I Need Your Touch

5

The exam room whirled around Liam. Theo hadn't moved from his spot in the doorway. Neither him or Liam knew what to say. Liam had a million questions, most starting with how. Theo only wanted to know what Liam planned to do.

"It seems that Liam is pregnant." Deaton repeated. "Yeah, I got that. What do we do about it?" Theo walked in and stood by Scott, his arms crossed over his chest. "Liam has the same options as any person who is pregnant. Have the child, or abort it. Which ever he chooses, I can help with." Deaton left the room. Giving Liam a chance to process and figure out what he wants to do.

"Theo?" The beta could hear Theo's heart pounding, smell the fear coming off of him. "What do you want to do?" Theo looked at Liam. Moving towards the beta when he swayed on the table. "How is this even possible Theo? I'm a guy, you're a guy!" Liam's hands were trembling. "I'm not sure but I've read about it before in the Dread Doctors' journals."

Theo helped Liam off the table and over to a chair. The chimera kneeled down in front of him. "Explain it." Liam leaned his head back against the wall and closed his eyes. "From what I remember. Werewolves are capable of changing their anatomy. Since it's a species that is reproduced mainly through bite, it's in danger of dying out at any moment. Male werewolves who go into heat, instead of a rut, are capable of growing a uterus." Theo silently cursed himself. He should have been careful.

"If they mate when in their heat, they can get pregnant. In most cases males mate with females so their uterus never develops." Liam opened his eyes slowly. "What happens to their uterus then?" Theo was looking at Liam's stomach. "It basically heals and disappears." Liam just nodded his head. "So this happened because I went into heat and not into a rut?" Theo nodded but he wasn't listening to Liam. He was focused on the heart beat inside Liam.

It was so faint he worried that the doc had been wrong. But once he zeroed in on it he couldn't stop listening to it. Thump thump, thump, thump thump, thump. It's rhythm matched Theo heart perfectly. "Theo?" Liam yelled making the chimera jump. "What?" Liam shook his head with an amused smile.

"You just agreed to name the baby Darth Vader." Theo eyes went wide. "No I didn't!" Theo looked offended. "I was asking you some questions and when your default became yes I asked if we could name the baby Darth Vader. After you agreed to that I asked if I can dye your hair pink." Theo glared at the beta. "What was your other questions?"

Theo gave Liam his full attention, fighting against the urge to listen to the heart beat again. "I asked, what are we going to do?" Theo sighed heavily. "Honestly Liam, this is up to you. You're the one that has to carry the baby. I just put it in you." Theo sat next to him. "Do I hope you decide to have it? Yes. Will I understand if you say no? Probably." Liam cut Theo off.

"Why would you want me to have it? I mean, we're kids. We have no means to raise a kid. Not to mention how freaked my parents will be that their son is gonna give birth." Liam took a breath and glanced at the door Scott had walked through earlier. "What will the pack do?" Theo shrugged. He had his ideas about what the pack would say if they found out he was the father.

"I don't know Theo. I don't think I can do this. I could lose everything. My pack, my friends, my family, I don't think I could handle that." Liam knew one day he'd have to tell his parents about the supernatural. He wouldn't be able to protect them if they didn't know what was lurking in the dark. But this isn't how he wanted to do it.

The pack, on the other hand, still didn't trust Theo. They watched his every move like he was gonna turn around and rip Scott's head off. Once they found out Liam had let him move in they went off on him. He never told Theo about that pack meeting. He hated to see his pack treat the teen the way they did. He understood why but Theo has done nothing but help them. He's protected each member at least twice. Taking bullets for them all. To Liam, Mason, and Corey, he had redeemed himself.

The older pack members would probably think Liam's pregnancy was some kind of plot to over take the pack. They would think Theo had tricked him and used him. No matter what Liam said they would probably run Theo out of the state.

"I want this baby Liam, and I'd do everything possible to make sure no one ever hurt them. If we have to do this alone, I'll take care of you both. Aren't I enough?" Theo was worried that his second chance at having a family, at having happiness, was being ripped from him. "I don't want the pack thinking this is another power play from you. I don't want them to hurt you or our baby." Liam's eyes were filling with tears.

"Do you really think so low of us?" Theo and Liam's attention was drawn to the door. Scott stood there, tears in his eyes and hurt clear in his face. Liam had no words. His mouth opening and closing like a fish. "Can you blame him?" Theo stepped in front of Liam. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Scott had figured out who the father of Liam's baby was the second Deaton said he was pregnant. It wasn't that hard to put two and two together when Liam smiled like Theo. At first The alpha thought it was a by product of the two boys living together, but he soon realized it was Theo's DNA that he was smelling.

If Liam had decided to have the baby Scott would give him his full support no matter who the dad was. As long as the sex was consensual and he wasn't forced to get pregnant, Scott had no qualms about Theo being the father.

"The only way I'd ever hurt Theo is if he had hurt you or someone else in my pack. If this was a consensual act that resulted in an unplanned pregnancy, I'd give you both my support." Scott walked up to the two boys, Doing his best to put every ounce of truth into his words. "Do I fully trust Theo? No, at least not yet. Has Theo proven that he can one day be trusted? Yes. Am I the only one in the pack to see he's changed? No, even Malia has seen how he has gone above and beyond to protect members of my pack."

Scott peered around Theo to look Liam in the eyes. "If you want to have this baby, I will support you and help you in anyway I can. If you want me to have the talk with your parents, I will. Liam, you're my first beta. You're like my brother, well more like a son, but you get what I'm saying." Theo tensed when Scott moved to get closer to Liam.

"I'm not gonna hurt him Theo." Scott reassured the chimera, waiting till Theo finally stepped aside. "I know this is a lot Liam, but I'm here for you. And from the looks of it, I'm not the only one." Scott placed his hand on Liam's shoulder, giving it a light squeeze. He hated to think that his beta thought he'd ever hurt him.

"I just don't know! I'm too young to be a father! This is all too much at once." Liam shrugged of Scott's hand and stood up. Looking at each boy in turn. "How am I supposed to do this? How am I supposed to tell my parents that their son is pregnant? How am I supposed to raise a child when I'm not done growing up myself?" Tears started to stream down Liam's cheeks. His breath coming out in hiccups.

"We do it together. We raise our child together, with the help of the pack." Theo pulled Liam into a tight hug, rubbing soothing circles on his back. "My mom and I can help you tell your parents. We can walk them through all of this. You're not alone Liam."

Liam didn't feel so scared knowing that Scott would be by his side. He knew Theo would stand with him no matter what. He was just afraid of what Scott would say and do. Now knowing that Scott wouldn't hurt Theo or his child settled some of the nerves he had. Now he just had to explain an unbelievable thing to his parents. He hoped after this he'd still have a home to call his own.