It's Creepy If You Squint Mansion, Thursday afternoon

[justlurkinghere]

So, it was Thanksgiving and Derek--shockingly--was not in a social mood. Because he was an outgoing social butterfly on most days, you know.

That would be why he was eating Chinese food and watching whatever movie marathon he could find on TV. More accurately he was picking at the food and looking morose.

Family based holidays were no fun for him.

[[For that human shaped thing]]

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[justlurkinghere]

"How is this cheating?" Derek snapped, wrapping both arms around him now that his food was safe. And then picked him up with ease. Sorry he wasn't sorry about his magic werewolf powers.

[robinonadderall]

"This whole thing is cheating!" he said, using one flaily hand to gesture at their current position. "I can't do this to you, so cheating."

And not at all an awkward position to be in! Really.

[justlurkinghere]

"I'm sorry you have the upper body strength of a twelve year old girl." Derek, that was rude.

[robinonadderall]

"Hey!" Stiles wriggled around, trying to turn enough to give Derek a glare. "Uncalled for!"

[justlurkinghere]

Derek smirked at him, dropping his hold suddenly.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles made a noise that was most definitely not a shriek when he dropped. He at least landed on his feet, but his thrown off balance made him fall right into Derek.

Why must they flirt like children?

[justlurkinghere]

Because they had a combined maturity level of about eight years old.

There was that.

Derek snorted at the noise, only reaching out to stabilize him. Only for that.

[robinonadderall]

Suuuuuure.

Once Stiles was sure he wasn't going to land on his ass he turned around to face Derek in order to glare. Glare so hard. That was the plan anyway, but a second before he implemented it Stiles started to smile. "I'm taller than you!"

[justlurkinghere]

"No you're not." He totally was. By about an inch.

Also, wow were they in close now.

[robinonadderall]

"Dude, I'm looking down at you." The closeness was necessary to prove Stiles' point! "Aww, short little werewolf."

[justlurkinghere]

Plus, if they stepped back, it was admitted defeat. So.

"I can throw you across the room."

[robinonadderall]

"I'd be taller than you either way."

[justlurkinghere]

"You'd still be across the room." Because that was soooo likely to happen.

[robinonadderall]

"Come on, just admit I'm taller than you," Stiles said, bouncing on his heels. "It's no big deal. I mean I'm short compared to some people. Isaac's taller than everybody 'cause he's a freak of nature, so it's not like you're alone in shortness."

[justlurkinghere]

"I'm not short." You're rude, Stiles. "You're just a weed."

[robinonadderall]

"A tall weed," he said. "Let me know if you need me to grab anything for you from a high shelf."

[justlurkinghere]

"So I can watch you fall over?" Derek asked, flicking at Stiles' shoulder. SERIOUSLY, GUYS. TAKE A STEP BACK.

[robinonadderall]

THIS WAS A PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE DISTANCE TO STAND.

"I'm not that clumsy." Yes he was. "And don't flick me."

This was, of course, followed by Stiles trying to flick Derek's neck.

[justlurkinghere]

SURE, IF THEY LIKED HAVING CHESTS ALMOST TOUCH. THEN IT WAS JUST FINE.

"You really are," Derek shot back, flicking Stiles' chest this time. Because maturity was high today.

Plus side? Not thinking about his dead, dead family.

[robinonadderall]

STILES DIDN'T MIND IT.

Stiles lifted his eyebrows because obviously any chance of acting like mature adults had gone out the window now. So obviously it was the right time to flick Derek on the nose.

[justlurkinghere]

"Do that again and lose a finger."

SERIOUSLY. EVERYONE IS JUDGING YOU GUYS NOW. EVERYONE. PUPPY JOE IS JUDGING YOU AS HE GNAWS ON HIS BONE.

[robinonadderall]

"You started it," Stiles said. But he kept his hands to himself. For the moment. It probably wouldn't last.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek bared his teeth at that in a smile. A smile with fangs.

...and bunny teeth.

[robinonadderall]

You know there was something wrong with Stiles when he responded to that with a smile. "My, what big teeth you have."

[justlurkinghere]

Deeply, deeply wrong. Derek blinked at that, head jerking back and turning ever so slightly red under the stubble. Because what he was thinking wasn't at all what Stiles meant with the joke.

"Better to eat with," he grumbled, going back to the couch and his fried rice.