A Hotel by UC Irvine | Monday Evening

[robinonadderall]

It was time for another campus visit trip, this time to a state that didn't completely suck. The tour wasn't actually until tomorrow so that left Stiles with a whole evening to watch TV and take advantage of Derek's credit card by ordering a ton of room service.

What? At least he was sharing.

"Ugh. I got pepperoni on the bedspread."

[For the werewolf sugar daddy]

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[justlurkinghere]

"It's nice," Derek replied with a shrug. Just go to the school that was a short drive from Fandom. Because he had all the issues.

Yeah. That was healthy.

[robinonadderall]

"I feel like I'm not fashionable enough to be around here." It was Orange County after all.

[justlurkinghere]

"I thought nerd was in," Derek replied dryly, taking about half the pizza to turn into a cheesy sandwich of artery clogging goodness.

[robinonadderall]

"Hilarious," Stiles said. "And that's gross."

Big talk coming from the open mouth chewer.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek ignored that in favor of licking grease off his thumb.

"Clothes are easy to change." Yeah, you keep giving Stiles an out.

[robinonadderall]

"Yeah but personality isn't," he said. "It might be Beacon Hills High all over again. I didn't start making friends there until werewolves started trying to kill me."

[justlurkinghere]

"Stay away from the local pack," Derek said with a sigh.

[robinonadderall]

"It's not like I try to find these things on purpose," he said. "Well not anymore. Back before I knew this stuff existed, yeah, I had the habit of trying to find weird stuff."

You know. Like half a dead body in the woods.

[justlurkinghere]

You mean Derek's sister? That body?

"Try to avoid that at college."

[robinonadderall]

"I'll do my best," Stiles said. "I'm sure I'll have enough excitement between Beacon Hills and Fandom to look forward to in the future, I won't need it at school."

[justlurkinghere]

"A normal environment," Derek said, finishing off the pizza. "Maybe Florida would be better."

Ugh. Florida.

[robinonadderall]

"Nothing about Florida is normal." Nobody could deny that. "I don't think normal's possible in any place I happen to be in. The nemeton stuff is going to follow me around no matter what."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek took that as his cue to retreat to his bed again. Because Nemeton.

And things.

"Still that place in the Midwest."

[robinonadderall]

Stiles was just hoping that Derek just felt like stretching out and wasn't fleeing to his own bed because Stiles was now a freak of nature thanks to his heart being tied to a tree.

"Maryland too."

[justlurkinghere]

Who here was a werewolf whose very touch killed everyone he could possibly begin to care about? C'mon now.

"It's close to Fandom," Derek pointed out.

[robinonadderall]

"That's not a bad thing," Stiles said, picking at some leftover cheese in the box and wondering if it wasn't too late to order a sundae. "Can I ask you something? Two things."

[justlurkinghere]

How much food did you need?!

"What?" Oh, you be suspicious, Derek.

[robinonadderall]

He needed dessert!

"When I got back to Fandom after my last trip home I pretty much gave you permission to ask about almost anything I had been hiding from you before," he said. "And you haven't asked anything. I was wondering why."

[justlurkinghere]

Because he didn't want a fight that ended in angry flouncing and leaving him all alone like the sad little man he was. One day he'd get the therapy he needed so bad, one day...

"What am I supposed to ask?"

[robinonadderall]

Stiles shrugged. "I don't know. You seemed to want to know a lot before."

[justlurkinghere]

Yeah, but ~feelings~ happened.

Derek gritted his teeth, looking away. "And we had fights because of it."

Ugh, emotional honesty.

[robinonadderall]

"I'd rather be honest with you and have a fight over it than to hide stuff and pretend everything's fine." Which was the direct opposite of how he felt a few months ago. "Besides, we always end up making up anyway."

[justlurkinghere]

Did you not see the magical wings on the word feelings? Because they were important. Look at those wings! Look at 'em!

"What's the other question?"

[robinonadderall]

"Oh I wanted to know if you'd order me ice cream."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek rolled his eyes, but his shoulders were slightly less tense. "Just order it."

They already thought you were an underage rentboy, Stiles.