I Would Fake Forever With You(Sterek)

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Stiles sat across from Derek, neither of them knowing what to say. They'd decided on a small café close to the academy. They had ordered and were now sitting in silence.

"Why is this so much harder now?" Stiles asked finally.

"I guess because it's real now?" Derek shrugged, his eyes staring intently at Stiles.

Stiles nodded, "I guess."

"Are you sure you're ready for this?"

Stiles frowned.

"Us I mean, like not pretending."

Stiles sighed, "You think I'm gonna use you as a rebound." It wasn't posed as a question but Derek answered anyway.

"No. I mean, I hope you wouldn't do that, but I just...I don't want you to do something you're not ready for," Derek shifted nervously in his seat.

"Derek," Stiles reached across the table, taking the other man's hands in his. "If real dating you is half as amazing as fake dating you, I can't think of anything I want more. I love spending time with you, even if your crazy family is there."

Derek smiled shyly, "It's just that you and Theo only broke up a month ago and I know it still hurts."

Stiles pulled his hands away and Derek instantly regretted saying anything.

"The thing about past breakups is that they'll always hurt. I'll never look back and not be hurt about what he did. But I can let it not control my life. There's always a stipulation about how long it should take before someone can move on, but it's not the moving on that takes so long, it's the letting go. Theo and I were over months and months before he left. Letting go is the best thing I can do for myself. I don't love him anymore and honestly as much as it hurt, him leaving was the best thing for us. We weren't happy together. I didn't make him happy and he didn't make me happy. We just...knew each other. It's easy to stay because it's comfortable. It's scary to start over. So yes, we only broke up a month ago, but I let go way before then. So when I say I'm sure about this, don't think for a second I'm lying, because there's nothing I want more than this."

Derek couldn't help the smile that pulled at his lips. He dropped his eyes to his lap before meeting Stiles' again. "Okay."

"But I will ask for your patience, cause I don't know you like I did him. And please, don't assume I can read your body language and know what you're thinking. Tell me. If I did something, tell me. If I didn't do something, tell me."

Derek nodded, "Okay."

"Okay," Stiles sat back in his chair.

"I have a request as well."

Instantly the tension returned, and Stiles sat forward once more. "Sure, of course, what is it?"

"Be yourself."

Stiles blinked at the man across from him.

"My whole life, my family, my friends, they were fake. Pretending to be people they weren't to appease someone else. I see you hesitate to analyze someone or something and I know you said it's because Theo didn't like it but, I want you to be you. Promise me you'll always be true to yourself."

Stiles gaped at Derek not knowing what to say. He only nodded before muttering a weak, "Okay."

Derek's lips curled back into a smile. It was a smile Stiles was already completely in love with. There was so much about Derek that Stiles was already completely in love with.

The waiter arrived then, setting down their orders.

Stiles didn't hesitate to dig in, he forgot breakfast that morning and was starving.

"Oh, and you have to meet Erica tonight."

Stiles nearly choked as he attempted to swallow the bite he'd taken.

"What?" Stiles had heard so much about Erica, he was nervous to meet her before but now he was actually dating Derek.

"Is that a problem?" Derek frowned.

"No, I mean, it's only your best friend, and the one person who could probably convince you how bad of an idea dating me is, but no, no problem," Stiles waved a hand wildly as he spoke.

Derek laughed, "Relax, she's gonna love you. Besides, I just met Lydia."

"No, you were briefly introduced to Lydia. That barely counts. Wait is she gonna be at dinner?"

"God no," Derek laughed again, "She avoids my family at all costs. But I have to swing by the bar after dinner or she threatened to make me work the next three weekends."

Stiles grinned, "She sounds like Lydia."

"We should get everyone together, I'd like to meet Scott and everyone else," Derek suggested around a bite of his salad.

"That could be fun," Stiles nodded.

"Would your dad be able to make it?"

Stiles paused, his sandwich halfway to his mouth. "My dad?"

"Well yeah, I mean, you've already met the entirety of my family, Minus my cousin Malia but she's in school in New York," Derek shrugged.

"Right," Stiles set his sandwich down.

"Or not, it's fine," Derek frowned. Did Stiles not want him to meet his dad?
He tried not to be hurt by that.

"It's just that...you know how you have the rule where you don't introduce your family until three months?"

"Yeah."

"I don't tell my dad until...well, let's just say I was dating Theo about six and a half months before my dad even knew."

Derek raised his brows.

"My dad gets attached easily. I'm pretty sure he was more upset about Theo and I's break up than I was," Stiles laughed.

Derek chuckled and nodded, "Okay, well then, whenever you want him to know is fine."

"Really?" Stiles had expected more of a fight about that.

"Let me guess, Theo took offense."

Stiles smirked down at his plate. "I'm beginning to see how awful he really was."

"Only just beginning?" Derek grinned teasingly.

"Well it's either that or you're just incredibly amazing."

"It's definitely that," Derek winked earning a laugh from Stiles.

"You make this easy, thank you," Stiles said turning back to his lunch.

Derek watched with admiring eyes as Stiles picked up the pickle on his plate. Dating someone had never been easy for him, so to hear Stiles say that, made his heart swell. They might not be doing things in the most conventional way, but it worked for them, he just hoped it would continue to work for them.

*AN*
Sterek week is officially over so I will be back to updating regularly again!
Thank you all for your patience!