Chapter 15
The time never came though, Liam’s family all sitting on the chairs in his living room. He set Liam down, looking around at everyone’s faces.
“Um, well, this is a surprise.” Theo said, and Liam looked around at his family, pushing himself more into Theo’s embrace.
“Hi, Liam.” Lauren said, and Liam nodded at her, looking around at his aunt and Lily.
“Li, can we talk to you?” Katherine asked, and Liam nodded. “Alone.” She said, and Liam shook his head no.
“Whatever you have to say to me you can say it in front of Theo.” Liam said, and Theo sat them down, Katherine making a distrustful face.
“Fine. We don’t like you staying here, or seeing Theo. He got you into this mess, and we want you out of it. It’s not safe for you here. You died, Liam. Twice.” Liam just raised an eyebrow, looking between the two eldest ladies.
“I appreciate the concern, but I’m content to stay here. Theo keeps me safe, excluding this incident, and he takes care of me. I don’t have to worry about anything when I’m with him.” Liam said, and Theo’s Alpha purred on the inside, happy that he could keep his mate sated and content.
“Liam—” Lauren started, and Liam shushed her.
“I do not want to move back. I love you all, but I’m happy here. I want to stay here.” Liam said, and Lily promptly burst into tears.
“I hate you!” Lily screamed at him, and Liam moved back a little, stunned at the admission.
“I’m sorry you feel that way, Lily.” He said softly, and Theo looked between the two, Lily starting to scream.
Lauren took her out of the room, walking them to the outside corridor. Katherine looked at them, and kept her gaze on Theo.
“Do you plan on marrying Liam?” She asked, and Theo nodded, face serious.
“Yes. I plan on marrying him, having kids with him, and I plan on always taking care of him, no matter what.” He said. Liam looked over at him, shock written all over his face.
He just needed to know everything about his boyfriend.
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Katherine, Lily and Lauren ended up leaving after another ten minutes, Theo locking the door behind them. He turned towards Liam, raising his eyebrows.
“We need to have a talk.” Liam swallowed. Theo grabbed his wrists, dragging him to the bedroom.
“Sit, please.” He said, and Liam obeyed, looking up at Theo.
“Stiles told me something funny last week… about you fighting.” Liam’s eyes widened, and he looked down at the floor, Theo grabbing his hands.
“I, um… well, I have a disorder. It’s stupid, but I take medication every morning for it. Before I was put on it, I had a very bad, um, episode? It caused me to lash out at everyone, everything. Got me expelled from my school. With Brett. Then I moved to Beacon Hills where I met Stiles, and by default, Scott. They uh, helped me get my anger down, more manageable. Stiles took me to see Melissa, Scott’s mother, and she got me some medicine, which is the meds I now take. Um… my dad, he had the same problem, so it was passed down from him to me.” Theo nodded, hanging onto every word that he said.
“What’s the disorder called?” Theo asked, and Liam looked down again, wringing his hands.
“It’s called IED. Intermittent Explosive Disorder.” He said, and Theo looked at him, brows furrowed.
What kind of disorder was that?
“It’s an anger disorder.” Liam said, and Theo nodded. “Bet you want to be with me now, huh.” Liam said, self depreciatingly.
“I want to stay with you, anger issues or not.” Theo said, and Liam shrugged. “Stiles also told me that he had to stitch you up.” Liam smiled a bit, nodding.
“I got into a lot of fights, my love. Stiles was like my big brother, he always took care of me. And Scott was too, but… Scott just, um… yeah.” Liam said, and Theo nodded a bit.
“You went to school with Brett?” He asked, and Liam nodded.
“Devenford Prep.” He said, and Theo smirked a little.
“You were a little prep boy, huh?” He asked, and Liam snorted, pushing him a little.
“You don’t get to see photos.” He said, and Theo just pouted.
“Tell me about your family, then?” He asked, and Liam pulled away a bit, eyes going a little glassy.
“Um, well, you’ve met my aunt, and my two sisters. Seen my parents, kind of.” He said, and Theo nodded.
“But I want to know.” He said, and Liam took a deep breath.
“Parents are abusers, they use drugs, alcohol, anything to fuel it. I was severely beaten once, was taken to the hospital. Aunt is the closest relative for me and Lauren and Lily to live with. My grandparents are dead, they weren’t around much anyways.” He said. Theo took what he would get.
“I want you to meet my family.” Theo said, and Liam shook his head, hands grabbing Theo’s.
“I, um, I don’t think I’m quite ready for that.” He said, and Theo nodded, understanding.
“That’s okay, maybe soon, then.” He smiled, and Liam nodded.
“But yeah, there you go.” He said, and Theo leaned up, kissing him softly.
Liam kissed him back, hands cupping his face, and pulled Theo up onto the bed with him. He laid back, allowing Theo to lay between his spread legs, arms bracketing his head. Theo kissed his jaw, down to his neck, sucking a few hickeys into the skin. Liam gasped, his head falling back, Theo kissing harder.
They both shot up though when there was a knock on the door, Theo covering Liam’s body with his own.
“Who is it?” He asked, and he heard a giggle and a gruff voice on the other side. Derek and Stiles were here.
“Come on in!” Liam said, and him and Stiles both burst out into a fit of giggles.
Theo and Derek locked eyes, half glaring at one another.
They were just happy to hear the laughs and see the smiles from both of them.