Chapter 30

Author Note: Hey guys what's up it's me veryspecialagentriley. And I'm finally back with another chapter. I know that most of you were waiting patiently or impatiently. But I'm back now. I had so much shit to go through over the past couple of months. School, work, family and lost motivation were the factors in my non-activity. But as you can see, I found my motivation again and will keep on charging forward.

Enjoy!

3rd POV

Stiles stared sluggishly at his alarm clock on the nightstand beside him which read '02:13' in bright red block letters. It was a Saturday night, well technically Sunday morning now, and he couldn't sleep. His overactive imagination kept him away from the sleep he craved while his aching body from lacrosse practice kept him from becoming even remotely relaxed.

He shifted onto his other side and clenched the blankets firmly to his chest. He wondered what it would be like to be a normal kid who didn't have a werewolf best friend or demigod friends that are still trying to fend off their enemies. It must be nice to be able to only worry about homework and who's dating who instead of wondering which one of your friends are going to show up dead, or if it will be your lifeless body they find mutilated by the latest evil psychopath on the side of the road.

Thump!

The noise came from right outside his window but it was too dark to see what exactly made it. Stiles hesitantly pulled the blanket off of himself and grabbed the baseball bat from underneath his bed. He crouched and walked stealthily towards his window with his bat raised and looked outside where he saw Theo Raeken sitting on his roof eating a bag of chips.

"Theo, what the fuck?" Stiles said as he unlatched his window and poked his head out.

"Oh, hello Stiles," He said with a dopey grin on his face. He got up and walked over to the window.

"What the hell are you doing on my roof at 2AM?" Stiles said as he gripped the bat tighter. He knew Theo could probably hear his heart beating faster in panic but he didn't care. If the Chimera tried to get in, Stiles would beat his ass. (Theo had told Stiles that he was one, and Stiles hadn't said anything to anyone yet.)

"There was an animal attack less than a mile from here," Theo said. He pointed down the street to where you could barely see the red and blue lights of a police car in the darkness. "I came to make sure that if it was a werewolf, it wasn't coming here."

Stiles frowned and eased his grip on the baseball bat. "How did you even know there was an animal attack? Do you take midnight walks in the woods frequently?"

"I have a police radio just like you and Scott," Theo said. "I like to keep up with what's going on as well."

Stiles put down his baseball and looked Theo in his eyes. He was trying so hard to hate Theo, but maybe he was telling the truth? "Do you want to come in?" Stiles asked suddenly. "I mean, you can go home, I'm sure things are fine now."

"I'd be happy to come in," Theo said as he swung his legs through the window. "I'll stay a little while just to make sure, you know?"

"Yeah, yeah, of course," Stiles said. He turned around and awkwardly surveyed his messy room. Theo probably thought he was a slob. "Sorry things are so... messy,"

"Don't worry one bit, my room's worse," Theo smiled. He sat next to Stiles on the edge and gave the bag of chips to Stiles before laying on his back. "By the way, sorry about the other day."

"No, completely my fault," Stiles said he laid down beside Theo and put his hands under his head. "I guess I'm just a little paranoid after everything that's been going on around here."

"It's okay you're not the only one. In fact I would be surprised if you weren't paranoid." Theo said.

Stiles smirked. They sat there for a few moments longer, just listening to each other's breathing and staring at the glow-in-the-dark stars on his ceiling that his mother had put up when he was only a child.

"Have you ever done anything with a guy before?" Theo asked quietly. "Sorry, that was weird I didn't mean to-"

"No, I haven't done anything like that before," Stiles said. He waited a minute before asking his own question. "Have you?"

"I- uh, no," Theo stuttered. He rolled onto his side so that he was facing Stiles and bit his lip. "You're the only person who knows that I'm...you know."

"Yeah," Stiles said quietly. He tried to ignore Theo's gaze but wound up giving in. He rolled onto his side and faced Theo with only a few inches between them.

Stiles sighed as his alarm clock beeped furiously from his bed stand. He forgot to turn the stupid thing off yesterday. He went to roll of the bed but felt something heavy on his chest.

Theo's arm.

