Teen Wolf Imagines

I thought you were a myth- Derek Hale

You swung the doors of the loft open, letting it slide on it's own the last few inches, slamming into the stop and bouncing back slightly. Derek stood in front of the desk, slowly turning to face you. His arms were crossed over his chest as per usual, his knit eyebrows of confusion rising high as a spark of recognition went off in his eyes. "Well if it isn't Y/N," he said coolly, as if he had been expecting you.
Venturing a few steps in, you shrugged, trying to appear nonchalant. "I was in town. Figured why not drop by and see an old friend."
"The way I remember leaving it, we were a bit more than friends," he looked down at the floor, tucking a grin into the fabric of his shirt before he schooled his features back to grumpy and looked back up at you.
"Derek, I need help."
"Of course you do. Why else would any werewolf voluntarily be in Beacon Hills?"
You flashed your red eyes at him, not missing the way he staggered back slightly. Walking backwards toward the door, you slid it shut before venturing back into the loft, a little closer to Derek than before.
"You're an alpha now?" He asked in what sounded like disbelief. "Congratulations. I didn't know you had it in you. Who'd you kill?"
"No one."
A moment of silence passed before Derek barked out a laugh. "You have got to be joking. There is no way you-"
"This was a bad idea, I knew I shouldn't have come. I'll just go," you said, turning toward the door, stopping at his voice at your back.
"No! Wait!"
Turning back to face him, you watched as he regarded you carefully, his scrutiny making you look down and fiddle with your fingertips. After a moment he invited you to come sit on the couch while he made a phone call, muttering something about an emergency pack meeting.
As he stepped into one of the corners, keeping an eye on you, you approached the couch. You were too anxious, and began pacing, looking to your right as he walked back, regarding you carefully. The desk stood between the two of you. Along with a heavy silence.
"Care to explain?" He finally asked, his voice harsh.
"Derek, please don't be angry. I don't know what the hell happened. After a few hunters found my family, we were running, and I was just trying to help my little sister get away." His features softened at the mention of your sibling. "She had gotten shot with an arrow. Silver. Right in the thigh, and was dragging herself along."
You took a deep breath, feeling a rattling in your throat that often preceded tears. Clearing your throat as you studied the desk, you looked back up to him, willing the tears not to fall. "I jumped in front of her and pushed the guy back. He hit a tree, and I'm pretty sure it snapped his spine."
Derek was making his way back to the front of the desk so you circled to be behind it, feeling the need of a barrier for some reason. "I- I don't know when it happened, but suddenly my family was looking at me in awe, but that quickly turned to fear and they told me to run. I heard the hunters mumbling something about a 'true alpha' and they came after me." You choked back a sob. "My family told me to run, and I did as I was told. I heard their cries of pain behind me before they abruptly stopped altogether."
Derek stopped pacing in front of the desk and closed his eyes with a sigh. The tears streaming down your face were hot and salty and bitter. "I tried to stay and fight, Derek, I really did. If- if anyone knows what that's like, what I went through, I knew it had to be you. So I ran. As fast and as far as I could. Then I heard about a true alpha here and I thought maybe it was you."
Derek looked up, flashing his blue eyes. "No. But I know him."
You sighed in relief, coming around the desk. "Derek, I'm so scared. I don't know what to do. This whole thing- true alphas- I thought it was just a myth..... Something your parents tell you to behave."
Despite the situation, Derek chuckled lightly, dropping his arms to his side. "Yeah, I did, too. Until I met Scott. I thought it was just a story to manage unruly betas."
You swiped at your tears. "One more thing. I think some hunters followed me here."
Grumpy faced Derek was back in a heartbeat, turning away from you. "Y/N! All the packs here are teenagers, and humans, and as much as I hate the annoying little pip squeaks, I- they're my pack. I have to protect them. How can I do that when you come in here with a string of hunters in tow?"
"Derek, I know. I didn't mean to. I just noticed it last night. Derek. I'm sorry." You reached out and grabbed his arm gently, not even flinching when he quickly turned to face you, staring at your hand. Releasing his arm, you held his gaze. "Sorry," you said softly.
"How can there even be two true alphas at one time? Much less one of them be a woman!"
You felt your eyes flare. "Hey, your mother was an amazing alpha. If it hadn't been for that stupid pack rivalry, everything would have been fine, and I would have never left town." You took a step closer to Derek, your voice lowering once again. "Never left you." Reaching out you gently took hold of his arm once again, seeing the tears in his eyes. You reached up and cupped his cheek. "You know we were the reason, right? We weren't supposed to fall in love."
"It was like something out of a damn movie," Derek muttered bitterly, smiling almost imperceptibly as you laughed softly. He looked down at your hand, flipping his arm in your grasp to look at the small tattoo on the inside of your right wrist. "My triskelion...." His voice was distant. "Why did you get this, much less in so prominent a place?"
"'Prominent'? You mean more prominent than on my back as big as day?" This earned you a scowl. Looking down at the three swirls, you smiled fondly. "I got the triskele on my wrist because I wanted to always remember, whatever I did, that two packs," you pointed to two of the outer swirls, "can become one." You pointed at the third. "That despite vendettas and hunters and things that go bump in the night, we all have a common cause." You pointed at the middle where they all intersected. "We all have something worth fighting for."
You looked up, meeting Derek's gaze with a small grin. "Plus I thought it was pretty and it reminded me of you."
Derek regarded you with awe filled eyes. "I missed you."
"I missed you, too."
"Scott is going to freak out when he finds out there is another true alpha."
"He's going to freak? I'm already freaking out!" You cried, finally earning a laugh from Derek.
"You'll be okay. I swear. I'm not letting you go this time."