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“Let me take you on a date.”
Li freezes, heart stuttering in their chest before whirling around to face Theo, who is leaning against the kitchen wall with an unbearably soft smile on his face. “W-what?” Li squeaks, face and ears burning with a bright red blush.
Theo takes the anxiety in stride and pushes off the wall, approaching Li slowly but confidently, not wanting to startle the other. “Let me take you on a date,” he repeats. “It’s no secret how much I like you. I mean, we live together, Liam.”
Li cringes at the name, and this time Theo falters. His expression shutters before closing off completely, and Li panics. “If I read this wrong-“
“No!” Li shouts, cringing again at the volume of their voice. “No,” they repeat softer, “you didn’t. Trust me, you didn’t. I just… you don’t know what you’re asking.”
Theo tilts his head, confusion marring his features. “I think I do.” He takes another step forward, slowly to give Li time to retreat if needed.
Li shakes their head, clenching and un-clenching their fists as they fight to stay still and let Theo approach. “No, you don’t. There’s… something about me. Something you don’t know. And when I tell you-“
“Hey,” Theo says softly, bending to force Li to meet his gaze. “There’s nothing you can tell me that would change how I feel.”
Li swallows audibly, throat clicking against the dryness. It’s now or never, and Li wants Theo to know. He deserves to know. “I’m non-binary,” they whisper, almost stumbling over the words to get them out as quickly as possible.
Silence. It’s so silent Li is sure their pounding heartbeat can be heard even by a human at that point. Li doesn’t look at Theo, can’t. They can’t bear to see the inevitable anger and disgust playing out on the other’s features. It would be too much for them to handle.
Finally, an eternity later, Theo speaks again. “Can I touch you?” he whispers carefully.
Li’s head snaps up, eyes wide. Theo looks serious, but not mad. He… he had asked permission to touch Li - they hadn’t been expecting that. Li nods. “You can,” they whisper.
Theo nods once and steps forward again, into Li’s personal space, lifting one hand slowly to cup Li’s jaw and rub his thumb over their cheekbone. “Thank you for telling me,” he says softly.
Li’s breath hitches, hiccuping in effort to keep the sob threatening to spill out at bay. They nod, eyes downcast in preparation for a rejection they know will hurt. “I know it’s-“ Li gulps. “I know it’s weird, and I’m a freak because of it, but I can’t help what I am, and-“
“Woah, hey,” Theo cuts them off, frowning. “You are not a freak.” Li stares at him, eyes wide. “Your gender is a part of you, just like mine is a part of me. Just because yours is a little different does not make it any less real or valid.”
Li’s lip tremble, fighting back a new wave of tears. Only this time, they’re tears of joy and relief. “Oh,” they whisper, reaching up with shaky hands to grab the front of Theo’s shirt. “Oh,” they repeat louder.
Theo’s lips twitch into a fond smile. “I would still love to take you out, if you’d let me.” He chuckles at Li’s enthusiastic nod, and leans forward to press a soft kiss to their forehead. “But first, I need to know what to call you. What’s your name, beautiful?”
Li beams, happiness radiating off them like a beacon. “My name is Li,” they respond.
Theo grins. “Beautiful name for a beautiful person,” he says. “And your pronouns?”
“They and them,” Li says happily. Their face is beginning to hurt from how wide they’re smiling, but right now nothing matters except the way Theo is looking at them.
“Noted,” Theo says, as easy as breathing. He reaches out and grips Li’s waist, pulling them closer. “Can I kiss you, Li?”
Li nods violently. “Yes, please.”
Theo grins and kisses them.
~~~~~
“Does anyone else know?”
It’s later, after dinner and past sunset, and Theo is lounging on Li’s bed while the latter sits at the desk working on homework. “Hm?” they hum absently, tapping the pencil against their notebook. “Know what? About me?”
Theo nods, not looking up from his phone that he’s been staring intently at for the past hour. “I wanna know who I can and can’t be open about it around. The last thing I want to do is out you without you being ready.”
Li blushes and turns back to their homework, fighting back a giddy smile. “Mason knows,” they reply to the previous question. “Corey too. And Brett. I think Nolan has an idea, but I haven’t told him just yet. No one else in the pack knows.”
