accidental love (COMPLETED)

chapter 60: new happenings

"i-i'm n-not sure about this," tyler stuttered nervously as he sat in the car, holding his husband's hand tightly.

"it'll be fun, baby," josh said, kissing tyler's cheek and squeezing his hand gently. "and if you want to go for whatever reason, tap my leg twice under the table and i'll make up some excuse for us to leave."

tyler inhaled shakily but nodded, not letting go of josh's hand.

"you don't have to say a word if you don't want," he said. "i'll do all the talking."

tyler gulped and nodded.

tonight was their first ever double date. they were going out to dinner with josh's friend dallon and his boyfriend.

joshua knew his husband was very introverted and that this would be hard for him, but tyler's therapist said he needs to get out more often and talk to people other than josh, jenna, brendon and ollie.

"let's go, baby. don't be nervous. dal and troye are really, really nice," josh promised, kissing tyler's lips one last time before getting out and opening tyler's door for him.

"you look stunning, by the way," josh grinned. tyler was in his usual skinny jeans and button up, but he really did look incredible. as he did all the time.

tyler just nodded, immediately gripping josh's hand tightly.

josh led him inside where they were seated, dallon and troye not being there just quite yet.

"let's go over what you're gonna say, ok? so they walk in and what do you do?"

"i say 'hi, i'm tyler, josh's husband.'"

josh nodded. "and what do you do if you get nervous?"

"hold your hand and remember the poem you wrote me."

"and what's the poem?"

"'i love you for all that you are, all that you have been, and all that you are yet to be.'"

josh smiled and nodded, squeezing his hand and kissing his forehead. "remember you can always excuse yourself to the bathroom if you need a break. and i'm right here, baby. i'm not going anywhere."

"o-ok," tyler said shakily.

"i love you. oh! here they come!"

tyler started to hyperventilate, but josh quickly wrapped his arm around his waist and ran his hand up and down his side soothingly, kissing his hair.

they'd gone through this too many times before.

and hopefully, tonight, it wouldn't be a panic attack.

"josh!" dallon grinned as they approached the table, troye following behind him.

"hey, dal!" josh smiled, getting up and shaking his friends hand followed by hugging him. he brought tyler up with him, holding his hand and running circles into the back of it with his thumb. "dallon, this is my husband, tyler, this is dallon."

"h-hi," tyler said quietly.

"hey, ty! i've heard so much about you," salon smiled. "this is my boyfriend, troye," he grinned, wrapping an arm around the smaller boy's shoulders.

"hey!" troye smiled.

"hey, i'm josh," joshua smiled, shaking troye's hand.

"i-i'm tyler, j-josh's husband," tyler said, forcing a smile and shaking troye's hand.

"wonderful to meet you both," troye smiled. "i'm gonna run to the restroom before we order."

and so the three sat down while troye left, tyler right next to his husband, hating that sitting in his lap would be 'socially unacceptable.'