A Denny's On the Mainland | Thursday Evening

[robinonadderall]

It'd been awhile since he and Derek had been on a Denny's trip. Especially one that had no trauma attached to it. Sure, it had the risk of being slightly awkward if anybody misconstrued this as a date but it was a risk Stiles was willing to take. He was even willing to pay for his own meal just to further prove that this wasn't a date.

"Oh god there's a peanut butter cup pancake breakfast."

[For Derek! And I want that breakfast]

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[justlurkinghere]

"...that's better than a job in the bathroom," Derek admitted slowly.

[robinonadderall]

"No kidding. The only job I think you can get in the bathroom would be as a hooker," he said. "I don't think anybody would recruit me for that."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek was just going to stare for a moment. "Yeah. Don't do that."

[robinonadderall]

"It's not going to be a problem," he assured him. "But it's the trooper station. My new job, I mean."

You know. Like you suggested, Derek.

[justlurkinghere]

"Really?" Look at him being all happy about that.

[robinonadderall]

"Yeah," Stiles said. "It was a good idea."

[justlurkinghere]

And that would be Derek smiling. Maybe.

"When?" So that Derek could stalk from afar.

[robinonadderall]

"I can start whenever so I guess I'll be there whenever I have time," he said. "I'm mostly going to be pushing coffee at people I think."

[justlurkinghere]

"Probably safer that way." Because there was so much police related danger in Fandom.

[robinonadderall]

"A lot safer than my dad's office, it's true," Stiles said. "Almost died in there before."

[justlurkinghere]

"Is this the honesty thing again?" Just to clarify things.

[robinonadderall]

"Uh, the honesty thing never stopped," Stiles said. "Unless you want it to, I mean."

[justlurkinghere]

"No. No, it's fine." Totally fine. No fights here!

[robinonadderall]

"Oh. Well good," he said. "It's not a big deal; there was this psycho controlling a murder lizard and he tried to kill us all in the precinct. And then the Argents attacked at the same time and it was this huge fighty thing that I was paralyzed for."

[justlurkinghere]

Not a big deal!

Derek cleared his throat, grabbing for his cup of coffee. Because that was just what he needed right now.

[robinonadderall]

"You okay?" Please don't freak out on him, Derek.

[justlurkinghere]

"I think your life might be more messed up than mine." Just as an fyi.

[robinonadderall]

"Well your life and my life are kind of one and the same since I figured out this werewolf stuff so I don't think it's a competition," he said, taking a sip of his coffee. "It's more like we have shared trauma. I mean, the other you was there that night."

[justlurkinghere]

"Didn't really need to know that," Derek replied dryly. "It was a joke."

See him joking? See?

[robinonadderall]

"Smiling helps when you're making a joke," Stiles said. "Just for the record."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek gave his fake flirting grin. Didn't that help?

[robinonadderall]

Well at least it made Stiles laugh. "Yeah, like that."

[justlurkinghere]

That turned his smile into something more genuine for a quick moment before the adorable little pancake bites were brought out by the server.

You get used to it.

[robinonadderall]

"Aww, you got pancake bites," Stiles said. "You spoil me."

But he was paying for at least half this meal, Derek! He totally was!

[justlurkinghere]

"Who says they're for you?"