#will brett

[tylerjosephotos]

[hmorris0712]

strangers~ tyler x oc

third person p.o.v.

“oh abbie, could you run out to the store for me real quick? i’m making dinner for our guests tonight and i forgot some ingredients.” abbie’s mom yells from the kitchen into the living room.

abbie brett’s life is a whirlwind. chaotic, wild, and unexpected, yet thrilling at the same time. her mom is all over the place, yet so lovable. her dad is a quiet, reserved man, but also the funniest guy you will ever meet. her younger brother will is a competitive basketball freak, yet super sweet and caring. abbie herself is a spunky, energetic, optimistic 17 year old.

“what guests?” abbie asks, having not been notified of this information. her mom turns off the faucet water and dries a pan off as she turns the stove on. “oh, i’m sorry, i guess i forgot to tell you that we have new neighbors, and i invited them over for dinner tonight!” she cheers happily as she clears the counter from clutter.

abbie rushes and helps get the rest of the junk off the counter so her mom won’t have to. her mom smiles sweetly at her. “okay, i’ll swing by kroger real quick. do you have a list of things you need?” abbie asks, leaning her elbows on the counter with a hopeful expression. “i did actually! here it is.” she says as she hands the list to abbie. abbie smiles. “thanks mom! i’ll be as quick as i can!” she says with a smile as she grabs her keys and heads out the door.

~~~~~~

“hm...expires march fifth? i’m gonna need to find a new gallon.” abbie mumbles to herself as she puts one of the milk gallon back into the store fridges. she pulls out another one and examines it closely. suddenly she feels someone bump into her side harshly, causing her to drop her basket of items and stumble to the side. she trips on her basket, tipping it over on the process, and falls to the floor. the milk gallon goes flying out of her hand and hits the floor hard, casing it to burst, milk going everywhere.

“oh my god i’m so sorry.” a voice frantically says as a hand is offered to her from her state on the ground. she looks up to see a man standing over her with a horrified look on his face. she takes his hand and he helps her up to her to her feet. “are you okay? are you hurt? gosh i’m such an idiot i’m so sorry.” the words come tumbling out of his mouth, heavy with guilt and regret.

“i’m fine, don’t worry about it. besides, i wasn’t aware of you even being here so it’s on me.” she says with a smile as she lets go of his hand and brushes off her shirt and skinny jeans.

“no, i wasn’t paying any attention. i was walking backwards and then turned around to run because i was getting anxious, i couldn’t find the right isle. but i ran right into you and-geez, i’m really sorry.” he says, running a hand through his hair.

“hey, like i said, don’t worry about it. it’s not a big deal.” abbie says as she shoves her hands into the pockets of her jeans. “are you sure?” he asks, concern still clear to see on his face. abbie’s smile grows. “i’m sure.” finally his expression slowly morphs into somewhat of a happy one.

“i’ll help pick up your things.” he offers as he walk over and crouches on the ground, collecting the few ingredients that had fallen out of her basket. once they’re all in, he smiles and gives the basket back to her. “thanks.” abbie says. “no problem. what are you shopping for?” he switches conversations casually.

abbie laughs. “well, my mom is a pretty frazzled woman and forgot some ingredients for dinner tonight. she also didn’t tell me that we’re having guests over. apparently they’re new to the neighborhood, guess she wanted to make a good first impression on them.” she shrugs as she finishes. the man’s face lights up. “that’s...a little weird. my mom just told me that we’re heading over to our neighbor’s house tonight because they insisted upon having us over.”

abbie pauses. “do...do you think that maybe..” abbie trails off. “maybe.” he shrugs. abbie nods, thinking. “well, if i do happen to see you tonight at my house i might laugh at the situation.” abbie remarks. he smirks. “i hope it’s not just a coincidence, i’d like to see you more often.” he says with a cute smile. abbie smiles in return. “that’d be nice.” she says. his smile grows and his cheeks turn the lightest shade of pink.

“alright, i’d better get going, i told my mom i’d hurry as fast as i could.” she admits.

“oh, sorry. i’ll maybe see you around? uhh...i didn’t catch your name..” he says slowly. abbie smirks as she begins walking off. “i didn’t throw it.” she calls as she turns completely around and heads to the checkouts.

tyler stands there for a few seconds, not knowing what to make of her last remark. “guess i’ll have to take it from you.” he mumbles with a smirk before going off in search of the ice cream isle he could find before.

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“come in!! come in.” abbie’s mom announces as the supposed new neighbors step into the house. a woman with blonde hair, looking around your mom’s age, steps in first and gives her a hug, thanking her for being so nice and going out of her way to prepare a meal for everyone. abbie’s mom waits until everyone is inside and leads them all to the dining room. followed by the mom enters the father, and two children, a boy and a girl. the girl looks to be around abbie’s age, maybe a little younger, and the boy looks a little younger than the girl. stops and looks behind her before sighing and running back to the front door, which is still open.

“tyler, zack! you guys coming or not?” she yells at them. she sighs again before noticing abbie standing by the doorway with a confused look on her face. “oh, sorry, my brothers are always messing around.” she rolls her eyes. abbie laughs. “trust me, i know the situation.” the girl smiles and offers her hand. “i’m maddy.” she says with a cute smile. abbie smiles back. “abbie.” she says. maddy turns around and goes off to the dinner table.

