When Teddy and Howl emerged from the boys locker room, Teddy groaned. He was disappointed in himself for giving into this stupid plan. Part of him was convincing the other half of him that he was only doing this for Howl. Sure, he could watch out for Zoe if she fell but, in no way, did this mean he was showing his support. He didn't want her to think she could go to him whenever she needed support. Teddy didn't have time for all that.

"So just go out there and dance around like a idiot. Stay close to the cheerleaders, though. You know, in case they drop Zoe or something." Howl advised as he handed Teddy the wolf head.

"Dance? I'm not dancing. I'm not getting all sweaty and gross in the suit you've been sweating in for three years." Teddy grimaced.

"Nobody is gonna know it's you, Teddy. That's the whole point of you doing this right now." Howl started walking backwards down the hallway since he was anxious to catch Brett before he left. "Don't let me down, Teddy! Do your job!"

Teddy rolled his eyes and put on the wolf head of the costume. It was already hot in the thing, he couldn't imagine dancing around for an entire game. But he didn't really have time to think about that. He had to get to the football field. According to the time, the game started like two minutes ago.

"H. U. D! S. O. N! H. U. D! S. O. N! You can do it! I know you can! Goooo Hudson!" The cheerleaders chanted as they shook their pompoms and stepped left and right.

Teddy rolled his eyes and sighed. He couldn't believe he agreed to this. These cheerleaders were one of his main enemies and now he had to dance around them for an entire football game. Not to mention the cold breeze that occasionally slipped through the suit and the annoying jocks running around behind him. Teddy was already regretting this but he knew, if he didn't play the part, someone would start asking questions and he'd be found out.

As the game went on, Howl patiently waited on the hood of Brett's Jeep with his phone in hand. He casually played a game on his phone as he waited, listening to the cheering coming from the other side of the school. After a couple minutes in the cold, Howl caught the sound of someone walking through the school parking lot. Howl looked up and spotted Brett sauntering towards his car with a hard glare in his icey blue eyes.

"Get off my fucking car, fag." Brett spat as he got close enough.

Howl obeyed, hopping off and into Brett's path to block him from getting to the drivers seat. The two stood eye to eye, their height and power completely matched. Brett's body grew rigid and Howl took notice with a sly smirk dancing on his pierced lips. Brett hated that stupid smirk. Every time he saw it, he wanted to punch it off his face. And on a handful of occasions, he got to.

"You wanna repay me for that attack the other day?" Howl licked his lips as he studied Brett's tense jaw.

Brett pushed Howl back, causing him to stumble past the driver door. Brett grabbed the handle and yanked his door open. "Get the fuck out of my face, Howl. Don't test me."

Howl watched Brett toss his backpack into the passenger seat but before he could hop into his car, Howl grabbed his arm and spun him around. Pinning him against his car so he had nowhere to escape, Howl slammed his lips against Brett's. The jock didn't have time to respond before Howl had his tongue down his throat and his fingers under his shirt. There was a split second where Brett fell into the kiss before he realized he was crazy.

Brett gripped Howl's shoulders and threw his knee into Howl's gut. Howl broke the kiss and doubled over with a painful groan, which caused a triumphant grin to spread across Brett's face.

"You just love when I hit you, don't you, Howl?" Brett relaxed against his car with his arms folded over his chest. Howl stood up straight, still gripping his stomach from the painful hit. "Why else would you keep coming back to me?"

It was Howl's turn to smirk, as if that expression wasn't forever glued to his face. "I keep coming back to you because I know you like cumming on me."

Brett's grin completely flattened and his heart hammered against his chest. Howl loved seeing that look on his face. He was petrified because he knew Howl was right. Brett could deny it all the way to his grave but Howl knew and he would happily use it against him until he died. It was torture for Brett because he knew, as long as Howl was around, he'd continue to try and ruin his life. Internally, somewhere deep down, Brett knew he deserved it.

Karma was a bitch like that.

Brett grabbed the collar of Howl's shirt and yanked him closer with a heated glare. "Stay away from me, Howl, or I swear to god, I'll.."

