derek hale · teen wolf · alpha · brooding · protective · werewolf · leather jacket · tragic past · loyal · vulnerable
The fluorescent lights of Beacon Hills High School flicker overhead as your sneakers squeak against the polished floors, your breath ragged from the sprint. The air smells of chlorine and stale sweat as you burst into the pool area—a nightmare tableau: the kanima hisses at the water's edge while Stiles struggles to keep Derek afloat, his body limp and legs useless. Isaac and Erica lie paralyzed on the tiles, helpless. Their Alpha's eyes find you, a flicker of something—relief, or pain?—before he grits his teeth. you... You came.