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The door slammed behind him and Liam walked in, he was sore and he was pretty sure he was going to have bruises later. Practice had been terrible today, Scott was extra hard on him, it was like he never caught a break. He dropped his school bag on the floor before he darted up the stairs to his room, slamming that door behind him as well.
"Liam?" He could hear his dad call, he groaned as he flopped down on his bed, his pillows smushing up against his face. He didn't bother replying to his dad, he knew that he would just come in here anyway.
"Liam?" His dad said more quietly as he opened the door. He took one look at his sun, covered in sweat and dirt, laying lazily on his bed and he already knew that the day hadn't gone well. "Is everything okay, kiddo?"
"No," Liam answered bluntly, he knew his voice sounded sharp, but he couldn't' help it. He was angry with Scott for being so hard on him, and he was angry with himself for letting the team down and missing almost every pass.
"Do you want to talk about it?" His dad asked, sitting on the edge of Liam's bed. He knew his son had a temper, but he didn't care. Liam was his boy and he just wanted to be here for him, he wanted Liam to open up and talk to him. Usually Liam kept things all bottled up inside, but today something seemed to really be bothering him.
Liam rolled over slowly, the rims of his eyes were red and his dad knew that meant that he was going to cry. He sighed sadlly as he motioned for Liam to come closer to him. When Liam scooted to the end of the bed, he let his dad pull him into a hug. "What's going on, kiddo? You can talk to me, you know that."
"It's Scott, he is always so hard on me at practice. He singles me out and makes me look like I don't know what I'm doing. Half the time I look like an ass. I don't know why he picks on me dad, I haven't done anything to him." Liam mumbled, his voice strained as he tried to force the lump forming in his throat back down.
"Scott? Is he the one you like?" Liam's dad asked, he wanted Liam to feel comfortable talking about his crushed to him. Liam had come out to him some time ago, he had been nervous and scared. But his dad didn't care, Liam was his son, he was his pride and joy and there wasn't a thing that Liam could be, say, or do that would change that.
Liam nodded at his dad's question, "Yeah... but i'm pretty sure he hates me. The captain of the lacrosse team hates me." Liam mumbled, he pulled away from his dad's hug and sat up straight. He wiped the tears from his face, "Thanks dad."
"Anytime, son." His dad said, clapping him on the shoulder, "What do you say the two of us just order pizza tonight? You can pick the place."
Liam smiled and nodded, once he picked the place his dad left to go order the pizza. Liam made his way to the bathroom to take a long hot shower, and as the water hit his skin he could feel the tension that was building in his muscles begin to relax. He spent a good amount of time just thinking as he let the water wash over his skin, and when he finally got out of the shower, the pizza was already there.
"Want to watch a movie?" His dad asked as he grabbed two plates, handing one to Liam as they both piled their plates high with pizza. Liam agreed and the two of them took their places on the couch and flipped through the Pay-Per-View movies on cable until they agreed on one.
Halfway through, Liam felt his phone buzz. He looked down to see a text from Scott. He could feel his stomach twist into a knot as he unlocked his phone.
SCOTT: Extra practice tonight???? wanna meet me at the field just me and you?
Liam glanced over at his dad, "Scott wants to meet at the lacrosse field for extra practice." He said, waiting for his dad to give him some advice.
"Well, this could be your chance to ask him why he is so hard on you at school? You can always come home if you don't feel up to it, or you don't have to go at all." His dad proposed, Liam sighed and replied to the text.
LIAM: Be there in 10 mins
Liam got up and changed into some sweats and a sweater, his lacrosse jersey was in the wash so he settled for a baggy t-shirt. He checked his hair before leaving, even though he knew it would just get messed up while they practiced. He quickly gabbed his stick and jogged out the front door.
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Scott turned around, he could hear Liam running towards him from down the field. He strained his ears, and listened to Liam's heartbeat, his was beating slightly faster then normal and Scott could sense he was nervous. He felt bad about earlier, he was really hard on Liam at today's practice and he knew that Liam had left angry. Usually he goes out for food with the team after, but he had just gone straight home.
