[ Derek listens. Derek listens, and it-- helps, maybe, in gradual increments. Tate says it's messed up to say the things he says, but fuck, if that's true, how messed up is Derek for wanting more? For Tate to say he's-- more important than anyone, more important than his ex-girlfriend who didn't get him, more important than his fucking family. It's not official in any of the ways it could be, but Tate's his pack. They're supposed to live at each other's side, eat together, fight together, do everything together. Derek's supposed to be able to say he'd die for him, if it came down to it, not just fucking - build him treehouses and give him second-rate advice.
The pinky promise gets him. He doesn't feel like it's enough, so when Tate doesn't let go, Derek takes the opportunity to hold on tighter. He nudges his leg, shifts a little closer, just to have a better, more reassuring fill of what little inner warmth Tate has, as a ghost. Derek - breathes. ]
I'd...
[ Stuck with him. Derek tilts his head, looking at Tate. He's really fucking close, but it still feels like there's a wall here, invisible and hard to describe. It's a wall that Tate's chipping away at, brick by brick, every time he makes Derek believe that things are good between them. Every time he makes Derek believe that they're in this together. ]
I'd - yeah. Me too. I'd do anything, if you needed it. If it would make you happy.
[ If it meant Tate wouldn't leave. He gets a sense of deja vu, but can't really place why. ]
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The pinky promise gets him. He doesn't feel like it's enough, so when Tate doesn't let go, Derek takes the opportunity to hold on tighter. He nudges his leg, shifts a little closer, just to have a better, more reassuring fill of what little inner warmth Tate has, as a ghost. Derek - breathes. ]
I'd...
[ Stuck with him. Derek tilts his head, looking at Tate. He's really fucking close, but it still feels like there's a wall here, invisible and hard to describe. It's a wall that Tate's chipping away at, brick by brick, every time he makes Derek believe that things are good between them. Every time he makes Derek believe that they're in this together. ]
I'd - yeah. Me too. I'd do anything, if you needed it. If it would make you happy.
[ If it meant Tate wouldn't leave. He gets a sense of deja vu, but can't really place why. ]