Little Tally Pt.3 Playdate
Sam and Liam come by for a playdate with Brian. It takes some time to warm up.
3800+ words (Only lightly Edited, sorry, it would have been another week at least for me to have gotten the posted with better editing)
I’m thinking about doing a part 2 of this playdate piece where the boys are getting along, and get into some trouble together if anyone has ideas?
Also, in general, please send ideas! I love writting little Tally and need more ideas! I’m also writting a Pup!Matt piece with Travis and Laura, so keep your eyes out for that.
I’m also open to most anything with a power exchange dynamic if anyone just has general requests for me.
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What Taliesin is, isn’t exactly a secret. Sure, when anyone else is around, Taliesin is a near perfect angel, with only little slips of his mouth getting him stern looks. Looks that sent him stammering and flushing and then quickly quiet.
But was it a secret amongst the close friends and couples? No. It isn’t un heard of for Taliesin to be quietly scolded down a lone hallway that the others will avoid. Or for someone to come over to Matt and Marisha’s house to spot the boy coloring quietly, or watching Tmnt on Nick, or decorating cookies with his two caregivers. He’d blush and go quiet, whispering to either Matt or Marisha and taking some time to warm up to his usual hugging, smiley self.
Liam liked visiting. He liked talking to Taliesin when he was little. The way he smiles and rocks on his heels as he chatters on about fun things he’s done. Taliesin is most use to Uncle Liam than anyone else hanging around the house. But Sam rarely joins, though he’s great at crafts and board games, he’s also super busy.
But a couple months ago, a new boy started taking up some of their time. Then alot of it. And Taliesin was honestly more curious the jealous, as he still had Mommy and Daddy, and still saw Liam at least once a week. Daddy swears Brian is older than him anyway, and noisy, and doesn’t like crafts and stuffed kitties.
Brian likes crashing toy trucks together and building tall lego towers that fall over and break apart. Brian like jungle gyms and gets scrapes and bruises, and he wouldn’t like dress up or doing his nails or watching Peppa Pig. Taliesin was a baby, a toddler at best. Brian was a big kid, who teases and pinches.
Taliesin didn’t have much interest in Brian. He knew the boy made Liam and Sam happy. He knew Brian got in a lot of trouble. More than him at least. He knew uncle Liam asks about playdates, that had been pushed off time and time again. Until now. Because they are going to start working directly with Brian. Not just seeing him on set or getting a drink. He’s going to be around a lot now.
“Tally. Bug.” Matt sighs as he finds Taliesin sat on the bed with the quilt over his head like a one man tent. “What are you doing little one? Want to come out and watch Hobbit till your uncles get here?”
“I…I’m okay daddy.” Tal nods and smooshes an alligator plush to his chest.
“You’ve gotta come out.” Matt comes over and pulls the blanket off his head.
“I uh…I not feeling good daddy. Maybe can’t come over?” Taliesin offers.
“Oh? And what feels wrong?” Matt tilts his head.
“My belly.”
“What about it?”
“My chest.”
“Chest and belly?”
“Yes.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Tight,” Taliesin whispers.
“Oooh. My poor baby. He’s nervous.” Matt places a quick series of kisses on Taliesin’s face and gives him a big hug.
“Babe,” Marisha calls from down the hall towards Taliesin’s room.
“Yeah?” Matt calls back as he rubs Tal’s back.
“Hey? Where is my favorite baby goth?”
“Liam?”
Taliesin sits up and peeks around his daddy, seeing Liam in the door frame. “Uncle ‘iam!” He cheers and hops up, quickly going for a hug. Liam gives some of the best hugs.
“Ooooh I haven’t seen you in so long little buddy. How are you?” Liam smiles down at Taliesin, cupping his face.
Taliesin had just seen Liam on Thursday, of course. But he knew what the man meant. “I’m good Uncle Liam. You….you been gone a long time. Cause uh..you an Sam.” Taliesin trails off as Sam starts coming up the hall, chattering with Marisha. Behind them he can see a tall slim figure. Taliesin quickly shakes his head and scrambles back for the bed.
Matt snags him and spins his little boy so his face is pressing into his chest. “I’m gonna get him ready. Be out in a minute?”
Liam nods his understanding and closes the door.
Sam grins and tilts his head a bit, most of his expressions often included a smile of some kind. “Where’s Matt and Taliesin?”
“They’re getting ready.” Liam shrugs. “How about we just go hang out in the living room? Brian?”
