2015.08.21 - Breakfast with the Dunbar Brothers

*Ethan returns to Beacon Hills and is immediately put to work feeding Liam and his brother.*

August 21, 2015

Beacon Hills

The hyper teen had been waiting for his boyfriend since 5 o'clock in the morning and had bounced around for hours before Grey tricked him into napping. It wasn't hard after all this is Liam we're talking about. Then finally closer to the time Ethan's supposed to get there he's sitting in some gym shorts and a muscle shirt and has been doing pull ups for the last hour straight, muscle puppy exercises with nervous. He's also been getting to know his brother though not just ignoring him, and its pretty clear that they *are* related by now. Though he already has Stiles looking into it just in case.

Ethan Carver caught the Red Eye from Seattle, but since it landed so early in the morning, he didn't expect Liam to be waiting for him at the house. So he drove the rental car around Beacon Hills for a while. Parked at the Preserve and walked out to Lookout Point, where he sat to watch the sunrise. So it's nearly seven in the morning before he finally pulls into the driveway outside the Argents' old home. He grabs his enormous hiker's backpack from the sedan's back seat and heads for the front door, fishing out his house keys.

Grey Dunbar is conflicted, on the one hand he was hoping to find his dad and maybe some answers to what’s happening to him, so is sorely disappointed and confused, on the other hand he's been fed and found out he's got a brother which is actually kind of comforting, he might not be so alone after all, the big downside? Conflict makes the demon harder to control. While Liam was napping he was just gathering his thoughts and since he got up he's been running round like a hyped up puppy, it's funny, he's getting to know him quite well, funny scent or not.  He hears something coming, footsteps? He's about to mention it when he remembers, hearing that clear? Weird.

Of course Liam's is just as good as is his scent he'd known Ethan was here for a few moments but he doesn't stop doing his pull-ups he'd arranged the bar so it was right in front of the door so Liam would be the first thing he saw. He does change to doing one handed pull ups and also strips his shirt off so he's shirtless glistening with sweat and showing off when his boyfriend opens the door.

The key slides into the lock, and the doorknob turns, but then there's a pause. A long pause. Suddenly, the door is thrown open, and Ethan dives in to tackle Liam around the middle, twisting in mid-air on the way down, so that he's the one who lands on the floor, with Liam on top of him. Holding the smaller teen close, Ethan kisses him deeply, not seeming to mind the hard impact with the floor.

Grey Dunbar shakes his head as Liam gets ready to show off for Ethan but that’s when the door slams over and what looks like and attack on Liam takes place, in a swift movement Grey is on his feet about to slam the chair he was on into Ethan's back, stopping when he realizes that one, Liam's the one of top and two, that it’s a kiss not an attack, he awkwardly puts the chair down, kinda hoping his little outburst was un-noticed.

Liam Dunbar would have cautioned his love that pinning him before he should even know where he is isn't a good way to keep werewolf powers secret, but doesn't get a chance and is pounce and made out with. He doesn't stop it for about a minute then blushes as he pulls off Ethan and smiles at Grey. "Um remember those texts yesterday? ... Uh meet my brother. Grey. Grey this is the guy who decided I like boys."

Ethan Carver gasps for air when Liam breaks the kiss, though from the look in his eyes, it's clear he wants a whole lot more. But then he's turning his head toward Grey, one brow rising. "Oh. Hey, dude. You're Liam's brother? Nicetameetcha." With one arm still firmly around Liam's waist, he reaches the other up, offering a hand to Grey. He makes no move to pick himself up off the floor, not yet anyway. "Oh, now don't go blaming me, I didn't decide anything. All I did was kiss you. You're the one who kissed back, babe."

Glad he didn't slip into demon mode Grey chuckles at the exchange between Liam and Ethan before shaking the offered hand, "Yeah for the looks of that you're both as into it as the other, still that was one hell of an attack, I was only just able to follow it".

