The Pack

Chapter 29: Unsteady & Scars.

Scott was scarred. Mentally and physically. While his mental scars couldn't been seen, the scars around his body and face horrified anyone who crossed him. No one dared to ask why he had such horrible scars but they looked. Scott never gave an answer and only those who knew him well truly knew why he had them.

The first time Derek Hale saw Scott McCall, he immediately locked his eyes into his face. Scott did not wear shirts nor shorts, he tried to wear jackets and pants, to hide the scars which covered his whole body. But he couldn't exactly cover the scars around his neck and face. Albeit, he could wrap a scarf like Isaac used to, Scott prefered to let that little peace of personal information go noticed.

Derek was horrified of Scott when he first met him, the scars around his neck and face were in its time, wrong. It made the werewolf wondered if Scott even knew they could heal. His mother warned him not to stare but that was freaking hard considering you had to lock eyes to have a conversation. And Scott had a scar right across his left eye.

Derek never asked why he had those scars, it was not his place and he couldn't anymore once the Alpha was found dead. It was gonna become very morbid. Of course, Derek had to bite his lip when he saw all those horrible scars that covered Scott's chest and body. He knew wounds healed slower when made by an Alpha but Scott's wounds were not even healing. And when they did, they didn't fully.

He remembered Stiles making quite a remark about them.

"Yeah, buddy, you gotta get rid of those scars that cover your body." Stiles stated.

Just to be shushed by Scott and changed of subject. Derek kept wondering, he was a very curious werewolf and he had learnt that was a bad thing, considering he literally got his 'boyfriend' best friend killed. It was driving him crazy. Everyone else did as Scott was just a normal human being whom did not have any goddamn scars around his body.

So, two days after they all visited Scott at the hospital and Jackson promised him something. Scott was finally discharged and could go home with the conditions of using his oxygen mask to sleep and the nasal cannula all of the other times.

Derek was driving, Stiles besides him talking to Lydia about what the Alpha's Pack next move could be, Jackson was looking out the window, Isaac was playing with his phone, Theo was listening to music, Liam was in deep thought and hadn't say anything (which was weird), Ethan was counting the times Lydia rolled her eyes at the stupidity of Stiles and Scott was doozing off to sleep.

"You forgot to tell me one story." Derek spoke.

Stiles stopped his vivid conversation with Lydia and looked at the Sourwolf. "Which one?"

Derek cleared his throat. "You told me about your story, indeed you left Scott's part well-hidden but you told me the basic, right?"

Stiles paused before nodding.

"Well, you forgot one."

Not everyone was paying attention to their conversation. Most of them were tired or didn't think it was that interesting of conversation but Liam did look up that one time.

Stiles turned to see better the man. "Well, Sourwolf, remind me again which one is it?"

"How did Scott get his scars?"

"Oh, that story." Jackson said to earn another glare by Ethan. "Why is with you and staring at me like I'm a fucking asshole?" He looked at his mate.