[ ... first he's heard of regulated comas. derek makes a note to tell stiles about this, in case it's not on the wall yet. more pressingly, he has to focus on calming tate down. ]
Okay. It sounds like this is normal. Something that happens often enough to be a pattern. Give it a few days before you start worrying about him. It sounds like he'll be okay.
Maybe you can focus on... figuring out something to do for him when he wakes up? To welcome him back. What kind of things does he like?
Sounds like it's just LIES fucking with us, for whatever reason. This is kind of what they do, right? The SLUT program, VitD, sending people home, bringing people back. Everything they do comes back to finding that stupid gene. Getting us to assimilate.
He'll wake up. Tell me what he likes. Other than you.
Fucking with good people is easier than fucking with bad.
Maybe buy him some new books. Or... learn how to make origami, so you can make him something when he wakes up. Something romantic, like that. I have some money. Not a lot, but. I can cover for you, if you want to pick something up.
i don't think they'll have books here he'd like. anything else he'd just get from the library it's stuff from home that's what i'd want to give him maybe i can get movies from stiles again. do you know do you know any good ones?
[ Derek likes... a lot of movies, but not many of them are great for dates. He's got a soft spot for a couple that could fit the bill, but they're films he's shared with Stiles, and he doesn't know if they're actually good or if he just thinks of them fondly because Stiles put him onto them. He'll - think. ]
I can find you some. Burn you a flash drive, or something. I'm sure Stiles will help.
Maybe I could meet him. When he wakes up. Check him out, finally. If he's cool - and if I like him - he could come to the beach. If you still want that.
i have a... a thumb drive? is that the same thing? as a flash
[DON'T AT HIM HE DOESN'T KNOW FOR SURE]
for real? like, you don't have to do it if you don't want to the beach is supposed to be private but that'd be nice, maybe he's not easy to dislike tho fair warning
[ the beach is supposed to be private, yeah - but the beach isn't the treehouse. derek's not going to commit, but. he hopes floating the idea has done something to lift tate's spirits. ]
I don't like anyone. I probably won't like him. He will be very, very lucky if I like him. So. I'm really not worried about that.
[ Derek - thinks of Peter. His Peter, not Tate's. The uncle he left catatonic and covered in burn scars that damaged him so deeply he never really healed. The man who stayed in a coma for six years, conscious in the dark, driven mad by isolation and hatred. ]
Maybe. It's hard, seeing someone in a coma. I don't know if you've had to do it before, but. It isn't easy. I can come with you, if you want. Unless you'd rather see him alone.
I don't know it's weird, there's kind of a situation I mean it's not a "situation" but there's a girl already there he likes her too. they might sign I don't know if awkwardly sitting in a room with her's a great idea but I do want to see him. What should I do?
[ oh. uh, wow, okay. this got complicated. any kind of situation where someone is interested in two people at once is just. entering territory that derek "unwaveringly attached and insecure" hale is absolutely not fucking equipped to advise on. hold on, hold on, he needs to buy some time by asking a question while he tries to think of some decent advice. ]
Are you okay with that? Him liking someone else.
[ talking about "liking" people still makes him feel like he's a fucking middleschooler, but. it's fine, if it's for tate. ]
yeah, i mean here it's not exactly easy to go monogamous and it's not like i'm not seeing other people too. i think about what you said a lot, how... so long as so long as i don't know too many details? i'm okay with it.
[ ... sure, but emotions are far more complicated to share than just-- physically seeing someone else, and even that takes a pretty big toll if it's not properly compartmentalized. derek kind of wants to argue with tate about this, but hey maybe you deserve someone emotionally committed to you is maybe not the take he should bring to this particular table. the table with the sad coma talk on it. ]
Well. I think you should go see him. You don't have to coexist with this girl for long, so. Just keep your head down and try not to start anything. You're there for Peter. Not for her.
It'd be good for you to see that he's still there. Solid and alive. Breathing. Just remember that whatever this is - it's normal, and it's temporary, and he's going to come out of it, just like everyone before him. And - you never know? Maybe if you say something to him, he'll be able to hear it.
