"you look beautiful, baby boy," josh grinned down at the boy that was standing in front of him.

he wore a light blue crop top with a short white skirt.

just what daddy liked.

"t-thank you, daddy," tyler said. the insecurity could be mistaken for shyness.

and it was.

"wanna go to the park? i know how much you love the swings," joshua smiled.

"i-i thought we could just stay home, i-if that's o-ok with you," tyler stuttered.

now, just to clear things up, joshua was not abusive. he did not force tyler to do anything he wasn't comfortable with. he truly loved tyler, he was his everything.

but his everything wanted to be perfect for him.

"that's fine, baby, but you never want to stay home. what's wrong?" josh asked.

tyler shrugged looking at the floor.

"you've gotta use your words, princess. we both know what happened last time you didn't."

tyler nodded in remembrance.

"so what happened?"

"t-thirty..."

"thirty what?"

"t-thirty spankings," tyler said quietly.

"exactly. and we don't like punishment, do we?"

"n-no."

"so, princess, let's use our words, hm?"

"i-i don't feel well," tyler lied.

"aww, baby. why didn't you just tell me? go put on your pj's and i'll get you some medicine, ok?"

"o-ok."

"ok what?"

"ok daddy," tyler said, turning around and going upstairs.

how could josh not tell he was unhappy? love makes you clueless, sometimes.