YouTube One-Shots (Book 3)

The Beast Within

Note: This is SUPER fucking long and it's got some angst in it, but I hope you enjoy!

Pairing: McSwitz

Eric hated this.

He didn't mean for them to find out. He didn't want them to find out. But something went wrong, and they did.

And now he was stuck laying on the ground with Cam latched onto him.

They didn't take it seriously, to his surprise. They treated him like he was a pet. Like a dog. And he hated it. They were taking a dangerous chance here. The beast could come out at any second, and they were sitting here wanting to pet him.

Eric was stuck in his position. He just wanted to move away from everyone, wanted to be in his little corner. But Cam insisted on helping, and now he was taking a nap on him. Eric tried not to growl. He didn't want to hurt him, but he wanted him to get off as soon as possible.

Cam didn't listen to his complaints and only pulled himself closer, snuggling into Eric's fur.

Eric had had enough. He began to try and push Cam away with his snout. He didn't want to use his arms or legs because they had claws and they were currently stuffed underneath him just so he wouldn't hurt anyone. But his snout wasn't enough; Cam wouldn't budge.

Then one of his legs wriggled out from underneath him without his knowing and kicked Cam in the stomach. Cam let go and groaned, rolling onto his back and holding his stomach.

Eric's eyes widened in fear. He didn't mean to do that. He whimpered and back up into the corner. He knew he was going to hurt someone. He knew it was a bad idea for him to be there.

As Toby helped Cam up, Eric walked out of the living room and into his bedroom.

"Should-should we follow him?" Cam asked, catching his breath.

"No. It's obvious he wants to be left alone," Toby said, eyeing the hallway and helping Cam onto the couch.

Jay, however, snuck out while everyone else was busy with Cam and walked into Eric's room to check up on him.

The lights were off, and Eric was busy destroying a pillow, tearing through it was his teeth and claws.

"... Eric?"

Eric froze. The pillow was in his mouth as he looked up at Jay.

"Eric, put the pillow down."

Eric shook his head, tightening down onto it. He looked for an escape, but Jay was blocking the only exit.

Jay sighed and lifted up his hands in defense, "Alright, alright, you can keep the pillow. But you're buying a new one." He tried to keep the conversation light, so Eric wouldn't be as scared as he was.

Eric nodded and began to tear at the pillow again. His body began to relax as he tried not to think about what had happened.

Jay slowly walked up to the bed and just watched, careful to not upset Eric in any way. Eventually he did begin to play with the fluff, tossing it up into the air and watching it fall back down.

Eric watched him do this a couple of times before sighing and putting down the pillow. "You look like an idiot. Even Mason would play with that shit."

Jay rolled his eyes, a smile almost playing on his lips at the remark. "You got anything better to do?" He placed a piece of fluff onto Eric's snout, letting the smile on his face show.

Eric sneezed and dropped his head, glaring at Jay. "Don't get near my mouth," he growled. He didn't want to accidentally bite Jay.

Jay's smile dropped. "Okay," he said softly, nodding slightly.