Note: This was once a roleplay that I had done with some one. Now I am currently going through and fixing things in order to have things make more sense. The first few chapters will be all based from an Roleplay that I had done awhile ago. All chapters after that will all be original. Also the characters may seem out of their cannon characteristics but I believe this makes them more human. This is also unbetaed so please ignore anything that I missed. I am doing all of the editing myself and I am only human.

I do not own homestuck that is owned by Andrew Hussie

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Paringings: John and Dave, Bro and Dad

Chapter One

In a crappy apartment deep in Houston Texas sat a lone teenage boy in his bed room. The teen was small and lanky in stature since he recently turned 13. He was currently wearing a red and white long sleeve shirt a pair of aviators adorn his face, while a pair of red head phones covered his ears. The only sound that could be heard from the room was the sound of music coming from his headphones. He was currently mixing some music waiting for his bro to return home. The teen's name was Dave Strider and he was currently alone in the apartment that he and his older brother shared. The apartment was small and was normally a mess but it was enough for the two of them. Dave glanced down at the time on his computer clock and noticed that it was currently 8:16 pm and that bro should be arriving soon. Today was one of those rare days that bro went to work early thus getting home earlier then normal. He turned down the volume of the music that was currently blarring in his ear.

The older Strider had a way of coming home at the same time, every time he managed to leave early for work. He would just stride right in through the door of their shabby ass apartment and right to the kitchen, grabbing himself a beverage. Then he would proceed to slink right back to the livingroom and throw himself down on the futon. But not tonight. He slunk in through the door, carrying bags of chinese food. He headed over to Dave's bedroom door, tapped his knuckles on the door, and muttered. "Chinese tonight, little man. Come get some before it gets cold. The younger Strider looked at his bedroom door before pausing his music and slipping his headphones off after letting out a soft groan before calling out, "Cool." The younger Strider quickly set his pester chum to idle chum before heading out of his room glancing around for stray foam ass before stepping out of the doorway. He quickly made his way over to the kitchen in order to grab one of the cartons of Chinese food. He made his way to the living room and plopped down on the futon opening the box. He was on slight edge since he had yet to come across a single smuppet or Lil Cal. Bro lingered in the kitchen with a fork and a box of Chinese. His gaze darted over to Dave when he walked in, and let a faint hint of a smirk slip onto his face when his younger brother seemed a little more apprehensive than usual. It was pretty obvious what the problem was, and it only amused him further. Pushing away from the counter, he headed into the livingroom and moved around behind him, leaning in and whispering against his ear. "Looking a little scared, Dave. Problem?"

"Pft you wish." He replied. As he was about to dig into the greasy and over cooked Chinese food Dave noticed he was missing a fork. 'shit, that was not cool at all. I can't believe I forgot to grab a fork. ' He thought trying Abscond to the kitchen to grab a fork.

The smirk fell from the older males lips, as he slowly straightened up, letting his face smooth out and return to being straight and expressionless. "How did you know? Every night I look out at the sky and wish on every shooting star that I'll scare the feces out of you, kiddo." He moved around the futon and sank onto a cushion beside him, shoving a mouthful of food into his mouth. "That will be the day when egbert finally admits he is a homo." He responded walking into the kitchen in order to grab a fork. Dave jumped slightly at seeing Lil Cal sitting on the counter. "Oh hey, Lil Cal." he mumbled giving the puppet a nervous fist bump. He quickly grabbed a fork and Absconded to his room in order to finish on the remix he had been working on. Bro snorted at his brother's response, glancing at him while he headed out of the room. He didn't even need to watch when Dave walked into the kitchen and found Cal. He already knew very well how Dave reacted to the puppet showing up around him. It was obvious Cal rubbed the younger blonde the wrong way, but he only used that to his advantage. When Dave passed through again, he shot off a comment. "Might be sooner than later, lil bro. Kid's a total fairy."

"He is so deep in the closet that he found Narnia." He called out before slipping his headphones back on. He noticed that he had gotten a few pesters but Dave could careless about them at the moment. He picked at the Chinese food before deciding that he was done with it and set it aside. He took off his sun glasses in order to rub his eyes for a moment before slipping them back on and taking off the headphones. He figured that was as good he was going to get with his remix at the moment. He picked up the half full carton of food and walked out of the room with it. He heard the news going on about something about some kid getting bullied and killing themselves. 'That is so lame.' He thought setting the food carton on the counter. He walked back into the living room and plopped down on the futon grabbing the remote and switching the channel to MTV. "So, how was work?" Dave asked.

"Hey, rude. I was watching that." Bro muttered, completely monotone, though he was pretty relieved that Dave had actually changed the channel from that bullshit that was on the television. He had been too lazy to actually reach over and press a few buttons. He gave a little shrug of his shoulders and sighed a bit. "Well. It was work, so, y'know. Just busy I guess. Nothin special. How was, whatever you were up to today?"

