Let It Be- Joshler

chapter four- heat

the wind rustled lightly through the trees, just enough to tousle josh's hair. tyler reached up to brush it out of josh's face, locking eyes as he did so.
"it's soft" whispered tyler
"what?" josh looked confused
"your hair, it's soft" tyler continued "softer than usual, are you using a new shampoo or something?"
over the years tyler had become familiar with every aspect of josh's body, from the scars knees where he'd fallen over when he was a child, to the perfect curl of hair next to his left ear that always grew back after every cut like a stubborn weed; but a pretty weed, like a dandelion. he used to call josh that, dandelion, when josh has yellow hair for a short time. tyler loved to think of names for him to suit whatever look he was going for or the mood he was in that day. josh was a nice name but it always reminded him of the stern way everyone else said it, spitting it out with venom in every syllable. but he wanted his words to be soft, to curl around josh's ears like that lock of hair.
"oh yeah," josh replied after a second of thinking, "i ran out of my usual stuff so i had to borrow my mom's"
"it's nice" tyler pulled josh's head towards his gently, breathing in the fresh soft sent "it smells like coconut"
"yeah? well your hair smells like smoke, what have you been doing?"
"nothing" tyler hesitated. "just a few leaves, a twig or two. to get the feeling out of my system"
"good" josh sighed, he ran his hands over tyler's arms, letting his finger trace over every lump and bump of the metro of scars that lined his wrist. he felt something wet. he yanked his hand away and pulled up tyler's sleeve, expecting a river of red. but instead he saw a drop of water roll down off tyler's hand onto the floor
"shit!" exclaimed josh, breaking their eye contact to look up at the ceiling "it's raining, and i forgot to fix that hole in the roof"
"hey it's fine, let it be for now" tyler shuffled out from under the hole "i guess i'll just have to sit here instead"
"on my lap?"
"yes on your lap, you're warm and i'm cold, don't be selfish and share some of your body heat with me"
josh unzipped his hoodie and wrapped it around both of them, pulling tyler closet into his body so that his head was rested against josh's chest and he listened to the thumb thumb of josh's heart. josh pressed his face into tyler's hair, breathing in the familiar smokey scent and letting it course through his veins like his own form of ecstasy.
"i love you"
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"i love you too"