Jordan frowned when cool air brushed against his chest. Shivering he looked down and noticing his chest was bare. A feeling of dread filled him as he looked away from himself to notice he was standing outside on a side walk under a huge tree. He sighed closing his eyes. He didn't need to look around after that. He knew where he was. The same exact spot he had been every night since the first feral attack.
Outside Lydia's house.
That first night had been the first time since the whole Beast of Gevaudan thing, that Cerberus had taken full control over him. He'd thought they had reached an agreement when he embraced the creature. He wouldn't try to lock the hellhound away in his mind and it wouldn't steal control of his body from him. And yet, it seemed the creatures worry over Lydia was enough to break their understanding. He had tried not to feel betrayed or angry. After all he cared about Lydia as well and it felt right to check on her. But the second and third night he started to feel like a stalker, standing outside her house keeping watch.
He tried to convey that to the hellhound, clearly it hadn't listened. He sighed and started to move away from the tree. Only to feel heat rise inside him and his feet freeze. He groaned.
"Come on." He whispered out loud to the hellhound. "This is creepy." He felt the hellhound's disapproval at the idea of leaving.
"Lydia can take care of herself." He tried to reason with it. But when he tried shifting his weight to move again the heat got worse, a warning that Ceberus was willing to take control again and make them stay. He sighed. "Please?" he begged.
He really really didn't want to explain to someone why he was standing outside an 18 year old girl's house, barefoot and shirtless. He was a deputy, he knew how this looked. And it wasn't like he could tell people that it wasn't him but the strange supernatural creature inside him that was stalking the redhead.
He was about to try bribing the hellhound when a branch snapped to his right, his head snapped to the side, and before he could react he was slammed back against the tree he had been standing under. A forearm pressed against his throat and an angry werewolf growling at him.
Aiden. Jordan figured though he hadn't met the man before.
"What are you doing?" The werewolf growled.
"Checking up on Lydia." He replied, hoping that would help calm down the other man.
"Half naked?" Aiden asked. Jordan winced.
"I...it's-" He bit his tongue as the heat he felt before rolled through him and he let out a growl of his own. Mentally he tried to hold Cerberus back, he really didn't need to burn Lydia's ex or a member of Scott's pack. The hellhound, like usual ignored him.
"We're protecting her." He heard his own voice say, though like few times before where the hellhound spoke instead of him, his voice was deeper and more flat less emotional. Jordan saw the wolf inhale and then sniff him.
"You're the hellhound." Aiden said, pulling back a little, he removed his arm from under Jordan's throat but placed a hand on his chest. Like he wasn't angry but still cautious.
"I am." Ceberus replied.
"Does Lydia know you're out here?" Aiden asked.
Jordan had enough control to shake his head no. If he had been in complete control he would have blushed and lowered his head, but the hellhound just looked straight ahead at the wolf.
"Yet you're here." The wolf said.
"So are you." The hellhound replied. There was a weird rush inside him as the hellhound leaned their head forward and took in Aiden's scent. It tried to lean in more getting a better whiff but Jordan ripped back control.
"Sorry." He muttered. Back in control he tried to move away from the wolf and the tree. But the hand on his chest pushed him backwards, holding him in place. A thrill went through him, and Jordan felt himself shiver.
"I need to go." he whispered and tried to move again. But the strength behind the hand on his chest increased and he was pushed flat against the tree.
"Your eyes stopped glowing." Aiden stated.
"So?" He asked. He wasn't sure why he hid the fact that him and Cerberus were different. He knew Lydia knew. She had talked to the hellhound after all, but the others they assumed he was like them. That the hellhound was a part of him that he just had to learn to control it. Not that it was its own separate entity with its own wants, desires, and temper. He suspected Stiles and Argent had figured it out, but neither had mentioned it to him, so he kept up the charade. But it was getting harder. Cerberus wanted in the pack, it wanted Scott as their alpha, and it wanted Lydia.
"Why?" Aiden asked pulling Jordan from his thoughts.
"What?" Jordan asked it took him a second to understand Aiden was asking about his eyes and not why the hellhound wanted Lydia.
"Same reason yours aren't blue?" Jordan tried but knew he sounded unsure. The hellhound inside growled in his mind, angry at being dismissed and Jordan could feel the telling sign of heat spreading through him. Cerberus was going to try and take control again. Mentally he cursed.
"Can I go now?" He asked Aiden.
"No." The wolf said.
Jordan groaned. "Why not?"
"Well at first I wanted to see the competition, but now I'm curious about something." Jordan did not like the sound of that.
"I'm not competition." He replied.
Aiden snorted, "Yes you are."
Jordan tried to shake his head no. Because he didn't want to be competition, or so he kept trying to convince himself. He was drawn to Lydia and it was more than the hellhound part of him to the banshee part of her. But she was barely 18 and he was almost 25, it felt wrong. It still bewildered him that the Sheriff and the pack knew about his attraction and didn't seem bothered by it. The most he got was a talk about waiting until she was of age. He had been left speechless staring at his boss. He couldn't think of a reply so he had just nodded his head and walked away.
