Not-So-Creepy Mansion | Monday Morning

[robinonadderall]

Stiles had not stayed last night during the full moon shenanigans. He felt like it'd be too awkward considering last week. So he put up a circle of mountain ash, made sure everybody was going to be fine and then went back to the dorms because apparently he felt bad enough for Ms. Blake that he actually completed an essay on Heart of Darkness for her. What a whipped not-student he was.

But he was back bright and early Monday 'cause he got the feeling Jackson would like to escape as soon as possible. He broke the circle of mountain ash and then let himself inside.

"Circle's broken, you can leave now!" Stiles shouted, picking up Puppy Joe and then heading into the kitchen to make himself coffee. You people owed him coffee.

[For the people in the house! Werewolf business NFB please]

Comments

[bitten_notshy]

"I'll check into it." He would do no such thing. "God, I should get to work ... sometime."

[justlurkinghere]

"You could take a sick day." Which amused Derek. Because of reasons.

[bitten_notshy]

Jack made a face. "You don't," he pointed out. Because clearly this was a competition.

[justlurkinghere]

"I haven't needed one," Derek replied.

[bitten_notshy]

"And see, now I'd feel like Eric was laughing at me if I took one," Jack said, quirking an eyebrow at Derek. "Maybe I'll be able to work through the moon sometime."

He didn't sound excessively hopeful.

[justlurkinghere]

"It's not easy," Derek admitted slowly. "I still feel what comes over you and Jackson."

He just had years of practice ignoring it.

[bitten_notshy]

"Does having us around make it harder?" Jack wondered, genuinely curious on the point.

[justlurkinghere]

"No," he said almost too quickly. He looked away, examining the coffee pot. "A pack helps."

Even one as fragmented as this.

[bitten_notshy]

Derek looked so broken right then that Jack had a sudden strange urge to hug him. "I like having a pack too," he admitted. "Didn't expect to appreciate it this much."

Even if it was fragmented. Even if Jackson wasn't even sure he was in the pack yet.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek looked up, searching Jack's face for any duplicity there. "Hopefully Jackson will think so too."

Just let him have a family that won't die or abandon hiiiiiiim

[bitten_notshy]

Jack wasn't lying; he was too worn out to lie, and not enough of an ass to lie to Derek on this point.

"If he doesn't he's an even bigger fool than he looks like," Jack said in a low voice.