My Brother's Son 1/13
Title: My Brother's Son
Chapter 1/13: Part I
Characters: Jean-Pierre, Vincent, Louis Tremblay, Loraine Tremblay, Elaine Williams, Matthew Williams, Samuel, Aileen
Author: Orangepencils
Genre: Drama, romance
Rating for this chapter: T
Warnings: Human names used. AU
Pairings: Jean-PierrexVincent, eventually.
Summary: Vincent and Jean-Pierre grew up as quasi-brothers who never really got along. After not seeing each other for almost twenty years, can a little boy named Sébastien bring them together?
This chapter summary: The introduction of what happened.
My Brother’s Son
Part I
This idea came to me with a visual for a scene that takes place in a later part. At first I ignored it, but the scene would not leave me and from there it developed into a small plot. Before I knew it, I had a title, which changed from daughter to son, because of the scene.
It took me a lot of time to flesh out this thing and an even longer time to decide whether to do it or not, but in the end, it had to be written. Originally, this was only going to be a one part thing, but it has 100 and some pages. Bear with me as we go through the parts.
Also, the start and end dates are all the same, since I wrote this in one stretch.
That being said, I hope you like this alternate universe, as much as I liked writing it.
Disclaimer: Alternate universe.
My Brother’s Son
Part I
Louis Tremblay and Matthew W. Lambert met in high school and became good friends many, many years ago. The two boys bonded over their mutual love of hockey and when they became adults and had wives of their own, they moved in the same neighbourhood and became neighbours as well.
Louis was best man at Matthew’s wedding, just as Matthew was for Louis. It was only natural that when Jean-Pierre was born to Louis and Loraine, and when Vincent was born to Matthew and Elaine, almost a full two years later, the two boys became friends and almost brothers.
The two couples often did things together and Matthew would babysit Jean-Pierre, just as Louis would watch Vincent, when it was needed.
Louis was not known to be a patient man and Loraine enjoyed her liquor a little too much. After Jean-Pierre turned four and Loraine lost the baby for the second time, the relationship between Louis and Loraine turned sour and there were many nights when Jean-Pierre was woken from his slumber, due to his parents yelling.
Matthew worried for his friend’s well being and of that of his family. He tried to help and offer support, but Louis brushed it off. However, Matthew could see the effects the fighting was having on Jean-Pierre’s behaviour and the older man was genuinely worried for the boy.
Shortly after the summer of Jean-Pierre’s sixth birthday, on one particularly hot and muggy night, Lorraine and Louis got in their worst fight to date. Lorraine was drunk and Louis in a very foul mood. The couple was so engrossed in their dispute, they never knew their son was awake and watching them from the top of the stairs. What he witnessed that night forever changed him as a boy and as a person.
Louis was known to get aggressive with both Lorraine and Jean-Pierre and had hit both members of his family on more than one occasion. This night was different though. There was more rage in Louis eyes than usual and it eventually got to the point where the man took a weapon to beat his wife.
It wasn’t clear whether it was the fall or the hit to the head that caused Lorraine’s death, but the scream Jean-Pierre let out when he saw his mother fall to the floor, with blood oozing from her face, made Matthew run to his friend’s house. He found Louis rocking the corpse of his dead wife, his hands bloodied and Jean-Pierre petrified on the top stairs, tears staining his horror stricken, blue eyes.
Louis was charged with first degree murder and sentenced to a lifelong jail term. He lost custody of his son and the social worker was ready to send Jean-Pierre to a youth center, when Matthew decided to adopt the boy, seeing as he was his godfather.
Matthew made sure to get the best psychiatrists for Jean-Pierre and hoped the boy would eventually get better, but the truth was he remained haunted by his mother’s death for the years that followed.
At first, Jean-Pierre was mostly silent and kept to himself. After almost a year passed, however Jean-Pierre started interacting with the others and Matthew had been hopeful.
Matthew had three kids of his own; Vincent, the eldest, and the twins, Samuel and Aileen. Jean-Pierre mostly spent time with the twins, in the beginning, who were babies at the time. He liked taking care of them, for it soothed him. He seemed to enjoy his role of “older brother” and Matthew encouraged him to help Elaine with the twins whenever he could. Whatever worked, he figured.