He smiled and blushed as he remembered last night and looked at Theo, sleeping soundly on his stomach, with his right arm draped lightly over Stiles' stomach. Last night he realized he really did like Theo, and not in the friend way. He just wished that Theo liked him back.

"Wake up, come on you big puppy-" Stiles stopped himself before continuing. He just called Theo a big puppy, what the fuck was wrong with him?

Theo smiled lazily and rolled onto his back so he could look up into Stiles' eyes. "Did you just call me a big puppy?"

Stiles nodded nervously.

"I like to think I'm a ferocious puppy!" Theo growled playfully.

They both laughed and crawled out of bed and out into Stiles' kitchen. Thankfully, his dad was at work and wasn't there to question why the mysterious new werewolf stayed the night. "Want cereal?" Stiles asked.

"Sure," Theo said. "Can I take a shower after this?"

"Yeah, of course," Stiles said. Theo immediately removed his shirt and started eating the cereal that Stiles poured for him. Stiles couldn't help but stare at the gorgeous body in front of him, and blushed as Theo proceeded to wink at him and head back up the stairs to take a shower. Theo looked as if he was carved from stone, an eight-pack, but not overly muscular. Lean body, that was defined, but not bulging, just the perfect body type.

Monday, 2nd Period

Theo POV

He sat back in his chair and tried to listen to the teacher explaining genes, chromatin, and spindle fibers, but his mind kept wandering. Did he fuck up somehow on Sunday? Did he creep Stiles out by taking his shirt off at breakfast? He was just trying impress him but maybe he came on too strong.

"So, get in partners and discover the possible phenotype for you and your partner's theoretical offspring with the given traits!" Mrs. Bradbury said. Theo ducked his head and sighed, he hated this part. Nobody would want to be his partner and he would have to tell the teacher and then the whole class would know that Theo Raeken doesn't have any friends.

He pouted as he turned around to see if anyone else was left partner less and was faced with Stiles. "I uh-Scott wanted to talk to Liam about something," Stiles said quickly. "Do you want to be partners? If not I could-"

"Of course," Theo smiled. He wanted to say how grateful he was but he didn't want to seem as desperate as he actually was.

The pair collected the packets from their teacher and began working diligently on their assignment, neither of them saying anything that strayed from the topic of biology, until Theo couldn't take it anymore.

"Did you enjoy Sunday?" Theo asked abruptly. He listened as Stiles' heart skipped a beat and then remained on a higher pace.

"Yeah, I j-just-" Stiles stuttered, blushing furiously. "Did it mean anything to you? When you kissed me?"

"It was special to me," Theo said quietly. He scribbled lightly on his paper to avoid eye contact.

"It's just that- I don't know. I guess I'm still figuring things out?" Stiles said. It was more of a question that a statement and Theo just bit his lip and nodded dejectedly to it.

After that, they went back to solely discussing their work which was more than a little awkward. Theo enjoyed the time he spent with Stiles, he just wished that Stiles felt the same way.

"Do you want to hang out tonight?" Stiles asked suddenly. Theo thought it was his imagination at first, but thank god, he was wrong.

"Yes, of course!" Theo said a little too excitedly.

"It's nothing fun, I just need to stop by the hospital later on," Stiles added. "But after that we can swing by my house. My dad works the night shift today so you can sleep over."

"It's a date," Theo beamed. "Well, you know what I mean."

Fuck, why did I say that?

"Yeah," Stiles smiled. "I know exactly what you mean." Then he stopped smiling, and turned towards me. "Do you feel guilty?" Stiles asked suddenly. "I mean, whenever I think of Donovan…"

Theo frowned. "I do. It's just that what we did, was self-defense. We didn't have a chance to do anything else. We didn't have another option."

"You didn't have another option," Stiles said coldly. "I had another option. I could have ran somewhere else, I could have just knocked him out, I could have just…"

There was a short pause as Stiles thought a little bit longer. Theo could smell the overwhelming sadness radiating from the boy and knew that Stiles didn't deserve this. Theo knew he had no other choice.

"I could have just let him kill me," Stiles muttered. "I should be dead, not Donovan."

