So as first I want to say that I am German or Russian. Actually a Russian who lives in Germany, but you get it. That means that my English isn't my mother language.

So I am sorry for every grammar mistakes ( I think I did something wrong with the tenses).

If there is someone who wants to be beta reader then tell me please :)

And I wanted to say that I will only continue if there are people who also read the story! Actually I wanted to write where Erik is Charles father but I don't have many ideas at the moment.., but yeah :)

So if you like it then yeah... tell me please what I can do better or if you have some ideas what can happen. I already have a vision but if you want some scenes then tell me :)

Okay then, have fun!

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING

The first time Erik saw Charles was when the younger brother was only one week old. Erik's mother insisted that he should visit his father and his newborn brother. She said that family was very important and it didn't matter if the brothers didn't share the same mother. Family is still family and she claimed that he would love his brother from the first sight.

She was wrong. Erik would have a distanced relationship with his brother until their parents' death.

The only reason Erik give in was because he didn't want to disappoint his parents and because he missed his father. Erik was already 13 years old and it wasn't in his nature wanting to spend time with his parents, but he still loved them very much. The reason he missed his father was because he lived in America and Erik live with his mother in Germany. They made phone calls, wrote to each other. He even spent his vacations with his father. Nevertheless it wasn't enough. But this summer he didn't have the chance to spend time with his father because of his work.

So when the phone call came with the message that his little half-brother was born, he took the chance to go see his father, not to see Charles. God, his mother would have loved to see the newborn baby. She loved children. Brian Xavier, Erik and Charles' father invited her but she had to work and explained to him that she would just interfere with the family moment. Brian didn't have the same opinion. He argued that she was a close friend, but she decided to stay home.

His parents have never married. Brian Xavier and Edie Lehnsherr had always been friends. The only reason why Erik existed was because the two of them had to much alcohol one evening and their relationships had ended.

The next morning they woke up ashamed and didn't talk for week. Then Edie found out that she was pregnant. From that moment their relationship healed because they would have a child and it wouldn't be good to the child if they didn't speak to each other.

At that time they studied in Heidelberg, Germany. Then, after university, Brian worked for a time in Germany. However when Erik turned 7 years old his father moved to England for a time and worked in Oxford University. Erik stayed with his mother in Germany, and they moved to his mother's hometown, Düsseldorf. Despite of the distance between them, Brian still visited his son very often, and spend his free time with Erik.

Then, when Erik turned ten, his father met Sharon, and they married a year later. It was love at first sight. She was a very lovely woman but Erik didn't like her. In contrast to his mother, who became Sharon's best friend.

Everyone knew that Sharon wasn't the best with children but she didn't hate them. She just didn't know how to interact with them. She was more of a party person.

It was September when Charles was born and Erik had just started a new school year. The only reason he was allowed to skip some weeks from school was because he was very good at school.

So he took the next available plane to America, where his father now lived with his new family at his family manor, and flew to New York where Brian would pick up his oldest son.

When Brian collected him from the airport Erik could have sworn that he'd never seen his father happier than in that moment.

He stood between the other people and couldn't wait to see his son a again and of course he couldn't wait for Erik to see his little brother Charles for the first time.

"Hello Erik!" Brian greeted Erik happily and waved with his hand as he saw his son among the other passengers. Erik smiled automatically.

His father was always a happy, smiling person and you would never see him angry or sad. It was like he didn't know what these emotions were. That was one of the reasons why people loved him and why he had a such good business.

Erik walked across the other people to his father. As he reached him he was taken in his father's arms into a big hug. Erik hugged him back.

"I missed you dad." Erik whispered into his father's chest. Oh yes, he missed him very much. He missed their vacations, their talks, their chess games and his father's jokes, which aren't that funny, but you have to laugh about them because it was Brian who told you them.

"I missed you too, buddy." Brian replied and held his son for a moment longer, after letting him go, he takes a step back, lays his hands on Erik's shoulders and looks at him with a proud look on his face, "You are so grown up. Can it be that you grew a little more since the last time we met?" He mocks him then, "Oh, dad...", Erik whines a little bit. He's always been tall for his age. He is almost as tall as his father and he is only thirteen! And his father knew that Erik has a problem with his height.

Brian laughs and pats Erik's head, who tries to move away from his father's hand now. Sometimes his father can be very annoying.

Brian laughs again, "Come on Erik, don't tell me that girls don't like you! Girls like tall and attractive men! I bet they are standing in a line just to talk to you. Trust me! I know what I am talking about!" He smirks at Erik with one of his charming smiles. Sometimes it can be very difficult with his father, but he is right. The girls seem to be really very attracted to him despite of his height.

Nevertheless, Erik looks away, but just to hide his now turning red cheeks. Brian sees it anyway and smirks. He has a talent for seeing things others hide of him. But he doesn't comment on it.

