[ he's been keeping an eye out, but derek didn't want to be the one to call it. stiles' message isn't a surprise, exactly, but it's still... something. a reminder, maybe, of how fragile things can be around here. ]
Alright.
[ and that's all he says, at first. he doesn't have any sympathy for allison, he doesn't care that she's gone. she was an argent, she was a killer in the making. there's no love to be lost here, and there's no reason for him to pretend otherwise. stiles wouldn't believe him, if he acted like he cared.
but allison wasn't... a worry. not really. a concern, sure, but between veracity, the fort, the guards, society at large, the fact that she never came after him, the bullet wound in his fucking bicep and stiles having gone out of his way to at least sort of vouch for her to derek? she wasn't high on his list of priorities. he doesn't feel more or less safe, with her disappearance. just...
he does feel concerned. stiles keeps losing people. first scott, now allison. he's been here for a few months - how many people has he become close to since his arrival to the city, only to lose them the same way he's lost people from home? derek is sensitive to loss, and after learning how he and stiles first met - back at the police station, all those years ago - he's all the more sensitive to stiles'.
hhhow does he approach that concern, though. how does he say he's sorry. derek wets his lips, and just... tries to breach this. ]
Are you okay? I mean - do you want to talk about it?
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Alright.
[ and that's all he says, at first. he doesn't have any sympathy for allison, he doesn't care that she's gone. she was an argent, she was a killer in the making. there's no love to be lost here, and there's no reason for him to pretend otherwise. stiles wouldn't believe him, if he acted like he cared.
but allison wasn't... a worry. not really. a concern, sure, but between veracity, the fort, the guards, society at large, the fact that she never came after him, the bullet wound in his fucking bicep and stiles having gone out of his way to at least sort of vouch for her to derek? she wasn't high on his list of priorities. he doesn't feel more or less safe, with her disappearance. just...
he does feel concerned. stiles keeps losing people. first scott, now allison. he's been here for a few months - how many people has he become close to since his arrival to the city, only to lose them the same way he's lost people from home? derek is sensitive to loss, and after learning how he and stiles first met - back at the police station, all those years ago - he's all the more sensitive to stiles'.
hhhow does he approach that concern, though. how does he say he's sorry. derek wets his lips, and just... tries to breach this. ]
Are you okay?
I mean - do you want to talk about it?