Can we all agree that Liam is initially SCARED by how easy it is for Theo to read him?
Liam doesn't want to trust Theo (he explicitly tells Scott right after he brought him out from hell), he doesn't want him near his pack, and he doesn't want to get involved with him.
The plan is simple: use Theo for what he knows and then let him run away.
And then Theo completely fucks up with his plan. Theo watches him for two minutes and understands everything, and Liam is NOT READY for this, especially in 6B.
Theo literally takes the tangle that is Liam's brain and rearranges everything into neat little colored boxes because that's how he is, and for the first time Liam manages to find a thread to follow, and he hates, HATES feeling in control only if Theo leads him.
In the locker room with Gabe, he distracts him, explains that it's revenge he doesn't really want, helps him understand that it's not anger but rather fear over what happened to Mason, reminds him of his pack's goal, and tells him he's doing GOOD even if he's not perfect yet. And at the zoo, he encourages his plan AND at the same time pulls him out of his impulsiveness by giving him an easy-to-follow plan. And when the plan fails, because Liam is not perfect, he protects him in another way, reassures him that he's done GOOD again, and explains that anger-fear thing to him.
Liam has lived in chaos his whole life, convinced that everything about him was simply unpredictable and that he could only accept it, and then Theo (who he's supposed to hate) comes along and shows him that there's NOTHING unpredictable about him, that he can control himself and do it well, and above all, that he can count on him for it.
How TERRIFYING can it be to realize that the person you're supposed to hate is the only one who understands you when you can't even do it yourself?
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