Brian just shrugs, his hands shoved into the front pocket of his hoodie. He looks a little unsure what to do, but it doesn’t stop his sass. “They do have a living room here last time I checked.”
Sam nudges Brian. “Go go. Brat. You’re supposed to behave when we aren’t home.”
“I’m a joy.” Brian replies as he follows Sam.
Liam gives Brian’s turned back a stern look. Marisha grins at him and giggles. It breaks Liam’s composure and he can’t help but grin. “I hope this goes well. I’m going to feel terrible if we upset Tally.”
“Oh he’s going to be okay.” Marisha assures as she walks with Liam to follow the other two. “He’s gonna be happy to see you. And he and Brian get along well.”
“They don’t have a lot in common at the moment.” Liam bites at his lip.
“Sure they do. They have a big thing in common. Being little.” Marisha stops in the doorway with Liam, watching the other two getting comfortable.
Brian and Sam are sat on the sofa. Brian is pressed against Sam’s side, head against the man’s chest as he watches Sam slowly scroll through Twitter. Sam’s other arm is around Brian, rubbing up and down the boy’s side.
Back in the bedroom Matt gives Taliesin his paci. It’s entirely black, and sits still as Taliesin looks up at his daddy.
“How about you take a stuffie and some coloring stuff out there? I think we are just watching a movie before lunchtime. I bet Brian will color with you.”
“Daddy. It’s for babies” Tally whispers. “He…he’s not a baby.”
“He’s a little boy. He can color too. If not he can sit and watch the movie.” Matt rubs Taliesin’s cheek. “You wanna pick?”
“Beauty Beast?”
“Alright. Sounds good to me. Let’s get your colors.” Matt motions.
Taliesin turns and grabs both his crocodile and Mr. Mischeif off the bed. Matt smiles as Taliesin holds both plushes to his chest, but says nothing about it. Taliesin then begins following his daddy to the office to get books and the coloring box, which Matt carries into the living room.
“Here buddy.” Matt sets the stuff on the coffee table. Taliesin sits on the floor with his back against the sofa. “Brian. Want to color with Tally?”
Sam nudges the boy to go join but Brian frowns a little. “I don’t really color a lot.”
“Well,” Liam cuts in. “How about Papa and me color too? Come color Brian.”
Sam shrugs and gets up, sitting with Taliesin. Lain sits on the boy’s other side. Brian holds in a sigh as he sits down by Liam and joins in coloring.
Matt and Marisha share smiles as Matt sets up beauty and the beast.
Tally snatches his sketch book up and tucks it under the coffee table. He doesn’t feel up to drawing his own pictures, but he doesn’t want anyone else going through it.
The new family that’s joining him take a minute to choose pictures. Liam takes one of a princess in a tower, Sam gets one of a parrot and Brian settles on some Fish. Taliesin has already claimed his prized How to Train Your Dragon coloring book, and starts to color Toothless.
Marisha curls up om the sofa with her laptop, Matt in his chair with his own. They both use the quiet time to get a little bit of work done. The adults are keeping a tentative eye on the littles. But Liam and Brian don’t interact much.
“So Brian,” Marisha speaks up. “Do anything fun recently?”
“Yeah,” Brian looks up from his coloring. “We went an’ saw Lego Batman.”
“I think Tally wants to see that,” Marisha nods.
Brian watches the other boy, but Taliesin decides to not speak up around his pacifier and just nods.
Matt tries his hand now. “Brian, buddy, can I see your coloring?”
Brian turns around and shows Matt
his half done tropical fish. It was a lot of orange and pink colors. Matt
thinks Brian must he using the mostly untouched crayons, because it’s a lot of
colors Matt isn’t use to seeing.
“That looks great Brian. You’re doing great.”
Taliesin pouts some when his daddy doesn’t ask about his drawing. So the boy just holds it up for Matt to see. Matt can’t ignore it so he smiles. “It’s great baby boy. Toothless looks very cute.”
Tally smiles around his pacifier and scoots back and climbs onto the sofa to show Marisha as well. “Mama.”
“Oooh my baby has come to visit.” She sets her laptop aside and draws Taliesin in close to look at his coloring. “That is a very cute dragon my boy, I’m proud.” Marisha rubs Tally’s side’s and kisses his head. “Can I put it on the fridge?”
Taliesin nods. “Ya. ’M done.”
