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]

"We'll see." Oh god, be more melodramatic. "It's just talking."

And sulking.

[robinonadderall]

"Well yeah," he said. "You're supposed to talk about stuff that you're not comfortable talking about with anybody else."

[justlurkinghere]

"So, everything."

Another joke! Two in one night. Whoa now.

[robinonadderall]

"Exactly!" he said. "And then they say some stuff and you feel better."

[justlurkinghere]

"Did you go?"

[robinonadderall]

"I've been on and off," Stiles said. "For awhile after my mom died, and you've got to see an educational therapist after you've been diagnosed with a learning disorder. This last time was after the whole police station massacre. My dad insisted."

[justlurkinghere]

"And did it help?"

[robinonadderall]

"Depends on which therapist we're talking about," Stiles said. "The one after my mom didn't really do anything other than teach me how to deal with panic attacks. The educational one helped some, yeah."

Didn't stop him from writing Econ papers on circumcision though.

"And I guess this last one offered some good advice too. Like I said before though, she was an emissary, not a therapist."

[justlurkinghere]

"Helpful," Derek replied dryly before turning his attention back to the table for some more awkward silence.

This had been so much easier before.

[robinonadderall]

"Are you okay?" Stiles asked. He didn't think he had been too awkward.

[justlurkinghere]

Excuse you, they were both the most awkward things in existence.

"Yes." Oh god, what should he say next? Say something! "This coffee here is bad."

So smooth.

[robinonadderall]

"Well it's a Denny's," he said. "Can't expect greatness from a Denny's."

[justlurkinghere]

"No, just a bad morning after."

[robinonadderall]

"We can go someplace fancier next time if you want," Stiles said. "Like an IHOP."

[justlurkinghere]

"Next we'll move up to Taco Bell," Derek shot back.

[robinonadderall]

"Oh classy," Stiles said, chuckling. "Remind me to wear something nice for that."

[justlurkinghere]

"A suit and tie?" So there could be more awkward tie fixing? And pining. Goddamn pining.

[robinonadderall]

"Pfft, gonna have do better than Taco Bell to get me into a suit and tie," he said. "Waaaaaay better."

[justlurkinghere]

"Chipotle?" Seriously, you two.

[robinonadderall]

"You are just filled with jokes tonight, aren't you?" he asked. "You should have warned me beforehand so I could have been better prepared."

[justlurkinghere]

"Yeah, you aren't on your A game."

That was either flirty or insulting. Probably a mixture of the two.

[robinonadderall]

"Is that making your evening less enjoyable?" he asked. Yeah that was definitely flirting.

[justlurkinghere]

"I could be watching Netflix," Derek pointed out. Like that was better.

[robinonadderall]

"You don't even know how to use Netflix without me."

[justlurkinghere]

"I do too." Kinda. He watched a lot of Too Cute! to feel better about himself.