A Very Sterek Christmas

Jingle Bell Rock

Stiles drains his glass of eggnog, making a face at the sweetness, but he pours himself another glass. He hates company parties, he just really hates his job most of the time, and he sighs as he watches Isaac and Boyd from marketing make out in the supply closet for a second before he walks off. Of course, there are some moments when he likes his job. Like when Erica from commutations goes to lunch with him and they talk about the people they work with. Or when his buddy Scott sends Allison flowers and she spends the day trying to figure out who did it.

The days Stiles really loves his job is when Derek from I.T calls him to report a problem. Stiles works in sales, sometimes he makes up problems so that he can call him, but sometimes there's an actual problem that Stiles needs help with. He's never actually meet Derek, he knows what he looks like since Stiles looked him up on the company website and followed him on social media, but he's hoping that he's going to be at the party. "Stiles, come meet my friend." Erica says, and Stiles sees her staggering some in her high heels. Stiles walks over to see her talking to a man that looks like he doesn't want to be here, and Stiles smiles when he recognizes Derek Hale. "This is Derek Hale. Derek, this is Stiles. He's my friend." Erica says, and she stands by to watch them interact with each other.

Stiles smiles at Derek, his cheeks getting hot when he sees how hot Derek is in person, and Erica giggles as she watches them. "Hi." Stiles says, kicking his foot out some. He feels like he's thirteen and he's talking to a crush. "Uh, Erica. I saw your boyfriend making out with Isaac Lahey in the closet." Stiles says, and Erica hums.

"Yeah. He does that sometimes. So, Derek. This is the guy that you make up problems to call. Stiles, this is the guy that you told me you touch yourself to his pictures on Facebook." Erica says, and Stiles gasps while Derek turns red. "Oh, wait you didn't tell me. Kira told me that about the girl that sales envelops. What is her name?" Erica says, frowning in concentration as she wanders off while she thinks about it. Stiles laughs as he watches her, sipping on his eggnog, and he shakes his head fondly.

"She's something else." Stiles says, and Derek hums in agreement as he sips his drink. "Uh. I'm sorry that you're here. This doesn't seem like something that you'd like to do." Stiles says, and Derek laughs as he nods his head.

"Yeah. Erica made me come over. I'm not really a party person. Especially holiday parties with lots of alcohol and mistletoe." Derek tells him, laughing softly while Stiles nods his head. "I'm not a party person." Derek tells him, again as he awkwardly stands around. He turns his head when he hears the song change, and Stiles laughs softly as he sways to the old fashioned Christmas music. "You want to go for a walk or something." Derek asks him, and Stiles laughs as he nods his head.

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"So you make up problems just to talk to me, hmm?" Stiles asks him, bumping his shoulder against Derek's with a soft smile. "Cause that's totally cool." Stiles adds on, and Derek seems to breathe out in relief.

"Yeah. I mean you were like the one person that seemed to know what they were doing." Derek says, his ears turning pink and Stiles knows that it's not from the cold. "I'm sorry if I bothered you. It just gets boring." Derek tells him, and Stiles laughs as he takes his hand to walk with him.

"You make the Christmas parties fun." Stiles says, and Derek blushes. "I mean. I love seeing Erica get smashed and hit on her boyfriend like she's never met him." Stiles says, and goes to sit on his car hood as he looks at the building. "I should be going home." Stiles says, and Derek nods his head as he stands next to him. "After the holidays, we should do something. Get dinner or go to the movies." Stiles says, blushing as he looks at him. He knows that Derek might not want to date, being fun is one thing but wanting to date is something that's totally different, and Stiles blushes as he waits for him to answer.

"Yeah. I would love too. I've been hoping to ask you out for weeks. Erica made me come to the date since she knows that I've had a little crush on you. I mean an adult crush not a childish crush." Derek rambles, and Stiles laughs as he leans his head against Derek's shoulder for a second. It seems to relax Derek, and Stiles breathes out happily as he rests his head against him. "I'm glad I came tonight." Derek tells him, and Stiles smiles at him.

"Me too." Stiles says, and Derek grins at him.