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"You are a terrible liar, you know." He said softly, shaking his head as he looked him over before at least following him off to the school. He shoved his hands in his pockets, staring down at the ground.

"I'm sorry. If he...you know. If he punished you because of me." He whispered, biting his lip and looking at him.

“He’d have done it anyway.” That’s not a lie; Neil has already been mad when Billy got home. What had happened with Steve had only served to make him angrier and probably done some damage to his ego.

The walk from the car park to the school is slow, one of Billy’s hands tucked inside his jacket to support his bruised ribs. “Don’t worry about it, yeah? It’ll be alright.”

Another lie.

He knew better than to believe any of it, but he didn't bring it up again. "Yeah." He said, pushing the door open once they reached the building. He was careful, at least helping the other boy as they moved to and from class. Not that he did anything to see incredibly obvious. He brushed his fingers through his hair, smiling once lunch time rolled around.

"So we have that project we need to work on for Mrs. Craig's class. Want to come over after school and work on it or wait til this weekend?" He bit his lip, rubbing his neck and watching Billy.

"We can get it started tonight and get it finished on the weekend?" He hadn't slept much and he was tired and maybe he could catch an hour of sleep while he was there before going home.

The longer the day dragged on, the more he ached and by the time he was waiting at Steve's locker, he was breathing shallowly to try and take the pressure off his ribs. "Hey, Harrington."

"Yeah that sounds good." He said, nodding.

Once he made it to his locker, he looked Billy over and raised an eyebrow. "Hey...jesus. You gonna be okay?" He asked, reaching out and resting a hand on his arm.

"You think you can make the drive to my house? I've got something you can take for the pain. S'from when I broke my arm a while back." He bit his lip, wanting to put a protective arm around the other teen but he stopped himself.

"Yeah. I'm fine." He's fooling no one, he knows, but he doesn't want to get into it in the hallway at school. No one else needs to know that his ribs are so bruised he's actually worried Neil broke one.

Nodding, Billy closes Steve's locker and let's the alpha lead the way out to the car park. "I can manage. It's not that far." And he'd probably even take up the offer of the pain killers too.

Thankfully they didn't take too long to get over to Steve's and once inside he made Billy a glass of kool-aid before handing him a pain pill. "Come on. Go lay down in my room. I'll work on the project."

He smiled softly, brushing his fingers through his hair as he got all their notes for class laid out along with his book so he could start working on it. He went to help Billy into the bed before he started working though.

Billy takes the tablet and the drink, let's Steve lead him upstairs to the bedroom and force him to settle. He kicks both his boots off and goes easily, jeans and all, dropping back into the pillows with a sigh.

Everything smells like Steve, like alpha and he feels safe enough to doze off when the tablet kicks in and does it's job.

Once he's made sure Billy is settled in and actually asleep, he went back downstairs to work on their project. He let the other sleep for a couple of hours, keeping an eye on the time before grabbing a snack.

He smiled, making a couple of sandwiches before filling a bowl with chips. Once he'd done that, he went upstairs, carrying everything on a tray and setting it on the table next to the bed. He sat down, reaching out and brushing the other teen's hair from his face.

"Billy, wake up. Brought something for a snack. You need to eat something."

Billy doesn't move the entire time that Steve is gone, dead asleep for the first time in a long time, barring the last night of his heat. When the alpha rouses him, he's slow to wake at first but then startles, jolting upright and letting out a pained noise.

"Shit! Sorry."

"Hey, whoa, whoa...you're safe, Billy." He said, settling next to him and moving the food over where Billy could reach it. "Come on, eat something okay? I've been watching the time. You're still good." He reached out, touching his shoulder.

"You alright?" He stroked through his hair again. He knew he shouldn't be so sweet, but he couldn't help himself. He really cared about Billy and he wanted him. Wanted to be with him.

Billy doubled over slightly, holding his aching ribs for a moment before finally sitting up right once more and taking the offered food.

Steve's doting but Billy can't bring himself to mind too much right now. He's in pain, tired, hungry and stressed and it's easy to let the alpha take care of him. He'll deny it until he's blue in the face if anyone asks about it.

"Yeah. Just sore. Thanks for this." He indicates the food.