Theo nods along, typing on his phone. Is he writing it down? Li wants to cry. “Your parents?” It’s only then that Theo meets their eyes, calm as ever.
Li nods. “They were the first to know after Mason, back when I was in eighth grade.”
“Scott?”
Li cringes. “No,” they whisper. “It’s not that… not that I don’t trust him or anything, but-“
“I get it,” Theo says softly, eyes shining with understanding. “He’s your alpha, and that level of potential rejection would be terrifying for anyone.”
Li nods, relieved that Theo gets it - that he understands. “I want to,” they mutter, biting the end of their pencil in a nervous tick. “I just don’t know how.”
“We can figure it out together,” Theo assures, then seems to mentally trip over himself. “If you want to, I mean.”
Li smiles softly and rises to their feet. They pad over to the bed, homework forgotten, and crawl into Theo’s lap, running their nose up and down the side of his throat. Li’s wolf purrs low in their chest, and Theo’s responds in kind. “Together sounds nice,” they breathe softly, tongue darting out for just a second to lick the skin just below Theo’s ear.
Theo hums, his chest still vibrating with a subvocal purr, reaching up to card his fingers through Li’s hair. “Does this mean I get to be your boyfriend now?”
Li lifts their head only enough for blue to meet green. “I thought that was obvious when I said yes to a date.”
Theo shrugs, still petting Li’s hair, a smirk dancing on his lips. “Yes to a date doesn’t mean yes to a relationship. I just want us to be on the same page about it.”
Li leans in and kisses him, tugging on the short hair at the back of his neck, giggling at the gasp Theo lets out in response. “Yes, you get to be my boyfriend now.”
Theo hums again, capturing their lips in another kiss. “And what does that make you? What should I call my beautiful new partner?”
Li ponders for a moment, twisting their fingers through Theo’s hair. “You know, I see myself as more of an eldritch horror who cannot be contained by terms and titles.”
Theo’s entire body shakes with his laughter, and Li can’t help but grin in response. They love hearing Theo’s genuine laugh, and it only seems to come out when it was Li making a joke or comment. After a moment, Theo composes himself and turns serious again. He reaches up and twirls a lock of Li’s hair around his finger. “How about I call you my darling?”
Li feels themself flush from head to toe, heart stuttering at the endearment. “Uh,” they say eloquently. “Y-yeah,” comes the squeak right after, along with a nod. “Yeah you can… I mean, that - that works.”
“Oh, you like that one?” Theo murmurs, leaning forward so his lips brush the shell of Li’s ear. “What about my baby, hm? Is that one okay too?”
Li’s fingers grip Theo’s shirt tightly at the shoulders, their whole body shuddering at the low rasp in Theo’s voice. They nod jerkily, and Theo chuckles.
“Maybe I’ll save that one for special occasions,” he whispers, thumbs tracing idle circles in Li’s hips. “Since you seem to like it so much.”
Li bites their lip and whimpers, hips shifting uncontrollably against Theo’s. “I um…”
Theo shushes gently, kissing Li’s cheek and pulling back enough for some of the fog to clear from their head. “We don’t have to,” he assures. “I want to do this right, with you. Buy you flowers, take you to dinner, kiss your hand and ask you to dance. The rest will come, but I don’t…” He sighs and tilts his head back against the wall, staring at the ceiling. “I don’t want to fuck this up. Not with you. Not this time.”
Li huffs a breathy laugh, despite the warmth blooming in their chest. “I’m gonna be honest, I don’t think you could fuck this up if you tried.” They lean closer, lips brushing against Theo’s ear as they whisper. “You can buy me flowers, take me to dinner, kiss my hand and ask me to dance, all you want. I want that too. I want everything with you. But right now-“ they roll their hips forward, gasping softly at the friction “-right now I have much less pure intentions.”
Theo’s hands tighten on Li’s hips, his own twitching upward as his head falls back against the wall, a low whispered “fuck” escaping his lips. “You sure you’re ready for that?”
Li nods, thighs clenching in an attempt to ease the ache slowly building between their legs. “I’ve been ready for so long,” they whimper, rutting downward to try and get any friction against their throbbing clit. All at once, they feel a cold shiver run down their back, panic replacing the arousal lighting up their nerves. “But, hold on. I have… I mean, there’s something else I gotta tell you.”
