small mouth

christian

tyler ended up staying at josh's for a few hours. and going home almost three hours late on purpose is a big mistake. especially for tyler.

"you were supposed to be here at two o'clock to clean up. and it's barely five." his uncle says sternly to him. "i'm sorry." tyler apologizes, only to be smacked in the face. tyler loses his balance as he's smacked and falls to the ground on his bottom. he attempts to not break down. he stands back up and looks down at his feet. "i cleaned the whole house all by myself."

tyler uncle's name is christian. tyler's father was christopher, so his uncle and his father were both just called chris. tyler's father had gone missing, and that's what made his mother stop eating. and she had started to participate in self harm, and she started smoking and doing drugs and alcohol. one night, she was drunk-driving, and got in a crash.. and, well, you know how that goes afterwards.

"'m really sorry, uncle. i'll be sure to come home on time tomorrow."

"you better. now go on to your room," christian said, slipping a few curse words in his sentence. tyler obeys and heads into his dark room. he wishes it would be more colorful, like josh's. josh's room had pretty red walls and he had a lot of pillows and decoration. his room was just so warm and exploding with color. tyler's room, however, is the complete opposite. the walls are grey, the carpet is losing its red color, making it dull, and the light doesn't work, so the only source of light is the window when the sun pours into the room.

his room is just cold. but no matter how hideous his room looks, tyler still loves his room. it reminds him of his father, because christopher used to be so messy all the time. he cared for his son so much, and he used to just wear black and/or red everyday. he used to be just like tyler's room. he didn't look friendly, but once you saw what was behind him, he was such a good person. just like tyler's room.

tyler's uncle has a girlfriend, and she's not rude to tyler like christian. she's really sweet, and she has beautiful blonde locks that flowed down her shoulders. her name is emma, and she's 27 years old. christian is 34. yes, there is an age gap.. but love is love.

on this night, emma is going to stay the night. and that made tyler happy because they were really close. she was like a mother to tyler.

"tyler! emma is here." christian calls from the living room. tyler rushes down the stairs and into the living room, where emma is standing there with a small wrapped gift in her soft hands. the wrapping is colored red, which is tyler's favorite. "hey, ty! i got you a gift," she exclaims after the two hugged. "really? you didn't have to.. thank you." tyler says thankfully as he is handed the gift. he looks at her for permission. "may i open it?" "of course! go for it, babe." she beams and tyler unwraps it carefully. he gasps and covers his mouth with one hand while the other holding the gift. "emma.. thank you so much!!" he smiles and hugs her tightly. he had gotten a phone. christian broke tyler's last one and blamed it on tyler. now he can perhaps get josh's number and have fun!

"you're welcome, tyler. i know you've been wanting one for a while." she giggles. so he sets up his phone with the help of emma and soon, it's all finished. "thank you again," tyler says. "oh, stop it!" emma hugs him once again. "alright, tyler. it's time to go to bed, so give me the phone. i'll give it to you in the mor-" "no, let him keep it with him," emma says, cutting christian off, "he could set an alarm on his phone so you can sleep in instead of waking him up. and plus, he needs to charge it anyways." emma says. tyler looks at her and smiles. she smiles back. "...fine." christian huffs.

tyler goes up to his room with the phone in his hands. he looks out the window and sees josh through his window. he sees josh with headphones on, and he's dancing and jamming out. tyler giggles as he covers his mouth. he watches josh dance for a few minutes before josh notices tyler staring at him through his window. josh takes off his headphones and blushes. "hi, tyler! were you, um.. watching me the whole time?" josh calls after opening his window. tyler's window is already opened. 

"i have been watching you for a few minutes," tyler chuckles. the houses were close together, so they were able to hear each other talking. "oh, great. still wanna be friends?" josh jokes, and tyler laughs again. "you have skills. anyways, i'm going to head to bed. goodnight, josh," tyler says softly. "have a good sleep!" josh responds. the two boys smile at each other and shut their windows at the same time.

tyler heads to sleep and so does josh. small, soft snores come from tyler's small mouth. 

a/n - i know tyler doesn't have an uncle named christian. it's called fan(fic)tion for a reason.