"You'll what?" Howl's dark eyes sparkled as he stared into Brett's. "You'll fuck me?" Brett's body grew tense once again and his eyes narrowed. "Come on, Brett. You know you want to. You do it so well."

A moment of silence passed as Howl silently convinced him. In the blink of an eye, Brett pushed Howl back enough to get to the back seats. He threw open the door and pushed Howl inside. Howl collapsed back on to the seats and propped himself on his elbows as he watched Brett crawl in after him. Brett slammed the door shut and hovered over Howl, slamming his lips against the others. Howl smiled into the kiss as Brett's fingers curled around his throat.

Brett pulled away and let his fingers squirm around Howl's throat. They were both silent but panting, their eyes locked. "I would fucking choke you if I knew you wouldn't get hard from it." Brett angrily spat.

That signature smirk danced on Howl's face as a bitter chuckle rumbled within him. "Me or you? You're the one that always does the choking. Isn't it your thing, not mine?"

"You don't know shit about me, Howl!" Brett tightened his fingers around Howl's throat.

Howl struggled for the little amount of air he could get. His hand slowly found Brett's wrist but he didn't fight against him. "I know what you want." Howl chocked. "I can see it in your eyes."

Brett's grip tightened even further as his anger built inside of him. Howl could feel the blonde's fingers shake around his throat A moment later, Brett released his death grip on Howl's throat and grabbed the head of the backseats. Howl gasped for breath, that same knowing smirk dancing on his lips. Brett could try to hurt him physically and mentally all he wanted but Howl knew he wasn't as ruthless as he led on. Howl took pride in knowing he could tear Brett down easier than Brett could tear him down.

Howl instinctually licked his lip piercing like he always did. It was a habit. But this time, he noticed Brett staring at his lip piercing as he played with it. From the way Brett always played with his tongue piercing while they kissed, Howl wondered if he had a thing for his piercing. If so, that was just one more thing he could use against the guy. The more ways Howl could torment Brett, the better.

Howl suddenly grabbed Brett's shirt and forced him closer, capturing his lips in a deep kiss. Brett didn't even get the chance to protest before his body leaned into it. Brett kissed him back despite how much he wanted to stop. The kiss was rough, deep, and fast paced. Their tongues tangled and battled for dominance, which neither of them were willing to give up for the other. Brett moaned as Howl's metal tongue piercing slipped between their tongues and sent shivers down his spine.

"You want me." Howl purred.

"Shut up." Brett growled, kissing Howl with even more power.

Howl didn't feel like wasting anymore time, his hands finding their way into Brett's pants. Another moan, this one much deeper, rumbled within Brett as Howl's slender fingers curled around his hard length. Brett rolled his hips into Howl's hand and cupped the back of Howl's neck to pull him closer. It had been awhile since they last did this. Months, actually. The sexual frustration and built up anger was their fuel. They never hooked up unless they were about to kill each other. This was just one of those days.

Brett hated himself for giving in but Howl loved these kinds of days.

~

"Zoe!" Jennie yelled from the sidelines of the football field.

It had just hit halftime and Zoe ran up to the bleachers to talk to some of her friends that were watching the game. She looked to see everyone in formation, Angie and Bianca already ready to be thrown up. Zoe took a deep breath, said goodbye to her friends, and rushed back to her cheer squad. As she stood in the middle of the diamond formation, Zoe's eyes scanned the crowd. There was nobody there that made her more comfortable about doing this.

"One! Two! Three!" Jennie yelled.

At the sound of Jennie's shout, Teddy turned towards the cheerleaders and spotted them all throw three different girls into the air. All three of them stood pretty sturdy as they began their cheer. Teddy was all the way on the other side of the field since he had to hype up the crowd, or whatever mascots did. Teddy didn't really know, he never went to the schools sports games. But now that Zoe was in the air, he made sure to rush towards them just in case.

As the wolf mascot ran by, he flailed his arms in the air and instantly caused the crowd to cheer. Zoe felt better knowing everyone was cheering with the mascot and not watching how shaky and nervous she looked. She tried to focus on her cheer and keeping her core tight and stiff as she did so. Because she was shaking, the cheerleaders holding her up had trouble keeping her stable as they also wobbled under her weight.

