Beautiful Soul

Chapter 01: Night Time Feeds

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Teen Wolf they belong to their creator. I do own baby Talia Stilinski-Hale.

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Beautiful Soul

Chapter 01: Night Time Feeds

Derek Hale sat half asleep in the nursery of the house that he and Stiles Stilinski had bought together four years earlier. Derek had their eighteen week old daughter Talia having a bottle in his lap rocking back and forth. Stiles was fast asleep nearly upside down in their bedroom, as far as Derek knew. Derek looked down at Talia and smiled as she snuggled close to him he started humming.

"Hush, little Baby, don't say a word,
Tata's gonna buy you a Mockingbird.

And if that mockingbird don't sing,

Tata's gonna buy you a diamond ring.

And if that diamond ring turns brass,

Tata's gonna buy you a looking glass."

Derek hummed to Talia until she fell asleep before he was carefully putting her back into her crib. As he tiptoed out of the bedroom, after patting Talia on the stomach gently to get her back to sleep. Stiles quickly backed away from the door and darted towards their bedroom but was caught off guard by Derek.

"I know you were there, baby," Derek smiled sleepily at him before he pulled the younger man into his arms.

"I was just going to the bathroom," Stiles yawned before smirking at his fiance before he spoke again quietly. "You were singing to her,"

"She likes it," Derek yawned, before kissing Stiles on the nose and picking him up. "She'll be awake again a few hours and it's your turn,"

"But what if I'm asleep?" Stiles mumbled resting his head against Derek's shoulder as the older man carried him into their bedroom.

"You won't be," Derek yawned again, dropping Stiles onto the bed and flipping the baby monitor on and putting it on Stiles' side of the bed.

Stiles groaned inwardly, as much as he loved Talia he also loved his sleep. Derek had warned him that babies were a lot a of work, more work than puppies. Derek smiled at Stiles and kissed him on the nose before they both climbing into bed. Stiles leaning against Derek as he pulled the thin cotton sheet up.

"Sleep, Sti, you'll wake up when she does. You have literally every other night," Derek yawned closing his eyes and pulling Stiles closer to him. "I love you,"

"Lo..." Stiles started to say before he stopped mid sentence and was fast asleep.

"I know," Derek smiled in his sleep before he was drifting off and they were both fast asleep.

A few hours later, Talia was whimpering in crib and Stiles was falling out of bed and scrambling to his feet swearing. Derek had been right, he woke up the second he heard the whimpering coming from the monitor. Stiles looked sleepily at Derek before he headed from the bedroom yawning as he made his way to the nursery. Buster was laying at the foot of the crib where he'd been all night. Buster looked up sleepily at Stiles before putting his head back down once the human had picked up his little human.

"Shh, little one Tata's here," Stiles murmured as he gently rocked Talia in his arms, he hadn't paid any attention to what time it was but he knew it was early enough for her to snuggle in bed with them.

"And if that looking glass gets broke,

Dada's gonna buy you a billy goat,

And if that billy goat won't pull,

Dada's gonna buy you a cart and bull,

And if that cart and bull turn over,

Dada's gonna buy you a dog named Rover," Stiles sung quietly as he remembered where Derek had left off an hour earlier.

Derek lay in bed snickering silently as he listened to Stiles singing to Talia as he walked past their bedroom. Stiles ignored him before he was narrowly missing tripping over Buster who had moved and was following them. Stiles should have known as wherever Talia was Buster followed. Stiles swore as Buster got under his feet again causing Talia to screech in her crying.

"Stiles?" Derek questioned, yawning as he jumped out of bed and raced to the hall just in time to stop them from falling.

"Buster!" Stiles exclaimed as Derek pulled him and Talia into his arms. "Damn dog,"

"Buster, on your bed now," Derek growled low as he kissed the top to Stiles' head and then Talia's. "Take Talia into bed, I'll get the bottle,"

"How do you?" Stiles started to say as Buster meandered in to Derek and Stiles' room and curled up on the dog bed at the foot of their bed.

"I know you baby, now take our baby and lie down," Derek said holding the two of them until Stiles had gained his balance again. "Talia will calm down when you do," he added quietly as he let them go.

"I know, see baby girl. Dada's to the rescue," Stiles whispered, before kissing Derek and slowly making his way into the bedroom.

Stiles collapsed backwards onto the bed with Talia snuggled up in his arms in her little sleep sack. Stiles scooted backwards in the bed until he felt his back hitting the headboard and rested Talia in the crook of his arms. Derek stood in the kitchen waiting for the formula to finish heating to correct temperature. He'd already made up a batch for the night so he was just waiting. Ten minutes later Derek was back in the bedroom and handing Stiles the bottle. Talia was still crying silently in his arms.

"How do you make it look so easy?" Stiles questioned as Talia refused to take the bottle. Derek laughed a little before he was sitting back in bed and pulling them into his arms.

"It's not, sometimes she just takes a while," Derek answered as he wrapped his arm around Stiles until he was holding both Stiles and Talia. "Try again, just a little,"

"Der, how did you heat this up so fast?" Stiles asked as he held the bottle near Talia and she latched on and started drinking.

"It only take a few minutes in the bottle warmer," Derek told him, before he was tilting the bottle ever so slightly.

Within twenty minutes Talia'd had enough of the bottle and was falling asleep in her parents arms. Stiles sleepily kissed the top of her head as Derek set the bottle on his bedside table intent on dealing in the morning. Derek smiled at Stiles and kissed him before he was gently making it so they were all lying down. Talia was securely in the middle of the bed between them. Stiles closed his eyes and was asleep again in seconds, while Derek lay awake watching them both before eventually drifting off to sleep himself.