Thiam / Theo Raeken x Liam Dunbar Catching Fire AU (2/3)
For the movie AU fest ( @officialthiamlibrary )
I’m not good at writing so I just wrote down all my ideas in notes (I hope it makes sense, tell me if something’s unclear + sorry for my english):
Before the Victory Tour:
-Theo and Liam didn’t see each other since the games cause they weren’t allowed to leave their district but they exchanged a few letters
-Liam tried to live his life as normal as he could. Even if he wasn’t working anymore he went there to help or hang out with Mason
-He let Mason and Corey move in with him and his parents secretly cause he felt bad for them living in one room while he had a whole house for his and his parents with so much more free space
-Liam got closer with Malia and Scott since they were the only ones who understood what he’s been through. (they got married in the last year and had their first child on the way)
-Theo closed himself off and even if he would want to be part of the society they would abandon him cause he was a shame for his district
-So Theo stayed in his house with his sister, who was the only one that still cared for him (she always was too soft for district 2 and Theo had forced her to train for the games before but when he came back he told her to stop training immediatly)
-they were both nervous for the day where they’re suppose to meet again
-Hayden was still interested in Liam and Liam tried to get his mind off of Theo so they kissed a few times but he wasn’t able to make it more serious
-when Liam returns from ‘work’ with Mason on THE day he’s welcomed by a furrious Corey and his mother. President Argent was in his house and wanted to talk to him
-President Argent threatens him with a video of him kissing Hayden and tells him to sell the starcrossed lovestory of him and Theo better
-Argent leaves before Liam has an anger attack. Hayden means something to him. Not in the way he does to her but she doesn’t deserve to die because of him. Same as Mason, Corey and his family
-Theo arrives in district 7 and is shocked about the conditions
-They didn’t see each other till the cameras are filming
-Liam is announced and leaves the house, forcing a smile and looking towards the other door. Theo steps out and looks at him
-they haven’t changed much, but they look older than before. Not because a year passed but because they’re suffering
-Theo can’t hide his smirk but when they hug they slip and fall (Liam on top of Theo). At first they stare at each other before laughing, noses touching and Liam wispers:”Hey:” Theo smirks again and wispers back:”Hey.” Then Liam kisses him till they’re interrupted by Caesars voice
-Theo’s the one talking in the camera cause he’s the one who can put on a show, he tells them that they visit each other often and Liam knows that the people from his district wont believe that cause they see him go to work with Mase every day and a Boy from district 2 Walking around here wouldn’t have stayed unnoticed
-the cameras go off and Theo looks at Liam with a more bitter face:”Nice acting for a boy from district 7.” Liam:”Thanks…”, before Theo can leave he talkes again:”…Theo? It’s good to see you again.” Theo just scroffs while making his way to the car that brings them to the train station
During the Victory Tour:
-Scott is having a serious talks with them since the dread doctors doesn’t want anything to do with them
-Theo volunteers to do the talking cause he can see Liam suffering
-when things escalate in district 12 Theo grabs Liam and gets him behind the stage
-he stops Liam from having an anger attack and gets him to explain the whole situation with Argent
-him and Scott are pissed cause he should’ve told them
-they play their role as a couple in the next districts but it’s not very convincing and Liam knows that
-when their talking to Scott Theo suggest that they should get married. Liam agrees with a:”Just great!” and storms out of the room cause he’s pissed about what his life became. Maybe he would’ve had a chance for a normal life with Hayden.That wasn’t clearly what he had in mind when he thought of getting married.
-they get engaged in Ceasars show
-Liam has nightmares and Theo takes care of him (even if he has nightmares himself) and stays when Liam asks him too so they end up cuddling.
-at the big fest at the end of the tour they meet the new game maker Chris Argent (president argents son) and the talk he has with Liam leaves Liam confused
-when President Argent looks at him during the firework Liam knows they fucked up
Before the Games:
-Liam returns home ignoring Theo, who’s staying in their district because of the upcoming wedding, running to Hayden immediatly to ask her to run away but she’s against it and tells him how important this rebellion is. Liam’s just like:”Why can nobody understand that I just want so safe my own fucking ass?”
