Singled Out//Stiles Stilinski - Part 3
Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Brady Jensen, Lydia Martin, Kira Yukimura, Scott McCall, Reader.
You and Stiles were going strong in the co-parenting situation. It’s been about seven months. Lydia had her baby, another girl. They named her Allison.
They seemed happy. You didn’t see anymore situations like what you’d seen when you took Emma over. They hadn’t married yet, but you assumed it would happen soon. Things had progressed with Brady, you’d gone on a couple dates but nothing was too serious.
“No. I specifically said to question her, not detain her.” You roll your eyes as you cradle the phone between your ear and shoulder. You loved your job. It didn’t require the bulky uniform, and you could sit behind a desk all day, or go and chase someone down. It was much better than being a deputy.
“Dammit, Hayes, do you not get what I’m telling you?” You type aggressively on the keyboard as your frustration grows.
“I’ll do it my own damn self. Stay where you are.” You slam the phone down and walk towards the back of the building. You slide your card and walk into the cell block.
“Give me the keys.” You hold your hand out, the deputy placing them in your hand hesitantly. You unlock the cell, letting the woman inside out. “I told this idiot not to detain you, I guess when a woman needs something done she has to do it herself.”
The woman laughs and you pat her shoulder, “I’m very sorry for the miscommunication and inconvenience. I’m agent Y/L/N if you ever need to contact me.”
She thanks you and you lead her out, bumping into Stiles on your way to your desk.
“Hey, I meant to find you earlier.”
“What’s up?” You smile.
“Lydia and I are having a barbecue..do you think you’d want to come?”
“Oh, yeah. Of course! Is it okay if I bring Brady?”
He looks caught off guard, “I..yeah. No problem.” He nods.
“What time?”
“Six tonight? Scott and Kira are coming too.”
“I’ll see you then.” You nod and continue your journey to your desk.
You sit down and Brady gives you a smile. “We’ve been invited to a barbecue.” You nod.
“With who?” He glances at the computer.
“Stiles and Lydia. Some friends from high school too.”
“Tonight?” He raises an eyebrow.
You nod, “Let’s go.”
You put on your favorite sundress and a pair of cute sandals, dressing Emma in a similar outfit. You knew it was warm outside so you put on a pair of sunglasses and a hat on her. You loaded her up into the car seat as Brady climbs into the front seat. He’s a completely different man outside of work, he’s much more laid back. You examine his apparel, black jeans and a flannel.
“Brady, it’s supposed to be in the high eighties this evening.” You raise an eyebrow as you start the car.
“I’m comfortable.” He shrugs.
“You’ll have your shirt off by the end of the night.” You laugh as you pull out of the driveway.
You pull up to Stiles’ and get Emma out. You walk right inside, Brady behind you.
“Y/N!” Kira smiles as you walk into the kitchen.
“How are you?” You smile as you put Emma down. She finds her way to Stiles, holding her hands out to him so he’d hold her.
“I’m good, you?” You smile as you feel Brady behind you.
“I’m great.”
Scott walks over and greets you. “Brady, this is Kira and Scott. Guys this is Brady, he’s my partner at work and we’re dating.” You smile. You catch a glimpse of Stiles when you say you’re dating. He has a look on his face you can’t quite read, but he quickly busies himself entertaining Emma.
You leave Brady with Kira and Scott and follow Stiles into the living room. “Hey, where’s Lydia?” You ask as you see Allison in her rocker, quietly napping
“Taking a nap.” He nods. “She’s pretty exhausted.”
“Is everything okay?” You ask sincerely. You’d noticed he was coming into work completely exhausted as well. He seemed overworked.
“Yeah. New baby schedule.” He shrugs.
“If you ever need help, I’m here. You know that.” You nod.
“Yeah..I know.” He glances in the kitchen at Brady. “I know.”
Lydia eventually made it downstairs and joined everyone. You had a pretty good time, it felt like high school again.
You went home that night and put Emma to bed. You jumped in the shower. When you were out and dressed you glanced at your phone. It was absolutely blown up. 17 text messages and 9 calls, all from Stiles. You sat on the edge of your bed, calling him back.
“Stiles?” You say as you hear the line stop trilling.
“She’s gone.”
“What?”
“Lydia..she’s..she’s gone.”
“She left? Where’d she go?” You stand up.
“I don’t know, but she left me here with Allison and she’s screaming her head off and I can’t do anything about it because Lydia takes care of her through the night so I don’t know what she needs and I don’t know why Lydia left but I have a 14 week old baby who wants her mom and-”
“Hey.” You cut him off, remembering the times he’d call you in the midst of a panic attack and you’d have to calm him down. “I’ll be right there. Don’t worry, okay?”
