I Own Nothing
AN: I really couldn't think of a way to go about a reason that Patch and Theo weren't in same place without Liam getting suspicious until I thought of the idea in this chapter. I liked it so went with it because I could see it playing out.
AN2: Carol Lynne owns the Cattle Valley book series along with Good Time Boys series. I have been reading them for ages and love them so much. Couldn't help but include them a little bit here.
CN: Mason hangs out with Liam and Patch for a while as well. Patch and Liam both find something out from Mason about soul mates and knotting.
Title: He's Not A Real Wolf
Characters: Liam/Theo, Patch, Mason, Malia, Scott, Lydia, Stiles, Kira, Dread Doctors, Parrish, Brett, Corey, Melissa, Hayden, Argent, Jenna and David Geyer, Sheriff Stilinski, Tracy, Josh,
Summary: Liam goes to find the wolf that chased Mason and him at the school. He makes friends with it not realizing who the wolf actually is. He names the wolf Patch taming it down some. He's also falling for Theo wanting to have the werewolf as his boyfriend. It gets more complicated when the Doctors make Theo choose who will live. Liam or Scott?
Mason let his self into Liam's house knowing that something was wrong with Liam. His best friend had been off all day blowing off their weekly dinner together. He wasn't surprised when he opened Liam's door finding Patch sleeping beside Liam. He watched Liam and Patch before taking his phone out getting a picture of them sleeping. Patch looked like he was trying to shield Liam and vise versa. Liam's head was buried into Patch's fur with Patch's foot over Liam's back as if he was hugging Liam. Liam's arm was tight around Patch as well hugging his best animal friend close.
He smiled because he could tell that Liam was feeling somewhat better. He'd gone to the nurse's office between third and fourth period to check on Liam. Liam had been sleeping, but shaking on the table like he was cold or something. He knew that Liam couldn't have actually been cold, cold. However, he had gone back to his locker and dug out the coat he kept sometimes for when the school's AC was really cold. He'd put it over Liam so he would maybe feel a little better. Right now Liam wasn't shaking at all and he knew it was because of Patch. He was glad that Patch had finally turned up because Theo's parents doing what they had, had Liam on edge. He wanted to go over to Theo's and shout at the parents for their cruelty.
It wasn't strange either on how Liam and Patch were at the moment. He had done some research when he had found out that Liam had made Patch into a pet. It was exactly that with them too because he saw the bowl in the corner of water. It had Patch's name on it and there were all the photos on Liam's phone with the wolf. The lock screen on Liam's phone was a picture of Patch and him together. The home screen had one of Theo and Liam which he had taken.
Liam hadn't been able to get all of them in the picture so he had done it. Theo and Liam were leaning back against Theo's truck outside in the parking lot with Theo's arms wrapped around Liam. Liam had been leaning back against Theo with their fingers intertwine at Liam's waist. He had gotten a second one right after that of the two of them kissing. It had been almost as hot as the one in the hallway when Theo had shown up for Liam. He had to admit that it had been a turn on watching his friends making out in the hall.
Mason wasn't sure why Stiles was still holding onto that Theo was no good. The way Theo was with Liam even before they started dating he couldn't see why anyone thought he was bad. He was slightly jealous because Liam had a damn good looking guy and his dating like was in the pits. Although, he had been talking to Brett a lot, they just hadn't done anything. He really needed to find a guy to date. He felt miserable at times and his hand really wasn't cutting it most days it ended in frustration. He was sure that jacking off thinking about Liam and Theo or both doing him wasn't a good thing at all.
He sat down in Liam's computer chair turning Liam's laptop on. He knew the password, which Liam had never changed since he'd gotten it. He put in Liam's name and a date, which was the day his stepdad had officially adopted Liam as his. Liam had hyphenated his last name, but for classes the teachers just used Dunbar. He didn't even know if anyone else in the pack knew that about Liam. He'd been sitting with Liam and Theo the other day at lunch when Liam had told Theo about it.
It was how he knew that Liam had fallen for the werewolf, which was something Liam kept close to him. It was the same way about his biological dad; Liam rarely talked about the man. He'd watched his brother suffer from the emotional abuse. He was glad when Liam's sperm donor had walked out leaving Liam and his mom. Liam had been a lot better after that even if he had still had anger issues. He hadn't seen much of the anger coming out in Liam since Theo was around though. Theo was calm and cool even when he was being picked on; like with Stiles. Yet he didn't seem to care if Stiles liked him. Theo was protecting Liam in his book from losing it like he had once before.
