Sterek One Shots (boyxboy)

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice by Finduilas
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"You've got that ridiculous smile on your face again," Allison grins as she passes by Stiles, nudging his feet from the coffee table.

Stiles barely even looks up. He tries to straighten his face but it's no use, and he keeps grinning down at his phone.

"Lets face it, Allison," Scott says, plopping down on the couch next to Stiles, craning his neck to take a look at Stiles' screen, "Whenever Stiles is wrapped up in his nerd squad, we're invisible."

"Don't call 'em that," Stiles mutters, even though he knows Scott doesn't mean any harm. He just doesn't get the whole fandom experience.

"No, no, it's more than that," Allison muses as Stiles nudges his elbow in Scott's ribs to push him away a bit. "Who are you chatting with, Stiles?"

Stiles tries hard not to blush, but he can already feel his cheeks heating up. "No one...," he mumbles, his fingers moving swiftly over the touch screen before pressing send.

Scott leans in even more now, straining to read Stiles' phone, so Stiles presses the back button on his phone, quickly going out of the app as Scott calls out, "I saw a heart! There was a bear with a heart!"

"What?" Allison all but squeals as Stiles locks his phone.

"It was a sticker!" Stiles calls out, shoving Scott off of him.

"What?" Scott mutters, almost falling off the couch with the way Stiles is pushing at him.

"It's just a chat app, alright?" Stiles shrugs, knowing that there's probably already notifications waiting for him, "It's called Line, and you can send each other stupid stickers."

"Like bears with hearts?" Allison raises her eyebrow at him.

Stiles can feel the heat in his cheeks rising again as he mumbles, "Yeah."

"So who are you sending hearts to, Stiles?" Scott questions him with narrowing eyes.

"Just..." Stiles shrugs again, then sighs, "Derek."

"Ooooh, who's Derek?" Allison asks, her voice all bouncy.

"It's just this guy from fandom, alright," Stiles says, but he's already grinning simply at the mention of Derek's name.

"And it's this Derek guy that makes you look all goofy at your screen lately?" Allison calls him out, and damn if she isn't right.

"Yes," Stiles says firmly, because denying it has no point. "But don't make a big deal about it, alright. We're just chatting. I don't even know what he looks like, or where he lives, or what he does or anything."

"So what do you guys talk about?" Scott frowns.

"Just... fandom stuff," Stiles says, his fingers itching to open his phone again and check back for the latest messages from Derek. "We have the same OTP, and he's this amazing fanartist, and we just... I don't know. We talk about feelings and stuff."

"Is he gay?" Scott asks.

"Bi," Stiles says, and there's that insuppressible grin again.

"Nice," Allison smiles, "So, are you like... online dating or something?"

"I don't... know," Stiles says, staring at the black screen of his phone. "Not really. We just... talk."

"All the freaking time," Scott rolls his eyes.

"Hey!" Stiles says, like he needs to defend himself, "I talk to other people as well! It's a big fandom, alright?"

"Yeah, okay, but... mostly with this Derek guy, right?" Allison smirks.