" Same old, went to the hell hole they call school. Failed a test because the teacher was a bitch. Came home and worked on a remix." He replied. "As ironic the news can be, I wanted to watch the new episode of pimp my ride." Dave set the remote back down and got a bit more comfortable on the futon. "Kid, no matter how much you watch the show, s'not going to be a reality. Sorry to hear about the test man. But hell. Just a test. All teachers can go suck a fat one, so it's whatever." He shrugged off the news and finished off his box, dropping it on the coffee table. "Better luck next time. Or not."

"..." Dave said nothing in reply. He kept his face turned to the tv not really watching the show. "Well it is either this or Jersey Shore. I am not bummed out about failing the test. I am just put off about how the teacher said I was cheating. I ended up having a rap battle with her, but needless to say her jams were just so dull. That I was sent to the office and suspended for two days."

"Suspended." That definitely caught Bro's attention. He quirked a brow above his shades and sat up a little straighter, turning his head and looking at the younger Strider beside him. "You got suspended? David Elizabeth Strider. I am so fucking disappointed in you. How dare you go and get yourself suspended for getting fuckin suspended for utilizing the ways of the Strider. " He shook his head, tsking at Dave. "Shame, Dave."

"I don't see why you are freaking out. It is not like I got in a fight or anything." Dave replied cringing slightly when his full name was used. Dave kept his poker face on even though behind his shades you could see the shame in his eyes since he never wanted Bro to be ashamed at him. "I am sorry." he muttered glancing down at his knees. Eyeing Dave, Bro's expression went straight from serious, to a highly amused smirk. "Really kid? You really think I'd be disappointed in you for getting suspended? Little man, I was just fuckin with you. It's cool. I'll take a day or two off and we can do some shit together. Relax, okay?" He sighed and reached over, ruffling Dave's hair.

Dave sat up straighter and glanced at his Bro. "Dude we could totally have a rap battle." Dave replied. He didn't let it show on his face, but he was really excited since they never really spent that much time together. The only times Dave really saw Bro was when he was home early or for a strife every other time Bro was no where to be found. He didn't voice his uneasy since he figured Bro was pretty busy doing whatever else he does. Though he would only admit to himself when no one else was around that he was alittle lonely by the others dissappearances. "Sure, if that's what you really want to do with our free time, Dave." He gave a little nod, moving to drape his arm around the back of the couch behind Dave's shoulders. "Shit kid. You actually thought I was mad at you for being yourself and other people being complete tools?"

"They are all tools, I mean this one kid with these goof ass glasses and buck teeth came up to me one day and tried to have a rap off with me." He said scooting a little closer to Bro. "I had a rap off with him but sadly he couldn't handle the sick fires I was burning."

"Typical of a kid with goof ass glasses." He nodded a little bit, smirking softly and glancing sideways at Dave, not moving or bothering to comment about the movement. "Kid, I'm proud of you."

"uh-huh." Dave replied before falling asleep. He hadn't been sleeping well since his frequent nightmares had returned. He was able to hide the rings that were around his eyes due to his sunglasses and he drank a lot of apple juice in order to get the sugar to stay awake. Bro listened, but didn't speak, instead moving over to lift a hand and stealthily check beneath his brother's shades to confirm his unconsciousness. Smirking, he slipped his arm around Dave and pulled him close, before sliding an arm underneath the younger blonde's knees and scoop him up, standing and heading towards his bedroom.

Dave's hand clung to Bro's shirt in a vice. It was like his life line in order to stop the shit storm of nightmares that were sure to come. The elder Strider raised a brow and looked down at his brother, smirking softly and ducking into the bedroom. "How sweet."

The younger Strider clung to the other still even when Bro tried to place him in his bed. Dave currently looked like an animal or a small child relcent to let their clinging post go. Bro sighed and sat down onto the bed, shifting around a little and holding Dave in his lap. He moved to try and get the kid to let go. Dave grumbled in his sleep and slowly became a Kola Bear refusing to let go at the moment. He didn't understand in his sleep riddled brain why his pillow kept moving. The taller blonde furrowed his brows together and again tried to pry his brother's hands from his shirt. But he sighed and gave up soon after, instead proceeding to lay down with Dave held in his arms. "Way to be difficult Dave.."

The other didn't say anything but not giving up his hold either. All he wanted was a few minutes of sleep and now that his pillow had stopped moving he could get comfortable again. Dave wasn't too heavy, so Bro wasn't all that bothered, despite the fact that he had nothing to do, besides lay there with his brother in his arms. So he did just that.

Note: Wow Chapter one is now done and that was a lot longer then I thought it would be. I will be posting chapters up on .com Also I will be posting two chapters a week every Saturday. Hmmm I wonder what is in store for the two Striders Check out chapter two to find out.