small mouth

jim

tyler snorts loudly as the dog sniffs him up. "jim! get off of him- oh my god, i'm so sorry, tyler!" josh cries, prying his dog, jim, off of poor tyler. tyler sits up with a grin, wiping the dog's saliva off of his cheek. "is that your dog??" tyler gasps, "can he sleep with us?! please?" tyler begs as he hugs jim. "well.. he isn't allowed on the bed, but.. i suppose i can make an exception." josh declares and pets his dog. tyler stands up and also pets jim, and josh's hand slips on tyler's. tyler looks at josh with his lips slightly parted, his front teeth showing a bit. josh looks into tyler's eyes. they have a moment staring at each other. "hey, josh, sorry about jim, he- woah." josh's sister, abigail, floods in his room, seeing both boys half naked and looking at each other. "hi.. you must be tyler. wowie, i like your ducks." she giggles to the brunette as josh looks over at his sister. "thank you," tyler smiles and looks at her beautiful orange locks of hair flowing down her back.

abigail is really pretty. she has glasses and rose-red lips. "alright, well i'll leave you two alone. by the way, tyler, josh has a crush on yoouu!" she snickers and closes josh's door. josh looks over at tyler. "i don't," josh lies quietly with a grin. tyler is a little disappointed with those words, so he just fakes a smile. "is your family homophobic?" tyler asks out of the blue. "no," the other boy chuckles, "they know i'm bi. that's why abby just said i liked you." "that's cool." the brunette grins. "i wish my uncle would accept me like that." he sighs and memories about his father and mother come flooding back. we don't care what you turn out to be, tyler. we love you. even if you commited a crime. even if you turn out to be gay or whatever. you can have whatever family you want to have. tyler feels his eyes burning again. "hey, what's wrong? it's okay if he doesn't accept you."

"it's not that.. i miss my mom n' dad." he wipes his tears and sits on the bed. "what happened to your dad?" josh asks curiously. "um, he went missing years ago before my mom even died. she started smoking an' stuff.. and she was drunk-driving one night and got into an accident," tyler sniffles. josh sits down next to him and hugs the small brunette. "hey, it's okay. do you want to stay up or go to sleep right now? i'm down for either." josh says softly, taking tyler's hand. "um.. can we w-watch a-a movie?" tyler asks quietly, hugging joshua back. "of course. would you like to see what we have?" josh asks, putting on hulu. tyler nods and josh hands tyler the remote, "whatever you want, ty. no rush."

tyler picks shrek. josh turns off the light and helps jim onto the bed. jim licks tyler's face and the salt from tyler's tears. tyler smiles softly at the dog and hugs him. tyler lays down, jim laying next to him. josh lays as well. halfway into the movie, he hears soft, gentle snoring. he looks beside him and sees tyler asleep, the blanket nearly covering his face. jim stands up and goes to the boys' feet, laying there instead and leaving an empty space between josh and tyler. josh moves closer to the snoring boy. he slowly wraps his arms around the brunette and drifts off to sleep.

both boys' breaths escape from their small mouths.