runs in the family (on hold)

twelve

"You okay?"

Tyler smiles, and walks over to where his brother was standing. He ruffles the blonde's hair, a habit he caught himself doing more often, and said, "Yeah, perfectly fine. Now, let's sit down and eat, I'm starving"

Tommy smiles back at him, as the two walk over to a booth and sit down.

Tommy needed a break.

And Tyler was glad that he was finally receiving one. 

~~

The sound of laughter bounced off the walls of  the small restaurant. Two brothers sat across from each other in an old, red leather booth. In the center of the table was a half eaten pizza, one side plain cheese, the other with pepperoni and olives. 

Across the room, the employees sat there working on orders, while also smiling at the sound of the laughter being shared by the two. 

"And that's why I wasn't allowed to be on the planning committee in high school" Tyler finishes smiling, while Tommy is beginning to calm down from his laughter. 

"What the fuck Ty, why have I never heard that story before?" 

"Mom and Dad told me to not tell you, because it might have 'encouraged rebellious behavior' from you" 

Tommy bursts into laughter once again, Tyler joining him. 

"Holy shit Tyler, I can't breathe" 

"Yeah... don't tell Mom and Dad that I told you that story" 

Tommy makes the "lips sealed" motion and Tyler chuckles. The older then glanced over at the neon lights that were coming from the old arcade connected to the restaurant. A smile was placed onto his lips. He then looked over to Tommy, about to suggest going over to play some of the games. However, he stopped himself. 

Tommy was currently looking down at his phone frowning. 

"Hey, I thought we agreed on no phones" Tyler frowned. 

"Sorry, it's Wil" 

"What about him?" 

"Well, he's been talking about meeting up for a few weeks now, but recently he's been hinting at meeting up soon"

"And what's wrong with that?"

Tommy's head snaps up to stare at his brother incredulously. He then says, "Tyler, what?" 

Tyler shrugs, not understanding the problem. 

"What do you mean 'what'? Wil wants to meet up soon, what's wrong with that?" 

"Hmm, I'm not sure Ty, it's almost like I have an older brother that he's been very curious about recently" 

Tyler rolls his eyes, "Tommy, I promise you that it will be fine. What's he gonna do? Barge into our house, walk past Mom and Dad, and slam my door open?" 

Tommy deadpans at him. 

"Okay, there's a chance that he would do that. But seriously Toms, I think it's fine. We'll just have to be careful" 

"If you say so" 

Tyler reaches across the table to playfully mess up Tommy's hair. This of course, earned a groan of annoyance in response. Tyler then got up from his spot in the booth and stood beside Tommy. 

"Come on, those arcade games aren't going to play themselves" Tyler smiled, his brother mirroring his expression.