Dulcet (TylerxBrendonxJosh)

9. Boys

start song: sex drugs etc by beach weather

SORRY THIS IS A MESS UWU

also small smut warning

Josh is happy, his legs are draped over Brendon's lap, Brendon's hand gently squeezing and unsqueezing his ankle, the gesture calming him. It's nice, the comfort he feels in his touch. Tyler is at the front door, collecting the pizza they'd ordered. Josh had offered to pay at the sound of knocking but Tyler had just kissed him softly and laughed before prancing away to get the food.

His lips are still sore from the amount of kissing he's participated in, in the past 30 minutes. Their relationship has done a complete 360 within that time frame and even with reassurance Josh feels slightly out of place. Tyler and Brendon have been dating for years, he's jealous of this, jealous that their so close, scared that this means he'll never fit in. So even with the comforting touches from Brendon he's still kind of intimidated by the whole situation.

And he voices these things when Brendon frowns at him, pulls him closer with a gentle tug and asks. "What's wrong?"

At first he denies anything and shakes his head before shutting his eyes. "Nothing."

"You're a shitty liar." Brendon snorts, scooting closer to him, Josh's thighs end up in his lap, Josh is blushing.

"Is it weird to talk about your relationship with the person you're in a relationship with?" Josh asks, letting his fingers wander into Brendon's hair so he doesn't have to make eye contact. Frankly, he's surprised that Brendon doesn't ask him to stop considering Josh has ruined his hair at this point.

Brendon raises an eyebrow. "Uh- that's a big no, you're actually supposed to talk to the people youre dating when it comes to the relationship."

Josh groans, pouting. "I'm bad at that."'

Brendon frowns. "Do you not want this or something?"

"No- No I do want this. I want to be with you and Tyler." Josh smiles shakily, lacing his fingers with Brendon's and giving them a tight squeeze. "That's definitely not the problem, i'm just scared I guess." He looks at Brendon softly. "This is new to me and you guys have been dating for a long time and I don't feel like i'm intruding but I sort of do at the same time. I want this to work, I really want it to work. But i'm like a new addition to this relationship and I don't want to be a burden or ruin things." Josh exhales and looks at Brendon. "Sorry, uh- I guess I needed to get that off my chest."

"You're overthinking this way too much." Brendon kisses his knuckles one by one. "Don't think about it like that, me and Tyler might be going on our fourth year together but that doesn't make our dynamic of this relationship superior. We're excited to have you be apart of this and you're definitely not intruding." Josh sighs in relief and presses himself to Brendon's chest, Brendon still continues. "We really like you Josh. Everything will work itself out naturally just do and say what feels right you know?"

Josh nods against his chest just as Tyler wanders back in, two pizza boxes in hand.

"Why does Josh look like he's about to cry again? Did you show him that other painting I did of him?" Tyler scolds, setting the boxes of pizza on the coffee table along with their drinks.

Brendon snorts at the way Josh's cheeks flush and he wiggles closer to him. "I mean why don't you ask him?" Brendon's lips go to Josh's ear, whispering softly. "He'll probably say the same thing i did."