day 35

josh took a drink out of the water bottle that was next to his bed. he closed it and plopped back down on his back.

he threw it up in the air and caught it, continuing to do this.

tyler should be coming in any minute, since he hadn't been down here all day today, or yesterday. josh didn't really know, but he guessed it was around 4 or 5pm.

he was right when he heard the familiar sound of the door being unlatched and opened. josh looked up, seeing tyler.

with another victim.

this one was decent sized man, josh was kind of surprised. looked to be around 40, and was wearing some jeans and a plaid button shirt.

"hey, sorry i haven't been down in a while." tyler said slightly out of breath. he threw the body down that was over his shoulder. the man was unconscious. josh was genuinely shocked at tyler's strength.

"what's that?" josh asked.

"um, a victim?" tyler said confused.

"the bag." josh rolled his eyes.

"ohhhh," tyler chuckled. he was holding a plastic sack.

"you said you were bored, so, here." tyler handed him the bag with a smile.

josh grabbed it, furrowing his brows out of curiosity. he opened it to find 4 books.

"oh," josh smiled, looking through them. "thank you tyler."

"you're welcome, i thought they sounded interesting." tyler shrugged, watching his boy skim over the descriptions with a huge smile.

"this is amazing." josh said. books. something to do.

there was two love story books, a murder mystery (ironic), and a book based in the 1800s.

"did you read?" tyler asked.

"hmm?" josh said.

"did you read? like, before i kidnapped you." tyler asked again.

"oh," josh kinda chuckled. "i did sometimes, but never really had the time." he said.

"oh, well now you do." tyler smiled, josh rolling his eyes.

tyler grabbed his victim and drug him over to the middle of the room. he put him in a chair he over in his corner, and tied an old rope around him.

josh didn't even pay any attention, as he was too eager to decide which book to read first.

"he'll be out for a while, i'll be back later when he should start waking up." tyler said.

josh just nodded, picking up the love story one and flipping to the first page.

tyler smiled, glad he was able to make his pretty boy happy.

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"oh no!" josh gasped, slapping his hand over his mouth. a tear tan down his cheek. "why, why?!"

lana had just chosen nathan over harry, when harry was the sweetest man to walk the earth. nathan was such a bad guy who had a sweet spot for lana, and she couldn't get passed it.

he was only halfway through the book, and had already shed many tears and felt many emotions.

"i'll take harry then." josh scoffed, turning the page. josh jumped when he heard some shuffling.

"uuggh" the man groaned from the chair. josh swallowed, watching as he came into consciousness.

"ughhh, wha- what is, what- he- help! help me! get me outta here!" the man started screaming.

josh watched, terrified as the man started thrashing around in his chair.

"hey, hey!" josh tried to get his attention, but he was screaming too loudly to hear.

he kicked and screamed, eventually knocking the wooden chair on its side. he writhed around, catching a glimpse of josh.

"who the fuck are you! what is happening! get me out of here!" he rambled and rambled.

josh tried to talk and calm him down but he just kept screaming and yelling at him.

he was in too much of a frenzy to even comprehend that josh too, was locked in the dark basement.

"i'm gonna kill you! you fucking bitch!" he wailed.

josh started panicking, seeing that tyler only half-assed on tying the ropes because he figured he wouldn't wake up so soon.

the man slipped out of his restraints and rushed towards josh, screaming out things josh couldn't make out.

josh screamed and cried, scrambling to try and get away but obviously being held back by his own restraints.

"tyler! tyler help! please please please-" josh screamed, the man grabbing onto him and slamming him against the wall. he landed a punch to his face.

"is my toy awake yet?" tyler hummed as he opened the door, pausing when he heard screaming coming from the man.

and joshua.

who was screaming his name.

"what the fuck?!" tyler yelled, slamming the door shut behind him and flying down the stairs.

"what the fuck do you think you're doing?!" tyler roared, grabbing the guys shoulders and hurling him back.

the man went flying back onto the ground, tyler immediately jumping on him.

josh cried, sinking down to the ground and clutching his face as he repeated "tyler tyler tyler" over and over again in a whimper.

"don't fucking touch him!!" tyler screamed, landing his fists on the guys face over and over again.

he tried to fight back, but was just completely overpowered by tyler.

tyler beat, and beat, grunting with force as he pounded the guys face into the ground.

blood and teeth were flying everywhere, josh shaking and gasping uncontrollably as he watching tyler.

the screams and grunts from the man started to die down, but tyler's did not as he beat him with so. much. rage.

"you, fucking bitch." tyler breathed out, gasping for air as he slowly faltered his punches. he spit on the man, before sitting up and taking a look at him.

there really wasn't much of anything left.

tyler looked at the pile of meat and bone, not being able to make anything human like out of it.

it was beat flat into the ground. brain matter spattered across the floor and blood and bone were heaped into a pile.

tyler rolled off of him, and immediately rushed over to josh who was in full blown shock. he was still just calling out for him.

"i'm here, i'm here." tyler soothed, sitting against the wall with him and allowing the boy to collapse into his arms. josh cried, grasping onto tyler's blood soaked shirt.

