Family | Derek Hale

"Personally, I'm very protective of the things I love... but that's something I learned from my family... and you don't have much of that these days, do you?" - Chris Argent, 1:3, Pack Mentality

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Derek Hale was many things; angry, distant, hard headed, strong willed, brave, confident, a force to be reckoned with, but above all else, Derek Hale was a protector. He was the protector of those he loved and cared for, and when they were in danger, that force to be reckoned with would become a hell to survive.

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Talula Lovett was many things; kind, loving, strong willed, supportive, excitable, protective, a force to be reckoned with, but above all else, Talula Lovett was alone. Two kids to raise on her own, her old life stripped from under her feet in one fateful night. Talula Lovett was a shell of herself. She did not blossom into a beautiful flower, Talula, instead, wilted. She lived for nothing else than the two children she now calls her own.

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"Talula, I lost everything eight years ago. Everything I knew, everything I loved, everything I lived for. Now, I get to stand here with you, and dare to feel as if I've gained it all back. You, Talula, you and Poppy and Grey, you all make me feel that way. You may not be the family I started with, but you're my family now, and I will forever be in your debt for returning that to me."

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