Not-So-Creepy Mansion | Late Sunday Morning

[robinonadderall]

Right, so, Stiles' Thanksgiving had sucked what with getting his dad fired and Scott almost dying and them not being any closer to solving the whole kanima thing. He needed to relieve some stress and doing it the usual way wasn't cutting it. Which would be why he was at Derek's with a small jar filled with mountain ash. Deaton had been proud to hear of what Stiles accomplished and gave some more of it just in case. He was dying to see if the other night was just a fluke or if he really did gain a new skill.

Unlike the last time he did this, Stiles wasn't all that nervous about the small amount of mountain ash he had. In fact he purposely took less than was needed. He sprinkled some of it for a couple feet before closing his eyes and picturing a completed ring of ash around the mansion. Sure enough when he opened his eyes back up again the circle was complete. Oh yeah, he was totally magic.

He was in no rush to see if it worked, so he let himself in the house and wandered into the kitchen because he hadn't had anything to eat yet today. He ended up finding the motherload of Thanksgiving leftovers and quickly took to making himself a turkey sandwich and...finishing off the pie.

Whoops.

[For the werewolf who has no chest hair! And the stripper with no chest hair, if he wants!]

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[newroutines]

"Uneventful. Just fixed some stuff around the house." He was still eyeing Stiles a little bit, it should be noted. "Uh, were you supposed to be here this morning?"

[robinonadderall]

Stiles nodded. "Oh yeah, me and Derek are conducting an experiment."

Derek just didn't realize he was a lab rat.

[newroutines]

"An experiment."

This was Mike's dubious voice.

"It's way too early on a Sunday morning for that."

[robinonadderall]

"It's never too early for science!" Stiles insisted. "My gym teacher would be so proud of me for saying that."

[newroutines]

"Now you're just not making any sense." Mike should have been glad to not understand that reference, though. He was better off not knowing GLaDOS.

He went to make himself a sandwich, since that was what he'd come into the kitchen for and everything. "It's too early for science. Do I even want to know what this experiment is about?"

[robinonadderall]

"Werewolf stuff," Stiles said with a shrug. "Werewolf stuff that will piss off werewolves."

[newroutines]

Riiiight.

"And that's smart because...?"

[robinonadderall]

"Because werewolves are jerks in general and they deserve to be messed with," Stiles said. "Don't let Derek's niceness fool you."

[newroutines]

"This better not come bite me in the ass somehow, you know that, right?" Mike checked. "I'm the one who has to live with him, and he's grumpy as fuck at the best of times."

[robinonadderall]

"Why would it bite you in the ass?" Stiles asked. "If anything Derek will be grateful that you're his roommate and I'm only his fake boyfriend."

[newroutines]

"Saying that is still pretty weird." Although less so on the whole Fandom scale, so he wasn't exactly disturbed. "Just don't piss him off too bad, all right?"

[robinonadderall]

"I will do my best," Stiles said. "I'll at least make sure he's outside before he tries to kick my ass so none of your stuff will get messed up."

"Oh, by the way, I brought you cupcakes," Stiles said, nodding over at the counter. "Don't mind the black circle around the tray."

[newroutines]

"... I know this may be in that class of things I don't wanna know, but why is there a black circle around the tray of cupcakes?"

Goddammit Stiles, don't get magic all over his kitchen!

[robinonadderall]

"It's mountain ash. Like from the tree?" Stiles explained. "It keeps out the supernatural."

[newroutines]

Not stuff Mike was terribly familiar with yet, but he could figure it out quickly enough.

"So you're keeping Derek away from the cupcakes? Was that really worth breaking into the house for?"

He was just assuming he didn't have a key or anything.

[robinonadderall]

Oh Mike. The key would be happening if it hasn't happened already.

"No, it's not," Stiles said. "But the line around the house is worth it."

[newroutines]

"The line around the ––" Okay, he had to chuckle at that a bit. "Dude, that's a dangerous hobby you've got going on there."

[robinonadderall]

"Is it weird I want to take that as a compliment?" he asked.

[newroutines]

Mike was the kind to jump off bridges into water for fun. He may not have been the best judge of these things.

"Well, it's probably not advisable..."

[robinonadderall]

"This is true," he said with a nod. "Would you like me to make note that you were a responsible adult and tried to warn me away from my dangerous hobbies?"

[newroutines]

"If you could," Mike nodded with a laugh, reaching for one of the cupcakes now since he was not supernatural. "I need some karmic balance from leading people astray. And I'd really like not to have Derek loom at me over your wolfy pranks."

[robinonadderall]

"You've led people astray?" Stiles asked. "You don't seem like the type."

[newroutines]

"Well, I guess they were all gonna go astray even before I got there," Mike shrugged. Adam had definitely been well on his way, just without much money. "I don't seem the type, really?"

[robinonadderall]

"You're too nice," he said with a shrug. "And big brotherly."

Just, you know, a big brother Stiles found attractive.

[newroutines]

"Thanks." He seemed amused by that, but in a good way. Kind of a change from people screaming at him that he was just dragging everyone down with him. The fact that Brooke had gotten over it didn't mean he didn't remember, though he didn't wallow in stuff like that.

"I... try my best, or whatever the hell you're supposed to say to that."