There are 30 cars in my building’s parking lot. All of the cars are red or white, and a car can have either 2 doors or 4 doors. 1/3 of them are red. 50% of them are 4-door, and 8 of them are 2-door and white. How many of the cars are 4-door and red?
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Steo | Sterek | Stiles/Theo | Stiles/Derek past | a little bit slow, just a little at first chapters
Stiles' present is Theo but his past is Derek.
He isn't even sure if it was past now, because they never really talked about it.
And now Derek is back in town.
Will it be Theo or Derek? A question Stiles needs to answer.
Stiles looked at Theo and felt relieved.
His jeep has broken down again. He used up all his duct tape but it still won't work. So he called Theo up for help.
Why he called the chimera, Stiles doesn't really know. He didn't think about it too much. He just immediately thought 'Theo' as soon as he needed help.
Theo shook his head and just smiled at Stiles. "Seriously, you should bring it in for overhaul."
Theo took out the chain from his truck and started tying the jeep to his truck to tow it.
Stiles climbed into his truck and they started to drive home. Stiles decided to just park it back home until he has enough money to fix it properly.
"Thanks again, Theo." Stiles said as he closed the door.
"I'll pick you up tomorrow, Stiles."
"Huh?"
"You have no ride." Theo pointing at the jeep.
"Hmn, okay. See you tomorrow, Theo."
"Where's my kiss?" Theo winked.
"Kiss?"
"Thank you kiss or goodnight kiss."
Theo had confessed to Stiles and asked him out quite a lot of times now. Stiles would always say no but Theo would try again the following week, saying Stiles could've had a changed of mind.
Stiles laughed a little bit.
Truth be told, it's not easy to not get attracted to the chimera. Honestly, Theo is gorgeous and very hot. It's impossible for anyone to not get attracted to Theo. Plus, the chimera is smart. Stiles likes smarts.
The time Stiles saw Theo back for senior year, he was stunned. Theo grew up mighty fine. If only not for the bad feeling and suspicion Stiles was having, Stiles was sure he would've approached Theo more than once.
Stiles was having a denial phase. Which slowly crumbled when Theo saved him from Josh and took his side on the Donovan issue. Stiles admitted to himself that he likes Theo. Has a little silly crush on Theo. But that suspicious feeling still prevailed and ultimately was right in the end.
If only Theo wasn't the villain then. Stiles knows he would've dated the chimera.
Theo turning out to be a master manipulator and power hungry werecreature was a big setback for Stiles' feelings. No matter how attracted he was to the chimera, Stiles still took the logical side. The good side. The right side. His friends' side.
He put his feelings on the backseat, far far behind specially when Theo was sent to hell.
But realizing that Theo had a major role on his rescue from the Wild Hunt, his buried feelings slowly started to resurface.
He heard from Liam how Theo redeemed himself. And Stiles saw for himself too, his silly little crush came back.
But he still said no to Theo asking him out because he still has some unfinished 'issue' with a certain sour wolf.
Tonight though, Stiles knows he cannot let something possibly wonderful from slipping away from him because he was so caught up in the past.
He decided to give Theo a thank you kiss on the cheek. He deserved that much from picking him up in the middle of nowhere in an ungodly hour.
Stiles said nothing and just walked closer to the truck and leaned in, pulling Theo closer by his shirt and kissed his cheek.
"Thank you, Theo."
Theo just stared at him, blinking.
Stiles laughed. "Don't ask if you can't handle it." He teased as he walked into the house. Smiling to himself, he couldn't believe he just did that. And that he was able to make Theo go speechless. And don't know what to do.
The very confident, very sure of himself Theo Raeken was driven speechless.
He felt a little prideful on that. That he has that effect on Theo.
Theo watched Stiles step in the house before leaving. He wanted to come up and slip into Stiles' room and do more than kissing but he dared not to. He doesn't wanna mess this up.
He likes Stiles so much. Too much at stake.
After many months, he now got a reaction, a very favorable positive reaction. He wouldn't waste that just because he couldn't control his dick.
Theo took a deep breath and forced himself to drive home.
The next day, Theo was early.
Stiles trudged to the door, still in pajamas. "You're too early Theo."
"I brought breakfast." Theo held up the delicious smelling pancakes.
"Oh, in that case, come in." Stiles moved aside to let Theo walk in.
