"You become a wolf, and you stay a wolf" their gazes locked "Forever."
Forever. Forever. Forever? No, no he couldn't be a wolf forever! Forever was too long- Forever-
Dipper cut his train of thought off, bringing his hands up to fist into his hair, heart pounding in his chest, breath coming in ragged and raspy gasps, and his vision went blurry. The next thing he knew he was against a tree, and Bill and Isaac were crouched in front of him. Bill's expression was one of worry, and Isaac's was significantly less concerned- it almost seemed more amused.
"I told you that you wouldn't like what I had to say, kid" he chuckled
"I- What happened?" he groaned, lifting a hand to his head and rubbing it gently. "Why am I against a tree?"
"You had a panic attack," Bill replied gently "You collapsed. I carried you over here." his expression turned annoyed and he sharply punched the teenagers arm. "You freaked me out, Pine Tree!"
"Sorry." he murmured before turning his attention back upon Isaac. "There has to be a way to stop this." he tried
"There isn't any hope until you can learn to control yourself" he responded, getting to his feet. "Come on, the demons magic won't hold them back much longer, we need to get back on the road."
Bill's expression became strained and Dipper struggled to his feet with the demons help, and they all quickly made their way back to the road. As soon as their feet touched the dirt Bill let out a gasp of relief, strained expression leaving his face to be replaced with one of annoyance.
"Kept hitting the barrier I put up" he grumbled at the teens questioning look. He waved off the teens worry and turned his gaze upon Isaac as the man turned to lead them back the way they had come. "You said there's a way to stop it?"
Isaac shook his head slightly
"Not yet. He has to control himself. A werewolf with no control will be useless. Especially if they try to use you or your sister against him."
"So how do I control myself?" Dipper prompted
Isaac chuckled and ran a hand through his hair, eyes shining with amusement
"You're going to love this part. I'm going to do something. Take note of how you act." Dipper made a noise of confusion and Isaac grabbed Bill, tipping the demon back as though to kiss him, ignoring the demons squawk of protest
Before their lips met Isaac was torn away by a furiously narling Dipper, his teeth bared at the raven haired man. As soon as the raven haired man was no longer touching Bill, the desire to tear him limb from limb faded.
"I- I'm sorry!" he apologized to the man he had thrown into the dirt, holding out a hand to help him up
Isaac let out a barking laugh and shook his head as he took the hand and was pulled to his feet. He brushed the seat of his pants off and Bill gave him a sour look, clearly unamused by the mans behaviour.
"That right there," he began "How did you feel?"
"I wanted-" he broke off, cheeks flushing, but at the mans expectant stare he continued "I wanted to... tear you apart" he admitted nervously
"Exactly. That seething hatred, that burning ache to feel flesh between your teeth, the desire to tear me apart limb from limb" Dipper made a noise of digust even as he nodded "That faded as soon as I wasn't touching him, right?" Dipper nodded again, and the mans smirk widened "You have to fix that"
"Well how do I fix it?" he demanded, folding his arms over his chest
"You have to mate." he replied
Dipper' face instantly turned red, and Bill's flushed as well. The teenagers wide green eyes scanned the mans face before he left out a bewildered
"Excuse me!?"
"You heard me." he replied "You have to mate. I'd say you have to dominate him, but somehow I feel like the demon is going to be doing the dominating"
"True" Bill nodded with a chuckle, face still flushed, and Dipper practically screeched
"Until then, things aren't going to be fun for you guys." he looked upwards, frowning at the darkening sky "It's going to rain. We should go back to your residence"
Dipper instantly turned and began a brisk pace back to the shack, and the two men behind him quickly followed, both snickering. When they reached the Shack his Grunkle was waiting on the porch, arms folded over his chest. Dipper swallowed, instantly worried that he knew. When his gaze flicked to Bill, though, Dipper suddenly wasn't sure exactly what it is the old man knew.
"You son of a bitch." he growled, and suddenly he was bolting across the yard, arms up and hands outstretched to grab and strangle Bill, and Isaac was grabbing him around the waist and hauling him out of the way before Dipper finished baring his teeth.
Dipper struggled in the ravens hold as the old man leapt at Bill and tackled him to the ground, and Bill growled from behind his teeth, eyes flashing red
"What the hell are you doing, Stanford?" he demanded
"You son of a bitch, I let you into my house and you defile my great-nephew in return!?" his fist came flying toward Bill, and the demon jerked his hew out of the way at the last minute, Stanfords fist hitting the ground beside the blondes head
Completely unphased, he drew his fist back once more, Dipper's struggles increasing, unsure when a hand had covered his mouth to silence him, and Bill drew his knees up and pushed, backing Stanford up enough that he could roll out from beneath him. He was on his feet in a second, and bared his teeth at the older man, both completely ignoring Dipper and Isaac to focus on each other.
