Metal smirked as his sister apologized for losing track of time.

His youngest nephew made a beeline for him as soon as he saw him, "Uncle!"

"Hey! Careful!" Rob put a hand out to slow his middle child.

"Oh, don't worry…" Metal chuckled and leaned forward to prepare to lift Chris up like he always did before.

But Chris stopped in his tracks and took a good long look at the boot Metal had around his lower leg, before he stepped backwards.

"Does that hurt?"

"Not much anymore…" not too far from some sort of truth.

It didn't seem to calm Chris much, worried brown eyes was glued to the plastic boot keeping Metal's ankle in position.

"Hey, are you gonna give me that hug I thought was coming or not?"

Chris nodded a little and cautiously stepped closer.

Once Chris was close enough, Metal leaned forward, grabbed his nephew and lifted him up in a hug. Causing the child to laugh.

"See? I'm not too fragile to hug…" Metal shot Rob a look.

SEALTEAM

"Who's she?" Chris asked once he leaned back from the hug.

"Hey." Emily smiled, "I'm Emily."

"Hey…" Chris smiled, "I'm Chris."

"Emily. She's my girlfriend." Metal smiled.

"She's pretty…"

"Thank you…" Emily smiled.

Metal grinned, "I think so too…"

Emily winked back at Metal.

"So, I heard you were on a playdate earlier…" Metal tilted his head, "Did you have fun?"

Chris nodded, "Lucas and I played we were motorcycle stars!"

"Oh, cool!" Metal grinned, "What sort of motorcycles."

"Jumping!"

"Motocross…" Rob sighed, clearly not thrilled of his middle child's latest obsession, even though the kid only had access to a pedal bike so far.

"That's exciting…" Metal chuckled, "What does dad think of that?"

"That it's dangerous…" Chris pouted, causing Metal to take a controlled breath in order not to burst out laughing.

"He's probably right…" Metal smirked a little, "It's really easy to crash when you jump with a bike."

"Have you tried it?"

"Jumping with a bike, or crashing?"

Chris shrugged.

"I've tried both." Metal sighed.

"COOL!"

"Broke my collarbone. That was not cool…" Metal shrugged, "Still have a bump on my left collarbone from breaking it."

"Yeah?"

Metal nodded, and prodded his left collarbone. "Here…"

Chris felt over Metal's t-shirt, and his eyes went wide. "Did that hurt?"

Metal nodded, "It did… And it hurt for a long time as well… So, be careful. Okay?"

Chris nodded a little, then looked towards the kitchen.

"Want to go say hey to grandma?"

Chris nodded, and Metal helped lift him back down, before the kid ran towards the kitchen.

SEALTEAM

Helen had sat on her mom's arm as Amy went into the kitchen to say hello to Gina first, before she ran as fast as her two-year old self could towards her uncle as well.

This time Rob didn't slow the inbound child, so Metal caught her, lifted her and tossed her in the air a couple of times. Causing Helen to laugh and scream with joy.

Then when he stopped, she reached her arms out to indicate she wanted a hug. Which she got.

"Untle!"

"Hey kid…" he smiled back.

Helen smiled, before she looked over at Emily with a questioning look.

"That's Emily. She's my girlfriend." Metal explained.

Emily gave a little wave before she asked what Helen's name was in return. But Helen wasn't interested in answering and hid her face in Metal's shoulder.

"Sorry… She's shy…" Metal frowned looking over at Emily with an apologetic look.

"That's alright…" Emily smiled back, "Everyone can be that from time to time…"

Helen looked back up at her for a moment, before she hid her face once again.