twenty one pilots imagines (part two)

accidental reconciliation (tyler)

pairing: tyler joseph x reader
word count: 628
tw: none

"mommmmmmm!" i heard riley call.

"yeah?" i called back, as i continued editing my rough draft. i was nearing the end of my book and i could soon publish it.

"come here!!" riley called back. i sighed.

"riley, i'm writing. you just come here."

"no, mom, you need to come here. please, it'll take like five minutes, if that."

i shut my laptop, and got out of my chair, making my way to my child's room. they were a pain in my ass at times, making me stop my writing for something that was probably unimportant, but i still loved them nonetheless. when i made it to their room, they were on their bed with their laptop on their lap, listening to music.

"what's up, buttercup?" i asked riley. they smiled.

"my favorite band is going on tour and i was wondering if we could get tickets?" they asked me. i tilted my head.

"what band is it?" i asked them.

"twenty one pilots. that's the band that made that one song, stressed out. you know, the one that was trending in 2015?" riley informed me.

"oh, i know what you're talking about. yeah, i don't see why we can't get tickets. let's open ticketmaster."

riley handed me their laptop and the two of us started the process of ordering tickets. they told me it would only take less than five minutes, but by the time we finished ordering tickets, it was time to start dinner. but whatever made riley happy, i was willing to do.

"thanks, momma. i love you tons." riley told me after we got the tickets. i chuckled.

"i loved you too, riley bean." i told them. i then exited their room, shutting the door behind me.

raising riley wasn't necessarily easy. i was only 18, and my boyfriend at the time had just left me, because he decided he wanted to pursue basketball at some college.

i was heartbroken. i loved tyler so much, that i was lost without him. and then, a few weeks after he left, i found out i was pregnant.

i was hoping my parents would at least support me. but, no. they kicked me out and cut off all means off communication. not to mention all the nasty horrible things they called me, because of my young pregnancy. fortunately, my aunt olivia was there for me, and she provided a place for me to stay until i found an apartment. i eventually did find a place, and by then i only had three months left until my pregnancy was over.

riley was everything i had ever dreamed in a child. as a young child, they were shy and quiet. they developed the occasional sass, but that was to be expected given who their father was. when they were 12 they came out to me as non-binary, and i accepted them with full love. i could always tell that they weren't a girl, but i had to give them the time to be comfortable with telling me themself.

and now, riley was 14. i knew it couldn't be long until they asked me about their father. but what was i supposed to tell them? that we were young and he thought he was going to make it big with basketball? i didn't even know if he did make it big with basketball. i didn't want to know. i was afraid if i looked him up, i would try to reach out. and i couldn't do that.

because if i reached out, i could forgive him. and i had made it way to far to just forgive him.

but little did i know that fate had it's own plans.

a/n: if you want to read more, i'm starting a new tyler fic called separation :) this is just the prologue