Sorry this is such a short chapter but I hope you enjoy it none-the-less.
Heaven Sent
Chapter 12
"Daddy, why are you nervous about talking to me?" Erika asked.
"Sweetie, I'm nervous because I want to talk to you about why you are able to feel what other people are feeling."
"okay." she climbed into his lap and waited for him to start his part of their conversation. She was right, he was more nervous than he had been the first time he had slept with Derek.
"Well, Erika, my mom, your grandma, could also feel what other people feel just like you can. There's a name for what you are and my mom was. You're an empath."
"Really. Are you one too?"
"No sweetie. The power of empathy skips a generation. You and grandma had it and your grandchildren will have it."
"But not my kids?"
"No. your kids will be like me and not have it."
"What if you and Daddy Derek have more kids after you get married? Will they have it too like me?"
"Probably so but I'm not sure. As long as they are biologically my kids, I'm sure they will be empaths too. Does knowing what you are now scare you?"
"No. does it scare you?"
"No sweetie. Nothing about you scares me Erika. You are my daughter and I love you more than life itself and that means loving everything about you, including your abilities."
"Okay. We better get back downstairs before grandpa scares Daddy Derek into having a stroke." Stiles laughed at his daughter before picking her up and heading downstairs to find his dad and his fiancée sitting at the table talking.
"What's going on fellas?" he asked them both, knowing that they were talking about something serious because of what Erika had said.
"Your dad is concerned about what people will think when we get married after graduation."
"Erika, why don't you go into the living room and watch something. You know what movies we have and what you like to watch. I need to talk to Daddy Derek and Grandpa."
"Okay Daddy. Be easy on Daddy Derek Grandpa, Daddy and I love him and want to keep him forever." Then she was gone.
"That is going to take some getting used to." Derek said as Stiles sat down on his lap. "Stiles, I think you would make your dad feel more comfortable if you sat in a chair and not on my lap."
"Tough. He's going to have to get used to us being together some time or another. Might as well start now." Stiles leaned down and kissed Derek right on the mouth. "So, dad, you have a problem with what people are going to think about the sheriff's son marrying a man?"
"You are already the talk of the town with Erika's paternity coming to light. Do you really need to add more fuel the fire by publicly marrying Derek?"
"Dad is this really about the town or is it about you not wanting to watch your only son marry a man?"
"I already told Stiles that I don't have a problem with you being gay. I'm not a bigot but I am thinking about you, Derek and that little girl in the next room who has already had to suffer with having Kate as a mother. Do you want the people in this town to talk about her because her daddy is gay and is marrying a man who by the way is not just a man but werewolf? She can feel all that."
"So you want me to hide my relationship with Derek because of what might get said to our daughter or what might get felt by her?"
"I know it sounds ridiculous. You should be able to be who you are and love who you love but sometimes it just doesn't work that way."
"That's easy for you to say dad. You love Melissa McCall and she loves you. You and she can walk through town holding hands and kiss in public. Scott and Allison love each other so much they are fixing to bring a pup into this world and it's okay because he's a he and she's a she. It doesn't matter that he's a werewolf and she's hunter. They are starting their own family and I am happy for them.
"I even imagine that once we graduate, Danny and Ethan are probably going to go to San Francisco where they know that they can walk the streets holding hands and kissing and nobody will say a damn thing because out there it's okay to be gay. I can even see Jackson and Lydia going off and starting a family together too but because we both want to stay here in this shit hole town, Derek and I can't be seen together in love. When will be our time to be the happy couple?" Stiles climbed off of Derek's lap.
"I know how you feel Stiles."
"Do you Dad? How the hell do you know how I feel? You loved my mom so you married and y'all had me. You've raised me by yourself since she died. Now you have fallen in love with Melissa McCall and I don't but you may marry her too. Y'all are still young enough to give me and Scott a brother or sister so you might. Nobody is trying to stop you and her from being together, even though you are both older people. So how do you know how I feel Dad?"
"Where are you going?"
"I think that if it's okay with Derek, Erika and I are going to stay out at his house for a while."
"Stiles, I don't think that running away is the answer."
"I'm not running away dad. You know where I'll be. Come on Derek." He grabbed his hand and they went into the living room to get Erika.