Liam Dunbar tries to cover it up, "Well he's an amateur body builder... And I'm pretty sure he's planning on doing porn when he turns 18. So he's pretty fast." He blushes all over again and was trembling, on one hand he wishes he and Ethan were alone on the other, Grey might become very important... Or be something else after all there are vampires coming to attack and other things. He nibbles on Ethan's ear then whispers so that even with wolf hearing Ethan can barely hear, "I like him... but I'm not sure. Any thoughts?"

Ethan Carver's ears redden just a touch, the only indication he might be somewhat embarrassed, and he finally releases Liam, so they can both get up. "Ah, well," he says, rubbing the back of his neck. "Wasn't really expecting you to be here. Either of you. But when I heard Liam doing pull-ups, I sorta couldn't stop myself from, ya know, just pouncing on him. We haven't seen each other in a week." Once they're both standing, Ethan wraps an arm around Liam's shoulders, tugging him close to his side. "So what're you guys doing here so early in the morning, and more importantly, did you make me breakfast? I've starved!"

Grey Dunbar raises an eyebrow, "With porn you wanna hope not too fast", he grins showing he's joking, "Keep telling him you're starved, he'll practically run through a wall in order to feed you.” He thought he heard something but it was so faint he must be imagining it but there is something else... Ethan has that same scent.

Liam Dunbar is still too new to his powers to really noticed things well other than he smells EVERYTHING, he doesn't know what most of it is. At this point he just thinks his brother wears a weird aftershave. He grins and says, "I bought tons of groceries last night for Gr... Er for your return that's it. Um I'm a shitty cook. But you're awesome how about you make us all some eggs and bacon? Um I'll handle the buttering of toast and toasting, and uh Grey can pour the orange juice and set the table?"

Ethan Carver chuckles, kissing the top of Liam's head. "Gosh, you're pretty," he says softly, eyes alight. Then he starts moving toward the kitchen, throwing his other arm around Grey and pulling him close as well. "Can't believe you never told me you have a brother. He's almost as cute as you." And then, because he's very forward and more than a little weird, he takes a long, deep sniff, almost but not quite pressing his nose into Grey's hair, as he leads the two into the large kitchen.

Grey Dunbar smiles, "Pouring juice and setting a table, a task not even I can mess up... hopefully", he follows Ethan into the kitchen with Liam, "We only met pretty recently, found out we share a dad", he frowns, did Ethan just smell him? Nah, couldn't be, normal people don't go around smelling people, Grey can smell people but doesn't try to, still normal, honest!

Liam Dunbar knows his brother smells different, but honestly he grew up near the nemeton not quite a hell mouth but i was close, so he's kinda used to weirdness. And used to overlooking it. He kisses Ethan then starts to get out the bread and butter also cups forks spoons knives plates and fancy napkins... then just to be weir gets out chopsticks.

Ethan Carver releases both boys as he heads to the refrigerator. "Did you pick up...Ah, good. Let's see, eggs, milk, cheese. You guys want peppers or anything in your omelets?" He checks the sink, surprised to find it empty, then the dishwasher. Also empty. Huh. Either someone actually washed and put away dishes, or no dishes were used. Then he turns and narrows his eyes at Liam. Or someone left a bunch of dirty dishes in his room. Ethan will have to check later. For now, he grabs a clean skillet from the cupboard.

Grey Dunbar picks up the cups and cutlery as Liam takes them out and gets to work setting the table and pouring the juice, "I'm good with anything really", he looks round the room as he sets up, "You've got a really nice place Ethan", he can't help but wonder how Ethan affords it, he looks more or less his and Liam's age.

Liam Dunbar didn't eat here! ‘Cause eating here would mean having to cook and he's bad at that... okay there might be a paper plate that he ate cookies on and a bowl of popcorn up in Ethan's room but that's it. Then Liam goes back to the making of toast! He can totally do that, "No pepper just meats n cheese and egg... Well the egg is kinda optional!"

