Suffer Well (Sterek)

Fix this

Stiles said his goodbyes to the Hale's. Derek walked him out of the house to find Dominic still sitting on the porch.

"Leaving?" Dominic asked standing.

"Yeah," Stiles nodded. Derek could smell the guilt.

"Look, Stiles, I don't want you to feel bad about Theo. It wasn't your fault. I hope you're happy with him," Dominic smiled at the human.

Stiles only nodded. He didn't know what to say.

"But if he ever does anything to hurt you, you let me know, and I'll kill him," Dominic winked, earning a small smile.

"And here, I want you to have my number, in case you ever need anything. Derek's not always great at answering his phone," Dominic pulled out a folded sheet of paper, "I've been meaning to give it to you all week."

Stiles took the paper with a smile.

"Have a good night," Dominic leaned in, placing a gentle kiss on Stiles' cheek before disappearing inside.

Derek forced his features to remain unchanged.

"Well this has been sufficiently mortifying," Stiles groaned as he walked to his jeep.

"Look, don't worry about that. It could have been anybody. And you didn't know," Derek shook his head.

"What if Dom doesn't believe me," Stiles sighed.

Derek ignored the use of his brother's nickname.

"We can tell when you're lying, he believes you," Derek said reassuringly.

"Right, well I probably won't be by tomorrow. I have some amending to do, and it's probably best I give Dominic some space. Not that you'll care," Stiles shook his head before running a hand through his messy hair.

"Not that I'll care?" Derek frowned.

"Come on, it's no secret you're not a fan of me. You only humor me because you don't want to have to deal with Scott," Stiles answered.

Derek tensed a bit.

"See? I may not be able to hear if your lying or smell your emotions, but I can read body language, and yours screams discomfort when I'm around," Stiles explained gesturing to Derek.

"I really like your family, and I'm sorry if you don't like that. I grew up alone. My dad became sheriff a year after my mom died. He was gone a lot. I spent a lot of time with Scott, but his mom worked all the time too, when his dad left. He's the closest thing I have to a sibling and he's pushed me away since he got a girlfriend. I met you like two days later, and your family has been..." Stiles trailed off, realizing he had overshared.

"Has been what?" Derek pressed. He wanted to know what Stiles was going to say.

"I just always wanted a big family. Having dinner with you guys, it makes me happy. Seeing the dynamic you have together. Being a part of it for even a few hours has made things less lonely. I know it's pathetic but, I can't help it," Stiles stared at the ground, nudging a rock with the toe of his converse.

"I don't think it's pathetic. And my family likes you," Derek didn't know what else to say.

"But you don't," Stiles sighed. It wasn't posed as a question.

"I don't dislike you, I'm just..." Derek didn't want Stiles to think Derek didn't like him, he did, but he was afraid to, and he didn't want Stiles to know that either.

"Guarded," Stiles nodded, "you lost a lot of people, you're afraid to let more in."

Damn he was good.

"I get it," Stiles gave a sympathetic smile.

Before Derek could respond, Stiles' phone rang.

"It's Theo, I should go," Stiles climbed into his jeep as he hit answer.

"Hey, babe, just heading home now. Yeah, dad is great, hated the salad I brought him for dinner of course,"

Derek heard the lie. Course he couldn't blame him, if Theo knew where Stiles was, he probably wouldn't be too happy about it.

Derek watched as Stiles pulled out, leaving a frustrated and confused Derek behind.

When Derek walked into the house he heard yelling in the kitchen. It sounded like Amora and Dominic. Odd, Dominic rarely yelled.

"He's never gonna come back, you realize that? You've just ruined any chance of Derek having someone in his life other than us, I hope you're happy," Amora shouted.

"I can't control Derek, if he wants to let Stiles in, he will. I'm sorry that I reacted the way I did. Theo broke my heart, left me for another guy. I have spent the last six months of my life hating that guy, only to find out it was someone I'm starting to care about. Do you know what that's like? I was so angry. Stiles is the reason Theo left me. Stiles gets to go home and crawl into bed with him and..." Dominic's voice broke causing him to trail off.

"I actually thought I might have a chance with Stiles. Derek doesn't want him, well I do. But then I find out that he's not only with my ex, who broke my heart, but he's the reason my ex broke my heart. I told him I didn't hold it against him," Dominic was yelling again.

"You need to fix this, Stiles is good for Derek. Even if Stiles and him don't get together romantically, Derek needs Stiles. I can see the looks Derek gives him. The concern when his scent changes suddenly. Stiles is breaking down Derek's walls. Derek deserves to be happy, so do us all a favor and fix this, because I for one would like my brother back," Amora was in the other room, but Derek could smell her anger.

Derek decided not to interrupt and silently made his way to his room. He felt guilty that he had caused Dominic and Amora to fight. Amora was always an antagonist, but Dominic never yelled, especially at the younger siblings. The few times he ever had was at Damon, but that had been just after the fire. Dominic had accused Damon of trying to take their dad's place.

Derek sighed laying down on his bed. He had a lot of emotions he was feeling all at once. Guilt for the fighting, sympathy for Stiles, hurt for his brother, and confusion for his feelings towards Stiles. He wasn't sure how he felt, but he didn't like it. He was letting the human in. He knew better than to let someone in so easily.  But everything in him said he could trust Stiles, of course he'd thought the same about Kate and look where that got him.

*AN*
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