First Words
Stripe sighed as he stood in front of his brother's door of his Apartment. "Alright, Stripe, he's just a baby, it'll be fine," Stripe said to himself as he knocked on the door. Emily opened the door and smiled at her brother in law. "Hey Stripe come in," Emily said as she moved to the side letting Stripe come on with his bags. "Hey Em, how are you doing?" Stripe asked, setting his bags down. "I'm going good," Emily said with a smile. "Where's my brother?" Stripe asked looking at Emily. "Right behind you little bro," Bandit said, walking up to his younger brother with Thomas in his arms. "Hey there brother," Stripe said with a smile. "Look who came to visit mate," Bandit said, trying to show Thomas his uncle. Thomas being one and a half years old hid his face into his fathers chest not looking at his uncle. "Has he talked yet?" Stripe asked. Emily sighed before answering. "Honestly, he supposed to be talking but he hasn't said a word yet, the doctor said he's going through a phase and would grow out of it eventually," Emily explained.
"And he's very attached to Bandit," Emily added. "Yeah, watch this," Bandit said as he tried to give Thomas to Emily. Thomas then started to whimper and cry as Emily tried to hold him. Emily then gives Thomas back to Bandit and Thomas stops his little fit. "Poor mate," Stripe said with a smile. "Lucky that's what you're here for," Bandit said, handing Stripe Thomas. "Wait what?" Stripe asked, a little nervous. Thomas started up his fit again. "You're taking care of him for the night," Bandit said with a smile as he hurried to the door with Emily. "Bandit! I don't know anything about babies!" Stripe said as Bandit and Emily went out the door. "It's like riding a bike mate! We'll see you later!" Bandit said as he and his wife shut the door. "Great!" Stripe said as he held Thomas. Thomas whimpered as Stripe held him and Stripe had to think fast.
"Okay Mate, um… here let's play with these toys," Stripe said as he sat down Thomas next to some toys. Thomas stopped whimpering and started to play with his toys. "There you go mate," Stripe said with a smile as he sat down next to Thomas. Stripe watched as Thomas played with his toys until he looked up at his uncle and reach out his arms at Stripe. "You want up mate?" Stripe asked as he picked up his nephew. Thomas did want up but he wanted something else as well. Thomas then grabbed at Stripes floppy ear. "Ow! Hey I need that mate," Stripe said with a chuckle . Thomas giggled as he tugged on his floppy ear some more. Stripe then received a text from his Brother as he played with Thomas. Stripe looked at the text that read, "be sure to feed him in an hour and then a bath thanks bro :)" Stripe read the text out loud. "A bath!" Stripe said nervously. Thomas continued to giggle and play with Stripe's ear. "Alright then mate, let's get this bath out of the way," Stripe said as he went to the bathroom.
Meanwhile Bandit and Emily were at a restaurant enjoying their time alone. "Are you sure this was a good idea to spring this on your brother?" Emily asked, looking at her husband. "Stripe could use some time in the real world if he ever wants to have a kid or two of his own," Bandit said with a chuckle. "Yeah, but he's never done this before," Emily said, taking a drink of her ice tea. "Maybe it was a little mean but big brothers always beat little brothers," Bandit said with a laugh. "You're so bad Bandit," Emily said with a chuckle. The two continued their dinner date while hoping for the best with Stripe.
"Alright mate I hope the waters warm enough for you," Stripe said, placing Thomas in the bath. Thomas giggled and splashed around and even splashed Stripe in the face. "Hey!" Stripe said playfully. Thomas giggled some more as he played with Stripe in the bath. After some time of playing in the bath Stripe then got Thomas all washed up and then took him out of the bath. Stripe dried off his nephew making his fur fluff up. Thomas smiled looking up at his uncle and giggled some more. "Alright let's get you some food," Stripe said, picking up his nephew. Stripe goes into the kitchen and finds the food that Thomas eats. Stripe then feeds Thomas and makes train noises and airplanes noises. "This isn't so bad mate," Stripe said with a smile while feeding Thomas. After feeding his nephew he placed him back with his toys in the living room. "Okay, are you good mate?" Stripe asked standing up looking down at his nephew.
Thomas looked up at his uncle and smiled at him. Thomas reached out his arms at his uncle asking for him. Stripe then sat down on the floor next to his nephew and started to play with his toys with him. "Hey mate, I know I'm a little new to you and this is a little new to me but I hope we can be friends," Stripe said while playing with the toys with Thomas. Thømas giggled as he laid down next to Stripe. "Are you tired mate?" Stripe asked his nephew as Thomas snuggled close to him. "You know mate, I didn't think I'd be any good at this, I'd figure your dad and your uncle Rad would be better at this than me," Stripe confessed while cuddling with Thomas. "You haven't met your uncle Rad yet have you?" Stripe asked looking down at Thomas who was now climbing on him. "Well, let me tell you mate, he's just as loving and funny as me," Stripe said as Thomas laid down on his chest.
Just as Thomas was about to go asleep on Stripe's chest. Bandit and Emily came through the door. "Well, I see you didn't burn down the place," Bandit said with a chuckle. "Haha," Stripe said sarcastically as he stood up while picking up Thomas. Thomas cuddled close to Stripe as he held him. "Looks like someone has a new favorite," Emily said, noticing how Thomas was cuddling up to Stripe. "Now I'm jealous," Bandit said as he tried to take Thomas from Stripe. As Bandit took Thomas away from Stripe Thomas started to cry. "It's okay mate uncle Stripes not leaving," Bandit said while holding his son. "Stripy," Thomas spoke for the first time. Everyone gasped at that. "Yes mate that's your uncle Stripe," Bandit said with a smile. "My Stripy," Thomas said, handing out his arms to his uncle. Stripe started to tear up and he took his nephew and placed him in his arms. "Mate who's that," Stripe said pointing at Bandit. "Dada," Thomas said in his shy voice. "Alright and who's this," Stripe said pointing at Emily. "Mama," Thomas said before hiding into Stripe's chest. "Good boy," Emily said, rubbing her son's back.
After a while Emily lays down Thomas while Bandit and Stripe talk outside on the balcony. "Thank you Stripe, for watching my son and getting him to talk," Bandit said looking at his brother. "Heh, like you said mate it's like riding a bike," Stripe said with a smile. "I was half kidding about that mate," Bandit said with a smile. "Really?! I thought you were trying to tell me something," Stripe said with a chuckle. Bandit laughed at that. "But you did good mate I'm proud of you," Bandit said with a smile. "That's a first," Stripe said with a laugh. The two brothers laughed as they looked into the night sky. "I'm glad I could help mate," Stripe said looking at his brother. Bandit smiled at his brother before explaining. "You know mate, I thought something was wrong with Thomas for the longest time because he wouldn't talk and then you came into his life and he talked so I want to thank you for that mate," Bandit said hugging his little brother. "You're welcome mate, he's a good kid and he's going to do big things," Stripe said, hugging his older brother. "He sure is mate," Bandit said as the two continued to hug.
The End.
Kodiwolf321 A/N: hey guys! So Thomas had a hard time talking and now spending time with Stripe got him to open up. I had some inspiration from Baby Race just with my own spin on it. Hope you enjoy this and I'll see you soon for more!