abbie sees one of the two other boys follow their sister style. she stands there for a second, wondering where the other brother could be. she turns to the doorway and sees a boy with familiar, fluffy brown hair smirking at her from where he stands. it’s the same boy from the store.

“abbie, huh?” he says snarkily. abbie rolls her eyes. “yep, that’s me.” she shrugs with a smile. “it’s a nice name.” he says. her smiles grows. “probably a lot less nice than yours.” she replies. he smirks again. “yeah, but you don’t know my name yet.” he points out.

abbie crosses her arms. “well, i know that it’s either tyler or zack. and you look much more like a tyler than you do a zack, so i’m gonna guess you’re tyler.” she explains.

his eyebrows raise briefly. abbie smirks in victory. “c’mon, food’s this way.” she says as she waves him over to follow her to the table. he shakes his head and smiles as he walks in her path behind her.

as they near the table, they see two empty spots open, across the table from each other. “do you two know each other?” tyler’s mom asks upon seeing them enter together with smiles. “well kinda, we ran into each other at the store earlier today.” tyler says as he sits down. “you ran into me.” abbie corrects with a smirk. tyler rolls his eyes. “same thing.” he smiles. the two moms share a look with one another, both silently already agreeing that their son and daughter would make a great pair.

abbie gets to know everyone throughout the night as they eat, and she already likes this family. a lot. maddy and will seem to be a little shy around one another, which causes abbie to ship them immediately. abbie talks the most with tyler. he tells her about his life and she tells him about her own. by the time everyone’s done eating, it’s like the two of them had been friends for many years prior to this evening.

as everyone’s exiting, tyler lingers by one of the pillars, leaning against it. he watches as abbie nears him, soon leaning against the pillar as well. “well? you gonna leave yet?” she asks as she crosses her arms over her chest, looking up at him. he smiles and shakes his head.

“well i was, but first i’m gonna need your phone.” he says nonchalantly. abbie’s eyebrows narrow in confusion. “my what-why do you need my phone?” she asks. “just trust me and hand it over.” he says with an ever growing smile.

“i feel like i’m under arrest.” abbie jokes as she takes her phone out of her pocket, types in her passcode and gives it to him. he chuckles as he types away. “what are you doing?” abbie asks after several seconds of watching him work. “oh, y’know, i’m just adding my contact into your phone.” he says as if it’s no big deal. you hear a ding go off, followed by tyler taking his phone out of his pocket. “oh how nice, you just sent me a text.” he smirks. abbie gasps and swipes her phone back out of his grasp.

new message with: tyjo 😍💘

(y/n):

hey boo

whatcha doin? 🤪👊🏻

abbie rolls her eyes. “really tyler?” she says as he laughs again. “your family’s probably waiting for you, dork.” she punches him in the arm. “alright, alright, i’m going!” he says as he starts backtracking out the door. abbie shakes her head and smiles to herself. tyler hadn’t gone very far before he suddenly stops and turns around, smiling at her. he runs forward and tackles her in a bear hug. abbie squeals as she begs for him to unleash her. “tyler i ca-i can’t breathe!” she manages to get out between laughter and actual struggle to breathe. he pulls back with a wide smile and a short giggle. he looks her in the eyes, and for the first time, abbie feels this strange feeling inside her, and she doesn’t know what to do with it. “bye abbie.” he gives a small wave. abbie smirks back. “bye tyler.” she waves back.

and with that, the boy is off. abbie closes the door and turns around, smile still on her face. she sees her mom standing there, an even bigger smile adorning her face. abbie’s smile slowly fades. “mom, no...” “abbie i think he’s a keeper.” she says. abbie laughs and rolls her eyes as she turns to go up the stairs. “mom i don’t even like him like that, i just met him today for heaven’s sake.” she retorts. her mom shrugs. “i may be wrong, but i know love at first sight when i see it dear.” she calls as abbie opens the door to her room. abbie stops in her tracks for a couple seconds at her mom’s last sentence before shaking it off and closing the door slowly.

she collapses on her bed and stares up at her ceiling. “i don’t like tyler, do i?” she says quietly to herself. she sits there for minutes thinking about all the conversations she had with that boy. that wonderful, fluffy haired, amber eyed boy with a big heart and the cutest smile. eventually abbie realizes that every time she thinks about him, she smiles without realizing and her heart swells and she feels all warm inside and-

uh oh.

abbie brett likes tyler joseph.

her heart starts beating incredibly fast. she can’t like him like him, they just met! no one falls for someone the day they meet them.....do they?

crap. what is she gonna do?

she spends minutes thinking about how she can either try to stop liking him, or just...deal with it. but she doesn’t want to do anything about it currently. she’s too freaked out to make any decisions at the moment.

abbie grabs her phone and immediately calls her best friend tatum. tatum has been a friend of abbie’s for years, they’ve been through practically everything together. tatum is the person abbie goes to when she doesn’t know what to do.

and right now is one of those times.

