“ a while when you’re really comfortable. ”
tone is light and teasing like he isn’t freaking out about the fact that the man he’s in love with is about to propose to him in the hallway of their apartment where there’s sheets nailed to the ceiling that just caused an argument. stiles never expected to find love, never thought he was deserving of it but here is he is, nothing but a college drop out with nothing going for him, and someone still chose to love him, isaac chose to love him and chose to trust him around his son. he was never a big fan of kids but that kid is something special, he has to be with a father like isaac.
hands are shaking, sometimes that’s all they know but the second there’s isaac’s hand wrapped around his wrist his focus isn’t on how his hands are shaking or how his heart is beating quick and hard inside his chest but just isaac. whiskey hues flick back and forth between lips and eyes, tongue darting out to swipe at his bottom lip out of a nervous habit. isaac deserves to be happy and if stiles somehow manages to do that then he’s not going to let him go.
oh god, how did he get here ?
“ you gonna pop the question any time soon because not sure my nerves can handle another minute of the question not being asked. ”
❝ no, i was gonna wait another hour. build some tension. ❞
it’s odd, how a boy who’s only known pain could find light within a world that’s done nothing but beat him down, could trust people even after his heart has been shattered over & over.
first it was his son, the boy who is braver than anyone should have be at his age, smile glows like he’s never known sadness, eyes twinkling like isaac’s mother used to swear isaac’s did. most days, he swears he wouldn’t have made it this far without him, other days, he wishes cam had someone better to look up to.
what kind of hero is a broken boy who doesn’t trust his own hands? what kind of inspiration is a boy who can’t stop holding sadness in his throat even when it chokes him?
but then this fucking moron came along, lips tasting like whiskey & eyes any boy could drown in ( isaac did. god, he drowned in stiles the second he had his hands on isaac’s hips. ). it was supposed to be a one night stand, supposed to be a fleeting moment of how normal guys in their twenties live but —— it became something else so quickly.
it felt like whip lash, one second he’s downing a beer that tastes like regret, the next he’s got stiles sitting at his breakfast table arguing about WHATEVER with cam, but his son’s smiling, smiling in a way cam’s mother never made him smile. that was the moment isaac knew he loved him, that was the moment he knew he’d give anything for him.
& fuck, isaac lahey really loves stiles stilinski’s stupid ass ( & the rest of him too, thankfully. ), which means promising his entire life to stiles isn’t that scary, not as terrifying as it should be, because he knew too quickly that they’d be here eventually, or at least he’d hoped. isaac’s fingers squeeze stiles’ wrist gently, fond smile sitting comfortable on isaac’s lips as he ducks his head, nose nudging against stiles’.
❝ ———— you’re cute when you’re nervous, you know. ❞