“Okay baby,” Marisha pats his bottom. “I’m going to go start lunch. Stay here and finish your movie, alright?”
Matt is up and by the sofa, and helps Taliesin then Marisha to their feet. “The adults are going to go make lunch together. You two be good and stay in here okay?” Matt looks back to Brian as well.
“Alright. I can baby sit.” Brian says.
“No, no baby sit,” Taliesin frowns at Brian then looks up at Matt. “No!
"It’s okay, he’s not watching you baby. Just play nice you two.” Matt kisses the boy’s head and helps him sit down on the rug in front of the tv, handing him both of the plushies that had been brought out. As Matt gets Taliesin sat down, Marisha fishes in a basket under the coffee table and hands the boy a colorful plastic tangle to keep his hands busy.
Sam opens the backpack he and Liam have brought and hands over the Ipad to Brian, making sure it’s on child safe mode. Liam spends a minute carefully packing the coloring away to take home.
As the adults head into the kitchen, Liam lightly pinches at Brian’s ear. Brian bats his daddy’s hand with a small scowl. “Noo. No.” Brian scoots away.
Liam just laughs as he heads into the kitchen behind Sam.
Taliesin looks over, a bit wide eyed as Brian has moved that much closer to him.
Brian looks at the other boy a moment then back down at his tablet. “You look like I’m gonna hit you.” He mumbles as he looks through his games.
Tally looks down at himself, clutching his alligator to his chest. He makes himself relax, laying to toy in his lap.
“How old are you?” Brian slowly scrolls through his apps.
Taliesin frowns and holds up both hands. Four fingers and a fist.
Brian rolls his eyes. “No not that, dummy.”
Tal nods and holds up one finger.
“Yeah. That’s what I thought. I don’t got any baby games.” He sighs over his tablet.
“How old you?” Taliesin asks, mumbling around his pacifier.
“Hm. Uh..fiveish.” Brian nods. “You should take that thing out if you want to talk.” When Tal dosen’t say or do anything Brian reaches over and tugs on the small, round handle of Tally’s pacifier.
“Hey!” Taliesin snatches it away from Brian, scowling. “Leave it! Mine!”
“Yeah but you won’t talk to me. It’s boring.” Brian argues. “You can talk. Yeah? Even if you’re just a baby.”
“Not just a baby.”
“You’re a baby.” Brian grins. “You wear diapers huh?”
Taliesin’s eyes get big and just stares at the other.
“Huh? Do you? I have,” Brian offers his answer.
Taliesin nods slowly. “Yeah. Sometimes.”
“You use ‘em?”
Taliesin starts to get to his feet. “Mama! Daddy! Lunch ready?”
“Uughh. Babies are no fun.” Brian complains as Taliesin marches out of the living room and for the kitchen.
Marisha cuts him off at the door. “You two playing nice?” She strokes Tally’s hair a moment. “Lunch is going to be a few minutes baby. Stay here and play with Brian.”
“The baby dosen’t want to play or talk to me,” Brian grumbles.
“Are you grumpy mister?” It’s Liam now. “Play nice or do you need a nap?”
“No! I’m trying to play but he won’t!” Brian exclaims. He points to Taliesin now, “the baby can’t play or talk.”
“Brian, be nice.” Liam scolds.
“I can talk! Jus’ don’ like your questions.” Taliesin sniffs.
“What are you asking him about Brian Foster?” Liam scowls.
“Wha-! Nothing!”
“Boys boys,” Marisha cuts in, “everything is fine. Tally, baby, go play a game with Brian. You can play daddies games if you want. Go.” She nudges Taliesin back into the living room.
Taliesin shuffles back into the living room and goes over to the entertainment center now. He roots around in there for a moment before locating a 3DS and opening it up.
“What you gonna play?” Brian asks as he looks up from his own tablet.
“Pokemon Moon."
Brian laughs a little bit as Taliesin starts up the game to say hello to his faithful owl. "What?”
“Nothing. Just didn’t think you were big enough to play that.” Brian teases.
“Shut up, I’m plenty big.” Taliesin glares.
“Ahah! Bad words. Don’t make me tell.”
Taliesin flushes, glowering at Brian. He grabs his toys from the rug and climbs onto the sofa to play his game and wait for lunch.
Taliesin is ten minutes into shiny hunting, and having found a shiny Beedrill, is feeling pretty good. But then he hears Brian speak up again. “What is this? It’s like a zombie goat? Are those wings?”
