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Lover And a Fighter 1/2

Liam met Theo on a bus stop late at night. He was just heading home from his mom's café where he usually helped out on the weekends and even sometimes during week days when he didn't have too much homework.

Theo was sitting there on a bench, head in his hands and his face was bleeding a little.
Of course Liam started asking questions like if he need help and that he'll call an ambulance and take Theo to the hospital.
"Whoa, hey there pretty face, slow down. I'm perfectly fine. I'm a MMA fighter, you see? Don't worry, it's nothing more than a few scratches." But Theo's torn and bleeding eyebrow said otherwise and Liam took him to the hospital, where Melissa stitched it up for him.

It didn't take long and Theo realized that he started having feelings for Liam. They've been seeing each other almost every night on that bus stop and to be honest, Theo started to practice on purpose in late evening hours just so he could see Liam again.

And soon after Theo asked Liam out. He didn't sleep for days, he stopped eating properly, all because of his fear that Liam would reject his proposal. "W-What? Are you serious?" "Oh, um... n-no sorry, I really don't know what I was think-" "Hell yes! Of course I'll go on a date with you, Theo!" Liam almost squealed and grabbed Theo's hand. "You know, I was about to ask the same thing but damn, I'm glad you did it first!"

Everything was perfect. Even though Liam was a sport enthusiast, he didn't know much about MMA and Theo gladly explained what he was doing. "Whoa, that's so cool!" Liam gasped with a smile. Theo had to chuckle, who knew Liam was so sweet and adorable? "If you want you can come with me to my tonight's practice?" Theo offered happily and Liam's jaw dropped a little. "Really? I can come and see you?" "Of course you can! You're my boyfriend, goddamit!"

And oh boy, Liam was overwhelmed! Theo pulled him into the locker room and started to show the younger boy the process. "See, first I have to wrap up my joints, hand and fingers to make them stable. We don't use boxer gloves, only these ones," Theo pulled out a pair of fingerless gloves from his sports bag and handed them over to Liam, who was checking them out. "They have only these small pads here, see babe? Hitting someone in a bad angle could easily break your hand."

"Did someone hurt you?" Liam asked out of nowhere, still staring at Theo's gloves. "What? Babe, that's a silly question. Of course, that's what this sport is about!" Theo laughed. "No, no. I mean if they actually hurt you. Like broken your limb or put you in... in a... you know," Liam shrugged with an uncomfortable expression. "You mean in a hospital?" Theo guessed and his boyfriend nodded. "Nope, not yet. Only bruises, cuts and some small open wounds," Theo chuckled and touched his stitched brow. But Liam didn't laugh with him. Theo saw Liam's nervous expression and grabbed his hand.

When they first started dating, Liam used to think that MMA fights were cool. That the fighters, including Theo, were badass. But the more practices he went to with Theo, the more he started to find himself worried sick about Theo getting hurt. And he didn't like that. He didn't like seeing Theo being hit in the face, even though it was rare, since Theo was a very good fighter. And he also didn't like that he was falling in love with Theo so quickly, almost head over heels.

A few weeks passed and Theo bursted into Liam's room with a huge smile on his face. "Li, baby, guess what?" Liam returned the smile with some curiosity. "Hey, what's up? Mind telling me what got you so hyped up?" "I got an offer! An MMA champion who's from California heard about me, I don't know how but it doesn't really matter... and he wants to fight with me!" Theo babbled in excitement, his eyes were joyfully glowing. "If I beat him, it could be the start of my career, Li! Isn't that friggin' awesome?" Theo jumped on the bed next to his boyfriend. "Liam? Are you okay?" Theo's smile faded as he saw Liam sitting next to him as if he was frozen. "I-I'm fine, love." Liam shook his trance off and gave Theo a big fake smile. "I can't wait..."

A/N: Hi everyone! I knooow these are supposed to be oneshots BUT I found another perfect pic I could use and decided to part this oneshot into a "twoshot" 🤣 I hope you aren't mad at me for doing so (and also for the minor cliffhanger). Another update will be in 2-3 days.

Let me know what y'all think! 🐺✨