IHoP on the Mainland, Monday Evening

[justlurkinghere]

Tomorrow was Stiles' eighteenth birthday, which meant Derek was taking him out to dinner tonight. So that he could spend tomorrow with his dad and Scott.

Aren't you glad Derek was in contact with the Sheriff, Stiles? Aren't you?

Derek put the sensible, highy safety rated car into park and stared at the windshield. "Do you want your gift now or inside?"

[[For the guy with him]]

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[justlurkinghere]

Derek cleared his throat and nodded. "Does this deserve bacon?"

[robinonadderall]

"I supposed it does," he said. "We'll call today a cheat day in honor of my birthday."

[justlurkinghere]

"Then I really like your birthday." Like that hadn't been clear before now.

[robinonadderall]

"Everybody should," he said before waving the waitress down. If Derek was going to order bacon then Stiles was going to order the most sugar covered pancakes they had.

[justlurkinghere]

You are going to get diabetes, Stiles!

"Do you just live on sugar?" Derek asked once she left, not thinking they were insane. It was a new thing!

[robinonadderall]

"For the most part!" he said. "And caffeine. Can't forget the caffeine."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek rolled his eyes at that. "I could improve your diet."

With tofu. And vegan baked goods.

[robinonadderall]

"Yeah? You gonna cook for me all the time?" he asked.

[justlurkinghere]

"I could." Other than their trips to Denny's. He smiled like he was that other version of Derek.

[robinonadderall]

"I'll pass," he said. "Especially when you're all chipper about it."

[justlurkinghere]

"Next lunch I bring you will be carrot sticks."

[robinonadderall]

"And then I'll be leaving you and your carrot sticks alone to eat lunch by yourselves." It's not like anybody at work would care if he left randomly.

[justlurkinghere]

"And you'll drink your churro cream in the bathroom?"

...phrasing?

[robinonadderall]

"Ah no, that stuff is nasty." But it smelled so good, he didn't get it. "I would walk right out the door and get Moobys."

[justlurkinghere]

"Your dad makes so much more sense now."

[robinonadderall]

Stiles rolled his eyes. "My dad needs someone watching his health, I don't."

[justlurkinghere]

"Uh huh."

[robinonadderall]

"Are you avoiding the sex talk?" he asked.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek wasn't drinking water, but he still choked. "Are we taking about that here?"

He thought he was given the hint to change the subject!

[robinonadderall]

"Where else would we have it?" he asked.

[justlurkinghere]

"In priva--" Oh, that actually didn't work. With their control issues. "--okay, good point."

[robinonadderall]

"Yeah, exactly," he said. "So..."

How did you even start this sort of conversation?

[justlurkinghere]

Awkwardly, that's how.

"I liked Saturday," Derek ventured once the silence got awkward.

[robinonadderall]

"Me too," he said. "I mean, obviously. I made that pretty evident."

What with the erection and everything.

[justlurkinghere]

Yes, there was that.

Derek cleared his throat, remembering all of that on his lap. "We could do more of that."