Taliesin looks up now, seeing Brian has located his sketchbook from beneath the coffee table. Taliesin’s eyes get wide. “Hey! Put that back, that’s mine.”
“I’m just looking.” Brian turns the pages, flipping through slowly.
“Give it back!” Taliesin quickly gets to his feet.
“You didn’t have it first.” Brian laughs and steps away.
“It’s mine!” Taliesin glares and grabs at it. But then Brian puts it over his head, laughing.
“Can’t you ask nice? Huh?” Brian keeps dodging Taliesin.
“No! Give it!” Taliesin grabs the front of Brian’s hoodie. “You’re mean!”
“I’m not mean. Just teasing the baby.” Brian leans down abit, cooing at Tal.
Tal lunges, grabbing at anything he can get his hands on. Sadly, he only gets fist full of Brian’s hair. Bright side, Brian drops the sketch book. Bad side? Brian shouts, clutching his head.
Taliesin grabs his book from the floor, eyes on Brian. “A-are you-”
“What is going on in here?” It’s Matt in the door way, looking bewildered.
Before Taliesin can even form a thought, Brian speaks up. “He tried to pull my hair out.” The boy rubs the spot. Brian then starts for the kitchen. “Papa!”
“Daddy,” Taliesin says softly, clutching the book to his chest. “I didn’t.”
“Did you pull Brian’s hair?” Matt sets his hands on his hips.
“I…I..a little. Kind of. But-”
“You need to go have time out Tally. Go on. Give.” Matt holds his hand out for the sketch book.
“No!” Tal stomps his foot. “I put it away.” The boy grabs his cat from the floor and rushes past Matt before his Daddy has a chance to get on him about his attitude.
Matt watches Taliesin flee, knowing something is off. Sure Tally hasn’t played with other littles before, but it was just not like his boy to get physical.
Stepping back into the kitchen he sees Liam press a kiss to the top of Brian’s head.
Sam is rubbing the boy’s back, “you’re okay. You’re fine. Dosen’t look like any came out.”
Marisha comes over, hands tucked into her cardigan, frown on his lips. “What happened?”
“Tall pulled Brian’s hair? He admitted to it.” Matt just shrugs, confused.
“Do you want to talk to him or should I?”
“I can.” Matt nods. “I was going to grab something first.” He crosses the kitchen, rubbing Brian’s head as he passes.
Taliesin has rushed back to his room, putting the sketchbook on his side table before getting in bed with his kitty and his paci. He glares at the window, laying on his side. He can hear voices down the hall in the kitchen and it just frustrates him more. It was Brian’s fault for being a bully about his book.
“Is my little one sulking?”
“No.”
“I think he’s sulking.” Matt sits down by Tal and rubs his back. “Can you sit up bug?”
“Am I in trouble?”
“Should you be?”
“No." Taliesin grunts. "Didn’t do it.”
“Okay. Tell me what happened.”
“Brian-”
“Ahah. You look at daddy when you talk to him. Up.” Matt tells his boy.
Tally sighs and sits up. He’s surprised to see Matt hold out a sippy cup. Taliesin takes it, watching his daddy close as he takes a little sip. It is the nice chocolate milk, which he normally only gets with medicine. Tall’s eyes light up as he spends a minute drinking.
“Any better?” Matt smiles and rubs the back of his hand on the boy’s cheek.
“Yes daddy. Not mad?”
“Nooo. I just want to know what happened.” He wipes some chocolate milk from the boy’s cheek.
“Brian…Brian wouldn’t give my sketch book.” Tal slowly turns the cup in his hands, looking at space ship theme.
“Oooh. He had your sketch book.” Matt understands the noise and the attitude he got. “Why did you pull his hair?”
“Didn’t! Was. …trying to grab the book.” Tally squirms. “Daddy?”
“Yes?”
“I just wanna be baby,” Tal whines softly, “no big.”
Matt sighs softly and reaches up to rub Tal’s head. “Okay. Just a baby. You wanna put your jammies on before lunch?”
“Yeah.” Taliesin leans into Matt, pressing his face against the man’s shoulder.
“We made pizza bagels. You gonna eat big kid food?”
“Feed me?”
“That’s fine.” Matt gets up to go through the dresser. He wonders if he should ask Liam and Sam to take Brian home after lunch. He really thinks that if the boys warmed up they would play nice. But maybe today wasn’t a good day. Matt comes back with Tal’s skeleton kigu. “How’s this baby?”
