I Would Fake Forever With You(Sterek)

Lucky charms

Stiles quietly stepped into the living room to find Desi was already awake and sitting at the kitchen table with a coloring book.

"Hey, honey, what are you doing up?" Stiles asked quietly. It was barely six fifteen. He's managed to be quiet enough to not wake Derek as he got ready; a feat he had never managed to accomplish with Theo.

Desi only shrugged, looking up from her book. "What are you doing up?"

"I have a meeting," Stiles was debating if he should wake Derek.

"My daddy has meetings sometimes," Desi nodded as if in understanding.

"Are you hungry?" Stiles stepped into the kitchen to sift through Derek's cabinets.

"Do you have any lucky charms? Uncle Derek always has lucky charms," Desi lit up.

Stiles opened the pantry, praying that Derek had lucky charms because cooking was not something he was prepared to do for a five year old. "Yes." He practically cheered when he saw the box.

"Will you eat with me?" Desi asked with a hopeful look.

Stiles glanced at the clock on the wall. He really had to leave but he couldn't say no to Desi and Derek wasn't up yet. Stiles had noticed how restless Derek had been the night before so he didn't want to wake him.

"Of course," he smiled as he pulled two bowls from the cabinet.

-

The sound of giggles jerked Derek from his sleep. He blinked at the clock to see it was nearly seven.

"Shit," He forgot to set an alarm the night before. He climbed out of bed to see Stiles was already up and probably gone.

He threw water on his face and brushed his teeth before stepping out to find Stiles at the table with all four kids eating lucky charms.

"Stiles, it's nearly seven, weren't you supposed to meet Lydia at seven?" Derek frowned as he neared the table. He saw that there were several coloring pages scattered around the table.

"We were coloring," Andrea held up a giraffe she'd colored proudly.

"You didn't sleep well so I told Lydia I'd be a bit late so I wouldn't have to wake you," Stiles shrugged.

Derek's mouth fell open slightly. How was Stiles so great?

"The kids were hungry and said that you usually gave them lucky charms, hope that was okay. I had some too," Stiles gave a guilty smile.

Derek rounded the table and pressed a kiss to Stiles' lips briefly. "Thank you, now go before Lydia has my head."

Stiles heart leapt as Derek's fingers carded through his hair affectionately.

"Bye uncle Stiles," Desi slid from her seat and jumped into Stiles' lap, gripping his neck in a tight hug.

She placed a shy kiss on his cheek before climbing off of his lap just as quickly as she'd climbed up.

Stiles and Derek both froze for a brief second at the title.

Derek looked to Stiles with a nervous glance, but Stiles quickly recovered, plastering a smile on his face.

"Bye, sweetie," he winked. "you guys, remember, take turns with the crayons."

Derek watched as Stiles grabbed his briefcase. What he didn't expect was Stiles to press a kiss to the top of his head as he took Stiles' previous seat.

"I'll see you later?"

"Yeah," Derek smiled as Stiles ruffled each kid's head as he passed their chair. God he was in over his head with this one.

-

Lydia stared at Stiles like he'd grown a second head. "You're fake dating your neighbor?"

Stiles had caught Lydia up on the whole fiasco, he'd intentionally kept it from his friends, but he needed help. Derek had admitted being attracted to Stiles but that he didn't want to fall for Stiles. It was too late for Stiles though. He'd already fallen for Derek and now his niece was calling him uncle and he was kind of freaking out.

"And here I was thinking you'd never get over Theo," Lydia sat back in her seat, letting out a breathy laugh.

"Honestly Lyds, when I'm with Derek, I barely think about Theo and when I do it's only because Derek is accepting some part of me that Theo never could."

"Have you analyzed his family yet?" Lydia asked doubtfully.

"Yes, and he loved it," Stiles whined.

"Did you only say nice things?" Lydia frowned.

"There's nothing nice to say. They're like a pack of rabid dogs. Being in a room is exhausting cause I never know who's gonna insult me next," Stiles groaned, running a hand over his face.

"Wow, I remember you and Theo didn't speak for three days when you told him his mom was cheating on his dad,"

"Yeah well I told Derek his sister was entitled and jealous and then said his brother's marriage was failing cause they couldn't have kids, and he kissed me."

"He kissed you?" Lydia perked up at that.

"It was for show," Stiles shrugged.

"Ooh, I know that look. You're seriously into this guy," Lydia grinned, poking Stiles' cheek teasingly.

"I know, it's so bad. The worst part is, he told me he's attracted to me, but that this was hard because he was lonely and it makes him want a relationship, but he was so happy to be single before."

"Stiles, oh my god, are you gonna date him?" Lydia's eyes widened in interest.

"No, he's not actually interested in dating, he's just lonely."

"And you?"

Stiles shrugged. "I don't know. I'm so torn. On the one hand, I feel like it's so easy with him, but I know it's just because it's fake. And then-"

"Why? Look at Scott and Kira, it's easy for them. It doesn't always have to be hard. It should never be as hard as it was with you and Theo."

Stiles dropped his eyes to his hands in his lap. Lydia had never been a huge fan of Theo. He was too controlling in her opinion.

"You should know something," Lydia straightened in her seat which Stiles knew to mean she had news he wouldn't like. "Theo stopped by this morning, hoping to catch you before class. Devon told him you were out for the next few days. You missed him by twenty minutes."

Stiles swallowed hard. If he hadn't stopped to have breakfast with Derek's nieces and nephews then he would have been here when Theo was.

"He's called a few times," Stiles admitted.

"He mentioned that," Lydia nodded. "He also said you won't return his calls."

"Why would I?" Stiles snapped, his hands gripping the arms of his chair harshly.

"You need closure."

"I got closure when he left me," Stiles' voice raised slightly.

"That's not closure. Don't you want to know why?"

"Oh I know why. He was fucking Liam."

Lydia gave Stiles a sympathetic look. She knew how much Theo leaving had hurt Stiles.

"Our relationship was over long ago, it just took me too long to accept it, why would I go back? Why does he deserve the chance to explain? To try and back track. To try and gain my sympathy. I won't forgive him, not ever."

Stiles stood then grabbing his briefcase. "Here's the lesson plan. I'll see you later."

"Stiles," Lydia sighed, standing. But it was too late, Stiles was already stalking out of her office and down the hall. She couldn't blame him though, what Theo had done was unforgivable. 

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