"Back down, Stanford!" he snarled "You know he wanted me too!"
"He's a kid, he doesn't know what he wants!" he roared and leapt, hands meeting Bill's shoulders and they hit the ground once more, but Bill was quick to flip the position so he was pinning the older man to the ground
"You know, Stanford!" he screamed back, "You-" he broke off when the man jerked his head up, slamming their foreheads together and knocking Bill back
He leapt to his feet once more and Bill was quick to follow, their hands raised, clenched into fists as they circled each other, gazes boring into each others. Each was breathing heavily, neither sure if they should move first.
"You had no right, demon." he growled, eyes blazing
"I had every right, Stanford. I see everything, I know that you knew back then! I know that you knew he would develop feelings for me! That's why you tried so hard to keep him from me! Tried so hard to convince him that I wasn't real, and it had all been a strange dream!"
"You don't know anything, demon!" he screamed back
"Pine Tree is mine!" he roared
"And what if he doesn't want you back!? Are you going to force him to stay with you!?" was the mans angry retort, fists shaking from his barely contained rage, wanting nothing more than for his fist to connect with the demons face
"Never! Pine Tree knows he's free to leave whenever he wants!"
"Liar!" Stan screamed, launching himself at the demon
Before he could hit the demon he was intesected and slammed into the ground. A surprised yelp escaped him and he forced his eyes open, having closed them upon impact with the ground, and gasped when he recognized his grand-nephew.
"Dipper?" he asked, concern entering his tone
The brunette snarled again, teeth bared at the man, eyes glowing a deep red, position defensive, and Stan felt sick at the look in his nephews eyes. The brunette licked his lips and his nose twitched
"Don't touch Bill again" he snarled warningly
"What the hell is wrong with you, kid!?"
Dipper didn't reply and got back to his feet, and Stan pushed himself up into a seated position, watching as Dipper rushed over to the demon, taking his hand and helping him stand up. As soon as their hands met, his eyes turned back to their usual brilliant green, and Dipper's eyes widened in horror, gaze turning upon his Grunkle.
"I tried to stop you." he heard Isaac say as he bolted over to his uncle
"Grunkle Stan I'm so sorry!" he cried, taking the mans hand and pulling him to his feet "I didn't hurt you did I?"
"What the hell is going on?" he demanded again, and Dipper flinched
"Maybe you should sit back down." he murmured, and the man instantly sat back down on the ground and raised an eyebrow.
With a sigh Dipper sat, and Bill joined him a moment later, Isaac taking a seat on the side of Dipper that Bill hadn't taken
"First things first, Bill didn't defile me. I don't know where you heard that-" he broke off when Stan opened his mouth to reply
"Some blonde guy came to the door today. Wouldn't tell me his name, but said he was a concerned friend, and he thought I should know that Bill was taking advantage of you sexually. Then he left" he replied, tone hard, shooting a glare at Bill, which the demon instantly returned
"Well, he hasn't." he replied "I'm still a virgin, Grunkle Stan" he admitted, cheeks flushing "Bill didn't do anything to me." Stan grunted and gestured for him to continue his explanation "Um... Well, it all started back when I disappeared for a few days..."
With that he launched into an explanation of everything that had been happening, skipping over personal details of his relationship with Bill, only involving that when it was absolutely necessary, like when he explained that he had attacked a man at Pacifica's party for touching and hitting on Bill. The demon remained silent the entire time, Isaac snickered here and there, and Stan didn't say a word, expression schooled to be completely passive the whole time. When Dipper finished, leaving out what Isaac had said about how to stop attacking people, the man sighed and turned his attentions to Bill
"I want to hate you for letting Dipper go out alone, but also thank you for working so hard to protect him." he admitted, huffing and holding out a hand "Thank you, Bill. And I'm sorry I attacked before asking questions"
Bill took the hand and shook it, nodding to show he accepted the apology. The man eyed him for a moment longer, before turning his attention to Isaac, looking away when the man waved.
"So, you can't stop attacking people?" he asked, raising a brow
"Oh he can." Isaac chimed, smirking wider at the warning looks Bill and Dipper gave him, both silently screaming for him to shut up. "He has to mate with Bill."
Dipper hid his face in his hands and Bill face-palmed.
"Absolutely not." Stan snorted, standing and grabbing Dipper's arm, pulling him to his feet and dragging him toward the shack "No fucking way."
"Grunkle Stan-!" he tried to protest
"We're getting you a damned chastity belt"
"Grunkle Stan!" he screeched