OneShot Book

How to Save a Life

This story is kinda tricky. So basically Josh(Dun) is telling this story through the song...it's kinda hard to explain. So every italics is the song lyric but it's also Josh talking. The normal text is the flashback type thing...yea. I'm moving on now

Trigger warning for suicide and forced sex

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*Step one, you say we need to talk
He walks, you say sit down, it's just a talk*

"Brendon!!" Dallon yelled throughout the house, said boy came down the steps. "We need to talk."

"What about Dallon?" He asked, a little bit harsher than he meant. Dallon smiled and motioned for him to sit.

*He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through*

Brendon sat down and crossed his legs waiting for Dallon to speak.

"I-I don't think y-you love me a-anymore." He whispered, Brendon sat up quickly. He pulled Dallon's face up to see if he was kidding. He wasn't, so Brendon kissed him, so hard. He kissed back of course but Brendon started going down his neck. "S-stop Bren."

"Let me show you I love you."

*Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left, and you stay right*

"B-bren stop." Dallon said pushing him away, Brendon scoffed.

"Fine, but don't think I don't love you Dallon. Because I will make love to you to prove it." He said and walked away.

*Between the lines of fear and blame
You begin to wonder why you came*

Dallon tried to hold in tears but it didn't work to well. He knocked on their door and Brendon opened it, he saw Dallon crying and pulled him inside laying him on the bed.

"I'm sorry." Dallon cried, Brendon crawled over to him and kissed his neck, lovingly this time.

"Let me show you..." Brendon mumbled. Dallon shook his head but agreed when Brendon slipped his hand farther down...

*Let him know that you know best
Cause after all, you do know best*

"Brendon put it down and get down." Dallon demanded to a Urie on top of the table.

"What do you know???" He asked daringly.

"I know that you can get hurt and we don't want that."

*Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence*

"Why don't we want that?" He asked, suddenly becoming very serious.

"Brendon please come down and talk to me. You aren't drunk enough for this. You've only had one." Dallon plead.

"I want a reward!" He said, Dallon smiled and grabbed his hand to help him down.

"No sex, we really need to talk about how I feel, I'm serious Brendon." Dallon sighed.

*Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along*

"R-really?" He asked. Dallon nodded.

*And pray to God he hears you
And I pray to God he hears you!*

He shook his head and walked away. Dallon sat still for a bit. Brendon came back angry.

"How do you not feel loved?! I give you everything!!" He shouted. Brendon started crying while shouting about how ungreatful Dallon is. Slowly he fell to the floor.

"I don't mean it! I never did! I'm sorry!" He screamed eventually, Dallon watched on.

*As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice*

Dallon got on the floor, "Brendon if you don't mean it then why would you say stuff like to our friends, our fans, me?"

"I-I don't know, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" He shouted and held his head.

"I'm leaving Brendon, you have a choice."

*Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed*

Dallon got in his car and drove to a cliff, water rushing can be heard...not a safe place to be.

*He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same*

Brendon called

"Dallon please, I'm sorry."

"Are you Brendon?"

"I'm not the same guy you fell in love with."

"I know, I love you Brendon."

"I love you so fucking much Dallon. So so much and I'm so sorry. I love you I love you I lo-"

"Please don't make this hard Brendon."

*And you'll begin to wonder why you came*

"Dallon please come home-"

"Say it again."

"I love you."

"Again."

"I love you."

"One more time."

"I love you so fucking much."

Dallon hung up the phone and set it down. "I love you too Brendon."

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"Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend." Josh cried looking at the grave stone

Dallon James Weekes
Loving Friend and Husband
May 4, 1981 - August 17, 2017

"Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night." Josh tried to explain himself until he got a phone call from Tyler

"J-Josh?"

"What's w-wrong baby boy?"

"It-it's Bren."

"What?! What happened?!" He asked as he ran to his car.

"H-He hung himself, he-He forgot I-I was c-coming o-over to play!!" Tyler cried.

"I'm sorry to ask but did you take him down?" Tyler sobbed out a yes.

"Call 911 petal, add the call and I'll talk." Tyler did as he was told.

"Had I known how to save a life." Josh mumbled before pulling Tyler into a hug, trying to not cry.

*How to save a life*