[ Derek's not going to brag about how good he is at carpentry, so, he just shrugs. He's, uh. He's only sort of a basic bitch when it comes to carpentry, but he learned some basics from his dad, and there were some publicly accessible plans of the city that he went through after learning just how involved the Hale family was in establishing beacon hills, so. He could probably... build a tree house. In theory.

Probably. ]

I want it to be practical. Defensible. You need to be able to get out fast, if another 5 AM kidnapping happens when you're staying the night.

[ Uh - not that Tate has to spend the night in this thing, but, you know. If he wanted to, having a way out seems smart. High ground sounds good, too, but that was kinda, you know. Expected. Tree house. Derek twists his mouth a little, thinking. ]

But - also - cool? I want... to build you something... cool.

[ He, uh. Hopes that doesn't sound too stupid. ]