𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐒; 𝐉𝐎𝐒𝐇𝐋𝐄𝐑; 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 ⚣ ⼺

sixteen;

"josh?" tyler says, crying over the phone as josh picks up.

the punk immediately stops what he's doing and focuses his attention on tyler, frowning when he hears the boy's broken sobs.

"what's wrong, precious?" josh asks in a worried tone.

"my momma wants me t' go far way." tyler mumbles quietly, just to make sure that his parents couldn't hear him through the thin walls.

josh sighs softly and asks,

"what do you mean, ty?"

the smaller stops crying for a brief moment to stumble out a response,

"collage."

josh freezes for a moment, setting his phone on his bed and pressing the speaker button. the red-haired hurriedly grabs some gray sweatpants and pulls them on, ruffling his hands through his messy hair. josh then grabs a random tossed-to-the-side shirt and slips it on, leaving his bedroom and grabbing his keys.

"talk to me, angel. why does she want to send you far away for collage?"

tyler sniffles on the other line and opens his mouth a few times, tears filling his eyes as he shakes his head. the small boy covers his face with his hands and pulls the down dramatically, his skin pulling along with it before returning into place.

"sendin' me to best christian collage, full swcholarship." tyler mumbles, burying his face in one of josh's hoodies which he left at tyler's house and the small boy played it off to his parents saying it was his own.

josh nods to himself and leaves his apartment with a silent explanation to brendon of, "tyler". the raven haired nods and continues watching television while josh gets in his car, speeding of to tyler's house.

"i'm on my way, lovely."

-

when josh gets to tyler's house, he dodges the door and goes to tyler's window which was on the second floor. however, the punk manages to climb up, since he's pretty tall, by stepping on a large stump. joshua jumps up and knocks on the window, which he immediately regrets since he probably scared the brunette.

after about ten seconds, the window opens and josh steps in carefully. tyler, with tears streaming down his face, instantly buried his face in josh's chest. he wraps his arms around the red-haired's waist as josh caresses tyler's hair, twirling random strands around.

the smaller silently cries into josh's shirt and notices two wet patches, from his eyes, when he pulls back. josh presses a kiss to his brunette hair and whispers,

"go lay down, angel." tyler nods softly, reluctantly letting go of josh and pattering over to his comfortable white bed.

the punk takes off his own converse and saunters over to tyler, who is sitting patiently on his bed. josh sits down next to him, intertwining their fingers silently as tyler lays his head on josh's shoulder.

wordlessly, the brunette tugs at the punk's t-shirt which is actually a band tee, shockingly. tyler looks up at josh with wide eyes, still tugging at the white rolling stones shirt. the red-haired sends the smaller a questioning look, unlinking their finger's and tangling his fingers in the brunette's hair.

"want shirt." tyler mumbles, his fist curled into josh's shirt.

the punk nods and pulls away slightly, tugging his own shirt off and handing it to the smaller. tyler subconsciously pulls his shirt over his head and immediately engulfs himself in josh shirt, which is oversized on him.

joshua coos at the smaller and lays down in his bed in just sweatpants. tyler lays back as well, curling into the red-haired's side and burying his face in josh's neck.

"don't let mom see yous." tyler whispers as he breathes in the comfortable scent of josh.

he smells like sweet apples and the ocean with the shades of dark blue and candy red. the smaller sighs, relaxing into josh's embrace and overall of aura.

"you're gonna be okay, precious."

tyler smiles into the punk's neck, grazing his teeth against the pale skin and cuddling in to him deeper.

-

uwu, i'm sorry this took seven years.

i just haven't been feeling the greatest and i know that isn't an acceptable excuse. however, i've been feel better, especially towards the end of this chapter.

when i was writing josh's scent, i was imagining what my girlfriend would smell like. is that weird? oh, fuck, oh well.

HI AJ YOURE THE CUTEST AND I NEED CUDDLES FROM YOU UWU):):

bye, i hope i can write more this week(:(:

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