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[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

[calloused]

I don't think she'll have forgotten you.
You were important to her.
That doesn't just go away.

[ he lies, lyingly, like a liar. anyway - ]

Two years.
You've had a pretty hot streak of staying out of trouble.

[confiscated]

as far as u know.

[PLAYFULLY SAID? HALF TRUTHFUL? WHO KNOWS]

i guess i'll be 19 in january
weird. this is where i lay down the hints about wanting shit for my birthday, right?

[calloused]

As far as I know.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

[ slightly less playful. ]

You could just tell me what you want.

[confiscated]

a guitar
electric or acoustic, i don't care

[calloused]

Really?
Huh.

[ feels like something he should've expected, weirdly enough, but it takes him by surprise nevertheless. ]

You know how to play one of those?