Aiden was sitting on the living room couch looking sad when all of a sudden, the young boy heaves a sigh. Jim walks in the room and at the sight of his forlorn son, he starts to become confused. "Hey buddy, what's the matter?" Aiden's blue eyes meet his father's sadly,

"Gunner's sleeping. I'm bored!" The young father lets out a light chuckle at this news.

"Oh. Do you wanna go play catch with me?"

"Okay! I'll go get my glove. Ask mom to come get me when Gunner wakes up please." Aiden calls over his shoulder as he races upstairs to his room. This causes Jim to laugh again.

~Jim's P.O.V~

"Hey Mel, the boy and I are going to go play catch in the backyard. Can you come get him when Gunner has to pee?" I ask my beautiful wife.

"Of course honey. I'm just starting lunch so I'll call you boys in when it's ready too." Melinda answers me.

"Thanks baby." I offer my wife a sweet kiss and squeeze her palm lightly. "I love you." I whisper in her ear.

"I love you too Jim" She responds happily. Aiden comes bounding down the stairs happily awaiting his play session with me.

"Hey bud, you ready to have some fun?" I ask, already knowing the answer. He chuckles at my silly question before he responds to it.

"Come on dad, hurry up! We don't have all day." Aiden rushes me, probably because Gunner will soon wake up.

"Okay. Last one in the yard is a rotten egg!" I challenge my son and before I can blink he's taken off like a bullet for the back door, leaving only giggles in his place. I chuckle because I always do when I hear his laugh. "Darn it, see you soon Mel." I blow my wife a kiss as I depart the kitchen. When I finally step off the back porch onto the grass I see Aiden practising his throws and then running to pick up his baseball. I laugh loudly and he looks in my direction.

"What? I couldn't wait for you, you slowpoke." Aiden rushes out his defence. I send my grin his way before I offer him my glove as a target.

"Alright short stuff. Throw it to me, as hard as you can." I lightly offer without much thought. Aiden does exactly what he's told and I'm left with a stinging palm. I wince, trying not to let him see my pain.

"Nice job Bruce Banner." I congratulate him, proud of his emerging skills.

"Thanks dad!" Aiden cheers from across the yard as he runs to meet me for a high five. When I look up I see Melinda coming out onto the porch to watch us play.

"Aiden, Gunner just woke up so he needs to pee and then lunch is ready. Hurry up, he's whining." Mel gently tells our son.

"Okay mom. I'll go get him right away."

"Thank you baby, but please take off your shoes before you walk through the house!" Melinda calls after him. I chuckle softly.

"I'm so glad we decided he needed that dog. It's good for him and I love their bond." I confide to my wife.

"Me too handsome." She places a soft kiss on my lips before we both head inside for lunch.

AN: There you go folks. Long time coming and I know it's short, but I plan to work on this storyline a lot more over the next few weeks. I'll probably throw a few time jumps in just to keep the story moving so I can finish it and move onto something new. Hope you liked the update regardless.

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