What the hell is a Stiles? (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} _stiles) wrote, |
“He’ll come around, right? It’s not as though Stiles had a choice,” John asked, wanting some reassurance from Derek. “Scott isn’t old enough to have his own pack anyway. I mean he is now, but he’s not graduated, you’re- experienced.” He didn’t want to say older, he didn’t really want to acknowledge how much older Derek was than Stiles.
Stiles slomped into his English Lit classroom and threw himself at his desk before he realised the room was already occupied.
“Uh, hey, Stiles,” Allison greeted from the front, where she and a few more students were working on a project. She excused herself and walked over, pulling up a seat beside him.
“Hey, sorry, I didn’t know you were- I didn’t know-“ he murmured. “I just needed to get away.”
“From the pack?” Allison asked. She’d see them following Stiles around, and Isaac had told her about Derek and Stiles. Which had, when she’d thought about it, seemed a pretty obvious pairing.
“Scott,” Stiles replied. “He isn’t- he’s not too happy with me.”
Allison nodded. “You know he and Derek have always had some friction-“
“Yeah, I know, but it’s not like I just decided- it’s not like I’m doing it to spite him.”
He felt his phone buzz in his pocket.
“I know, but Scott- you know Scott. He’s new to all of this. Being a wolf and being an alpha. He hasn’t felt what you feel, he doesn’t know what it’s like to find a mate. And it’s not so common, is it? Not at our age. He’s dubious, probably because he’s upset he doesn’t feel this thing with Kira.” Allison purses her lips, and Stiles gave her a wry smile.
He fished his phone out of his pocket and saw Derek’s name, opening the message.
small disagreement about you stealing my innocence he text back.
“What can I do to convince him? I want him to be part of our pack. He’ll make us stronger. I want him there when we have kids-“
“He just needs time,” Allison said again, taking stiles’ hand. “He needs to see that it’s real and not just your hormones. He’s protective of you. You know him. And he’s probably a bit jealous.”
“He spends all his time with Kira, it’s not like he’s gonna be lonely whilst I’m with Derek- we haven’t hung out for ages. And he freaked out when I presented in case he fancied me, which kinda makes me feel like crap.”
Allison squeezes his hand gently. “He’ll come round. And if he doesn’t-“ she shrugged. “People change when they grow up.”
Stiles sighed.
The day seemed to drag from that point. Not just because Stiles wanted to get to Derek, but he wanted to week to be over, wanted some time away from school so he and Scott could hash things out in texts. Scott could be more reasonable when he had to type out words.
He still dragged his feet as he left the building, at least until he scanned the car park and saw Derek waiting for him. His pace picked up then as he dodged around other students, throwing his arms around his mate.
“I’m so glad to see you,” he whispered, breathing in the calming smell of his mate, nuzzling up against his throat and ignoring everyone else.