"Why does that bother you?" Aiden asked and the hand on Jordan's chest relaxed.
"She's too young." He replied and heat flared through him. He fought against it, trying to push it down, but he lost.
"Ours." Cerberus growled out at the wolf. Aiden's eyes flashed blue and to Jordan's confusion the wolf leaned in and inhaled their sent. A whine escaped him and the heat intensified in him. Jordan had to close his eyes as he felt overwhelmed.
"Well that explains a few things." He heard Aiden mutter before the wolf pulled back and some of the heat inside Jordan faded.
"What does?" he asked when he found his voice.
"The human part of you is worried about the morals," there was a snort, "of dating Lydia but the hellhound has already made up its mind. You're fighting over it." Jordan's eyes shot open.
"That explains, the half naked thing. The hellhound wanted to check in on Lydia and you didn't. Right? So, he what, waited until you were asleep and came anyways?" Aiden gave him a curious look.
"What else are you two fighting over?"
"Pack." Ceberus answered for them, while Jordan tried to shake his head no.
"Why don't you want to be in the pack?" Aiden asked.
"I do." Jordan knew his eyes were burning bright as the hellhound answered. He could feel how badly the creature wanted to be in the pack, how much it hated being alone, and it's frustration that Jordan wouldn't let them join.
"But Jordan doesn't." Aiden replied. Jordan felt his head nod.
"Why not? Aiden asked. It felt weird to Jordan that the wolf had no problem having a conversation with Cerberus.
"Fear." the hellhound answered, "Not understanding-" Jordan forced their mouth shut. His jaw clenched and it hurt to keep it from opening again. He noticed Aiden tilted his head to the side, looking at them curiously.
"Jordan doesn't understand what?" The wolf asked. There was a brief pause as Aiden seemed to wait for Jordan and Cerberus to figure out who was in control.
But their fight wasn't a short one. Jordan was using every once of willpower he had to keep Cerberus from talking anymore. His throat burned as the hellhound fought against his control. He was so caught in the internal battle that he gasped when the hand on his chest started moving, gently rubbing calming circles on his care chest.
The second of surprise cost him the edge of control he had and his body warmed as Cerberus took control again.
"This." Cerberus practically purred as it leaned their body into the wolf's touch. "The connection, the comfort and safety." Oh god, Jordan thought panically as he finally pieced together the strange reaction he was having to Aiden. You can't be serious! He shouted at the hellhound. He felt it dismiss him.
"We need pack." The hellhound told Aiden, "But my human resists."
Aiden snorted,"yeah, humans can be pretty stubborn."
Jordan was hyper aware of Aiden's hand which was still roaming over his chest. He wanted to move away, embarrassed by the reaction other parts of his body were starting to have. But Cerberus wanted to move closer and since they were both trying to do what they wanted, they remained frozen in place.
What about Lydia? He asked the hellhound hoping to get it to focus on her instead of man in front of them. Ours. was the reply the hound gave him. So you shouldn't be attracted to Aiden then. He tried to reason. Both ours. Jordan groaned.
"Are you okay?" Aiden asked suddenly drawing both Jordan and Cerberus's attention back to the wolf.
"Fine." Jordan answered, a little surprised he was back in control.
"Your eyes kept shifting." Aiden said, and there was a warm scent in the air. Jordan felt Cerberus move their body closer to Aiden, leaning as much against the hand as it could. Jordan swallowed, recognizing the scent. He had spent enough time around horny teenagers to recognize arousal.
"Lydia!" He shouted which must have surprised the wolf because he took a small step back. Not that he stayed there. "What about her?" Aiden asked stepping back into Jordan's space. Jordan's breath hitched as the hand on his chest wandered downwards over his abs.
"You...her...we can't." He stuttered out. He brought his hands up trying to push the other man away but Cerberus growled and instead moved to grip the wolf and pull him closer. Jordan groaned as his own? Their own? Arousal shot through them.
"Personally I think this works out. You like her, I like her," The wolf leaned in and brushed his nose against Jordan's neck. Jordan moaned moving his head to the side. "She likes us." A tongue, wet and warm ran over his skin and Jordan's mouth fell open as he gasped for breath.
"Aiden. Enough you're confusing him." Jordan jumped and managed to shove Aiden away, as the wolf's twin appeared on the sidewalk not far from them. Aiden snarled and turned his head to growl at his brother. "What are you doing here?"
The lack of touch and space managed to clear Jordan's head. And he felt more than a little freaked about what he had been doing and what he would have let Aiden continue to do, if Ethan hadn't stopped them.
He let out a ragged breath and slowly backed away. Cerberus whined at him, wanting him to stay, to go back to Aiden. Instead of giving into the urge, he turned and fled. He heard Aiden shout his name but he didn't stop running until he was back inside his house.