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The next morning, Liam woke up first. He noticed a weight on his chest and looked down to see that Theo was sleeping practically on top of him. They seem to have gone from spooning to this some time during the night, however the hell that even happened. He smiled and ran his hand through Theo’s hair, placing a kiss on his forehead.
“Aren’t you two just adorable?”
Liam looked up to see his mom walking in the living room. He couldn’t hide the blush and smile on his face.
“Dad made breakfast.” Jenna said simply.
Liam cocked his head a bit to the side. “Dad’s still here? I thought he would’ve been gone by now.”
“He would. But he called in and said he would be a bit late to work. He wanted to finally meet him.” And with that, Jenna left the room.
Liam knew what she what meant. His dad hasn’t formally met Theo yet like his mom has. He wasn’t worried. Well, he was a bit worried. Only for Theo though. He did obviously didn’t know what his dad was going to say, but he also knows that it won’t be negative.
Liam brushed his fingers through Theo’s hair again, making him stir. Theo nuzzled his face into Liam’s chest a bit before tilting his head up to look at him.
“Good morning.” Liam said.
“Morning.”
“So, my mom just came in and told me dad wanted to finally meet you.” Liam said while absentmindedly playing with Theo’s hair.
Liam caught Theo’s heart picking up speed and he quickly told him that it would be okay. That he promised nothing negative would be said.
Theo nodded his head and they both got up from the couch. Liam took Theo’s hand in his and they walked into the kitchen, Liam giving Theo’s hand a reassuring squeeze.
Liam’s step father, David, was setting plates and bowls on the table while his mom was pouring herself a cup of coffee.
David looked over as the two came into the kitchen. “Ah, good morning, Liam.” He said.
“Morning dad.”
“And good morning to you to, Theo. I’m glad we’re finally being able to meet.”
“You too, Mr, Geyer.”
“Oh you can just call me David, son. Mr. Geyer makes me sound old.” Liam watched as Theo cracked a smile.
Jenna has started bringing over the food and everyone had taken their seats at the table. While David asked Theo a few questions here and there, Liam kept his hand on Theo’s knee, rubbing small circles with his thumb.
Everything had gone right, just as Liam had said. His dad was very respectful, even telling him that he was sorry a couple times when he had asked about his home life which Theo said it was okay.
Everything was okay.
~~~~~~
It’s been 7 months since Liam and Theo had that with Liam’s parents. It’s been 7 months of hiding behind walls, secret kisses and secret late night drives. Theo has fully healed just a few weeks after the conversation with Liam’s parents.
They had told Derek a few days after talking with Liam’s parents. Before Liam or Theo could even get the first word in, Derek already said, “So you two finally pulled your heads out of your asses and got together?”
They told Derek they still weren’t planning to tell the rest of the pack just yet and Derek said to be careful.
After that conversation, Liam told Theo to go wait in the truck while he talked to Derek about something.
Liam explained to the Alpha about the feelings he’s had for quick a long time now. He told him about the first night in the woods to finding Theo in the woods after having the feeling.
Derek simply told Liam that Theo was his anchor and Liam was Theo’s. It had all made sense to Liam now having a clear answer. He thanked Derek before he left.
He told Theo what Derek said and Theo had replied that he already knew. Liam then asked why he didn’t tell him and Theo told him he didn’t want to scare Liam off. Which obviously didn’t happen.
One day, Liam had said that there was a pack meeting and he wanted Theo to go. He told him that they would be careful around them, not giving their relationship away just yet.
He managed to convince Theo and they went off.
They arrived at Scotts house, Liam gave Theo a quick kiss on the cheek before they got out of Theo’s truck.
Everything was running smoothly, up until the 3rd hour they were there. Malia had started once again which caused Liam to spiral into a panic attack.
Liam huddled in a corner of the room, trying to get away from Scott, who was trying to calm him down and Malia, who was frantically apologizing to him. She never wanted Liam to have a panic attack, that was never her intention. It was just that Theo being there made her snap again.
Theo stood back and watched as they tried to calm his boyfriend down. Nothing was working. Finally after 5 minutes, Theo quickly told them to move as he started his way towards Liam. But Malia got in between him and Liam and wouldn’t let him near him.
