Stand Your Ground

Chapter 21: Behind Those Eyes

Chapter 21: Behind Those Eyes

In Theo's bedroom, Theo had almost fallen asleep whilst lying on Liam's lap. Liam was starting to wonder what was running through his mind so much so that he hadn't even thought about trying to listen to what was happening in the other room. Liam moved a stray piece of Theo's hair from his face leant over him and kissed his temple.

"You okay?" Liam whispered, as he pulled his head away from him. "Theo?" Liam grabbed a tissue from the bedside table and roughly wiped away the drying blood tossing it in the bin when he was done.

"Mhm, not really," Theo yawned, not looking up at him but rather staring half-asleep at the photo of them that Elizabeth had taken one day for them. "My...mo...Ace won't let them take me you know that right?" Theo muttered catching himself as he hadn't called Elizabeth mom around anyone but her and Derek and once Scott.

"I know..." Liam answered, looking in the direction that Theo's eyes were half focused and smiling when he realised what it was. It took Liam a minute to realise what Theo had gone to say but he thought nothing of it at first. "Did you just...?"

"Did I..." Theo started to say but fell asleep mid sentence leaving Liam to question himself over what he'd heard.

"Never mind, get some sleep," Liam whispered, trying to move his head from his lap but giving up and settling into having Theo sleeping on him.

A few hours later, Theo had, had a restless sleep on Liam's lap though it was slightly better than it had been that night. When he woke up, Theo realised that he was still laying on Liam's lap the younger man not seeming to mind. Theo moved his head slightly and looked up at him yawning and smiling slightly.

"Sorry..." Theo yawned again, but not moving his head as he looked up at Liam with sleepy eyes as their was a knock on his door.

"Pizza's here," Scott said, from the opposite side of the door not waiting for a response before walking back down to the lounge.

"Monday nights pizza night," Theo explained after realising that in the time they'd been together Liam had never stayed on a Monday night.

"Oh...okay. Hey before you fell asleep you started to say something," Liam said as he helped Theo to sit up before hugging him. "What was it?"

"What was what?" Theo questioned, he didn't remember what he had said before he'd fallen asleep if he was honest with Liam he didn't remember much of what had happened in the past twenty-four hours.

"Nothing, it doesn't matter," Liam said as the two of them stood up almost falling back onto the bed because they'd gotten tangled.

"Boys it's getting cold so hurry your damn ass' up!" Elizabeth's voice was heard yelling from the lounge room followed by Scott saying something about interrupting them. "Don't make me come down there," she laughed knowing that the second those words left her mouth they'd be in the lounge room.

Theo and Liam shared a look before managing to untangle themselves with Liam muttering that Theo looked cute when he'd just woken up. Theo shrugged kicking off his shoes, why he hadn't done that earlier he didn't know, before the two of them walked out of the room and joined the others. Liam sat beside Mason and went to pull Theo down beside him on the floor but Theo shook his head grabbing a slice and then going to sit between Elizabeth and the arm of the couch.

"Everything okay?" Elizabeth questioned taking a bite of pizza as she saw the look on Liam's face from Theo sitting beside her. 'You need to eat something kiddo, you haven't eaten since this morning,'

'You haven't either,' Theo thought, still staring at the piece of pizza he'd grabbed even though he didn't feel like eating it. 'I'm not really...fine I'll eat,'