The Boys Oneshots Part 2

Its Just A Cigarette (JxM)

Ok so before you read this ⚠️MAJOR TRIGGER WARNING!⚠️If you are triggered by death , cancer , smoking and or panic attacks then please do not read this. I won't be mad or anything if you skip this one. I really don't want anyone to be uncomfortable or triggered because I love all you guys.

Flash Back In No Ones POV

"Mom! Please stop! You can't keep doing this to yourself!" Josh yells to his mom as she pulls another cigarette from her purse and lights it. "It's just a cigarette and it cannot be that bad." She said with a slight smile before pushing his back into the house. "Good night Joshy."

And that was the last words Josh heard from his mom before her inevitable death. She had been battling lung cancer but never told anyone , she died of a stroke in her sleep. Josh was the one to find her body the next morning when she hadn't woken him up for school. He was only 9 years old.

End Of Flash Back

Josh's POV

After a long day of filming and hanging out with my friends it was time to get Mully and go home. He told me he was just going to the car for something but when I walked out of the building I saw him leaning against the building smoking. Instantly I started getting flashbacks of my mom and tried my hardest to push those thoughts away. Seeing him standing there looked just how my mom did , she'd make me go back inside as she smoked in the backyard. I could take it anymore and ran to Mully. "Please don't do that , I love you and can't let you hurt yourself like this." I said trying to hold back my tears. He gave me a confused look as he said "It's just a cigarette and it cannot be that bad."

Mullys POV

Josh's eyes filled with tears as he fell the the ground hugging his knees to his chest. Was it something I said? "Baby , are you ok?" I asked hugging him and rubbing his back. "I c-can't breathe. Too t-tight." He whimpered even though I wasn't holding him tight at all. I softly laid him down on the pavement where we were standing and made sure he had enough space. He started to take in slow , deep breaths and calm down enough to speak. "My mom was a smoker most of my life , she'd tell me it was nothing and to go back inside but I found her dead one morning. I don't want the same thing to happen to you." He cried and sat up once he was able to. It broke my heart to hear this and to know that he had been hiding this for so long. "I'm so sorry Josh , I know how hard it is to lose someone close to you. I promise I'll work on quitting. It may take a little but I will quit , I really am sorry about all of this. I love you." He crawls into my lap and continues crying. I just rub his back and kiss him softly. "I love you too. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before. I feel like it's my fault , like if I could have gotten her to stop then she wouldn't have died so early. I failed her." My mom had also died a couple years prior and it broke me. I know how he feels and I will be by his side all the way through this. "My love no. You didn't fail anyone. There was nothing you could have done , you did all you could and she knew how much you cared about her. I know it's hard but I'm here for you." I wiped the tears from his beautiful face and picked him up. He wrapped his legs around my waist and arms around my neck. "Thank you Mully , it means a lot that you care. I love you." I kiss his cheek and carry him to the car. "I'll drive you home love , I walked so it's fine." I said opening the door for him and buckling his seatbelt then kissing his forehead before going to the drivers seat. I drove him home and ended up staying the night since it was already pretty late.

Edits: Typos and Grammar :p