Is it gone, tell me what went wrong / 'Cause baby I'm not that strong

[work_inprogress]

It wasn't that Peter wanted to leave Scott behind, by any means, but he'd rushed back in there and the Alpha twins--who'd flipped sides just like he'd said they would--were right behind them and Cora had already stopped breathing once. So, he snarled at Isaac who could see the twins behind them and knew, if nothing else, he had a duty to his pack--of which Peter and Cora were a major part.

He floored it.

The epinephrine had burned off a little too fast, which had been embarrassing, but the adrenaline was still pumping--possibly the only thing keeping him upright, honestly. That and needing to take care of his pack...Cora hadn't regained consciousness, and he could only hope someone had found Derek.

Isaac didn't know where Scott was, didn't know if he'd gotten out, and he was shaking, but he got them back to the loft safely. Sure, the pack knew where it was, but they knew where all of them lived and where else were they going to go? Better somewhere they could sort of defend. They didn't have Ms. Blake, anyway, so why would they come after them?

When they got to the loft, Peter got Cora out of the car, lifting her with a pained wince, but when Isaac tried to take her, he snarled at the boy until he ran ahead, getting doors instead, letting them all into the loft and skidding to a bit of a halt at finding Lydia and Hayley sitting there.

Peter noticed the girls, but didn't process, moving across to get Cora on the table, somewhere they could work on her more easily than the sofa. After he got her there, he just leaned against it, head hanging down, breathing a little too hard.

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[the_healer]

"I know it was, trust me." Melissa groaned, feeling briefly envious which was an odd feeling to have towards your son and his friend - correction, boyfriend - but she didn't really want to be alone in bed either.

Squashing that temporary feeling, she sighed as she looked up at them again. "Just...when did this start?"

[notweakanymore]

Isaac glanced at Scott, then back at Melissa, hesitating on what to say. For him, he knew it had started a long time ago, but that wasn't really what she needed to know, so he shrugged a little. "The night Boyd died..."

He glanced back at Scott again for confirmation.

[the_healer]

Scott nodded his head when Isaac looked at him and then he was glancing at his mom. "We weren't trying to hide it really but we just didn't know how people would react."

"Well..." What could she say? Really? "I don't know, guys. I should tell you that you can't sneak around but I remember what it was like at that age." Another sigh. "Just..."

"We'll be careful, Mom, okay?" Scott offered.

"And no wandering around naked, okay?" Melissa replied, looking at Isaac. "There are just some things I don't need to see."

[notweakanymore]

Isaac turned bright red and wanted to sink into the couch again. He still had some residual trembling going on and a death grip on Scott's hand, but he didn't feel like he was about to die or be sick anymore, at least?

"Yes, ma'am," he said, not able to meet her eyes.

[the_healer]

Melissa sighed softly then, shifting to lean forward so she could put a hand on Isaac's knee, trying to draw his attention to her as she tilted her head with a small smile. "Sweetheart, please stop worrying. I wasn't going to kick you out and I have no plan on doing so." She reassured him. "We were serious when we said you could stay."

[notweakanymore]

Isaac looked up at her and gave her a shy smile, still really embarrassed, but also almost embarrassingly grateful, as well.

"Thank you."

[the_healer]

Melissa smiled, patting Isaac's knee lightly before sighing and standing up with a small smile. "Well, that's been enough parenting for me tonight." It was a common joke between her and Scott.

Leaning over, she pressed a kiss to her son's forehead. "Goodnight you two." She even brushed a kiss over the top of Isaac's head before wandering away to head back upstairs.

Scott was quiet for a moment but then he was trying to hold back a smile as he looked over at Isaac.

[notweakanymore]

Isaac was still looking stunned, fingers wrapped around Scott's and not showing any sign of letting go. He blinked and looked back at him a little dazed.

"...That's it...?"

[an_open_wound]

Scott chuckled softly, nodding his head as he gave Isaac's fingers a gentle squeeze. "That's it."

[notweakanymore]

"I thought she was going to....throw me out. Or say we couldn't see each other anymore...." He still couldn't believe she hadn't.

[an_open_wound]

"No way, she would never do that." Scott shook his head. "She'd feel too bad about it to actually do it."

[notweakanymore]

Isaac gave him another smile and finally started to relax. "...She didn't say we couldn't sleep together, either...." As in actually sleep. She'd worried about what people would say, but not said they couldn't.

[an_open_wound]

"Probably because she knows better." He chuckled with a bit of a shrug even if he would never outright try to defy his mother if she said otherwise. "She'll probably treat it like...out of sight, out of mind."

[notweakanymore]

Isaac's smile lit up his face again, leaning into him a bit more and resting his forehead against Scott's temple. "I still can't really believe it..."