Stiles getting desperate after older lawyer Derek puts his foot down and tells Stiles itās done and over and nothing will ever happen between them and goes on a date with a boy from school. same year and a bit of a loner but heās nice. Stiles doesnāt have feelings for him at all but the boy likes Stiles.
Derek sees them together out on a date. Stiles made sure he would. made sure to hold the boyās hand. Derek knows what Stiles is trying to do. it doesnāt work. Derek doesnāt care that Stiles dates other boys. itās normal and as things should be.
but then. Derek drops by the station for a work related thing and Stilesā jeep is in the parking lot so Derek is like sigh gotta brace myself.
he goes in and does what he came here for and asks if the sheriff is in so he can say hi (its actually a ploy to go see Stiles) but heās told the sheriff is out on a call.
Derek is taken aback because wtf is Stiles doing here if his dad isnāt? he picks up Stilesā heartbeat and itās beating quite fast.
Derek bullshits his way into the floor and he follows Stilesā heartbeat until it leads him to the break room.
Stiles is sat on the counter between the sink and the coffee machine with Deputy Parrish bracketing him to it with his arms, smug face inches from Stilesā and murmuring to him.
Derek may not give a shit about Stiles seeing other people, seeing other boys, other girls but the idea that Stiles may be seeing other men? grown men? thatās another thing entirely. something he hadnāt thought about, something he didnāt think he had to worry about.
Derek clears his throat loudly from the doorway and Parrish pushes himself away from Stiles like the boy is on fire while Stilesā head turns sharply to Derek standing there and his scent bizarrely floods with relief for just a moment before itās replaced by hurt and embarrassment.
Parrish greets Derek with a short āHaleā and a nod but Derek just stares him down silently for a long moment even if the Deputy canāt keep eye contact. Finally, Derek steps inside the room and aside to let the deputy out and he practically flees the room without a single glance back to Stiles.
Derek has to take one then a second deep breath to get himself back into control.
Stilesā heartbeat is still fast, maybe even faster than just a moment ago when he thought he was alone with Parrish.
āI- uh.ā Stiles starts saying or attempts to.
āIs this something you do often?ā Derek asks, interrupting him and turning to look directly at him, still sat on the counter.
Something dark and ugly is swirling in his gut, making his eyes hard, his face stony and making his tongue loose and sharp, way too sharp.
Stilesā careful and slightly sheepish expression drops and he lets out a small confused āwhat?ā
āIs this what you do when youāre here and your dad leaves on a call? Staying around to seduce his deputies?ā Derek asks, the words dripping with derision and disdain.
Stilesā lips open in shock and his eyebrows scrunches up together in clear hurt, his scent getting sharp with it, almost metallic on Derekās tongue. His bottom lip wobbles and his eyes glistens.
Derekās anger vanishes.
Derekās regret is swift but the damage is done.
He takes a step towards Stiles, not sure to what end but he has an apology on his tongue ready but Stiles schools his features and his face goes blank. His scent getting muddled and unreadable.
He pushes himself off of the counter and gives Derek a blank look and a small shrug.
āWhy not? Maybe Iāll even get one of them to fuck me. Parrish sure as Hell wants to. See you, Mr. Hale.ā Stiles says smoothly then bypasses Derek to get out of the break room.
While Derek is left standing there with balled up fists, stewing in regret and anger and self pity, Stiles is rushing out of the station like the place is on fire.
He runs to his jeep and can barely manage to see enough through his tears to drive himself home.
He calls Scott who knows about his Mr. Hale now and heās sobbing on the phone trying to speak with Scott at the other end of the line like āStiles?! what happened?! are you okay? is it Parrish again? did he try anything?ā
it just makes Stiles cry even harder. Scott races on his shitty bicycle to Stilesā place. Stiles calms down enough to tell him what happened and what was said. after, Scott calls Derek a āgiant assholeā and Parrish a āmajor creep.ā
Stiles has had to deal with Parrishā unwanted advances for a while now and Stiles is 17.
Parrish is getting bolder and Stiles is still in love with Derek fucking Hale. Derek Hale who now apparently believes heās some kind of slut.
nevermind that Stiles is a virgin and the only man who ever truly touched him in a sexual manner before is Derek himself. (Stiles has embellished things before to entice Derek but in reality, Stiles doesnāt have much experience)
Stiles did try to make him jealous with the boy from school but when he saw that it wasnāt working he stopped. heās not proud of it but he didnāt know what else to do.
he had been so relieved when he saw it was Derek who caught him and Parrish in the break room.
despite still being hurt by Derek practically tearing him a new one when Stiles started sending him suggestive pictures. despite that and the embarrassment he felt at his predicament he had still been so relieved just for Derek to turn around and justā¦
Stiles receives a text a few hours later. Heās getting ready for bed.
Mr. Hale: What I said is unacceptable, Stiles. Iām sorry.
Stiles reads and rereads the text over and over sitting on the side of his bed, gnawing on his thumb. His heart is doing weird things in his chest.
Stiles types āyou really hurt meā and his thumb hovers over the send button for a few seconds before he erases it and stares at the text some more.
he receives another text.
Mr. Hale: is Parrish giving you a hard time?
Stilesā eyes fill with tears. he starts typing just to erase everything a few times. he doesnāt know what to say or how to say it.
he doesnāt know how to explain that Derek saying what he said hurt him deeply, deeper than anything else Derek could have ever said. he doesnāt know how say that Parrish is the least of his worries. that Derek pushing him away all the time is hurting more than anything Parrish could ever do to him.
he doesnāt know how to say all of that and not scare Derek away even more. he doesnāt know how to say all of that and not implode under it all.