"You made it," Scott said, smiling innocently as if the events of earlier today hadn't even happened. He watched as Liam scowled in response.
"I told you I would be here... let's just do this so I can go home." Liam huffed as he began to tighten the strings in his lacrosse stick. He glanced over at Scott quickly, he could have sworn he saw him frown, but why should he care? Scott was mean to him, and he shouldn't care if he was mean back.
"If you don't want to be here, why did you come?" Scott asked, looking down at his feet. He felt horrible about earlier, but he couldn't exactly come out and say why he was being so hard on Liam, that would ruin everything.
"Because I obviously suck and need the practices as you well pointed out earlier at practice, okay?" Liam snapped, making Scott frown even more. Liam honestly didn't care though, why should he even like Scott? It was never going to happen between them, and Scott didn't even like Liam as a friend.
"Liam.. I'm sorry about earlier, okay?" Scott said tentatively, "I was only hard on you because I know that you have it in you. You're a great lacrosse played, but I was being unfair. I know I put you under a lot of stress today and you didn't deserve it. You don't deserve any bad things to happen to you." Scott mumbled, he couldn't bring himself to look at Liam as he spoke, so he focused his attention to his dirty sneakers.
"Whatever, you're only apologizing because I snapped at you," Liam said, his feelings for Scott wavering. Every time he though maybe he didn't like Scott, or didn't need Scott. Scott would be.... Scott, and Liam couldn't resist him
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"No, Liam I'm apologizing because I want you to forgive me. I need you to forgive me. I don't want you to hate me because then I won't ever have a chance with you and it will be all my fault. "Scott said in the heat of the moment, his eyes going wide when he repeated everything in his head.
Liam slowly lifted his head, looking up at Scott. His eyes found Scott's and in the moonlight they seemed to glow just the slighted shade of red, making them look Auburn. "What do you mean you won't have a chance with me?"
"Nothing," Scott said, trying to brush it off. He could feel his heart rate begin to pick up and he feared that he would change in front of Liam. He wished that Stiles was there to offer up some quick joke and avert the attention away from him, but he wasn't there and Liam's eyes were burning holes in Scott's skin.
"No, not nothing. Stop lying to me! What did you mean?" Liam said, his vice raising, he couldn't help but feel angry. Scott has been hard on him for so long and all this time Liam thought he hated him when what? He actually liked him?
"I like you, Liam. I like you a lot. I'm hard on you because I want you to be in every game, I don't want you to get benched. I want you to be your best. Okay? Yeah, sometimes I go a little to far, but it's just because I want to see you succeed!" Scott finally said, him and Liam couldn't tear there eyes away from each other. Both of them were breathing heavily as Liam took a step closer.
Scott could feel his heart racing in his chest, he had to calm down but he couldn't. He tore his eyes off Liam and looked down at the ground, trying to steady his breathing and his heart rate. He could hear Liam step closer to him and he was sure he was going to get punched in the face, but he was pleasantly surprised when Liam ducked down and connected his lips with Scott's.
Scott held his breath and closed his eyes, kissing Liam back hard. He could feel the wolf that was threatening to break lose slowly fade away. He placed his hands on Liam's waist, pulling him closer as Liam reached up and cupped Scott's face, kissing him harder before pulling away. "I like you too, jerk." Liam mumbled, his forehead pressed against Scott's.
Scott smiled, really smiled as he pulled Liam into a hug. "I'm sorry about today," Scott said honestly, he knew he had already apologized but he needed Liam to know he meant it.
"It's okay, you can make it up to me by... coming back to my place? We can have some pizza and play some video games." Liam suggested, smiling when Scott agreed. They pulled away from each other and grabbed their stuff, making their way back to Liam's.
"What do I get if I win the game?" Scott asked, grinning at Liam as the walked slowly.
"Hmm... I supposed you can have whatever you want." Liam practically purred at him, making Scott's stomach twist in a knot this time. Only it was out of excitement and pure happiness that finally he could be honest with Liam, and that finally... something great worked out for him.