Soft spot / L .D

8

Parish stood in dereks loft , derek inspecting him as Benji came in quietly , and the only one to look over to him was parish
" he covered you in gasoline ", derek asked , peaking bens interest slightly by the blunt phrase
" it's the hair and nails , isn't it , the parts of the body that are essentially dead ", Lydia looked to derek , only giving a glance to benji
" well, they should be gone ", derek replied as benji came over to stand with the group
" I was set on fire . All of me should be gone ", parish exclaimed as he gestured to himself
" not if your like us ", Scott said calmly
" like you ", parish asked in disbelief
" I don't think he's like us ", derek told him , taking about werewolves and things similar to them , making Ben nod , parish was more like benji than he was to the rest of them , as far as he could tell
" then what is he " , Lydia questions
" sorry , but I have no idea , benny , you got a clue ", he spoke apologetic before looking to the taller male , who was only looking at parish
" but you knew about Jackson and Kira ", Scott spoke almost confused to derek
" this is a little out of my experience ", derek looked to parish with a tilt of the head , and Ben put his hand out to parish in a gesture for him to do the same
" there might be something in the bestiary", derek muttered , eyes focused on whatever benji was doing
" did you try argent ", he added , watching Ben take parish's hand in his and flipping it over to show his palm
" I don't know where he is ", Scott replied
" okay , what's a bestiary . Actually , that's not even my first question .
Just.....
Just tell me one thing .
Are all of you like Lydia ....
Are you all psychic ", he asked the three , feeling oddly okay with Ben's presence and not even bothering to pull his hand away as he spoke
" psychic ", Derek and Benji asked on the verge of amusement in their voice
" yeah ", parish nodded , almost wary and confused
" not exactly ", Scott answered him , getting his attention as Ben started to trace the lines on his palm as if it were the vines on his floor or a map
" okay , then what are you ", parish asked less confident , quieter as he spoke ,
Watching as they all glanced to eachother except benji , who was only focused on his hand
Watching as Scott's eyes changed to glowing red and black instead of wore in the eye
..............................
"What's a kanima", parish asked confused , his hand still being traced by benji , who seemed to not be paying much attention to anything else around him , and parish didn't seem to mind ,
Which he didn't , to him , benji almost felt familiar , calming ,but he wasn't even honing to confuse himself on why
" we'll get back to that , just know that everyone like us , everyone with some kind of supernatural ability is on the dead pool ", Scott explains to him
" but I don't even know what I am ", parish huffed
" I'm pretty sure they don't care ", derek replied almost uncaringly, his eyes staying in benji and parish the whole time and have barely moved from them
" how many professional assassins are we talking about ", parish asked him as he looked over , ignoring the attractiveness of the male
" we're starting to lose coun-
" they aren't all necessarily professional, or assassins , probably anyone who can get themselves the list ", benji muttered , cutting Lydia off slightly as he did , and glanced away from parish's arm
" I don't think hiaghs ever tried anything like this , I think he was taking a chance ", parish agreed
" obviously ", Ben sighed , pulling a lighter from his pocket with only dereks attention on him
" that means anyone with the dead pool can take a chance ", derek stated , and Ben winked at him when he glanced at the lighter in a questioning manner
" but if haigh had it , then who else does , how easy is it to get this thing now ", parish spoke , and Ben lit the lighter , holding it to parish's arm , who only gave him a wide eyed glance , but for some reason didn't move his arm
" benji, what are you doing ", Lydia whisper yelled at him , about to step closer only to stop in her tracks as she sees parish's eyes change a red for a moment , but only Ben could see the flames in his eyes , making him smirk as he just got the confirmation he needed , he now knew what parish was , and he moved the lighter back into his pocket , putting the hand up to parish as if to show him it was gone
" definitely not like you guys , definitely like me though ", benji smirked deviously at the hellhound , and parish looked a bit confused , but a part of him didn't even care about questioning the younger but taller male in front of him
" why ", was the only thing he could think to say to benji, and Ben looked between his eyes almost curious as to what he meant before letting out a small 'aaaahh' in realisation
