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]

"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.

[robinonadderall]

"Uh huh. Sure." Stiles shifted slightly has he juuuuuust barely stopped himself from kicking Derek playfully under the table. Because no footsie will be happening right now. None. "You let yourself believe that."

[justlurkinghere]

None at all!

"Better at it than you are at running." Not difficult.

[robinonadderall]

"That's no big feat," Stiles said. "Everybody's better than me at running."

[justlurkinghere]

"Maybe we need to pick that up again." Yeah, just what you need. An excuse to be sweaty at each other.

[robinonadderall]

Sweaty, panting, flushed. Yeah what a great idea.

"You just want to make fun of me."

[justlurkinghere]

Well, as long as Stiles didn't shove things in his mouth during it, they were mostly safe.

"It's a perk."

[robinonadderall]

"You're a jerk like that." Yeah that didn't really carry too much weight since he was smiling when he said it.

[justlurkinghere]

"Like you don't make fun of me." Derek, shifting in your seat like you wanted to lean closer was uncalled for.