~~~2 years later~~~

just as abbie predicted and hoped, will and maddy are dating now, abbie taking pride in being the captain of that ship. tatum, surprisingly, had taken a severe liking to the second joseph brother, zack. they weren’t dating yet, but it was clear to see they both really liked each other.

abbie’s still stuck where she was about two-ish years ago, thinking that there’s no way tyler likes her back although tatum keeps insisting it’s clear as day that he does.

she just doesn’t know what to do. he’s her best friend, and she’s hopelessly in love with him.

but, she’ll have to decide what to do later. right now she needs to figure out how to do her calculus homework. she taps her pencil on the table by the window in the living room and scans her brain for the right equation, or where to put the variables in the given equation.

abbie grabs her phone and goes to his contact, tapping on the phone icon under his name.

the line rings a few times before she hears a soft “hey, what’s up?” on the other side. abbie smiles. “tyler, can you calculus?” she asks. there’s a few seconds of silence before he speaks again. “can i what?” “can you calculus?” she repeats simply. “well, i wasn’t the best at it for the one year i was in college but sure, i can calculus. why?” he questions. “can you come over? i’m in dire need of help. my parents are useless when it comes to math.” abbie explains to him. he pauses briefly. “well, i did just finish packing for the flight tomorrow, so i guess i could swing by-” “thanks ty, seeya soon!” abbie interrupts and hangs up the phone abruptly like she usually does.

she should feel bad about it, but she doesn’t. each time she does that she laughs afterwards because she knows tyler’s laughing as well, even though she can’t hear him.

after a few minutes, the door opens. abbie snaps her head over. “how the heck did you open the door?” tyler holds up his hand, revealing a set of keys. “spare pair under the welcome mat.” he smirks and tosses them in the air once, catching them when they fall.

abbie sighs and leans back into her chair. “you know me too well joseph.” he chuckles and sits down in the chair across from yours. “i still don’t know everything about you though, brett.” he admits as he swings the keys around his finger.

