Title: Take A Bow
Disclaimer: Me no own, you no sue.
Warning: Slash, character death, language, run-on sentences (sorry)
Note: bold italics are lyrics are from Madonna's "Take A Bow"; Stiles - 2nd POV
I've always been in love with you (always with you)
I guess you've always known it's true (you know it's true)
You thought that when the romance stories said that the world slowed as that the protagonist's lover stepped into the room that it was all a lie.
But then Derek's pressing you against the wall and there's no escape and his eyes are glowing blood-red and your breath is intermingling with his and fuck he just smells so good and his body fits perfectly against your own.
You took my love for granted, why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye
It was always rough and greedy and just on this side of desperate.
Say good-bye (bye bye), say good-bye
The only time you saw softness in Derek's eyes was during those rare moments when he would lie down on the couch or the lake shore or your bed and you would crawl between his legs and he would wrap his arms around you as you buried your face in his neck.
The pair of you would lie like that for hours. It was the only time that the silence wouldn't bother you, wouldn't close in around you and begin to smother and choke.
But how was I to know which way the story'd go
How was I to know you'd break
(You'd break, you'd break, you'd break)
You'd break my heart
It was almost two years after Derek made himself Alpha – a year and half since you two became one person – when some distant cousin came looking for revenge.
Derek wasn't so lucky to have just been shot in the arm. Not this time.
No, this time the hunter used a sniper rifle and their aim was true.
I've always been in love with you
It was your dad who found you lying next to Derek right there on the sidewalk.
You had your hand over the hole in Derek's chest and your mouth next to Derek's ear, whispering and telling him that everything was going to be okay, that Scott or Jackson or Lydia would smell his blood and come to help; you told him that you weren't going anywhere, that you loved him, that everything would be okay as soon as one of those fucking betas showed up.
You hadn't even been crying.
The show is over, say good-bye
The day that Derek was put into the ground, you hugged your father, and drove to the edge of town where the lake sat.
Say good-bye (bye bye), say good-bye
They never did find your body, just your jeep and Derek's coat.
Say good-bye
End.