NIGHTMARE | Scott/Stiles

Armor Falls

(State of grace(tv)(acoustic)-Taylor Swift)
Cora walked out of her bedroom the next morning after her alarm had gone off, walking into the main area to see Theo sleeping on the couch in the corner of her eyes. She force, her eyes widening as the memories of the night before crashed into her.

She turned her back to him, then turned to face him again, scratching her head as her eyes wondered awkwardly about the room before they finally zeroed in on him again as he laid shirtless on the couch, the blanket only covering his bottom half.

His arm was lying over his head on the side of the couch as he laid on his back.

In her mind, she wondered why all men were so much alike. The sleeping on their backs usually, always shirtless, the blanket only covering their lower half. She'd read it in a million books, seen it on tv a thousand times, and yet she still could not believe how true it was. Men were all the same.

Only this man radiated something similar to what she had about herself, and she could feel it in her bones when she was near him, and it both excited and absolutely terrified her.

She thought about what Marisa said, and how she needed to open herself up more. Marisa had only been telling her for months before she could get it through her thick scull that maybe, despite Marisa's horrific love stories, love was pretty exciting after all.

And despite every bone in her body telling her to retreat, she found herself unable to turn away from this boy like he was her own personal brand of heroine, and she was an addict.

Without thinking, Cora moved over to him slowly, not knowing fully what she was doing or why. She didn't think about it either. She just did it, letting her instincts take the wheel.

And the next thing she knew, she was sitting down on the coffee table beside him, taking in every little detail of his face, her eyes trailing down his body of perfect, smooth skin and abs for days.

When her eyes found his face again, she stared at his freckles, his messy, light brown hair, his long eyelashes, but when Theo took in a deep breath, beginning to move in his stop, Cora shot up, rushing away without a sound, immediately feeling a sense of realization for what she was doing...and disgust for who she had just been in those moments.

"Hey" Theo spoke sleepily making Cora freeze in her place, slowly turning to look at him again

"Hey" she replied, awkwardly smiling at him.

"What r u doin?" Theo asked her as he sat up on the couch

"I uh..was coming to wake u up..to uh..to see if u wanted some breakfast before school" Cora answered, putting her hands on her hips

"But u we're walking away from me" Theo told her, furrowing his brows at her with a slight smile

"No I wasn't" she told him quickly, without thinking it through making Theos smile widen "I uh..I thought I heard a noise, so I turned..to uh..to see what it was"

"A noise" Theo repeated, raising his brows at her

"Mhm" Cora nodded with a firm nod. Theo chuckled slightly as he stood up off the couch

"Ok" he told her and Cora's eyes widened slightly

"Ok" she nodded awkwardly.

"If u got the ingredients for pancakes, I can make some for us" Theo told her, smiling down at her as he walked by her, brushing up against her making her freeze in her place, her heart racing in her chest.

"Ok" was all she could muster out.

Theo paused in his steps, turning to look at her as she turned, watching him walk again but not following
"U comin?" He asked her with a smile. Cora chuckled awkwardly, snapping out of it.