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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Underage
  Category:
      M/M
  Fandom:
      Teen_Wolf_(TV)
  Relationship:
      Liam_Dunbar/Scott_McCall, Isaac_Lahey/Scott_McCall, Isaac_Lahey/Scott
      McCall/Liam_Dunbar
  Character:
      Scott_McCall, Liam_Dunbar, Isaac_Lahey
  Additional Tags:
      Allison_Argent/Isaac_Lahey/Scott_McCall_(Reference), Alternate_Canon,
      First_Kiss, First_Time, Love_Triangles, Threesome_-_M/M/M, Werewolf
      Culture, Pack_Bonding, McCall_Pack, Comfort/Angst, Feels
  Series:
      Part 1 of Wolf_Games
  Stats:
      Published: 2014-08-02 Words: 2303
****** A Soothing Touch ******
by bigredcrazyk
Summary
     Scott takes Liam out for his first full moon and teaches him how to
     play as a wolf.
     Series Summary: The bond of alpha/beta strengthens as Scott and Liam
     grow closer, but Isaac's unannounced return from Paris puts Scott in
     a position to choose one beta over the other, and it's a choice Scott
     can't easily make.
Notes
See the end of the work for notes
Both of them could feel it in the pit of their gut as the cluster of thick
clouds began to clear overhead. The primal creatures within lusted more
voraciously to be freed upon every glimpse of the moon. Scott noticed Liam
tense physically. His control was yet untested when Luna shined her brightest,
and the alpha was well aware that his beta doubted himself.
“You’ll control it,” Scott assured him.
Liam frowned anxiously. “But how do you know for sure?”
The elder of the two slowly smiled. “Because there’s no other option. I’m your
alpha and I have faith in my pack.”
Liam seemed to relax momentarily, allowing the encouragement of Scott’s words
to wash through him. They made eye contact and mutually nodded. As the clouds
finally passed and pale moonlight illuminated them in the break through the
trees of the Beacon Hills Preserve, Scott’s eyes changed bloody red and glowed
in the night.
His beta’s baby blues flashed gold. He felt the tug of the wolf much harder
than Scott. His lids fluttered and head lulled to the side. Liam’s jaw unhinged
and bottom canines extended sharply. Scott stepped into him without hesitation
and gripped his biceps with a level of firmness Liam wasn’t accustomed to. He
jolted about and stared into Scott’s crimson orbs.
“Find your anchor,” he cooed huskily.
“I don’t have one,” Liam panicked with fear on his brow.
Scott’s eyes softened and he whispered, “Then anchor yourself to me. I won’t
let you fail.”
Liam exhaled slowly. He was completely taken aback. The boy should have known
to find support in his alpha. They were a breath apart and Liam was entirely at
ease. He realized then that he was in control of the hunger inside. The youth
felt as though the wolf had its claws in him, but he was no longer being
consumed by it. He smiled as Scott stepped back.
“Are you ready to play?” Scott asked as a mischievous grin crept his lips. The
beta nodded, and Scott tagged him on the shoulder. “You’re it,” he proclaimed
before darting off between the trees. Liam grinned wider and took to the chase;
their eyes shining brightly in the darkness of the forest.
Liam caught up to Scott and made a swipe for the back of his shirt, but the
junior leaped forward just beyond his reach. Liam knew he was being toyed with,
but that was just fine. It was more fun to try to catch Scott off his guard.
They howled to one another when Scott rocketed ahead and out of his beta’s
sight. Liam was able to track Scott by his howl and scent. It was invigorating
to play like that. There was no tension or stress. All the problems that came
with balancing high school and being a werewolf didn’t hold relevance in this
pack-bonding outing.
The freshman had learned to feel grounded in Scott’s presence. His alpha was a
force of stability for him. He handled better his issues with anger and
psychotic illness. It would probably be an ongoing struggle for the duration of
his lifetime, but he wasn’t afraid to confront it anymore with Scott to have
his back.
They came to a clearing after a half hour of their wolf games. With not a cloud
in site, Scott paused to soak in the rays. The moon made him powerful. He could
feel it course through his veins. He sighed and crouched low. Liam took his
place beside him, awaiting command.
Scott glanced over his shoulder and smiled warmly. “Do you feel it?” he
breathed.
Liam bowed his head and mimicked Scott’s friendly expression. “Yeah… I feel
like this is home.”