Ethan Carver rolls his eyes at Liam. "Babe, eggs aren't really optional in an omelet. Just so you know." He turns toward Grey, but quickly glances away at the mention of how nice the house is. "Uh, thanks. We're just renting for now." He cracks an egg into a glass bowl, then suddenly gets an idea. "Grey, you know how to make a pot of coffee? Should be some beans in that airtight canister next to the grinder. I like it nice and strong." As he continues cracking eggs, he glances at Liam again. "Meat, huh? Why don't you see if there's any ham or something in the fridge. It'll need to be diced up, of course."

Grey Dunbar nods, "He's right dude, complete pretty much implies eggs, kinda holds the meat 'n' cheese together", he looks over at the pot, yeah I can make some coffee sure", walking over to the grinder he pulls open the canister to make some coffee, wondering what it actually tastes like.

Liam Dunbar looks a little concerned, "Uh hun, remember you pretty much cleared out the fridge when you left cause you weren't sure when you'd be back? So I bought stuff... but I uh don't think it’s diced... Um what is diced?" He just starts pulling out all the various meats he brought bacon sausage ground beef steak canned ham a turkey, more sausage this time frozen, hot dogs, bacon bits. "Uh will any of this work?"

Ethan Carver stops beating the eggs to stare at Liam for a long moment. Then his expression become sunshine bright, as he says an overly cheerful way, "Gosh, you're pretty!" Grinning, he shakes his head, going back to whisking. "The ham'll do. Put the rest of that back. Geez, did you leave me any credit on my card? Looks like you bought enough food for a family of four for a week." He glances over at Grey, grinning again. "Looks like you won't be starving, dude. Well, if you can cook anyway. Liam's a bit of a menace in the kitchen. Not sure I even trust him to dice the ham."

Grey Dunbar is currently doing battle with the coffee grinder, "Err, yeah I can sort of cook, more or less, well less but it's edible...usually", he looks over at Liam, "Diced is like cut up into squares I think, like dice", getting frustrated with the grinder he reaches to grab a mug which shatters in his grip, "Fu...sorry. Is there a broom somewhere?"

Liam Dunbar blinks, "You didn't leave me your credit card. That was my allowance. I uh wanted um snacks here." He so totally bought food and stuff for his brother. He kinda already has that wolfy instinct to protect his bro. He goes back to making toast, honestly he's not sure he trusts himself with the can opener! Then he blinks as suddenly Grey demands him even more of himself and gets the broom. Liam may or may not have broken a few things already.

Ethan Carver jumps a bit at the sound of the cup shattering, turning to look in Grey's direction. "You okay, dude? Not cut or anything, are you?" He splashes some milk into the frothy eggs, then steps back from the counter. "Tell you what. You whisk those, just like I was doing, and I'll take care of the coffee." As Liam gets the broom, Ethan steps gingerly over the broken mug, muttering something like, "Yep, he's a Dunbar all right."

"I'm really sorry, as soon as I've got some money I'll pay for it I swear", Grey nods and quickly moves out of the way to deal with the egg, "No, I'm not cut", he is, bur he can feel the cut on his palm already start to heal and that would not be an easy thing to explain if noticed.

Smells blood there might be some things that Liam wouldn't notice, but blood isn't one of them, its a wolf think he can smell in instantly and in typical Liam style he's dropped the broom and came rushing over to help his brother and hold his hands... he totally forgot that he's barefoot and walking through a broken mug.... so yeah ... Ooops.

Ethan Carver's nostrils flare as well, but since Liam jumps to the rescue first, Ethan steps over to another cabinet for the first aid kid. And then smells Liam's blood as well. Frowning, the turns back to the pair. "Okay, new plan. You two sit down at the table, tend each other's wounds, and try not to slice yourselves up any more." He narrows his eyes a bit, glancing between the brothers and the first aid kit. "Can I trust you with the gauze scissors, or do I need to dig out a set of plastic kindergarten scissors?"

Grey Dunbar wasn't expecting Liam to literally cross the broken shards to grab his hand, the gash across the palm already nearly closed, "No really it's fine", catching the scent of Liam's blood he quickly pulls his hand away and uses the distraction, "Liam, your feet!", not thinking he moves to pick Liam up and move him to a chair, "It was a scratch man, not need to hurt yourself, let’s have a look?", he nods at the foot.

