Good Boy (Hamilton Lams fanfic)

Almost CATastrophic

Third Person POV

It has been weeks since Alex and John had Philip, though the little guy caused them to have sleepless nights, he still gives happiness to them. "You're so cute! Yes you are! Yes you are!" Alex played with Philip's tiny hands. "Papa!" Philip reached out to touch Alex's face, then suddenly pulled his beard. "Ow, what a puller you are." Alex made funny faces to Philip. "Wow you really enjoy being a dad, huh?" John leaned on the couch. "Of course I do, this baby, is my life." Alex expressed. "Our life." John linked. "Yeah our life." Alex faced back to Philip. "Pride is not the word I'm looking for, there is so much more inside me now." he raised Philip up in the air, which made Pip giggle.

"ALEX! JOHN! OPEN THE GODDAMN DOOR!" Herc aggressively banged ths door. John walked towards the door and opened it. "Where baby-" Herc fell on the floor from too much excitement. "What my boyfriend was trying to say was, where is the adorable infant you have adopted?" Laf walked inside. "Yeah, that." Herc stood up. "He's here, say hi Pip." Alex stood up from the couch and brought Philip closer to the two. "Haaa." Philip waved his chubby arm. "Aww, hi baby." Herc and Laf swooned. "Babe, I want kids now." Laf looked at his boyfriend. "That ain't gonna happen...yet." Herc winked at him.

"Having a kid is really fun! The less fun part is the one where the kid prevents you to sleep by crying a lot." John simply smiled at them. "Ohh, no wonder why Alex's eyebags are getting worse." Herc pointed at Alex's eyes. "Fuck off." Alex covered his eyebags. "Also, Philip has a tail?" Laf touched Pip's tail, making Pip hiss at him. "Aww, his first hiss." Alex and John kissed Pip's cheeks. "That baby is hostile...like his cat dad." Herc snickered. "He got that bitchyness from me." John shrugged. "Can he turn into a cat like John?" Herc asked. "We're not sure if he has the ability yet, but we'll see." Alex answered.

Alex looked at the clock. "Crap, we're gonna be late in our reservation, c'mon hon." Alex rushed outside. "Guys, can you babysit our son while we're out? Please and thanks." John requested. "No problem!" Herc and Laf smiled. "Thanks." John went outside. "Okay Pip, what're we gonna d-" Pip bit Herc's finger with his slightly sharp teeth. "Do you have a pacifier?" Herc looked at Pip, tears were slowly forming in his eyes. "I'll go find one, just hang in there." Laf rushed upstairs. Philip wasn't letting go of Herc's finger, suckling it. "I found it!" Laf went downstairs. He walked towards the two. He gently put the pacifier inside Philip's mouth, making him calm down. "That's better." Laf smiled. "Laf." Herc looked at Laf, pouting and showing him his wounded finger. Laf rolled his eyes. He took Pip from Herc and cradled him in his arms. "Go treat it, this is the second time you have been wounded by cats." Laf snickered. Herc went to the downstairs bathroom to treat his small wound.

"Wow, you look exactly like John but with Alex's eyes." Laf smiled at Philip. "We gone' be your uncles, your gay uncles." he squished his chubby cheeks together. Philip reached out to grab his chin and pulled his beard. "You're one grabby baby." Laf giggled. "I'm gonna go use the little Frenchman's room." he settle down Philip on the couch and went to the bathroom. "You gonna use it?" Herc went out from the bathroom. "Yes, go watch Pip." Laf went inside.

"Um Laf?" Herc knocked on the door. "What?" Laf opened the door. "Where did you exactly put Pip?" Herc asked. "On the couch in the living room." Laf shrugged. "You sure? I can't find him." Laf widened his eyes when Herc said he can't find Philip. He rushed to the living room, Philip was no where to be found. "Philip?" he looked around. He noticed the pet door on the front door was moving back and forth, Philip must've gotten out. "Shit...Alex and John are gonna kill us." he rubbed his glabella with his thumb and index finger. "Herc." he called out. "Yeah?" Herc answered. "Get the bag of treats, we're gonna go find this kitten."

They went out, Herc was shaking the bag of treats while Laf is calling out for Philip. He stopped a woman who was walking down the street. "Excuse me ma'am, have you seen a baby crawling on all fours and has a tail?" he asked her. "No, sorry." she shook her head and went off. "Fuck, Herc keep shaking the bag." he tugged his hair in frustration. "I think it's working." Herc shook the bag. "Did you find Phi-" cats were around Herc, mostly alley cats. "None of them is Philip." Laf shook his head. "Maybe Philip can also shapeshift?" Herc shrugged. "It's impossible, plus those cats don't look anything like Philip." Laf furrowed his eyebrows. "Hmm...maybe, let's try to find him in the animal shelter?" Herc suggested. "Good idea."

"Can I help you sir?" the caretaker of the shelter asked the Herc and Laf as they got inside the building. "Uh yeah, have you seen any unique looking kittens lately? Like at all?" Laf hesitantly asked her. "Hmm...like half human ones?" she tilted her head. "Yeah, but half cat babies." Laf nodded. "Sorry sir, we don't have half human cats here." she shook her head. "Then why did you ask about them?" Laf crossed his arms. "Because those kind are quite popular yet expensive and very rare to find, thought that you were finding some." she shrugged.

"We are, do you know any place that has those kind of cats?"

"Maybe the orphanage? I did saw some."

"Okay, thank you ma'am." the two men proceeded to the orphanage down ths street, the biggest orphanage in town. "Excuse me, can I have a look of your half cat children here?" Laf immediately asked the caretaker. "Sure sir." she went the on to call the said kind of children and lined them up. "Are you here to adopt one, sir?" she turned to the two men. "Uh..no, we're just here to..." Laf gulped. "We lost our friend's half human cat baby and we figured you might've seen him." Herc linked. "Oh baby? We have one!" the woman went to the nursery. "Is this him?" she came back, holding a baby with blonde hair, green eyes, a tail and cat ears. "Um...not even close, no that's not him." Laf shook his head. "Thank you for the help ma'am, we'll find him ourselves." they both left.

"Argh, Alex and John are gonna kill us for sure." Laf lowered his head.

"Hey, it's gonna be okay-"

"No it's not gonna be okay, Philip is their kid, and losing one is painful for them, REALLY painful."

They both arrived at Alex's home. Laf sat on the couch, worrying about Pip. "We're home!" Alex opened the door. "Where's Pip?" John smiled. "Guys, about Philip..." Laf stood up.

"We lost hi-"

"Papa! Dada!"

Philip suddenly toddled towards his two dads from under the couch. "P-Philip?" Herc and Laf widened their eyes. "There you are!" John picked Philip up and gave him kisses on his cheek. "Now what were you guys gonna say?" Alex looked at Herc and Laf. "Uh...we just wanted to say that Philip is...a sweetheart." Laf smiled. "Aww, thank you guys for takin' care of our son." John smiled. "You're welcome guys, we're gonna go now. Later." they both left, relieved. "Damn, that was almost CATastrophic." Herc sighed. "I know, and love the pun though." Laf smiled. "Thanks."