Thiam: Book of One Shots! (Read!)

Nightmares

Summary- Theo has a nightmare and Liam is there for him:)🥰

Liam shot upright in his bed, having been startled awake. He looked around his room in confusion. It was still dark outside. He frowned as he wondered what had woken him up so suddenly.

He had decided to just go back to sleep, when he heard a noise that sounded a mix between a scream and a whimper. He was wide awake now, and he knew exactly where the sound was coming from.

He jumped out of bed and rushed into the hallway. Moving quietly, he made his way to the closed door of the guest room further down the hall.

Another muffled scream reached his ears, and he wasted no time pushing the door open ready to fight whatever was causing the distress. However, he saw no one except the boy lying asleep in the bed.

Liam crept forward to see Theo's unconscious form, twisting and turning in his sleep. His chemo signals, full of pain and fear, swirled in the air, making Liam cringe.

His expression was one of pure terror and his heart was beating at an impossibly fast pace. Most disturbing of all, his clawed fingers were digging at his chest desperately, as if trying to rip his own heart out. The beta gave a small sigh of relief to see the only real damage they've done so far was to his shirt.

He stood there rooted to the spot, unsure of what to do with this situation. He had never seen the chimera look so openly vulnerable. Theo was clearly having some kind of nightmare, but he had no clue what to do.

Another heart wrenching sob from the chimera, had him moving forward automatically, wanting to give the other boy some sort of comfort. Slowly, he slipped onto the bed, and sat by Theo's head. He pulled some of the chimera's upper body onto his lap.

"P-please...please t-tara" Theo whispered brokenly, and Liam's heart ached for him.

He gently moved his fingers through Theo's hair, and with his free hand, tried to get the chimera's hands away from his ripped shirt. Theo's claws were now scratching at the flesh and causing crimson blood to blossom from the wounds.

Liam somewhat succeeded in prying his hands away, but that was due to Theo just giving up and letting his hands fall away from his bloody chest.

"I-It's.....okay. Y-you don't....h-have to s-stop" Theo mumbled defeatedly, tears rolling down his cheeks.

"Theo? Theo hey it's me. Come on wake up" Liam called soothingly.

The chimera's rapid heartbeat echoed in his ears and his chest heaved as he struggled to breath. Liam quickly pulled him closer but made sure to be gentle, to avoid scaring him further.

"Shhh it's alright, it's okay. I'm here. You're safe now Theo, just wake up" He tried again, louder this time.

Suddenly, Theo's eyelids flew open revealing his glowing gold irises. claws extended from his fingers and lashed upwards wildly. Liam jerked backwards to avoid the slashes, but wasn't fast enough as one caught his cheek. He backed up quickly holding a hand to his bleeding gash.

Theo jumped off the bed, fangs and claws readied, unfocused eyes darting around the room urgently. The beta cautiously held up a hand in front of him, and moved off the bed, inching towards the distressed chimera.

"Woah look it's me, Liam. I'm not gonna hurt you okay. Can you please put the claws away?" He asked cautiously.

Theo seemed to snap put of his daze at that, the gold in his eyes melted away and defensive stance faltered.

"Liam?" He asked uncertainly, tilting his head to the side.

"Hey, yeah I'm here" He confirmed gently.