always attract 🌙 derek hale | COMPLETED

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n// once again please pretend that Braeden is effy thank you so much and be sure to vote/comment/share!!! love you!!!!!!! also the song doesn't really hold any relevance to the chapter I just think it's pretty :)

ok so the first time I published this half of it was missing??????? so I had to rewrite it because there was no way to recover it??????????????????? and I almost cried??????????????????????????? so here you go sorry if it is shitty and uneventful but I promise the next chapter is gonna be so good and very eventful so regardless I hope you enjoy!!!! <3 ((also it's 2:38 am where I live so I apologize if there are any mistakes please point them out thank you so much))

song of the chapter: love yourself by the maine (justin bieber cover)

"Is it this hectic every day?" I asked Derek as we cuddled in his bed, both of us shirtless and comfortable under his duvet, my wrapped up in his arms as usual. This was where I felt most at home.

"Eh, sometimes we get a day or two off," He joked, shrugging lightly making me crack a smile. "I mean, in between all the shit that's been happening and your work schedule, I have to find some time for my best girl and I to have a little bit of quality time."

"And bless your soul for that one, Hale."

He smiled down at me and kissed me on my lips softly, making the first move to deepen the kiss, much to my pleasure. And after a while of making out, he stopped and looked me dead in the eyes, telling me exactly what I had longed to hear.

"I've been in love with you since the first I ever laid eyes on you, you know that?" He whispered, stroking my hair with his large hand, rubbing the pad of his thumb over my cheekbone. "Ever since Mrs. Jones sat us next to each other all those years ago, I knew you were the one."

"We were, like, seven." I chuckled, blushing slightly. "We knew nothing of love."

"Well, I did." He protested stubbornly. "It's different for us werewolves."

"What, I'm your mate or something?"

"Well, yeah," He said like it was the simplest thing in the world. "But you're more than that, Elizabeth. You're my anchor."

"If that's just some poetic way of saying that I an dragging you down you better take some friendly advice from my boys in One Direction™ and realize that nobody can drag you down because my ass isn't going anywhere soon. Dick is far too bomb for that."

Derek chocked on his spit at my words, making me laugh victoriously. They may have seen it all, seeing as they're all supernatural creatures of one species or another, but I will always have the shock factor. What can I say? Some things never change, despite how the person may have.

"No, not at all," Derek said in a rush. "An anchor is something – or someone – that helps us concentrate and keep us human. They're the one thing that keeps you from losing control. With some people it's someone that kept them grounded. With others it's someone that they have a strong emotional attachment to, whether it be hate or paternal love or longing or anything else in between. And finally... With others, it's love. The person I love keeps me sane. She keeps me from lashing out and losing control. She keeps my feet on the ground while simultaneously keeping my head in the clouds. She's the love of my life. She's the reason I wake up in the morning with a smile on my face instead of wallowing in self pity and giving up. She's my anchor. Always has been, always will be."

I smiled up at him and looked into his green eyes, and for once I didn't see that same boy I was forced to sit next to on the first day of second grade. I didn't see the same boy that took my aquamarine crayon, or the boy that spilled sloppy joes all over me on picture day. I saw a man. I saw a strong, independent, handsome, soulful, wise, and caring man before me. I saw the man who risked his life just hours before for a handful of teens and a group of people he'd never met. I saw the man who has been there for me in my darkest of times, and the highest of moments. I saw the man that I was hopelessly and madly in love with. I saw the man I wanted by my side all the time. The man I wanted to start a family with. The man I wanted to spend the rest of eternity with. Yes, I saw the history that he and I shared. I mean, that was the whole foundation on which we were built. But for once, I saw something more than bad memories that set us up for where we were at the moment. I saw what could be our future. And shit, did I want it more than anything.