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These drabbles can be read chronologically or not. Dealer's choice. I'm writing them in a progression style but they all pretty much stand alone.
They eventually talk after a particularly fantastic make-out session, in Isaac's opinion, to discuss their new relationship. Derek makes it clear that their relationship couldn't change that much in public. He explained that for the good of the pack he couldn't treat Isaac any different than the other Betas. He couldn't show favoritism, or let his feelings get in the way of leading the pack as a whole. Though he cared for Isaac, the pack had to come before them. Isaac understood. He didn't mind.
But there's no big blow up, no dramatic explosion of outrage when it's discovered that they are together. They gawk and make interesting 'oh..?' faces but that's the end of it, which Isaac is thankful for. He's not sure how he would handle that. But worse, he didn't know how Derek would.
The 'big news' is lost/forgotten with the final confrontation of the Alpha pack, Jennifer, and Scott's ascension to Alpha. It did seem rather trivial in the grand scheme of things.
After Deucalion leaves, the twins staying, and Kali is buried beside Ennis in the woods, things become almost too quiet for Beacon Hills and Isaac doesn't know how to respond to that. He's happy that is friends lives aren't in danger and something wasn't trying to kill them every few days, but after killer lizards, killer druids, and killer Alphas, it was kind of…boring to essentially just be a normal teenager again.
But Isaac doesn't mind. He has his friends and his life that's his own now and he and Derek are dating. He and Derek are dating…..
Stiles tells him, in a moment of exceptional snark, that they aren't actually dating if they don't go out on dates, but Isaac doesn't care about that. He doesn't care that they don't go out on dates, or hold hands in public, or snuggle on couches during pack meetings like Scott and Allison or Boyd and Erica. He liked that Derek was his alone, in private, where no one else could see. He liked to think that he had this special side of Derek that the others didn't get to see.
But…still….
Not to be a girl, but it would be nice to go out like a normal couple. Nothing too big or flashy but food and a movie would be nice….
Isaac wouldn't push though. He knew Derek wasn't outwardly affectionate, he had a reputation to keep, so he was fine with it.
"Why are we here Derek?" Isaac asks when the Camaro comes to a stop in the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant in town. He assumed that when Derek told him to grab his coat, that they were going out, that it was to train or that something else had come to town to be dealt with. The idea that they were going to get food never crossed his mind. There was food at the house; they only went out when there was no food in the house on the way to the store.
"What? Do you not like Mexican anymore?"
"No, I still love Mexican, but why are we here?" Isaac asks again, unbuckling his seat belt along with Derek.
"Because I'm taking you out….." The older man says, seeming to become as confused as Isaac with all his questions.
The curly haired teen stops for a minute, does an Occam's razor, and gapes. "Is this a date? Are we on like a date?"
Derek's confusion immediately leaves, and is replaced with his typical 'you're an idiot' look. "Don't ask stupid questions."
He then gets out of the car and Isaac follows, stumbling a little ungracefully on the way out.
As they walk to the front of the restaurant Isaac asks, "Did Stiles talk to you?" His hands buried deep in his jacket pockets and shoulders hunched.
Derek snorts through his nose; his hands tucked in his pockets with much more leisure. "Contrary to popular belief, I can come up with my own plans without the help of Stiles."
Isaac chuckles and looks up through his bangs at Derek, which is odd considering his height advantage. The Alpha then stops, just shy of the threshold of the restaurant, and pushes his bangs out of his face. "You need to stop that. All that slouching and hunching your shoulders is bad for your back." He then opens the door and ushers Isaac in with a tilt of his head, and Isaac smiles standing a little straighter as he goes inside.
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