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Chapter 4:

Over the next weeks, Liam kept making excuses for why his friends couldn't come over. Theo coming into his room had become a nearly nightly occurrence and Liam couldn't exactly say that he minded. If his friends came over, they would be able to smell Theo all over the house. While that could easily explained by the fact that Theo was living with him because he was homeless (which he was sure they would still hate), Liam knew that there would be no way he could explain to his friends why his sheets and his pillows and him. No matter how many times Liam showered in the morning, they could all still smell the something different on him. But no one really knew what it was.

It was break and the whole pack was back in Beacon Hills, which put Liam and Theo in a bit of a predicament. Once Scott and Stiles found out about how off Liam has been acting, he knows that they would question him and Liam was not sure he would be able to lie to Scott.

It had been an especially hard night for Theo that night. He had been so exhausted from the mixture of the nightmares, the crying, and the deep gashes he had left in his body in his sleep, that he had collapsed on his way to Liam's room. Liam had to pick him up and carry him into his bedroom. This time, there were gashes on both his arms, torso and for the first time, his legs. Liam had to strip Theo down until he was only in boxer shorts. Liam himself was sleeping shirtless because it was laundry day and he had no clean shirts, which made him feel odd enough.

It had taken Liam four hours to get Theo to settle down, and much of that time was spent Liam rubbing Theo's back while he leaned over the toilet throwing up. By the end of it, Theo was shaking from the lack of food in his system. There wasn't much that they could do about that being that since the next day was laundry day, it also meant that there was no food in the house. So instead, Liam just gave him some water to drink and held an exhausted Theo up long enough to brush his teeth and was his mouth out four times with mouthwash.

Right now, Liam was carrying Theo to his bed. He laid Theo down on the pillow that had become his before climbing into bed.

"What was it this time?" Liam asked softly.

"Tara was...she was torturing you...she was forcing me to watch and she...she kept killing you and...and then bringing you back...so I could watch her.. her do it again."

"Me?"

This was the first time Theo had had a nightmare about him.

"I'm here. I'm okay." Liam pulled Theo in tightly to him.

"But you were dead. You were..."

"I'm alive Theo."

Theo pushed himself as far into Liam as he possible could.

"I can't lose you. I...I need you." Theo sputtered out.

The words resonated through Liam like nothing else had before.

"You don't need me." Liam protested.

Theo removed his head from where it was resting on Liam's chest and he looked up at Liam's face.

"Yes I do."

His eyes were so sad and tear that Liam couldn't stand it. He just couldn't. It broke his heart. He felt his thumb unconsciously brush gingerly against Theo's cheek, rubbing back and forth slowly.

"I need you baby wolf." Theo said, leaning into Liam's hand.

Liam laughed at Theo's old nickname for him. As he opened his mouth to tell Theo not to call him that, he was suddenly pushed back into the pillows. Theo's lips were pressed against his own. Liam pushed him back in surprise.

"What are you doing?"

As if struck by what he just did, Theo started crying again. It still surprised Liam how sensitive Theo actually was when he wasn't focused on being a total jerk, being Theo the Devil.

"No, Theo, I'm sorry..."

Theo just rolled over so his back was turned to Liam.

"Theo-" Liam tried.

"Just go to bed Liam." Theo sounded so broken and sad when he said it but Liam knew better than to pry with Liam when he was like this, so he went to sleep.

Liam woke up multiple times throughout the night, unable to sleep without Theo's warmth next to him. He tossed and turned until he finally realized that he was not the only one awake. Theo was too. He was unable to sleep just like Liam.

"Can't sleep either?" Liam asked.

"Nope," Theo grumbled.

"C'mere," Liam says, tugging on Theo's shoulder. It took a few tries for Liam to finally get Theo to give in, but as soon as Liam startled tickling Theo, it worked.

Theo twisted and turned to try and get away from Liam's tickling hands, but instead, Theo ended up pinned beneath him.

"What are you doing?" Theo asked.

"Uh, I don't know."

The boys just looked at each other, Liam staring down at Theo and Theo looking deep into Liam's eyes. Liam found himself gently running his fingers through Theo's soft hair. His fingers traveled down from Theo's hair to his cheeks and then to his lips. His thumb ran over Theo's bottom lip. When Theo let out a shuddering breathe, Liam couldn't help himself any longer. He pounced.

He leaned down, capturing Theo's lips in his. Theo gasped in surprise and Liam used this opportunity to sneak his tongue into Theo's mouth. Theo's lips were so soft, and warm, and...natural. It just felt so natural for Theo's lips to be pressed against his own. The fit together so perfectly. The kiss lasted for minutes before they finally broke apart.

Neither of them said anything else, they just settled into their comfort zone; Theo had his head in the crook of Liam's neck, their limbs tangled together, Liam's hand buried deep in the softness of Theo's hair. The boys were both able to fall easily asleep now.

The door in Liam's house slammed open, a score of footsteps rushing up the stairs towards his room, but Theo and Liam were to tired from the night to wake up. In their sleep, they had shifted so that their hands were clasped together under the covers, their head were on the same pillow, and their faces only had centimeters between them.

And the door slammed open.

"What the hell?" The loud scream was not loud enough to wake neither Theo nor Liam.

In fact, it took nearly fifteen minutes of yelling and clapping and chaos for them to wake up. Even when they did, they did slowly. It started with them blearily opening their eyes and then nuzzling their noses together. They murmured little words to each other that only those with super-hearing could understand and then Stiles broke their little spell.

"What is going on?!"