Not-So-Creepy Mansion | Specifically Derek's Room | Late Thursday Morning

[robinonadderall]

Stiles had arrived back in Fandom early on Thursday, but it took him some time to get over to Derek's. He had been moving slow in the first place due to lack of sleep and the pounding in his head from the injury after the car accident. He didn't know if the nightmares were due to the recent trauma or the after effects of his sacrifice to the nemeton, but he did know they sucked. If they decided to stick around he was going to be in real trouble. The other issue he had was with Derek himself. He knew this wasn't going to go over well, but he had made the decision to tell the truth for once and he was going to go through with it.

Still, it was almost a relief to find Derek wasn't in his room when he got there. He sat down on the edge of Derek's bed and let Puppy Joe climb up in his lap. He scratched behind his ears absently, trying to ignore getting lost in the dark thoughts that always seem to be on the edge of his mind now. It was bad enough having to deal with them when he was asleep.

[For Derek!]

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[robinonadderall]

"I don't want a hug." Oh what a lie.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek narrowed his eyes at the lie. But didn't push it. Because he was being mature and the adult in this situation.

"Fine." He'd just cry into his pillow about it. On the couch. Since someone was probably taking over his bed.

[robinonadderall]

It was Stiles' bed now, Derek. His and Puppy Joe's.

And Stiles knew that 'fine' reply. It meant that Derek totally wanted a hug. So Stiles took one for the team (it was such a hardship, really) and let go of Derek's wrist only to put his arms around him.

[justlurkinghere]

Stiles was the one who wanted hugs. Derek didn't need hugs to feel better about his awful life. Or miss being able to snuggle on the couch without things just getting awkward.

Shut up.

"If you ever do something that dumb again, I'll kill you myself," Derek muttered, not hugging back at all.

[robinonadderall]

"Noted," Stiles said before pulling back. "I'll do the same to you if you try anything like that."

[justlurkinghere]

Whoa, whoa there, Stiles. Don't try to turn this around on Derek.

Derek muttered something that might have possibly sounded like 'That's not the same'. But it was hard to say.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles didn't have to hear what Derek said to get an idea of what he meant. "Just because I did something stupid doesn't mean you have free reign to dumb it up."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek sighed. "I'm not the one running off without being able to defend myself."

[robinonadderall]

"I can defend myself," he said. "I hit an alpha with a bat."

[justlurkinghere]

...why did that not make Derek feel better?

"And how did that go?"

[robinonadderall]

"Uh, the bat broke and they barely felt it," So not the best example. "But the other you and Kitty helped incapacitate them. See, I was surrounded by a lot of people who could protect me."

And he still died anyway oops.

"Speaking of, I feel like I should tell you one of the guys in our little pack thing at home is coming to school here. So be nice."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek managed to look a little sucker-punched by the term 'pack'. Because even with Jack being willing to be there, it wasn't as though there was some non-insane Alpha wandering around to make them something real.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles noticed Derek's expression, but didn't really think about what could have caused it. Pack didn't mean the same thing to him, but that's what Scott was calling them now so Stiles was rolling with it. "It's Isaac. He's nice. Ish."

[justlurkinghere]

Well, when your last pack was your now dead family...

"Ish."

[robinonadderall]

"We've had our differences," Stiles said, wisely not mentioning the physical assault. "But he's one of us now. Super loyal to Scott and Scott is super loyal to me, so."

[justlurkinghere]

Scott had a pack? And Stiles was in it.

Derek just nodded, going to pick up the dog. "Stay in the bed if you want."

[robinonadderall]

"Uh. Okay." What the hell had just happened here? "Thanks."

[justlurkinghere]

Emotions happened, Stiles.

"There's food in the kitchen," Derek added, stealing his dog so that he could do the mature thing and watch Toddlers & Tiaras until he felt like a decent human being again.

It might take a few episodes.