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ᴅᴇʀᴇᴋ ʜᴀʟᴇ ♔ ([personal profile] calloused) wrote2019-01-19 03:09 pm
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confiscated: (⇀ a married love)

[personal profile] confiscated 2020-09-22 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
Will it-

[Tate can sense that the topic is about to slip away and if he doesn't ask now, he might not get the chance to. The chance to get Derek to elaborate on what he's saying, because it raises goosebumps over Tate's skin with a tingle of surprise in his gut. He's not happy? That's promising, to Tate, selfish as he is. If he can breed more of that doubt, he wants to so that his claws never leave Derek's flesh.

He needs the reassurance. It's what drives him to wet his lips and speak:]


It won't change... anything, will it? For us. How we've been living and... our contract, and all that.
confiscated: (⇀ for all we are men)

[personal profile] confiscated 2020-09-24 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
That's not what I meant, I...

[Tate chews on the inside of his cheek, biting down hard enough to leave grooves in his lip before fiddling again with his sleeve and the way his nails can rake against his skin. He could abuse his power to keep Derek from interacting with Stiles, sure, but that wouldn't do anything for him. He is mildly relieved to hear that Stiles is a fellow sub and that on some level, anything he and Derek do together might get them in trouble.]

You were close. He doesn't remember that, but you do. Is that what you want again?
confiscated: (⇀ no winning now)

[personal profile] confiscated 2020-09-24 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
I just want to know if you still want to have a relationship with him the way you did before. I know you care for him a lot, even if he doesn't remember it. But I do know that that might change things for us.

[Tate can't bring himself to say 'I know you love him' so he doesn't even try. He drops his gaze and tries not to feel annoyed by the prickly feeling that always arose when he was around Stiles too long. It was like he could see through every aspect of Tate's facade without even trying. He was too smart, too dangerous. Tate doesn't want him here again, not in between them. Not as a rival.]

But if that's what you want, I can take a few steps back. Or something.
confiscated: (⇀ binding by chains)

[personal profile] confiscated 2020-09-24 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
I think I know what it's like. Only Violet's never come back.

[Tate held off on giving up hope, and to this day he still thinks about her time to time. What he'd do if she did show up again, a thought stirred up recently by his discussions with Harley. The same could be said for Sabrina or Peter, though Tate's fixations on other people have really been what's carried him by without losing his shit over losing those people. He's been able to jump person to person, finding someone new to obsess over. Finding Derek to be an anchor he's the most focused on now, hearing things about Stiles that make him feel a bit cold inside.

The way Derek talks about roped off rooms and not sleeping in the bed they once shared, though? It makes Tate feel like he's been challenged to taint those lingering ideas, to paint himself over where Stiles once sat so that Derek can see him instead. He's happy to hear Derek's not quick to jump back into pursuing Stiles. Tate, a jealous little gremlin, is already trying to think of how to keep that from happening by his own hand.]


It took some time but I moved on. Letting go was really hard though, but... would it be the same otherwise? I think I'd be disappointed if she came back and forgot everything we had. Rebuilding it would feel fake.

[He shrugs, mild expression given as he glances up to Derek's face to try and read his response.]

I was so lucky when you came back. You remembered me.