Theo set the pancakes down on the table: blueberry choco chip pancakes. Stiles welcomed it with an appetite.
"So... Stiles, let's go watch a movie this Friday." Theo stated as a fact not as a question.
"Sounds like I can't say no."
"Yeah, right after school then."
Stiles scoffed as he finished the pancakes. "Well, let's get going then."
On the way to school, Stiles was just observing what Theo would do. Engaging him in small talks and a lot of questions about how Stiles is doing. Is he okay, is he still having nightmares, etc etc.
Stiles appreciated that because no one asked him how he is doing lately.
Arriving at school, Liam saw Stiles get off of Theo's truck. Stiles saw the immediate question in Liam's face: wth is going on?!?
Stiles just nodded to Liam and Theo walked right beside him, smirking at Liam.
"Stiles?" Theo asked, leaning against the locker beside Stiles.
"Yes, Theo?" Stiles replied without looking away from his locker, getting books into his bag.
"Come over to my house later."
"And what are we gonna do?"
"Hanging out."
Stiles closed his locker and looked at Theo. "Really?" Not believing Theo at all.
Theo laughed. "I promise." Theo made a cross my heart gesture.
"No funny business, Theo." Stiles started walking towards class.
"Yup, nothing. I swear."
"Okay."
Theo smiled and watched Stiles walk into his classroom. They have different sets of classes for this year.
Stiles got intercepted by Liam before walking in the classroom.
"Stiles! What's going on???"
"Hey, baby wolf. Nothing much."
"Nothing much?!? You rode with Theo!" Liam was shouting a little.
"Oh, that? Well, I thought I'd give Theo a chance. Besides... I have a little crush on the guy way back, so..."
"You what? Have a crus- no way!"
"I do. I'm just... okay, I'll be very honest with you Liam. I do, it's just that I was scared to admit it and act on it since Theo was our villain. But now he's on a second chance, I'm willing to take the risk."
"...Do you really like him?" Liam was calm now.
"Yeah."
"... Okay. But I will still guard you."
"No need to guard me, Liam." Stiles assured Liam and hugged him. "Just go be a highschooler, Liam. You know, hangout, be with friends, be silly, party."
Stiles left Liam to head to his class. He's feeling so light today. Like everything was so right.
During lunch, Stiles was looking around for Theo. And the chimera is nowhere to be seen. He shot him a chat.
-Psst, chimera no. 1, where are you?-
-Gym-
Stiles learned that Theo has a free period before and after lunch. So what the chimera does was working out before and during lunch and then go have his lunch after the other students had theirs.
Stiles took his lunch tray and headed to the school gym, straight to the workout place.
"Missed me?" Theo asked the moment Stiles walked in.
It's just the two of them in the gym.
"I just wanted to get away from the others." Stiles settled in a bench and began eating.
He really did. Liam asked him questions and Mason started asking questions too. Plus Corey. Stiles felt tired answering questions about him going out with Theo.
"Too much questions?" Theo figured out.
"Yeah." Stiles said as he bit into his lunch.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. A little bothered but okay."
"Okay. If you say so." Theo shrugged. "You know, you can talk to me, Stiles. About anything at all."
"I'm fine, Theo. Go workout."
Theo just laughed a little bit and started taking his sweater off.
Stiles stopped eating for a while. He knows Theo is fit and all but seeing that body shirtless hit different.
"A-Are you thirst trapping me?" Stiles asked.
"Tell me it's working."
"... A little bit." Stiles blushed.
Theo winked and gave Stiles a little bit of subtle flexing.
"Nice chest."
Theo giggled at that. "So, you're a chest guy, huh, Stiles?"
"I said that out loud, huh?" Stiles slipped. He was to just say that in his mind.
"Yeah. Loud and clear, Stiles." Theo decided to hit chest first because of that.
Stiles concentrated back to eating his lunch. Just watching Theo workout. Engaging in little conversations every now and then.
"What are we gonna do later at your house, Theo?"
"I bought a console. We could play. Or watch a movie. Or makeout."
"Theo Raeken, we're not even 24hrs in going out. You haven't even taken me on a proper date."
"Aren't those late night stakeouts counted as dates?"
"No."
"Those were pretty romantic. Just the two of us. In the middle of the night. Under the stars."
