Healing a Heart That's Not His - Thiam

Awkward Closet and Video Game Experience

"Go! There's no other way!" Theo yells at Liam, running from a big group of hunters who have gathered together to initiate an attack.

Although no one has seen Monroe in a while, there're still a few hunters that they need to drive out of Beacon Hills. Only this time, a group of over 20 hunters assembled to have more strength and advantages in their ambush.

Theo and Liam got cornered into some sort of old warehouse and got backed up into a small room with only two corridors branching off of it. The hunters are coming towards them from both hallways and the only way out is through a small window at the top of the wall furthest from the entrances.

"Shit." Expresses Theo.

They both look around the room for something they can climb on to crawl through the small window space. There's a few worn down pieces of furniture, along with four closets.

"Hey, help me drag this couch under the window." Liam says to Theo.

As Theo pushes the torn couch under the small window, he gets an idea as he looks at the closets.

"Hey, Liam, I got an idea." He says as he points to the four closets lined up on the wall.

"You want to hide? Let's just get out of here." Says Liam.

"No, we won't stand a chance out in the open against this many trained hunters. They could've easily placed down dozens of traps by now and they know how to track us. We could make them think we left through the window, but just hide in one of those. That way, we have a higher chance not to be sawed in half." Theo suggests.

Liam ponders this for a moment and looks at Theo. "Alright, fine. Check to see if we'll be able to fit in any of those that are empty, I'll get the window open."

Theo nods and opens each closet. His shoulders sag for a moment when he finds that only one of them is empty enough to hide in. They'll have to share the space.

"Hey, uh, Liam? There's something you should know." Theo calls back to Liam, turning to look at him.

Liam turns to Theo after opening the window. "What?"

Theo nods to the closet that's open. "Only one of them isn't being used."

Liam thinks about the situation and his eyes widen when he realizes what the chimera is saying. "No! There's no way I'm getting in there with you!"

Theo just shrugs. "Trust me, I'm not liking this either, but it's the only way."

Liam frowns and stomps over to him. "Fine." And hops into the closet.

Theo peers around the corner to finally see in the distance the hunters marching towards them in this abnormal corridor the length of a soccer field, only slightly bigger than ants and hops into the closet with Liam.

They both already feel squished as their chests rub into each other before even closing the closet.

"Liam, I can't close the doors." Theo tells Liam.

Liam rolls his eyes and reaches over, past Theo. He's leaning into Theo, close enough to feel each other's breath on their neck, as his arms are stretching past Theo's waist, reaching the two knobs. Liam grabs them and pulls them shut, causing Theo's hips to collide with his.

The two boys awkwardly try to settle in.

"This is comfy." The chimera sarcastically remarks.

"Shut up, I'm trying to listen." Responds Liam.

Liam focuses his hearing to listen to the hunters, estimating their distance. Theo tries to for a small moment, but it quickly becomes impossible as his eyes inch toward Liam and linger there.