Teen Wolf Imagines

Lover's Redemption || Prt. 3

Two weeks pass and Scott devised a plan with you and the pack. Your mom was going to be at the hospital with Mason and Corey, ready to fight whatever hunters showed up there. You were to stick with Theo and Liam since the three of you worked fairly well and Liam's plan didn't go horribly. The rest of the pack would be at the high school, taking care of Anuke-Ite. Which, to your relief, Stiles and Derek showed up to help. The pack could use as many people as possible and things seemed to always work out with the help of Stiles and Derek.

However, as usual, Scott's plan, even with the help of Stiles, did not go as planned. Liam was supposed to meet you and Theo at Deaton's office and he was already ten minutes late. Your thumbs tapped on the metal table as you pressed your palms against it.

"Where the hell is Liam?" You groan.

"I thought you would know." Theo remarks, his arms crossed with his back leaned against one of the brick walls.

"Nope." You pop the 'p'.

"Sure he's fine."

"Oh yeah, no. I'm sure he is too, it's the other people I'm concerned about. He nearly killed Nolan in case you forgot."

"I didn't forget." Theo rolls his eyes. "He didn't kill him though."

You sigh and push up from the table. "I know. I heard you by the way, on the way home. I wasn't sleeping. What's your deal with him?" You ask bluntly as you hop on the table, facing Theo while your legs dangle.

"Uh, what?" Theo quirks a row as his forehead wrinkled with confusion.

"You," You shake your head. "I don't know, you're nice to him."

"I'm not that bad guy anymore, y/n." Theo's shoulders roll as he grows slightly defensive.

"I mean, you're really nice to him. Even when you punch him the face." You let out a soft chuckle, remembering the two of them beating each other up. "And, uh, heard about you showing up at school when he went after Gabe for shooting up my house."

"You know about that?"

"Yep." You nod, looking to the floor as you chew on your lip. "So, ya know, why are you doing that?"

Theo sighs as a hand runs through his hair. "You're not gonna believe me so I should I bother?"

Your eyes roll as you readjust yourself. "I might. But you have to tell me first."

"Really? Now you're gonna start believing me?" He eyes you with suspicion.

"I didn't say that. It's just, maybe I'll believe this. I believed you two weeks ago when you said you didn't know if you'd have used me had you known anything. Because that was believable. And, as much as I really want to hate you, you were there at the hospital and you didn't have to be and you shielded me from bullets so I kind of owe you, to hear you out some more." You gesture out to him as you purse your lips.

"Alright." Theo shrugs one shoulder. "Because I see myself in him and had someone been there to tell me, told that what the Dread Doctors were telling me was wrong, or if I just had someone looking out for me, maybe I wouldn't have been that guy. So, while Scott is trying to take care of this stuff, I'm making sure Liam doesn't make any mistakes."

Had Theo told you that weeks ago, you never would have believed him. Theo? Looking out for someone other than himself? Never. But, you saw him do it first hand. You saw him making sure Liam didn't kill Nolan. You saw him let Nolan go when Theo could have knocked him out, too and kidnapped him, brought him back to Scott. But he didn't. He let Nolan run and you two took Liam back to the car. He made sure Liam didn't kill Gabe despite Gabe really needing his ass kicked for shooting up your house, landing your mom and friends in the hospital. But he didn't. Theo didn't have to come to the hospital with you, or stay. And yet, he did. He made sure you had what you needed when you went home. He even made sure Scott was okay and Scott thanked him. Theo made sure Malia was fine and he didn't have to. He's doing things that he doesn't have to, things that wouldn't even benefit him. You want to say he hasn't changed but he's really showing that he has.