Who's Your Daddy, Ross?

"Another episode of Steam Train." Ross sighed as he got the game ready. Normally he'd have Barry and Brian with him, but today it was just him and Brian. He loved Barry, he really did, but some alone time with Brian was more rare and therefore a bit more desired. He tried loading up the game, giggling at the title. 'Who's Your Daddy?' looked like a genuinely fun game, and he was happy he got the chance to play it with Brian, who walked in just as Ross was thinking this. The game loaded up, the title displayed clearly making Brian raise his eyebrow at Ross.

"What the hell are we playing?"

Ross shrugged and smiled up at Brian as he sat down on the couch, patting the space next to him, "Come over here and find out."

Brian cringed, but played along as he said, "Okay, daddy."

Ross stared wide eyed, but quickly got it together as they started recording.

"Hi, welcome to Steam Train!"
"Welcome to Steam Train!"

Ross explained the game, "In which you play a child and the father, and the fathers job is to keep the baby alive who wants to kill himself and- Brian, where....where are you going?"

Within a few seconds of the first round, Brian (as the baby) won by sticking a metal fork into the electrical outlet. Ross cursed, Brian celebrated. They both clicked rematch and it went on like this for a bit more than 20 minutes. Before long, Brian questioned why Ross was qualified to baby sit his daughter, Audrey, that weekend. Ross supplied a few reasons, before getting distracted by the game again. This happened almost 3 times again, Brian getting frustrated. Ross sighed as Brian explained the plan for the night,

"Give her dinner, give her a bath, and get her in bed."

Ross nodded before adding, "All without dying, right?"

Brian smirked and shrugged, as his character ran around trying to stop Ross from killing himself (as the baby), "Well you can die, I don't give a shit about you but yes, without Audrey dying."

Ross paused for a moment. Although he knew Brian was joking, something about it hit too deep. Maybe it was the very obvious genuine lack of trust Brian had showed earlier by being so worried about Ross watching his daughter. This only bothered him because Brian showed no worry when it came to Holly watching Audrey, but Ross was apparently a definite hell no. That on top of the comment Brian just made caused something inside of Ross.

He laughed anyway, continuing the episode and playing along with the jokes Brian made. Another 20 minutes passed of more Daddy jokes, and a lot of Brian explaining his experiences as a father. Ross genuinely enjoyed listening to Brian talk about Audrey, how much he loved her, how much stressed she caused, how much he loved being a dad in general. The episode ended with Brian talking about just that before the both of them said their typical outro and Ross stopped the recording session. Brian cleared his throat loudly and dramatically, calling Ross's attention.

"That was fun, actually. I think the fans are gonna eat up the whole Daddy thing."

Ross just nodded, forcing a polite smile as he leaned over to shut off the game. The silence his comment was met with worried Brian, so he continued.

"Please don't hurt Audrey this weekend. It's great you used to work with kids for a living, but she isn't a kid. She's a baby. And like I said, she is always trying to do things that will get her hurt or killed. So please, just look after her with all of your attention. I-"

"I don't get it. Why is it so hard for you to grasp the concept of me being responsible?"

Ross's voice raised as he turned back to face Brian. He stood up straight, clenching his fists at his sides. Brian saw Ross's knuckles turn practically white, and seeing his whole body shaking with ....anger? hurt? Brian wasn't sure. Brian stood up, staring at Ross with genuine concern.