Stiles has never failed to be impressed by just how much Derekās desire fights with the magic that is supposed to stop them from breaking the treaty and consummating their relationship early. The Moonās presenceāfar more than usual as it seems to cover half the sky tonightāis lending fervor to Derekās usual enthusiasm. Not that Stiles isnāt damn enthusiastic, too.
They are month or two away from the end of the two-winter wait-period the High Coven set on their engagement. The delay is absurd and inexplicable, even for a body that is known for its bizarre rulings. But, even the most arcane amongst the Council realize that keeping a āWolf away from his Marked Mate on the Full Moon is tantamount to torture. Derek and Stiles are allowed time alone, truly alone, one night a month. They never waste it, but tonight⦠Tonight there is something more than the usual needwantlust in their not-sex. Theyāve been through a Wolf Moon and a Super Moon before, but the fact that they are occurring together has even Stilesā young magic, and the faint half-threads of their politically impeded Bond, buzzing.
Despite the fact that the magical limits theyāre under have them soft in their pants, theyāre rocking and rubbing and Derek is, Stiles realizes as his sweats get pulled down for the third time in ten minutes, getting closer and closer to possibly breaking one of the absurdly specific list of intimate dos and donāts they have memorized.
Stiles licks at Derekās lips and sits up a little, a bead of sweat running down his back and close to where Derekās wayward finger is.
Stiles hates that he has to be the voice of reason in this: Heās not the cautious one between them, not the one who listens in classes about laws and traditions. He never colored in between the lines as a kid, either. While heās glad for the few hours they get to be together each month, sometimes he wonders if the privilege isnāt hurting them more than itās helping. The lines of worry that are now creasing his Mateās forehead shouldnāt be something that he even indirectly causes.
Stiles does the only thing he can think of that might help right now, and presses kitten-kisses to the angry lines, hoping that they might magically go away. When he moves back to see if it worked, he, well. Theyāve faded a touch, so thatās at least something.
āI love you, Derek Hale.ā
The corners of Derekās mouth curl up and his eyes seem to follow and the lines around them and across his forehead are now good ones. Stiles runs a thumb across Derekās kiss-red mouth and Derek nips at the fleshy pad of it and his eyes grow red around the edges. It must startle Stiles more than he realizesāenough to change his scentāas moments later Derek wimpers. The reaction is understandable, even if the suspiciously wolfy delivery of it is not. Other Packs might try to bully the Hales about their son being sub-vocal, but itās because they assume he canāt talk in public, rather than realizing the simple truth that he simply chooses not to. Derek has never held back his words from Stiles.
Stiles sits up further, resting his ass on Derekās thighs and reaches back to gently take his Mateās hands. He slips his fingers through Derekās carefully. Derekās face and hands and the rest of him have started into the Beta shift, but it isnāt complete; there are still eyebrows on his face and only rings of red around his eyes, his hands are hairy but his claws havenāt popped, his ears are just starting to elongate but they arenāt actually pointed.
Stiles hums, trying to make it sound interested and happy, rather than worried or scared. It apparently works. One of Derekās hands starts creeping around towards Stilesā asscrack again.
āHey, big D. We canāt. You know we canāt, and I know we canāt and you are not the kind of boy who breaks rules very often.ā Derek tips his head to the side a little, and though his hand stops, it doesnāt retreat either, cupping Stilesā buttcheek. āAnd, despite the fact that youāre very much okay with the physical-claiming idea associated with us finally Bonding, you are also generally more appreciative of porn where the twinkier dude is reaming the butch guy. Iām pretty sure that if you were going to choose now to start breaking rules, youād be trying to figure a sneaky way to be presenting your ass to me, not the other way around.ā
Derek opens his mouth to, presumably, answer, but all that happens is another whine. His fangs have fully descended, and when his tongue flicks out to investigate that fact he growls and. Well. Being pissed off at his body just seems to push everything a little further: completely red eyes, mutton-chops and disappeared-eyebrows, pointy ears and holes in Stilesā sweats caused by rapidly deployed claws.
Stiles squeaks and Derek sniffs and that whine is now almost a cry. It didnāt feel like it, but itās possible one or two of the claws drew blood. Derek tries to pull back into the mattress, but itās a pointless effort when Stiles is not only sitting on top of him, but also gripping him tightly.
Derek lifts his head off the sheets and sniffs some more. Everything about his face is suddenly about concentration, and a quick glance at his forearmsāpale gray lines snaking up themāexplains why.
Stiles moves slowly. He brings Derekās hands around between them and lifts one so he can kiss the back of it. āTheyāre some pretty-pale pain lines, babe. Iām assuming you got me with your claws, but I canāt actually feel that it happened. The only thing your magic, wolfy-touch is sucking up is my lower backās issue with the chair at my desk at work.ā
Derek grunts, tracing his eyes across every bit of Stiles face in search of truth, as if he wasnāt able to hear Stiles heart stutter over a lie. Apparently satisfied by the double-check, he drops his gaze to their hands and watches Stilesā thumb dragging back and forth across his own palm. Derek flexes his fingers and growls in their general direction.
āYou canāt shift back, huh?ā Thereās an idea forming in the back of Stilesā mind, and if itās right? Somehow he will make the Covenās leaders pay. āItās notā¦ā He swallows when Derek looks back up at him, wide, vulnerable eyes that are all the more shocking as theyāre glowing red like blood and murder. āI didnāt think about it before I got here. I was too excited about being here with you. Full Moon is the highlight of my month, every month.ā He squeezes Derekās fingers and Derek squeezes back. āIf Iād stopped to think about it though? The Wolf Moon and the Super Moon falling on the same night... They planned this. They allowed us together tonight because they thought youād crack and give into what they think is an animal inside you.ā
Derek tries to pull away again, but Stiles keeps their hands gripped together tight. āOh no, big D. Donāt. I know theyāre wrong. And weāre going to prove it to them.ā He lifts his ass up off Derek, the air between them cold, even though the heat is on in the room. Thereās nothing as warm and toasty as a oneās own personal āWolf-man. Stiles brings Derekās hand back up to his lips and kisses each knuckle in turn, then puts it palm-flat on Derekās chest. He squeezes their other hands together as he basically dismounts his fiancĆ©, and looks at the ceiling-lamp as he flops himself onto his back on the bed. āTheyāve been playing the long-game. Iāll admit that the whole two-winter thing sounded plausible, though.ā He sighs. āThey just obviously never considered that weāre in it for the forever-game.ā
When Stiles turns his head, Derekās features have softened somewhat, but heās still definitely stuck in his Beta-face. Derekās eyes are pulled into towards each other, and he opens and closes his mouth a few times before he manages to say something that approximates, āLove you.ā
It sounds like heās speaking with a mouthful of marshmallows, but Stiles understands anyway. Tonight, and he suspects the next couple of Full Moons before their official Bonding, will now be about snuggles and cuddles and gratuitous scent-marking. Well, that and Stiles figuring out just how he can take revenge on the oldest and strongest of the Covenās members. They will be sorry they made his Mate suffer.
āI love you, too, D.ā
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