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The house was loud when he walked in quietly. Jasper could hear all of the Balm boys roughhousing somewhere on the first floor, so he walked towards it. He smiled at Mikey's grandmother, then looking into the living room where Mikey had Aiden in a chokehold in the floor. Mikey was too complacent and even Jasper could see Aiden's next move—the same move Mikey pulled on Jasper at Halloween. He punched Mikey's crotch and instantly the arm around Aiden's neck was gone and he was free to move.

Jasper turned away so it wasn't too obvious of his crush and smiled again towards Marlene Balm. He asked her how her Saturday was, and she pointed to the boys.

"It's been like this all day." She held out the apple pie she had grabbed from the fridge and Jasper gladly served himself a slice. Then, he was eating it while Marlene continued speaking. She asked, curiously, "I didn't see Mikey pick up his phone; did he text you to come over?"

The twenty-one year old shook his head, swallowing the forkful he had taken. He explained how he was bored in his college apartment, so he decided to walk over. It's been a few weeks since he's been over and he wanted to see everyone. Marlene gave Jasper a pointed look for saying that.

She chuckled, "you don't need to suck up to continue to come over. I'm sure Mikey doesn't care when you show up randomly. He always kicks out Aiden from their room when you're over."

A faint blush grew on Jasper's cheeks, but he shrugged nonchalantly, shoving more apple pie in his mouth so he couldn't speak. He felt his tongue piercing move uncomfortable and he was quick to wash away the pie with water. Marlene and Jasper spoke to each other as the boys wrestled in the living room.

Mikey pinned Aiden to the ground and proudly stated, "fuck yeah! I told you I was stronger than you."

Aiden quipped, "that's because you titty twisted me."

"You punched my dick, you ass."

"You deserved that," he grumbled and pulled away from his older brother. He pushed the next youngest to Mikey and walked to the kitchen. He saw the flushed cheeks and Jasper and quickly connected the dots when he heard his grandmother continue to ask what they do that Aiden needs to leave.

Jasper was glad that Aiden stepped in. He went along with the lie the older one spouted, and Jasper could have hugged the shithead right on the spot. He wasn't given the chance since Aiden walked away and grabbed himself a juice pouch, going back to the living room. Mikey's head popping up after that has Jasper knowing Aiden told him his friend was there.

Mikey was quick to pin down his brother before finding his way next to Jasper. He smiled and pushed away the hair that got in his face, his cheeks red from the exertion he put into winning against Aiden, then his next youngest brother right after another.

The younger of the two placed a soft hand on the dip of Jasper's back and say, "hey, I didn't know you were coming over."

There was a quick dip in Mikey's eyebrows which Jasper took as, are we fucking?, but he subtly shook his head. Then, the hand lifted and he brought down a cup to fill with water. He leaned against Jasper, pressing his back to Jasper's and leaving his most of his body weight for his best friend to support. Jasper had to grab the counter of the island and rolled his eyes at Mikey's playfulness.

Marlene chuckled before telling them, "you boys are silly," with a shake of her head.

When Mikey reaches behind him to place his hands over his best friend's eyes, Marlene laughed again. Jasper moved out of Mikey's hands and tried to go back to eating his slice of pie. But, the twenty-year-old was quick to lean back more into Jasper's back and firmly place his hand on Jasper's forehead.

The playful boy looked to see when his best friend placed his fork in his mouth to pull his head back. Jasper coughed at the sudden movement of his head and Mikey rolled off his back. They laughed together and Marlene shook her head at the two boys.

Jasper growled, "you're an ass, Michael."

He specifically used Mikey's full name to get a reaction out of him, but one he couldn't do anything about since his grandmother was in the room. Jasper enjoyed having the upper hand and watched as Mikey narrowed his eyes. What he wasn't planning on was Mikey's quick hand to jab into his side, taking him down. And just like in the living room, Mikey had pinned Jasper under him—Mikey sat on Jasper's stomach and laughed as he tried to push him off.

"You're not going anywhere, Jasp."

Mikey shrugged and got comfortable, sitting crisscross and crossing his arms over his chest. He ignored Jasper's pleads and stole Jasper's plate for the pie. When he took a bite Jasper stilled under him, he didn't wiggle at all.

"Mikey," Jasper whined, and pouted so he could manipulate Mikey to stop eating his pie. But it didn't work. "Don't eat my pie! Marlene, help!"

Mikey's grandmother peered around the island and shrugged. "Sorry Jasper, you're the one who started this. We know Mikey isn't fond of being called Michael."

Jasper stared up to Mikey, a little mesmerized at his sharp and angular his face was from the angle he was staring from. But, he hit Mikey's knee and whined again, "it's literally your first name. Why do you have to eat my pie because of it!"

"You want some?" Mikey questioned, looking down. He changed his position so he was straddling Jasper instead. The sight of Jasper staring at him from under him was indescribable.

"Here." Mikey held the fork out and had some of the apple pie on it. Jasper deadpanned, but let Mikey feed him. He grinned while chewing and couldn't help but check out Mikey. The younger of them lightly hit Jasper's forehead and softly told him, "stop," buy it didn't sound like he wanted Jasper to do that.

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Gah, I couldn't help myself. I needed to write Jasper x Mikey fluff. Plus something to get them to think of their crushes.

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