Momma, What's a Moon Crystal? [Sterek] [Short Story]

Chapter 12

"Papa, what's a Moon Crystal?" Derek chuckled at his little boys' question. The child squealed as Derek lifted him into the air and rested him on his knee. 

"Well, my little honey wolf, a Moon Crystal is a very special crystal to our kind." Derek smiled as the words his mother used flooded into his head.

"Is it because they come for the moon?" Damion, being seven, was obsessed with space. His eyes twinkled far more with this question than Derek was sure he had when he asked the question.

"Moon Crystals aren't from the moon. We call them Moon Crystals because they glow with the phases of the moon, constantly changing just like the moon." Derek tickled the boys' side, earning a giggle as Damion tried to fight off his father's fingers.

Once the giggling stopped, Damion became serious again. Derek wished that he could take credit for that, but when it came to the hard-hitting questions, Derek knew that the seriousness that Damion showed came from Stiles. "Why are they so important?" 

"They're important because we give them to our loved ones and mates. Moon Crystals are very rare and are only found in certain places in the world; people travel from very far to try and find one. Giving a mate a Moon Crystal is like proposing to normal humans." 

"Did you give one to Daddy?" Damion's eyes twinkled once again.

"More like I gave one to Papa," Stiles laughed, walking into the room with their three-year-old daughter Luna, fast asleep on his shoulder. "Come on, kiddo, off to bed you go. We've got a long trip tomorrow." 

Damion grinned, giving his parents hugs, running from the room. Stiles chuckled, watching down the hall as the child nearly tripped over his own feet. "He's hitting you with the important questions, isn't he?" Stiles pressed a kiss to Derek's lips. 

"The hardest. Just wait until he finds out what we're doing next week." Derek smiled, taking Luna from Stiles. 

Stiles looked out the window at the moon; it would be full in two days. "Hopefully, Mason and Elliot made this a good year." 

"I'm sure they did." 

Fin