Liam Dunbar isn't actually thinking about his feet being healed already, honestly even before he was a wolf he'd have limped for a few minutes and he'll out a friend. He's a macho guy after all. So he pulls Grey's hand to himself, or tries to. Grey can also refuse just as Liam keeps his foot firmly to the ground. On the other hand id grey refuses too hard, Liam might accidentally use too much strength to get him to show.

Ethan Carver frowns a bit, watching the two brothers fight over each other's injuries. Shaking his head, he leaves the first aid kit on the table and goes to clean up the broken mug, then continue making breakfast. They'll sort things out, he's sure. And to help things along a bit, he asks, "So you two are twins separated at birth or something? How'd that happen?" Once the coffee is brewing, he goes back to whisking the eggs nice and fluffy.

Grey Dunbar doesn't want to hurt Liam so is by far not using his real strength so is shocked when Liam is able to pull his hand over to him, showing a thin pink line across Grey's palm, "See? Just a scratch, now let’s see what damage you've done to your foot, please?" He shakes his head at Ethan. "Different moms, same dad it looks like, no idea how the overlap went".

Liam Dunbar blinks and shows his foot which while it couldn't heal an arrow wound working out a few tiny shards took no time at all and his own cuts were gone... though there was a problem... one he didn't want to say but both his feet and his brother's hand had blood on them, but no open cuts or wounds to explain it. He doesn't say anything but gives Ethan his 'help' look.

Ethan Carver peers over the top of the counter, frowning a bit. Then he goes back to trying to distract them both. "Same dad, huh? Wow. I've heard about stuff like that. You know, men who lead secret lives, a wife and family in every city. Who knows, you guys could have all kinds of brothers and sisters out there." He grabs a couple of clean dish towels, wets them in the sink, then tosses them toward the brothers. "Good thing those scratches were just superficial, huh? Clean up, then finish setting the table." Then he places the can into the electric can opener and adds more butter to the skillet, which has just about warmed to the right temperature.

Grey Dunbar frowns at the sight of Liam's feet, blood but no cuts? he's about to question it when Ethan speaks, yes, he's that easily sidetracked, "That would take a hell of a lot of upkeep, who'd put that sort of effort in?", he catches a towel and washes the remaining blood off his hand and then continues with setting up, "Sorry again about the mug".

Liam Dunbar isn't that easily side tracked, okay he is but not for long, at least not until he looks up and realizes he just happens to have a perfect view of Ethan's... well of one of Ethan's many assets. He totally goes off into #Ihaveaboyfriendland. He does wash his feet idly though as he continues to stare.

"What, the mug?" Ethan says, forehead wrinkling. "Pfft! Don't worry about it. Got a couple dozen more just like it. Macy's was having a sale." Because what teenage boy doesn't buy place settings for twenty-four when setting up house for himself and his twin brother? Moving to the cooktop, he pours just enough egg-milk mixture to coat the bottom of the pan, then quickly stirs a few times with a wooden spoon before sprinkling in some ham, then shredded cheese. "You're about the same age though, aren't you? And you both have your dad's last name. So either he divorced one mom and married the other real quick, or he was married to both at once. Secretly, of course." He grabs a flipper, watching the eggs, then carefully folds half over onto the other half, adding more cheese to the top.

Grey Dunbar smiles, "Must save on the dishwashing with so many mugs", he shrugs, "From what I can tell my mom and dad were a short term thing, she said I got his name was cause thats how things are done where she's from, name from the father, never really answered the where from though, something about 'nearby but still far away', whatever that meant", he looks to Liam, "But you said he was actually with your mom right?"

Liam Dunbar has that far off look in his eyes, he's got a man who can cook AND looks like *that*. "Yeah mom... Wait huh? No I wasn't staring at his ass...ets" He finishes lamely. Yep Liam was totally following the conversations and not just staring at his boyfriend. And there wasn't another smell coming from Liam to denote that interest, nope no hint of arousal there not at all!

