text with friends based on this tweet (with @sparassiss of course :3 )
Derek was in a boyband in the late 90s early 00s. he has since retired, probably does little reunion specials every once in a while for their millennial fans. maybe in his late 20s he released a few solo albums that somewhat popped off enough for him to do a few tours..
but no. now he’s officially retired. in his late 30s to mid 40s. living in obscurity, some quiet luxury cabin in norcal or something. he usually has assistants or something going out for him to pick up groceries and stuff. but every once in a while he likes to step out on his own.
he always wears a baseball cap and he’s got a beard now so for the most part he’s very unrecognizable. only die hard fans ever notice him and luckily for him, he doesn’t run into diehards that often. he’s happy to just be himself, not put on a persona, not pose for pictures or sign anything
Stiles is definitely significantly younger than Derek. like at least mid 20s so he probably wasn’t truly around for the boyband era. maybe he lived with a cousin for one summer years ago that was obsessed with Derek/the band.
i truly can’t remember where i was going.
that either Derek being surprised Stiles has no clue who he is and maybe a little offended, he keeps listing off songs he sung in hopes Stiles would know and Stiles just gives him a blank stare in return
— OR —
Stiles does sorta kinda know who Derek is. mentions that his mom or cousin had one of Derek’s later albums or something. he snaps his fingers trying to figure out the name of one of Derek’s songs and of course he names the one song Derek’s probably most embarrassed by. Derek’s face going red when Stiles starts singing a line from the song and it’s just as corny as Derek remembers. “please, please, stop. yes, that was me.. i was in a different headspace at that time..”
AAAWWW OOOHH and what if Stiles goes, “no, that was my mom’s favorite song! are you kidding me!”
sparassis: omg lol that's awesome. stiles sings "it's gonna be may" like ohh from that meme wait derek are you the guy from the meme??