Although, he had noticed that Stiles had been really nice today to Liam. He had been shocked when he'd walked by with Hayden seeing Liam leaning against Stiles. Stiles' arm around Liam had been the reason he'd steered Hayden towards the library. He wanted to give Liam and Stiles bonding time. He knew that they were in need of it and Liam hadn't looked ready to blow so he left. Stiles when he wasn't being a butt lately was great with Liam, he'd been a little jealous at first too. However, Liam had told him that Stiles helped him fit in with the pack more. Stiles also having his own things going on helped or had helped with the anger problems. He was glad that Stiles had given Liam that comfort today when he'd needed it. It had felt like maybe something was lining up. He really hoped that it would stay like that and Stiles wouldn't go back to being a jerk off when Theo was back around.
He looked over at Liam and Patch still sleeping away. He decided to give them another hour before he woke them up. Liam and he needed to study since Theo was M.I.A. to help with the physics test they had the next day. He wished that Theo's parents weren't so hypocritical. It was what Liam had said that he thought. He couldn't see parents grounding their kid over being late because they were in love. His parents were always encouraging him to find someone, but he hadn't found the right one yet. Although he really needed to invest some time into talking to Corey Bryant. He could start a friendship with him until he was ready to date since his boyfriend had just died. He doubted that he was going to get Brett into his pants even if he really wouldn't mind presenting his ass to the werewolf.
~LT TL LT~
Liam woke up after the sun had gone down hearing a clicking sound. He pulled his face from Patch's fur turning over seeing Mason at his desk. He smiled before moving his arm from under Patch. It wasn't easy, but he did it with a groan because his arm was completely numb now. He looked at the clock realizing it was after eight. He jumped off the bed, which startled Patch and Mason both. Patch jumped up growling until he saw it was Mason that was in Liam's room. He looked at Liam then at the window. He hadn't realized how late it had gotten either and it made him nervous.
"Easy, boy," Liam said rubbing Patch thanking him for trying to protect him again. "When did you get here?" he asked looking at Mason who had turned around in the chair to face them. He really must have been tired if he hadn't heard Mason come in.
"About five-thirty," Mason said getting up going over to the bed. He put his hand out letting Patch sniff before he attempted to rub the wolf. He smiled when Patch bowed his head as if saying he was free to touch now. He had come to love the wolf too that his best friend had taken to. "I tried waking you up every half an hour, but you didn't even budge. Patch was snoring too so I just left you be to wake up on your own." Mason said getting a yip from Patch like he was trying to bark at him. "What? It's true you both were snoring, I have sound recording if you don't believe me," Mason said before he pulled his phone out and played it.
Patch and Liam both let out a growl at the recording before Mason hit the stop button. He couldn't help but laugh at them going back to rubbing Patch. It wasn't his fault that the two of them were exhausted and snored. He had finished his studying and done other homework while he'd been waiting on them to come back to the land of the living. He'd also fixed his self a snack because he hadn't eaten anything since breakfast. He had been hoping for maybe talking Liam into asking Theo to cook something for them. He really wanted to try a recipe that he'd found online, but it didn't look like it was going to happen. Theo had said he'd cook for him some night inviting Hayden and him over for friends' night.
"Sorry from both of us for growling," Liam said resting his head against Patch. "Today has not been a good day. I think I got Theo in a lot of trouble last night," Liam sighed before telling Mason what had happened after he'd left the school with Theo. He didn't give all out details on the sex just that it was good and he'd defiantly be repeating it. He also mentioned about the family dinner. He had told Mason a little earlier in the day, but he was spilling now. "My parents loved him, they both told him to come back any time he wanted. They didn't even say he had to stay on the couch if he wanted to sleep over," Liam grinned adding about the cake.
"Your mom gave him an extra slice of cake to go?" Mason's mouth fell open even if he got an extra large slice of cake he hadn't gotten two before. "Dude you cannot let him go ever, find a way to lock him to you if you need to,"
"I was locked in his body if that counts," Liam said ducking his head against Patch even more when he said it out loud. He really shouldn't have said it, but he had been surprised what had happened. He needed to talk to someone and Mason was his best friend so he went for broke telling Mason what Theo had told him about knotting.
~LT TL~
Mason wasn't as surprised as Liam was and told him what he had found when he'd went searching. He hadn't meant to find out about knotting, but he'd Googled werewolf sex. He had just been curious in case he got a chance with one. He had been shocked at the time when he found it, but not so much now. Although from the look on Liam's face when he told him about what he'd read he was shocked even more than he had been.
"You're telling me that a werewolf can only knot if they are with..." Liam trailed off because it was a little over the top at the moment.
He was really not expecting that a werewolf could only knot with their soul mates. He hadn't missed the part about mates either and that they could go their entire lives without even finding each other. It wasn't some pull towards each other or a name that appeared on the body. Knowing that a knot couldn't form unless it was a soul mate made things even clearer about being with Theo. He had already thought that Theo was the one for him, but hearing Mason saying what he did had him feeling it even more.