" we're similar , so our kind of rare species will feel calm or almost familiar when they're together , it's hard to explain , almost like home , but more ", benji tried to explain to the curious and confused deputy , making him nod , kind of understanding , but it didn't help the big question in his head ,
What was he
" you're probably drawn to Lydia too , cause of what you are , cause she reminds you of something ", benji muttered , everyone hearing what he said , and parish did feel like that ,
Drawn to her , but not like an attraction, just to protect or be near her , but what he didn't know , was that it was because death surrounded her ,
It was because of his link to hell , and death ,
So he was naturally drawn to harbingers of death
" it's because of the darkness and death that surrounds her , it's what your drawn to , what is familiar to you , it's why it's different ,
We're drawn because our kind are connected , opposites , but not like a fox and wolf , like a brother and sister , heaven and hell , earth and air , fire and water , it's familiar but completely different to one another ", Ben continued , he was trying to explain as much as he could without letting out vital information, their species naturally protected one another ,
So he wasn't going to tell parish what he was or anything too important unless they were alone ,
It didn't matter to him if it were his pack , or Liam , it was his instincts to protect parish , and parish didn't know much ,
So it was as if he were protecting a clueless child ,
It didn't matter that they were different in age or that parish was older , he felt as if he were protecting his own ,
A clueless hellhound that was his instinct to protect
" what is he ", scoff asked , the question everyone wanted to know the answer to , but benji shook his head , making parish lean forward,
As if it would let him know , he was desperate, he didn't like it that he didn't know what he was
" I literally can't say , the words can't come out , I'm not joking , I can't tell you , I can tell parish , but only if we were alone", benji shriligged slightly , only confusing the others , even if it wasn't shown
" it's instinct ", benji muttered to them , making it more understandable before he winced as he looked to parish
" I know this might sound weird to say or even think ,
And you probably won't understand,
But , well our , or well I , feel the need to protect you ,
Like a child ,
It makes sense due to what I've read on our species ,
It's instinctive , it doesn't matter that your older , it's actually a natural matter to happen ", Ben explained to him , and parish weirdly understood what he meant , it freaked him out a bit ,
He felt that way too , not overly , but it was there ,
As if he would be someone to look up to , or a parent role ,
but not at the same time .
"No , it's not that weird , I feel it too ", parish sighed , life had gotten way too complicated over the past few days ,
Bens phone buzzed , making him pull his phone out and read the new text
" I gotta go , malia night burn my house down if we tried to cook ", he muttered under his breath a bit annoyed ,
That girl ate as much as he did , it was amusing , she ate as like she did when she were a coyote , if not more
" bye ", he patted parish on the head before he walked off , not giving anyone any other attention as he all but rushed out , not wanting to re build his cottage
" did he pat you on the head", Lydia asked almost in disbelief, she'd seen it with Scott and stiles , and now Liam , and rarely malia , but she found it weird , even if she had been listening to what they were saying the whole time
" yup ", parish nodded , a small smile on his face from the action , not thinking about the negatives right now ,
Was it weird to feel like a child around benji, or was that just how their weird connection worked ,
He felt as if Ben was someone to look up to and learn from ,
The link he felt was weird ,
But it was mostly because he kept on thinking about their age difference , the fact he was a deputy,
Had graduated and gone to the army ,
It was almost baffling ,
But it was like benji said ,
It was instinctive , and it's how their relationship dynamic was working ,
The only reason he could think of why , was because benji grew up or knew more than he did in this world ,
And he knew almost nothing ,
Including what he was , or what benji was , which was kinda annoying , but he'd hopefully find out soon
................
Liam walked through the school halls in an almost terrified state , memories of the baserkaz in his mind ,
He was scared , and he couldn't stop seeing them in his head
" Liam ", mason spoke from infront of him , he wanted to jump but he only registered that mason was in front of him slowly
" hey , am I going to see you at the bonfire tonight ", he asked with a grin
" uh........
