Ethereal | TRADLEY

CHAPTER 12: "Then let me be your soldier"

Brad stood up quickly and went to the lake's dock. "I-I can't Tris...I'm sorry I can't do this" The curly boy said with tears flowing down on his cheeks, leaving Tristan behind. Brad went to the wooden platform and sat with his legs hanging from the dock. The tall blonde immediately followed Brad. "Hey Brad, hey look at me" Tristan sat down besides the curly boy who's crying with his head down. "I-I'm scared Tris..." the curly said as Tristan grabs his chin upward. "Scared of what? Hey it's okay Brad..." Tristan replied pushing the boy's curls backward. As much as Brad wants to love Tristan back, he just can't. He's wrecked and damaged, plus his cancer. "I'm aftaid Tristan..." Brad wiped his tears and replied sniffing. "You said that love is a war right? then let me be your soldier Brad. There's nothing to be afraid of" Tristan moves his head closer to the curly boy, who is still crying with his head down. The tall blonde presses his forehead into the smaller boy's and cupped Brad's face.

"Brad, look at me love. I'm here to love you, to take care of you and to protect you. I love you and I mean that. I admire every inch of you. You don't have to be afraid, I'm your soldier Brad"

The smaller boy looked straight into the blonde's ocean blue eyes. From there, Brad can see Tristan's sincerity. Those words that the taller boy said made Brad's worries vanished. Maybe Brad is wrecked and destroyed on the inside, but Tris is right here to fix it all up.

"Thank you" the smaller boy said and his smiles slowly stretches

The taller boy smile widens as kisses Brad's forehead. "I love you so much" Tristan said. No words are said after that, Tristan and Brad just stare into the nature, enjoying the silence and the happiness that they are feeling at the moment. Not long after they confessed to each other, Brad felt a vigorous beat on his head again. He grabbed Tristan's skinny knee tight and closed his eyes hard. "Brad?!! Hey!! Are you alright?!" Tristan panicked and grabbed Brad's shoulders, shaking the little little boy. Thank god the pain stopped right away, Brad released his tight hold on Tris' knee. The little boy lets out a sigh "Tris... I'm tired. But thank you for today, I really appreciate it. Let's go home?" Brad said smilingly, assuring that he's okay. The two boys packed all of the picnic stuffs and went home. They arrived back on Brad's house minutes before sundown. "Tris... Hey, come to my room first. I want to show you something" Brad said, pulling Tristan's hand inside. "Mum we're home! Just gonna hang inside my room okay?" Brad shouts to the direction of the kitchen, assuming that his mum is in there. "Brad what are we gonna do here love?" Tristan's brows wrinkled in curiousity. "Shhhh, be quiet Tris. Mum might hear us..." Brad said to Tris silently as he locks the door. Brad steps closer to the tall boy. Tristan held his breath in shock, god knows what will Brad do. Then the curly boy walks towards the guitar leaning on the blue wall, it's exactly how Trisan left it the last time he used it. Brad sat on the carpeted floor and put the guitar on his lap. He smiled and flipped the guitar's body, showing the back of it with the curly boy's familiar hand writtings that Tristan saw the day he sang infront of sleeping Brad. He holds the instrument in a standing position on his lap. Tristan on the other hand, flops down besides him. "I-I saw those Brad the other day..." Tristan said as he moves closer infront of Brad.

"Taylor 1.5" Brad points out his hand writting written on the lower left part of the guitar. "Landon Taylor, a guy I went out with for about a month and five days. I remember him approaching me during chemistry class, asking me if I wanted to be lab partners with him. He even invited me to have a milkshake after school. From there he started to be nice to me and would text me every night. I fell for him, but then I found out he was just using me for a chemistry project. After we finished the project he dumped me."

"Andersons 2" the curly one points out his hand writting, this time its on the guitar's upper right body. Tears are slowly building up on his eyes. "Carson Andersons, I went out with him for two months. I was sitting alone in the cafeteria, he came to me with his varsity jock friends. He said he wants to have lunch with me. Carson was so charismatic and appealing, maybe that's why I fell for him. He would ask me to answer out his homeworks and quizzes in exchange for a kiss or a date. He said he loves me so much, he said that I was smart that's why he admires me. I found out that he was just using me for his math grades. He doesn't want to be kicked out of the varsity team that's why he needs to pass math class. He used me and dumped me. I was so stupid."

"But the worst one was James Mcvey. I wrote his name on the upper left side of the guitar's body because the heart is located on the upper left chest right? He was the one who tore my heart apart" Brad's beads of tears came rushing down on his cheeks as he points out the hand writting written on the upper left side of the guitar's body. "Brad stop! You don't have to..." Tristan's eyes starts to build up with tears as he moves besides him. Tristan removed the instrument on the curly's lap and placed Brad's head on his shoulders. The blonde rubs Brad's head, comforting him as he sobs on his shoulders. "He-he used me Tristan. He really took advantage of me. James was so kind and sweet at first, but then he started to influence me with his bad habits. He would threaten me that he will dump me if I didn't make out with him, smoke cigarettes with him and he even forced me to make out with him" Brad continues to cry his heart out to Tristan. "One time, he asked me to go to his house to help him out on his homework. He locked us out on the basement Tris! He was drunk. He started kissing me, touching me in places and started to undress me. I didn't give in, I pushed him, he stumbled and got furious. He hit me with a beer bottle on my right cheek, that's why I have a scar. He slapped me again and said I was worthless Tristan. I-I was so stupid!" Brad narrates to Tristan as the flashing memories made the tears flow even more.

Tristan could not say anything, he was so shock. He pulled Brad up even though the little one is still sobbing. "Shhh Brad love, it's okay... It's okay I'm here now." He told Brad as he wraps his arms tight to the litle one. Chest to chest, arm to arm. Tristan could feel Brad's heartbeats and pain, Pain that was kept for a long time. Brad intertwines his arms to Tristan's skinny built. He graps Tris' shirt as he cries out the pain he's been keeping for so long. He never told anyone about these, he just kept it to himself. The hurtful and tragic memories that are kept inside Brad's mind are now out. The curly feels so good for letting it out of his system.

"Brad, cry it all out love. You don't deserve the pain. You're not worthless, you're not stupid. There is no negative thing that I can say about you Brad" Tristan whispers to the little boy. He takes Brad out of his arms "Hey, hey look Brad! SERGEANT EVANS HERE TO PROTECT AND TO LOVE BRADLEY WILL SIMPSON!" Tristan said, buffing his chest out, standing straight and giving out a salute. He's trying imitating a soldier. Brad wiped the tears caused by all the pains and a few seconds after his smile widens, letting out a laugh because of Tristan's soldier mimic. The tall boy takes Brad again in his arms, hugging him tight "I will never let anyone hurt you again Brad. I'm always here for you forever" the smaller boy faces up to Tristan and said "Tris, thank you. And... I love you too soldier."

I hope you all like this update guys! soooo its kinda official that Tradley are bf yea?

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