“alright, what’cha need?” he sits forward and places the keys on the table. abbie runs a hand through her hair. “everything.” she admits shyly, looking up at him. he sighs. “well, let’s get to it.”

~~~~~~

“how have you not learned that already?”

“it’s not my fault! he never taught us this method!!”

“well he’s dumb!”

“okay but he really is though! like he doesn’t know what he’s teaching. he’ll be teaching us something, and then he’ll stop in the middle of the lesson and look in the freaking textbook for the answer because HE DOESN’T FREAKING KNOW WHAT HE’S TEACHING!” abbie exclaims, annoyed and frustrated.

“woahhh calm down, it’s just math.” tyler says. abbie sighs and puts her head in her hands. “that’s the point.” she mutters defeatedly. tyler looks at her for a few seconds before he stands up out of his chair, getting abbie’s attention. he smiles and holds his arms out. “c’mere.” he says quietly. abbie slowly gets up and walks into his embrace.

“you’re still a baby.” he says with a smile. abbie pulls back, frowning jokingly. “that’s not very nice.” she says, her little frown turning into a smile.

tyler smiles at her and leans against the pillar by the table. “this is giving me some heavy deja vu.” he remarks, recalling the day they met and how his family came to her house for dinner. abbie nods. “me too.” they stand there for a few more seconds, saying nothing, just looking at each other.

tyler takes in a slow breath. “y’know, there was something i wanted to do that night i was here, but i didn’t end up doing it.” he admits. abbie quirks an eyebrow. “why?” he shrugs. “it definitely would have scared you off.” he says before chuckling. abbie scoffs. “well i’m sure it couldn’t have been that bad. nothing you do will ever scare me off, you’re my best friend.” she tells him.

abbie watches as tyler’s smile instantly fades and the sees a look of hurt on his face for a split second. he looks down and sighs shortly. “and that’s exactly why i didn’t do it.” he mumbles quietly. abbie suddenly feels this heavy weight of guilt upon her. did she do something wrong?

tyler sighs and stands up. “i should probably get going.” he says gloomily. abbie stands up immediately and rushes forward to stop him. “wait what...tyler was it something i said?” she asks, pleading with him to stay. she pulls him to face her, looking him in the eyes. his jaw tightens briefly. “yeah, just forget about it though, it’s fine.” he says as he, once again, turns to head out the front door.

“tyler w-...what did i say?” she grabs his wrist and pulls him back from the door. tyler sighs. “i said forget about it abbie. forget i even said anything alright?” he turns yet again to grab the doorknob. abbie doesn’t let go of his wrist. “no i wanna know what it was that i said that made you so upset because i’m sorry! i hate being the source of your distress and i just wanna help.” she pleads.

tyler turns abruptly towards her. “alright!” he says at a much louder level, not quite shouting, but close. abbie flinches and freezes at the level of his volume. she’s never heard him this loud before.

“i-i don’t wanna be just best friends.” he starts. abbie’s heart nearly stops. his eyes water for a split second before he blinks the tears away and continues. “and i know you don’t feel the same way because of what you just said.” abbie is completely silent now. “abbie i’ve been head over freaking heels for you ever since i ran into you at that kroger and you’ve been too gosh darn oblivious to notice.”

he runs a hand through his hair, frustrated and extremely hurt. “listen, i’m sorry for getting upset with you, i just.....” he sighs. “i gotta go. i have an early morning and a flight to catch tomorrow.” he says, although he knows you’re already aware of this information.

he puts his hand back on the doorknob and twists it, opening the door. “tyler!” abbie calls as he begins walking down the front driveway. he keeps walking out as if he hadn’t heard her. she grabs the keys off the rack on and wall and scurries off after him, shoving them in her pocket.

when she nears him, she reaches out and grabs a hold of his wrist again. “tyler...” she pulls him back to face her once again and doesn’t hesitate in grabbing his face with her other hand and pulling his lips onto hers.