"Don't say that," Theo said. He looked turned his head to Stiles and frowned. The pale boy's hands were shaking on the steering wheel and he was biting his lip hard enough to draw blood. "Stiles don't you dare say that." Theo placed his hand on top of Stile's as they pulled into his driveway. "You had to, Stiles. You didn't have another choice."

Stiles only nodded and wiped away one a tear that streaked his cheek. "I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight," He said.

"Me neither," Theo frowned. "We can use my Netflix account if you want."

"I'm always down for some Netflix and chill." Stiles smiled.

Theo grinned and ran his hands through the short brown hair of Stiles who fell asleep on top of Theo's side during the fourth episode of 'How to Get Away With Murder' (isn't that ironic?) and was snoring softly. Theo knew that it was a lot to Stiles to be involved in two murders and that this would take a toll on him so he had to make it up to him. He had to show Stiles that life will still go on and secondly, Theo had to make sure nobody found out.

"Yo Stiles," Scott said as he tried to catch up to Stiles and Theo in the hallway. "Stiles! Where have you been dude? You haven't answered like any of my texts,"

"I've just been busy," Stiles said tiredly, not caring that Scott could tell that he was lying. He felt Theo's hand on his shoulder and had to hold back a smile. It was obvious that Theo and Stiles were suddenly friendlier with each other but Stiles didn't want Scott to know just how close they actually were, even though they weren't officially dating.

"Ok dude," Scott frowned before heading off to his chemistry class. "Well hit me up after school alright?"

Stiles leaned his head on Theo's shoulder and sighed. "I hate lying to him."

"Well you were busy," Theo said happily. "We binge watched the first season of 'How to Get Away With Murder'."

"True," Stiles grinned, slightly chuckling. He resisted the urge to not take Theo's hand in his own as they walked to their classes.

"So are you doing anything today?" Theo asked. "I could come over and help you study for the biology test. I can tell that DNA Replication isn't really sticking with you."

"Yah that would be great." Stiles said. "Would you want to stay for dinner? You could meet my dad."

"Sure," Theo smiled as he looked over to realize that Stiles was staring at him. "What?"

"Nothing," Stiles said. "It's just that you get this cute look on your face whenever I say we can hang out."

"It's because I love spending time with you," Theo whispered in his ear. Then he not-so-casually slapped Stiles's butt and headed off to his Latin class leaving a very flustered Stiles behind him.

Dinnertime, that day

"So are you enjoying Beacon Hills, Theo? You used to live here right?" The sheriff asked over their meal.

"Yes sir. It's nice to be back and see how much has changed." Theo replied.

There was an awkward silence as the sheriff eyed Theo carefully and Theo pretended not to notice and spooned mashed potatoes into his mouth.

"You're a werewolf, right?" The sheriff asked.

"Yes," Theo said. It wasn't the complete truth but it was close enough.

"Are you dating my son?" He prodded.

"Not yet-" Theo said before he could stop himself. Stiles dropped his fork onto his plate and coughed awkwardly. "I mean-"

"I like you. You're honest," The sheriff said now. "You two just be careful okay?"

"Of course, Mr. Stilinski," Theo grinned.

After dinner, Theo and Stiles laid in Stiles' bed together with their legs tangled kissing lightly and giggling as they took turns impersonating various accents.

Screw studying, I have a cute boy in this room that deserved all my attention.

"Hey Stiles," Theo whispered as he gently rubbed the pale boys shoulders. "Stiles, it's okay."

Stiles gasped as he awoke but was instantly calmed by the Theo's voice and his muscled arms that were now wrapped around his body.

"Are you okay babe?" Theo asked.

"Yeah," Stiles sighed. "Just a nightmare."

Theo knew that it wasn't just 'a nightmare'. It was Stiles's mind making him relive his time as the Nogitsune's captive. Stiles' friends and father warned me about it. But honestly, that's a big reason why I came back to Beacon Hills. I had heard that he still had some powers left from that spirit. And I had heard that he killed 2 people before the spirit was banished. I want Void-Stiles, and I'm going to try my best to get him back.

He might be a human, but he will be mine.

Theo rolled onto his other side so that he wasn't facing Stiles anymore and let out a deep breath.

