"this is why you're not allowed to watch him! You were dropped a lot as a kid and look at how you turned out! Im not gonna let Thomas be anything like you"
Thomas crawled across the couch to Remus. They both sat in silence for a minute before a huge grin spread across the duke's face. He whispered something in the child's ear. For the first time, Thomas started trying to form word sounds.
"Janus, please don't encourage him. In this house, we only condone kindness and caring for others. Right, Patton?"
He looked to Patton.
"Well if he would say something, then-"
" yu!"
Thomas looked amgy, but his baby face made it almost impossible to not say "aw". The entire room was silent for a few moments before Remus exploded into laughter.