I Own Nothing

AN: I wanted to do something for Mother's Day and this is what came out. Thanks for the reviews, favorites, and follows from other stories.

AN2: I don't know Liam's mom's name. I have seen on wiki sites that it is Jenna, but I looked through the show and didn't hear it anywhere. I didn't hear his dad's name either so just put mom and dad instead of creating any.

CN: The part with the cats and the fish has happened to my cats before. They are chicken of a fish which is hilarious.

Title: A Mother's Love Is Unconditional

Characters: Liam/Theo, Liam's Mom

Summary: Theo realizes what a mother's love is supposed to be like. He never had it before, but Liam's mom has given him that since he started living with their family.

Theo saw Mrs. Geyer sitting outside in the garden area. It was almost like the picture on the front of the card, but at the moment both the cats were watching the fish in the bottom of the fountain. They were wagging their tails with one paw in the water the other curled under them watching the fish swim. However, he knew they wouldn't try and get one since both of them were chicken when it came to the fish. He had tried given the cats one once and they had squalled out jumping in the air when it flopped around.

He didn't know which cat had gotten away the quickest. If Liam hadn't been coming out of the house that day he was sure the cats would have been knocked unconscious trying to get in the house to safety. Luckily Liam had been about to come out of the house and they made it safely in. He had never meant to scare them he had just wanted to see how they would react. It was a way of finding out if they needed to fence in the area as well. They hadn't wanted the cats to eat the fish.

"Hey, sweetie," Mrs. Geyer said when she saw Theo. "You feeling better? Liam said you were laying down." she knew it wasn't the truth, but she hadn't pried.

"I know you said I didn't have to get you anything, even a card, but I realized I had to," Theo said looking at the card he was holding. "I used to make cards for every holiday even off the wall ones like Liam did for you as a kid. I wanted to see them again when I was eight and I knew where they were at. The drawer my mom had in the kitchen with all of them inside." he started before looking up at Liam's mom with tears in his eyes.

He didn't want to be thought of as junk, trash or clutter again. It was why it was hard at times to let people in, but he knew it wouldn't be said from the woman in front of him. He told her about how they weren't in the drawer and what he had been told when he asked about them. He could read the shock expression on her face and felt the sadness coming off of her. He wasn't telling her it to make her feel guilty for him or pity him.

~LT TL~

He was probably going the long way on explaining things. Liam said he was known to do things the hard way at times. He finally handed her the card before going back in the house. He wanted to know what she thought, but at the same time he couldn't. He had put his self through that every time he had looked in that drawer just to see if the cards came back magically. They hadn't reappeared and the ache just got worse in his chest.

Mrs. Geyer was at a loss for words watching as Theo retreated back in the house. She looked down at the card once again. There had been so much detail put in the card and she knew that he had only been upstairs for three hours. The card was handmade she knew and it was beautiful to her. She couldn't believe that anyone would throw something out they were given by their child. She had never once thrown anything Liam had made or given her out. She had almost eight binders full of things she had gotten over the years. She had started putting them together for the things her husband had been given too.

Then there was the binder that wasn't quiet full yet, but she knew this card would go there. It would be a while before it did though because she was going to put it where she had the one Liam made her. She looked at the art work and moved her fingers over the words that were written there. There is no store bought card in the world that would say what this card did. It wasn't just the words, but the meaning behind them. She wiped the tears from her eyes looking back towards the house. She had already thought of Theo as another son and she knew one day he would be. There was no way that the love Liam and he had for each other will disappear.

She blinked a couple of times before reading the card again. She couldn't forget the words on the card, but she wanted to read them again. She got up from the bench seat going in the house. She needed to find Theo and thank him for this gift; it wasn't just a card to her. When she got in the house she found Liam sitting on the couch with her husband. She went upstairs because she knew Theo would be there. She picked something up before she went though knowing Theo needed a reminder of how much she loved him.

~LT TL~

Theo was sitting on the bed when Mrs. Geyer walked in after she knocked. She wasn't surprised that he was reading a book. She wasn't sure what the book was from the cover since it wasn't in English. She knew it was Latin, which didn't surprise her one bit. She had found out that Theo could speak three different languages including English. He had helped Liam pass Spanish when he was starting to fail the class. She hadn't been happy that the guidance councilor had put him down for Spanish. Liam telling her he didn't care was the only reason she hadn't given the woman a piece of her mind for changing things.