Ethan Carver carries the skillet over to the table, carefully sliding the omelet onto the plate in front of Grey. Guests first, after all. He cocks a brow, lips curling in a small grin, when he catches that scent from Liam. And yep, his own arousal begins to become just as evident. Yet he somehow is able to maintain focus. "Liam, get your brother some toast." Adding a quick wink, he heads back to the cook surface, using a thick towel to give the pan a quick wipe, then adding more butter and starting the next omelet. "You're both lucky to have moms. Me and Aiden are orphans, ya know. Not that we're complaining. Being emancipated minors rocks."

Grey Dunbar chuckles as Liam stumbles over his words and if he picked up the change in their scent, he wouldn't say anything or know what it meant to be honest, "Thanks, smells really good", is given when he's served the omlette, his face falls when told he's lucky, "My mom's missing, one night she just never came back, thats why I came looking for my dad... sorry about your folks Ethan".

Liam Dunbar is finally distracted from his boyfriend by that statement. He walks over to his broth and hugs him close. He says, "Well um you can stay here as long as you want... I mean i don't know if we'll find anything about dad but... I uh.. well You're welcome here. And we take care of family... " He then goes and gets that toast he was supposed to be making.

Ethan Carver cocks a brow as he finishes the second omelet, giving Liam a *look*. "Yeah, you're free to stay here as long as you need, dude," he says, carefully omitting the words 'in my house'. Because in the end, Liam is right -- Grey is family. Not *his* family, per se, but Liam is both pack and Ethan's boyfriend, so that makes Liam's brother practically family. He carries the skillet over again, this time sliding the omelet onto Liam's plate. "I'm just sorry I won't be around to keep you company. Hafta head back to Washington on Monday. But I'm sure Liam and his friends will keep you entertained." As he heads back to make the final omelet, he adds, "Just uh...Don't look in the box stuffed way in the back of my bedroom closet. Or the one in Aiden's closet. And...Maybe steer clear of the basement. I think there's rats." Not to mention a vampire head. But he's *not* mentioning that.

Grey Dunbar can't really put his finger on how he feels when Liam hugs him, it feels good to be so welcomed but he's not telling his new brother the whole truth, that he's some kind of monster. "Thanks, I'm surprised you guys are so welcoming, some people wouldn't be, thank you", he nods when told not to poke around, "Not gonna find a cursed rose and talking candlestick am I? Don't worry, I won't poke around where private things are kept".

Liam Dunbar smiles at his brother then looks at Ethan. Gives him the puppy look... That look the I'm sowwie but I love you look. Then mouths to Ethan above his brother's head. "I love u. I'll make it up to you." His look changing to a cocky one. And there may have been an eyebrow waggle... okay there was totally a eyebrow waggle, which Liam can't really pull off but it was adorkable.

Ethan Carver finally shuts off the cook surface and brings the last omelet to the table, sliding it onto his plate. Leaving the skillet in the sink, he grabs the coffee pot and joins the brothers at the table. Grinning, he leans over to give Liam a quick kiss, right in front of God and everyone, then sets about adding some jam to his toast. "So you enrolling in Beacon Hills High?" he asks Grey.

Grey Dunbar shrugs, "I dunno, I mean I managed to nab my transcripts before I came here but don't I need some sort of adult to enroll?", when he says nab he means he broke into his high school and took them, demon strength tore through that door like paper, he eats some of the omelet, "Where did you learn to cook? This is really good".

Ethan Carver gives a shrug of one shoulder, sipping his coffee. "Well, your last name is Dunbar, right? So Liam's folks can pretend to be your legal guardians. The school doesn't need to know all the details. Long as you've got your transcripts, they'll just give you the stamp of approval and send you off to be brainwashed with the rest of us. 'Course, if I know my baby, you're gonna have to try out for the lacrosse team."

Grey Dunbar nods, "Yep I've got all the important papers and got the Dunbar name, hopefully good and ready to be brainwashed", he shrugs, "I'm usually a hockey player but I could try lacrosse sure, like hockey but the balls a little higher.” Smiling, he continues eating.