"Watching suspected villains. Nope, not counted as dates."
"They were to me, Stiles." Theo confessed.
He knows Stiles just volunteers to go with him to guard him too. Making sure he wasn't up to villain things again. Making sure he turned a new leaf.
Nights alone in his truck or Stiles' jeep, watching someone, making sure they're not the villain for this phase.
Taking food, eating together. Seated close to each other with just one arm distance. He could easily reach for Stiles and do things to him he always wanted to. But he didn't. He didn't wanna mess this second chance up.
"... Oh." Stiles was silent, thinking back at how many stakeouts they shared.
Remembering he felt safe on each. Because he knows Theo is there. He knows Theo will not let anything happen to him.
"Just come with me later, okay?"
"Yeah. See you after school then." Stiles gathered his lunch tray and headed out. Just 5 minutes left for lunch break anyway.
"Looking forward to it, Stiles."
As he was walking back to the cafeteria, he remembered how that felt like. Crushing on someone. And thinking of simple interactions as something deeper than it really was. He knows, because once, he was like that too.
To a certain sour wolf.
The school day went by as mundane as it was. Stiles was glad it was over and he was really looking forward to Theo. He has this good and giddy feeling. That he is finally doing something for himself. That he was finally getting what he wants.
Stiles' last class was finally over and the moment he stepped outside his room, Theo was there, waiting.
Who took his backpack from him.
"I didn't peg you to be the gentleman type, Theo." Stiles poked fun at Theo.
"In some aspects, yes, but in some... I could be rough." Theo whispered the last bit.
Always with sexual innuendos. For the months that passed that Stiles was spending time with Theo before this, Theo always throws him pick-up lines and teases him with sexually packed phrases.
But also, Theo listens to him. About things he cannot talk about with the others.
Like his nightmares. He's still having those. On some nights. Nogitsune nightmare. Sometimes it's a Donovan nightmare. Sometimes it's a killing nightmare.
Stiles would be so on edge that he needed to have some release. And Theo offered to help. In the form of physical exertion.
Theo would clear a path for Stiles in the woods to run on. Even offering as a sparring partner. Theo would let him hit him a few times. Theo would hit him a few times too. But with pulled punches. Very much pulled punches.
Their sparring sessions happened quite often that Stiles without knowing it, got trained in hand to hand combat. Though still not as good as Theo.
Stiles would tell Theo his dark thoughts. His depressive thoughts. His self depreciating thoughts.
And Theo would talk him out of it.
Stiles did it to show Theo everything. Show Theo his bad sides. His down sides. His negative sides. His ugly sides. The sides of him that he hated himself. A good way to see if Theo would still want him.
And Theo still wanted him.
Despite all of it. Theo had been good to him. Stiles knows Theo always has ulterior motive in everything he does. It was proven way back when he was their villain.
Walking out of school now, Theo opened every door for Stiles. Hallway doors, his truck's door.
"Theo, what are you really up to?" Stiles asked as he settled in the seat next to Theo in his truck.
"What do you mean?" Theo settled in the driver's seat, started the engine and began to drive to his house.
"You always have ulterior motives."
Theo scoffed.
"Hmn... To make you love me."
Stiles just stared at Theo. Blush slowly taking over his cheeks.
"I really wanna make you love me, Stiles. Like me. Want me. The way I do you."
"Well... you gotta do well from now on then."
Theo stopped in front of the house. And they walked in, holding the door open for Stiles again. He led Stiles into the dining room.
"I hope this counts for doing well."
Stiles looked at the dining table and saw it was set up good. Definitely looked like a dinner date.
"Huh! You made all these?" Stiles was led to sit down on the chair.
"Yeah. You wanted a date, I'll give you a date."
Stiles was smiling silly. He's having a home cooked dinner date from Theo.
Eating and having conversations over it. And afterwards, stargazing on the roof.
Stiles remembered when they were kids Theo loved the stars and the moon.
"Still having nightmares, Stiles?" Theo asked.
"Sometimes. How about you?"
During those nights of Stiles confiding to Theo, Theo did too. He told Stiles about his time when he was underground. About all the nightmares of his heart being torn out. Over and over.
That time, Stiles realized that no one really checked up on Theo. Sent to hell, live a hell loop, got back from hell only to be used, chained and yanked around. And threatened to be sent back underground any minute.
