I saw the message he sent all of us when [ He doesn't finish that thought, because Cora will know. ] I thought it was physically impossible for Scott McCall to be an intentional asshole.
Guess he's one deep on the inside. I punched him. He was saying things about you and Isaac that I didn't like. I don't know if we can do anything to stop it from happening next time ...
As far as I know, the real Scott doesn't hate me. I don't talk to him as much as I do you, Isaac, or Stiles, but we get along now. We're friendly, at least, if not actual friends.
[ cora switches the text content around because she had originally thought she'd leave either the peter or scott conversations out to lay to rest. but. as luck would have it, she doesn't. ]
I never know how to take him. You weren't as aggravating when you were around his age.
But he wasn't always like that. Not to me. Do you think whatever pulled us here will grab him?
[ Derek follows the switch easily, because for as long as Cora's been out of his life he's settled into a steady rhythm with her. Even if he's working on easing up a little more, himself. ]
You were also a whole lot younger when I was his age. The years might've changed your view of obnoxious teenagers.
I don't know when it really started, but he was pretty manipulative when I was a teenager and it seems like it hasn't stopped. I honestly hope he doesn't show up here, we have enough to deal with.
Or maybe none of them were as obnoxious as you. :D ... Sorry. Stiles is teaching me how to be less abrasive in texts. Think it's working?
It feels wrong to hate him.
[ it's easy for cora to type this all out, especially the last line. but it takes her a bit to actually press send. she hates peter for simply existing; sometimes, she wishes that he had perished in the fire rather than her mother. he's a walking reminder that family can turn on its own. ]
[ cora doesn't want to talk about it through text anymore. it'll sit permanently in the memory of her phone. (and, because, face-to-face wouldn't be so much worse.) ]
I'm your brother, you're supposed to think I'm obnoxious. Actually it's kind of cute.
I know.
[ Derek will leave the last line at that, truth be told. His feelings regarding Peter aren't complicated: he's been manipulated so many times by their uncle that he knows better than to trust him, but ever since the first time it really struck hard he's been forced into positions that have left him with no other choice.
Here, at least, he holds a greater advantage. Here, he has Cora and Isaac, Scott and Stiles, even Allison. He's starting to feel like maybe it's okay to trust them, and he won't have to seek out Peter for information should he ever arrive. ]
[ she doesn't ignore what he says of peter, so succinctly and concise, but she doesn't want it to taint what they have going on right now. peter is a shadow that will never stop lurking behind them. she doesn't want to give him voice, not right now, not when she's trying to recall a memory she used to relive over and over in her head until it hurt too much to even think or feel it. this moment belongs to the derek and cora of the past, not the uncle, with his perfectly molded facade, blown in the present. ]
You didn't think that back then. That it was cute. Think you called it annoying. Maybe ruining your image? Can't remember.
[ There's a lot of things that bother him about Peter, that will always bother him about Peter. He'd only realized just how manipulative he was when he was a teenager, but looking back even further had him wondering how genuine a "loving uncle" he really was when they were too young to catch him in the act. He certainly stopped being that, come the time he killed Laura-- and had he been planning to do the same to their mother, before the fire?-- and repeatedly tried to kill Derek. Had even endorsed killing Cora.
They will, at least, thrive in his absence. ]
Something like that. Back when I was under the assumption that I had an image to actually ruin. Now though it's cute. Think it'd only work for one of us, though.
You still have an image. It might not be the cool boy in high school. You're the Hale Pack Alpha, Derek. You can restore what was lost since Mom died. You have respect and a pack, even if it's a bunch of kids. It might not be cute, but, you've outgrown that.
[ cora does wonder, quite frequently, where that boy who had an image to maintain went. is he still there, hiding? or has he grown up? she doubts he's lost. while derek is sometimes a new person for her, she still sees bits and pieces of the boy she remembers. ]
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I thought it was physically impossible for Scott McCall to be an intentional asshole.
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I don't know if we can do anything to stop it from happening next time ...
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We'll think of something. It doesn't seem like it happens that often.
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It sounded like he hated you.
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I don't talk to him as much as I do you, Isaac, or Stiles, but we get along now.
We're friendly, at least, if not actual friends.
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Uncle Peter. Whatever.
But Scott's not bad. For a kid.
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No, he's not. He's a good kid.
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I never know how to take him. You weren't as aggravating when you were around his age.
But he wasn't always like that. Not to me. Do you think whatever pulled us here will grab him?
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You were also a whole lot younger when I was his age. The years might've changed your view of obnoxious teenagers.
I don't know when it really started, but he was pretty manipulative when I was a teenager and it seems like it hasn't stopped. I honestly hope he doesn't show up here, we have enough to deal with.
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... Sorry. Stiles is teaching me how to be less abrasive in texts. Think it's working?
It feels wrong to hate him.
[ it's easy for cora to type this all out, especially the last line. but it takes her a bit to actually press send. she hates peter for simply existing; sometimes, she wishes that he had perished in the fire rather than her mother. he's a walking reminder that family can turn on its own. ]
[ cora doesn't want to talk about it through text anymore. it'll sit permanently in the memory of her phone. (and, because, face-to-face wouldn't be so much worse.) ]
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Actually it's kind of cute.
I know.
[ Derek will leave the last line at that, truth be told. His feelings regarding Peter aren't complicated: he's been manipulated so many times by their uncle that he knows better than to trust him, but ever since the first time it really struck hard he's been forced into positions that have left him with no other choice.
Here, at least, he holds a greater advantage. Here, he has Cora and Isaac, Scott and Stiles, even Allison. He's starting to feel like maybe it's okay to trust them, and he won't have to seek out Peter for information should he ever arrive. ]
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You didn't think that back then.
That it was cute.
Think you called it annoying. Maybe ruining your image? Can't remember.
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They will, at least, thrive in his absence. ]
Something like that.
Back when I was under the assumption that I had an image to actually ruin.
Now though it's cute. Think it'd only work for one of us, though.
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You have respect and a pack, even if it's a bunch of kids.
It might not be cute, but, you've outgrown that.
[ cora does wonder, quite frequently, where that boy who had an image to maintain went. is he still there, hiding? or has he grown up? she doubts he's lost. while derek is sometimes a new person for her, she still sees bits and pieces of the boy she remembers. ]