The next day Derek is still in shock from what happened the day before. He sits on the couch in silence staring into nothingness the pack starts to worry and Isaac is about to get his attention, but suddenly Stiles walks through the door carrying an old T.V.
ST: "Look what I brought I found it in the junk yard and managed to fix it up I thought it would be just the thing to fix this boring cave!" Stiles is struggling to carry the T.V. and then Derek gets up and takes it from him carrying it in one hand. Stiles gestures to Derek as he goes to set it down in front of the couch. St: "Now you see there you see that is just showing off."
D: "I just thought I should help since you seemed like you were struggling," he says sarcastically.
St: "Well so sorry not all of us can have super werewolf strength. You see some of us are actually human." Scott comes in carrying a DVD player and an old game system.
D: "What's with all this?"
Sc: "Don't look at me Stiles is the one who brought it all in his jeep I just came to help carry it."
St: "I just thought this place needed some form of entertainment I mean we're all going to be spending a lot of time here." Derek sits on the couch and watches as Stiles puts all of the cables together and finally plugs it all in.
St: "There we go that should do it. Now to see if it works," He grabs a remote and it turns on to an old game, "Yes brilliant, I did it now this place won't be such a drag every time I come here."
D: "You plan on coming here more than you already do?" He says it like its the end of the world, but is joking.
St: "Actually I am," He sits himself on Derek's lap and says, "We are dating aren't we?" It takes Derek a moment to collect his thoughts before he says, "Yes for this week we are pretending to date." He realizes that sounded better in his head well at least less ofensive. Stiles turns on the T.V. to a DVD he brought from home and most of the pack gather on the couch to start watching it; Stiles stays on Derek's lap the entire time. After a few days of this Derek gets used to it and even gets comfortable.
St: "Hey Derek you here today?"
D: "Yeah I'm over here on the couch." Stiles walks over and sees Derek laying on the couch.
St: "Man you look beat."
D: Yeah it's been a long day the pack had extra training today to make sure they would be safe against the alphas. Did you want something?"
St: "No I just wanted to hang out today, but we can do that tomorrow you should take a nap." Derek grabs his arm and pulls him on to the couch, "We can still hang out today if you don't mind being a pillow for a while."
St: "For how long."
D: "Until I wake up." They're both quite as Derek lays his head on Stiles chest and listens to his steady, but fast heartbeat. They both fall fast asleep and aren't disturbed by anyone for the rest of the day. (Peter's wishes of course.) At first the pack finds there insistent cuddling strange I mean not all cuoples cuddle that much, but the constant cuddle sessions during pack meetings and movie nights or after training get so frequent the pack finds no issue with them especially since Derek's mood has a funny way of improving when Stiles is around. Derek and Stiles spending time together becomes so normal around the hideout that by the time the week is over everyone is on edge wondering what to do from now on.
P: "So the week is finally over I guess you've proved you not a homophobic." Peter leaves with that to run some "errands."
St: "So I guess we don't have to pretend to be a couple anymore. That's great right." He says this looking a bit disappointed.
D: "Yeah we don't have to pretend anymore, but hey we can still hang out. Maybe I could even stay over some time to watch movies."
St: "Yeah that sounds good. Oh but just not tonight my dad will be home early and I don't think he'd be too happy me being friends with a suspected felon."
D: "Proved innocent," He says with a smile and they both laugh after that Stiles leaves and Derek stays in the hideout just thinking for a while no one gets near him. All Derek can think about is the fact that this week is over and every moment the spent together meant more to him then he'll ever admit. He honestly wonders how to act now, but he isn't the only one. It's been two days since Stiles and Scott have been to the hideout and Derek is in a horrible mood.
He stomps around the room and loses his temper any minute, but he finally loses all reason and screams, "Where the hell are those two?!" Then Peter comes rushing in, he huffs and puffs all flustered and says, "Derek there's trouble I found Scott and Stiles at the edge of a cliff it seems like they both fell in we managed to get Scott and he seems to be fine, but Stiles seems to have fallen in a craves and we can't reach him. Dr. Deaton already on his way, but we need your help to get him." Derek turns pale as he says, "take me there now!" Peter runs at full speed to where they were and Derek follows not missing a step going just as fast as Peter so Peter can still lead. He resist with all his being the impulse to run ahead as fast as he can in search of Stiles.
When they arrive Derek sees Scott and the Dr. Deaton, but ignores them he heads straight for the craves and dives down into it he digs his nails deep into the sides to lower himself to where Stiles is. He reaches Stiles and scoops him up in his arms. Stiles wakes up half conscious and says, "Shit that hurt," faintly. Derek swings him over his back like a sack of potatoes and lugs him up as he climbs up the cliff. When he reaches the top he takes Stiles over to the vet and says, "How is he is he ok?!" For a moment everyone is silent from pure shock; Derek managed to do all this in under a minute. D: "Is he Ok?!" Dr. Deaton looks over Stiles and says, "Yes he's just fine he only hit his head a bit nothing more than a bump."
Stiles sees Derek's hands and says, "There bleeding are you ok?" Derek looks at him for a moment then he hugs him; he holds him so close and so softly as if not wanting to break or let go of something fragile. Derek hadn't been this scared of losing someone in a very long time not since his family and Laura died. For a while there is complete silence and no one moves, but the Dr. Deaton breaks the silence by saying, "so how did this happen? You all couldn't have been randomly out here." This statement grabs Derek's attention too; he release Stiles only to hug him again in a position where he can see everyone else too, Derek has no intention of letting him go right now.
D: "Why were you here and where have you been the last two days?" Scott and Peter look guilty as Stiles says, "This wasn't my idea you see Scott and Peter thought that you would come out with how you really felt if I was in danger so the other day Peter told us not to come back for a while, but I didn't know what they were planning until Peter took us out here and told us to pretend to be stuck so you would come save us, but I said you wouldn't come running just because I was in danger, but they insisted I refused, but then one of the Alphas came and they got into a fight Scott and I were knocked over the cliff, but Scott stopped me from getting severely hurt and Peter fought the alpha off in the end we were ok I was just knocked unconscious. Honestly everything's ok now I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble." Derek is furious he lets go of Stiles and Stiles looks sad he thinks Derek hates him now. Derek gets up and then punches Peter in the face so hard he goes flying back into a tree.
D: "What the hell were you fucking thinking you asshole you could have killed him the next time you try something even remotely similar I will drag your ass down this cliff and use your face t break my fall!" Peter for a moment looks honestly scared, but then hides it with a cough as he frailly says, "Noted." Derek then gets up and heads toward Stiles. Stiles flinches as Derek extends his hand, but then Derek says, "Can you get up?" Stiles looks up at him and says, "Yeah," as he takes his hand. Derek leads him away not letting go of his hand.