It's a step in the right direction. Derek doesn't outright apologize, but
neither does Stiles, and he does follow Stiles, looking at least a little
more subdued. Maybe he just needs to keep being that blunt with Derek.
Maybe that's what it takes. No time to say anything, though, especially not
as those last words send a visible chill down his spine. Fear. No, if there
was anything Stiles could do, he had to. He couldn't not.
"Okay." He nods, then nods again, trying to breathe all his jitters away.
One breath in, one breath out, and he wipes his palms against his jeans,
straightening his too-large shirt as he nods one more time. "That's what
we've got, time to see what else we can find. You, uh...us coming in
together together is bound to raise some questions, dude. You wanna go
ahead in? I'll follow, see if I can get anything from Melissa and we can
meet back up outside in ten." He doesn't want to split up, knows what Derek
is gonna think about it, but he'll focus better without a looming, scowling
Derek, and Derek might be able to pick up on something weird and wolfy
without Stiles distracting him.
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Date: 2014-02-05 01:14 am (UTC)It's a step in the right direction. Derek doesn't outright apologize, but neither does Stiles, and he does follow Stiles, looking at least a little more subdued. Maybe he just needs to keep being that blunt with Derek. Maybe that's what it takes. No time to say anything, though, especially not as those last words send a visible chill down his spine. Fear. No, if there was anything Stiles could do, he had to. He couldn't not.
"Okay." He nods, then nods again, trying to breathe all his jitters away. One breath in, one breath out, and he wipes his palms against his jeans, straightening his too-large shirt as he nods one more time. "That's what we've got, time to see what else we can find. You, uh...us coming in together together is bound to raise some questions, dude. You wanna go ahead in? I'll follow, see if I can get anything from Melissa and we can meet back up outside in ten." He doesn't want to split up, knows what Derek is gonna think about it, but he'll focus better without a looming, scowling Derek, and Derek might be able to pick up on something weird and wolfy without Stiles distracting him.