three two | brothers | 306 words
Updated: 8/18/2018
Not unlike their fathers, Jet and Sam were two very different young men.
Prior to Uncle Kevin's disappearance, they got on together like blood-brothers. There wasn't a moment either of them could remember when they weren't spending time together in their world of adventure and limitless possibilities. In retrospect, Jet probably shouldn't have been terribly surprised that, the older they got, the greater the distance between them would become.
But, the one thing they would always have in common would be the unspoken resentment for Kevin Flynn.
When Sam retreated into himself and the world of extremely stupid sport-stunts, Jet got himself a girlfriend and removed himself completely from all things concerned with Flynn and ENCOM (until he moved into his apartment). He paved his own way, rejected following in his father's footsteps and reignited his passion for developing video games.
When Sam chose to shack himself up in a DUMONT storage unit (with a taunting view of ENCOM Tower), Jet settled for living in Flynn's Arcade, smack in a half-empty neighborhood that'd seen better days. Sam's rapport with Alan, though strained, was stronger than Jet's, as Jet chose not to speak to his father unless it suited his mood. Sam grew a mustache and goatee one year, Jet teased him mercilessly for it until he woke up one morning without his.
They used each other's last names when one was annoyed or wanted to annoy the other and were often confused for their fathers if they answered the phone "Bradley speaking", or "Flynn speaking", though Jet couldn't see why.
In summary, the surface quirks of their friendship remained, it was just the deeper aspect of their relationship, the ability to share a look and know what the other was thinking, that had gotten lost in translation, eroded by age and long absences.