[ anyway. a pause. ]
Okay. Do you need me to check in on you, or do you want to be alone?
Not about what I want. I'm asking you if you want me there.
I guess I should probably ask if you know how to assemble the wall frame on your own. Considering you gave up after a single plank when I told you to saw things for me.
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05/10
hey hey derek?
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You okay?
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something happened to peter
he wasn't replying to me
so i messaged his friend
she says he's in some coma
says that shit's normal here?
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Okay.
It sounds like this is normal. Something that happens often enough to be a pattern.
Give it a few days before you start worrying about him. It sounds like he'll be okay.
Maybe you can focus on... figuring out something to do for him when he wakes up? To welcome him back.
What kind of things does he like?
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his friend, gwen, she said this happened to someone else
to other people but
what the hell? how does this just happen?
why does this just happen?
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This is kind of what they do, right? The SLUT program, VitD, sending people home, bringing people back.
Everything they do comes back to finding that stupid gene. Getting us to assimilate.
He'll wake up.
Tell me what he likes. Other than you.
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why him? seriously
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he likes books
we're reading the hobbit
he
he... knows how to fold origami
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Maybe buy him some new books. Or... learn how to make origami, so you can make him something when he wakes up.
Something romantic, like that.
I have some money. Not a lot, but. I can cover for you, if you want to pick something up.
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it's stuff from home that's what i'd want to give him
maybe i can get movies from stiles again. do you know
do you know any good ones?
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I can find you some. Burn you a flash drive, or something. I'm sure Stiles will help.
Maybe I could meet him. When he wakes up. Check him out, finally.
If he's cool - and if I like him - he could come to the beach.
If you still want that.
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[DON'T AT HIM HE DOESN'T KNOW FOR SURE]
for real? like, you don't have to do it if you don't want to
the beach is supposed to be private
but that'd be nice, maybe
he's not easy to dislike tho
fair warning
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[ the beach is supposed to be private, yeah - but the beach isn't the treehouse. derek's not going to commit, but. he hopes floating the idea has done something to lift tate's spirits. ]
I don't like anyone. I probably won't like him. He will be very, very lucky if I like him.
So.
I'm really not worried about that.
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i'm gonna go see him i think
he's just. asleep.
is it better to go, do you think
i should, right?
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Maybe. It's hard, seeing someone in a coma. I don't know if you've had to do it before, but.
It isn't easy.
I can come with you, if you want.
Unless you'd rather see him alone.
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it's weird, there's kind of a situation
I mean it's not a "situation" but
there's a girl already there
he likes her too. they might sign
I don't know if awkwardly sitting in a room with her's a great idea
but I do want to see him. What should I do?
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Are you okay with that?
Him liking someone else.
[ talking about "liking" people still makes him feel like he's a fucking middleschooler, but. it's fine, if it's for tate. ]
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and it's not like i'm not seeing other people too.
i think about what you said a lot, how... so long as
so long as i don't know too many details? i'm okay with it.
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Well.
I think you should go see him. You don't have to coexist with this girl for long, so. Just keep your head down and try not to start anything.
You're there for Peter. Not for her.
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i'll go check it out
i don't know how long i can stand sticking around but
it's better to go then to not, right?
i might come to the woods after
stay there for a bit tonight.
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Solid and alive. Breathing.
Just remember that whatever this is - it's normal, and it's temporary, and he's going to come out of it, just like everyone before him.
And - you never know? Maybe if you say something to him, he'll be able to hear it.
[ anyway. a pause. ]
Okay.
Do you need me to check in on you, or do you want to be alone?
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i'll probably stay the night again
think i figured out a good way to assemble the wall frame
maybe that'll keep me distracted
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I guess I should probably ask if you know how to assemble the wall frame on your own.
Considering you gave up after a single plank when I told you to saw things for me.
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if you can bring me a few things, i want you there
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What do you want?
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pretzels.
a pillow and some paper
origami paper?
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