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Derek heard soft noises near his ears, almost imperceptible ones but he heard them. It woke him up from what felt like the best sleep of his life. Derek slowly, lazily, sat up and rubbed his eyes awake. He knew Stiles was here, he knew they slept together last night, but seeing his mate tangled in his arms, peacefully sleeping made his heart squeeze nonetheless.
As Derek looked over at Stiles, he couldn’t help but just stare. He has never seen him so peaceful, so calm. He’s always yelling about something or worrying about someone. It’s good to see him just relax.
Derek runs his fingers through Stiles’ hair, something he has only dreamed of doing. All of this still feels like a dream to him.
But the sun is shining and Derek feels its heat as the sun shines through his window, he feels the breeze of the ceiling fan, he hears Stiles’ tiny snores. He feels so he knows this is real.
It’s soon after that Stiles starts shuffling around, slowly waking up.
Derek tries to stay as still as possible as to not be the reason Stiles comes to.
His mate ended up opening his eyes anyway.
“Derek…?” he asked in the most groggy voice Derek had ever heard from him. He looked adorable trying to open his eyes in the light. Derek smiled involuntarily.
“Why are you up so early…?” Stiles asked, trying to wake up.
Before Derek could answer, he heard his phone buzz on the nightstand on his right. Stiles didn’t seem to want an answer as he fell back asleep as soon as he woke up.
Derek checked his phone, surprised to see Scott of all people texting him.
‘Hey Derek’
‘The pack wants to come hang out at yours for a while’
‘I suggested leaving you too alone for a bit but they didn’t give a shit’
‘See you soon’
He didn’t even let him say no. Whatever, Derek didn’t mind.
Though this is the first time the pack genuinely wanted to come to his house… It’s kind of nice knowing that…
“Hey love…” Derek said as he turned back to Stiles, stroking his face gently. He’s sure Stiles wouldn’t want to be asleep when the pack gets here. He also doesn’t want to be alone with them downstairs…
Derek can tell the pack has gotten stronger and just more together since this whole mates things started, even before Liam blurted that out that night. He knows that the pack has known this secret of theirs for a long time, he suspects since the whole Kanima thing. And since then, they managed to hide it from him. That bound to have made them more united than anything.
Derek’s glad regardless. He’s glad for one that he doesn’t have to be the one to explain this to them…
“Stiles…” Derek said softly in an attempt to wake him up. He really is a heavy sleeper. Derek knew that from how he could fall asleep anywhere, whether it be in his camaro’s uncomfortable leather seats or on the rug of his loft.
Derek nudged Stiles a bit more until he finally woke up.
“This better be an emergency!” Stiles cried in frustration when Derek finally got him to sit up and be awake.
“The pack is coming here” Derek simply stated.
“Oh…”
“What?” Derek asked
“Nothing… isn’t it going to be weird for them? That we’re this now?” Stiles asked as he signaled between the two of them and the bed.
Derek couldn’t help but smile at that. Stiles is shy about them being this intimate.
“I’m sure it’s fine,” Derek said as he stroked Stiles’ face again. He will never get used to the fact that he can just do that now.
They both managed to drag themselves out of bed soon after that, just in time to hear the doorbell ring.
“I told you guys not to ring the doorbell” Derek said as he opened the front door and welcomed the pack.
The pack ignored his threats about the doorbell and made quick work of making themselves comfortable.
Nothing else happened that night.
No threats, no complaints, no violence, no danger.
They were all there and they were all okay.
Derek held Stiles in his arms the whole night, unashamed of what they were. He looked around and genuinely saw those he considered family for the first time in a very long time. He was here, finally with them. Not to the side, eavesdropping on their conversations.
He was with them as their alpha, as their support and home whenever they needed him to be.
They all joked about him and Stiles being dense and made not-so-joking threats to Derek if he ever hurt Stiles.
He knew they didn’t mean it though, they knew he would keep him safe.
Their pack was finally a pack as Derek felt each and every one of them in his heart right besides Stiles.