrong that I got turned on?" Enzo's face turned red. "Lucio got turned on too, but he went to the bathroom to fix that. I could tell that he only got excited because he felt happy, though."

"I mean, if the kiss was good, then no." Amir shrugged again and pulled his phone out when it began ringing. "I need to take this. I'll be outside."

Amir left Xavier and Enzo behind to their thoughts. Enzo was feeling flustered since he kept thinking about the kiss with Lucio, and Xavier was thinking about their family in general. The only thing that he was thinking about was how far things would go, but he decided to stop thinking and just wait for things to happen on their own.

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Hello and welcome to any new readers! If you're a previous reader, welcome back, guys! I hope you'll stick around.

To my previous readers, as you know, this is a spin-off but a good handful of things have changed in this universe. One thing that's pretty obvious and that I had pointed out in the info chapter for TOFH was that Xavier's eight other lovers aren't going to be in this story. I decided that it would be easier to just keep Amir and Enzo since this story will be focusing on the Genovese family and the four other gangs, along with some other things, but not from Xavier's point of view.

To my new readers who've decided to stick around and continue on with this story, you don't have to read the two other stories—The One For Them or The Ones For Him—to understand this story. If I'm being honest, the other two stories are alright but you can tell that that was my first time writing considering how poorly written they are. ;-; I was going to rewrite TOFT, but I was focusing on writing new stories so I gave up on that. So...if you decide to not read those two stories, that's completely fine, you won't be missing out on anything. It's just Xavier's story, Lucio and Georgie's dad.

Other than that, I hope you all enjoy this story. :D

What do you guys think?

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed! See you all next time, BYE!!! :))

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