"Come on Erik. It's time for you to meet your little brother!" And with that Erik's mood turns automatically down, and it doesn't get better as Brian leads him to the car or as the father makes a conversation with Erik about school, his friend, his mother, and the weather…

Erik doesn't know why but he doesn't like his brother even though he hasn't even met him yet. He just knows that he could think about thousands things that he would like to do than see his brother.

When they arrive at the manor it's already evening. Sharon greets him tiredly and goes straight to bed. Not something usual for her, but she had a baby just a week ago so it's expected.

Brian claims that Charles is a very quiet baby, even quieter than Erik was.

After that, Brian and Erik visit the nursery to see the already sleeping baby. Brian smiles proudly and looks expectedly at Erik, so Erik smiles back at his father to not disappoint him.

Then Brian claps his shoulders and they go down to the kitchen to eat and talk before going to bed after a long day.

At night Erik lays in his bed and thinks about how fast life goes on, and how his father has a new baby around now. It would be a lie to say that isn't disappointed that his parents never married. Deep inside his heart he always wished that one day they would wake up and be in love with each other. It's a silly dream. He knows it, but still…

The next morning is very quiet despite of having a newborn baby in the house. But this house is very big and you never know if it really is as quiet as it seems.

When Erik wakes up he goes straight to the kitchen and sees breakfast is ready. His father sits and reads a newspaper and Sharon sits with Charles in a crib next to her at the breakfast table.

As Brian lifts his head he greets him, always happy, "Good morning Erik! How did you sleep, big man? Look, we made breakfast!"

Now Erik is suspicious. Neither Sharon or his father can cook. "Really? You made breakfast?" Erik asks just to make sure that he heard him right.

"Well…", starts Brian, "Actually, I made breakfast! I learned how to cook in the last months. I went to a cooking-course!", he announces proud and then continues," Sharon didn't have the nerves for these kind of things." He adds quickly as his wife gives him a look, "She is just talented at other great areas."

But Erik is still somehow confused and stands at the kitchen entrance. Brian seems to see his discomfort and adds also: "You know, now that your brother is born, I thought it would be nice if we cook for him. That's what parents do. And you love when you mother cooks, don't you?"

"Yeah…, but Charles is just a baby. I don't think that he would remember you cooking when he's one week old." Erik answers awkwardly and decides to sit down now at the table.

He looks at the table which full with pancakes, eggs, bacons, bread, marmalade and a lot of things that could feed an entire family of ten people.

His father is sometimes really too enthusiastically.

"I know, I know…" says his father, "But babies are feeling the comfort around them you know!"

That… didn't really convinced Erik but his father was always extraordinary.

"But, darling," starts Sharon now, "Don't you think its too much food for a breakfast?"

"Nonsense! Do you know how much Erik can eat? I bet little Charles here will eat as much as his big brother!" Brian argues back and points proudly at his son in the crib.

Later, Brian will know that Charles is not a great eater like his brother, something that will disappoint him.

Still, Sharon is not convinced.

"It is still too much." She says and Erik adds, " She is right dad. Do you think you can do a such big breakfast every morning? I mean you still have to work."

But now Brian ignores his wife and his oldest son and takes his newborn baby into his arms.

In the next years he doesn't make so much food for breakfast anymore, but he still does breakfast.

When they are done with breakfast, Brian puts Charles into his arms suddenly, and disappears with Sharon out of the kitchen. She had to take a shower and he has to go to the toilet.

Why his father placed Charles in his arms instead of the crib is a mystery to him. Erik doesn't know anything about babies, especially newborn babies and such little babies.

For the first time, Erik takes a really good look at his brother. His eyes are blue just like his. But don't all babies have blue eyes? Somehow Erik has the feeling that they would stay like that. He has brown hair. And he has so much hair! Erik swallows.

The baby, no, Charles, looks straight into the eyes. For a moment they look at each other. Somehow Erik likes the little squirt. He smiles.

Then Charles takes a breath and screams. Erik's smile drops.

At that moment Brian comes back into the kitchen.

"Oh look. What's wrong? Come on little man." Says Brian as he takes Charles on his arms. Brian then disappears with Charles into the nursery.

Erik is disappointed. Charles never cries on his brother's arms again as a baby .

The weeks go on and Erik flies back to Germany.

Brian and Sharon move to England for 5 years. On Charles sixth birthday they move back to America.

The years went on. They aren't very pleasant.

His relationship with Charles is not the best even though Charles admires Erik. But Erik doesn't visit his family in America that often anymore.

When Erik is seventeen years old his mother is murdered. He attends a university in Heidelberg and then later a university in New York. He's getting quieter with age. His father is his only support.

Two years later his father dies in an accident in his lab.

Sharon becomes an alcoholic and even more distant than ever.

Six years later Sharon dies of liver failure. She drank too much.

And with the death of Sharon, Erik is the only blood relative of Charles. Erik is 25 years old now and Charles 12 years old. The age difference couldn't be bigger. Some days after the funeral Charles moves with Erik to his flat in New York. With that, the real problems just began.