drugs ♕ joshler

t w e n t y o n e

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"it'll be okay," josh whispered. just suddenly out of the blue, tyler had started bawling and had fell to the floor, a mess of tears that honestly scared josh.

and of course less than a second after that, josh had him in his lap hugging him and whispering gentle things to calm him down. josh didn't ask why the brunette was crying, he had just assumed it was about everything that's been happening these days.

"are you stressed, tyler?" joshua asked him softly. the boy nodded his head against his chest, sniffling. "what calms you down?"

tyler put his two first fingers together, bringing them to his mouth.

"smoking?"

tyler shook his head, then said calmly and quickly, "d-drugs."

joshua had to take a second to let it sink in. the boy who had just a week a ago looked petrified to touch a cigarette, was now saying it made him calm. sure it was confusing, but if it was what he liked, josh couldn't change that for him.

"have you ever heard of a hot room, tyler?"

"like a s-sauna?"

"no, where you put a bunch of pot in a barrel and light it up, and it makes the entire room fill with the smoke."

"oh," tyler said quietly. "that s-sounds fun."