runs in the family (on hold)

six

"You're fuckin' lying to me mate, there's actually no way that you're being serious right now"

Tyler then looks over to Tommy and then back at his computer screen. He knew what he had to do in order to clear everything up. His mouse hovered over the button, but he looked back at Tommy one more time for reassurance that it was okay. Once he received a nod from his brother, he looked back at his screen.

'Here goes nothing' Tyler thinks to himself as he presses the 'video call' option on discord.

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There was silence as the camera connection loaded. No one dared to say anything during these few seconds. Once it finally loaded, Tyler and Tommy were practically frozen. Tommy was sat in Tyler's desk chair, legs pulled up to his chest, while Tyler stood next to Tommy slightly leaning forwards in order to reach his desk. Phil didn't have his camera on, so the two sat there with their nerves skyrocketing, waiting for any type of response.

"Holy shit" Phil finally says as he stared at the sight before him.

Tommy tensed up and could feel the tears begin to swell up in his eyes again. Luckily, Tyler noticed and turned around in order to reassure him. Tommy felt a hand grab his and looked to see Tyler smiling at him.

Tyler then whispered to him, "It's okay Toms, I promise, just breathe okay?"

Tommy nodded and looked back towards the screen. Phil was bewildered. He had no clue what to think, let alone, say. He then snapped out of it and figured that he should probably turn on his camera as well.

Once he did, Tyler laughed a little and said, "Phil, you look like you've seen a ghost"

"I don't know mate, it's not like two of my closest friends just told me they are siblings, and have been for forever! I mean, I don't even know if I believe it now! What if you two are pranking and Tommy just came to America or some shit like that?" Phil says, almost rambling in order to get all of his thoughts out of his racing mind.

"I don't really know how to prove it any further- actually, Tommy go grab some baby photos" Tyler says, causing Tommy to nod and leave the room.

"I mean seriously, what the fuck mate"

Tyler sighs, "I know it's a lot to process"

"Why did you guys keep it a secret? Especially for so long?"

"Honestly, we just didn't really think about it, but when Tommy started to become more popular and met you and Wil... I don't know we just kind of agreed to not tell anyone" Tyler explains as Tommy comes back into the room with a photo book.

"Mom's mad by the way" Tommy mumbles.

Tyler groans, "Really? Why?"

"Because we missed dinner"

"Mom and dad will be fine, alright let's see..."

Tommy and Tyler flip through one of the many photo books their family has. Phil just watched in awe at the two as they figured out what photos to show.

"Let's do this one-" Tyler was about to show Phil a photo, but Tommy was quick to jump in to stop his brother.

"What- no! Don't show him that one!"

"Why not? It's a fine photo Toms"

"Well yeah, you look fine, but that's probably one of the worst photos of me" Tommy says, grabbing the photo from his brother's hands.

Tyler rolls his eyes, "Fine, you pick one then"

"Hmm... this one's alright" Tommy says as he pulls out another photo.