I'm thinking about skipping it ", Liam replied as he got out of his disoriented state but he was still acting odd
" your not skipping it ", mason shot down
" why not "
" because your on the lacrosse team . Don't you have to go ", mason stated , almost as if it would be a tragic thing if Liam didn't go
" I don't , uh.....", Liam tried to reply, but when h looked to the side , he saw a bazurker , and his mind flashed back to the night he fought one ,
And lost easily
" I ..... I don't think I can make it ", Liam finally muttered
" your coming ", mason denied
" and we're going to find you a nice girl or gal , that you can embarrass your self in front of , and find me a lacrosse player , that preferably isn't the one staring at you currently , aka , the scary gorgeous dud that your obsessed with ", mason glanced over Liams shoulder to see Benji walking over to them ,
And his eyes widened commercially
" and statistically speaking , someone on your team , had to be on my team , someone that's free and single ,
Right ", mason added , watching as Liam jumped when benji touched his shoulder , seeming a bit curious from what he could tell , but benji wasn't ,
He was concerned , and a bit confused , he could sense the overwhelming fear from his baby boy , and he knew his presence calmed the smaller boy
" hey li ", Ben muttered , his eyes soft as he looked at him ,
Something mason had never seen ,
Or been close enough to see
" Ben , hi , what's up ", Liam stammered slightly , the fear and traumatising feeling of helplessness and being trapped leaving fast , and calmed easily from Ben beside him
" you look a bit pale baby", benji stated , not caring about the pet name he let slip it , or the blush that rose on Liams cheeks as he cupped his jaw with two fingers, tilting it from side to , before glancing all over Liams face , seeing him no longer pale and just overly flustered and a blushing mess
" I can't check whats wrong with the adorable blush on your pretty face, cub ", benji raised his eye brows at him with a sigh
" um , sorry ", Liam mumbled , in a questioning tone , and benji rolled his eyes , a small tsk leaving his lips
" you should be , you too cute , like a precious little puppy ", benji smirked at him , giving him a pat on the head , which Liam leant into , making his smirk twitch up more , face amused as he just pulled Liam into his chest in a hug , but to them it was more of being able to hold Liam , or cuddle benji , letting Liam wrap his arms around him so he could play with his hair ,
And mason watched gobsmacked , only for his mouth to actually fall open from shock when benji actually acknowledged him with a nod of the head
" ita bellus cub", Ben muttered softly, and mason was on the verge of dying from how shocked and surprised he was , it got worst when Ben spoke in a different language,
Only for Liam to nuzzle his face into Ben's chest , he just reached benjis chest , only just , and he literally felt like a baby in the bigger ones hold ,
But he couldn't help but love it
" comfy ", was the only word benji could get from Liam and it was muffled when he spoke , only making him seem more precious and adorable to him than he was previously,
And benji lean down , allot , to kiss the top of Liams head before leaning back up
" your so small , sweetheart", benji sighed , and Liam huffed into his chest ,
He wanted to argue , but also didn't want to move,
But he knew it was just benjis fault for being too tall to even be a teen ,
And found it unfair ,
He also found it unfair that his best friend was Isaac ,
Who was also taller than most , being over 6", it was definitely unfair to him
" Liam has literally sunk into your hold ", Isaac muttered , giving a weird glance to mason , who he don't know , then to Liam , who could barely be seen if it weren't for his legs , it was both cute and funny to the blonde
" Liam , you there ", Isaac called out , louder than necessary, obviously teasing and mocking the boy , who only had a muffled mumble in response , which made Isaac chuckle as benji glanced down with a small but overly amused smile
" I know , he's like a big teddy bear ", Isaac was basically talking to himself , even if the others were listening
" oh shit , what if benny was a bear , he'd be fucking huge ", Isaac spoke to himself with wide eyes , grinning when he saw
" lovely ", Benji deadpanned
" you want me to leave your room the same , or are you moving everyothing into Scott's ", benji questioned , actually wanting to know , Isaac had been staying at Scott's most of the time , he knew Isaac was only staying with him temporarily, since he missed the dark skinned and tall muscular male , but Isaac also had left everything at Scott's when he left to France in the first place , meaning he also didn't need to take much when he moved back to Scott's place
" um , just keep it the same , when Scott goes to college I'll probably move back in , and for sleepovers too , if I'm not with you ", Isaac mumbled shrugging , he liked to have an escape even if he knew Scott would never be like his dad ,
He still overthinks and got overwhelmed easily ,
Even if it didn't show through his dark humour , dark comments, and cocky behaviour
" I gotta go find Scott , and make sure Kira isn't flirting with him again without him noticing ", Isaac pointed behind him to get away and walked off ,almst in a hurry

And mason felt awkward for still being there
" I'm just gonna , yeah , I'm , well , this way ", mason stammered as he started to walk backwards and pointing in random directions , only drawing attention to himself , and benji raised his eyebrows obviously amused by the dark skinned boy , giving him a nod , meaning he could leave , and mason sped off
" your friend is unusual ", benji muttered , not expecting a reply from the boy , but he did , Liam humming into his chest , and he started to massage Liams scalp , one hand at the back of his head as the other played with the slightly longer strands at the top ,
Scraping his scalp slightly and tugging in the roots ,
Liam letting a small groan like moan into his chest at the feeling , nuzzling his face more into his chest as he took in bens scent , and involuntary let out a small purr,
Making benji still completely, and he looked up to him shocked and flustered , completely surprised he could even purr
" did you just purr", benji asked , wanting to check that it wasn't just in his head , and by the way Liams blush grew , he knew it wasn't ,
And the first thought that came to mind wasn't exactly innocent
" that's interesting ", benji smirked , his eyes gleaming with something Liam couldn't name or had seen before , but still shivered slightly from the look , pushing his face back into benjis chest to hide himself , feeling his chest rumble as he chuckled in amusement from his own actions