-then things in district 7 escalate and Hayden is getting whipped and Liam tries to stop the peacekeeper, Scott steps in and then also Theo
-Hayden survives and it hurts Theo to see them interacting. He can’t even say anything against Hayden cause she’s a lovely girl
-they delay the wedding
-Theo just returned to his district when it’s announced that the tributes are taken from the victors this year but all he can do is worry about Liam
-Liam sits on the couch with his mother, Mason and Corey when it happens
-his mother screames and Corey starts to cry but Liam just gets up and run, ignoring Mason who’s screaming his name
-he just needed to let his anger out and slams an ax against trees while screaming before storming into Malia and Scotts house (they had their baby during the victory tour). They look at him in shock but Scott immediatly know why he’s here but before he can say something Liam starts talking while looking at the Baby in Malias arms:”I won’t let that child grow up without parents cause I’m scared. If it’s Scott I’m gonna volunteer and if it’s me you better keep your mouth shut!” With that he leaves again
-Mason is a furious mess cause he knows that Liam will sacrafice himself for Malia and Corey Looks after him
-Hayden swears at herself for not running away
-Theo knows that Liam will protect Scott and curses at him. His sister is crying beside him but he can only think about saving Liam. He’s gonna volunteer.
-so they both end up volunteering again (Liam thought he would never be part on the games at all and now he’s volunteering for the second time?!)
-Liam is just pissed at everyone but when he hears that Theo also volunteered he loses his shit
-when they see each other in the capitol before the parade he storms towards him and punches him in the face:”WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!” before peacekeeper can seperate them Theo screames back:”TO SAFE YOU, ASSHOLE!”
-Scott gave Liam informations about the other tributes but meeting them is different
-at the parade a young man who won as a child, Brett, talkes to him for a second but he immediately thinks he‘s a jerk
-during training Liam sticks more with Malia than with Theo even if Theo tries to talk to him
-Scott wants allies for him and Malia but they’re both stubborn shits. Scotts tells Liam to not take district 2 including Theo in his team again and Liam just looks at him in shock:”How am I suppose to play his husband if we’re not in one team?”, Scott:”Maybe it’s time to stop that show!”, Liam:”Did you ever considered that I really like him and it was never a show?”
-the only one Liam likes is a nerd couple called Stiles and Lydia
-during the interviews they wear their wedding suits
-Theo’s making a show again which pisses Liam off (saying things about their love and blah)
-him and Malia are just trying not to explode on stage
The Games:
-back in the tube Liam panics more than last year
-the first thing Theo does when he comes up is to look for Liam instead of checking out the arena, he finds him right beside him staring back
-once the game started Liam swims towards the middle as fast as he can to get the ax
-he kills two tributes before Brett stands in front of him showing him his golden bracelet which means he’s his ally (since Liam and Malia wheren’t cooperative Scott picked them himself by giving them matching golden items to Liams brooch he got from Mason before his first games and Malias wedding ring)
-Brett’s in the Game with an old women called Satomi
-Liam looks around him with panic:”WHERE’S THEO?”
-they find him fighting in the water and Liam safes him. Then they just stare at each other before pulling themselfs in a thight hug
-together with Brett and Satomi they make their way through the jungle even if their not so happy about Theo
-Liam noticed that Theo has nothing golden with him but he ignores that
-Theo runs into the force field and Liam is losing his shit while Brett is busy with resuscitating Theo
-Theo survives and Liam holds him crying thanking Brett thoustand times and kissing Theo for the same amound of times
-Theo:”Liam I’m fine!”, Liam:”YOU WE’RE DEAD!”, Theo places his hand on Liams cheek:”But I’m here now!”
