Thomas' POV

"Stop letting the baby bully you." I tell Ares, not even looking up from wrapping presents on the living room floor. I look up and see Zion bouncing on the floor using my leg as support and show him a funny face making him giggle and try to clap his hands.

Forgetting he was using my legs for support, he falls over on his butt the moment he moves his hands making me laugh.

And after a few delayed seconds, his tiny giggle joins in making me shake my head.

"This tiny devil can't bully me. I'm the boss of this shit." Ares tells me, and I look over to see Zander slapping my lover on the chest as he tries to cook, his small body in Ares' arms protectively.

"Looks like he's already started." I tell him in amusement but he only grumbles at me.

I get back to wrapping presents and find myself putting tape on Zion's finger, laughing quietly when I see his face of confusion when he can't take it off.

He shakes for a few second and frown up at me, tilting his small head to the side in confusion ver not being able to get free of the tape. Taking pity in my son, I reach for the piece of tape and take it off, holding it in my hand, and Zion looks at his now empty one. Apparently unsatisfied, he reaches for the tape piece in my hand and I give it back
to him with a laugh and watch as he plays with it before going back to wrapping presents.

I start humming to myself, and Zion sits quietly, playing with the piece of tape that I gave him, laughing to himself as he watches me wrap the presents in front of me, reaching out a few times to help.

Well, patting the box a few times counts as helping in my book.

I turn my head and find Zander pulling on Ares' hair and babbling a few words as he giggles and slaps Ares around in the face and chest. I laugh and pick Zion up before heading into the kitchen area.

"What did you do to my poor baby?" I ask Zack, gesturing to our very aggressive son who seems to be making it his lives mission to beat up his dad.

He scoffs and turn towards me as if in disbelief.

"Forget about that! Look at what he's doing to me! You're just going to sit there and let him beat me like this?" He asks and I laugh, already knowing where this is going to go and decide to do it anyway for the fun of it.

"You're right. What kind of Soulmate am I?" I ask before handing him Zion in his free hand and taking Zander away from him, causing him to frown and Zander to pout, reaching back to probably hit Ares some more just for the fun of it. "There you go. All fixed." I tell my lover before patting his arm and walking away with his best friend.

I carry Zander back to my wrapping station and sit him down where his brother just was before handing him a piece of tape as well.

And of course he's just as entertained as Zion was.

Not even two minutes later, step are coming near us and I look up to see Ares setting Zion down on the floor and Zander raises his arms in excitement and giggles are Ares reaches down and grabs him up.

I look up in amusement. "I thought you said the baby was abusing you and bullying you?" I tease and Ares glares at me.

"That's between me and the baby. You're baby is boring. He just sat there and played with tape. He didn't try to put it on me or hit me at all. What kind of child are you trying to raise here?" He asks me, as if I have the audacity to do something so unbelievably rude as raise Zion to be the sane one in the family.

"Zander was playing with tape too. He even put some on one of the presents and then asked for more. He's a great helper." I tell him and Ares groans, his head falling back in disbelief.

He turns towards the baby in his arms with a mean glare that has me chuckling though I try to hide it.

"How could you do something like that? You're helping people now? I taught you better than that. You can't be boring like your brother. I leave you here for five minutes and you're already a changed baby." He scolds Zander and the baby gets quiet for all of three seconds before he's laughing and clapping his hands before he hits Ares in the chest.

"When he gets older, he's going to pee in your bed and claim dominance over you." I tell my lover, pulling Zion into my lap and coddle him, and his small arms hug me back before he starts playing with some wrapping paper in his hands.

"I'll throw him out of the window if he tries. Isn't that right Zander? He asks and I shake my head and sigh at the two of them as they go to disappear into the kitchen.

"You're fathers idea of baby talk needs some work." I tell Zion as he shakes the wrapping paper. "Okay. Let's finish wrapping these for the party."