the last thing on tyler and josh's summer to do list: fall in love.
started // 3:17:19
also i have no idea how long this book will be. i don't exactly have a plan. i'm just kind of winging it.
tyler: i've literally been gone for like an hour. i'll be home tonight. tyler: i miss you more.
joshua: why'd your mom have to make you come with her?
tyler: josh, my auntie is having a baby. i couldn't not go.
joshua: i know. i just miss you, so much, i'm so sad.
tyler: i can't wait to be in your arms again... tyler: how's my lotus doing?
joshua: she misses her dad joshua: :(
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tyler: oh she's so precious i love her so much. i love you so much oh my god i'm coming home i can't be without you.
joshua: call me when you can. i need to hear your voice.
tyler: fuck. okay. yeah. fuck, i miss you so much.
josh's phone rings instantly and he picks it up at lightning fast speed.
"hi, baby." he breathes out, hand resting in lotus' fur.
"hi, joshie." tyler's voice sounds like music to josh.
"what have i told you about calling me that?" josh rolls his eyes, trying to push away the feeling that he gets when tyler calls him joshie.
"m'can't help it. i just love calling you that."
"well, don't, it causes me a problem that i only want you to fix. a problem that you can't fix because you're half an hour away, waiting for your aunt to pop a baby out." josh laughs, hearing tyler giggle in response on the other end of the line.
"we could fix it over the phone...?" tyler murmurs, josh can tell he's trying to stay quiet around his family.
"ty, that— i don't think. i mean—" josh stammers.
"m'just kiddin', joshie... love you, though." tyler giggles again.
"i love you too, you little brat."
"childbirth is very strange..." tyler trails off.
"yeah?" josh laughs, "good thing we'll have to adopt."
"y-you want to have kids?"
"yeah, i want to marry you. i'm gonna marry you so hard. i want to marry you, and have kids, and a dog, and grow old with you." josh swoons, he misses his boyfriend. tyler's heart swells, he's so in love.
"oh, joshie..." tyler coos, giggling at himself for letting that name slip. with his cheeks heating up, he brings his fingers to his face delicately, smiling widely.
"i am, without a doubt, in love with you and will be in love with you for the rest of my life." josh says in the most serious tone he can muster, leaning against his headboard.
"joshua, stop i'm going to cry. i love you so much." tyler whines, pulling his knees to his chest. the hospital chair isn't the most comfortable thing in the world (no, that would be joshua) but it would have to do for now. his fingers play with the frayed strings of his jeans as he continues to listen to josh spew out all the things he loves about him. he's surely crying now, he's so unsure of what he's done in life to be deserving of josh. josh reminds him that— just his existence alone, is enough to be deserving of love.
it's so innocent.
it's so pure.
it's so safe.
it's so pretty.
"you're quite literally the love of my life, joshua william dun."
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it's been so hard to write for this story recently. here's a short and shitty update that i've been stuck on for nearly a month. i know you guys are looking forward to more, and i am, too.
i couldn't keep you guys waiting any longer.
i'm not proud of this chapter, but i'm even less proud of not updating.
