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Promise (Tom Mann)

Prompt: Hey I was wondering could u do one where the stereo kicks boys are celebrating something and one of the boys over charlie and reece some alcohol and tom flips out and leaves and someone goes after him anf it turns out he had a littlr brother who was an alcoholic and he died or something maybe thanks ur amazing by the way

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Tom didn't talk about his brother often. In fact, he never talked about them which is why everyone, even his band mates thought he was an only child. Finding out about Tom's brother came as a surprise to the boys, especially because of the way they found out.

It was a few nights after the end of the X Factor tour, the boys were all in Chris's apartment celebrating the end of tour. Jake, Casey, Chris, James, and Barclay were all drinking, while Reece and Charlie were sober due to age. Tom didn't drink, so the boys didn't even offer him a drink. Sometime around midnight the boys were still drinking, they weren't drunk or wasted they had just drunk enough so their judgments were slightly clouded.

"Reece, Char, you guys want some beer" The voice sounded clearly through Tom's head, and he didn't even try to figure out who said it before screaming out.

"No" Tom yelled making all heads snap toward him, "Don't offer them drinks, don't say yes to them, don't repeat Benny's actions"

Tom ran to Chris's room slamming the door behind him. He sat in the middle of the bed, his knees curled up to is chest. A few tears were falling and Tom wiped them away angrily, upset that he had probably overreacted to a small question.

"Tom" Barclay said in a soft voice, sticking his head in the room, "You okay?"

Tom tilted his head, unsure of what to say so Barclay took the opportunity to come in the door followed closely by the other 6 boys.

"Who's Benny" Casey asked Tom placing a hand on his shoulder.

"My little brother" Tom mumbled into his arm.

Jake raised an eyebrow, "How old is he"

"He was 16″ Tom finally looked up from his knees. The boys were caught off guard by his flushed cheeks and watery eyes.

Suddenly it clicked in the boys head, Tom's brother was dead. Charlie crawled onto the bed and put his arm around Tom's shoulders, letting the older, yet smaller boy curl into him.

"He uh- he had a drinking problem," Tom stuttered out, "Made some really bad decisions"

"I'm sorry" James said, unsure of what else to say.

"No, I'm sorry to freaking out. It's just," Tom took a shaky breath, "Reece and Charlie reminds me so much of him" Tom grabbed the hand that Reece stretched out toward him.

"It's okay Tom" Reece said playing with Tom's hand slightly, "I'm not gonna drink, until I'm at least 18 and I don't even know if I'll want to then"

"Yeah, neither of us will drink until then" Charlie added, calming Tom's anxiety about the subject, "Promise"