The Preserve | Friday Morning

[robinonadderall]

Being out paced by Greenberg at his last cross country practice made it glaringly obvious that Stiles was in no way ready for any kind of track meet whatsoever. So there was minimal bitching when Derek dragged him out into the woods to run. Well, Stiles tripped mostly, but Derek was running. And occasionally doing werewolf parkour. Show off.

"Man I am so pissed I missed Sharknado last night!" Stiles said, using what remaining air he had to whine. "All because Lydia wanted to Skype! And not even to sexy Skype like I hear is all the rage with the kids these days. And she wouldn't let me log off even when I said there was a Sharknado emergency! And, yeah, I could find a stream but I'd be missing the full big screen Sharknado experience--"

Why did you even want to hang out with this guy, Derek? He was annoying and he hadn't even started singing yet.

[For grumpy werewolf guy who surely has a wonderful singing voice]

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[robinonadderall]

Well at least that was sort of positive? Maybe?

You have always worn your flaws upon your sleeve, and I have always buried them deep beneath the ground. Dig them up, let's finish what we've started. Dig them up, so nothing's left unturned," he sang. "All of your flaws and all of my flaws when they have been exhumed, we'll see that we need them to be who we are, without them we'd be doomed."

Also sort of positive? Positive and staying away from declarations of love, good. Let's stay on that track.

[justlurkinghere]

Positive thinking! They might just get through this bullshit singing thing.

"Mind strong, body strong. Try to find equilibrium. Head straight, screwed on. Been screwed up for too long." Why was he swaying to this? Oh god, was dancing next? "I don't want to lean on the waves. I watch the storm evaporate. I think of you in starry skies. I keep you so alive."

[robinonadderall]

Oh great, now Stiles was swaying. He blamed you for this, Derek! And stop singing about thinking of him in a romantic setting!

"You only come out late at night, just like an animal in the moonlight. You're wrapped up tight in mystery, you've got me so fogged in that I can't even see." Okay, maybe he didn't have a right to complain anymore. "My friends say I'm caught up in fairy tales and dreams, and I confess, with you it feels like make-believe. ‘Cause you're a fantasy, you're just a fantasy, yeah. You're a fantasy, darling to me."

And back to wanting to die.

[justlurkinghere]

Maybe it was the stars by the burned out hull of the Hale house, huh. Now how's that for romantic? Dead family members really set the mood.

And the swaying was more like a predatory stalk now. So at least there was that. "If you could only see the beast you've made of me. I held it in but now it seems you've set it running free. Screaming in the dark, I howl when we're apart, drag my teeth across your chest to taste your beating heart."

Romantic?

"My fingers claw your skin, try to tear my way in. You are the moon that breaks the night for which I have to howl." Really, he was just glad he wasn't actually demonstrating the howling. "My fingers claw your skin, try to tear my way in. You are the moon that breaks the night for which I have to--"

Whelp, spoke too soon on the howling. Though this one managed to sound like an actual wolf howl instead of the gorilla noise they were so find of.

Mmmm. Cliche city here.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles stepped back from the predatory stalk (in a surprisingly graceful manner, as one does in musicals) until he felt a tree hit his back. Which was good, he needed the support, 'cause he went a little weak in the knees when Derek actually howled.

Whether this knee weakening was from flattery or shock that this was his life was yet to be seen.

Speaking of Florence-- "And is it worth the wait, all this killing time? Are you strong enough to stand, protecting both your heart and mine? My love has concrete feet, my love's an iron ball, wrapped around your ankles over the waterfall. I'm so heavy, heavy in your arms."

[justlurkinghere]

Lets go with shock for their own sanity.

"Who is the betrayer? Who's the killer in the crowd? The one who creeps in corridors and doesn't make a sound."

Well now, that could have a lot of meanings.

[robinonadderall]

Hey, they've got a duet going now! Wait, was this better or worse?

"This will be my last confession, I love you never felt like any blessing. Whispering like it's a secret, only to condemn the one who hears it with a heavy heart."

Why couldn't they just jog like normal people?!

[justlurkinghere]

Worse! So much worse! Oh god.

Derek inhaled sharply at that, taking a very careful step away from him. "Let it out, let it all out. Say what's on your mind. You can kick and scream and shout and say things that are so unkind."

[robinonadderall]

Oh great, now you've made him feel bad with your singing, Derek.

"I know it's not over, baby I worked this out for sure. It's gonna be colder, now you've forced open the door. I know you better than I ever have before, I know you," he sang. "I know you're a fighter, but you never fought for me when I was a shelter. So you're not heading home to me. We could be closer, we could be closer, we could be."

[justlurkinghere]

Well don't use the L word around him!

And he made that weird 'I swallowed a lemon' pinched face before gritting out, "Can't bear to face the truth. So sick he cannot move. And when it hurts he takes it out on you."

Accurate.

"And lately I'm not the only one. I say never trust anyone. Always the one who has to drag you down. Maybe you'll get what you want this time around."

[robinonadderall]

Like he could help every other song used the L word!

"Here we go again, I kinda wanna be more than friends, so take it easy on me. I'm afraid you're never satisfied." Oh look, outlying issues from crushing on Lydia for ten years. "Oh oh, I want some more. Oh oh, what are you waiting for? Take a bite of my heart tonight."

Stiles could get in on the animal motifs too. He was about three seconds from running away like a scared bunny, even.

[justlurkinghere]

Always with the biting here!

Derek looked stricken at that. Because everyone was a cornered animal in this preserve!

"Pick you up, let you down
When I wanna go
To a place I can hide
You know me, I had plans
But they just disappeared
To the back of my mind

Oh can it be
The voices calling me
They get lost
And out of time
I should've seen a glow
But everybody knows
That a broken heart is blind."

[robinonadderall]

This time it was Stiles' turn to look stricken. This was all very, very confusing and the last thing he wanted to do right now was sing about his self-esteem and rejection issues. Especially when he wasn't sure if Derek meant anything he said.

So instead he did his very best to keep his mouth shut and push his way past Derek before singing anything else.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek kept his hands clenched, arms stiff at he sides as he let Stiles run off like a music video of Taylor Swift without a word. Because it was better that way.

"Hello darkness, my old friend." A beat. "Goddamnit."

His life was terrible.