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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[robinonadderall]

Yeah Stiles thought it sounded like that too. Which would explain why he shouted, "It's so cute when you try to talk dirty!" before running out the door.

[justlurkinghere]

"Stiles!" who thought it was a smart idea to run from an apex predator? Who? Because Derek just had to give chase.

You are the worst fake boyfriend ever.

[robinonadderall]

You weren't winning any awards for outstanding achievement in fake boyfriending either, Derek.

And Stiles had been counting on those predator instincts, thank you. He knew he wouldn't make it far if he was actually trying to outrun Derek, but luckily for him (and not so lucky for Derek) he only had to make it far enough to hop over the line of mountain ash he had made. Which he did.

[justlurkinghere]

Which is exactly where Derek came to a very sudden stop. And then tried again to no avail. "What--mountain ash?"

He didnt even manage to sound dramatic about it like Gerard, just confused and pissed off.

[robinonadderall]

"Yeah someone here learned a new trick this weekend," Stiles said, bouncing on his heels a little. "And that someone was me."

[justlurkinghere]

"Break the circle, Stiles." So he can shove you into a tree.

[robinonadderall]

"Wow, you sound just like the other you." No duh, Stiles. "Can't you just let me bask in my awesomeness for a moment? This is only the second time I've done it."

[justlurkinghere]

"Stiles..." Derek was forced to do that pacing along the edge of the ash like an animal at the zoo. A very annoyed animal at the zoo.

[robinonadderall]

"I'll be honest with you, Derek, I don't really feel like letting you go while you're looking so homicidal." Stiles hadn't really thought out this part, obviously.

Think, Stiles, think. "Okay, how about this: I let you go and you go back in the house without hurting me because you helped me satisfy my scientific curiosity and that's what good fake boyfriends do?"

[justlurkinghere]

"I thought I was a teddy bear," Derek shot back, arms crossed over his chest.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles laughed nervously. "That was a joke! I was joking. You should laugh. Please laugh."

[justlurkinghere]

Did you really want him to laugh? How about a weird smile instead? Have a weird smile instead.

"Stiles. Break the circle."

[robinonadderall]

"Oh god..." Stiles knew he'd have to let Derek go sometime and it probably was better to do it sooner rather than later. So he bent down slightly and broke the circle with a wave of his hands.

And then he turned and started running away as fast as he could.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek watched him flail off for a moment, stretching out his shoulders leisurely. Because sometimes he wanted to enjoy the chase. And give Stiles that false sense of hope that just maybe he could run faster than Derek.

Aww, precious little lamb, Stiles.

Then he took off after the kid.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles had no false hope, none. He was just praying he didn't trip and fall because that would be embarrassing and sad.

"Derek, I'm sorry!" he shouted as he kept on running. "I'm really, really sorry!"

His heart was already beating fast from the running but you didn't have to be a werewolf to know he was lying.

[justlurkinghere]

"Lie," Derek hissed, grabbing Stiles' top most shirt layer to bring him up short. Yeah, this was perfectly normal.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles made a little choked noise as he was yanked back. He stumbled and probably would have landed on his ass if Derek hadn't been behind him. "Okay, okay! You're not a teddy bear!"

Yep. Totally normal.

[justlurkinghere]

Somewhere... Someone was comparing this to Twilight. Healthy.

It probably helped that Derek was right behind him, doing his best impression of a brick wall. "Really? I'm hurt. Here I thought we were making progress."

[robinonadderall]

"Did you want me to call you a teddy bear?" Stiles asked, craning his neck back to look at Derek. "'Cause I can."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek just rolled his eyes, dropping his hold with a shove. Yeah, not helping reestablish is terrifying street cred. "Where did you get it?"

[robinonadderall]

"So not telling you that," Stiles said, taking a few steps away from Derek. He wasn't very fond of being loomed at. "I had to learn to use it to trap someone--not you--in a warehouse. I just wanted to see if it would work in a non-distressing situation."

You weren't very distressing, Derek, sorry.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek was just going to sigh at you some more. Because he was hella mature. "Very reassuring, Stiles."

[robinonadderall]

"Oh come on, I wouldn't actually use it on you in a serious situation." Not unless Derek really deserved it. "Look I had a really bad weekend and it's March back home so I didn't get good food so you should totally let this slide."

[justlurkinghere]

UGH, STOP BEING WHINY.

"And if I ask what happened...?"

[robinonadderall]

SHUT UP, DEREK, YOU WERE WHINY.

Stiles sighed. "Scott almost died and I got my dad fired. Happy?"