"A mate could be right in front of you and you'd never know until you had sex," Mason said before Patch put his snout right against Mason's face as if staring him down. "Sorry," Mason said going back to rubbing Patch thinking that was why he had gotten in his face. "I like research and my best friend is a werewolf who is dating one. I did the research like when we had sex Liam looked it up," he explained.
He had known the basics he did watch porn and stuff. He hadn't minded when Liam had Googled gay sex though. It defiantly had covered more than the porn and stories he read online about it. He hadn't started reading the actual books until after Liam and he had sex though. His favorite series was Cattle Valley by Carol Lynne. He loved her Good Time Boys series as well, which had gotten him turned on just as much. Mason shook his head bringing his self back to the present though. He couldn't get lost in the latest book he was reading when Liam and he were talking.
He was glad that it had been Liam that he'd had sex with that night. It hadn't surprised him when Liam had said he had gone slow with Theo too. He knew Liam cared even if he had moments where his I.E.D. kicked in he'd never done it towards him. Liam was one of the sweetest people he knew. It was just once in a while that the hulk came out. He smiled a little thinking about how sweet Liam had been with him too.
Liam had taken almost an hour working him over before he'd even started thrusting into him with his cock. Liam had insisted on taking him out to lunch before hand too. It had been like a real date, which had made it that much better too. If his parents hadn't shown back up he had planned on returning the favor to Liam. He was happy that he hadn't gotten the chance though. Liam would have Theo for that and he knew Theo wouldn't let Liam down in that department.
Patch was still staring Mason down though because what had been said had almost caused him to bolt from the room. It was taking all his will power not to run as far from Liam as he could. He wanted more information, which was why he was trying to will Mason to keep talking. There wasn't a way he could have this conversation in his regular form unless... He thought about maybe going to Mason after he had a chance to turn back. That would mean asking for help outside of Liam, which he was just getting used to doing.
However, drastic times called for drastic measures. If Liam was his mate then he had a way to get out from under the doctors even more. It also scared him a lot because if they found out about this then they could hurt Liam to make him obey even more. He wanted to run to keep Liam safe even if he wanted to stay here and never leave at the same time. He was so torn on what to do that he felt so over whelmed at the moment.
Liam pulled Patch back from Mason making him lay down, which Patch did putting his head on Liam's lap. He was pleading for Liam to ask more questions, he knew nothing about mates or knotting besides that it could happen to werewolves. If you had to have a mate to do it then it would be the reason behind why he had never done it before. It also meant more which was making him feel something inside of his body growing even warmer right now. He didn't deserve Liam, but he loved him. He would do anything to stay with Liam for the rest of his life. He wanted to tell Liam how much he loved him even if the fucking doctors said he'd never be wanted. Liam wanted him, he was hearing it right now how much Liam wanted him.
~LT TL~
After another fifteen minutes of talking, which never went back to mates and knotting Patch jumped off the bed. He needed Liam to take him outside, but he didn't want to go alone. He could go out the window since it was how he had gotten in. He wanted Liam to come with him so he could keep an eye on him though. He turned around a couple of times before trying to bark. He really needed to learn to bark since he was part wolf. He couldn't figure out how so he went for a low howl.
"What's wrong, Patch?" Liam asked looking at the wolf that was turning around again before looking towards the bedroom door.
"Maybe he needs to go to the bathroom?" Mason offered looking at Patch with a questioned look before Patch turned around again. "You got a leash for him or just let him run free?"
"He's not a pet, pet so he just roams," Liam said getting off his bed grabbing his phone. He let out a yelp of surprise not pain when Patch took hold of his pant leg. "Okay okay, we're going just let me unplug my phone," he didn't know why Patch didn't just go out the window. It was easy for him to come and go through, but Patch was practically dragging him. It was something that Patch had never done before and it worried him a little. Maybe Patch didn't want to be alone outside. He really needed to figure out what had happened to his beloved wolf while he'd been gone.
"We can always walk the two blocks to Theo's house. You said you wanted to check on him," Mason offered, which brought a smile to Liam's face and had Patch growling. "Jeez he really doesn't like Theo does he. Stiles and Patch would get along just fine on the 'Hating Theo' team," Mason said, which got another growl from Patch and a groan from Liam. "Sorry," he said before they left the room.
~LT TL~
Liam was glad when he saw Theo's truck in the driveway once they had gotten to his house. It had been a long walk there since Patch had been walking on his feet almost. He'd about tripped half a dozen times or more because Patch was on top of him. He tried getting a scent to see if anything was wrong, but he didn't hear or smell anything. The wind was blowing slightly and he was picking up their heart beats, but that was it.
