[He just gently corrects, stroking this thumb over Derek's wrist as if to coax him toward the idea. To use touch the way it was always used toward him, to appease, to comfort. The ways he too was deprived of it, for so long. Truth be told, he doesn't care if Derek only cares about him and Stiles - he actually prefers that. But it'd be a lie to say he isn't projecting onto Derek his own troubles.
He's not a monster either, right? He cares about people too.]
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[He just gently corrects, stroking this thumb over Derek's wrist as if to coax him toward the idea. To use touch the way it was always used toward him, to appease, to comfort. The ways he too was deprived of it, for so long. Truth be told, he doesn't care if Derek only cares about him and Stiles - he actually prefers that. But it'd be a lie to say he isn't projecting onto Derek his own troubles.
He's not a monster either, right? He cares about people too.]
But... what do you want to be?