Thiam Alternatives/Oneshots

Thiam

Rewrite of the scene in 5X12 when Liam and Hayden are being chased by the beast.

Liam's legs burned. His lungs felt ready to burst but he couldn't allow his body to even consider slowing down. Not when he could hear the creature crashing through the forest behind them.

He turned briefly to make sure Theo was still behind him. The chimera flew over a fallen log and darted after him, the beast was out of sight but the glow in the undergrowth told him that it was closing in on them.

Turning back ahead of him, Liam's brain screeched a warning and he skidded to a stop just in time as a giant ravine opened up in front of him. Theo pulled up short next to him, panting.
"We have to jump." He said without hesitation, already backing up.
"What? We can't. We'll never make it." Liam panicked. The break in the earth was huge. Even a supernatural creature would struggle to make the jump.

"We don't have a choice, Liam! Come on." Theo waited a brief second while Liam panicked some more then the beta backed up with him. Theo could smell the fear. "On three. One. Two."

Gritting his teeth Liam rushed forward with the chimera and launched himself into the air. He had never jumped anything like this before. And he knew it was only the adrenaline that had pushed him to make the jump.
Theo landed heavily and rolled to break the fall. "See. Easy." He turned to grin but his face dropped when he saw Liam clinging to the cliff face, his body slowly dragging him down as he struggled to find something to grip on to.

Theo scrambled forward grabbing his wrist but just as he did so a deafening roar split the air around them. They both looked back in time to watch the magnificent beast, glowing eyes and monstrous talons, hurl itself over the ravine. The ground shook as it landed and it turned immediately. Glowing eyes fixed on the two boys.
Theo snarled and pulled at Liam's arm desperately, but it was futile. He would never get up in time.

"Do you trust me?" Liam gasped suddenly, gripping tightly with one hand and holding the other out to Theo.
"What?!" Theo blinked, staring at the open hand.
"Do you trust me?" Liam repeated through clenched teeth, looking straight at him.

Theo looked up at the beast again, knowing now was his chance to make a run for it...
"Oh for fuck-" He grumbled, slamming his hand into Liam's.
Together they plunged into the rocky abyss below.