"shhh, shh it's okay. shhh, i'm here." tyler consoled, the rage fleeing his body as he focused all his energy into josh.

"h-he ju-st a-attacked m-e a-and i-i-i"

"you're safe now just breath, just take deep breaths." tyler cut him off, taking deep breaths with him as josh struggled to.

"i-i was so s-scared." josh said.

"i know i know, it's over it's all over. he's not here anymore." tyler rubbed his hands over joshs back, as he was now straddling him.

joshs breaths evened out a little after a good while, and he lifted his head up to face tyler.

both faces were covered in blood, but joshs was his own.

"oh, joshua." tyler sighed, sliding one hand under joshs chin as he examined his face.

he had a wide open gash above his eyebrow, a busted lip, and his eye was black and swollen almost shut.

"it, it hurts," josh cried and hiccuped.

"i know, let's get you cleaned up okay? can we do that?" tyler said. josh nodded.

"okay come on, i'm right here." tyler said, helping josh off his lap so he could stand up.

josh screamed when he saw the corpse, and he immediately leaned over and emptied the contents of his stomach.

"okay, okay." tyler nodded, rubbing his back as he unlocked his chain.

tyler clenched his jaw and fists when he thought about that man attacking his property. he hissed, looking at his knuckles and realizing just how cut up and bruised they were.

tyler picked josh up once he was finished, and carried him up the stairs and to his bedroom. he set him down and closed the curtains to his room.

he went into his bathroom, leaning down and turning on the faucet in his bathtub.

tyler caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror, cursing as he saw the mess he made.

"my favorite fuckin shirt." he huffed, sliding it off and wiping his face. he sat josh on his bathroom counter as he ran water over his own knuckles.

he flinched at the stinging, trying to rid his hand of as much blood as he could.

josh just watched as tyler grabbed a first aid kit out and tending to his hand messily before focusing on josh now.

"look at me baby." tyler said, josh looking up and closing his eyes and tyler ran a wet wash cloth over his face to try and uncover his injuries.

josh flinched and cried as tyler cleaned his face up. he cleaned it and bandaged him all up.

"okay, okay want to get in the bath now?" tyler asked. josh nodded.

"okay let's go." tyler helped him down and get undressed. he got into the large tub, tyler sliding down behind him, still wearing his shorts.

"here we go." tyler sighed, grabbing a cup next to the tub and scooping up some water to pour over joshs hair.

he washed his hair for him, noticeably calming him down.

"here you go," tyler said, handing him a washcloth. "wash your body up." tyler said.

"thank you." josh sniffed, shakily grabbing the soap.

"of course. i'm gonna get in the shower." tyler said, standing up behind the boy. he stepped out, and opened the shower door to turn the water on.

he slipped off his shorts, throwing them onto the shower floor. he saw josh watching him from the corner of his eye.

he stepped into the shower and cleaned himself off, washing his hair and everything.

"do you wanna rinse off in the shower before you get dressed?" tyler asked. the bath water wasn't the cleanest. it had a bit of a red tint to it.

"yeah." josh nodded. tyler left the water on as he got out and wrapped a towel around his waste. he helped josh out and drained the tub.

josh got into the shower and rinsed his body off. tyler left the bathroom and came back with clean clothes for the both of them.

tyler got dressed before helping josh out and letting him dry off and dress himself.

they brushed their teeth as well, trying to clean up as much as possible.

"here, let me change these again. i don't think your head will need stitches." tyler said, peeling off the guard and bandages to clean it once more.

he did so, before putting butterfly bandages on his head to close up the gash. he covered it with more gauze and a bandage. he put some cream on joshs lip as well. he also cleaned up his hand since he had to take wet bandages off it earlier.

"here, you can uhm." tyler started. "sleep in the bed with me tonight." he said.

"please." josh nodded. he did not want to go anywhere near the basement right now.

tyler nodded, shutting his bathroom door. he'll deal with the mess tomorrow.

josh climbed into the made bed as tyler stepped out of the room to get him some water and a snack.

josh gladly took them and ate and drank while tyler shut everything off for the night.

he left the tv on and put on a tv show.

"i promise....." josh said, tyler not being able to hear the rest of his sentence.

"hmm?" tyler asked, turning over so they were facing each other.

"i promise i'm not gonna run. i don't want to." josh said at a whisper, almost sounding embarrassed that he didn't want to leave.

"i know." tyler said. "i'm sorry for what happened down there."

"it's okay. you saved me." josh said as a whisper again.

"i will always protect you." tyler said. josh was his. and he likes to take care of his stuff.

"you're all i have." josh started to cry. "you took me and you're all i have," he said, his voice cracking.

"yeah." tyler nodded. he was turned to his side, watching josh who was on his back.

"this is it for me huh?" josh turned to look at him. "this is my life from now on?"

"yeah." tyler nodded again. josh looked back up at the ceiling.

"yeah." josh sniffed. he took a deep breath, wiping his tears.

he turned the opposite way, pulling the comfy blanket up and closing his eyes.