What if I Stayed? (Thiam Fic)

Prologue

Quick Author's Note: This is really long but I wanted to get into how Theo was bit and his friendship with Scott and Stiles.

STORY STARTS NOW:

Theo was sweaty and sore, trying to beat his personal record of thirty pushups but struggling to get there. Rock music blasted in his ears, putting him in a trance as he kept pushing himself. A loud alarm filled his head and Theo jumped back, letting out a scream as he did so.

His phone buzzed in his pocket, in time with the blaring alarm. Theo desperately needed to change his ringtone. Looking down to see who had disturbed his workout session, Theo saw that it was one of his best friends, Stiles. He answered it with a sigh.

"You scared the shit out of me," Theo started off their conversation with, "This better be worth it Stillinski."

"Trust me Theodore, this is definitely worth your time," Stiles always called him Theodore whenever Theo called him Stillinski, "I heard in my dad's police scanner that they found some random jogger's body in the woods."

"In Beacon Hills? Really?" Theo asked, shocked at the fact something like that could happen in their tiny town. The last tragedy was a family home burning down due to an unattended candle.

"Yes in Beacon Hills dude. The thing is though, they only found half. They're still searching for the other half." Stiles' voice had dropped to a whisper, attempting to scare Theo.

"Woah."

"Woah indeed my friend. We're going to go look for it. Right now."

"What about Scott?"

"Scott isn't answering his phone because he sucks so we're going to his house to grab him."

"We?" Theo questioned, already dreading the answer. A pebble hit his window and Theo hung up the phone as he walked towards the window, knowing where his friend was.

"Hey Theo!" Stiles said loudly and waved dramatically as Theo opened his bedroom window, smiling. Theo groaned, grabbing his inhaler and a sweater before climbing out his window and shimmying to the ground.

"Why do I let you talk me into this stuff?"

"Because you love me." Stiles batted his eyelashes at Theo, earning a punch from him.

They quickly made their way to Scott's house, which was only three blocks away from Theo's. Stiles insisted that they run to his house even though Theo's asthma made that difficult for him. Going places with Stiles was not the most fun thing.

"I'll go get him. You," Stiles poked Theo's chest, "stay here buttercup."

"Alright sweetie pie." Theo winked at Stiles as he ran towards Scott's house, climbing up the side. Theo was on the edge of the woods, alone and bored. He began kicking a rock across the ground, chasing it. His friends were taking way longer than normal.

Theo looked up to find them, hoping to see his friends heading towards him but felt panic take over. He had walked so far into the woods, he couldn't see Scott's house.

"Shit," Theo muttered to himself, "Shit, shit, shit, shit."

He looked around wildly as the panic rose in his chest, it also tightened it, making it harder for him to breathe. Theo grabbed his inhaler and took a large breath, calming down slightly as he could breathe more. Where was his phone?

Theo's phone was nothing more than a useless fancy and expensive brick. Totally dead. He couldn't call anyone, he was lost and his only weapon was an inhaler. Theo was going to kill Stiles.