Saccharine //joshler [✔️]

thirty-eight 🍼

"work. was. awful!" tyler shouts, slamming the front door. jim greets him happily, tail wagging and nose sniffing. tyler slides his shoes off, stomping his feet as he follows josh's voice to the kitchen. jim happily trots along.

"why's that?"

"because!" tyler sighs, slapping his palm against the countertop. "this little girl was being so loud and i told her she needed to shush and she stuck her tongue out at me so i did it back and then she started crying and told her mommy and then her mommy told dallon and he yelled at me!" he explains in one breath.

"did he actually yell at you, or are you just saying that?" josh raises an eyebrow, dusting a handful of cheese over the pizza he had laid out in front of him.

"well, not actually yell but... he did raise his voice! so then i regressed and started crying and everyone was looking at me like i was weird so dallon had me go sit outback and read a book which, by the way, i couldn't hardly do because i was crying!"

"well, baby, why did you stick your tongue out at the little girl?"

tyler huffs, arms crossed over chest. "she did it first. she deserved it. everybody knows to be quiet in the library."

josh chuckles, sliding the pizza into the oven. he wipes his hands off on a towel, then holds them open for tyler. "give daddy a hug."

the brunette happily obeys, nearly throwing himself against the older. they hug tightly, yearning to be closer to each other. tyler squeaks as josh hugs him so tightly that his back cracks. "owww!"

"don't lie, it felt good," josh responds, planting a kiss on his temple.

"it did," tyler giggles, eyes squinting as he smiles in response to the kiss. "i missed you."

"i missed you more, pumpkin. you excited for pizza?"

"mhm," tyler hums, lifting his puppy off the floor and snuggling him against his chest. "i wanna be small."

"oh yeah?" josh urges, raising his eyebrow. "you want daddy to help you feel small?"

"yeah." the little blonde blushes, rubbing his face against jim's soft fur.

"let's go sit down. the pizza won't be ready for like fifteen minutes."

they sit in the living room together, tyler in josh's lap and jim in tyler's. josh wraps one arm around the boy, squeezing his hip. his free hand slowly rubs up and down his arm. "how does that feel, hm?"

"tickles," tyler says, whining as jim squirms in his arms and then escapes to lay on the other side of the couch. "meeeannn..."

"come on, turn around. face me," josh orders, helping the boy adjust himself to straddle the man's lap. "there's my beautiful boy."

"shush," tyler blushes, rubbing their noses together in an eskimo kiss. "you're beautiful-ler!"

"absolutely not," josh argues. he lifts the hem of tyler's shirt, softly trailing his nails over the boy's back while the other hand cups his cheek. "look at you, with your pretty blonde hair. i love it. i love you."

"i love you too, daddy." tyler leans into the touch, letting his eyes shut as he savors the warmth. "want my stuffy."

"which one?" josh asks, gently kissing the tip of his nose. "want daddy to surprise you?"

"mhm, but want up. don't want you to leave me."

"okay." josh chuckles and slides his hands beneath tyler's butt, gently lifting him as he stands. he carries the boy upstairs to their bedroom, grabbing tyler's stuffed simba off the bed. "he okay?"

tyler eyes the stuffy, nods, then snatches it and holds it against his chest. "love him."

"i know you do, baby. he loves you too. you take good care of him, just like daddy takes good care of you. isn't that right?"

"mhm!" tyler agrees, head falling to rest on josh's shoulder as the latter makes his way back downstairs and to the couch. they sit again, this time with tyler curled against josh's chest. "love gettin' small..."

"i know, honey, i know. daddy loves when you get small, too. he also loves you when you're big. and he loves you when you're somewhere in between. he just loves you all the time," josh gushes, watching his pretty baby snuggle with his stuffed animal.

"lovey," he announces.

josh's heart nearly bursts. he soothes his fingers through the blonde's short locks. "you feel lovey, baby? huh? daddy's making you feel lovey?"

the boy nods, grabbing josh's hand. doe-eyes staring up hesitantly, he opens his mouth and guides josh's hand towards it. the man just watches as tyler takes his thumb into his mouth, sucking on it gently. he grins, leaning down to plant a big, fat kiss on tyler's head.

"i love you so much. you like sucking on daddy's thumb, don't you? makes you feel tiny?"

tyler giggles in response, shutting his eyes. yes, it does! he loves sucking on daddy's thumb. it's one of his favorite ways of regressing!

"you're too precious," josh sighs. he watches in silence as his baby opens his eyes and stares up at him lovingly. the older smiles, brushing hair away from tyler's forehead with his fingertips. "the pizza is gonna be ready soon, you know. do you want daddy to cut your pizza up and put it on your hello kitty plate?"

tyler hums, smiling around josh's thumb.

"and do you want some grape juice in a sippy? yooour... disney princess sippy?"

tyler giggles, eyes squinting as the corners of his mouth lift. he quickly returns to sucking josh's thumb, the older just watching and smiling along. his baby is too precious.

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it's been awhile... sorry for the short chapter. i'm not really sure what else i want to do for this. i'd love any suggestions. i'll most likely be completing it soon!