𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 [𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐤 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐞]

𝐗𝐗𝐈𝐕

Battlefield [ 2.11 ]

Matt was dead. Drowning, the same way he died once before. The very thing that drove him to killing people got himself killed. The mess that there was to uncover from the night that went on at the sheriff's station was a lot.

There were a lot of unanswered questions. Relationships were left in shambles. Mother and son. Father and daughter. Boyfriend and girlfriend.

Though none of that was known to Nova, as she had spent hours in the operating room waiting fighting for her life after being shot and left for dead. Her parents waiting as they operated on their daughter.

After Nova just 'disappeared' from the station there was an anonymous message to Dereks phone saying Nova was at the hospital, same with Stiles and Scott. Two of the three raced there only to find out that it was true.

In the waiting room all night was her mom, Stiles, and even Derek. Scott would have but his own problems with his mom became a problem. They all felt guilty that they had not been there for the girl, that they couldn't prevent anything from happening to her, that they couldn't get her to the hospital quick enough but they didn't even know she had been hurt till everything settled.

But they were there when she was out of surgery, which was a success. Now it was only a waiting game for her to wake up.

They took turns waiting for her. Her parents were obviously first spending the most time with her. Stiles went in next and his father joined him towards the end. Derek was hesitant to go in but after some reassurance from his girlfriend's parents –which surprised him and them– he went in.

He just sat in the chair beside her, holding her hand in his like he always does. Placing chaste kisses on her forehead, cheek and hand every once in a while. He had drowned out the beeping of the machines solely focusing on her.

Nova however only heard the loud beeping as she started to come back to consciousness. She could hear everything around her but the brighlights prevented her from wanting to open her eyes. The warm feeling of her hand in another's made her want to wake up.

Forcing herself to squeeze the hand lightly, she let him know she was okay, that she was awake. Derek looked up, his eyes widened slightly. He could see her eyes flutter ever so slightly in an attempt to wake up, he could see the discomfort it caused her, he quickly closed the blinds that provided the most light allowing her to open her eyes completely.

Derek looked at her as she did so, a faint smile coming to form on his lips. She turned her head towards him. "You look horrible." Was the first words to leave her mouth noticing the tiredness that was written all over his face.

He had an amused smile, "You almost died and the first thing you do when you wake up is make fun of me?"

She attempted to shrug, "It's a coping mechanism."