For a while, Matthew believed the worst was behind them and that Jean-Pierre would be able to lead the life of a normal boy, but then he started talking with Vincent again and things were definitively not okay anymore.
As little boys often did, Vincent and Jean-Pierre had periods where they would roughhouse each other. It seemed harmless in the beginning and Matthew figured their fighting and arguing was just typical of two brothers. He recalled his own growing up with his older brother and the times they disagreed and fought, and figured this was the same.
He was wrong.
By the time Jean-Pierre was about ten years old, Matthew noticed there was always lingering malice in Jean-Pierre’s eyes and he fought to hurt. There was nothing playful in it. He often provoked Vincent simply to fight him and to injure his first born.
Jean-Pierre was a lot bigger than Vincent and Matthew always feared one day, he would seriously hurt his son. Every time they would tussle, he would intervene quickly and try to get Jean-Pierre to understand this behaviour was wrong.
The boy would apologize and promise not to do it again, but the sad fact remained he did.
As the years went on, Jean-Pierre became even more violent and Vincent eventually became aggressive towards the older boy, as well. What had been friendship was now animosity and it was impossible for the two of them to be in the same room without one or the other starting a fight.
On top of Jean-Pierre’s aggressive behaviour and bad temper, by the time he entered high school, he started hanging out with the wrong crowd and took up smoking and drugs, much to the horror of Matthew.
He was devastated and tried, without success, to reason with Jean-Pierre, but the boy was troubled and didn’t want to listen. He was as distant as ever from his adoptive family and by the time he turned sixteen and finished school, he moved out and made a point to sever all ties with Matthew, Vincent and the others.
Matthew was not the only one who was devastated.
OWARI I
TO BE CONTINUED
And here is the end of part I. This was just a set-up introduction. The real deal begins in the next chapter.
I do accept anonymous reviews.
Started writing: January 29th 2012, 9:47pm
Finished writing: March 31st 2012, 8:10pm
Started typing: April 30th 2012, 12:54pm
Finished typing: May 4th 2012, 11:22am
Chapter 1/13: Part I
Characters: Jean-Pierre, Vincent, Louis Tremblay, Loraine Tremblay, Elaine Williams, Matthew Williams, Samuel, Aileen
Author: Orangepencils
Genre: Drama, romance
Rating for this chapter: T
Warnings: Human names used. AU
Pairings: Jean-PierrexVincent, eventually.
Summary: Vincent and Jean-Pierre grew up as quasi-brothers who never really got along. After not seeing each other for almost twenty years, can a little boy named Sébastien bring them together?
This chapter summary: The introduction of what happened.
My Brother’s Son
Part I
This idea came to me with a visual for a scene that takes place in a later part. At first I ignored it, but the scene would not leave me and from there it developed into a small plot. Before I knew it, I had a title, which changed from daughter to son, because of the scene.
It took me a lot of time to flesh out this thing and an even longer time to decide whether to do it or not, but in the end, it had to be written. Originally, this was only going to be a one part thing, but it has 100 and some pages. Bear with me as we go through the parts.
Also, the start and end dates are all the same, since I wrote this in one stretch.
That being said, I hope you like this alternate universe, as much as I liked writing it.
Disclaimer: Alternate universe.
My Brother’s Son
Part I
Louis Tremblay and Matthew W. Lambert met in high school and became good friends many, many years ago. The two boys bonded over their mutual love of hockey and when they became adults and had wives of their own, they moved in the same neighbourhood and became neighbours as well.
Louis was best man at Matthew’s wedding, just as Matthew was for Louis. It was only natural that when Jean-Pierre was born to Louis and Loraine, and when Vincent was born to Matthew and Elaine, almost a full two years later, the two boys became friends and almost brothers.
The two couples often did things together and Matthew would babysit Jean-Pierre, just as Louis would watch Vincent, when it was needed.
Louis was not known to be a patient man and Loraine enjoyed her liquor a little too much. After Jean-Pierre turned four and Loraine lost the baby for the second time, the relationship between Louis and Loraine turned sour and there were many nights when Jean-Pierre was woken from his slumber, due to his parents yelling.
