Baby Boy [DISCONTINUED]

43.

"Come on, Ty, it's time to go to bed, okay?" Dallon says around 9 pm and Tyler nods.

He gets up from the couch and holds his arms out so that Dallon can lift him.

"You seem tired, Ty." "I's really tired, Dally. I wants sleep."

Tyler is slowly aging down more and Dallon notices, but it doesn't stress him out the way it used to before he started taking care of Brendon.

Tyler just rests his head on Dallon's shoulder, as the tall man lifts him.

"I wants my daddy..." "I know, honey. But daddy will be back later, okay?" "I wants daddy now..."

Tyler's bottom lip starts trembling and he frowns and then he starts crying.

"It's gonna be okay, Ty. You're gonna go to sleep and when you wake up again, you can go home to daddy again, okay?" "No! I want daddy!"

Dallon just walks upstairs, with Tyler on his arm and he walks into the guest room, where they still had the pillow fort and Tyler immediately stops crying.

"It's a fort!" He exclaims and Dallon nods.

"Yeah, do you wanna sleep there tonight?" "Yeah! I's gonna sleep in the fort."

Dallon puts Tyler down and Tyler immediately starts sucking his thumb, just looking at the fort.

"Come on, let's get you changed into your pajamas," Dallon says and Tyler nods.

After getting changed and brushing his teeth, Tyler almost runs into the bedroom and Dallon walks after him.

"I wants a story!" Tyler exclaims and Dallon nods before he goes to get a book from his bedroom.

"Alright, do you like The Hungry Caterpillar?" He asks as he sits down on the edge of the bed and Tyler nods, as he sits down in Dallon's lap.

"Yeah! I loves it!"

Dallon opens the book and Tyler rests his head on Dallon's chest.

He starts sucking his thumb again, as Dallon just reads him the story and when it's over, he's almost asleep.

Dallon lays him down and kisses the top of his head.

"Sleep well, Ty," he says, as he tucks the little in and Tyler just smiles a little.

When Dallon gets downstairs again, Brendon is just reading his notes on music history.

"Hey, baby," he says, as he looks up and Dallon smiles.

"Hi. Tyler is already asleep." "That's good. I was really scared he wouldn't sleep well, after starting about the dude at his school."

Dallon sits down on the couch and Brendon puts his notes away.

"What even happened at his school?" "Do you want me to tell you?"

Dallon nods and Brendon takes a deep breath.

"He uhh... He got sexually assaulted. And his brain can't process what happened, so he's in little space a lot." "Jesus..." "Yeah. He goes to therapy for it, though. And Josh does help him with everything a lot."

Dallon nods and just stays quiet for a while.

"It's weird because I've been friends with Josh and Tyler for a very long time and I've taken care of Tyler a few times, but I just didn't know this." "It's because Tyler wants to forget about it and he never talks about it. But with him mentioning it, I feel like you need to know it." "Alright, thank you..."