"Is the book any good?" Mrs. Geyer asked going with a light start.

"It's dull, but I got like six chapters left. It's for the last paper in my Latin class," Theo said putting the book down.

"I took Latin in college and it was fun although the reading could be boring at times." Mrs. Geyer said looking at the book. After a moment she set it back down before she gave Theo a smile. "Liam thinks I save too many things since I even saved a note that he wrote me once asking if I could get him juice. He was five and drew the order out, it was adorable. I don't have anything from that time from you because I didn't know you. I wouldn't have thrown anything that you made away though. I would put them in here and you'd have as many binders as Liam does." she said before handing the binder she was holding to Theo. "Once I have shown the card you made me to everyone that I know, it will be going in there." she added telling him when he finished going through it she would be downstairs.

The binder was like a treasure box, but she had wanted to protect the things that it held more. Some were even laminated to resist fading over the years. The memory that went with each piece that was inside was precious to her. When she was older she could look back on the lifetime of things inside it. They told a story of how much she was loved by her son, which included Theo in that. She got up from the bed kissing the top of Theo's head before leaving the room.

~LT TL~

Theo took a moment to look at the cover of the binder, which wasn't blank. There were pictures of him inside the sheet protectors made into the binder. It wasn't just him though there were pictures of him with each member of the family and one with all of them. The label on the side of the binder had his name on it hyphenating his last name. He had seen the binder on the shelf, but he'd never actually gotten it out.

He had seen it open too when Liam's mom was adding something to it. He opened the binder up finding a larger picture of the family photo that had been taken back at Christmas. They all were wearing matching outfits and either reindeer antlers or elf ears. Liam had forced him into wearing both so he looked completely ridiculous, but he hadn't complained about it. Liam had even put a Santa hat on him later that day then an elf one before the night was up. He had felt like a dork, but like he belonged at the same time.

He found a couple of drawings he had thrown away not liking how they had turned out. There was even a sticky note he had left on her steering wheel. It had been simply telling her that he had changed the oil in her car. She had kept putting it off even though Liam and Dr. Geyer kept reminding her to go. When Liam had mentioned for the fifth time that she hadn't gone to do it, he did it his self.

He had taught his self a lot of things besides what he had been forced into by the doctors. It hadn't been that hard to learn how to work on a vehicle. He hadn't been able to sleep that night so he worked in the garage on it. He had crashed in the bed at sunrise after not only changing the oil, but doing a few other things needed to it. He had refused to let her crash or break down because she didn't go like she needed to.

~LT TL~

There were lots of other memories in the binder protected from wear. There was the report cards, a school paper he'd gotten back and tossed cause he hated it. Then a movie stub to the movie that only he would go to with Mrs. Geyer. Liam had down right refused and Dr. Geyer had been away attending some conference so he had gone with her. They had made a day of it, which Liam had been slightly jealous. If he thought about it, it was probably when he had started thinking of her as something resembling a mom.

Liam and he had both gone with her to a spa day once. He had about laughed when Liam said they were going. He hadn't wanted to be caught dead or alive there. Then he had been bribed by his boyfriend so he had gone. It had been fun once he got over someone he didn't know touching him. He'd kept his eyes closed listening to Liam and his mom talk. Liam had teased him about it, but he'd been the one that tortured Liam that night denying him sex. He couldn't help it if he had developed a phobia after all the times he'd been poked and prodded by the dread doctors.

Theo finished the rest of the binder before he went down to find Mrs. Geyer. She was in the kitchen making ice tea. He had always hated it until he had tried hers finding it just right. She had even giving him the instructions to make it if there was none in the fridge. He might have developed an addiction to it. Liam found it down right hilarious and teased him constantly about it. It drove him nuts at first, but he didn't mind it at all now. It was another thing that made him feel like he belonged.

~LT TL~

"I would have made some; you shouldn't be doing anything today." Theo said when Mrs. Geyer put a pitcher of tea and two glasses full of ice down.

"I can make some tea without it breaking me, Theo. Now, if I had that thinking when I was pregnant it would have been nice." She said before pouring the tea into the glasses. "I wouldn't change that though because I wouldn't be married to the wonderful man in the living room now." She added thinking of her husband who had done so much for not only her, but Liam too. He was also the man who had agreed to take in an orphan who just needed someone to love him.

