take back home girl.

lydia knew she would be his anchor, even if they hadn’t started dating. after all, allison was scott’s anchor before she even knew what he was. regardless, she already planned on being the one to take care of him during full moons and helping him learn control. the only real issue was worrying about what he might do to someone that hurt her, because he didn’t have the exact same outlook scott did on things. “that’s not fair. if the bite goes wrong, i could lose you.” she reminded him, lifting her head to arch back to meet his gaze again. “are you gonna make me put pants on and drag me out or are you gonna let us just get some sleep?” she questioned, shifting the subject.

“oh, okay.” lydia nodded slowly as he clarified. she chewed on her lip knowing that she would be there for him either way. as much as she wanted to insist that he would be fine and he could handle anything, she knew he would need her. it didn’t take a genius to know that stiles had already figured she would be his anchor. “of course i’ll be there for you, with whatever you need...” she whispered, “but scott learned the hard way to be his own anchor after allison...” her mouth clamped shut, ultimately deciding not to finish the sentence. as he insisted that he would do whatever it took, she nodded again before leaning closer to hug herself to him more, her chin resting on his shoulder again. “i’m scared.” she admitted, her voice muffled by the crook of his neck.

it was clear that he wasn’t going to be very helpful on what to do on his birthday. he wasn’t the party type either, so throwing him one wouldn’t make any sense. his hobbies consisted of staring at his board, besides hanging with her or their friends. a hand rubbed at his shoulder again, as if still trying to calm  him down from being jittery about heading out. her gaze rested on his as his hands moved against the sides of her waist wondering what made the bite issue resurface tonight. deep down lydia knew it wasn’t going to go away. her gaze shifted from his to stare down at the space between them, letting out a small sigh as he expressed asking scott to do it sooner rather than later. there was still a chance the alpha would refuse, but she wasn’t going to bring that up. “you want me to be there when he bites you...” she trailed off, not sure how she felt about watching it. “i just don’t want you to fix something that’s not broken. being human is a good thing. you saw scott struggle, is that something you’re really willing to go through?” if he really wanted it, she would be there through the struggle. 

of course, lydia couldn’t argue that anymore than he could argue the opposite. if stiles walked away from her and all their friends, he wouldn’t be caught up in the supernatural the way he was — since the danger would always find them. “yes, but you get that on days you don’t turn 18.” she mused with a roll of her eyes. she felt his arms shift to accept sitting for a while, at least, while she had climbed on top of him. “i just miss you in bed with me. even if we’re spending the night, you’re not even going to sleep at the same time as me lately.” she was surprised by him bringing up the bite again. they hadn’t talked about it as much lately and part of her had hoped he’d changed his mind. “stiles, i can’t really make that decision for you. i love you just like this and i’m afraid to lose you, but... i’ll love you as a werewolf, too.” 

lydia could tell that stiles still really wanted to go. the more she woke up, the more she just wanted him to curl up in bed with her however, she was feeling guilty that she was trying to talk him out of doing what he really wanted to do. “we’ve gone longer than this before with stuff not happening. we had dread doctors and then the beast back to back, maybe we’ll have a break longer...” of course lydia couldn’t know for sure, but she couldn’t really feel anything coming. yet. “even if we try to prepare for it, we’re never fully prepared.” she added, frowning again. “it’s your 18th birthday and there’s really nothing you want to do in particular?” though as he turned to face her a bit more, cupping her cheek she smiled. “hi...” she leaned forward to shift and curl around to sit in his lap, her arm around his shoulders and the other resting on his chest. his wound had healed by now. “do you really want to go?” she whispered, chewing on her lip.

at this point, lydia’s job was to get him to relax as much as she could while he still could. maybe something was coming, but they would deal with it when it really did. “that’s not true, they call us first too. if it’s investigative, you know your dad would call you first.” as she finally got him to sit for the moment, her hand rubbed against his arm, over his shoulders and down his back as she shifted over toward him. with how jittery he was, she could tell he was definitely amped up and she moved to let her chin rest on his shoulder for a moment. “i know, baby.” she whispered, her body pressing to his back and she tilted her head to press a few kisses to his neck. “but i want you to relax. i want to feel normal for as long as we can...” she frowned, though he couldn’t see it. “how about we talk about what to do for your birthday in a couple weeks?” she suggested, as if it would take his mind off whatever he heard on the scanner.

a hand raked through her hair as she woke up more, peering at the scanner. truthfully, she should have already known the drill, it was just that she had gotten startled awake and was disoriented. stiles had seemed more obsessed than usual with looking for trouble and lydia wasn’t entirely sure why. she could only assume he was trying to get ahead of things. “stiles...” she trailed off, frowning as she looked up at him. “how about you just come to bed, hmm? if your dad or parrish thinks they need our kind of help, they’ll ask.” she pointed out, reaching her hand to grab his to tug him toward the bed. “we don’t even know what we’re chasing or what to look for.” 

no matter what, there was always something just lurking around the corner waiting to attack them. lydia knew that, but she also knew they should take the break while they could get it. she humored stiles as much as she could, letting him take her out to various places based on calls and weird things happening, but nothing ever panned out — yet. she wasn’t sure why he was always looking for trouble, when trouble found them anyway. stiles had claimed he was going to bed, but lydia fell asleep before he even really got in. he was quiet enough, spending most of his time researching on his laptop and mulling over the board. everything was ‘solved’ for the moment, though he had a couple of things up there as potential issues. “what.. what?!” lydia jumped up hearing him yell, followed by shaking her. “what happened?!” she exclaimed, blinking her eyes awake as she sat up. “stiles?” she had no idea what was going on or why he was struggling to get his pants on.