Derek sat there as the police spoke to his sister. How could this have happened? He lost his family in that fire and it was his fault. He knew who did it but he couldn't prove it so what was the point in all of this. He was looking down at his hands, almost growling in frustration and anger and sadness. He was gripping his own hands tightly when the sound of small feet padding towards him broke him out of his thoughts and he looked up to see the young boy of his mother's friend.
Stiles walked up to the sad teen, feeling the need to do something to make him feel better. He fiddled with the black wolf stuffy he held in his hands shifting when Derek looked at him.
"Here. Sourwolf always made me feel better, but I think you need him more than me" Stiles said as he held out the little stuffy. Derek looked at him a moment before taking the wolf and holding it gently in his hands before he pulled Stiles into a hug.
The young boy smiled before he moved to wrap his arms around Derek's neck and gave Derek a kiss on the cheek.
"Kisses make things better too" Stiles said before Derek released him as Laura came out of the sheriff's office and said they were going now. Derek was about to hand the stuffy back but Stiles shook his head.
"Nu uh, you keep him. That way you don't have to be sad again" Stiles said as he turned to go to his dad while Laura basically pulled Derek out of the station. Derek looked down at the stuffy muttering its name to himself. Sourwolf.
Derek was looking out the window in his loft, overthinking everything again. He was losing his pack. He was losing everything. And he didn't know what to do about it. If he was honest, it hurt. He turned to his bed and laying there was that same black wolf stuffy, the one he had gotten all those years ago from a boy who didn't want him to have to be sad again.
He walked towards the bed before there was a knock on the door, he blinked a few times before going to open it and seeing Stiles standing there, soaking wet.
"What are you doing here?" Derek asked
"Just uh wanted to let you know, you haven't lost everything" Stiles said with a small smile
"What would make you think I thought that?"
"Because I know you" Stiles said with a more serious tone
Derek blinked a few times because there was truth in that statement and he knew it. Derek stepped back and let Stiles walk in before he was getting him a towel to dry off. Stiles thanked him as he dried off before he saw the black wolf and he walked over to pick it up.
"You kept it…." Stiles said quietly
Derek just walked up and stood beside Stiles to look at it as well.
"You were right about it"
"Huh?"
"It makes me feel better"
Stiles just grinned widely before leaning over to rest against Derek who shifted to put his arm around Stiles' shoulders before they both dropped down on the bed to sleep for the night.