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[confiscated]

I haven't talked to him or anything because it feels weird
when people forget you like that.

i guess if you ever want to offer it to him through you it might work out
i'm your dom and i care about you. and the people you care about
or whatever. though i'm sure he's still just as wisely skeptical as ever

[calloused]

Okay.

[ he notices the thorns, there. just as wisely skeptical as ever. it was difficult, balancing his relationship with stiles and the largely negative drain on his time and energy that tate used to be, back before he either stopped giving derek reasons to worry about him or started getting better at covering his tracks. derek's not sure what the right thing to do here is. ]

I'll talk to him, then.
I won't make the offer, but I'll at least tell him how to get in contact with you.
If that's something you want.

[confiscated]

i guess that's fine


i don't have to tell him about before, do i?

[calloused]

Depends on what you mean.
I don't plan on lying to him, but I'm not exactly thinking about starting the conversation with you two never really got along, either.

[confiscated]

so if it doesn't come up i don't have to disclose?

i don't know it's just weird
i keep thinking he should know certain things about me but he doesn't
so i just haven't approached him yet. but if i'm ur dom i might have to meet him sometime right

i have another question by the way

[calloused]

I'm not going to tell you how to talk to him.
Do what you think is right.
Just - you know. I'm not going to lie to him if he asks questions. That's all.

What is it?

[confiscated]

can i still sleep in your bed at the den?

[calloused]

[ ... ]

Why are you asking me that?

[confiscated]

i thought you might be taking it back

[calloused]

[ right. there's a lot to unpack here - he hasn't really talked about why he kept that room sealed off for so long, and he hasn't really talked about whether or not he thinks it was a mistake to fuck tate in that bed - but derek isn't exactly rushing to talk out his feelings, so. he'll just cut straight to the point, given that he assumes that's what this is about. ]

Stiles and I aren't together.

[confiscated]

[ - yet, is all Tate can think about.]

okay.

[calloused]

[ derek's not sure what else to say. except - ]

Isaac's here, too. Someone from home.
I haven't had a chance to talk to him, yet. But.
Figured you should know.

[confiscated]

[Who the fuck is Isaac.]

do we like this guy isaac

[calloused]

Yes.

[ ... ]

Maybe.
It's complicated.
There's a strong chance he might hate me. So.

[ thus why he hasn't reached out. ]

[confiscated]

what'd you do?

[calloused]

Don't really see how that's relevant.

[confiscated]

if you think he might hate you you must've done something

but fine, don't tell me.

[calloused]

Fine. I won't.

[confiscated]

come back to this point in time later when i don't tell you something i don't think's important for you to know but you get all pissy about it

[calloused]

You have a history of not telling me things that I would really, really benefit from knowing.
This is just

[ ... fucking god damn it, he knows how this is going to go. fine. ]

Fine.
He was my beta.
I kicked him out of my pack.
The end.

[confiscated]

oh

[Unsure if jealous...]

did he do something to warrant that?
he must've. you wouldn't just throw people out

[calloused]

I was trying to protect him.
Just - you know.
I'm me. So.
Did it wrong. Fucked up.

[ shrug. ]

I don't really want to talk about it any more than that.
Like I said, I was just letting you know he's around.

[confiscated]

okay. thanks for telling me.

[Trying to be - understanding, sympathetic, all those emotions here. See?]

i'm kind of jealous. you get a lot of people from home
i haven't seen anyone since violet left

[calloused]

[ he kind of thought tate would be happy about that, all things considered - he hasn't had much reason to believe there are too many people back home tate wants to see again - but he assumes this is about violet, more than anything else, so. ]

She could still come back.

[confiscated]

i think i'd prefer it if she didn't, just because i don't want to know she's forgotten me. even a little bit

whatever. it'll be 2 years here in a few months
time goes by pretty fast huh