boy: living

“Right, says the guy who tried to fall out on me when I was talking to him.” Chris teased, shouldering his backpack again. “I don’t know yet. You thinking about going with Liam? He’s totally obsessed with you. I swear, every time I’m around you, he shows up and starts glaring. It’s kind of creepy. You sure you’re safe around him?” Chris asked, closing his locker and leaning against it. “Maybe we could all ride together, though. I could drive us. If you want. My car could fit four no problem.”

“I’m not going with Liam,” the pup answered, leaning against the lockers on his back now. “I don’t even know if he is going for the dance.” One thing is for sure, their alpha would want everyone to go to keep him watch his back- which is understandable, but Tomas was hoping to get some alone time with Chris. Speaking of which..

"You're not boring," the pup quickly replies, brushing his hair back nervously just as how his papa always does. "Liam? Oh, pfft. He's probably just staring into the distance or something.." while Chris is occupied with sorting his books, the pup turns to the wolf making a 'cut it out' motion to him. 

“He’ll love it.” Scott replied, grinning at his pup. He doubted that Kieran would really love it. In his experience, he and Kieran never actually saw eye-to-eye, but Tomas was happy and that was the part that really mattered to the alpha. He could deal with the witch.

Scott moved to the couple, kissing Kieran’s cheek before he moved to plant a big kiss on Kannen’s lips. “Let me take your bags upstairs. You two should eat. There’s beer in the fridge.” He cooed, grabbing the bags and and heading upstairs.

The witch barely responded to the kiss on the cheek, save for a small wave of his hand. He was obviously tired, keeping his eyes closed as he lounged on the couch. “You’re an absolute darling,” Kannen smiles to the alpha, who was more than happy to reply with a kiss.

“Papa, I made dinner,” Tomas said, but Kannen quickly steps in to give their son a big hug. “And we cannot wait to try it. How about you bring the bowls out, I’ll just make sure papa here doesn’t fall asleep the moment he gets up from the couch,” he said. The pup was quick to be off to set the table, and Kannen was there by his husband’s side to help him up to his feet.

Scott gave a shrug at the young wolf. “I don’t know what he’ll think. I don’t think anyone can understand him except for your dad.” The alpha replied with a shrug. “But we’re eating it either way. We can let him make a salad or something to go with it if he needs us to eat better.” Scott teased, running a hand through Tomas’ hair. “Alright, go get the cheese and start grating it while the pasta’s cooking.”

“That’s a good idea! He likes to make sure we have a side of fresh salad with every meal,” the pup said. He goes to fetch the cheese and the grater quick enough as the pot bubbles on to cook the pasta.

“I think he likes a lot more than he lets anyone believe. He just likes being difficult, I think.” Scott scoffed, smiling back at his omega. “Of course you can, buddy. Just be careful not to burn yourself. Sprinkle it around some and take your time.” He cooed, handing the box of pasta to the young wolf with a grin. “It’s been too long since I last had mac and cheese. Everyone’s going to be excited for what you’re making them.”

Scott stops and turns off the water. He turns to the other male and cards his hand through Tomas’ hair. “Yeah, but your dad didn’t have me helping before. Your dad was just one man trying to protect both of you with everything that he had. But now he has me to help. And I have my entire pack. Even if the hunters find you here, we’re going to keep you safe. It’s going to be different this time, if there’s anything I can do about it.”

What Scott said was true, and Tomas has never been around such a close knit were-community before in his life. It was just him and his dads, crossing states and he would admit it felt a quite lonely, especially for a young boy growing up.

Scott laughed softly and nodded. “Tommy, buddy, don’t worry about it. Things might change but we’ll find other ways to be together. That’s what families do. You don’t have to worry about anything. We’re always going to be here for you. Liam’s always going to be there for. And you’re going to make plenty of friends. Look how easily Liam and I started caring about you. It’ll be just as easy with everyone else. You’ll see. But hiding isn’t the answer.”

“We get along ‘cause we’re pack, and I’m an omega. Papa said that it’s important that pack members look after omegas,” Tomas muses. 

“Yeah, well, that’s what you grew up on with him and his birds around.” Scott teased, winking at the younger male. “Of course. We’ll make so much even your papa will eat some.” He teased, filling a pot with water so they could cook the pasta. “And you know you don’t have to worry about that now, Tomas. You’re home. No more being on the road stuff. That’s over.”