"Goodnight Theo," Stiles whispered groggily. The words sounded so innocent, so pure, coming from him. It just made Theo further realize that he needed to protect Stiles more. "Stiles," Theo said, turning onto his side again. "You know I'm always going to protect you, right?"

"Shut up you big goof," Stiles said sleepily. "Love you."

"Goodnight," Theo said. He wrapped his arms around Stiles' waist and pressed his bare chest against stiles' back. "I love you too."

Next Monday

Still Theo POV

"What I'm saying, Stiles, is that I haven't seen you, much less heard from you, in the past week!" Scott said, clearly frustrated.

"I'm sorry," Stiles started, trying to think of an excuse. "I just-"

"Stop lying," Scott groaned. "Stiles, I'm so tired of your-"

Theo stomped through the main entrance and walked right up to Scott where he grabbed him by the throat and shoved him against his locker. "Whatever you were going to say to him, you can say it to me," Theo spat angrily. When he realized people were looking he loosened his grip on Scott's throat and held his hands into fist at his sides.

"What the hell, Theo?" Scott asked incredulously.

"I am sick and tired of seeing you treat Stiles like your sidekick over and over again!" Theo raged. "He owes you nothing, if anything, you owe him!"

Percy and Nico were standing beside Stiles, ready to jump in if necessary.

Scott readjusted his shirt and glared at Theo before turning to Stiles. "I didn't realize your boyfriend would be here," Scott sneered. He said the word 'boyfriend' like it disgusted him.

"We aren't boyfriends," Stiles sighed, and then looked at Theo who readily defended him. "Yet."

"Whatever," Scott said.

Stiles and Theo watched as Scott walked off before Theo put his arm around Stiles' shoulders and lead him to the cafeteria where they served breakfast before class. "You know," Theo said. "He's not the first person to assume that we're dating."

"We do everything that boyfriends do," Stiles smirked.

"So are we?" Theo asked. "Boyfriends, I mean, not husbands." Percy chuckled, "no that's Nico and myself. We're the husbands. You two are more so boyfriends. I mean you two haven't even done it yet." Nico gave me a meaningful glare. "You two haven't right? Because if so, I will-"

Percy cut him off with a slap to the back of his head with one hand, and slapping his ass with the other. Nico gave a small yelp that made Stiles and I laugh. Nico faced his boyfriend with an incredulous look before he was pulled away from us. Percy winked at me as he led away his mate.

"I was waiting for you to ask," Stiles said shyly after they were left alone.

"Well then," Theo smiled. "Will you, Stiles Stilinski, be my boyfriend?"

"How could I say no?" Stiles beamed.

Percy POV

My move to pull Nico away from the two boys was to ease up my suspicions on Theo to him. I still don't trust him, but I am making it seem like I do. When Stiles told us that Theo was a Chimera, Nico and I flipped out and almost decided to kill him that night.

Chimeras from this world, can use camouflage and blend in anywhere. It would take a lot of focus from us demi-gods to see him if he was trying to remain hidden. Their fangs hold poison that could kill if not treated in a day. And they aren't damaged by fire, meaning they aren't harmed by it, but can't produce their own flames.

I'm unsure what Theo's motive could be for coming back. Since Stiles's fight with the Nogitsune event, we haven't had any trouble here as far as anyone could tell. The only thing that drew red flags was Theo's sudden arrival and the fact that Stiles was skipping out on weekly spars with Nico and myself.

Theo could be manipulating Stiles for something, we just don't know. Which is why I am worried for Stiles. He just recovered from being a meat suit for a dark spirit, I would hate for him to be used again and this time by a boy he likes.

Last week, Theo, Stiles, Nico and I were helping out Artemis defeat a massive amount of monsters and enemy demigods. I got an IM telling me to hurry to the Hunt's position with anyone around me which explains why the Chimera and Stiles were coming.

Flashback

Together we had taken care of the majority of the enemy when Stiles was holding an enemy demigod at arrow point as he had his sword at Theo's neck.

It got really quiet once the hunters saw our predicament, Artemis flashed her hunters away and waited for us to end it ourselves not wanting to intervene.

"You werewolves and your packs should be following Lycaon. He is your King." The demigod sneered at us.

