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It wasn't good to get so attached to the three year old version of his best friend, Howard thought, watching Vince try to build a castle with different coloured blocks. He had to snap out of it, and just think every time before he said or did anything. It won't be long before Naboo comes back, then you can easily go back to how it was before.

Who was he kidding? After this, he would never look at Vince in the same way again. He would no longer be the annoying electro/punk/goth, whatever the hell he decided to flick to, he would be the cute little boy that Howard had been looking after for the last couple of days. He let out a huge sigh. Vince picked up on this and turned his head.

"Are you ok Howard? D'you wanna help me with my castle?" His eyes were shining and he looked extremely happy with himself, as if this was the best thing in the world. And it probably seemed like it, Howard mused, toys and sweets are three year old Vince's world. And me. He added as an afterthought. He wants to be with me all the time. This gave him a very odd feeling. He honestly didn't know whether or not to be sad or happy at this.

He gave Vince a small smile and knelt down to help him.

"You can use the blue blocks!" Vince shoved a pile of blue bricks into Howard's lap, "And I'll use, umm, oh! I wanna use the yellows!" Howard shook his head fondly, and asked Vince,

"How big is this castle going to be?"

"Erm...THIS big!" He held out his arms as if asking for a hug, showing off the size of his desired castle.

Howard chuckled slightly and said, "I don't think that's possible somehow little man". Vince just gave him a 'We'll see' look and proceeded to stack block upon block up, but making sure the order was consistently blue then yellow.

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When asked if he wanted to help with the castle, Howard assumed he would have a more, well...any type of role in it's construction. So far, Vince had asked for the blocks when needed, with Howard knelt down beside him. After a while, the younger man decided that Howard was too slow to do this job, so was really just making this castle by himself. However, Howard was happy to just sit there and watch him, smiling as Vince sometimes frowned when he found bits that were uneven or out of place.

The castle was almost complete (And Howard had to say that it was almost the size Vince had wanted it to be) when there was a tremendous knock on the door. Howard shot a quick 'stay there' glance at Vince and went down into the shop, cautiously, to see Leroy at the door, fag in one hand, bottle of something in the other. Howard rolled his eyes and went to open the door.

"Alright Howard! Vince around? I need his advice. Met these real fit lasses right? And..." Howard stopped him by holding up his hand.

"Sorry Leroy, he's erm... he went out, actually, you just missed him. Yeah he's probably going to be out for at least , 5 or 6 hours.." Leroy started laughing,

"What did he do, get back in through the window? He's just there!"

Howard whipped round to see Vince stood half way down the stairs, still holding some building blocks. His heart started beating extra fast and he thought quickly, but nothing came to mind.

"Alright Vince? You cheeky bugger, you told Howard you'd gone out!" He pushed past Howard and made his drunken way towards Vince, "Anyway listen mate, I need some advice. Went to Camden right, got absolutely bladdered, then I met these steaming girls yeah?"

Vince was looking down at Howard with a terrified look on his face. He had no idea what this man was on about, he just wanted to go back upstairs, with Howard, and start playing again. After all, he was sure they had both been having a whale of a time.

"Erm actually Leroy, Vince is with a girl at the moment, so erm... you might want to go" Howard stuttered, saying the first thing that came into his head.

"I get it mate, I'll come another time. Mind you, she kinda kinky?" He motioned at the blocks Vince was still clutching like a security blanket, and went to tug them off him, "What have you been doin' with these then?" He raised an eyebrow suggestively, but backed away in surprise when Vince started yelling, and trying to snatch at the blocks that taken.

"Give them back! Howard! He won't give them back!" Leroy looked over at Howard for help and got a shaky grin.

"Just give them back Leroy, he's er..." Howard spotted the bottle in Leroy's hand, "He's really drunk" He widened his eyes as he said this, and Leroy looked a bit freaked out as he thrust the blocks back into Vince's hands.

"Never mind mate, I'll tell you some other time..."

He stumbled out of the shop, leaving a speechless Howard and a terrified Vince. The scared man looked at Howard and whimpered a bit, holding his arms out once more, only this was for a hug. He needed reassurance after being accosted by a scary man. Howard obliged immediately, and gathered him in, running soothing fingers through his hair.

"Howard?" Vince's voice was muffled a bit as his head was squashed against some part of Howard's anatomy.

"Yes little man?"

"Can we go to the park?" Howard pulled Vince off him and looked at him in surprise. He hadn't shown any interest in going out before. Why the sudden change? Either way, he couldn't take him out in public again. Could he? Howard did admit it would do him good, all the fresh air and exercise. Heck, they might even go to a play park, as long as there wasn't anyone else there.

"I suppose so, you might want to get something warm on though" Vince gave him a huge smile and hugged him so hard, they almost fell down the stairs (They were still halfway down them).

Sorry it's a bit shorter, I didn't have much time.
Hope everyone was in character, obviously we don't really know what Leroy's like, so I hope I did him justice :p
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