It was two days later when Stiles finally managed to get his hands on Derek's file again so Derek and him could go over it to find the pieces that didn't fit.

It had been hours since they had been staring at that damn white piece of paper going over everything down to the letter. The pair were getting increasingly frustrated, with Derek running his hands through his hair every two minutes and Stiles gripping the table so tightly he feared he might break it but that thought alone couldn't stop his fists even if he tried.

It was nearing 10:30 at night and Stiles was sure his dad would be pulling into the driveway any second when he spotted it. He'd read the same line for the past five hours but something clicked this time. He read it once and then a second time just to make sure before knocking over his chair and yelling with pure joy. Derek who was nearly asleep lazily opened his eyes before turning his gaze to a blissful and overjoyed Stiles.

"What it is? did you find something?" Derek said in a deep and sleep drowned voice. "You bet your ass I found something look at this it could clear your whole name Derek!" Stiles was practically exploding with this new found energy as Derek looked at where Stiles was pointing.

It took Derek a few reads to understand how it would help him but when he saw the meaning of those few sentences a grin grew on to Derek's face and he jumped just like Stiles had a minute ago. "Stiles! you're a genius I could kiss you right now"

They both froze as the last word came out of Derek's mouth, Stiles faced his head toward Derek before slowly letting his gaze drop to the other man's lips. Derek doing the same but more cautiously. Stiles, trying to be the bold one leaned in ever so slowly inches away from the perfectly sculpted lips.

Derek leaned in a bit too just to close the distance. Their lips grazed each others when they heard it. The sound of a car pulling into the driveway.

Stiles went into full panic mode, scrambling to get the papers back into the neat little folder and back into the cabinet of files the sheriff had under his desk that he thought Stiles didn't know about.

Derek ran upstairs without a second thought ready to jump into the closet. Stiles sat on his bed wide eyed waiting for his dad to come in and tell him he was home and ask him about his day. He knew he looked so guilty so he tried to calm himself by picking up his laptop and pretended to be searching something up.

"Stiles? I'm home." the sheriff hollered from the front door. "Uh hey dad glad you're home how was work today?" Stiles yelled back acting as casually as possible. "Good just like any other day. hey listen i'm really tired so i'm going to bed now night son" the sheriff said now right outside Stiles door. "Okay night dad love you."

When Stiles heard his dad's door close he sprung off his bed and towards his closet door, cracking it open he told derek he could come out.

Stiles and Derek both now facing each other were faced with the reality that they had just kissed and even though it was more of a peck and it lasted only about three seconds it still counted.
"fuck." was the only thought going through their minds right now.