"One! Two! Three!" Jennie counted again, this time signaling for the toss.

Zoe sucked in a breath and followed the cheerleaders under her as they squatted just an inch or so and then pushed upwards. In the blink of an eye, Zoe was in the air and twirling until her body went horizontal instead of vertical. As her body came back down, one of the cheerleaders ready to catch her stumbled over. And before anyone could see why she fell, they were also falling over and into the grass of the football field.

As she landed in someone's arms, Zoe quietly squealed with her eyes squeezed tightly shut and body impossibly tense. When she realized she was safe, Zoe opened her eyes to see a wolf staring down at her. Her eyes went wide before a smile spread across her face and she started laughing. She wondered what the mascot was doing catching a cheerleader. Was this part of a routine Zoe didn't know about or something?

Teddy let or a sigh of relief and helped Zoe's feet find the ground.

"How the hell did you all suddenly fall over?" Jennie barked at the cheerleaders getting up from the ground.

"Howl pushed me!" One cheerleader exclaimed.

"Yeah, right!" Jennie scoffed. "Howl's the one that caught her because you fell!"

"Howl?" Zoe turned back to the wolf. She giggled and held the wolf head between her hands. "So that's who's in this costume during the game.. Well, thank you, Howl."

Teddy simply nodded and stepped away from Zoe. He didn't want to correct her. That wasn't the point of him being in this stupid costume. He would appreciate the credit for catching her when her fellow cheerleaders almost let her fall out of the sky and hurt herself, but not if that meant Zoe knew it was him. Howl would simply owe him for getting the title as a lifesaver, or hero, as Teddy told himself to boost his own ego.

"Are you okay?" Vanessa asked as she rushed to Zoe. "They should've caught you, Zoe! Not Howl!"

"I'm telling you, he pushed me!"

"It's fine." Zoe shrugged. "I survived."

Vanessa sighed as a soft smile found it's way on to her face. She didn't like the cheerleaders blaming Howl when he's the one that caught her but as long as Zoe was fine, it didn't really matter. Vanessa just wanted to make sure her best friend was okay since she knew there were a lot of people out to get her. Zoe was too sweet to be targeted by these mean cheerleaders and jealous jocks.

As they got into formation for another chant, Zoe gathered her pompoms and watched Howl jog in front of the bleachers. He waved his arms from side to side, getting the crowd to do the same as someone lead the crowd into another Hudson chant. Zoe snickered as she thought about Howl putting that wolf suit on. It kind of made sense that Howl was the mascot, considering his name, of course. But then Zoe wondered if that's how Howl got his name in the first place.

"Hey, Van." Zoe chirped as she took her place beside her best friend. Vanessa turned curiously to Zoe. "Is Howl's nickname Howl because he's the mascot?"

Vanessa suddenly got excited at Zoe's question. "No, remind me to tell you the story after the game!"

"Okay. Is it a good story." Zoe chuckled. It must be a good story if Vanessa got so excited about it.

"No, it literally traumatized him." Vanessa explained.

"Oh..." Zoe frowned. Didn't sound like such a fun story to hear about but it was gossip, and Vanessa loved gossip.

~

The sound of murmuring students growing louder as they got closer prompted Brett to tense up. The game must already be over. "Hurry up, Howl." Brett groaned.

"You're the one sucking. Do it better." Howl countered.

Brett glared up at Howl as he dragged his tongue up Howl's erection, causing Howl to shutter with pleasure. The voices of their fellow classmates surrounded Brett's car as everyone walked towards the school. Although Brett was worried, he knew just how tinted his windows were and he didn't think people would be attempting to look inside his car. That was until someone slammed their fist against the back window multiple times, causing Brett to back off Howl in the blink of an eye.

"Wait, I didn't finish yet." Howl protested. The hard knocking continued behind Howl's head.

"Too bad. Maybe think twice before finishing me off first." Brett retorted as he situated his dick and jeans before zipping them up again.

Howl groaned and sat up to throw the door open, already knowing it was going to be Teddy. "What?" Howl barked.

"Jesus, Howl! Put your fucking dick away first!" Teddy blocked the view of Howl's crotch with his wolf hand as his eyes landed on Brett, who was nervously turning his head and body away to hide his identity. "Don't worry, Brett. As much as I'd like to out you, I won't for Howl's sake."

