Stiles squinted at the sun as he pulled his right leg up behind him in a stretch, breathing heavily with sweat dripping off his nose.
He heard footsteps approaching and winced, waiting for Finstock's biting tone in his ear. Instead as he looked up his eyes met Scott's and the boy was smirking at him
"Oh thank God" Stiles sighed "I thought you were Coach"
"Still haven't told him you want off the bench this season?"
"Have you met the guy? He'll probably just kick me off the team!"
"Nah, don't you remember? We're 'like sons to him'" Scott chuckled
The boys nudged each other playfully before Scott joined his brother in pre-practice stretches. They'd been close before, but now since Scott's Mom and Stiles' Dad got married they'd officially been made brothers, and pretty soon they'd be getting a new younger sibling to tie the whole family together.
As the pair stood on the lacrosse field warming up, Danny came jogging over, almost crashing into Stiles as he skidded to a halt.
"You guys need to get to the hospital" he panted "Sherriff Stilinski called Coach, your Mom's having the baby!"
Scott's jaw dropped "Now? Like right now, right now?"
Stiles begun to rush around looking for his stuff while constantly mumbling "Scott we gotta go"
Danny watched the pair, trying not to laugh at them as he strode over to Stiles and grabbed him by the shoulders "Your stuff's still in your locker" he told him "Now get outta here!"
Scott and Stiles took off sprinting back into school, grabbing their bags from the locker room before charging out into the carpark and into Stiles' jeep.
…
10 minutes later they both tumbled through the doors of Beacon Hills General, where Scott proceeded to drag his brother into the elevator and up to the maternity ward where their mother was bound to be.
After a further frenzied 5 minutes of searching, they eventually came across Sherriff Stilinski pacing outside one of the rooms.
"DAD!" Stiles yelled, running into his arms, despite the fact he was still sweating from his pre-practice workout.
"Hey guys" John greeted the boys quietly "Your Mom's in prep, but your brother or sister will be here soon" he told them.
Scott peered anxiously through the glass window pane in the door, he could just make out his mother amongst all the nurses as well as the midwife.
"She'll be okay right?" he asked, turning back to John who smiled and nodded firmly
"Yeah, don't worry bud, she'll be fine"
"And the baby?" Stiles questioned, bringing his fist up to his mouth to gnaw on his knuckles
"Will be fine too, look boys babies are born here everyday, your Mom's even delivered a few, things are going to be alright"
A nurse emerged from the room and told Mr Stilinski that it was time to get things underway, the man turned to his sons, clamping a hand on each of their shoulders. "Hold tight for me"
"We'll be right out here Pops" Stiles promised, stumbling back into a chair to wait, closely followed by Scott.
…
"Does it really hurt so bad?" Scott winced, trying to block out the sound of his Mom's screams
"You're asking me?" Stiles exclaimed, digging his nails into the plastic of the armchair.
Scott's eyes flashed red, he was mad that his Mom was in so much pain and he couldn't stop it.
"Yo buddy" Stiles called gently "She's alright, listen"
The pair looked up at the double doors, just as the sound of a newborn crying filtered out and reached them.
They started laughing in relief, and Stiles reached out to squeeze Scott's shoulder, whose eyes were returning to their normal colour.
One of the doors swung open, and Sherriff Stilinski was stood with tears in his eyes
"You two coming in or what?" he asked, standing back as the boys rushed past him.
Melissa was sat up cradling the bundle in her arms, her hair was tied back, forehead glistening with sweat and she too was crying.
"Hi" she greeted quietly "Meet your little sister"
Scott felt his heart soar, finally he had the little sibling he'd longed for, and his Mom was okay. He leant over and pecked her cheek, sneaking a glance at the baby as he did so. She was so tiny, a shock of brown hair atop her head and typical baby blue eyes as she lay there wriggling her miniature fingers and toes.
"She's beautiful" Stiles breathed, taking a seat on the edge of the bed beside Melissa as he gently reached out and stroked the baby's cheek. A single tear rolled down his own as she clenched his finger in her tiny fist.
"Looks like she knows who her big brothers are" Melissa smiled tiredly, looking between Scott and Stiles who were both too busy gazing at their sister to notice.
…
A couple of hours later the room was full of flowers and cards and balloons. Lydia and Allison had dropped by and both were besotted with the newest Stilinski right up until they regretfully tore their eyes away and left.
Isaac had arrived with Derek, who had tried hard to look unimpressed, but ended up cooing over the baby all the same. The pair had left with Isaac promising to let Danny know the good news when he saw him at the lacrosse game later that night.
"She's perfect" John murmured, watching his daughter sleep in her cot beside Melissa's bed.
The woman laughed softly, placing down the magazine she'd been reading "Could you help me to the bathroom? It's just down the hall?"
John helped her up, wrapping an arm round her waist to steady her.
"Will you boys watch her for moment?"
"Dad we're gonna be watching her for the rest of her life, might as well get some practice in" Stiles joked, standing up from the chair he'd been sitting in.
His Dad and Melissa laughed before disappearing into the hallway.
Scott pushed himself off the window ledge and wandered over to the cot, gently lifting his baby sister into his arms as Stiles joined him.
"Hi baby" the wolf cooed "I'm your big brother"
"And I'm your other big brother" Stiles chipped in
"You're pretty awesome" Scott continued, rocking her slowly "For a girl" he added as a joke
Stiles chortled appreciatively before taking the reigns, looking down at the tiny pink bundle asleep in his brothers arms
"Just know that no matter what supernatural psycho is out to get us, me and Scotty here won't ever let anything hurt you"
"Ever" Scott agreed "Because you're our baby sister, and we love you okay?"
The baby gurgled sleepily, and Scott carefully placed her back into the cot. He and Stiles turned, nearly jumping out of their skins at the sight of their Mom and Dad stood in the doorway.
"That was adorable!" Melissa gasped holding out her arms "Come here you two!"
They walked over and hugged her, with John placing his hands on their backs momentarily, before striding across the room to check on his daughter once more.
No matter what, it was clear that baby Stilinski was gonna be the most protected member of the pack.