Saccharine //joshler [✔️]

seventeen 🍯

"daddy..."

josh's eyes open to find tyler sitting on his stomach, each thigh on either side of him. the brunette smiles, kissing the older man on the tip of his nose. josh doesn't speak, he's too tired. instead, he wraps his arms around tyler and pulls him against his chest.

tyler squeaks, pulling himself back up. "come on, we have to get thumper. you promised."

"hold on, let me wake up. just want to hold my baby for a second," he says, pulling tyler against him once more.

tyler doesn't pull away this time, only huffs. "i'm not little right now."

"doesn't mean you can't be my baby." josh smiles sleepily, pressing a chaste kiss into the mess of brown tufts that is tyler's morning hair.

"i guess you're right," tyler agrees, nuzzling himself against the older. "but if we don't go soon, what if somebody takes him?"

"nobody will take him, honey. i texted my boss last night and he said he would keep thumper safe until we got there to pick him up."

"but i miss him," the younger says softly, jutting out his lower lip and batting his eyelashes. even non-regressed, tyler still knows how to pull at josh's heartstrings to get his way.

"okay, okay," josh caves.

he sits up, tyler sliding against him. they dress together, josh letting tyler pick out his own outfit because the boy insists he's big enough to do it on his own. he ends up wearing leggings, a dumbo t-shirt, and mismatch socks.

"you look adorable, baby," josh compliments, finishing buttoning his jeans. the pink that grows across tyler's cheeks speaks for itself.

he walks downstairs first, tightly holding josh's hand and pulling him behind. he rambles about how he had a hard time sleeping and how much he misses his stuffie while josh slides on a pair of vans.

"can you help, please?" the brunette asks, pointing at his unlaced adidas sneakers.

josh nods without hesitation, kneeling down and tying the laces in a double knot because he knows tyler likes to pull at them in the car. after standing, he kisses tyler's forehead.

"thank you," the latter says lightly, toying with the hem of his shirt.

josh can sense tyler growing anxious, so he takes the younger under his arm and leads him out to the car. he helps tyler buckle like always because even if the boy claims to feel big, josh still likes to treat him like a prince.

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tyler seems to completely age-up on the way to the restaurant, him and josh singing along to (non-explicit, of course) rap songs on the radio. when they pull into the parking lot, tyler doesn't let josh turn the car off until one of the songs is finished. when it's over, the two walk inside hand-in-hand.

josh takes the brunette through the kitchen to the employee break room, the latter mesmerized by all of the cooking taking place. as soon as tyler steps foot in the break room, his eyes fall upon a tiny bunny resting on a table. he gasps, rushing over to thumper and hugging the bunny against his chest.