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Techno , Wilbur and Phil haven't heard from their youngest in the Family , Tommy , in the last 3 years. Tommy moved out when he was 18 years old and had his license , it still hurt them to know that the youngest cut contact to them all not even a week after he had moved into his own house.

Techno and Wilbur were now 26 years old and if someone had told them their younger brother would hate them one day, they would have done everything to make tommy stay but Tommy had begged them for weeks to let him move out and in a house with his girlfriend. They didnt move out of their Fathers house even when they could , they would miss him to much they said and Phil was happy to have them stay but why didnt Tommy stay too?.

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The last three years werecthe worst for tommy. He had to cut contact to his friends and family for a girl he loved so so much just for her to leave him after a year and having a newborn baby, out of nowhere she had just left! And now he has a two year old upstairs sleeping but still no contact to his family. Friends yes but not his family , he was just to scared for their reaction.

He was at his house right now , the radio was on as he sat at the open window and had a lit cogarrete in his one hand and his Phone in the other. He knew its not good but he picked up the bad habbit two years ago.

He looked over to the baby monitor every few minutes to make sure his two year old kid was sleeping , even if the kid was two years old tommy still made sure the baby monito was up and he had an eye on the kid. While he was scrolling on his Phone he saw a tweet from Phil.

*Image of techno holding a baby in his arms , Wilbur standing next to him amazed as he looked at the child and Phil chuckling while watching them with a wide smile*

Miss these days everday , Love my sons no matter what they do :) my sweet boys.

Tommy sighed and closed the app , he wished he could have stayed in contact with them but he didnt. He did have a reason but would they understand? Tommy thought bout that for the last year now. Since his girlfriend had left him and the kid.

He opened his contact and hovered over the call button on a certain number he hadnt called in three years now. Would they pick up? Would they be happy to hear about him? What if they're mad? Of course they'd be mad. But Before he could stop himself he heard the phone ring.

"hello? Philza Watson Speaking , who is this?"

The men on the other side said , he was quick to answer tommy noticed and coughed before answering

"Hey Phil..." he said after blowing the smoke out of his mouth , the other side stayed silent a few seconds before he heard a quiet sob

"tommy? Is it really you?" Phil asked , Tommy chuckled and hummed when he could clearly hear the shock in Phils voice

"yea who else? How long has it been? Three years?" He mumbled and Phil chuckled too now

"yea it has.. how are you mate? what've you been up too?" phil asked

"i've been fine , The twins home?" Tommy asked as he took another breath of the cigarrete

"No , they're out with Dream for the weekend , why?"

"... can we talk? I.. i know its been three years but i want to explain." Tommy asked , he hadnt seen his Father in three years without an explanation but now he finally came back? As if Phil could ever say no to his Son

"yea.. that'd be nice.. im so happy you called"

phil said and Tommy could just imagine how he smiled with tears going down his face

"yea sorry about just.. you know , vanishing and all but i can explain, really!" Tommy sighed "i'd come over now but my kids asleep so-"

"your kid!? Im a grandfather now?!"

Phil asked shocked but tommy could just imagine the smile on his face , its his first grandchild after all

"yea.. im sorry.." tommy said again and a tear rolled down his face as he finally let the past years enter his head again and thought about it , just because he was scared to call or even just message they hadnt met his kid! Just because he was stupid and scared. He threw the cigarrete away and sighed as he leaned on the wall behind him

"i-its okay mate.. well not really but i forgive you , you're my son and i love you no matter what. So whats the kids name?"

Phil asked

"Its Shroud.. i-i should have told you once i had him but i didnt , just because she made me! If i hadnt been so stupid you could have met your first grandchild way sooner but no i was dumb and-and.." Tommy cried and broke down with a broken sob

"toms.. do you want to talk about it? I'll always be here for you and you know that yea?" Phil asked , how could he still be so nice? Tommy just left them but hes okay with that?

"Can you come over so we can talk? Over the phone is a bit weird and i'l like to see you again, dad.." Tommy asked with a sniff as he stood up and heard a shocked gasp

"can you send me the adress? And since when do you live here now? Didnt you move like ...two hours away?"

, Tommy could hear keys rushle in the background

"i moved here a few Months ago with the help of tubs and ran" Tommy chuckled while wipping his tears away and sending Phil his adress

"thats nice , ok i got you message. I'll be there in twenty minutes , love you mate"

Phil said , making tommy smile

"love you too dad" Tommy whispered before he hang up the phone and started getting coffee ready , if he remembered right then Phil loved black coffee.

