Fighting Family

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Axel's POV

I sat behind the desk of a man I didn't know. Callum was waiting outside the door but it did little to make me feel any better.

"You're going to therapy tomorrow," Callum said when we sat down for dinner. I looked around the table to see who he had been talking to but all of his husbands were looking at me for some reason.

"No, I'm not," I had said easily as I leaned back farther into my chair.

"I know you don't want to but I think it could help a lot. You don't have to talk to him but it would make me feel better knowing you were at least sitting in the same room as him," Callum said with a sigh.

"What's the point of me going if you don't expect me to talk to him?"

"He's there if you want to," Callum said with a shrug. "Look, all of us here have gone through therapy, I've seen firsthand how much it can help and I've seen the effect it can have on others. None of us wanted to do it either when we first started but after we got used to it, it helped. If you want, you can just sit there for an hour, thinking about how much you hate me for making you do this, but you're going regardless."

"I don't need some therapist telling me that I'm a bad person."

"He's not going to tell you that," Carter said with a frown. "You're going to my therapist."

"Andrew," I groaned, ready to fight this until the day I died when Carter shook his head.

"His name is Seth. He's a good guy, very good with boundaries. If you don't want him to talk about something just tell him no and he'll move on."

It was slightly better but I still didn't like the idea of having to pour my feelings out onto a dude I didn't know.

"How long do I have to go?"

"Until I think Seth has done all he can do, you move out, or Seth tells me it's not healthy for you to continue."

"Well, that's just not fair. Why don't I get a say in when I'm done?"

"Because you'll say you're done after the first session." I pouted at that.

"And all I have to do is sit there," I asked, making sure I wasn't being misled.

"Sit there, talk about whatever shows you've been watching, about how much I annoy you, draw, bring a small Lego set; I don't care what you do as long as you're in that office for an hour every week."

"Every week seems a bit much."

"We went every two days," Carter said with a frown. "That was a bit much; once a week is a cakewalk."

"Fine. But I'm not talking to him."

"Weylyn is going too," Callum said but his attention wasn't on me this time. Weylyn tensed as he leaned into my side.

"That's not happening," I said as I pushed against my brother's side.

"You'll have the same guidelines as Axel. You don't have to talk to him but you are going. You'll be with Andrew, same time slot as Axel so you'll both be done at the same time and then we can come home."

"I don't want to go to therapy," Weylyn whined as he slumped down farther into his chair. "Nothing is wrong with me."

"Of course, there's nothing wrong with you," Ryder said with a small smile. "Both of you are perfect and we will never ask you to change. This is just to help you talk out your feelings. I only know your childhood from what Callum has told me about his but I know it wasn't easy. It can also just be a place to rant. For anything that might happen in school, for when we piss you off and you just want to scream at someone that isn't us, for if you want advice; your sessions are for you. They will only ever talk about what you want to talk about."

I still wasn't convinced but Weylyn relaxed a bit.

"I don't know Andrew very well. I don't want to be alone with him."


"Axel will be in his session but we can still help," Liam said with a small smile that didn't suit him. "What would help? We could have Callum sit in with you until you're comfortable or one of us or we could have a panic button so if you press it we can come in to make you feel better. Or if you have any other ideas we can try those too."