Stiles had been texting Kylie since they exchanged numbers at the store, it started off more or less friendly but has since moved on to more flirtatious. They arranged a date for Friday night. Stiles sat with his phone in hand and scrolled through his contacts under finding Derek's name.
"Hello?" Derek answered sounding like he'd just woken up. Stiles glanced at the clock hanging on the kitchen wall, it was eight thirty. He probably should have waited to call him.
"Hey man, sorry if I woke you but I need to ask you a favour" Stiles doesn't even know why he's nervous, it's stupid. He shouldn't be nervous.
"It's okay, I was going to get up early anyway, go for a run" Derek sounded more alert now.
"I was hoping you could uh maybe take the boys tonight?" Stiles asked.
"Sure"
Stiles doesn't even know why he was nervous. Derek loves having the boys, he jumps at every opportunity to spend extra time with them. It's not like it's weird, asking the father of your children to babysit while you go on a date. It's normal, it happens all the time.
You know it's funny considering that he's a nineteen year old single father that this is his first real date.
He'd changed his clothes about twice before finally deciding on an outfit. He was wearing a short sleeved burgundy shirt, black jeans that folded at his ankles, a pair of white Chuck Taylors and a black knitted bomber jacket that he'd gotten off Melissa last Christmas but had yet to wear.
Derek arrived at six and was greeted by the sheriff who was wearing his uniform. "
You working tonight sir?" Derek asked.
"Yeah I've to be there in twenty, you know son you don't have to call me sir" John told him.
Derek just nodded, John told him this nearly every time they interacted.
"Is Derek here?!" Stiles called from upstairs.
"Yeah" Both Derek and the sheriff answered in unison. Stiles rushed down the stairs, taking two steps at a time. Derek was almost frozen to his spot. It was rare to see Stiles in anything other than a hoodie and it seemed as though he actually put effort into styling his hair.
"You don't need any extra clothes right?" Stiles asked, unaware of the affect he was having on the werewolf.
"No I have everything" Derek said snapping out of his daze.
Derek followed Stiles into the living room where the boys were playing in their playpen.
"How come you're all dressed up?" Derek asked. He had been wondering why Stiles asked him to take the boys early.
"Hot date" Stiles said waggling his eyebrows. Stiles bent down to pick up Charlie, obviously not realising that he'd just knocked the air out of Derek. As they where walking out to the car, Derek carrying Logan and Stiles carrying Charlie, the sheriff gave Derek a small sympathetic smile.
Derek sat in the boy's room watching the changing colours of their night light reflect on the wall. Dating was something he over looked. For whatever reason the thought of Stiles dating had never even crossed his mind. Stiles had never mentioned anyone so he hadn't thought about it. Until now, because now Stiles was on a date. He didn't know if it was a guy or a girl, if they were older or younger than Stiles or how long Stiles had even known them. It was also none of his business. He didn't own Stiles, he never had. Stiles was never his. They never dated. They'd never even actually admitted to having feelings for one another, not really anyway.
Stiles was mesmerised, Kylie had dirty blonde and cotton candy pink ombre hair. Her box fringe just about touched her eyelashes so she was constantly trying to blow it out of her eyes. She laughed at his jokes and gave him a small smile while they ate. She laughed at their waiter's corny fake French laugh and tried to cover it with a cough. She was perfect.
Stiles and Derek woke up on Saturday morning in two completely opposite ways.
Stiles woke up to feather light kisses on his back and a soft giggle in his ear.
Derek woke up to crying.
Derek rolled out of bed, walked out of his room and into the boys', stretching as he went. Charlie was standing in his crib with thick tears rolling down his chubby cheeks.
"Daddy" He sobbed, holding his arms out to Derek.
Derek picked him up, casting a look over to Logan to was just beginning to sit up and walked over to the changing table.
After changing both of their diapers, Derek carried them both back into his room.
Logan immediately lay beside Derek with his head cushioned on Derek's arm and his stuffed frog held tightly to his chest. Charlie was sitting beside Logan's head, pulling on Derek's fingers.
"Daddy?" Charlie was still playing with Derek's fingers.
"Yes?" Derek smiled, the boy's speech had been coming along especially Charlie's.
"Where dada?" Charlie asked.
"He's at his house with grandpa" Derek told him.
"We no get 'reakfas?"
"No buddy, we're going to do that tomorrow okay?" Derek ran his free hand through Charlie's dark hair.
" 'Kay Daddy"
Stiles texted Derek around noon that day asking to come over and see the twins. He arrived around twenty minutes later. Derek frowned as soon as Stiles let himself into the apartment. Derek could smell a strong presence of soap, meaning that Stiles had showered but underneath it all he could smell the sweet scent of women's perfume and sex.
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