[ as per usual, derek gives no response to indicate he got tate's last message. he ends the conversation by locking his phone, leaving tate to come over on his own time.
after heading back into the living room, hands deep in the pockets of his jacket as he tugs it down from the inside, he thinks about doing something to make the den more-- festive, or whatever. like he said earlier, even though he's not in a particularly celebratory mood, he feels bad treating this like it's an ordinary day; unfortunately, he's not really the kind of person to have streamers and balloons laying around the house, so there's not much he can do besides stare up at the exposed beams of his living room ceiling and vaguely pretend like he's going to hang some fairy lights from them, or something.
in the end he doesn't do much, other than grab some of the good beer from the fridge, something he feels awkward about cracking into given how difficult it is for him to buy his own groceries as a sub. tate arrives and derek's wearing the same expression he always is, when he's tense. a slightly aggressive lineface, shoulders straight and eyebrows furrowed. he slides back the shutter to the house and doesn't even look at tate, when he arrives, only nodding his head over his shoulder in silent invitation. ]
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after heading back into the living room, hands deep in the pockets of his jacket as he tugs it down from the inside, he thinks about doing something to make the den more-- festive, or whatever. like he said earlier, even though he's not in a particularly celebratory mood, he feels bad treating this like it's an ordinary day; unfortunately, he's not really the kind of person to have streamers and balloons laying around the house, so there's not much he can do besides stare up at the exposed beams of his living room ceiling and vaguely pretend like he's going to hang some fairy lights from them, or something.
in the end he doesn't do much, other than grab some of the good beer from the fridge, something he feels awkward about cracking into given how difficult it is for him to buy his own groceries as a sub. tate arrives and derek's wearing the same expression he always is, when he's tense. a slightly aggressive lineface, shoulders straight and eyebrows furrowed. he slides back the shutter to the house and doesn't even look at tate, when he arrives, only nodding his head over his shoulder in silent invitation. ]