It was after nine, but the lights were out in the house ahead of them. He was hoping that Theo was up and maybe playing video games in his room. He knew that he did it with the lights out since that night Stiles and he were spying Theo had the lights out. He had been talking to Mason going over the stuff he needed to review for the test the next day while they walked. Mason was quizzing him and he had gotten most of the stuff right. He would do better once he knew that Theo was okay. He really wished he knew why Theo's parents were being so cruel to them.
He hadn't meant to sleep as long as he had, but it had been so peaceful next to Patch. It was the same kind of sleep he got snuggled against Theo. He couldn't believe he had sleep so tight that Mason couldn't even get him to wake up. It told him that he had been exhausted from worrying over both of his boys. He needed to get back with his boyfriend now though and he would be even happier. He was thinking of maybe getting Patch to sleep in the room beside them if he couldn't get him to agree to share a bed with Theo.
Patch tried again to block Liam from getting any closer to his house. He didn't want to shift back yet even if he got to hold Liam. He had backed off all seven times when Liam had almost tripped. He didn't want Liam to get hurt, but he wanted him to rethink going there. He had made sure that no one got information if they called his actual house for him. His 'parents' had been told to hang up. He knew it was wrong to make Liam worry, but he hadn't been able to tell them not to before he'd been buried. He would do anything to take that back now and let them tell Liam he was grounded at least.
He just didn't know how to stop Liam from going in the house like he planned. He had tried to get Liam to play with him back at the house. He wasn't fond of playing fetch, but he had gotten Liam to do it a couple of times. He'd also stalled by attempting to go to the bathroom, which he had known wouldn't work for him to actually go. He hadn't figured out how to use the bathroom as his wolf since he always shifted back for that. He'd gotten them to stall again by asking for food. He had gone slow and even drank more water until he had actually needed to pee. It was uncomfortable with a full bladder and he'd finally gotten his body to work right.
It had been a gift from the universe to actually go, but it hadn't been much. All of the stalling hadn't lasted though and now they were only a few feet from his house. It was a house, his home was right here with Liam, but he didn't know if he'd get to be with his home forever. He was hoping that he could stay in Liam's arms one way or another. It wasn't right to have it all taken away, but if it happened it would be his own fault. The bad things he'd done would catch up to him and ruin everything. He'd be alone again without someone to love him.
~LT TL~
"Patch, you have to stop. I know you don't like Theo, but he's my boyfriend. You are my best animal friend so you have to be nice to each other," Liam said squatting down in front of Patch. "I don't know why you don't like him, you like Mason and me," he tried reasoning with Patch.
He ran his hand over Patch's fur looking into his eyes hoping he might see something. He had been shocked at how bad Patch had stalled earlier. Mason had finally told him what Patch was doing and he'd told Patch to walk or he was staying home. Patch had looked so disappointed, but he had still tried stalling him on the walk over. Liam hugged Patch telling him he loved him and that being with Theo wasn't going to change that.
"I think he's being stubborn like his master," Mason said which got him twin growls from the two beside him. "I'm just saying," he laughed seeing Patch and Liam both looking at him like he was crazy. "Maybe we could leave Patch outside while we go in? That way he doesn't try attacking Theo and there is no blood shed towards Patch. I mean if I had werewolf claws and all I would have accidently sliced into him when we met. Patch, not Theo because he did scare the daylights out of me," Mason explained.
"I don't like it; he was shaking like a leaf when I walked into my room. Something scared him, Mason. I don't want Patch to be alone; maybe you could keep him company?" Liam asked standing up. However, the second he did letting go of Patch, the wolf bolted away from them. "PATCH," Liam yelled out. He was shocked that Patch had taken off like he had without a warning.
Patch ran as quick as he could glad he was feeling better now. He had gotten over what the doctors had done at least physically. He was still having problems with the part of them throwing him in the hole. He wasn't going to be going near anything that had him locked away in a dark place for a while. He was just glad that right now there was opened space that he didn't feel locked in. He had over come some of his fears from when he was younger, but they had triggered some of that now with locking him in the damn coffin. Patch tried to think in a hurry as he rounded his house as to how he could turn back and Liam not go after the other half of him.
He looked behind him hearing Liam coming in a hurry. He didn't think of it but for a second before he turned his head as if he were to lick like a regular wolf or dog would clean itself. He just didn't lick instead he bit into his leg as hard as he could letting out a howl. He had no other choice because Liam was dead set on finding him. He would maybe get Liam to agree to wait til the next day at school to be with him then shift back.
It was the last thing he wanted, but if he could convince Liam that he was grounded it might work. He couldn't even remember if his 'parents' would be home right now. He could get them to tell Liam to leave or something, but he didn't want Liam around them either. His life was in such a mess right now that he was going to be drained after what he was going to be doing.
~TBC~
EN: Thanks in advance for reviews and kudos. I am going to work on the next chapter, but wanted to post this one now.