Becoming Ashes

"Peter owes me a favor." Stiles admits as they drive. "I will call on him to turn in the favor if I have to. It will also be better on my dad as he won't be as stressful if something is missing, he can call Peter to help."

Derek's eyebrows lift a little and he huffs a soft laugh. "Peter owes you a favor huh?" He makes a little noise before nodding. It would be helpful for the town as well to have a werewolf able to give a hand with police cases if need be as well. "We can offer it to him. See what he thinks about it."

"I have been thinking." Stiles says. "Dad actually might be able to close the cases that haunt him if Peter helps out by giving a super natural side."

Derek hummed as they drove, showing Stiles he was listening and he looked over at him, tapping fingers lightly against the steering wheel as he spoke. "Do you think Peter would be willing?"

Stiles smiles as he knows he would help Derek win the prank war if it came down to it. He holds Derek's hand. "It'll be okay. And we would win that prank war."

Cora may have Laura on her side, but Stiles had pretty damn good instincts too, so Derek was confident. Taking Stiles' hand, Derek grins softly at him and nods. "Oh I know we would, we're a great team."

Cora snarls as she couldn't prank them. "I would have won the prank war-" she starts but Stiles chuckles as he gets in the passenger side. Derek is the only one who can drive the jeep besides Stiles himself. "Cora, Derek has me on his side."

Derek smirks up at his younger sister and makes a face at her, climbing into the front seat. "Also I'm older so my senses are sharper. Even if I didn't have a badass spark on my side." He calls back, grinning smugly as he closes the door.

Stiles smiles as he takes Derek's hand. He won't ever hurt Derek on purpose with his magic. "Also since I know Cora can still hear us- Do not try it." Stiles rolls his eyes as he leads Derek out to the jeep. Cora had a bucket ready for them, outside her window. "Stiles! That is no fun." Cora says, sticking her head out the window.

Derek couldn't be afraid of Stiles, not with how easily he adapted to the whole 'werewolf' thing, and most recently, the whole 'mate' thing. Derek snorted loudly as they walked out of the house, Cora pouting as she sticks her head out the window. "I'd have gotten you back if you did it Cor." He called back to her, sticking his tongue out immaturely at his sister.

Stiles smiles as they are alone. Stiles knows that he is trusted and he is going to be protected, but he also knows that there will be times he needs to do magic that is risky. "I will, one day. Maybe when I am stronger with control. I don't want to hurt you." He gets up. Stiles gets a text from his dad. "Dad wants me to go home. Come with me?"

Derek will adjust to it, to the riskier magic that Stiles will have to do sometimes and he hums, thoughtfully. "I doubt most of the magic you're gonna be learning right now is gonna be dangerous to me. But I'll wait." And he will, they have years to grow and learn together, both as a wolf and with Stiles' magic. He hums, tipping his head up and with permission from his mother upstairs, nods. "Yeah, it'll give mom and uncle Peter time to talk more."