"You know I don't mind. Its my fault you're banged up like this." He said quietly, shrugging a shoulder and looking sad about the statement. "Anything else I can get you? Should probably send you home with a few pain killers." He snacked on a few of the chips, sighing.

"If I knew you'd be okay I would just have you stay the night. I know you could use the sleep." He said, tilting his head.

"Neil was pissed. I don't know if he was madder that an alpha stood up for his useless omega son or that he lost or if it's just because I'm an omega and you could smell it. But he was pissed." Neil was always mad at him for something but last night had been something entirely new.

"Thanks, but we both know I can't do that."

"Pissed or not...it was worse because of me. I just...I wanted him to stop. I wanted him to never touch you again. I still don't want him to." He leaned into him, pressing his forehead against Billy's temple. "I just want to protect you."

Even if Billy wouldn't appreciate it. The only reason he'd called out for Steve was because he'd been the only one there during his heat. Surely he wanted someone else. They were just friends.

Thats what made it harder.

"I know. Still wish you could."

"Steve, it would have been worse anyway. I forgot my suppressants and the stink of omega was all over me. As far as he concerned, I'm a disgrace." It was probably why he liked Max so much more than him.

"I'll be fine, Steve, really." He knew the alpha just wanted to protect him and he'd have to be blind to not realise that Steve wanted more from him than what they had. But for as long as he was under Neil's roof -so until he was 18- there was no way it was possible.

"He's a fucking idiot." He mumbled, shaking his head and sighing quietly. He just looked at him, nodding a bit.

"Pretty sure we both know you won't until you're out of there, but either way...I'm gonna help as much as I can. You know you can come over here anytime you need to." He smiled, very lightly nudging his shoulder. "Now, I've got some done. Since tomorrow is Saturday, want to come over and finish it up?"

Yes he was, but Billy didn't feel like getting any further into it right now. Instead, he focused on eating and let himself enjoy the scent of a safe alpha.

"Steve? Nothing changes, yeah?" Because their definition of being there was probably entirely different. As long as he was under Neil's roof, under his guardianship, there was no way they could be more.

And beside, Steve was still under the influence of his heat hormones and he'd decide that dealing with Billy's shitty attitude wasn't worth having access to his ass.

"Yeah, I'll be over."

At that he nodded, pulling away and smiling sadly. "Yeah. I understand. Doesn't mean I'm not gonna care." He said anyways, ignoring the hurt he felt.

Steve took it as something completely different nevertheless. He was going to do everything he could to try and make it easier for Billy either way. He would help him get away when he could, let Billy rest here and just hang out.

"Alright, let me go get those pain pills. Don't need you getting in trouble for staying too late." He said, pushing himself up and turning away.

The scent of Steve's hurt fills Billy's nose and he sneezes. There's guilt there but he doesn't know what to do about it.

When they're at the front door and Billy is about to leave, pain pills shoved in his pocket and keys in his hand, he leans into press a kiss to Steve's lips. It's probably a tease but he doesn't mean it to be.

"See you tomorrow?"

He makes a sound at the kiss, blinking before he cupped Billy's cheek and pulled him into another kiss. It was soft and sweet and far, far too short.

"Yeah. Call me when you wake up, okay? If you want to come over early I can make us a pretty good breakfast. Maybe lunch too." He said, smiling as he leaned against the door frame.

Billy could just keep on kissing Steve. But the time for olive branches is over. He has to go and face his reality and hope his father just isn't in the mood for him tonight.

"Yeah. Or I'll just head over. Depends on what kind of mood Neil is in."

He licked his lips, nodding and watching him. "Yeah, sounds good. If I'm still in bed, key is..." He slipped his fingers around a slight lip on the outside door frame, tapping and letting Billy hear the sound of metal on metal.

"Right here. Just let yourself in and help yourself to anything you like."

Billy watches where Steve reaches for, memorising it so he knows where to find it in the morning when he's no doubt half asleep and desperate to get out of the house and away from his dad and Susan.

"You might regret that when I eat everything in your fridge."

"Just leave me something to eat, okay?" He asked, smiling before squeezing his arm. "And try to take it easy tonight whenever he isn't fucking with you." He murmured, still really reluctant to let the other leave.

He did though, waving to him before sighing and shutting the door. He shook his head before he set about cleaning up some. He showered before he went to bed, ending up burying his face in the pillow where it smelled like Billy.

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