Homework
Sometimes after dinner Wyatt would come and ask for Leos help with his homework, and Leo would help him. Often he would end up giving Wyatt all the answers, and Piper would smile and tell him that Wyatt had to figure it out on his own. But she never really meant it. She was just happy that he had time to spend with her and Wyatt as a family. Wyatt would quickly finish his homework and go play.
Later Leo would go and tell his sons it was time for bed. He would find Wyatt playing some game on his computer, or reading, or practicing magic. He would tell Wyatt to go to bed, and Wyatt would say "OK, I just want to finish this." Then he would go to Chris room, and he would find Chris at his desk doing homework. He would tell Chris it was time for bed and Chris would nod and say "OK, I just want to finish this." Later, when he himself went to bed he would check on his sons. He would find Wyatt sleeping and most of the time he would find Chris, still at his desk, half asleep. Leo would tell him that he had to go to sleep now, and Chris would. Leaving his schoolwork for next day.
One night he would be lying on the couch in the living room half asleep. Piper would sit in the chair next to him, watching TV. Suddenly she would nudge to Leo and nod towards the door. He would turn around and find Chris standing, schoolbook in hand.
"Dad, can you help me with this?"
"Is it important, I'm really tired Chris?"
And Chris would shake his head, and Leo would smile and promise to help him the next day, when he had slept. Chris would just say okay and disappear to his room again. Piper would give Leo a look, clearly saying she wasn't happy about what he had just done, but he would ignore her, go back to sleep, he was really tired and he would help Chris the next day. He knew Chris understood.
The next day Leo would come to the house after school looking for Chris but finding only Wyatt. He would ask Wyatt where Chris was, and Wyatt would tell him that Chris was out with some friends. Then he would ask Leo why he needed Chris, he would ask like he really didn't understand it, and Leo would fell a stab of guilt and he would tell Wyatt that he had promised Chris to help him with some homework. Wyatt would send him a funny look. And telling him that he, Wyatt, already had helped Chris with the homework, and that it was a report Chris had had to hand it that day. And then Wyatt would leave him, and Leo would feel like the worst father and he would promise himself to help Chris next time he asked for help, no matter what. But Chris never asked for his help again.