She gently shook the ice down when it was half full before adding more tea to the cup. She put lemon in hers, but left it out of Theo's. He wasn't as nervous as before, but he was slightly picking at his shirt. She set the glass she was holding down before putting her hand over his and using her other to lift his chin up. She knew when he got silent that he was thinking of what to say. He was a lot better at showing his emotions from when he had moved in. He had even started accepting hugs from her where as before only Liam could.

"Thank you for everything you have done for me. I don't know if I can ever repay you for giving me a home," Theo said meeting Mrs. Geyer's eyes. Liam had gotten his blue eyes from his mom and he had known it the moment he met her. Liam had also gotten her wonderful heart because there was no denying that.

"A mother's love is unconditional and you never have to thank her for that. She will always be there when you need her no matter how many times you mess up. I wish that you had known that growing up," Mrs. Geyer said before she leaned closer wrapping her arms around Theo. "I love you, Theo. You have become like a second son to me and I'd adopt you out right if I didn't think there was a different future of you becoming my son in-law," she said.

Theo hugged her back not sure what to say back at that moment. He made sure that it wasn't tight enough to hurt her, but he held on tight. He wasn't sure how long he held onto her, but he couldn't let go just yet. He had longed for this when he was little to feel his mom hug him. When he finally did pull back the words that she had said had sunk in. He wouldn't have minded being adopted by her. She was also right with the fact he was going to end up with Liam for life. He couldn't imagine a life without either of them. He wouldn't be alive right now if she hadn't wanted Liam so much.

~LT TL~

"I still wanted to thank you for taking a chance on someone you didn't even know. Liam is the reason I wanted to be a better person. He pulled me out of my own personal hell and gave me a second chance. He wouldn't have done that if he didn't have you as a mom," Theo said. It wasn't a lie what he had told her either. Liam had pulled him out of his version of hell and he kept working to make sure he never let his boyfriend down. He never wanted to let the woman beside him down either.

"All those little things that you have done for me since you started living here is all the thanks I need." Mrs. Geyer said before she named a few of them.

One of which included the time he had stayed up all night with her. Liam had been away at a lacrosse game tournament, which Dr. Geyer had gone with. Theo had wanted to go, but he had promised Deaton he would help at the clinic. He had come home finding her lying on the couch which the trash can beside her. She had gotten a stomach bug not able to keep anything down. She hadn't wanted to ruin the weekend that her husband and son had planned together. She had told them that she was going to let it be a guy's weekend.

There were more things that piled up from the car tune ups that he did for her and the rest of the family too. She had been glad when Theo had gotten Liam to sell the bronco he had bought. She had been worried he would break down somewhere and get hurt if someone didn't see him in it. They went to movies together, which now consisted of date nights with their husband and boyfriend. Even something simple as putting a blanket on her the nights she was off and her husband was working. Liam did the same including making her go to her actual bed too. She loved both of her sons even if one of them wasn't by blood.

Theo smiled as she mentioned all of those things knowing that all those sayings he had heard before were true. He hated the years of his life he was stuck with the doctors not realizing he had been tricked until it was too late. He didn't even know why they had picked him over anyone else they could have taken. He wondered if he would be here now though if he hadn't been their pick. He might never have met the woman beside him that wanted him as a son. She bragged on what Liam and he did to her friends and family.

~LT TL~

"I love you too, Mrs. Geyer." Theo said finishing his tea before he got up.

She got up as well giving him another hug. "Start calling me mom if you want that is," she told him.

Theo nodded before coming up with an idea. "Be ready in like an hour, Liam and I are taking you out for Mother's Day. I want to take my mom out today so she doesn't have to cook for us," he said before doing as he had done many times before for the last six months kissing her cheek before he left.

That morning Theo had been dreading the fact he had nothing for Mrs. Geyer, but she had actually given him something today. He had finally found what it felt like to be loved by a mom. He'd had a mother before, but he actually had a mom now. He felt like another one of those pieces of him was put back together.

~THE END~

EN: To all the moms out there who have always given unconditional love to their children. To the moms that go the extra mile by loving a child that isn't theirs by blood. You can never be replaced for all that you do. I know my mom still watches over me even though she's gone. For those that have lost yours just remember when the sun is shining on your face it's her letting you know she's there. Someone told me that once and keeps me going when I miss her. If your sad and it's raining then they're crying with you.