Brett didn't hesitate to shoot Teddy a glare now that he had been acknowledge. He started to climb into his front seat as he spoke up. "Get the fuck out of my car, Howl."

Howl shoved his dick back in his jeans and zipped up his pants, allowing Teddy to finally drop his hand. Teddy and Howl stood in the parking lot as Brett pulled out of his space and drove off. Teddy looked Howl up and down, making sure he didn't have any injuries. He didn't know Howl's relationship with Brett in depth but he did know the guy was very aggressive with Howl. He took his insecurities out on Howl every time they ran into each other.

"You good?" Teddy asked.

Howl shrugged. "I'm fine. Didn't get to cum, no thanks to you."

Teddy rolled his eyes and started towards the school that was littered with lingering students. Some people played music off their phones and simply sat on the benches while others goofed around and chased each other through the parking lot. Since they're town wasn't all that big or busy, nobody was really rushing home for any reason. People were always hanging around the school just to goof off with their friends.

Hudson High School was pretty much the hub spot for teenagers around here.

"I just wanna get out of this stupid suit." Teddy sighed.

"Did everything go okay with Zoe? Did she fall?" Howl asked as he walked into the school with Teddy.

"She did and I caught her." Teddy bragged.

"Called it."

"It's so stupid that they throw her in the air when she's terrified and then they don't even catch her. Why even have a cheer squad if you're all shit at it?" Teddy grumbled bitterly.

"Did anyone know I wasn't the one in the suit?"

"Nope." Teddy answered. He tossed the wolf head to Howl as they walked. "But that means you get credit for catching Zoe. You better appreciate it if anyone thanks you. And you owe me now."

"Owe you? For what?"

"I just made you a goddamn hero!" Teddy exclaimed and pressed his finger into Howl's chest. "And I helped you get laid, asshole."

Howl chuckled and shook his head. "I didn't even cum. That doesn't count."

"It absolutely counts." Teddy retorted again.

The two continued casually down the hallway until a bunch of cheerleaders suddenly came flooding out of the girls locker room. Teddy and Howl both exchanged looks, eyes wide with panic. Howl instantly began pushing Teddy towards the boys locker room. They both stumbled out of sight before the cheerleaders spotted them. As the crowd of girls walked past the boys locker room, they both jumped out of the way so nobody could see them through the doorway.

"I swear, Howl pushed me! I felt a huge furry paw shove me and then I was on the ground." One girl huffed in annoyance.

"You know.. I think he might've pushed me too. I thought you knocked into me when you fell but now, I think it was Howl." Another added.

Howl stared wide eyed at Teddy, who shrugged with confusion. Teddy could've sworn he didn't push them. Maybe, he did, but not before they were already falling. He was just in a rush to catch Zoe.

"Oh yeah! I was gonna tell you how Howl got that nickname!" Vanessa blurted.

Howl instantly scowled at the girls through the wall. "I hate that fucking story. I can't believe people still tell it."

"Then why do you let people call you Howl? Should I start calling you Emmitt again?" Teddy snorted a laugh.

"No. Howl's cooler." Howl smirked with a shrug. But he quickly wiped the expression away to scowl at Teddy. "Did you really push the cheerleaders, Teddy? Just so you could catch Zoe?"

Teddy nervously scratched the back of his neck as he shrugged. He could've sworn he didn't. But as he scanned his memory, he remembered that same rush of adrenaline from when he witnessed the first time they threw her in the air. He moved on instinct the first time, maybe he had again, and this time, he pushed whatever was out of his way to catch Zoe himself.

"I might've... pushed them.. to catch Zoe.." Teddy finally admitted with a cringed expression.

Howl's shoulder hung as he sighed in annoyance. "I didn't get to cum and you used my face to shove a bunch of helpless cheerleaders for your little crush?"

"I don't have a crush on her!" Teddy retorted.

Howl rolled his eyes and walked further into the boys locker room. "Whatever! Come here so I can help get that fucking thing off of you. You look stupid. I wish I had a teddy bear costume to stuff you in."