Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Wolf, references made directly from Season 5 episodes [05] A Novel Approach and [09] Lies of Omission

Narrative Dialogue Thoughts

Claws on the Nape of His Neck

Chapter 7:

Scott doesn't know how long he had been waiting there in the dark hospital room. He faintly recalls when they wheeled stile's body back into the room, the steady sound of the heart monitor machine filling the silence with the rhythmic noise ever since.

He feels the presence of another join him in the shadows of the hospital room. A presence too still to be human, or at least too still to be a conscious human. Scott's eyes travel over Stile's unnatural stillness. A stark contrast to the boy's usual hyperactivity.

Scott: "He kept on saying 'he was going to kill my dad'. Scott's voice, although barely over a whisper, echos in the deafly silent room.

"He was explaining to me what happened with Donovan... I demanded that he did. I could hear the change in his heartbeat, so I knew he was lying. But... I didn't think… I didn't know..."

Scott makes wry smile before he looks up into Derek's eyes.

"Donovan wasn't going to kill his Dad... Donovan was going to kill Stiles, He almost DID Kill Stiles. Donovan was a chimera, a result of the Dread Doctor's experiments… he had a grudge against the Sheriff, was trying to get revenge for locking him up by getting to Stiles… and he…I could feel how much he wanted Stiles dead. Stiles, he barely made it out of that fight alive… and yet he thinks… Stiles believes he's a … I made him… I accused him of being a killer, a murderer… for protecting himself. "

Derek is still. So very still as tears steadily find their way downs Scott's cheeks during his ramble. Derek's mind is reeling on the information, trying to fill in the missing pieces to the story. As he listens to Scott's words he can't keep his eyes off the unconscious Stiles. Stiles' chest rising with inhalation and then falling moments later. Derek is struggling to get past the fact that Scott did this to stiles. Scott had done a stupid thing after he had seen Derek do it successfully god knows how many times in the past, with no repercussions… and so why wouldn't he think he could do it, he was the alpha now. This is my fault.

Scott: "What?" Scott's head snaps up from the mindless staring.

Apparently, Derek had said that aloud.

Derek: "I should have never left. This is my fault."

Scott: "Derek, I knew. I knew the risk before I did it, you warned me of the dangers of doing that, how it should be a last resort. You told me, you told all of us." Scott's mind flashes to the moment where Stiles would have begged him not to if he had given him the chance. "If this is anyone's fault its mine. So stop trying to take the blame away from me. I did this, you were in bloody south America, alright?"

Derek doesn't say anything back, he just leans against one of the hospital room walls with his arms folded in front of his chest and gazes out the hospital room window. His body language emulating how receptive he is to Scott's reasoning.

Scott: "Derek?"

Derek: "hmm?" Derek obviously still deep in thought.

Scott: "How long until he wakes up?"

Derek's body stiffens.

Scott: jumps to his feet in response, "Derek…. tell me."

Derek: "I… I honestly don't know…."

Scott: "what do you mean you don't know?"

Derek doesn't respond.

Scott: "No… you can't mean? This has never happened to you?"

Derek is wincing, feeling the guilt radiating off of the true alpha.

Scott's plops back into one of the chair and lets out an involuntary wolf whine.


Author's Note:

Nothing to report. Just that there's going to be… quite a few chapters for this story. Sorry for the super angst or whatever, I swear stuff will happen soon.