Let's just brush that one under the rug. Not my favorite thing to think about in any sense.
[ theo doesn't deserve anyone's time in any capacity as far as stiles is concerned, so. moving on.
for the next minute or so, stiles doesn't really say anything else. it's impossible for derek to know this - or maybe he could guess, maybe he knows stiles well enough - but stiles spends that minute chewing on the skin around his thumb nail, a little anxious, just because he's not exactly sure what derek will say.
you'd think he'd have some kind of idea, but it's... very easy for stiles to psyche himself out sometimes. self-doubt and second-guessing are, sometimes, his downfall. eventually, though, he takes his hand away from his mouth and texts with both hands, quick before he can change his mind. ]
I was thinking about maybe getting a triskele? Small, nothing anywhere near as big as yours, maybe not the same place, but.
[ ... ]
I don't know. The... mark on my neck tells the people who recognize what it is that I'm yours, right? But this would be different, you know? This would let everyone know what pack I belong to.
[ not that he's particularly worried about people knowing or not knowing, and it's not like packs traditionally get their symbol tattooed in general, but. it's something he's thought about more than once since starting his job at the tattoo shop.
he keeps typing. ]
But obviously the triskele is like a Hale thing, so it's totally cool if that's not... cool. I could just get a piercing or something. No big deal.
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Not my favorite thing to think about in any sense.
[ theo doesn't deserve anyone's time in any capacity as far as stiles is concerned, so. moving on.
for the next minute or so, stiles doesn't really say anything else. it's impossible for derek to know this - or maybe he could guess, maybe he knows stiles well enough - but stiles spends that minute chewing on the skin around his thumb nail, a little anxious, just because he's not exactly sure what derek will say.
you'd think he'd have some kind of idea, but it's... very easy for stiles to psyche himself out sometimes. self-doubt and second-guessing are, sometimes, his downfall. eventually, though, he takes his hand away from his mouth and texts with both hands, quick before he can change his mind. ]
I was thinking about maybe getting a triskele?
Small, nothing anywhere near as big as yours, maybe not the same place, but.
[ ... ]
I don't know.
The... mark on my neck tells the people who recognize what it is that I'm yours, right?
But this would be different, you know?
This would let everyone know what pack I belong to.
[ not that he's particularly worried about people knowing or not knowing, and it's not like packs traditionally get their symbol tattooed in general, but. it's something he's thought about more than once since starting his job at the tattoo shop.
he keeps typing. ]
But obviously the triskele is like a Hale thing, so it's totally cool if that's not... cool.
I could just get a piercing or something. No big deal.