Military Man

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Summary: The Military had long been a part of his life for as long as he could remember, so it was only natural that Boyd joined the Military after High School.


For as long as Vernon Boyd The 4th could remember, the Military and all aspects of it had been a part of his life. As nearly every family member in his family had been part of it in various forms. It was the sole reason he even had something close to a relationship with his dad over the years after Alicia had gone missing and presumed dead. His mother could never quite look him in the eye and it had long hurt him to know she always blamed him for something that wasn't in his control. And when he could do so, he joined up with ROTC in High School and he felt at home. But felt even more so when he joined the new Hale Pack. Even if there had been some issues along the way that eventually turned it into the McCall Pack. His strategic planning however was a damned valuable addition to both Packs thanks to his love for the Military and having studied up on various strategies used in engagements through out history. Mrs. McCall often felt like more of a mother to him then his own had as she never judged him for anything and it was enough to make him cry at times. Which honestly had been a little shocking for some who had witnessed it considering he was a bit on the stoic side.

Not many even knew about his aspirations to join the Military, the Navy to be more specific. As he felt joining a Seal Team would be the best thing he could do to help serve his Country. Though when Cora and Erica found out during a bonding moment the three had, neither were too happy with it. Cora because being without Pack in an unknown situation like that was just vastly unsettling to her and she couldn't see why he wanted to do it so badly because of that. As it meant he would be alone and Packless and virtually making him an Omega. Erica wasn't happy because they had a very loving relationship that had survived quite a bit. Chief among those being the Alpha Pack when they had them captured for several months. The Blonde was deeply afraid the whole thing would end up killing him and it had even caused the two to split during their Senior year after he had chosen to tell everyone what he planned on doing after High School. Derek had his misgivings about it as like with Scott, he considered Boyd to be like a little brother to him and as well as Isaac. But despite those misgivings, he did at least support it and wished Vernon all the success possible.

His real mother didn't even have much of a strong reaction to it unlike how Melissa did and at that point, the young man wasn't sure if whether or not it should bother him any. His dad was quite proud of him and requested that he not only achieved his goals for himself, but to also do it in Alicia's memory. A request Boyd would quickly agree too as doing anything in her memory was important to the Boyd family. As for some, it made them feel like she was resting peacefully because of it cause they were doing something that essentially was them making up for whatever had happened to her. "Well, this finally explains all the water stuff I see you and Jackson doin'." Remarked Stiles thoughtfully a short time after Boyd announced his intentions at a Pack party.

"And all the logs I see you running with." Added in Liam as he had thought that was a little weird!

Erica made a noise and walked off with an unhappy look on her face with Cora soon rushing off after her with a glare sent in Boyd's direction. Boyd himself could only stare in their direction with a sad look on his face while everyone else looked on uncomfortably. "She is really not handling things too well." Isaac said with a frown.

Granted, neither was Cora for that matter. Boyd could only sigh in response as he didn't know what to say or do about the whole thing. He was aware of the fact that both girls wanted him to give up what he wanted to do, but he couldn't do that. As it meant to much to him and he felt like it would be a betrayal of all he'd done up to that point if he gave it up. Two days after the party saw Erica and Vernon break up and it had devastated him quite a bit, but he forced himself to push on. As it was all he could do. His lack of trying anything to get her back had made the girl resent him some and for Cora to firmly side with her on all things him. Things did not improve between himself and the two girls and once Graduation came and went, he was on the bus to the Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA to begin his training. And it would not be easy in any shape or form but he pushed through it and did the absolute best he could in order to achieve his dream. Often impressing his instructors in the process and almost finding out about his Werewolf side on more then one occasion when he got a bit too stressed. His fellow brothers in training however had seen it on occasion but he usually played it off as the stress making them see things.

Which thankfully worked and they didn't bring it up again. And once he had successfully gotten through all his training, he would seek to join Navy Seal Team 7 as he felt it was calling to him and would get a spot in the end much to his surprise as he wasn't expecting it to happen. His strategic thinking would once again prove to be rather handy in some of the missions they went on that proved to be a bit wilder then expecting. Though on one occasion, a mission gone wrong had led to his team learning of his being a Werewolf. But the fact he had proven himself on more then one occasion didn't make them turn their backs on him or reveal his hairier side to those higher then them. Hell, they thought it was pretty damn neat to have a Werewolf with them and doing all he could for his Country. Later on, Boyd, who had achieved the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade at the end of his second year in service would be approached to join Seal Team Six's Gold Squadron. Which was one of several that handled Assault missions. And the young man would happily accept the chance to do so as it would mean he could do even more with some of the absolute best their Country had.

Even if it did feel like a part of him was losing a Pack that he had grown close to in a short amount of time. Life had certainly kept the young man from Beacon Hills, California busy but it was all worth it to him. Even despite the fact that he hadn't been home in a good amount of time and a small part of him was missing it. Though during his 5th year of service, Boyd would end up having to take some leave due to his mom having some severe health issues that weren't leaving the doctors very optimistic about her chances of living past that year. Leading to several heartfelt reunions and his mother apologizing for how she'd been towards him for so long after what had happened to Alicia. Even telling her son that she was damned proud of him for the man he had become even if she didn't feel like she had the right to be. "But you do momma, you do." Replied Vernon earnestly as he hugged her gently.

Tears coming down his face with tears of her own coming down her face as well. She'd soon fall asleep after that, though she told him before doing so that as one final wish from her, that he needed to win back his girl. As it was clear to her and everyone else that Erica still loved him a great deal despite the fact that at one point she had moved on for a time and even had a son with another man. The whole thing would perhaps become his greatest mission ever as Erica and Cora to a small extent, would not make it easy on him! Though Cora was merely doing it out of support for her girl rather then any long standing issues between herself and him. As during the time he'd been gone, Cora had ended up marrying a Military man and it had taught her a lot of things. Leading to a heartfelt talk between her and Vernon. The whole thing with Erica had even led to his fellow Gold Squadron members to place bets on the whole thing with everybody in the McCall Pack much to the big guy's annoyance!


Author's Notes: Slight amount of research went into making this and even with that, this is probably gonna be wrong in some form. But regardless of that, I hope you all enjoyed!