Trying. Hasn't worked so far. I mean, I literally have the word "guilt" tattooed across my throat. This city doesn't exactly afford you too many opportunities to find personal growth. Take it where you can get it.
Anyway. Somebody likes you. You like them back. I know this is rich, coming from me, but you don't have to overthink everything. Just let yourself be happy.
[he thinks about asking why derek didn't get his word removed but this bad territory? okay, nvm.]
i guess ur right. shockingly. his dom's throwing a surprise party for him later this month you wanna come? you met him, totally count as a friend friend of a... boyfriend, too.
Are you inviting because you think that I would actually enjoy attending a teenager's birthday party, or are you asking me to be there to support you? Because I'll go, if you want me there, but if you're just trying to be nice, maybe run it by Stiles instead. He's the party animal.
[ it's hard for derek to tell how tate really feels - something that's been getting progressively more notable since he lost his heartbeat. derek just doesn't really understand him as easily as he used to, even over text. he's not sure if tate feels uncertain about being there on his own or not, he's not sure what tate wants from him at all - so he just doesn't answer, for now. ]
Well, let me know if I'll need to avoid the treehouse when your birthday rolls around. Now that you're dating someone, we're going to be more aggressive about hanging socks off of door handles.
Details don't matter. You don't need details. I gave Stiles something first. He gave me his gift so we'd match. I gave him the car afterwards. I'm trying to stay on top. Asserting my dominance. Bullying him into submission with kindness and superior gift-giving abilities.
Carve him a slut paddle that says Property of Tate Langdon in big, block letters. Leave an imprint on his ass every time you're with him. Then get executed by LIES when they hear you defying your station.
Geology rocks? I don't know. People aren't inherently all that different from one another. At least when it comes to things like this. He'll like the same things Violet liked. Give him things from the heart? Music you like. Parts of your life you want to share with him. Worse comes to worst, I'm sure there's a microscope for sale around here somewhere.
i spray painted a rose black for violet on our first date i don't think he's a spray painted roses kinda guy?
violet and i got along because we shared... a i don't know. a lot of darker stuff in common.
[But.]
peter and i are a little different. he makes me think of the other stuff. maybe music's not a bad idea. can you show me how to make it more modern? if i pick a list of songs, like. on a. thing. drive? or whatever.
Give him other things, then. If you have that level of sentimental romance already inside of you, you can just - tap into it without turning things dark. Give him seaglass from the beach you took him to. Stones from outside the treehouse. Something that reminds you of him. Even a world as fucked up as this one offers landmarks like those..
I can do that for you. Gonna have to pay me, though.
I'm fucking with you. I don't want you to pay me. Just don't forget me when you're constantly getting laid by the love of your life. And married, or whatever.
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Hasn't worked so far.
I mean, I literally have the word "guilt" tattooed across my throat. This city doesn't exactly afford you too many opportunities to find personal growth.
Take it where you can get it.
Anyway.
Somebody likes you. You like them back.
I know this is rich, coming from me, but you don't have to overthink everything. Just let yourself be happy.
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i guess ur right. shockingly.
his dom's throwing a surprise party for him later this month
you wanna come? you met him, totally count as a friend
friend of a... boyfriend, too.
(that felt real forced)
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Are you inviting because you think that I would actually enjoy attending a teenager's birthday party, or are you asking me to be there to support you?
Because I'll go, if you want me there, but if you're just trying to be nice, maybe run it by Stiles instead.
He's the party animal.
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but i'm ok either way. gotta get used to this stuff
he's already teasing me about my birthday?
which is kinda nice. first time that's happened in...
a while.
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Well, let me know if I'll need to avoid the treehouse when your birthday rolls around.
Now that you're dating someone, we're going to be more aggressive about hanging socks off of door handles.
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maybe install a little doorbell idk
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What are you going to get him?
Gonna have to be a pretty sick present, all things considered.
Bar's been set now that you've told him you love him.
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i'm thinking massive dildos
pools of lube
what d'you think?
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He's probably got enough of those.
Can't walk down the street in the Up without someone giving you a dildo.
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Write something. Draw something. Build something.
Create. Put effort into it.
Make him feel wooed.
Stiles made me something connected to somewhere pretty important for us.
I built him a car.
Making stuff works.
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serious answer time i guess.
[Harder to - bluff his way through unscathed, though. Tate types and erases a few times.]
what did stiles make you?
was that before the car?
was the car u trying 2 top stiles' evidently cooler thing?
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I gave Stiles something first.
He gave me his gift so we'd match.
I gave him the car afterwards.
I'm trying to stay on top. Asserting my dominance. Bullying him into submission with kindness and superior gift-giving abilities.
Carve him a slut paddle that says Property of Tate Langdon in big, block letters. Leave an imprint on his ass every time you're with him.
Then get executed by LIES when they hear you defying your station.
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i'm gonna tell him you think his thing doesn't matter.
you know that's not a half bad idea?
i'll take a citation for that.
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Fine by me.
Have you given him anything before? I'm sure he'll be happy no matter what you get him. If you decide to get him anything at all.
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"oh just put two and two together, tate, you got this"?
god. violet was easier to give shit to. peter's all into nerdy shit
you know any science puns i can pretend to just... know?
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Geology rocks? I don't know.
People aren't inherently all that different from one another. At least when it comes to things like this.
He'll like the same things Violet liked.
Give him things from the heart? Music you like. Parts of your life you want to share with him.
Worse comes to worst, I'm sure there's a microscope for sale around here somewhere.
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i don't think he's a spray painted roses kinda guy?
violet and i got along because we shared... a
i don't know. a lot of darker stuff in common.
[But.]
peter and i are a little different. he makes me think of the other stuff.
maybe music's not a bad idea. can you show me how to make it more modern?
if i pick a list of songs, like. on a. thing. drive?
or whatever.
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If you have that level of sentimental romance already inside of you, you can just - tap into it without turning things dark.
Give him seaglass from the beach you took him to. Stones from outside the treehouse. Something that reminds you of him.
Even a world as fucked up as this one offers landmarks like those..
I can do that for you.
Gonna have to pay me, though.
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[THINKS THIS IS 100% SERIOUS]
twenty bucks?
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Thirty.
[ okay, no, hold on. ]
I'm fucking with you. I don't want you to pay me.
Just don't forget me when you're constantly getting laid by the love of your life. And married, or whatever.
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Am I going to have to explain the triskele when I talk to him?
Which I'm doing, by the way. Soon.
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