Theo was very open to him when he confided about his nightmare. Theo told him how terrified he was. Theo told him his fears. Theo told him many things that he could use against him, blackmail him and stuff, but Theo didn't care.
As Stiles did (showed his ugly sides) to Theo, Theo showed his vulnerability to Stiles. In complete trust.
Theo told him thoughts he never shared with anyone as Stiles did. Both of them, basically laid all their cards in front of each other.
Stiles found himself laughing to himself that made Theo take his eyes off the stars and the moon and lay them on Stiles.
"What's funny?"
"Well, I just realized... this is crazy. We were enemies. We've both done crazy shit no one knows or would want to know. We killed. And we know we will kill again when it calls for it. And now we're dating. I'm crazy."
"Everyone is, at some point, thought of dark things. It's just that not all of them admits it to themselves. Or was lucky enough to actually not go through with it."
"We're the unlucky ones?"
"I don't view it that way. I just see it as having a one up in experiencing things. And it makes you understand everything better. From both sides. The good and the bad."
"Well, yeah."
"Just like your favorite, Star Wars. Balance: light and dark. It can't always be good dreams. There should be nightmares too. If not, you won't be brave. You won't be though enough."
Stiles smiled to himself. He doesn't have this conversation with anyone else in Beacon Hills, aside from his dad, and from Scott. But even so, he doesn't completely open himself up to his dad or to Scott on these serious topics.
He does it only with Theo. Say he doesn't agree or say other things, say unpopular opinions about something, because he knows Theo will accept it.
Unlike with Scott. Scott is a true alpha, pure at heart, mind and soul.
Unlike with his dad too. He knows his dad expects some standard of perfection from him. Expected him to think or behave a certain way on certain things.
Because he knows Theo accepts that he is not perfect. Knows his good sides and bad sides and ugly sides and he still wants him.
He looks at Theo and sees how people might see Theo.
From an outsider's view, Theo looks very handsome and sexy, with that face and body. That may just be it. 'The good-looking guy.'
From his pack's view, Theo is the manipulative bastard who fooled everyone. The villain.
Over these past months, spending a lot of time with Theo, for Stiles - Theo was a victim and a redeemed villain. Victim of a fucked up society that reacted as fucked up to survive and then had a redemption arc character development shit.
To Stiles, Theo is very dangerous. Imagine, for someone to be very good looking, have a fit and strong body, and smart. Very very dangerous.
"Theo..." Stiles was still staring at Theo beside him.
"Yeah?"
"I wanna tell you everything about me so you'll know if you still want me."
"I want you, Stiles. Always."
"Uhm, so... Derek Hale. You know him?"
"Yeah. I know."
Even though Theo didn't get to meet him long enough, because he's so obsessed and in love with Stiles, he researched everything about him. Including past loves. Of course he knows about Derek Hale.
"Y-Yeah? So uhm... well, I'm not sure if we're... done. You know?" Stiles was having a hard time with words right now.
He likes Theo now. He's serious about dating him. And Theo deserves to know of it. Of Derek.
Theo just nodded.
"Der... Derek, he just... he left." Stiles looked away from Theo. "We didn't really talk about it. We stopped talking. For a long while now. I'm not sure if... I still find myself thinking about Derek."
That last line broke Theo. He knows. He knows Derek is Stiles' first boyfriend. First relationship. First kiss. First everything.
And he knows what first love is. Even after it's gone.
"I just... I wanted to tell you because you deserve to know that. But I really like you now, Theo. I do. I really do. I just wonder sometimes. Maybe, I needed closure as they say."
"I understand, Stiles."
"Yeah... so uhm... I... I wanna go home now, Theo."
"Yeah, sure."
Theo drove Stiles back home.
"Theo. Thanks. I liked tonight. What you did. Really. I had a great time."
"I'm glad then. Goodnight, Stiles." Theo answered. He went in to give Stiles a little forehead kiss.
The weeks went by with Theo and Stiles getting closer and closer to each other. Game nights, movie nights, and date nights aplenty. And the level of physical affection Theo gives Stiles also leveled up.
Holding hands, hand around his waist, his shoulders, arm rubs, lower back rubs, and cheek kisses.
Everything was what Theo wanted. And Stiles too.
Until it wasn't.
In one of their dates, Theo sensed and felt Stiles changed.