Matthew worried for his friend’s well being and of that of his family. He tried to help and offer support, but Louis brushed it off. However, Matthew could see the effects the fighting was having on Jean-Pierre’s behaviour and the older man was genuinely worried for the boy.
Shortly after the summer of Jean-Pierre’s sixth birthday, on one particularly hot and muggy night, Lorraine and Louis got in their worst fight to date. Lorraine was drunk and Louis in a very foul mood. The couple was so engrossed in their dispute, they never knew their son was awake and watching them from the top of the stairs. What he witnessed that night forever changed him as a boy and as a person.
Louis was known to get aggressive with both Lorraine and Jean-Pierre and had hit both members of his family on more than one occasion. This night was different though. There was more rage in Louis eyes than usual and it eventually got to the point where the man took a weapon to beat his wife.
It wasn’t clear whether it was the fall or the hit to the head that caused Lorraine’s death, but the scream Jean-Pierre let out when he saw his mother fall to the floor, with blood oozing from her face, made Matthew run to his friend’s house. He found Louis rocking the corpse of his dead wife, his hands bloodied and Jean-Pierre petrified on the top stairs, tears staining his horror stricken, blue eyes.
Louis was charged with first degree murder and sentenced to a lifelong jail term. He lost custody of his son and the social worker was ready to send Jean-Pierre to a youth center, when Matthew decided to adopt the boy, seeing as he was his godfather.
Matthew made sure to get the best psychiatrists for Jean-Pierre and hoped the boy would eventually get better, but the truth was he remained haunted by his mother’s death for the years that followed.
At first, Jean-Pierre was mostly silent and kept to himself. After almost a year passed, however Jean-Pierre started interacting with the others and Matthew had been hopeful.
Matthew had three kids of his own; Vincent, the eldest, and the twins, Samuel and Aileen. Jean-Pierre mostly spent time with the twins, in the beginning, who were babies at the time. He liked taking care of them, for it soothed him. He seemed to enjoy his role of “older brother” and Matthew encouraged him to help Elaine with the twins whenever he could. Whatever worked, he figured.
For a while, Matthew believed the worst was behind them and that Jean-Pierre would be able to lead the life of a normal boy, but then he started talking with Vincent again and things were definitively not okay anymore.
As little boys often did, Vincent and Jean-Pierre had periods where they would roughhouse each other. It seemed harmless in the beginning and Matthew figured their fighting and arguing was just typical of two brothers. He recalled his own growing up with his older brother and the times they disagreed and fought, and figured this was the same.
He was wrong.
By the time Jean-Pierre was about ten years old, Matthew noticed there was always lingering malice in Jean-Pierre’s eyes and he fought to hurt. There was nothing playful in it. He often provoked Vincent simply to fight him and to injure his first born.
Jean-Pierre was a lot bigger than Vincent and Matthew always feared one day, he would seriously hurt his son. Every time they would tussle, he would intervene quickly and try to get Jean-Pierre to understand this behaviour was wrong.
The boy would apologize and promise not to do it again, but the sad fact remained he did.
As the years went on, Jean-Pierre became even more violent and Vincent eventually became aggressive towards the older boy, as well. What had been friendship was now animosity and it was impossible for the two of them to be in the same room without one or the other starting a fight.
On top of Jean-Pierre’s aggressive behaviour and bad temper, by the time he entered high school, he started hanging out with the wrong crowd and took up smoking and drugs, much to the horror of Matthew.
He was devastated and tried, without success, to reason with Jean-Pierre, but the boy was troubled and didn’t want to listen. He was as distant as ever from his adoptive family and by the time he turned sixteen and finished school, he moved out and made a point to sever all ties with Matthew, Vincent and the others.
Matthew was not the only one who was devastated.
OWARI I
TO BE CONTINUED
And here is the end of part I. This was just a set-up introduction. The real deal begins in the next chapter.
I do accept anonymous reviews.
Started writing: January 29th 2012, 9:47pm
Finished writing: March 31st 2012, 8:10pm
Started typing: April 30th 2012, 12:54pm
Finished typing: May 4th 2012, 11:22am