The Preserve | Friday Night

[robinonadderall]

Right, so, Stiles' quest to learn the layout of the island also included going out at night to figure out where everything is. The woods in the day and the woods in the night were two completely different things and he had gotten lost in the Beacon Hills woods enough to know that. He really hadn't meant to be out this late, but between going to the bar and just being distracted he had lost track of time. At least he had come prepared with a flashlight, not that it was really needed with the moonlight illuminating the forest.

Wait. Stiles frowned and looked up at the sky. That better not be a full moon.

[For the Sourwolf and NFB!]

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[justlurkinghere]

It was indeed a full moon, Stiles. This August was the special kind that had two full moons in it.

Oops?

And Derek had already been slightly mauled tonight, so it wasn't exactly the best full moon he'd had in recent memory. Which was possibly why, once he'd gotten Jack securely refastened in his chains, Derek took a little time to bring himself back under control. Through rage. And running through the forest.

He stopped and sniffed the air, snarling loudly once he picked up something familiar.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles didn't have the super sensitive hearing that practically everyone else in his life could boast about, but he did know a strange noise when he heard one. He stopped suddenly and turned around in a slow circle to see if he could see anything.

"Please be a deer."

[justlurkinghere]

Stiles. Stiles. Is your life ever that simple?

And Derek would not be Derek without coming up behind Stiles as he moved in a circle to wait for him to finally come into view. Because that was totally normal.

At least he looked human again?

[robinonadderall]

Stiles, of course, played right into that ol' trick. At least his scream wasn't on the shrieking side this time.

"Oh my freaking GOD!" And the flashlight totally got dropped. Like he was the blonde chick in a horror movie. "Jesus, Derek, what the hell is wrong with you?!"

[justlurkinghere]

Derek bared his teeth, closing the distance between them to shove Stiles into a tree. Awww, it was like old times! Or new ones, depending on who you asked.

"You're out on a full moon and you think something is wrong with me?"

[robinonadderall]

You'd think after getting shoved against things so many times you'd get used to the feeling but, nope, still hurt like hell.

"I didn't know!" Stiles insisted, trying to sound braver than he felt. "I've been here a week, I haven't exactly had time to add this time period's moon cycles to my calendar!"

He really did have a calendar like that.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek very pointedly looked up at the sky. With the full moon.

Just sittin' there.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles rolled his eyes. "The moon looked like that yesterday too, you know. Like I can tell the damn difference between a full moon and an almost full moon."

[justlurkinghere]

YEAH WELL. SHUT UP, STILES.

"Go back to the dorms."

[robinonadderall]

"Stop telling me what to do." Ignore the fact that Stiles was heading to do just that anyway.

[justlurkinghere]

"Stop doing stupid things and I won't have to." There was a pause before he sniffed again. Something smelled like a corpse and Calvin Klein cologne.

[robinonadderall]

"And stop with the sniffing thing!" Stiles said, trying to push Derek away. "Inappropriate!"

[justlurkinghere]

Because Derek was totally going to move with the force of that shove. Really.

"Where did you go tonight." It was really more demand than answer.

[robinonadderall]

"Uh, the woods. Duh." It wasn't that Stiles had a death wish, he was just incapable of giving a straight answer. Especially when he knew he had been caught doing something he shouldn't.

[justlurkinghere]

Lie like the wind!

Not that it would help with the whole werewolf lie detector thing they had going for them. "Then why do you smell like Calvin Klein?"

[robinonadderall]

"Because some of us like to smell good?" Stiles lied. "We all can't be so lucky to smell like Eau de Werewolf."

[justlurkinghere]

Well, you're just asking to be shoved against that tree a little harder, stiles. Terribly sorry about that.

"Stay away from Eric, Stiles. He's--" The creepy undead. Something Derek had no clue how to handle. A smug douche with abs that rival Derek's own. Pick one! "--dangerous.

[robinonadderall]

"The guy shoving me against a tree is trying to tell me who is and isn't dangerous?" Stiles asked, really hoping that tree wasn't leaving any bruises. He didn't need to be getting side eye in the locker room next week.

"I'm not an idiot, Derek, I kinda got that the guy wasn't one to mess with after he called me a breather," Stiles said. "I wasn't gonna ask him for help with my physics homework."

[justlurkinghere]

"I told you to stay away from there." Why can't you just listen to him and his awesomeness?

[robinonadderall]

"And I told you that you're not the boss of me." Your wannabe alpha skills did not work on Stiles, Derek!

[justlurkinghere]

You are legit the worst, Stiles! Just listen to hiiiiiim.

"Don't act like a child, Stiles."

[robinonadderall]

"You're the one throwing a hissy because you didn't get your way, man." So they were both children then.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek was nooooot. Not, not, not!

"You're the one who is running into trouble without thinking," Derek hissed. Not a literal hiss because, you know, he actually did that from time to time.

[robinonadderall]

Yeah, Stiles recalled the actual hissing back at Peter's nursing home. It was very masculine, really.