-Brett is confused:”and I thougt the acting was over now.” Liam and Theo just ignore that comment, cause neither of them knows what to say anyway
-in the night they need to run away from the fog but Theo’s still weak and needs to be carried. Satomi sacrefices herself so that Brett can carry Theo instead of her
-they still get hurt but find a lake to heal their wounds till they’re attacked by monkeys
-they make it to the beach again were they’re safe cause a tribute jumped out of the woods and sacreficed herself for Theo
-they took the tribute with them and Theo is confused but tries his best to make her last seconds as comfortable as possible, talking to her about the colors of the sky
-Liam just looks at him in awe since that isn’t a behaviour for a Boy from district 2
-at the beach they meet Malia whos storming out the woods with Stiles and Lydia covered in blood
-Lydia is talking weird stuff which helps them figure out that the arena works like a clock
-they go in the middle to figure more out but Lydia gets killed by another tribute and Liam throws his ax and kills him
-Stiles is just in shock but before they can react the middle starts to spin
-Malia holds on to the rock while offering her hand to Theo whos struggling besides her even if she never liked him, Theo takes it and they try to hold on
-Liams holding on to Brett but his hands slips out of his and he hits the water
-the spinning stops and Theo drags him out of the water checking him for wounds. Liam:”I’m fine.” Theo just pulls him in a hug and a quick kiss
-back at the beach they’re interrupted by screams. Liam hears screams that sounds like Mason and starts running with Brett screaming a name, Lori, right behind him
-when Theo reaches him he tries to explain them that it’s the mockingjay but then he also hears his sisters screams but takes a few steps back in shock
-when Liam wants to follow him he rans into an invisible wall and suddenly the sounds get so loud that he needs to cover his ears and breaks down crying and screaming with Brett while Theo tries to calm him from the other side
-after one hour its over and Theo drags Liam in his arms and just holds him for some time
-the others are trying to make a plan while Theo and Liam sit in silence beside each other while staring at the water a few feed away from them
-Theo chuckles:”Is that our story? Do we need to go in the games every year now to be with each other again?”, Liam shakes his head and throws a quick glace at the others to check if they’re far away enough:”There won’t be another time Theo.”, Theo:”We did it once.”, Liam:”They won’t make the same mistake twice. All THIS is because of what I did. What we did. Listen, I told Scott that I’m gonna do everything I can for Malia. That was my intention till you volunteered! Now I need to kill the mother of a innocent baby because I would do everything for you and I don’t even know why!”, Theo:”I’ll do it cause you’re the one surviving! You have your family and friends….you have Hayden. I only have my sister who will have a better place in our society once I’m gone. I’m replaceable Liam! NOBODY NEEDS ME!”, Liam has tears in his eyes and stokes Theo’s cheek:”I do. I need you..” Theo signs and kisses Liam, it’s a diffrent kiss than the others, it’s like their first kiss back in the first game
-Brett interrupts them cause Stiles has a plan
-Theo and Liam need to seperate for that plan (It’s Liam + Malia and Brett+Theo+Stiles)
-Liam is 100% against it
-he has no choice and goes with Malia, but before that the gives his brooch to Theo and kisses him deeply:”I’ll see you!”
-they’re attacked and Malia pushed Liam down before using a knife to cut his arm before running off
-Liam thinks Malia knew his plan and only wanted to safe herself but he’s moreworried about her killing Theo now
-Brett comes looking for Malia and as soon as he leaves Liam fights his way back to were he last saw Theo
-He’s screaming for Theo on top of his lungs
-Stiles is unconcious on the floor and Liam hides when he hears Brett coming back
-Brett:”Liam? Remember who’s the real enemy!”
-The lighning is about to hit the tree but before that Liam pics up Stiles bow and wraps the wire around an arrow and shoots it towards the sky with all his strengh before everything goes black
-Theo was left confused af in a burning and collapsing arena screaming Liam’s name while holding on to his brooch when suddenly peacekeepers jumped him
After the Games:
-Liam wakes up and finds Stiles besides him, both connected to medicine in the helicarrier
-he hears someone talking in the other room and pics up a injection and storms into the room and pushing Scott against a wall
-Brett and Chris Argent are also in the room and Liam is confused
-Scott:”It was about you Liam. All the time it was about getting you out of there! Half of the tributes knew and helped! You’re the mockingjay!”, Liam:”I don’t want to be the mockingjay! WAIT….WHERE IS THEO?”
-he let go off Scott and started to panic
-Scott:”The capitol got him. I’m sorry Liam.”
-Liam jumps him again:”YOU’RE SORRY! YOU NEVER LIKED HIM!IT SHOULD BE HIM NOT ME!!” then suddenly he collapses and feels dizzy while he’s mumbling “it should be him” over and over again till everything goes black again
-the next time he wakes he sees Hayden who’s stroking his cheek
-Hayden:”Hey there.”, Liam panics:”Where are we?”, Hayden:”District 13. District 7 is gone Liam. Everyone and everything is gone. Mason menaged to get us out. Me, my family, your family and Corey. There all alive.”
-Liam was shocked but that soon turned into pure anger. He never asked for this and all he could think of was Theo
Credit for engagement kiss: @igotlostinslashland
Credit for ‘them sitting in train’: @thiamraebar
I would still love if someone makes this a fanfic. <3</i>
I’m also really proud of my edit of them as the characters (with the suits and all). Do you want those in an extra post?
Now go rewatch the movie with this in your mind and cry.
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