this certainly was not how theo had imagined seeing his lover again. he’d gotten used to it by now -- the secrets, how little time they had together, the disappointment setting in whenever stiles was suddenly called in for a mission again. theo had never said anything. but this was getting to him. stiles was pretty much the only person he had in his life, and he felt lost and lonely whenever the human wasn’t there. and worried. stiles was only human, he could break. no supernatural healing powers, no extraordinary strength. stiles had changed, but he was vulnerable, and theo sometimes still saw the lanky, clumsy teenager in him that had almost gotten himself killed countless times. in that point, he hadn’t changed much, actually.
the chimera had already expected something was wrong, when stiles was not home at the promised time. theo’d already prepared dinner for them, expecting stiles to walk in through the front door any moment. but he didn’t. and there was no way for theo to contact him. so he just sat, and waited, feeling so helpless. he’d never imagined himself to someday end up like this. being so deeply in love with someone, wanting nothing but a normal date night for the two of them. but like with so many things in theo’s life, he didn’t get what he wanted.
after what seemed like hours, he’d finally received the call. without thinking twice, he’d been on his way to see stiles, and now we was there, kneeling on the floor, holding his bleeding lover in his arms. it hurt more than he would’ve ever expected. “i’m right here, everything’s gonna be okay...” he whispered, gently brushing a strand of hair out of stiles’ face. he steadied stiles’ head with his hand, and without anyone around them noticing he drew some of the human’s pain.
his next words, though, made theo tear up. he wanted nothing more than to say ‘yes’, but it wasn’t this easy. “you’re a dumbass, stilinski.” he chuckled softly, a silent tear running down his face. “you can’t think straight right now.”