Stiles went straight home from Derek's, not bothering to go and look for Scott. Scott has always had a grudge against Derek, ever since he was first bitten but it had only worsened when Stiles fell pregnant and Derek nowhere to be found.

Stiles heard the faint sound of buzzing from under his pillow and groaned. Without opening his eyes he searched for his phone trying hopelessly to shut his alarm off, after he finally did there was a knock at his bedroom door followed by his father's voice "Up an at'em kiddo".

As usual the sheriff drove them to the small diner only about ten minutes from their home. Sunday morning breakfast had become one of their shared traditions and Stiles was a very big fan of this one in particular since Joe's diner had the best pancakes in the whole town.
Derek somehow always got there before them which John found admiral considering he had to wrangle two toddlers, two toddlers with the genes of Stiles Stilinski so it was hardly an easy job.

Stiles always sat on the outside of the booth opposite Derek, that way they could both be beside the highchairs.
"Mornin' Derek" John said with a nod of his head.
"Sheriff" Derek said as if that was greeting enough. Truthfully Derek will never fully feel comfortable around the sheriff, sure they talk some and the Sheriff has even mentioned him joining the force once or twice but he is still the father of the teenager that Derek knocked up and then abandoned.

"Hey sugar-monkey" Stiles said squeezing Charlie's cheek.
"Sugar-monkey? really Stiles?" Derek asked with a grin forming.
"What? it's a perfectly acceptable pet name for our son. Unlike you I am not going to spend my life referring to our children as sport" Stiles said with mock seriousness.
"I've never called them sport" Derek said with a glare.
"It's only a matter of time" Stiles said nodding to the boys, as if he was warning them.

The sheriff watched on with amused eyes as he saw the scene unfold before him. They always did this, they'd bicker and tease one another and even ask the twins for help, "Logan tell daddy he needs a time out" "Charlie teach your dad some manners" "Logan blame your daddy for those eyebrows" "Charlie tell your daddy to stop giving you and your brother brooding lessons". It was quite funny to watch them actually, they're like an old married couple on a sitcom.

Breakfast went smoothly and then the Sheriff went to work.
"You want a lift home or do you want to come to the park with us?" Derek asked as they were standing up to leave.
"The park sounds good to me dude" Stiles told him.
"Don't call me dude" Derek said rolling his eyes as he lifted Logan from the highchair.
"Whatever dude" Stiles said with a grin as he picked up Charlie.

Derek drove the small playground that Stiles tends to bring the twins.
Stiles and Derek both sat on the grass as the watched the twins play in the sandbox, that was their favourite thing here for some reason. It was a nice enough day considering it was mid November but he made note that the boys will have to start wearing heavier coats soon. They were both wearing hoodies, Logan in red with a small whale on the left, right over his heart and Charlie wearing blue with white stripes. Stiles always joked about Derek buying them leather jackets but it was funny how alike the twins and he dressed, Stiles was wearing a striped purple hoodie nearly identical to Charlie's.

"You know thanksgiving is in three days right?" Stiles asked.
"I'm not a complete recluse Stiles, I know what day it is" Derek said with a playful glare.
"Yeah right man, you're a total recluse and you know it" Stiles told him.
"Am not" Derek nudged Stiles' shoulder slightly.
"Whatever man but you're coming for dinner right?" Stiles asked.
"I don't know, I mean Scott probably won't want me there" Derek said glaring at a patch of grass at his feet.
"I want you there and so does my dad and Isaac, the boys want you their too" Stiles told him seriously.
"Okay" Derek said quietly, looking down trying to hide his smile.

Melissa had come over early on thanksgiving morning to help John prepare so that gave Stiles time to get the boys ready, Lydia had sent clothes for the boys since she was going to a spa retreat with her mom for the holiday. Stiles usually didn't dress the boys to similar but today he dressed them in their new clothes, two gingham button up shirts one blue and the other red, with beige chinos and brown Chelsea Boots. Stiles combed both of their dark hair up into mohawks and even managed to get them to stand still long enough for him to get a picture and text it to Derek.

Dinner was supposed to start at three so everyone was told to arrive at two thirty and as expected Derek arrived early at two on the dot.

"Hey" Stiles greeted him at the door.
"Hi, I uh brought pie" Derek said handing over the square box.
"Dude, you are my savoir. Dad forgot to get one and I thought I'd have to go without" Stiles.
"Well we couldn't possible have that" Derek took off his jacket and hung it on the rack by the front door. He followed Stiles into the kitchen to greet the Sheriff and Melissa, he and Stiles where then shoo'd away so they headed into the living room where the boys were playing with legos.

"Do you like their clothes? Lydia sent them" Stiles asked, when they had sat down on the couch.
"Yeah, I like the hair" Derek was smiling fondly at Charlie who now using a toy car to crash into the lego tower that he had been building.

There was a football game playing on the TV but they weren't really watching it but instead watching the boys play. Logan had also giving up on the legos and was now crashing a toy car into it just like Charlie.
"Have you heard from Peter?" Stiles asked suddenly.
"No but he never really did holidays, I'm sure he'll make an appearance sooner or later" Derek said.
"That's what I'm worried about" Stiles said quietly.
"You don't have to worry about Peter or anyone, I'm not going to let anyone hurt you or the boys" Derek told him seriously, his green eyes cutting into Stiles' dark ones. The doorbell jostled both of them back into reality.

Isaac walked into the living room with Scott following closely behind.
"Hi guys" Isaac said moving in to hug both of them.
"Hey" Derek said patting him on the back.
"Hi" Scott said to Stiles.
"Hi" Stiles replied.
"We good?" Scott asked hopefully.
"Yeah we're good" Stiles held his fist out to Scott and Scott bumped it with a grin.

Everyone was sat at the table the sheriff and Melissa both at the opposite heads and Scott and Isaac on one side and Derek and Stiles on the other. The twins were both in their high chairs beside their fathers, Logan between the sheriff and Stiles and Charlie between Melissa and Derek.
"I'll start then, I'm thankful for this meal, my health, my son and my grandsons" The sheriff announced.
"Well I'm thankful for my dad, my friends, my boys and Derek" Stiles said smiling.
"I'm thankful for my family" Derek said, his was sounded raw and he was staring intently at Stiles. Derek didn't really hear what was said after that, he was to busy staring at Stiles. It was the first time in a long time that Derek was able to say he had a family and that was thanks to Stiles. Stiles looked up from his plate and gave Derek a reassuring smile.

It was getting dark now, Charlie and Logan were being coo'd over by Melissa and Scott and Isaac were chatting to the sheriff about college. Stiles had noticed Derek slip out the back door a few minutes earlier so grabbing a beer from the fridge and a blanket from the back of the couch Stiles followed him.

"Hey" Stiles said sitting down on the porch steps beside the older man.
"Hi" Derek said accepting the beer Stiles was holding out to him.
Stiles wrapped the blanket around both of their shoulders and they sat their in silence passing the beer bottle back and forth between them.
"Thank you" Derek said quietly after awhile. Stiles didn't have to ask him what for, he knew.
"Don't mention it big guy" Stiles rested his head on Derek's shoulder as Derek finished off the beer in silence.