Stiles/Derek Ficlet
Prompt from @nothingtoseeherejustmovealong : Prompt: Stiles can't figure out what is in that one present under the Christmas tree.
When the medium-sized box appears under the tree, Stiles notices. Of course he notices. Yes, he is one of those that looks on occasion to see if new presents have been added and if maybe they are for him.
This new one is puzzling though. It’s not labelled, other than that it’s for Stiles, and it has different wrapping paper than all the others under the tree. It’s not Scott’s because that one is labelled from him and has been under the tree for a week. He knows it can’t be his dad because there’s no way he’d buy separate wrapping paper to wrap this one present, and he’s too cheap to pay to have it wrapped. Besides, the wrapping doesn’t look professional enough to have it be one of those gift-wrap counters at the mall.
And yes, he has inspected it to check okay? And also it’s not incredibly heavy and when he shakes it, he can’t really hear anything.
He starts questioning the pack and his dad, all of whom tell him to wait for Christmas and to leave him alone. If he were more rebellious and didn’t care, he’d just open it now and screw waiting. But, he’s not. As much as he wants to know what it is and who it’s from, he’s also too much of a traditionalist to open the present before he’s supposed to.
So he waits… and waits… and waits. And finally, on Christmas morning, it is the first gift he reaches for and opens.
Inside is many, many layers of bubble-wrap, which explains why shaking the box did nothing to move the contents or make noise. Beneath the bubble wrap is a book, but not just any book. It’s a nice leather-bound book, worn around the edges. There’s no title on the front, but it doesn’t matter because Stiles knows exactly what this book is and who gave it to him.
