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their tie, the glue between them. smoking, and most importantly, screaming. tyler’s boyfriend has always been especially good at screaming. every fight is a tidal wave crashing over tyler. it drowns him, every hurtful phrase filling his eyes and lungs with salt. even if nothing else is happening, they’d still end up fighting. it’s over the stupidest things. this time, it it’s tyler smoking in bed. “would you quit that shit?” his boyfriend snaps, watching another ember fall onto tyler’s side of the bed. his sheets were covered in holes from where cigarette ash had burned the cloth away. considering everything in tyler’s life has gone to shit, he doesn’t care. “shut the hell up and go to bed.” tyler snaps back, still laying with his back …show more content…

as soon as his boyfriend was asleep, tyler texts josh with trembling fingers. josh calls him and tyler sits in the living room. “j-josh-” “shhhh, breathe. just breathe. i’m coming right now.” josh says soothingly. tyler’s breathing is quick and shallow as he opens the front door. josh hugs him tightly, petting his hair. “go wait in the car, sweetheart. i’m gonna take care of this.” he says. tyler nods, accepting a soft forehead kiss from josh before curling up in the passenger seat of josh’s car. josh storms into the bedroom, grabbing tyler’s shitty excuse for a boyfriend by the hair and throwing him to the ground. he cries out, jumping up at taking a swing at josh. josh has the advantage, being fully awake. he kicks the shit out of tyler’s boyfriend, his foot missing no inch of him. he’s sure to put all of his anger into each hit, not missing a beat as he yanks him up at throws him back to the floor. “consider this your official break up, you scum.” he spits on his face and grabs tyler’s things, walking out of the house. tyler looks at the blood on josh with wide eyes. josh shushes him, setting a bag in his lap with another kiss to tyler’s forehead. “you’re safe now, sweetheart. you’re always safe with me.” tyler’s boyfriend calls him every four hours, texting him constantly. tyler is happy, and ignores him without any remorse. josh buys him chocolate and kisses him all over his face, never does he act maliciously

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