Tall scoots off the bed, “help please.”
“Of course. Shorts off.” Matt waits for Taliesin to get his shorts off before helping him into the onesie and buttoning it up. “If you get too warm, tell someone.” Matt says as he clips a strap to the front of the fleece, then pushes the attached pacifier into the boy’s mouth.
Tally smiles up at Matt and holds up his grabby hands. Matt takes the boy’s hands and presses kisses the backs of each hand.
“My cute babie. Is he hungry?”
Tall nods and keeps ahold of one Matt’s hands as he is led out of the bed room and into the kitchen.
Everyone is just sitting at the table. Brian and Liam are sat as Sam and Marisha are carrying drinks. They all look over as Matt and Taliesin come in.
“Mama,” Matt says, “can you take the baby? I’m gonna cut his lunch up.”
“Of course.” Marisha comes and takes Tal’s hand. “Does baby Tally want some juice with lunch?”
Taliesin nods and happily sits down in his normal spot. “Fru'punch?”
“We have fruit punch.” She assures him.
When Marisha goes to get the juice, Liam leans over to Tal. “Hey buddy. How are you?”
Tal just smiles and waves.
“Oh that’s good.” Liam laughs softly. “This get up is real nice. Look at you. Skeleton. Wow.” He is grinning the whole time as Tal is laughing.
“Okay giggle monster.” Matt sits down. “Lunch time. You need to get down for your nap.” He holds a piece of the pizza bagel up for Tal.
“Do you usually do nap after lunch?” Liam asks.
“Before or after. Mattering how the day is going.” Matt answers as he feeds Taliesin.
“Do you have much trouble?”
“Not usually,” Marisha shakes her head. “He’s pretty good at laying down. Sometimes it’s in bed. Sometimes the sofa or the living room rug. If he is having a lot of trouble it usually helps if one of us just lays down with him.”
“I don’t wanna take a nap here.” Brian pipes up.
“We will see.” Liam replies, as it was clear no one was sure how much longer they would stay.
Brian huffs a little and leans over to his Papa to whisper with Sam over their lunch.
The others chat, Taliesin only a word here or there if asked a question. Matt feeds the boy as Tally’s hands are busy in his lap on a shiny purple tangle and just enjoying listening to what the others were saying.
“All done hugbug. Are you full?” Matt smooths back Taliesin’s hair and tilts his head back some to looks down at him. Taliesin just smiles and nods. “All sleepy?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay let’s go get you-”
“Wait!” Brian cuts Matt off.
Sam lays a hand on Brian’s head. “Hey. Just wait like. One minute Matt? Brian wants to do something. Go.” Brian gets up and hurries out the kitchen and then out the front door. “It will just take a second.” Sam assures.
“Well. Alright.” Matt and Marisha look at one another, confused. But before anyone can get too confused Brian is in the kitchen again.
“Um,” Brian moves around the table towards Taliesin then looks to Matt and Marisha. “Can I give him something?”
“Yeah, sure.” They both nod slowly, but Marisha is smiling.
“Well. If you’re gonna go nap now,” Brian focuses on Taliesin. Then he holds something out. “Take this. I got it for you.”
Taliesin is shocked to be given a gift. It’s a happily smiling plush purple hippo. But after just a moment he realizes it’s one of those pillow pets that were so popular a while back.
He takes it and opens it up to be flat before hugging it a moment. “So soft. Thankyou Brian.” He gets up and quickly hugs the other man.
Brian looks down at Taliesin a moment, not sure what to do, before hugging back. He smiles at how Taliesin nuzzles against his chest abit. “You’re a really good hugger.”
Taliesin beams up at him before pulling away and picking up his new hippo from the chair. “Nap now..play more later.” He turns to his Mama and Daddy expectantly.
“Yup.” Mattsets his napkin aside as he gets up, smiling at the other family. “I will tuck you in bug. Come on.”
“Do I gotta nap here? Where?” Brian frowns.
“Well,” Liam looks to Marisha. “If you just go lay down in the living room while Tally sleeps we will call it good.”
“Tv?”
“Sure. On low.”
“Alright.” Brian turns and heads out himself. “Sleep good little Tal.” He calls after Taliesin who is being led off by Matt.
“Thas’ me,” Taliesin whispers.
Matt just kisses his baby’s head as the boy yawns again.
