Theo F*cking Raeken

Chapter Four

 Hiding a dead body was something new for Stiles and surprisingly, for Theo too. Stiles blanked out most of the experience, only driving where Theo told him to go. He didn't respond to the affectionate touches that Theo gave him, caressing the side of his face, squeezing his hand, all the while telling Stiles that it was going to be ok. Stiles knew it wasn't. Nobody hides a body and gets away with it- he's seen enough crime TV shows to know that.

"Can I still sleep over?" Theo asked shyly. "I still feel sort of creeped out of handling a dead body for the past hour..."

"Yah, I do too," Stiles said although he never really came into contact with it. "You can sleep over,"

Stiles stared intently on the road ahead of him, his knuckles white as he squeezed the steering wheel. Theo had killed this chimera, but Stiles had killed Donovan. They were just two murderers left with only each other, and Stiles knew that's all they would ever be from now on.

"Do you feel guilty?" Stiles asked suddenly. "I mean- I just, whenever I think of Donovan..."
"Yah," Theo frowned. "Yah, I do. It's just, what we did, it was in self-defense. We didn't have a chance to do anything else. We didn't have another option,"

"You didn't have another option," Stiles said coldly. "I had another option. I could have ran somewhere else, I could have just knocked him out, I could have just..."

There was a short pause as stiles thought. Theo could smell the overwhelming sadness radiating from the boy and knew that Stiles didn't deserve this. Theo knew he had no other choice.

"I could have just let him kill me," Stiles muttered. "I should be dead, not Donovan,"
"Don't say that," Theo said. He looked turned his head to Stiles and frowned. The pale boy's hands were shaking on the steering wheel and he was biting his lip hard enough to draw blood. "Stiles don't you dare say that,"

"I know I know I just feel like- I killed him, Theo, there's no coming back from that," Stiles muttered.

Theo placed his hand on top of Stiles' as they pulled into his driveway. "You had to, Stiles. You didn't have another choice."
Stiles only nodded and wiped away one a tear that streaked his cheek. "I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight," He said.

"Me neither," Theo frowned. "We can use my netflix account if you want,"

"I'm always down for some netflix and chill," Stiles smiled sadly.

Theo grinned and ran his hands through the short brown hair of Stiles who fell asleep at Theo's side during the fourth episode of 'How to Get Away With Murder' (isn't that ironic?) and was snoring softly. He carefully lifted up the base of Stiles' shirt to make sure his wound wasn't bleeding through his bandages, even though it wasn't that bad.

Theo knew that it was a lot to Stiles to be involved in two murders and that this would take a toll on him so he had to make it up to him. He had to show Stiles that life will still go on and secondly, Theo had to make sure nobody found out.

"Yo Stiles," Scott said as he tried to catch up to Stiles and Theo in the hallway. "Stiles! Where have you been dude? You haven't answered like any of my texts,"

"Yah I've just been busy," Stiles said tiredly, not caring that Scott could tell that he was lying. He felt Theo's hand on his shoulder and had to hold back a smile. It was obvious that Theo and Stiles were suddenly more friendly with each other but Stiles didn't want Scott to know just how close they actually were, even though they weren't officially dating.

"Ok dude," Scott frowned before heading off to his chemistry class. "Well hit me up after school alright?"

Stiles leaned his head on Theo's shoulder and sighed. "I hate lying to him,"

"Well you were busy," Theo said happily. "We binge watched the first season of 'How to Get Away With Murder',"

"True," Stiles grinned. He resisted the urge to not take Theo's hand in his own as they walked to their classes.

"So are you doing anything today?" Theo asked. "I could come over and help you study for the biology test. I can tell that DNA Replication isn't really sticking with you,"
"Yah that would be great," Stiles said. "Would you want to stay for dinner? You could meet my dad,"

"Sure," Theo smiled. 'One step closer to becoming his boyfriend' He thought to himself and looked over to realize that Stiles was staring at him. "What?"

"Nothing," Stiles said. "It's just that you get this cute look on your face whenever I say we can hang out,"

"It's because I love spending time with you," Theo whispered in his ear. Then he not-so-casually slapped Stiles' butt and headed off to his Latin class leaving a flustered Stiles behind him.

"So are you enjoying Beacon Hills, Theo? You used to live here right?" The sheriff asked over their meal.

"Yah, It's nice to be back and see how much has changed," Theo replied.

There was an awkward silence as the sheriff eyed Theo carefully and Theo pretended not to notice and spooned mashed potatoes into his mouth.

"You're a werewolf, right?" The sheriff asked.

"Yes," Theo said. It wasn't the complete truth but it was close enough.

"Are you dating my son?" He prodded.

"Not yet-" Theo said before he could stop himself. Stiles dropped his fork onto his plate and coughed awkwardly. "I mean-"

"I like you. You're honest," The sheriff said now. "You two just be careful okay?"

"Of course, Mr. Stilinski," Theo grinned.

After dinner, Theo and Stiles laid in Stiles' bed together with their legs tangled kissing lightly and giggling as they took turns impersonating various accents. Screw Studying, Stiles thought. He had a cute boy in his room that deserved all his attention.