Scott didn’t comment, but his face read that he was proud of his beta. He would
never admit it, not even to himself, but Scott yearned to start a pack and had
sized Liam up that first time seeing him on the lacrosse field for tryouts. He
was athletic, sure of himself, and willing to work his hardest to succeed. He
hadn’t put others down to make himself look better or trash-talk in the way
Garrett had. Liam was innately good, and those were the qualities Scott would
have wanted in his betas if he’d bothered to think about it, but the vow not to
bite an innocent prevented him from allowing his mind to drift in that
direction often.
Scott didn’t notice he was gazing at Liam for a prolonged period because he was
so consumed by his thoughts, but he realized when Liam’s face flustered and he
could distinctly smell his bashful change in emotion that he was staring. It
was almost a sweet odor, and his pheromone output increased. He was curious by
Liam’s reaction.
The freshman glanced to the grass between his fingers and then back to Scott’s
piercing, red eyes. “Did I do something wrong?” he asked timidly.
Scott smiled and shook his head. “Not at all,” he stated with a calm drawl in
his voice.
He grinned and pushed Scott in the ribs affectionately. “Then why are you
staring?”
“I was just thinking how glad I am to have you as my first, bitten beta.”
Liam’s yellow eyes widened and his cheeks heated. “Really?” he inquired.
The junior student nodded. “Yeah. I feel really strongly connected to you and
even though it was sucky the way that it happened, I’m happy of the outcome.”
“Me too…” Liam trailed off quietly. He then asked, “Why wasn’t Stiles your
first? He’s your best friend. He’s much closer to you than we’ll probably ever
be. Why didn’t you turn him into your beta right away after becoming an alpha?
If I’m allowed to ask that.”
Scott chuckled, “You’re free to ask me anything.” He paused to think about the
question more thoroughly and stated, “Stiles is my human. It’s not that he
wouldn’t make a good werewolf. He’s just never shown any interest and I haven’t
asked him. Maybe someday we’ll talk about it. If I ever decide to expand my
pack, he’s at the top of that list.”
The younger of the two accepted the answer he’d been given, but wanted to know
more. “If you decide to expand the pack?”
“Yes, if. You were a fluke. A happy fluke, but I’m just kinda making this up as
I go along. I don’t know if I’ll make a good alpha. I’d like to think so, but
at the same time, I have my reservations about biting others. I don’t think I
should just go around turning people to increase my own power, which is what
most alphas do. I made a promise that I wouldn’t bite an innocent; I wouldn’t
subject the normal person to this kind of life, and I messed up with you. I bit
you, but I didn’t have another choice. You’d have died and I couldn’t let you
fall, but I broke my promise and there’s a good chance I’m going to pay for it
sooner or later…”
Liam remained silent as Scott spoke, hanging from his every word. His pouty
lips hung ajar and he focused all his attention on Scott’s face.
“Being a werewolf is tough. You have to hide what you are from everyone around
you because most people aren’t ready to know the supernatural stuff exists. You
have to make sure you don’t hurt anyone. That just goes without saying… Then
there’s having to keep a low profile because we got hunters on our backs at
every turn. And that’s just the normal, everyday crap you have to worry about.
From time to time, you’re gonna get tangled up in something far more dangerous
that you’d be completely unaware of if you were a human.”
Scott sighed dramatically and shook his head before he continued. “I’m not
trying to scare you. I don’t want you to be afraid of what I got you into. Be
watchful of what’s around you, but don’t live in fear. As long as we keep the
bond between us strong, the pack strong, we don’t have anything to worry
about.”
He offered Liam a fleeting smile and looked back out over the small grove. He
said, “Come on. Let’s get moving. A lot of ground to cover still.”
The beta wasn’t exactly sure what he meant by that, but he followed along
regardless as Scott pounced forward onto his feet. The two sprinted off into
the shadows, and they ran for quite some time, at least an hour, until Liam
misstepped on a bit of exposed tree root. He lurched forward hard after rolling
his ankle. Both he and Scott heard the crunch from the bone snapping before he
hit the ground with a tremendous thud.
“Shit!” Liam cried out, tears instantaneously welling in his shiny, yellow
jewels for eyes.
Scott was on him in a blink. He hovered over him and touched his leg gently.
“Does it hurt?”
Liam nodded and glanced away as tears streamed down his cheeks. He couldn’t
bring himself to look his alpha in the eye. “I’m sorry, Scott,” he sobbed. “I
don’t think I can walk on it. I know it’s broken. I heard it crack.”
