crybaby | joshler ✓

TWO

a/n: if things go as planned this fic will go by very slow. be patient with me.

tw/slight abuse and homophobic slurs. there will be a lot of this throughout the book. if this triggers you in any way. please don't read. i want you to be safe.

tyler and dallon were sitting on tyler's queen size bed, in his off pink room. tyler was laying on his stomach flipping through a magazine and dallon was doing his homework. after a few moments of silence, tyler decided to speak up.

"it makes me really upset when you guys treat me like a baby" he frowned looking up at dallon as he looked slightly confused. "what do you mean bambi?" he sat down his textbook and gave his full attention towards tyler.

"I mean like, how I can't talk to certain people, and even if I breath in joshua's direction you guys flip. why can't I like him? he's never done anything to hurt me. I didn't know what sex was until last year. I never get any of those jokes you and ryan snicker about and when I ask, you say that my innocent ears, doesn't need to know. i'm 17 for goodness sake!" tyler ranted to dallon. dallon bit his lip and placed his hands in tylers.

"tyler baby, i'm sorry you feel that way, but we all know how fragile you get and easily manipulated you are. we just want you to be your innocent happy self, that's all. we know how mean people can get" dallon admitted.

"but no one is mean to me! people even compliment my outfits dal" tears started to well in his eyes and dallon quickly pulled him close. tyler hated how sensitive he was.

"hey hey it's okay. if you want to like joshua and talk to him, you can. it can be our little secret" tyler's ears perked up.

"really?" he questioned and dallon nodded softly. "i'll be here even when he breaks your heart" dallon mumbled even though tyler couldn't hear.
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joshua and the crybabies were currently sitting on the bleachers, watching matty's practice. joshua took out his comb to touch up his hair. he looked at his watch and noticed he was 20 minutes late to pick up his little sister.

"oh shit guys I gotta go pick up ashley from school" joshua said to the two girls who were laying on each other and brendon.

"be safe alright" ashley said and joshua nodded before standing up and walking outside to his beaten down black dodge charger.

he drove to ashley's school, elvis music playing softly from the radio. when he pulled up he saw her sitting on the ground, playing with the hem of her pink dress, reading a book. he honked and she got in the car.

"you're late josh" she scolded at him and he threw his hands up in defense.

"sorry ashley, I got caught up with the gang, it won't happen again" he promised to his 12 year old sister and she nodded.

"hey bub i have a poetry slam next week at 5! will you please come?" she asked with hopeful eyes that josh just couldn't say no to. "i wouldn't miss it for the world"

when the dun siblings pulled up to their house, they noticed that their dads car was parked in the front. they took a deep breath and looked at eachother.
"when you get inside go straight up to your room and lock your door. i'll come in there soon" ashley shook her head and began to protest.

"no joshua! i'm not going to let him hurt you again. I can take it-" she started before joshua cut her off.

"why would i ever let you take the hits? like i said go up to your room and stay there until i get there. got it?" she repeated the got it back to her older brother and they walked in the house, ashley immediately ran up the stairs out of fear.

"oh look the faggot is home" his father said from the living room, a beer in his hands. he stood up, tripping a bit and walked towards joshua. joshua gulped.

"where's ashley?" he asked walking towards the stairs but josh turned him around. "no leave her alone" joshua threatened his father.

his father laughed and pushed joshua to the ground and kicking him in the gut.

"you think you can walk in my house and tell me what i can and can not do to my daughter?" he laughed before spitting on josh and walking away. tears started to form in his light brown eyes but he shook them away. he has to be strong for ashley. he stood up, wincing slightly as he hobbled up the stairs and knocked 4 times letting ashley know it was him. she opened the door to reveal her tear stained cheeks. she heard everything.

"I have the first aid kit joshie" she said softly as she helped her brother take his jacket off. she fixed up his cuts and bruises and gave a kiss to his cheeks.

"will you stay in here with me tonight?" she asked her in pain brother. he nodded and laid down with her, rubbing little circles in her back as she dozed off. once she was sleep he went to her backpack and pulled out her homework and did it for her. it was just them two against their world they would call a complete nightmare.

a/n: josh's only sibling is ashley and tyler is an only child btw