Denny's - Mainland, Sunday Morning

[justlurkinghere]

Upon going to drag Stiles out for his morning violent flail run this morning, it became abundantly clear that something more was needed. Because Beacon Hills was an evil place and damn it, he'd warned the kid about going back there.

Therefore, it was time for a Denny's trip. Where one could repress their trauma via a Grand Slam.

Hey, whatever worked for them. Right?

[For the guy modded. Maybe in a tutu. I use my powers for evil]

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[robinonadderall]

Stiles had definitely not been in the mood to run this morning. He was a little more amiable to the Denny's plan, though at the moment he wasn't doing much other than halfheartedly shoving his scrambled eggs around on his plate with his fork.

And, no, he wasn't wearing a tutu. God.

[justlurkinghere]

YET. HE WASN'T WEARING ONE YET.

Derek eyed him, sipping his coffee. Because they can't just up and talk about what was bothering each other.

"I'm not ordering the pancake bites." That was clearly the cause of his mood.

[robinonadderall]

Yes, Derek. It was the pancake bites.

"If I order them I'm not letting you have any." Just because.

[justlurkinghere]

"Not until you finish your eggs." He wasn't a cool alpha yet.

[robinonadderall]

"Seriously?" You were his fake boyfriend, not his fake dad.

[justlurkinghere]

"I'm paying." So deal with it.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles rolled his eyes, but did start eating his food a little. Since Derek was paying and all.

And because there was no way to smoothly segue into the reason Stiles presumed they were here and not sweating and breathing heavily in the park (not dirty), he just went and said it bluntly. "Heather's dead."

[justlurkinghere]

"Your friend," he confirmed after a moment of terrible relief. He hadn't had to make the first move.

[robinonadderall]

"Yeah, my friend," he said. "She was murdered the night of her party."

So congrats, Derek, you were right to to be paranoid there.

[justlurkinghere]

That earned him a frown. "What happened?"

[robinonadderall]

"Officially the police aren't sure yet. She went missing the night of her party and I was the last person to see her alive." Oh, the guilt that came from that. "She was found later tied to a tree. Head bashed in, throat cut and strangled."

Stiles rubbed at his eyes like that was going to get the imagery out of his head somehow. "Two other bodies with the same wounds turned up around a day later."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek took a moment to try and think of just what could have done something like that. "Do you think it's something human?"

[robinonadderall]

"I definitely don't think it was a werewolf. No offense, but you guys usually aren't that creative. I do have a theory though," he said. "All the victims having those injuries, it's called a three form death. The concept is related to sacrifices. Human sacrifices."

He braced himself for an onslaught of judgment because he knew how that sounded.

[justlurkinghere]

Hey now, Derek was attempting to be supportive here. And non-Jesus figure-y.

Maybe because he didn't have an English teacher love interest around.

"For what?" he asked, only sounding vaguely judgmental.

[robinonadderall]

"Dude, I know what it sounds like but it fits," Stiles said. "It's not just the deaths that were the same, all three victims were virgins."

You probably didn't want to know how he knew that.

"People that like to sacrifice humans always go for virgins." At least in the movies they did.

[justlurkinghere]

Excuse Derek while he stared at him for a moment. "You're staying away from Beacon Hills."

[robinonadderall]

"What, why? Because I'm a virgin?" he asked. "Staying away from Beacon Hills isn't an option, I'm going to figure this murder thing out."

[justlurkinghere]

"So you can get murdered too?" He was not cool with that, Stiles.

[robinonadderall]

"I'm not going to get murdered." Even he looked like he wasn't sure of that. "Since my virginity is literally a threat on my life now maybe someone will have sex with me? Danny might, he's nice. Oh or Mike! Do you think Mike would have sex with me if I said I might die if he didn't?"

[justlurkinghere]

Don't make Derek murder his housemate, Stiles. That would be bad.

"Just. Stay out of that town, you moron."

[robinonadderall]

"I just told you I can't," he said. "Look, it's my fault Heather was alone that night, I'm responsible for what happened. I owe it to her to find who did this. My dad's doing what he can but if it's being done for some supernatural reason he's only getting half the information."

[justlurkinghere]

"But he's not the one in danger if they're killing virgins."

[robinonadderall]

"You can't stop me from going back there." He was not afraid to pull the brat card, no.

[justlurkinghere]

"Want to bet?" Oh, this would only end in tears. And Stiles going there anyway.

[robinonadderall]

Yes, yes it would.

"I'd love to see you try," Stiles said. "I'm not going to hide here while people back home are dying. I can help."