A Denny's On the Mainland | Sunday Afternoon

[robinonadderall]

Apparently Derek had been blessed (heh) with other children, so it was up to Stiles to keep Claudia happy for at least part of the day. It was easier than he thought it would be, especially if he kept his own issues out of his head. He didn't want a repeat of yesterday.

So he was sitting at a table with his daughter, letting her eat her way through a stack of pancakes while he read over texts he had gotten from Derek. "I think Der--uh, Daddy's on his way here. Something about being mad at me letting you ride in the jeep...wow, wait until he finds out I let you drive it."

It was just around the parking lot! And she was only steering, he was working the gears and pedals. Perfectly safe.

[For the baby daddy and his children. And anybody else if you want to be at the nearest Denny's, sure. It's the haven of dads who don't know what to do with their children iirc from my childhood]

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[moretrauma4dads.livejournal.com]

Which made Claudia lift up her eyebrows in alarm. 'Cause that was a displeased alpha sound and she couldn't pinpoint why.

"Daddy's being weird," Claudia whispered loudly to Stiles.

[robinonadderall]

"Daddy, stop being weird," Stiles said automatically. He'd turn red at calling Derek that later. "And order some food."

He managed to catch the eye of a waitress who was brave enough to be around Derek's scowly face.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek looked embarrassed enough that that whole serial killer look faded away. Which meant he was able to order pretty much half the menu.

Everyone was so lucky he had the money to pay to feed these kids.

[cawcawwerewolf.livejournal.com]

"Aaaaanyway," Talia said, totally smug over getting a reaction out of her dad. "How'd dad nail you? He's kinda bad at socializing."

[alurkingphase.livejournal.com]

Petra kicked her under the table, not holding back on it. Because werewolves. Ugh, her life was filled with mutants and werewolves.

"He's introverted," she corrected in a way that was trying to be helpful. But she got those helpful genes from Derek. So.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles almost choked on his orange juice at the question. "There's been no nailing. None. Nobody's nailed anybody."

[moretrauma4dads.livejournal.com]

"What's nailing?" Look what you did, Talia.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek didn't even have the excuse of orange juice to choke on, but he was choking nonetheless. Because seriously.

What was wrong with his kids?

"It means dating," Derek said, then immediately regretted it. Because he knew how kids would take that and run with it.

[cawcawwerewolf.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Talia said dryly. "'Dating'. Totally explains the smell."

[alurkingphase.livejournal.com]

"Which is something that happens when you date someone," Petra said, trying to fix this as much as possible with little ears at the table.

All while glaring at Talia.

[moretrauma4dads.livejournal.com]

"Oh. Well then Dad nails Daddy all the time." Oh god. "They hugged yesterday!"

[robinonadderall]

Stiles was slowly scooting down the seat like maybe he was trying to escape under the table.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek was turning more and more red with each passing moment, but other than that, he was doing his best impression of a statue.

Petra could drive the other two back, right? Right.

[cawcawwerewolf.livejournal.com]

Talia was laughing loud enough to get the attention of the people around them on that table of crazy people. "Oh yeah. I'm sure they 'hug' all the time when you're not around too."

[alurkingphase.livejournal.com]

"Oh god." And Petra was taking this opportunity to look less and less visible with each passing moment. Because mutant powers of invisibility.

[moretrauma4dads.livejournal.com]

Claudia didn't get what was so funny or traumatizing so she decided to change the subject. "Dad let me drive the jeep around the parking lot!"

[robinonadderall]

Now Stiles really was trying to escape under the table. Goodbye, world.

[justlurkinghere]

"What?!" Derek, lower the volume of your voice. You're going to get kicked out.

[alurkingphase.livejournal.com]

"I should have stayed with mom," Petra whined.

[cawcawwerewolf.livejournal.com]

Talia smacked her arm. "Shhh, it's getting good."

[robinonadderall]

"It wasn't driving," Stiles said, sitting up after deciding Derek would just track him down if he tried to escape. "She was just steering, I was the one working the pedals and shifting gears."

[moretrauma4dads.livejournal.com]

"I only hit the curb once!" she said proudly.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek looked like he was stifling the urge to clutch Claudia to his bosom chest to keep her safe from harm. Because he was. Seriously, Derek. What is with that?

"Oh my god," he muttered, looking up at the ceiling for help.

[cawcawwerewolf.livejournal.com]

Talia offered a hand to Claudia for a high-five. "Nice one, kid."

[alurkingphase.livejournal.com]

"Hey, there's the food!" Petra said as several servers brought out enough to feed a small army.

Or three werewolves and two teenagers.