Disclaimer: teen wolf does not belong to me in any way shape or form - this idea came from the lovely peachy48 so thank you for the suggestion and hope you all enjoy it :-)
She didn't exactly 'do' affection. Never really had. She wasn't the type of person that had wanted that cutesy couple relationship, big white wedding, 2.5 kids and a dog. Hell, she used to even scoff and roll her eyes at couples holding hands and kissing each other on the cheek. It was bleh, no, it was disgusting. Why would anyone want that sickness in their life? It had never made sense to her, not until Stiles came along.
And then she did totally get it - kinda.
She enjoyed holding his hand, soaking up all the comfort he offered.
She liked it when he held her and vice versa, actually feeling content for the first time in a long time.
She even loved when he would be extra sappy, even though she pretended she hated it.
Though she would never be that person that got outrageous matching tattoos or call him things like 'honey bear' or 'sweetie pie', just thinking that made her gag but she did enjoy his company, allowing him into her personal space and through the well guarded chinks in her armour.
God, she was turning into a right romantic, wasn't she?
His lips dusted along the curve of her neck as she sat between his legs, back against his chest, propped up against the headboard as they chilled and chatted about meaningless things, his arms circled around her waist.
"-and, basically, that's what happened" Kayla finished with, "that's my terrible day summed up. I didn't even know it was possible to get detention for pointing out to the teacher that her answer was, in fact, wrong, but that's our education system for you - fucked up"
He chuckled against her skin, glancing sideways at her, "you're so smart, you know that?"
"Yeah, right" she snorted sarcastically, "I'm failing half my classes"
"Cos' you're too good for the material being taught" he encouraged, "that and kicking supernatural ass kinda disrupts our schooling schedule" he added in afterthought as she smiled at him, tilting her head back against his shoulder.
"Yeah, there is that"
His lips quirked, raising a hand to brush some hair away from her face, "want dinner?"
She was starving but she didn't want to leave this spot, enjoying resting against his chest to feel his comforting heartbeat hammering against her back, not quite ready for this serene moment to end. They never really had time to just chill, just the two of them, not lately anyway. Was it so bad she wanted to spend some time with her boyfriend?
"No, not hungry yet" she lied, both hands resting over his one that was placed against her stomach, "can we stay here for a while?"
"Of course" he nodded gently, pressing a faint kiss to her lips, "as long as you want"
She sighed contently, settling back in his arms but soon bit her lip, shyly sending him a wondering look.
"... Stiles?"
"Hm?" he hummed, slowly peeling his eyes open to catch her stare.
"Could uh... Could we maybe..." She pursed her lips, hating how soft and vulnerable she suddenly sounded, "um... Uh... Nevermind, it's okay"
"No, tell me" he insisted gently, his arms tightening around her waist as he placed his chin on her shoulder from behind, "what do you want to do?"
She avoided looking directly into his gaze, tilting her head a little so they were nearly nose to nose, "it's just uh... It's kinda nice when you, y'know... Um..." She exhaled quickly, as if what she was going to say wasn't important, "... Sometimes... P-Play with my hair?" she practically winced after she said that because, wow, mush much? and felt her stomach start to churn with nerves, "but it doesn't matter, it's no big deal"
She caught a smirk pulling at his lips, "Kayla Jay Ursula Tate Hale-" she flicked her gaze up to send him a withering glare for using her full name, "-did you just openly ask for the 'touchy feely crap' you claim you hate so much?"
"No" she immediately lied, tensing up in his grip, "I was just... Just making a suggestion, I wasn't... I don't want... Urgh" she added, "get that shit eating grin off your face, you know it makes me want to punch you"
He chuckled, his eyes dazzling with amusement but also smugness, "are you turning soft Kaylz?"
"No" she denied indignantly, "stop it Stiles" hating how her cheeks flared a bright pink, totally giving her away because it wasn't often she got embarrassed but when she did... Let's just say it was painfully obvious, "forget I asked"
"Aw baby, don't be like that" he chuckled as she twisted her head around so she wasn't facing him, letting go of his hands that circled her waist to cross stubbornly over her arms, "I'm just teasing"
"Well don't" she pursed her lips, still not looking at him, "it's annoying"
"You totally love affection now, admit it" her persisted lightly, an edge of humour to his tone, "I've made you fall in love with mush haven't I?"
"Shut up" she mumbled, elbowing him in the ribs but he just chuckled, "I take back what I said, alright?"
"Kaylz..." He murmured, leaning down to press a kiss to the curve of her neck, "if you want me to play with your hair, I'll play with your hair"
"No. No I don't want that" she lied outright, squirming from his grip to stand, "let it go"
He smirked up at her, "are you blushing?"
She was long past flustered now, hating how uncomfortable she felt, "I have to go" making a beeline for the door as she stomped towards it, stubbornly not ready to admit anything to him but Stiles jumped up, racing around to press his back on the door so she couldn't get out.
"I'm just messing about" Stiles smiled lightly, reaching out to tuck some hair behind her ear, "I like it when you ask me do things like that... Like last night, when you asked if I could hold you... Or last week when you wanted me to scrub your back... Things like that are natural in a relationship, I don't want you to feel awkward doing that"
"Well, I do. It's just not in my nature to be cute so..."
His lips quirked, a thoughtful softer look crossing his face, "come back to bed?" he requested, "please?"
She pursed her lips, "only if you stop making fun of me"
He threw his hands up, chuckling at her passive aggressive tone of voice, "promise, hand on heart, all that jazz"
"Fine" she sighed, letting him take her hand and lead her back to his bed, "not a word of this to anyone, got it?"
"Got it" he laughed, pulling her down with him and guiding her gently over his lap, her head resting along his thighs, "it can be our secret"
She just didn't do affection... Well, that was clearly a blatant lie but she still didn't feel comfortable with it - maybe one day she would be. She hoped she would be.
His long but gentle fingers started to thread through her long tresses, being nothing short of soft and caring as he stroked through her hair to a slow and steady rhythm, running the soft strands between his fingers as he went.
She just liked this, him playing with her hair. It was, dare she say it, cute? But she didn't know why, she just felt safe and loved lying here, like nothing was wrong in the world.
She let out a soft sigh in contentment, letting her eyes flutter shut as she nuzzled her head to the side, closer to his hip and stomach so he could reach more of her hair and he was being so caring, so gentle, she soon felt relaxed enough to sleep - dozing off to the feel of his fingers caressing her wavy locks
Only the next day she got the shock of her life when up popped a filtered black and white image on Instagram of her nuzzled on his lap as she slept, just his thighs and shirt clad stomach framing the picture, his tee underneath his shirt slightly raised so a sliver of his skin was on show, a dusting of dark hair along his navel apparent and her lips were slightly parted as one of Stiles' hands were resting on her head, her long hair wrapped around his fingers and wrist and she didn't know how he did it or what he could've possibly tagged it with, because instead of just a few likes there was hundreds. And she really did mean hundreds, and the comments? Oh god... Barf worthy things like "so cute 😍" and "I want a relationship like that 😭💦" with even Lydia commenting 'when Kay finds out about this, you better run 🔪 - but adorable btw, love you both 😘"
"STILES STILINSKI" she hollered and the little bugger had the nerve to laugh from the next room over, "YOU ARE SO DEAD"
A)n) thank you so much for the idea it was so fun to write and I hope you all enjoyed it, haha so please please please leave your thoughts and I will try and update this story more often ha, also got a poll up about you guys naming the next story so check it out :)