Precious // Joshler // ddlb

*fourteen*

"No."

"Yes, Tyler."

The little whines from the back of his throat. Crossing his arms as he pouts.

"No want."

Josh chuckles, "Yes want."

He walks over to the upset brunet and lifts him up with a huff. Tyler grumbles, unhappy that he has to take a bath.

"No clean."

"Yes clean."

Josh walks up the stairs and into the bathroom, setting Tyler down on his feet. The older boy starts to run the warm bath, putting some bubbles in the mixture. Tyler gasps quietly, bringing his hand up to his mouth and biting his nails.

"You want bubbles, right?"

Tyler nods, "Bubbles!"

As the bath is running Josh gets some tubes from under the sink, along with a small box. He sets what looks like to be paint bottles and the box on the lip of the tub.

"Those?" Tyler points to the tubes. He goes back to nibbling his thumbnail, bouncing on his feet lightly.

"Don't bite your nails, hun. These are bath paints." Josh shows all of the tubes to Tyler. "And these are bath crayons. So you can draw while you're in the bath! Isn't that cool?"

Tyler giggles as he watches Josh turn off the tub filled with bubbles.

"You want me to step out so you can get undressed?" Josh asks as he stands up.

The little brunet looks up at Josh with wide eyes. He lifts his arms up with a toothy smile.

"You're too cute, sweetie." Josh chuckles, taking Tyler's shirt off.

Josh takes Tyler's clothes off. He gets to the boy's underwear and is a little hesitant, before he takes them off. Tyler gets in the bubble filled bath happily. The older boy kneels down by the brunet.

"Do you want the paints and crayons?"

Tyler nods his head violently, making grabby hands at the items Josh was holding. Josh laughs and shakes his head.

"Magic word, sweetums?"

Tyler takes some bubbles from the tub and puts them on Josh's cheeks and nose. He laughs, his light brown eyes squinting in delight. Josh tried to keep his composure and not laugh, but fails within a few short seconds.

"Okay, fine." Josh gives in and hands the crayons to Tyler, setting the paints on the little ledge on the tub.

Tyler grabs the red crayon instantly, starting to draw something on the tile wall next to him as Josh starts to wash the younger boy.

"Can you tilt your head back, please?"

Tyler complies and tilts his head back. He continues to draw on the wall with a different color crayon. Josh looks to see Tyler's crudely drawn flower.

"You're left handed, Ty?" Josh asks as he massages the brunet's scalp with shampoo.

Tyler hums, grabbing yet another color crayon and drawing a sun for the flower.

"F'ower!"

"Yeah, it's a beautiful flower. Just like you, Tyty."

Tyler blushes as he continues to draw. Josh rinses Tyler's hair and puts in some conditioner before he starts the clean the boy's body. The moment made Josh's heart swell with adoration. Tyler coloring on the tile wall as he was giving him a bubble bath. Both boys could hear the humming of the heater from downstairs, besides that and the splashing of the water the room was completely silent.

"Daddy, 'ook!" Tyler points to his work with a proud smile.

"Woah, honey, that's gorgeous!" Josh says in fake amusement, letting his mouth hang open.

A red flower with a green center was harshly drawn on the wall, along with a purple sun. But nonetheless, Tyler was extremely proud of his work.

Josh's heart throbs, hearing the word "daddy" coming from the small boy. Whether he meant to or not, Josh loved it.

"Close your eyes and lean back, please."

Tyler does as told, getting the conditioner rinsed out of his hair. Once Josh is all done cleaning the boy up he lets Tyler continue to paint and draw for another twenty five minutes, creating a mural on the wall.

"Hmm... Tyler, I think we should get you out, hun, you're fingers are all wrinkly!"

The little looks as his hands, immediately wrinkling his nose.

"Done." He states, making grabby hands at Josh.

Getting a towel, Josh lifts Tyler out of the bath and onto the towel of the floor so it didn't get wet. The older boy unplugs the tub and starts to dry the brunet off.

"Let's get you changed." Josh picks Tyler up and walks to his room.

Setting Tyler down on the bed, Josh turns to his closet and gets an old shirt and some fuzzy pajama pants for the boy. He gets the giggly boy dressed quickly before placing him on his hip once again.

"It's Sunday, little man. Have you ever watched America's Funniest Home Videos?"

Tyler shakes his head and Josh sits on the couch with the boy in his lap. Tyler leans his head on Josh's chest, putting his thumb in his mouth. The older boy puts on the channel with a smile. He leans forward and gets the soft blanket that was draped over the couch, laying over the two of them.

"Was that funny?" Josh asks as he bounces Tyler on his legs gently.

Tyler continues to giggle around his thumb at the dog on the tv. Josh smiles, resting his chin on the brunet's head. Fifteen minutes later during a commercial Josh bends down to check to see if Tyler was still awake. Not surprised, he isn't. Josh finishes the program before going upstairs with the boy.

"Thank you," Josh mumbles as he lays Tyler down on his bed before getting in himself. "Thank you."

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Those bath crayons and bath dropz were my shiz back when I was young

My mom would always ask when I'd almost be out of the dropz so she could get more for me

Ahhhh, the good ol' days

Anyway...

Hope y'all are doing good!!

Love ya!

~ M ❤️