“I said move Malia. You’re the one who caused this, now move.”
“I don’t think so. I’m not letting you near him.”
“I said move.” Theo almost growled. “Don’t make me say it again.”
“Malia ple-please just move!” Liam cried which shocked everyone. But then Theo did something, after Malia had moved, that stunned them.
Theo quickly got to Liam, dropping to the floor in front of him. Liam had thrown himself in Theo’s arms, in front of everyone. Theo didn’t exactly care at the moment.
Liam was shaking and Theo was rubbing his back, telling him everything was okay, that he was okay. It only took a few moments for Liam to calm down after Theo was there with him.
Everyone was silent as Theo did so. They had never seen Theo like that before.
“Ok what the hell was that?” Malia asked.
“I was calming him down, what do you think?” Theo said, holding onto Liam’s arm as he stood up.
Malia then kept pushing Theo into telling her why Theo did that. That “Monsters can’t calm people down.” That last statement had Theo running out the door, Liam shouting for him.
“What the fuck, Malia!?” Liam shouted, his eyes turning yellow.
“Liam, stop.” Scott demanded, getting in front of Liam.
Liam closed his eyes, trying to calm back down. He had thought of Theo, pictures of him flashing in his mind which lead him to calming down.
“I hear one more negative thing about my boyfriend from any of you all, you’re gonna wish you’re able to calm me down.” Liam knew had he had said. He didn’t know whether he was going to regret it or not.
“Liam- what?” Stiles started. “You and Theo? Oh fuck.”
“Wait, Liam, are you sure about being with him?” Scott said. Which surprised Liam. Scott was clearly okay with him and Theo being friends but he guess that dating was crossing a line for him.
“Really Scott? I know you’re my alpha and I know that because I’m your beta, you want to protect me. But you don’t need to protect me from Theo. Trust me. If anything, he’s been the one protecting me. And you should thank him for that otherwise I would be ripping a few heads off right now.”
“Liam-“ Scott tried.
“No, Scott. I’m done here. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go make sure my boyfriend is okay.” Liam’s voice was quick cold. He stormed out the door, leaving everyone in shock.
Liam didn’t see Theo anywhere, but his truck was still there. Liam jumped into the truck and took off back to his house.
He got in and immediately picked up Theo’s scent and heard the shower upstairs on. He sighed in relief.
Liam listened closely and could hear Theo’s heart pounding and racing. He rushed upstairs and knocked on the bathroom door.
He heard a quick ‘come in’. He opened the door and noticed a pair of soaked clothes on the tile floor. He could hear heavy breathing and asked Theo if he was alright. Theo didn’t reply with the answer Liam was expecting.
“Will you join me?” Liam froze. Did he hear Theo right? They had never even seen each other fully naked and now Theo wants to take a shower with him?
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah.”
Liam striped off all of his clothes and pulled the shower curtain back a bit to climb inside. He saw Theo standing under the water and he would see him trembling violently. Liam didn’t hesitate on wrapping Theo in his arms, underneath the spray of water. Liam was running his fingers up and down his back to hopefully get the boy in his arms to stop shaking.
“Why didn’t you just wait for me in the truck?” He asked.
“I-I almost lost con-control , Li. I- that hasn’t happened in so long. I didn’t know what I was doing. So I ran back here.”
Liam really wanted to say I love you to Theo right then and there but he wanted to give Theo time and say it whenever he was ready.
Theo was standing on shaky legs, Liam was practically holding him up. Theo tucked his face into the space between Liam’s shoulder blade and neck.
“You’re okay, Theo. I promised. You’re alright, I’m here.”
“They hate me-me Li.”
Liam knew who he was talking about. “They don’t hate you, T. They just need time to adjust.”
“Adjust to what?”
Liam froze. Theo didn’t know he accidentally outed them. The moment he said it in front of the pack, he obviously couldn’t take it back so he went with it.
“I, um, may have accidentally outed us when you left.”
