anchors - thiam ff

3. episode

The tunnels were dark and quiet. It was bad going back there but I had to hide my fear for Liam. Scott didn't actually told us were to go so we were just walking, hand-in-hand. After an hour we got a little bit tired of patrolling. We found a spot to sit down. Liam sat right next to me and still didn't let go of my hand. Our shoulders were touching and my heart started to beat faster.

"You okay? Your heart's beating fast." I needed to come up with a lie. I can't just tell him that I like him. What? NO. I don't like him.

"It's just bad to come back here. Were I was put in to the ground. But this is life, huh?" half of it was true; I didn't wanted to come back here. But this was still a lie.

"I'm sorry for all you had to go through. Nobody deserves it. Not even you. Nobody deserves to go to hell. Maybe you did bad things in the past but you changed. And you deserve to be in the pack. Peter, Argent, Deucalion and Ethan all tried to kill us but they forgave them. I don't know why they aren't doing it to you." Liam looked sad. Like actually sad. Maybe he cared for me?

"But they didn't kill any of you. I did. I killed Scott. And I remember it every day when I go to sleep. I just can't forget it. I made you kill your alpha. I gave you all up to the dread doctors. I don't deserve to be in the pack. I don't even deserve to live." I looked up to the ceiling with tears in my eye. It hurts. And it didn't hurt because I was making lies. It hurt because it was all true.

"Don't say that again. You deserve to live. You deserve to be in the pack. Fuck, Theo. You deserve everything in this world. You were only 8 when the dread doctors turned you in a chimera. You didn't choose to live like this. They didn't ask you. They just did it. And if you think you don't worth as much as everyone else let me tell you something. You are worth more than anyone in this world. And don't forget that you are my anchor. That means you care for me. And I care for you." Liam said it with his soft voice. I tried to hold back my tears but I just couldn't do it. He saw how sad I was so he hugged me tightly. I hugged back and put my face on to his shoulder. I was crying on his shoulder. And he didn't push me away. He was just hugging me and patting my back.

"Sh. It's going to be okay. It's going to be okay." I lifted my head up and looked into his blue eyes.

"You promise?"

"Yes." I put my head back and hugged him until we heard a noise. We got up and started to walk to the direction were the noise came. We found where the noise came but nothing was there. We heard it again. But it was from another direction. What? Someone is messing with us.

"I think we should split up." He said and started walking away.

"No. Stay with me." He looked back." Please." He walked back and held my hand.

"I am staying with you." We went searching for the noise and the one who was making it. It just repeated again and again. We found where the noise came, and then it came from another place. We were searching for an hour.

"We are going in circles. I don't know what this thing is but it's playing with us. We should sit down somewhere." I said while looking around for a spot to sit.

"Yeah I guess you're right." He held my hand again and my heart jumped into my throat." Come, I remember a good place." We walked back and sit down.

I don't know how many minutes went but it was like forever. And we were just sitting there. Hand in hand. I had no idea what he was thinking but I wanted to know. I wanted to know what he was feeling. But I couldn't just ask. Like. 'Hey Liam, what are you thinking? How do you feel about me?' My thoughts were cut off by a big thud.

"You heard that? Where do you think it was coming from?" Liam asked as he got up. He started walking to the direction where noise came. But something felt off. It was just too easy. The noise disappeared for an hour and then come back louder.

"Wait, Liam. Don't you think it's stran.." Liam got thrown back to the wall. He had his claws and fangs out but when he tried to get up, he failed. Maybe the werewolf was really strong. I got my claws and fangs out and run to attack the werewolf.

It looked like a demon wolf mixed with an alpha werewolf. I tried to fight it but it threw me back too. I wasn't much hurt so I got back and tried to fight it again. This time I was a little bit more successful. Liam was still knocked out. I lost my focus for a second and the werewolf grabbed my neck. It started chocking me. I almost run out of air when it suddenly threw me back again. I slide on the floor all the way back to the wall. I gasped for air. I couldn't get up. For a strange reason the wolf just turned around and run away. I finally sat up and looked at Liam. He was looking at me. Our bond was interrupted by a familiar voice.

"Theo." It was my sister. I saw her. She was climbing to me. "Theo."

"No. Please don't. Don't take it. Please." I was still gasping for air. She was getting closer and closer.

"Theo. Theo. Look at me. Your sister is not here. It's just a hallucination." Liam told me but I still didn't believe him.

"No. She's going to kill me. Again. She's going to take my heart. Again." I started to tear up. She can't take me down there again. Liam grabbed my chin and made me look at him.

"You're having a panic attack and it's bringing you back memories. You have to slow your breathing. Focus on me. Focus on my voice." He was looking terrified. Maybe he did care about me after all?

"I can't slow it down. I just can't." Tears streamed down my face. Liam saw it. He moved my face closer to his. I could feel his breathing on my lips. Then he broke the last distance between us.

He kissed me.