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After twenty minutes someone knocked at the front door , luckily he had messaged Phil to not ring the doorbell or shroud would wake up. Tommy walked up to the door and opened it for Phil , Phils eyes widened once he saw his son for the first time after three years. Tommy had now long hair which was in a messy braid right now , he didnt have a beard or anything , he looked tired and exhausted but the blue eyes still shined like they always did

"tommy.." Phil said under his breath, he just smiled at his Father before getting pulled into a hug and hugged back.

"hey dad.. i missed you" Tommy whispered and hid his face on Phils shoulder

"i missed you too son.." Phil said before pulling back from the hug. Seeing tommy was still so unreal for him but here he was right infront of him.. Tommy , his youngets son who he thought he had let down because he had cut the contact but here he is , finally getting an explantion.

"come in , Shroud is upstairs asleep and i made coffee , you still like black coffee right?" Tommy asked as he let Phil inside

"i do yea" Phil chuckled as he looked around ,following Tommy in the kitchen. While looking around he couldnt help but to notice the lighter and cigarretes laying on the coffeetable "tommy , do you smoke?" Phil asked and looked back at Tommy who was getting the coffee ready.

Tommy stayed silent for a few seconds before responding "yea , i do" with a sigh"im trying to quit for shroud but its become a habit of mine i guess?" he said and handed Phil a cup of coffee

"thanks mate"Phil said as he took the cup before they walked in the livingroom and sat down on the couch "its good that your trying to quit"He smiled at Tommy ,getting a small smile in return

"could we talk now? about everything? just ask me things and i will answer" Tommy said , he put his coffee on the table before leaning back on the backrest

"ok so first of.. where's your girlfriend? i thought she'd still be around since she always told me how much she loved you and the future plans you had" Phil started , that was not was tommy expected. Why not something like , how old Shroud? do you have a job or something? just starting but that? alright then

"she left two years ago." Tommy mumbled and looked to a shelf where a picture frame was with a picture of them inside and a ring infront of it

"aww mate.." Phil frowned when he followed tommys stare , did she die before they could marry? thats not really-

"shes not dead if you think that" Tommy interrupted his thoughts , he gave a questioning and confused hum "she left a few weeks after Shroud was born , wrote it was to much and some other stuff on a peace of paper and hang it on the fridge for me to find the next morning to see her gone" Tommy said, a small smile on his face as a tear dropped down his face and he looked at Phil

"it was the day i wanted to propose to her..." Tommy whispered , Phil gave a shocked gasp as he covered his mouth before hugging his son "i wanted to come back to you right after that but i was in a bad state to do so.. im so sorry , if i would have been smarter and thought about it more you could have watched Shroud grow up earlier!" Tommy cried into his shoulder , Phil mumbled soft and comforting words to him hopeing he would calm down. After five minutes tommy stopped crying and contiuned to explain why he left

"when i moved out i planned to see you every weekend atleast.." Tommy started , Phil gave a hum to let him know he was listening "but she told me it was eather you guys or her and i was so in love with her , blinded by it , that i chose her and cut the contact to you.."

"she made you do that?" Phil asked shocked and tommy nodded , before they could contiune to talk Phils phone started to ring. He got his phone out and saw it was Wilbur with Video call "its wil and its video call" Phil mumbled , tommy sniffed and chuckled lightly

"pick it up but dont tell him you're with me right now" Tommy said and backed away so he wasnt seen on the phone, Phil chuckled shaking his head before picking up the call and letting his phone lean on a water bottle so that he didnt have to hold the phone but wil could see him. When the call started he saw Wilbur and Techno both looking like they freaked out

"dad! dont just leave without telling us old man!"

Wilbur complained

"hello to you too Wil" Phil laughed "dont worry , im just visiting someone at the moment , i'll be back within the next hour"

"and where exactly are you? so that we know where to get you if you arent back by then."

Techno said jokingly, Tommy scoffed with a small chuckled making the Twins both stop

"who is that?"

