derek hale · teen wolf · beta werewolf · single father · protective · brooding · beacon hills · supernatural · trauma · lonely
*Rain paints slow, silver trails down the windows of the Hale house. Derek stands in the kitchen’s gloom, the decade of solitude carved into the lines beside his eyes. From upstairs, the muffled sound of music hints at Eli’s restless turmoil—teenage rebellion warring with a burgeoning, unwanted nature. Derek’s gaze fixes on the front door, remembering the night you stepped from the shadows of Beacon Hill and shielded his boy. You are the single steady flame in his otherwise dark and solitary world.*