"Hey Rye, how ya' feelin?" Jack asks, sitting down on the edge of the child's bed, tray of food in hand.
"A little better." Ryan replies quietly, pushing himself into a sitting position as Jack goes to place the fold out tray over his lap.
"Good, now I made you some soup, I hope you like it." Jack smiles, the warm, almost motherly smile that Jack has.
"Jack, you know I love everything you make."
"Yeah, well, let's just hope your stomach loves it and wants to keep it." He says with a chuckle, but he's only half joking. He watches as Ryan picks up his spoon, tentatively trying some. The two smile at each other before Ryan replaces his spoon to resting on the tray.
"Jack," He begins.
"Yeah Rye?"
"Can I ask you something?" Ryan looks up at him.
"Of course, anything." Jack states, cocking his head curiously. Ryan doesn't know exactly where to begin.
"Do you like that dad's back?" Ryan asks, taking Jack by surprise. He expected something like, how do I talk to a girl, or will you help me prank Michael and Gavin, but not something serious like this.
"Uh, well, yeah, I guess. Why? Don't you like that he's here?" Jack hesitates.
"I don't know. I guess not. I mean, it's not like he's doing anything that I don't particularly like, but I don't like how Geoff is around him." Ryan says, unsure of his words. "What exactly happened between them?" Ryan finishes, eliciting a sigh from his older brother.
"Honestly? I have no idea. Geoff won't tell me, and when I asked Dad he just said that they had 'their fair share of problems' whatever that means."
"Oh."
"Yeah."
The two sit in silence for a moment, Jack staring down at his lap, Ryan staring at his soup. Jack's phone breaks the silence, neither of them can really tell whether the interruption was welcome or not. "Okay kiddo, I have to take this so you finish your food." Ryan nods and Jack stands up and makes his way to the door. He steps out into the hallway, closing it silently behind him and answering his phone.
"Hello, Jack Hunter speaking. Yes. They what?! A fight? Well, is everyone okay? Alright, I'll come get them. Thank you. Bye." He groans leaning his head back into Ryan's door where he stands quietly for a moment. With a sigh, he moves down the hall, Thomas should be able to watch Ryan for a bit while he picked up Michael and Gavin from school right?
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The AH family
同人小说The Achievement Hunter guys are one big happy/dysfunctional family. Their mom died, and their dad walked out on them. Geoff and Jack are the closest ones they have to parents. I wrote this several years ago so I am very sorry for any and all cringe...
