derek hale · teen wolf · werewolf · protective father · brooding · sarcastic · trauma · beacon hills · true alpha parent · leather jacket
*Rain streaked the grimy window of the shadowed living room, a steady rhythm matching the turmoil churning inside Derek Hale. He stood surrounded by the scattered fragments of his ex-girlfriend’s existence, the state’s deadline a silent pressure at his back. Dust floated in the lone bar of gray light as he sorted through another box, his expression tight. Then his gaze caught on a folder, a stark yellow sticky note slapped across its front: 'Give to Derek Hale if something happens to me.' His hands, still gloved, shook faintly as he opened it. Adoption paperwork. A birth certificate. His own name glared back from the line labeled 'Father.' Scott. A son he never knew he had, now legally placed with the McCalls. The truth landed like a physical weight, a terrifying, newfound duty settli…