Brotherly love

Little brothers, big trouble

Oliver age 17, Alex age 8
Ollie's pov

Ryley likes to remind me that even though I have a little brother, I am still his little brother too.

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To say I was startled when Alex came running into my room crying would be an understatement. "Woah, little dude. Are you alright?" I asked, concerned. He didn't answer and came over to where I was sitting in my desk chair and sat on my lap, making me wrap my arms around him so he didn't fall. "Chill out and tell me what's up. Big brother can't help you if I don't know what's going on." I said, trying to get him to calm down at least a little. He continued to cry into my neck so I held him tighter, trying to comfort him the best I could. "Shhh I got you, everything is gonna be alright now honey. Can you tell me why you're so upset darlin'?" I asked gently, rubbing his back in small circles.

"Ryley's gonna be mad at me." He mumbled. I could barely hear him since his face was buried in my shirt. "Why is Ryley going to be mad at you?" I asked gently, trying to pry him off of me a little so I can hear him. "No!" He whined at me. "Okay, I won't move you. But you have to sit up a little bud so we can talk." I defended. "N-no. If I tell you, you'll spank me." He whined. "I promise I won't if you tell me what's wrong." I sighed. "Promise?" He asked quietly. "Promise." I answered. "I broke Ryley's computer." He muttered, looking up at me nervously. My jaw dropped, no way this is happening. "You what?" I gasped. "Don't make me say it again." He pouted and hid his face in my chest again. "Alexander." I scolded. "You promised." He whined. "I'm not going to spank you, but Ryley will." I sighed. "Don't let him." He begged.

"Alex I can't do anything about it honey." I sighed. "I didn't mean to." He pouted. "Why were you in Ryley's room in the first place?" I asked, still rubbing his back. "I got in trouble and Ryley took my DS, I was lookin for it." He mumbled. "I've done that before little brother, word to the wise if Ryley takes something away don't go snooping around for it." I scolded, setting him back on his feet. "Did you get a spankin for it?" He asked nervously. "Mmhmm, Ryley got me good for poking my nose around in his room." I answered. "I'm scared." He whined. "Well, Ryley won't be home for a little bit. Let's go have a look at his computer." I said gently, leading him out of my room.

"Remember, you promised you wouldn't spank me." He mumbled when we got to Ryley's room. I stopped walking and turned him towards me, crouching down. "Is there something you need to tell me before we go in here?" I asked sternly. He usually "breaks" Ryley's computer everytime he's allowed to play on it. Meaning he puts the screen to sleep or restarts it on accident, so I wasn't too concerned when he said he broke it. He never gets spanked for that because he didn't actually cause any harm, so the fact that he's reminding me I said I wouldn't spank him is concerning. "N-no sir." He said quietly. Shit, he's calling me sir. "Open the door Alex." I said sternly. He turns his back to me and pushes Ryley's door open, right on his bed is his laptop, shattered.

"Alexander what the hell did you do?" I yelled, rushing over to the computer. I had no hope it would actually turn on in the condition it was in, but I tried anyway. No surprise, it didn't come on. I turned to look at my kid brother and he was crying in the doorway. "Come here." I mumbled. "You promised." He cried and shook his head, not moving. "I told you I'm not gonna spank you, so I'm not. Come here Alex." I huffed, slightly annoyed with the tears. He cried but shuffled over to me, I sighed and picked him up knowing he's a lot like me and calms down with physical contact. "How did this happen?" I asked sternly, but not harsh. Alex didn't answer, he just hid in face in my shoulder, something he does when he feels guilty. "Alexander." I scolded. "I broke it." He mumbled. "I can see that, but how?" I asked. "Was standing on the bed, lookin. And couldn't find my game, got mad and jumped. Laptop fell off the bed and broke. I'm sorry." He said quietly, sniffling between words. "So you bounced it off the bed?" I asked. I got a nod in response.