War of hearts // Thiam

Do you really need images?

"Theo." Scott poked his head round my door.

"Sup." I said my eyes glued to my phone.

"What are you looking at?" Scott asked seeing me transfixed.

"Uh nothing." I said putting my phone down quickly the images still in the back of my mind.

"Okay..." Scott walked over. "I'll guess I'll just have to check for myself." He grabbed my phone and my eyes went wide.

"Scott no don't-" it was too late, he'd seen them. Scott dropped the phone in horror.

"THEO!"

"What he's my boyfriend!" I said snatching my phone back.

"You see that enough. Do you really need images?" Scott rubbed his eyes. "God I won't be able to get those out my head!"

"It's not my fault you're the one who wanted to look at them? What did you think I was doing?" I asked.

"I thought you might be cheating..." he muttered and I rolled my eyes.

"Clearly not." I said laughing. "Liam will be just delighted to hear that you've seen his pictures though." Scott groaned rubbing his forehead.

"What did you need me for anyway?" I asked changing h the subject.

"It doesn't matter, it was stupid anyways." I rolled my eyes as Scott went to go.

"Hold on there Mr! Nothing in this world is stupid, Stiles maybe but everything else. No." Scott smiled sadly.

"I had a fight with Isaac."

"Oh I'm sorry what happened?"

"I- you know what you said about your dad the other day, the abusing?" I nodded, "Well Liam told me that you guys sat down and had a conversation about it, don't worry he didn't tell me anything. But he said that you really opened up and I asked Isaac about doing the same and he freaked out and it turned into a stupid row... I just feel really bad..."

"Hey you have no reason to feel bad Scott." I said softly, "You asked a question and Isaac freaked out, he has valid reason why he did it but that isn't your fault."

"I just don't wanna push him..."

"You aren't. Sometimes people need to be encouraged to speak up. I definitely felt better when I did. Me and Liam both agreed that if our relationship was going to move forward I had to open up in some way, and now that I have we're better than ever."

"How do I get him to talk without forcing him? I don't wanna do that Theo."

"Let him know that he's safe, he's okay with you and tell him that you love him. That's all Liam had to do to make me melt." I said and Scott smiled.

"You two are made for each other, you know that right." He said and I chuckled.

"I know." I winked and Scott rolled his eyes.

"I think that's him now." I said as I heard the door open and close downstairs. Funnily enough Liam walked into my bedroom a few seconds later.

"Hey guys what's up." He said and I looked at Scott.

"Liam, baby. You know those photos you sent to me earlier."

"Uh yeah what about them?"

"I kinda took Theo's phone... and may have seen them." Liam's mouth fell open. He stormed over grabbing my pillow.

"You. Idiot. Theo Raeken!" he hit me between each word.

"Hey it's not my fault he took my phone!"

"You shouldn't have been looking at it!" Liam said hitting me one more time.

"You sent me them!"

"You asked me to!"

"We're dating!"

"My point exactly!" Scott just watched us trying not to laugh.

"What's with all the shouting?" Isaac opened the door and we froze the pillow still in Liam's hands. The smile fell from Scott's face.

"Hey." He breathed and Isaac shifted uncomfortably.

"Hey." He disappeared again and Scott's head fell. Liam seemed to notice the sadness of his alpha and sat down next to him on the bed.

"Scott what happened." He asked putting a hand on his arm.

"Just a stupid fight. I thought we'd be okay by now..."

"I'm gonna go get a drink okay? I'll be back in a minute." Scott nodded and started to explain everything to Liam. I knocked on Isaac's door softly.

"Isaac. Can I come in?" There was no reply.

"Isaac?"

"Go away." He murmured. I sighed opening the door slowly.

"I said go away Theo!" He said but I ignored him shutting the door behind me.

"You're hurting Scott." I said simply. Isaac looked down.

"I know how you feel. You feel like Scott will never understand, he won't get how much the things he did to you hurt but by pushing him away you're making things worse."

"He doesn't need to know."

"So what are you gonna do? Carry on like this? Not speaking to him? Where's that gonna get you? Single and sad because you lost the person that you care about most in this damn world. Isaac I get that this hurts you, I get that he hurt you but don't inflict the pain you're feeling onto Scott. Don't push him away."

"How do I get him to understand?" Isaac fired back, "how do I get him to understand the pain that that man put me through? I don't want Scott to feel that pain? I never want him to feel that pain!"

"I think Scott's familiar with pain Isaac. His own dad put him through a lot of it as a kid?"

"How do you-"

"Working for the dread doctors meant I had to study up on all of you. Scott's past is something that isn't to be taken lightly. You remember that, and once you're done telling your story. He may tell his." I left without another word shutting Isaac's door then quickly grabbing a drink from downstairs.

"Sorry, I couldn't find the tea bags so I just got water instead."

"I heard you talking to Isaac..." Scott said softly. Liam rubbed his arm comfortingly.

"Isaac can be an idiot sometimes. But frankly so was I... I think you should go talk to him Scott." He nodded getting up and walking out the room. I sat down next to Liam and we both listened in.

And boy was it a conversation