Scott rested his hands on Liam’s ankle and used his power to absorb some of the
youth’s pain. “Shhhh,” he cooed on hushed breath. “It’s okay. You’ll be fine;
be all healed up in a few hours. We’ll just have to wait until you can move
again.”
Liam finally met Scott’s eyes with his head bowed in shame. “I’m really sorry,”
he repeated shakily and whimpered.
As Scott replied, he reached out and wiped Liam’s cheeks with his thumbs. “You
don’t have to apologize. You just stopped paying attention to where you put
your feet down. Accidents happen. Nothing to get upset over.”
“But you wanted to take me somewhere… show me something and-”
“It’s okay,” the junior cut him off. “Don’t worry. We can go another time.
It’ll always be there. It’s a lake. Small. Secluded. High up away from people
and closer to the moon. I like to go there and swim. The water is crystal clear
and the moonlight makes it practically glow. It’s really pretty and I always
feel rejuvenated after I take a dip. We won’t be able to make it now… but we’ll
go next full moon. I promise.”
Scott had returned to soothing Liam’s leg. He held the swollen ankle in his
hands as if it were the most delicate object he’d ever touched. Black veins
bulged in Scott’s hands and forearms as he took in his beta’s pain. Liam only
watched on while moaning quietly from time to time. He didn’t know Scott could
ease his suffering like that.
“How can you do that?” he asked between hiccups.
Scott smiled at him tenderly and answered, “It’s a gift all werewolves have. I
hadn’t gotten around to showing you all the tricks of the trade yet, but we can
take the pain of others. Not all of it, but we can make things a little more
bearable.”
Liam frowned. “So… you’re… you’re taking my pain onto yourself?” He couldn’t
believe Scott was willing to harm himself to that degree just to ease his pain.
Scott nodded though and wore an expression as if he were happy to do so. “I’m
your alpha. I share in your struggles and rejoice in your victories. That’s how
we do it. If you get hurt, I’ll be right there to share your pain. I’ll never
let you suffer alone.”
Liam felt himself on the verge of tears once more, but this time it had little
to do with anything physical. He was moved, so much so that he whimpered and
wiped his dampening eyes. “You’re such a great person, Scott,” he choked.
His elder grinned down at him. “Let’s find you a spot to rest while you heal.”
He rose without saying anything else and scanned the immediate area. Scott
walked away for several minutes and returned only to lift Liam into his arms.
He carried his beta over to a downed tree they could put their backs to. He’d
gathered up leaves and grass and made a sort of nest while putting down his
jacket over it so that Liam could be more comfortable.
Yet again, Liam was overwhelmed that Scott acted so nurturing toward him. “You
didn’t have to go to all this trouble…” he muttered as Scott put him down.
The alpha shrugged and sat next to him. “It’s okay. The less stressed you are,
the faster you’ll heal. Just relax. Breathe slow and deep. You’ll be able to
run again in no time. We should make it back just before dawn, so if you think
you can sleep, you should go ahead and try to get a few hours.”
Liam sighed contently, but he was stiff. Sitting so close to Scott was
unnerving. Try as he might to calm himself, he felt his heart was hammering
away more rapidly than it should, and Scott took notice.
“What’s wrong?” he asked Liam softly. “Are you okay?”
Liam nodded slowly. “It’s just kinda chilly,” he stated the first excuse that
came to mind. They were higher up in the mountains and it had grown cooler over
the past half hour. To Liam’s dismay, Scott inched closer and wrapped his arms
around him. He became even more tense at first, but the warmth of Scott’s body
began to settle him. The beta snuggled into his alpha and closed his eyes. In
no time at all, he started to drift off to the tranquil patter of Scott’s
heartbeat.
“Thanks for everything, Scott,” he mumbled sleepily. Liam was too far gone to
notice Scott smile and plant a gentle kiss to the top of his head.
 
End Notes
     This is the first of a four part series. The next in line are 'A
     Shallow Whisper', 'A Grief Memory', and last is 'A Tethered Pack'.
     Yes, it is building toward a threeway, which is why Isaac is tagged
     here even though he's not in this part. All parts in the series will
     have the exact same tags. It is also rated explicit because that is
     the direction it's going in.
     The characters in this fic are UNDERAGE. I know this will be
     offensive to some readers, so you should know that at the beginning
     before reading too deep. They have the same ages as their canon
     selves. Scott and Isaac are seventeen and Liam is fifteen. It will
     become more sexually explicit in the next part, so that's why this
     warning is being issued now.
     Appreciate all the love and support. Thanks for reading. I hope you
     enjoyed. - k
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