“You can tell me anything, baby,” Theo rasps, pulling Li closer by their lower back and mouthing at their neck. “It doesn’t matter. Anything you gotta say, you can say it.”
Li takes a shuddering breath, feeling a wet warmth blooming between their legs. “I um… there’s something else about me that’s… different.” Li’s face burns - this is so much harder than they thought it would be.
Theo pauses, letting Li breathe as he pulls back to lock eyes. “Whatever it is, you can tell me. I’ll never think less of you for anything.”
Li nods, taking several deep breaths in attempt to calm their hummingbird heartbeat. Instead of speaking, however, they grab Theo gently by the wrist. Slowly, with trembling hands, they guide Theo’s hand to cup them over their loose jeans, letting him feel what’s there and what isn’t. Li holds their breath, terrified of what’s going to happen next.
Theo stares at his hand for a moment in confusion. Li can see the moment he realizes what’s happening, as his eyes widen and flash gold.
“Jesus,” Theo breathes, fingers twitching and causing Li to gasp and shift slightly. “Fuck, baby, you’re - I don’t-“
“Please don’t hate me,” Li whimpers, still turned on despite the anxiety roiling through them.
Theo shakes his head, wetting his lips with a shaky inhale. “I can’t hate you for this, Li,” he whispers. In a moment, he surges forward, tackling Li backward onto the bed and kissing them fiercely, rolling his own hips forward as if he can’t help it. “Fuck, I wanna fuck you so bad, baby. Please let me fuck you.”
Li nods frantically, hands scrambling to pull Theo closer in any way. “Yes, yes, god please yes.”
Theo groans, dropping his face into the crook of Li’s neck and sucking a blooming purple mark into the skin. It will be gone in minutes, but Li can’t help but throw their head back to allow more access anyway. Above them, Theo rumbles happily. “So pretty,” he breathes, rolling his hips forward as if he couldn’t help it. “God, such a pretty baby. My beautiful baby, all for me.”
Li nods enthusiastically, hands scrambling across Theo’s neck and over his shoulders. “Yours,” they gasp, lifting their own hips for more friction. “Yours, Theo, all yours - fuck - please-“
“Gonna take such good care of you, baby,” Theo growls, one hand sliding between them to fumble with the button and zipper on Li’s pants. “Make you feel so good, just for me, all mine.”
Li gasps as Theo’s fingertips brush their soaked panties. “F-fuck, please - I need - fuck - oh god-“
Theo kisses them deeply, shoving his tongue into their mouth as two fingers shove the panties aside and plunge deep into Li’s sopping entrance. Theo groans, but Li’s back arches and they scream. “God, your cunt is soaked,” Theo gasps, thrusting his fingers in and out at a brutal pace. “So fucking wet for me. Fuck, baby, you’re dripping already and we just started.”
Li just whimpers and holds on as Theo adds a third finger, going deeper than Li has ever managed on their own. They feel every twitch, every stretch, every flex as Theo works them open, a steady stream of slick leaking along Theo’s wrist as they get more and more worked up.
“Theo,” they eventually gasp, feeling an all-too-familiar coil of heat beginning low in their abdomen. “Theo, fuck, I’m gonna-“
“That’s it, baby,” Theo rumbles, speeding up his thrusts and pinning Li’s hips to the bed to keep them still. “Cum for me, soak my hand. Let me feel your cunt piss all over me.”
The words and the stimulation combine to push Li over the edge, their body tensing like a taught wire as they release a stream of wet over Theo’s hand and the bed sheet. The force of the orgasm knocks the air out of them, wave after wave of pleasure crashing through their body as they tremble through the aftershocks. It seems to last forever, until their whole body goes limp and collapses like a puppet with the strings cut. Their chest heaves as Theo slowly removes his fingers, their cunt clenching around the sudden emptiness.
Theo moves to hover over them, eyes dark with lust. “You’re so fucking perfect,” he whispers before leaning down to capture Li’s lips in a heated kiss.
Li whimpers into the kiss, still pulsing with sensation, and drags Theo closer by the biceps until their bodies are flush against the mattress. “Fuck me,” they beg against Theo’s lips, already rolling their hips upward, no thought for the potential oversensitivity. “Please, Theo, I need you to fuck me.”