Wilbur asked and Tommy showed his hand , waving to them

"what-"

he said confused making Phil laugh

"dont worry boys , just a friend of mine. I'll be back in an hour , bye boys" he said and before the twins could protest he hang up and looked at Tommy. "and when will you tell them you're back?" , Tommy looked at the floor as he was fidgeting with his hands before a small smile krept on his face

"lets meet in the park on wendsday , for now only we both and shroud and maybe in a week or so the Twins can know" he said , Phil nodded understanding. They talked about everything for atleast half an hour more while drinking their coffees before Phil eventually left to go to the Twins. They decided to meet up on wendsday again at the park at 1 pm when Tommy would be off work , so they did.

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It had now been a week since Tommy had called Phil and met up with him , Phil couldnt meet shroud on wendsday because the two year old was sick so they had to cancel the meet up but decided to just meet when they let the Twins know he was back and let him explain to them too. Tommy was really nervous , it had been three years and he had always hang on his brothers , never leaving their side as a kid but as he got older he let go till he had eventually left. It was one of his hardest decision to make but they had always told him that a lover was important and they were happy for him when he got a girlfriend but sadly they were wrong when they said she'd stay forever.

Now here he was in their house he had left three years ago , phil was out shoping with the twins on purpose for Tommy to suprise them with shroud. Shroud was really excited to meet his uncles and grandfather he heard many storys of , Tommy always told him about them as bedtime storys or when he would ask about them. Shroud was playing with a plush moth on hte livingroom floor and tommy was sitting on the couch anxiously when he heard the door open. He took a deep breath and stood up to walk over to them but to no suprise his son Shroud was quicker and ran up to them first

"shroud! i told you to wait!" Tommy shouted after him , not in a mean way but to let him know he wasnt angry but meant it. When he walked to the front door he saw the twins standing there shocked , wide eyes and mouth parted , wilbur was the first to run up to him and pull him in hug as he began to cry

"tommy.." Wilbur mumbled , Tommy hummed closing his eyes and melted into the hug before he felt a hand in his hair , defintly Techno since he didnt like hugs and that was always his way to show affection and love. "oh my gosh , you little gremlin!" Wilbur scolded him

"theseus. good to see you back" Techno said , the blond opened his eyes and his bright blue eyes met with brown eyes of his oldest brother right when Wilbur pulled back from the hug

"since when have you been back?" Wilbur asked wipping his tears away

"a few months.. i called dad a week ago and talked to him , explained everything and i want to explain to you two too if you let me and maybe we could.. be a happy family again?" Tommy asked nervously as he looked at the twins , they both looked at him with smiles

"lets sit down first and then you can also explain who the boy is Phil just kidnapped" Wilbur chuckled , oh right Phil and shroud. When Tommy looked in the livingroom Phil sat there and played with Shroud like he did with Tommy ,making him smile. They all got their phones out and took a picture of the moment before packing the shopping stuff away and sitting down in the livngroom. Shroud was quick to run up to Tommy and sat down on his lap with the moth plushy in his hands , the kid had dark brown hair and tommys blue eyes Techno noticed.

"okey so.. this is my son shroud , he's two years old. Shroud meet your uncles Techno and Wilbur and your grandfather Phil" Tommy smiled and gestured to each one of them when he said their names

"im a uncle!?" Techno and Wilbur yelled suprised at the same time , Phil and Tommy both laughed and nodded.

"shroud why dont you play a bit yea? i need to talk to them for a moment" tommy smiled at the small boy , shroud nodded and walked into another room to play with his toys he had took with him. "ok so let me explain.." Tommy sighed. He explained the same things he told Phil , they understood and told him that they will love him no matter what. What mattered was that hes safe and not dead like they were starting to think , Tommy chuckled at that and told them if he died they'd be the first people to get called since they have always been the emergancy contacts on his phone and that wont ever change.

From that day on they'll eventually met again and fit right back like if nothing ever happened. Like Tommy had never left and stayed with them , the years they missed with each other were quick to get catched up on and eventually the twins even found out that Tubbo and Ranboo had lied to them about not knowing where tommy was for the last two years. The first year they really had no clue but the two years after that they did but Tommy told them to lie and they did. Good to know he could trust his friends completly.

Eventually the family will heal and watch Shroud grow up togheter , shroud will meet Micheal ,Tubbos and Ranboos adopted son. Tommy will tell them about his mental health problems he had and still has and they'd all help him. The blond would also tell them that he started therapy and stopped smoking , they would celebrate that with a party that Tommy is getting better but thats all for the future.

For now they're in the livingroom and catching up on everything they had missed on each ohers lifes.