“I did grow u[ sharing seed snacks with his crows,” the pup hummed. He watches as Scott fills the pot with water, curious.

Scott laughed at Tomas and shook his head. “You’ll be gone most of the day, buddy. But it goes pretty fast and then you’ll be right back here with us.” He explained eyeing the younger male. “It’ll be scary at first. But you’ll make plenty of friends and you’ll get to spend time with Liam and the others. Soon, you won’t even want to come home anymore. Running out in the woods with me and all that studying you do with Kieran are going to be too boring for you. All those pretty boys and girls at school are going to be all you want.”

Scott chuckled softly and gave a nod. “We’ll see about that, tommy.” He teased, leading the pup into the kitchen. “Why don’t you get a pot of water going on the stove and I’ll show you. Kieran’s going to hate me for this. He thinks you should be getting by on lettuce and seeds.” Scott teased, patting Tomas’ head lightly. “But us wolves aren’t meant to be scrawny like him, are we? We need meat. And cheese. And pasta. And all the good stuff.” He cooed, winking at the younger man. “Think we can get it done before he gets back and scolds us?”

“Lettuce and seeds aren’t so bad,” Tomas shrugs, doing as he’s told. “I like meat, cheese and pasta. We couldn’t have a lot of cheese and pasta before though, cause we were always on the road, so papa couldn’t cook, and money was tight,” he said, watching Scott bring out the different ingredients out of cupboards. 

“Well, you better not fall asleep during class anyway.” Scott countered with a shrug of his shoulders. “You can do it, buddy. Your alpha knows so. You don’t have anything to worry about. You’re going to like school. You’ll make friends. I know you have to get tired of hanging around us old men all the time.”

“I like hanging out with you and my dads! I don’t think I’ll ever get tired too,” the pup pouts, the very idea of wanting to not hang out with them seemingly ridiculous. Of course, Tomas had never really been away or far for long from Kieran and Kannen. Even after hanging out with the pack, he finds himself eager to return home by the end of the day.

“Do you want to make something, pup?” Scott questioned, arching his brow at the younger male. “What are you in the mood for?” He asked, moving closer to Tomas and licking his thumb before he wiped off a spot of grease that the younger male had missed. “Be more careful. If you’re going to do something to get in trouble, at least do your best to hide your handiwork. One of these days you’re going to start dating and you’re going to want to sneak out without getting into trouble.”

Tomas winces a little as his alpha rubbed the spot clean. He thought he did a good job at cleaning up, really. “I’m not gonna sneak around,” he said. “I have no reason to, anyway.”

As the room started coming back together, Scott relieved that things had gone so well. He agreed with the pup that it was for the best if Kieran didn’t find out about this. It happened to young wolves at times. It didn’t mean demons or spirits or curses, not that he would be able to convince Kieran of something like that. “It’s okay, Tomas. You don’t have to worry. He won’t find out.” Scott reassured him, patting the young wolf’s back. “We’re almost done.”

“Get it all cleaned up. Including yourself, pup. Both of them are going to be mad at you it’s they see you like that. Kannen has his rules for a reason.” Scott replied, crossing his arms over his chest. “They’ll be back soon. By the time you’re clean we’ll have a meal ready.”

It took them quite a while to clean everything up. The pup did a good job at cleaning up the piss located at one of the legs of the bed frame, he didn’t even remember getting up at some point of the night to do that. The ruined bedding are stuffed into trash bags and a temporary mattress was put into his room, until Kannen and Kieran returned later on after they’ve met with the coven from a few towns away.

“Of course they like you. How could they not? You’re my pup.” He murmured softly, rubbing Tomas’ back gently. “I don’t know what your crazy papa’s going to let you do. But I’ll sign the papers to get you on the team if I need to. You can’t stay cooped up in that room forever with your books. You can be a perfectly good witch without living out of a library. He’ll see.”

“I got a feeling that dad’ll be happy if I joined the sports clubs. He used to play with me a lot when I was smaller, and we always almost ruin the motel rooms we stayed in while on the road,” the pup gave a small chuckle at the memory. “Papa’s a.. a nerd,” he grinned up to Scott cheekily. “But a really, really smart nerd who can talk to spirits and demons.”