“Fuck,” Theo breathes, squeezing his eyes shut for just a moment before nodding. “Yeah, baby, yeah I’m gonna fuck you. Gonna fuck you so good, you’re never gonna get me out. I’m gonna fill up your cunt so deep.”
“Please,” Li whines, arching their back as Theo pulls back just enough to shove his own pants and underwear down his hips.
Theo barely has the restraint to get his throbbing cock free of its confines before he’s back in Li’s space, kissing them senseless as he lines himself up to Li’s entrance. “Fuck, you’re still so wet,” he groans softly. He rubs the sensitive head of his cock across the hot wetness between Li’s thighs a few times before nudging against Li’s pulsing entrance. “You ready baby?”
Li nods, wrapping their arms around Theo’s neck and dragging him into a filthy, open-mouthed kiss. “Need you inside me,” they whimper against Theo’s lips. “Wanna feel you, fuck, please.”
Without further preamble, Theo thrusts forward, bottoming out in one fluid motion. Li cries out in pleasure, clenching around Theo’s cock as Theo trembles above them, trying not to cum immediately at the hot tight wetness surrounding him.
“Fuck.” Theo’s voice cracks on the word, his hips giving involuntary little thrusts as if he can’t help himself. “So good, baby, you’re so tight, fucking hell-“
“More, Theo,” Li begs, tears shining in their eyes. “Need more, need you, need everything.”
Theo pulls back slowly until just the head of his cock is inside Li’s pulsing cunt, then snaps his hips forward in a sudden, brutal thrust. Li arches harshly, a pleasured scream ripping from their throat as Theo sets up a rough, rapid pace right from the start.
“That’s it, baby, fuck, you feel so good,” Theo start babbling between heaving breaths, hips snapping against Li’s ass. He shifts so he can hook his arms under their knees, pushing their legs against their chest for a deeper angle. “Gonna fill you up, pump you so full you’ll be leaking me for days. You want that, baby? Want my cum inside you dripping out every time you move?”
“Yes!” Li sobs, hands scrambling for purchase against the bed. “Fill me up, Theo, breed me, fu-ck-“
“Gonna cum, baby,” Theo growls, speeding up his thrusts even further. He feels a tightening in his cock, a new swelling sensation he’s never experienced. He knows what it is, and he smirks down at his darling. “You want my knot, Li? Want me to lock it inside you so my cum can’t drop out?”
“God, yes, please,” Li cries, tears of ecstasy spilling down their cheeks. “Knot me, fill me up, need it, please-“
“Fuck!” Theo’s knot swells at the base of his cock rapidly, catching on Li’s entrance. He lets go of one leg and brings his hand to where they’re connected, rubbing circles against Li’s swollen clit in time with his thrusts. “Wanna feel you cum around my knot, sweetheart, want that tight cunt to piss around me and hold me in.”
A raw sound leaves Li, from deep in their chest, and they cum and cum and cum, thighs tightening and cunt pulsing as gush after gush of slick pulses out of them. They clamp down on Theo’s cock, locking the knot inside them with a slick ‘pop’.
Theo gives two more shallow thrusts, as much as his trapped cock will allow, before he’s cumming with a guttural moan, twitching and pulsing and releasing deep into Li for many long seconds.
The comedown is slow, both chests heaving for air as the tension slowly eases out of them. Theo collapses onto Li’s chest, pressing soft kisses against all the open space his lips can reach. Li hums and tilts their head, allowing more access for the sweet nothings whispered into their skin. They can’t move, their limbs like jelly, so they just hum contentedly and shift to press kisses into Theo’s hair.
Finally, Theo pulls away, just far enough for their eyes to meet. “Hi,” he whispers, voice rough from use.
Li giggles and nuzzles their noses together, still beyond words. Theo seems to realize that and presses a dry, gentle kiss against their lips before settling more comfortably.
“Fuck, we could have done this ages ago,” he breathes, and Li giggles again. He chuckles. “Guess we have to make up for lost time, huh?”
Li nods and finally manages to lift one arm, carding their fingers through Theo’s tousled hair. “Thank god for werewolf stamina,” they tease, voice nearly gone but still teasing nonetheless.
Theo just laughs.