"He isn't any more, after I killed him myself, demigod fool. He is no longer standing on this Earth." I snarled at him.

"Well this one isn't part of your pack, is he? He's no werewolf, I can tell already. Just a hybrid bitch!" The enemy said as he got ready to decapitate Theo.

"That's where you're wrong," Stiles stated furiously, as he let his arrow go at the enemy demigod. The arrow caught him in his arm holding the sword. The enemy fell to the ground in pain as he gripped the arrow, sword clattering on the ground next to him. "He's part of my pack."

I was staring at Stiles in amazement. His eyes hadn't just flashed with anger or fury, but they had flashed a clear, shining red or about 10 seconds.

Alpha-red.

I had never seen anything like it, I'd heard about it from Deaton as legends but never seen it before. Because it was too rare, it could only be a myth...I hope.

Flashback End

That event made me think a lot. I talked with Deaton to figure out what that could mean. Stiles isn't even a werewolf, so how would that happen? It didn't make sense. Deaton got back to me saying that Theo and Stiles were becoming mates, even though Theo wasn't a full werewolf. It could still apply to a supernatural creature.

I eventually confronted Stiles about it after he asked me why I was giving him weird looks. "What is it Percy? Why do you keep staring at me in confusion?" Stiles asked in exasperation.

"Your eyes," I answered slowly. "They flashed red when you took down that enemy demigod that was threatening Theo."

"Red," He echoed. "No it can't be, I'm not even a werewolf. How can that happen?"

"You know how an Alpha can rise to power, right?" I asked rhetorically.

"Sure, a beta can kill an Alpha and become the Alpha, in return an Alpha can fall to become an Omega and so on. Derek's family has a symbol for that." Stiles huffed.

"And you know about werewolf mates?" I asked not bothered by Stiles's mood at all the questions.

"Kind of."

"Werewolves can have human mates. A pack normally, traditionally speaking has two Alphas. When an Alpha finds their mate, said mate can rise from a Beta or an Omega to Alpha status without killing anyone. Just through the mate bond. I know that Theo isn't a full werewolf, but that could apply to Chimeras as well according to Deaton." I explained.

"Oh." Stiles responded as my words started to sink in.

"Just be careful around Theo. You two are moving just as fast as Nico and I did. Granted we had sex about a week into dating and you two haven't. But still, take this information in and talk with him about it. Nico and I worry about you sometimes, even though we know you can take care of yourself. We don't want to see you hurt by anything or anyone." I reasoned before leaving him to his thoughts.

Stiles POV

What Percy said made a lot of sense, we haven't really gotten to talk to each other without it turning into a make out session. As much as I enjoy those, I still don't know why he came back here. And where are his parents? He's been in Beacon Hills for almost a month and I haven't seen them once.

I went over to his house to see him when someone else opened the door, a boy a little bit younger than me. "Hello, is Theo here? I need to talk with him." I said to the boy in front of me. He smiled and nodded, then gestured for me to come in. I took in the house, it was a one story house. Small, but cozy. The boy brought me out of my staring at the house.

"So, who are you? I mean I should've asked that before letting you in, but still."

"Oh, yeah, sorry. I'm Stiles, Theo's boyfriend." I responded.

"Oh, okay, he talks about you a lot. Nice to put face to name. I'm Corey, a friend of Theo. My boyfriend Mason, Theo and I all live here." He said with a smirk.

"Aren't you all a little young to live here without parents? Sorry, but I'm a little curious."

"No, its okay. Theo's parents took Mason and me in when they left Beacon hills years ago. But when they died, they left us the house here. It was in their will, and plus with all of the money that was left, the house is paid off fully so we can live here however long we want." Corey explained.

I was perplexed, one question answered but more to ask. But before I could, the front door opened to be Theo and I guess Mason, standing in front of us.

Theo broke into a smile, "hey babe." I returned the smile and gave him a small kiss. Corey and Mason did the same as us before going into their room, I guess.

"I need to talk to you, Theo. I have a lot of questions, and we need to talk about our relationship rules still." I said seriously. Theo nodded.

A/N: This story won't go on for much longer. Only a couple of chapters to go.

Updated: 02/27/2018