Without You

Forever.

"Theo," Liam quaked in his words, he was trying not to cry again for the millionth time. Mason was there and so was Scott. Emptiness void started to spread around his body, like a virus that even white blood cells can't fight. "Theo was--" I can't, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."

Days after Theo's death, his aunt showed up, his only family, showed thanks for the sheriff, who found her somewhere in Nevada. Sheriff told her that her only family member that was left, 19, only starting his life, was dead, gunshot; was gone from the world to only be remembered.

"Just say what you feel." Scott said looked at eye dried Liam, who was sitting on his desk with a blank paper."

"What? That he was a self serving asshole?"

"Liam--"

"It's true!"

"He was evil, and he only cared about himself overconfident--"

"That you loved him." Scott interrupted.

"You don't know anything Scott."

"17 in love. You think I don't know what you are going through right now? You loved Theo."

Liam eyes glossed, "it's not fair, Scott," he quivered, "he was a fucking werewolf. I'm a werewolf." Scott wrapped his arms around Liam. The young beta felt tears he refused to spread dropped down from his eyes soaking on his alpha--his friend's shirt. "He should of healed, damn it."

Liam felt another body cover his when he heard a gunshot fire. Theo stopped moving. Liam looked up as Theo's shirt started to soak a puddle, and anger started to pile up inside, he ran, to the hunters cutting them, in thrashing them killing. "Liam!" A small voice stopped his from his monster inside. He didn't hear himself growling like their was no humanity left. "Theo!" He turned human as he caught him, from hitting the ground, automatically he want to heal Theo. "I-It's not working."

A streak of blood came out of his mouth, even in death, Theo managed to smile. "Kiss me. God, I always wanted to say that to you. Just never the right time." Liam barely could hear Theo voice, Liam leaned over and softly kissed and with meaning, love, "if that was a kiss, I can imagine how crazy sex would be." Theo smirked with his blurred saw how red Liam got. "I can't believe you never noticed I had the biggest crush on you?" Liam giggled, because he had the the biggest crush on Theo too. Theo's body tensed, "it's not working--" Liam felt like he was being rejected, "you're not letting me."

"I-I don't want you to feel what I'm feeling okay?"

"Bullshit."

"It doesn't hurt Liam," Theo lied, having a tear run down his cheek. "Kiss me?"

Theo felt the poison reach his heart, pain started to raise his heart beat, his brain, but tried tried to concentrate on Liam's beautiful lips. B-B-Beat, Beat, beat, beat, ---

Slowly Liam heard Theo say "I love you."

"Theo?" Liam asked praying he would wake up. "Please wake up."
"I love you," but didn't hear anything back, "please wake up." His throat started to get scratchy, "pls don't go." More seconds went by, as Liam's hope went out like a candle. "No!" Liam cried on his non-breathing chest.

Liam heard foot steps running toward him, "Liam?" He heard Lydia say, "oh god." Liam's arms were covered in Theo's blood, his face salty tears. Liam was trying endlessly to heal him. Scott walked forward putting his hand on Liam's shoulders, "if the healing doesn't work, he won't wake up."

"No,"

"Liam, Theo's dead."

Liam looked at Stiles, dead in the eyes like he was going to kill him. He got up and went out of the hallway.

Three days later, Lena Raeken, Theo's Aunt knocked on Liam's bedroom door, "Hello Liam." She held her breath as she walked in, the stench of body oder, as Liam didn't shower, didn't go to school or lacrosse practice. He laid on his bed, crying. Mason came over but all he got was a door. So did Scott, he hasn't check his phone. "I'm sorry, your mother let me in."

Liam nodded, and he made room on his bed.

"I'm here because of Theo's fun-" Lena saw a selfie of them at the bowling alley on his billboard. Liam saw the picture, "Ceremony. I don't know who to invite, I didn't really know my nephew as much as you." Lena took out the invite list,

"It's gonna be a small ceremony." Liam look at her, a pale woman, same eyes but none of Theo's facial features. Wrinkles started to show on her face. "He was really private."

Scott got up, and ran out the church, and saw Liam. "Liam?"

"I can't do this, Scott."

"You can, just imagine he's there with you."

Liam walked in, his aunt was there, the priest, the pack, some school friends that Theo only knew. Liam made it a public event, and put it on the news paper.

"Uh--where was I?" Liam smiled awkwardly, "Theo Raeken, was--" Liam saw the written paper, with words like "great guy, loved, will be remembered" Liam just crumpled it, and put it in his pocket, "you know what? Theo Raeken was a kind of kid that of would go-- it would it would be big, you know. He liked the attention. He was smart but he was reckless that what I loved about him. Yep, I loved him. I know he would hate this boring funeral, he would want something like a party. So stand up and dance!" Everyone looked confused, "come on!" Liam tugged in speakers and put on "Highway to Hell."

After the funeral, Liam gathered his things, clothes, things that he needed. Late at night he got into his mom car and drove to the cemetery. He couldn't sleep, all he was thinking about was Theo. Like he would feel his touch, he wouldn't have him for the rest of his life.

Many years later

It was a nice day, Liam let the window open as the beach breeze shook the curtains. "Papa!"

Liam turned and he grabbed his five year old son and his three year old daughter,

"Theo how many times did I tell you not to hit your sister?"

"Brett, honey! Can you take Theo to school! I think I need to take Marie to the Doctor!"

"Brett!"

Many years later, Liam met Brett Talbot, in New York, they separated after the war, and they started to date and finally Brett proposed to Liam. Brett was iffy on the name Theodore, but Liam was dead set on it, obviously naming him after Raeken but that's wasn't the point. The was that they'll love him as much as Theo Raeken loved Liam. Unconditionally, nothing would ever stop them.

"Yeah I will."

"Okay, remember, 8:30!"

"Love you!" Liam kissed Theo, then kissed Marie, lastly his husband.