Denny's On the Mainland, Saturday Night

[justlurkinghere]

Laura was once again gone. And Derek was totally fine about that. Yeah, totally fine. He was just glaring down at his coffee cup like it offended him on every level possible and would set it on fire with the power of his hatred.

And he was apparently talking to Stiles again.

Well, it had really been more of a kidnapping because the kid had his jeep available to drive them to Denny's while the Camaro was still in Beacon Hills. But, you know, whatever got him a Grand Slam of sadness.

[[NFB, and for the kidnappee!]]

Comments

[robinonadderall]

"Wise words." And almost kind of a joke. Which was...weird and unsettling. "Scott still thinks Denny's is code for something. I almost want to ask what he means but then I figure it's just best to leave it."

[justlurkinghere]

TAKE IT LIKE A MAN, STILES.

"He thinks the Argents are the nicest family." Derek held little hope for that kid.

[robinonadderall]

"He'll change his mind about that soon enough," Stiles assured him. "Except for Allison, of course. But Allison really is nice."

[justlurkinghere]

"She doesn't know what they do." Obviously.

[robinonadderall]

"That...might change a little bit." Yeah, no, it'll change a lot. "A little bit."

[justlurkinghere]

"And he's still alive?"

[robinonadderall]

"They love each other, dude." Stiles shrugged like he didn't understand it either. "They've got this whole Romeo and Juliet thing going on. Hopefully without the whole double suicide thing in the end."

"Actually let's scratch that analogy 'cause I'd be Mercutio and I'm really not looking to be killed by one of Allison's family members."

[justlurkinghere]

"Does that make me Tybalt?" Look, everyone had to read that freakin' play.

[robinonadderall]

"Tybalt was related to Juliet," Stiles said. "And he's the one that killed Mercutio."

Yeah Stiles was totally going to be a Lit minor in college, don't judge.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek just smiled at him for the last part. "And they all ended up dead."

[robinonadderall]

"Yeah, definitely a bad analogy," Stiles decided. "Let's avoid everyone dying."

[justlurkinghere]

"Duly noted." Just let Peter in on that plan. Might help.

[robinonadderall]

"You're never going to get Scott to stop obsessing about Allison, just for the record," he said. "It's best to just work around it."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek sighed, sitting back in the booth. "Anyone else being bit would be better."

[robinonadderall]

"Yeah, the alpha feels that way too," Stiles said, like that was helpful. "I'm pretty sure Scott agrees."

[justlurkinghere]

"Believe me, I know." He was aaaaall alone with his werewolfness. No one he knew wanted to be one.

[robinonadderall]

"Well the good news with the whole Scott thing is that everyone learns a valuable lesson about not biting people who don't want it," Stiles said. "The alpha offered to bite me and let me be when I said no."

Stiles hadn't even told Scott that, but he figured he probably owed Derek a few secrets.

[justlurkinghere]

"That's how it's supposed to be," Derek replied. "It was gift. Not something forced on people."

[robinonadderall]

"Scott was out of desperation," Stiles said. "Nobody wants to accept the bite from a crazy person."

[justlurkinghere]

"Crazy." Give him more clues, Stiles. Yesss yessss.

[robinonadderall]

"I tend to think most murderers are at least a little bit crazy," Stiles said. "And biting Scott without doing your research? Either crazy or stupid. We were both out in the woods that night, two seconds of eavesdropping would be enough to tell I was the better choice."

[justlurkinghere]

"But you don't want it." Right, Stiles?

[robinonadderall]

"I don't think so?" That wasn't an confusing answer at all. "I mean, I told him I didn't want it but he said I was lying."

[justlurkinghere]

"Were you lying?" That was an important question, you know.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles shrugged. "I don't know."

The decision would be easier to make if he wasn't surrounded by flop alphas.