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After writing 4k, deleting it all, and then rewriting 5k in three days I am proud to say that Cafe Shifter Chapter 6 is up.

Now to repeat this miracle with NQTD. *Sobs for social life*

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Just a quick poll -- who wants a chapter of something for Christmas?

And if yes, do you want Cafe Shifter or NQTD?

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Since I've been quiet about my projects on here for a while, I just wanted to announce that Come Sleep Always, the story I put Cafe Shifter and NQTD on hold for, is nearly done. At 26.9k, I should finish writing in about two days, editing in three, upon which time I will resume writing for my other in progress works.

Big thanks to those who have been helping me, be it through Editing, Cultural Consulting, or Translation services: Alexa (Sa-Chan-Desu,) Kiyomi (Malaproprian,) Miz, Valerie, Elpie (AnAbundanceofStilinskis,) the entire Steter Network Chatsy for putting up with my monologues, and last -- but most definitely not least -- Martina (DefinitelyAHaleWolf.)

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Just so everyone knows, NQTD and Cafe Shifter are not on hiatus. They are still being written. I am just focusing my attentions on Come Sleep Always for the 12 Days of Sterek.

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I didn't actually think I'd make it but I did and I am so pleased with myself. TuT Totally winged half that chapter. (Pun not intended, but totally there.)

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Since I no longer know if I'm posting Cafe Shifter or NQTD next week, have some spoilers from both.

“No progress, I take it?” Derek muttered, stepping into the cellar with a grimace. He eyed the roots twining around his uncle, zip-tied into place to keep him from thrashing out of his bindings.

Laura shook her head and leaned back in her chair with a groan of discomfort. “Not really.

The younger man frowned. “If this goes on for two long we will have to put him down. He’s a liability. If he bites anyone else, the Hunters will come for us. I’m surprised they haven’t already.”

CS

“You okay?” It isn’t Erica at the counter, but a young man with curly blond hair. His nametag reads “Isaac.” Stiles remembers seeing him in the background a few times.

Stiles nods, biting his lip. “Is he a regular?”

“Hale?” He scoffs, then nods politely. “Yeah, he’s a regular.”

“Oh…” Glancing back around, Stiles watches the man through the windows, striding just a bit too quickly down the street to just be confidence. He bites his lip, fighting against the bubble of something in his chest. It felt almost like familiarity. Like he knew this guy from somewhere. Turning back to the barista, Stiles smiles weakly. “Hey, Isaac. Hale’s a common enough name, right?”

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Technically Backstories

  After the fire, as Laura and Derek didn’t have any suitable family members to take custody of them, they were separated. Laura, sixteen, went into the system – AKA: Foster Care. Derek, only thirteen at the time, was admitted to a mental health facility as he refused to speak to anyone after the event. Laura was bounced around from home to home after getting into fight after fight; her new Alpha instincts warring with everything around her and her secret of being a werewolf interfering with any developing relationships.

After turning seventeen she realized she would have to clean up her act or no one would take her seriously. She grew up fast, now being bounced from house to house because of the circumstances she would be placed it. She had already been placed in homes where the parents were decent, but her luck had run out. Out of the woodwork came alcoholics, abusers, and druggies. She would stay at these places for as long as possible, but she would always end up calling the police or CPS nearly a week after she arrived. For a good six months she did nothing but move around.

Finally, when she turned eighteen she took a GED test and inherited her family’s fortune along with the insurance money from the house and their deaths. Enough money to get an apartment and a job. Enough money to pay visits to her brother, who was holed up in a high security mental hospital in New York. Eventually, after a lot of coaxing and a lot of Alpha commands, he spoke.

“Get me out of here.”

These words were enough to get a tentative note of health from his psychiatrist, who figured he would do best with a family member outside the influence of other patients. He was to speak with a shrink weekly until he turned eighteen.

In the 143 sessions to follow, Derek would not say a single word.

During this time, Laura went to college. She got her degree online while she worked full-time; getting experience and references for any future career she might have. Which was, eventually, computer networking.

Then, one day, someone stumbled across her website bearing the news that someone under her mother’s jurisdiction – now her jurisdiction – had been bitten by a rogue werewolf.

And that, as they say, is that.

Because of the situations they have been in, Derek doesn’t deign to speak to anyone but pack and Laura hates being bounced around from place to place. (Of note: The thought of doing that to another supernatural creature who just wants to survive makes her ill, and this is why she refuses to help Stiles kill the Nocnitsa.)

Should extenuating circumstances arise, such as Laura’s untimely death, Derek would be forced to talk to people. However, he wouldn’t do it very well and would depend largely on lines he’s read from characters in books as he’s not sure he actually has a personality and doesn’t want anyone to know. When Stiles figures this out seemingly in seconds Derek figures he’s as close as anyone will get to him and lashes out, only to realize he’d accepted Stiles as pack during their rather one-sided conversation.

Due to his interaction with Kate, Derek does NOT like sex or the idea of sex. When it’s brought up he tends to freak out. He can handle it if he knows it’s coming, but if he’s surprised then he tends to get mental images which can send him into a panic attack if he’s not careful.

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Post Delay

I'm sorry to say that with work looming in forty-five minutes and half the content of chapter eleven having been relocated to chapter twelve, Not Quite "Technical" Difficulties' update scheduled for today is being postponed until tomorrow. Sorry, guys.