she breaks the kiss almost immediately to see tyler standing a centimeter from her. his eyes remain closed and his breaths fan her lips for a couple seconds before he opens his eyes and looks at her, trying to make sense of what just happened.

abbie smiles. “come on, i’ll walk you home.” she laughs at his still shocked expression and starts walking off in the direction of his house.

“wait! wait, you can’t just...” tyler starts as he walks after her. his mouth still remains slightly open and he slows his pace as he nears her. he studies her for several seconds, still trying his best to attempt to understand her and what’s going on inside her mind.

“you....do...do you like me?” he asks straightforwardly. abbie nods. “same day you liked me apparently. only i realized it after you left my house. took me about half an hour, but i did realize eventually. i’ve...just been too scared to do anything about it.” she explains with a smile.

the baffled expression remains on his face and he runs a hand through his hair slowly. “i don’t get you.” he states before abbie laughs and hugs him tightly. “to be honest i don’t always understand myself either.” she admits against his chest.

he shifts his position and rests his forehead and nose on hers. he stays there for a few seconds before smiling and pressing a kiss to her forehead. abbie giggles and starts walking. “come on, let’s go. you’ve got a busy couple months ahead of you joseph.” she motions for him to follow her, which, he does almost immediately.

tyler sighs as the two of them walk along. “i’m not gonna see you for two whole months abbie.” he looks down at her sadly. abbie smiles before feeling his fingers brush lightly against hers as they walk, sending electricity radiating throughout her stomach. “hey, we’ll keep in touch though, won’t we?” she states more than asks.

“i mean i hope so. if we don’t, i’m gonna go crazy.” he admits. a few seconds later her hand grazes his again. before her hand can leave though, he takes the chance, lacing his fingers through hers. abbie’s heart starts racing as her cheeks turn pink. tyler chuckles at her. “you’re adorable, you know that?” “i do, actually. thanks though.” abbie replies with a smile. tyler rolls his eyes as his smile grows.

they talk for the next few minutes until they, sadly, reach tyler’s house. before tyler can unlock his door, abbie turns and throws herself onto him, clinging to him like this is the last time she’ll see him ever again.

“now i don’t wanna leave.” tyler sighs, arms resting lightly on abbie’s waist. abbie smiles up at him. “it’s alright. we can still text and facetime.” she reassures simply. “yeah i guess. it’s not the same as seeing you in person though.” he says gloomily.

abbie ruffles his hair a couple times. “you’ll be fine.” he narrows his eyebrows and runs his hand through his hair after she does, fixing it the way he likes it. tyler smiles at her for several seconds, allowing the fluttery feeling in his stomach to go on for however long it will. he brings one hand up to her face and pulls her lips against his a second time, only this time it’s more than a half second peck.

abbie smiles into the kiss as her heart surges out of her chest at the feeling. she tugs on his jacket, pulling him ever so slightly closer to her. tyler breaks the kiss after a while and holds her against him lovingly. “do i have to go on tour?” tyler asks quietly with his forehead touching abbie’s. abbie gives a small laugh. “well, you decided to make a tour, so yes, you do.” she tells him. he sighs. “i guess.”

abbie stands on her toes and pecks his lips one last time. “like i said, you’ll be fine ty.” he gives a half smile and pulls her into one of the biggest hugs he’s ever given her. abbie buries her face into his chest. eventually they pull back, sadly, and say their goodbyes. tyler opens his door and waves at abbie with the cutest of smiles before closing it. abbie smiles to herself as she starts walking back to her house.

thank god for kroger.

end:)

cheese much?? maybe? idk

[stillstreetjoshua]

congrats maddy and will! 💕

[aircatchcrs]

[arctichotch]

Tyler Joseph is going to be an uncle!!

[tylerjosephotos]

[stillstreetjoshua]