Liam felt Theo stop shaking for a moment. He thought he had stopped breathing. “I’m sorry.” Liam started. “I didn’t mean to, it just kind of slipped out. I was angry at them for hurting you and-“
“It’s okay, Li.”
“But you weren’t ready to come out and I kind of took that away from you.”
“It’s okay, Li, I promise. I’m actually kind of glad you were the one to tell them.”
“Are you sure?” Liam asked.
Theo nodded his head and Liam placed a kiss to his hair. They decided to finish out the shower before getting out and going back to Liam’s room.
Soon it was night time and they hadn’t heard from any of the pack, asking about what happened. Liam felt like it was better that way.
Around 10 pm was when they decided to go to bed. They climbed in and Theo took his place on Liam’s chest, and Liam’s arms wrapped around him. Liam felt like he was physically holding back the words I love you at this point. But he knew he wanted Theo to say them first when he was ready.
On into the night and while Liam was sound asleep, Theo was awake. He wasn’t laying on Liam’s chest anymore, he was laying beside him now, staring up at him.
Theo’s mind was racing.
They hate you. They hate that you’re with Liam. They don’t want you near Liam. They probably want you dead so you won’t be near Liam anymore. They want to protect Liam from you. You’re just a monster who can’t do anything good no matter how hard you try. Liam’s better off without you.
Theo had tears steaming down his face from his thoughts. But they were right. Theo thought. Liam needed his pack more than he didn’t him. His pack was more important.
A thought came to Theo’s mind which made him hold his breath. He held a hand over his mouth to hopefully not wake Liam with his cries.
Could he really do this? Well, of course he could. If he chose to. The window was right there. Liam wouldn’t wake up.
He’s better off without you. He needs his pack and because of you, he’s losing it.
Theo looked at Liam, trying not to let out a sob. Liam was on his side, facing him. He was sleeping soundly, practically dead to the world.
Theo reaches out a shaky hand and placed it on Liam’s cheek. Theo held his hand over his own mouth once again to stop him from crying out loud.
He ran his thumb over Liam’s cheek as he scooted closer to him. Theo gently rested his forehead against Liam’s. He placed a gentle kiss to his cheek. Then his nose. Then his forehead. And then a kiss to his lips. It took everything in him to get up from the bed. He walked over to grab Liam’s hoodie, which Liam told him he could keep, and pulled it on.
He quietly went and put on his shoes, tears continuing to fall down his face. After 10 minutes, he had set a piece of paper on Liam’s nightstand, hoping he would find it in the morning.
He slowly opened the window of Liam’s room. He took a deep breath and looked at Liam. He knew he shouldn’t look at Liam again, knowing it would be harder to do this. But he did it anyway.
“Bye, baby.” Theo whispered before climbing out the window and disappearing into the night.
~~~~~~
The next morning when Liam woke up, he noticed some thing was off. The weight he fallen asleep with on his chest was no longer there.
He cracked his eyes open and looked beside him to see that the bed was empty. He listened for another heartbeat somewhere in the house but there was no one.
He looked over at the clock on his nightstand, it was 8 am and Theo was no where to be found. He then saw a piece of paper with his name on it.
He slowly sat up in his head, his heart starting to race. He grabbed the piece of paper and opened it. By the time he finished reading it, tears were streaming down his face and sobs were escaping his mouth. The note had said:
“Liam,
I’m sorry. I’m so fucking sorry for doing this. For doing this to you and your pack. I’m the reason you’re mad at them and I’m so sorry. Please don’t come look for me. You’re better off without me. You need your pack more. I don’t know where I’m going but I won’t be in Beacon Hills anymore. I’m sorry. I love you Liam. Okay? I love you so fucking much, you gave me a home when my entire world was crashing down. You saw the good in me when no one else did. At this point I still don’t know if there is any good left after what I’ve done to you and your pack. And i’m so sorry. But thank you, Liam. Thank you for everything. I’m so glad I found someone like you. Tell your parents I said thank you for allowing me into their home. And tell Scott and them that I’m sorry for everything. Maybe they can forgive me one day. Until then, goodbye Liam.
- Theo.
P.s.
I want you to have my blanket. I left it on the chair. It kept me safe when I needed it and I want you to have it so you can feel safe too. I love you.”