“O-okay..” He sounds like he’s been crying. You hear screaming in the background, Allison obviously not happy.
“I’m on my way, Stiles.”
You grab Emma, hoping she doesn’t wake in the midst of the shuffling. You get to Stiles’ as fast as you can, knocking on the door softly.
He answers almost immediately. His eyes are filled with tears and his cheeks are puffy. He’s only wearing pajama pants and his hair’s flat against his forehead.
You step inside and lay Emma in the portable crib Stiles kept in the living room. You take his hand silently and pull him up to the nursery.
You pick Allison up and rock with her, her screams not faltering. She definitely got that from her mother. “Will you go make a bottle?” You ask Stiles and he nods.
You sit in the rocking chair, slowly rocking with her. When Stiles returns you take the bottle and slip it into her mouth, continuing to rock. She quiets down almost immediately, making small noises as she calms down.
“How do you do that?” He sits down on the chair beside you, watching you intently.
“I may have done this on my own once or twice.” You smile. You reach out and touch his arm. “What’s going on?”
“Well, I heard Allison crying but Lydia wasn’t in bed and she wasn’t in the nursery. I went downstairs to grab her a bottle and I found a note on the fridge.” He pulls it out of his pocket and hands it to you.
Stiles, this has all become too much for me. You and I should never have made it this far. It’s been clear to me, even before she came back, that you’re still in love with Y/N. I’m not blaming you for me leaving. I feel trapped. I don’t want to marry you, and I can’t raise a kid with you knowing I’ll be unhappy. I do not want children, I do not want to settle down. I want to be free, I want to see the world. I hope you can understand that. I left the ring on my nightstand. -Lydia.
“Stiles..” You shake your head as you meet his gaze.
“How will I do this on my own, Y/N?” A tear slides down his cheek. You know the feeling all too well.
“I can help you.” You nod.
“I can’t ask you to do that.” He shakes his head, watching you rock with Allison.
“You can. I’ll move in, we can take care of the girls together. I’m not saying we have to get married or anything, I’m just saying we’ll have the girls together and we can all be under one roof instead of swapping.
"You’d do that for me?” He wipes his eyes.
You stand up and place Allison in the crib before squatting in front of Stiles. “Of course I would. We’re family.” You wipe his eyes and he smiles down at you. “I know the feeling, I know what it’s like. Honestly, if you were going to do this on your own you’d hate it. I know you would. I’ll be here to help all the time. I love Allison anyway.”
He buries his head in his hands, "Where did I go wrong?"
You hug him and place your head on top of his. "It's not your fault, Sti." You hope he doesn't notice your use of the nickname, something you haven't called him since high school.
"Come on, let's go talk somewhere else."
You both go and sit in his bedroom. "Never blame yourself, okay? She didn't want kids, yet she got pregnant. I'm not saying it was her choice, I know you also are dealing with the consequences of that, but she knew. She knew what she was in for and she just changed her mind."
"Y/N, she told me she wanted a baby." He shakes his head. "We tried for Allison. For awhile, actually."
"Really?" You're in shock. "I think...I'm not an expert, so don't take my word on this..but maybe she was trying to force a happiness on her she couldn't have. Y'know? A good husband, a baby, it all seems nice and happy."
"Yeah..you're right." He nods. "I just can't stand knowing Allison will grow up without a mom."
"Hey, she'll have me. I may not be Lydia, but I can try to be a good mom to her..a stand-in mom."
"You'll be a better mother than Lydia. I know that much. She hated taking care of her, there were times I felt like bringing her to work because I knew Lydia would hate being alone with her."
"Stiles..." You shake your head.
"I know. I should've expected this." He shrugs.
"No...I was going to say that you deserve more than that. You deserve to be happy with the mother of your child. You deserve to be happy with your fiancée."
"I'm happy with the mother of one of my children." He smiles at you and you wipe his eyes again, returning the smile.
"You and I will do this. As a team, okay?" You hug him again.
"I know that I wasn't there to help with Emma, and my biggest regret is not keeping in touch with after we broke up..but thank you for not leaving me in a situation like that. I couldn't...I couldn't do it. I'm not strong enough."
"Don't you dare say that, Stiles Stilinski. I have seen you on your highs and your lows. You can handle anything. You were possessed for God's sake."
"Do you know why I made it through that?" He looks at you.
"Why, Stiles?"
"Because I had you. You've always been my biggest fan and supporter. Not having you on my side felt like I wasn't doing anything for anyone. When we were dating I did everything for you."
"Well guess what, you've still got me. I guess that means you'll make it through this all right."
He chuckles and sniffles, "Your logic is solid."













