Derekās long since stopped finding Stiles more amusing than obnoxious. Objectively, Derek knows Stiles is obnoxious but Derek also thinks heās cute and has aĀ āhot buttā so it balances out in Stilesā favor.
Derekās been with very questionable people in his past, he doesnāt talk about them much, mostly because it makes Stiles get irritable and mopey. Cute. Itās also why Derek appreciates that Stiles doesnāt really lie that often about the little things. And when he does it lasts usually no more than hour before Stiles confesses guiltily or angrily.
There are a few memorable moments, like when Derek tried baking a dessert for the first time and Stiles gave it his all when Derek asked how it was. When Stiles white lies for your benefit he does it with a series of well thought answers to questions you didnāt quite ask. Heās very crafty. But heās also very obvious.Ā
āIāve tasted nothing quite like it.āĀ
āItās terrible?ā Derek asks, point blank.Ā
āYes, it really is,ā Stiles tells him, grimacing in sympathy.
Or the time Stiles is trying to beĀ āmore chillā about things, and toĀ ālet shit slide,ā as it were. It lasts one argument when Stiles walks away and Derek thinks heās growing up when Stiles storms back into their living room and saysĀ āokay no let me tell you how wrong you areāā clapping his hands together and taking a deep breath.
But Stiles also makes Derek laugh. For a long time he wasnāt able to do it in a way that ever felt really genuine. Stiles punches it out of him when he least expects it, and heās goofy in a way that consistently has Derek in various states of amusement.Ā
He composes songs all the time, sings them loudly: about his chores, about his jeep, scottās jawline, Derekās ass, sandwiches.Ā
Derekās never had to stop mid-coitus before in order to catch his breath from laughing so hard, which is awkward with him sitting on Stilesā dick. Stiles is still giggling through his orgasm later and itās the best sex Derekās ever had.
Ā The first time they have sex, Derek knows he hasā¦feelings, for Stiles. Heās never slept with anyone he didnāt. The next morning when he wakes up and sees Stiles in the bed next to him, his freckles and the hickeys Derek left on his neck and shoulders standing stark against his pale skin. Stiles is still asleep, and his mouth is parted and his breathing soft and heās curled around one of Derekās pillows and his naked beneath the sheet draped over his waist.
Derek sits beside Stiles and watches him for a long moment, and thinks,Ā āoh.ā
Every morning, when he first wakes up, after he blinks away enough of the sleep to register Derek, Stiles smiles.Ā