rosy cheeks // joshler + tysh // ddlb

🌸 three 🌸

trigger warning: attempted suicide. ⭕️ = trigger is about to start. 🌸 = trigger is starting. ☘️ = trigger is over. i love you all and stay safe

song- location [cover] by ajr

(p.s i'd recommend you start the music after the squiggle, but that's up to you. and you might need to replay it to get a good effect i guess...?)

josh was sat in his bed, crying, per usual. it was nearly twelve in the morning and he was bawling. his mom had already gone to sleep, but he didn't want her to find out he's been dealing with this for a very long time.

josh got up and went to his desk, opening his little stuffs drawer. he grabs his favorite paci and pops it in his mouth. he scurries back over to the comfort of his bed.

"dada." he whispers.

josh isn't in a relationship, nor has he ever been in one, but he just loves saying the word. it makes him feel safer.

he softly grabs alex, holding the stuffed giraffe as close as possible to his chest. the boy leans into his pillows, getting as much comfort as he possibly could.

josh's sadness was eating him whole, as it usually does around this time. he takes deep, shaky breaths in and out. just as he was about to get up to go to the bathroom, he gets a text from tyler.

tyler 💕: hey, i can't sleep. are you up?

josh's heart flutters in his chest. he loved seeing tyler's name appearing on his phone. he didn't know why, but he just did.

josh: yeah. what's up?

josh leaves his phone on his nightstand as he goes to the bathroom. a few short minutes pass and he's back in his bedroom.

tyler 💕: nothing much. can't sleep so i figured i'd text you. how are you doing?

josh: good. i'm pretty bored, but i'm good.

the two friends text until it's around three a.m, when josh falls asleep.

tyler 💕: hello?

tyler 💕: earth to josh??? 🙃

tyler 💕: did you fall asleep?

tyler 💕: i think you did... so good night, technically good morning but whatever. talk to you later!

~

josh and tyler decided to hang out today, one of the few days off josh had. meanwhile, tyler only works 3 to 4 days a week, so it was easy to pick a day that they both could hang out.

they decided that they would just walk around town, goof off, be typical teens.

"so where did you move from? did you travel far?" tyler asks as they stop to sit down on a park bench.

"no, not that far. i came from just half an hour north of here."

"oh, cool."

"yeah. i like it here more." josh shrugs.

"yeah, there's less people to have to put up with. everybody is pretty nice."

"yeah."

the two walk over to a bridge connecting two back roads. tyler side glances at josh with a playful grin. he gently, yet forcefully, pushes the other teen. josh looks at tyler with wide eyes and a smile. the brunet bolts farther down the bridge. josh follows, sprinting to get his revenge on his new friend.