"What trouble? I mean, aside from having the unfortunate luck of running into you all the time," Stiles said, shifting against the tree and wincing. "Seriously, dude, I have a gym class, people are going to be looking at me weird if I have marks on my back."

[justlurkinghere]

"You went investigating a vampire after I warned you not to." Well, actually, that's not what he said at all. But shhh.

He huffed, letting the kid go to stalk back to a decent enough range for some lurking.

[robinonadderall]

"You did not say that!" Stiles argued, pushing off the tree and brushing off his clothes. "You told me to keep away from a bar like a walking after school special and then you threatened to kill me if I didn't listen to you. Of course I was curious."

Stiles logic wasn't like normal human logic.

[justlurkinghere]

It was not at all.

"Do you think I just warn people off for no reason?"

YES.

[robinonadderall]

"Yes, yes I do actually," Stiles said with a frantic nod. "I know you don't have the benefit of past history like I do but I will get you up to speed right now: we don't like each other. You being an asshole for no good reason isn't exactly out of the realm of possibility as far as I'm concerned."

[justlurkinghere]

"How would it be possible to not like a person like you?" Derek asked sarcastically as he rolled his eyes.

[robinonadderall]

"Oh shut up." Damn Hales and their sass genes. "Are we done here or is there something else you'd like to threaten me about?"

[justlurkinghere]

He'd always have things to threaten you about, Stiles. Because your best friend was Scott.

"Who is the other kid from Beacon Hills?"

[robinonadderall]

"Who, Jackson?" That would be the only other person from Beacon Hills here, Stiles, yep. "He's a jerk, you two should get along great."

[justlurkinghere]

Ha ha, Stiles.

"He's terrified of me. Why."

Derek, ask real questions. Because clearly this method did not work on Stiles.

[robinonadderall]

It really, really didn't.

"Seriously? You can't guess why you, Stalker McCreeperson, would terrify someone?" Stiles asked. "What, do you think the whole lurking thing is charming or something?"

[justlurkinghere]

OH EM GEE, OTHER THAN THAT.

Derek sighed, taking a sudden step back toward Stiles. "He has claw marks on his neck. And called me a drug dealer."

[robinonadderall]

Stiles jerked back, wincing when he ended up hitting the tree again. Ugh there were so gonna be bruises later.

"Oh he still thinks you're a drug dealer? That's, uh, my friend's fault," Stiles admitted. "He thinks Scott's sudden lacrosse superstar status is due to drugs rather than werewolf powers. But, hey, at least that means he hasn't figured out the whole werewolf thing yet so...good for you?"

[justlurkinghere]

Claw marks in the neck, Stiles. Those were hard to ignore.

You know, unless they were tainted by wolfsbane and causing you to have some seriously messed up hallucinations.

Derek glared at him, willing more information on the matter.

[robinonadderall]

"Look, what's going on with Jackson has nothing to do with you, just leave it--" Stiles lost steam on that sentence when he caught sight of something sparkly in Derek's hair. "...alone."

What the hell was that?

[justlurkinghere]

NOTHING. IT WAS NOTHING.

"If he brings anyone here about me..."

Or a restraining order.

[robinonadderall]

What were you saying, Derek? Stiles couldn't hear you over the distraction of something shiny.

"Dude, what is up with your hair?"

[justlurkinghere]

Derek resisted the urge to touch his hair. Because that would be showing weakness to a teenage boy and no. Not happening.

"Stiles," he ground out.

[robinonadderall]

"No, seriously, is that glitter?" Stiles asked, moving forward for closer inspection. "Did someone get gussied up for the full moon?"

[justlurkinghere]

Derek did the smart thing and bared teeth that were much less human than normal. Because this wasn't funny, Stiles.

Except for how it was. But that didn't matter to Derek. Not at all.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles at least had the good sense to take a few steps back and hold his hands up. "Sorry, sorry! I just thought it was vampires that did the dazzling, not werewolves."

[justlurkinghere]

"Shut up, Stiles." He finally gave in, trying in vain to brush the offensive glitter out of his hair. It just wouldn't all go away!

Seriously, folks. Glitter is an STD. It never goes away.

Top ten things you'd never expect to hear from Derek Hale: "Goddamn Pinkie Pie."

[robinonadderall]

"Not sure what that means, not sure I want to find out," Stiles said. "I hope you haven't tried to threaten anyone else tonight because you're definitely losing some of your terror points here."

One day he'd learn to keep his mouth shut. One day.

[justlurkinghere]

That got a full blown snarl. Because Derek remembered why Stiles being out here tonight was such a bad idea.

"Dorms. Now."

[robinonadderall]

"Oh Jesus God, I am going!" See, there was walking in the direction of the castle and everything. "Don't think I won't know if you decide to be a creep and follow me home to make sure I get there."

Well, he wouldn't know, really. But he knew what kind of a creeper Derek was and wanted Derek to know he was aware of that.

[justlurkinghere]

Suuuuuure, Stiles. Sure.

Derek rolled his eyes, taking off for the other end of the island to make certain Jack hadn't tried to escape again. He'd get his answers about this friend of Stiles' later.