Liam looked over at the chair and surly enough, the green blanket was there. He rushed over and picked it up, holding it to his chest and cried.
He raced back over to his bed, grabbing his phone and dialing Scott’s number. When Scott picked up, even if Liam was still mad at him, he knew he could help. He broke down in sobs as he said, “He’s gone, Scott. He’s fucking gone.” He repeated that several times before Scott was able to ask who he was talking about.
Liam said it was Theo. “Please, Scott, you have to find him. I know you don’t like him right now but please try and find him. For me at least. I can’t let him be alone. I can’t, Scott. I need him, please.”
“Liam, calm down. I’ll find him, I promise.”
~~~~~~
It’s been a full two hours of Scott looking for Theo while the rest of the pack was over at Liam’s.
Yeah, Scott may be a bit upset with Theo but right now he knew he had to look past that. He knew he needed to pull his head out of his own ass and fix this. He didn’t understand why he reacted the way he did to finding out Liam and Theo were together. His mouth seemed to work before his brain could catch up. He needed to fix this.
Soon Scott had picked up Theo’s scent. It was by an abandoned building. He walked to the side of the building, still following Theo’s scent. Then there was Theo. Sitting with back against the wall and knees pulled to his chest.
“Theo?”
Theo whipped his head around and froze when he saw Scott.
“What do you want, Scott?” Theo asked. “Come to send me back to hell?”
“What- Theo, no, I’m not here to hurt you.”
“Funny that you say that.” Theo angrily wiped at his eyes.
“Theo, I came to take you back to Liam.”
“And why the hell would you do that?”
“Because Liam needs you.”
“He doesn’t need me.” Theo whispered.
“Theo, please. I know we haven’t been on the same page for a bit, but I need to know that I’m sorry.”
“Why are you sorry? I’m the one who fucked things up.”
“No, Theo, you’re not. I am.” That took Theo by surprise. He watched as Scott took a seat next to him on the ground.
“What’re you-“
“Please just let me talk first Theo.” Scott said. Theo stayed silent and let Scott talk. “I fucked things up, okay? Not you. I shouldn’t have acted the way I did when we found out you were with Liam. I had asked Liam if he was sure he wanted to be with you and, God, If I could take it back I would in a heartbeat. When Liam called me this morning, he was crying his heart out, begging me to go look for you. He cares about you so much Theo. He needs you whether you think so or not. And I’m apologizing on Malia’s behalf as well. She’s still pissed at you and I don’t understand why. You’re not a monster Theo, you’ve just been treated like one when you’re not and I’m sorry. I’m sorry for the way we’ve treated you. When I saw how you calmed Liam down last night, believe me, I was shocked and for some reason I still reacted badly to finding out you were together. And I’m so sorry, Theo. I hope you can eventually forgive me and I don’t blame if you if you never do. And I don’t think I’ve ever told you this, but thank you. You’ve helped us out quite a lot these past few years and I haven’t told you thank you once. So thank you. I know I’m kind of just rambling at this point-“
“Scott.” Theo said. “I forgive you, okay?”
“You...do?”
Theo nodded. Scott smiled and said, “How about we get you back home to Liam, yeah?”
Theo blushed and smiled. He allowed Scott to pull him up from the ground.
“Oh and Scott?” Theo said. “Thanks.”
~~~~~~
Scott and Theo soon arrived back at Liam’s.
Liam had obviously heard them because he came running out the front door, taking Theo into his arms.
“God, I thought I lost you.” Liam cried. Theo has buried his face in Liam’s neck, silently crying, gripping the back of Liam’s shirt.
The rest of pack, minus Malia, was stood watching them with small smiles on their faces.
“I love you.” Theo sobbed.
“I love you too.” Liam pulled back from the hug, cupping Theo’s face in his hands.
“I’m home.” Theo sniffled.
“Yeah...” Liam wiped the tears on Theo’s face with the pad of his thumbs. “you’re home.”
Sometimes a home isn’t a house or a warm bed. Sometimes its a person. And Liam was Theo’s home. That’s what a home is.