No Matter What, I Will Always Love You

When Joe feels less confident about himself, Frank is there to comfort him. Brotherly fluff. One shot.

18-year old Frank Hardy woke to the sound of his year younger brother Joe crying softly. He was sitting up in bed and had his hands covering his face. Frank quickly rushed to his bedside to comfort him. His heart breaks whenever he sees his little brother crying. He gently wrapped his arms around him and asked softly, "Hey little brother, what's wrong? Everything okay?"

Joe suddenly tackled Frank in a hug and sobbed even harder, which made Frank realize that before he got his little brother to talk, he needed to calm him down.

"Shhhh…" he soothed. "I'm here for you, little brother" and hugged him even tighter to him.

"Oh Frank," Joe finally gasped out. "I dreamt that everyone hated me, including you. No one likes me!" and sobbed even harder into his shoulders.

Frank felt horrified. He would never, in a million years, hate his little brother. He loves him so much! More than his own life even. He meant the world to him.

"Joe," Frank started softly. "I love you, little brother" and placed a soft kiss on his forehead. "Everyone loves you, little brother. Your friends, family now shhh…" Frank soothed, and rubbed soothing circles behind his back. Joe felt so comforted by Frank's words that he finally managed to relax. Frank felt his little brother's body relax into his arms. Frank kept rubbing soothing circles behind his back until sleep took over his little brother. When Joe finally fell asleep, Frank gently put him on the mound of pillows and tucked him in properly. He knelt down and gently placed another soft kiss on his forehead.

"No matter what, I will always love you, little brother" he said softly.