Ficlet: Forever Young (Part 3)
Author: on_the_ground
Title: Forever Young (Part 3)
Rating: G
Pairing/s: Stiles/Jackson
Character/s: Stiles, Jackson, Zach (original character)
Summary: Stiles and Jackson talk to Zach about their secret.
Content Notes: AU - Canon divergence, original characters, fluff, nobody is dead, future fic
Warnings: None
Submission Type: Ficlet
Word Count: 662 words
Prompt: #382: Ample
Author's Notes: Posted here for the Full Moon Ficlet community. This will be part of my series "All I Saw Was You"
“Seriously?” Zach raises his eyebrows.
“Yeah, it’s pretty amazing… he’ll say it’s nothing but it’s actually super cool. And you forgot your other very annoying and terribly unfair superpower?”
“What’s he talking about?” Zach frowns.
“Nothing, you know him. He loves to exaggerate.”
“No, I don’t. It’s true… you don’t fucking age!”
“I do age! I fucking do.”
“Yeah, fucking slowly! You look the same as you did what?” Stiles opens his arms wide. “Five years ago?”
Zach snorts. “Oh my god,” Zach says, shaking his head, smiling.
“He’ll deny it but it’s not just him, you know? There’s an ample amount of evidence to support my statement. This is a common thing in his pack and he knows it.”
“Shit. It’s like that song… you’re ’Forever Young’,” Zach adds, laughing.
“No, god, no,” Jackson shakes his head. “He’s exaggerating… which shouldn’t surprise you… I was sixteen when I turned and I can assure you, I’ve changed a lot since then…”
“Yeah, but I don’t think you’ve actually changed much since I met you,” Zach offers. “How come I didn’t notice before?”
“Well, it hasn’t been that long…” Stiles says.
“So, you were sixteen? What the hell happened?” Zach frowns.
Jackson snorts… “Okay, I can actually tell you this because the person who turned me, my alpha, agreed we could tell you.”
“An alpha? That’s really a thing?”
“Oh yeah, it’s totally a thing,” Stiles nods.
“Yes, as I was saying, we knew you would have questions… and those questions have answers like this one, which affects other people, that’s why it wasn’t so simple telling you this. It’s not just me who is being exposed.”
“Are you talking about the pack that Stiles just mentioned?” Zach raises his eyebrows. “It’s not hard to imagine that if there is an alpha that turned you, you can’t be the only two wolves in this town. But you can totally trust me… and I think you both know that or I wouldn’t be here… or I’d be here but you wouldn’t have started the weirdest and most revealing conversation of my fucking life. All I can do is promise that you’re like family and I have no reason to never betray your trust.”
Jackson looks at Stiles and Stiles nods before he speaks again.
“Derek knows that too, that’s why he agreed we could tell you.”
“You mean Derek is the alpha? Kane’s husband?” Zach raises his eyebrows, obviously surprised. “That Derek...” Zach tells himself as realization sinks in. It’s not like he's ever met another Derek in his life. “But Kane isn’t-”
“No, he’s human,” Stiles says.
“Okay,” Zach nods.
“Yeah, he’s pack. The same way I am… or our kids, and when we told Derek this whole idea about telling you, he said that, if you wanted, you were welcome to be part of the pack too.”
“Maybe when you tell me what that means exactly…” Zach gestures with his arms.
“Yeah, of course, we will… but I guess it means that you're part of our closest circle and that you pretty much swear to protect this new family with your life in case there was any kind of ‘situation’... which may never happen, you know? but-”
“What kind of situation?” Zach frowns.
“Well, the kind where things get messy and out of control, and the police are not able to intervene...”
“Yeah, because wolves... you know…” Stiles points out.
“Yeah…” Jackson agrees. “Our pack is not the only one out there… and right now things are fine… they have been for a long time... but there have always been rivalries and you never know what may happen or when… so-”
“You seem to talk from experience… Has anything happened? I mean, with some other pack...” Maybe it was Jackson’s voice or that look on his face when he remembers what happened but obviously, something in his tone didn’t escape Zach’s sharp detective perception.
Title: Forever Young (Part 3)
Rating: G
Pairing/s: Stiles/Jackson
Character/s: Stiles, Jackson, Zach (original character)
Summary: Stiles and Jackson talk to Zach about their secret.
Content Notes: AU - Canon divergence, original characters, fluff, nobody is dead, future fic
Warnings: None
Submission Type: Ficlet
Word Count: 662 words
Prompt: #382: Ample
Author's Notes: Posted here for the Full Moon Ficlet community. This will be part of my series "All I Saw Was You"
“Seriously?” Zach raises his eyebrows.
“Yeah, it’s pretty amazing… he’ll say it’s nothing but it’s actually super cool. And you forgot your other very annoying and terribly unfair superpower?”
“What’s he talking about?” Zach frowns.
“Nothing, you know him. He loves to exaggerate.”
“No, I don’t. It’s true… you don’t fucking age!”
“I do age! I fucking do.”
“Yeah, fucking slowly! You look the same as you did what?” Stiles opens his arms wide. “Five years ago?”
Zach snorts. “Oh my god,” Zach says, shaking his head, smiling.
“He’ll deny it but it’s not just him, you know? There’s an ample amount of evidence to support my statement. This is a common thing in his pack and he knows it.”
“Shit. It’s like that song… you’re ’Forever Young’,” Zach adds, laughing.
“No, god, no,” Jackson shakes his head. “He’s exaggerating… which shouldn’t surprise you… I was sixteen when I turned and I can assure you, I’ve changed a lot since then…”
“Yeah, but I don’t think you’ve actually changed much since I met you,” Zach offers. “How come I didn’t notice before?”
“Well, it hasn’t been that long…” Stiles says.
“So, you were sixteen? What the hell happened?” Zach frowns.
Jackson snorts… “Okay, I can actually tell you this because the person who turned me, my alpha, agreed we could tell you.”
“An alpha? That’s really a thing?”
“Oh yeah, it’s totally a thing,” Stiles nods.
“Yes, as I was saying, we knew you would have questions… and those questions have answers like this one, which affects other people, that’s why it wasn’t so simple telling you this. It’s not just me who is being exposed.”
“Are you talking about the pack that Stiles just mentioned?” Zach raises his eyebrows. “It’s not hard to imagine that if there is an alpha that turned you, you can’t be the only two wolves in this town. But you can totally trust me… and I think you both know that or I wouldn’t be here… or I’d be here but you wouldn’t have started the weirdest and most revealing conversation of my fucking life. All I can do is promise that you’re like family and I have no reason to never betray your trust.”
Jackson looks at Stiles and Stiles nods before he speaks again.
“Derek knows that too, that’s why he agreed we could tell you.”
“You mean Derek is the alpha? Kane’s husband?” Zach raises his eyebrows, obviously surprised. “That Derek...” Zach tells himself as realization sinks in. It’s not like he's ever met another Derek in his life. “But Kane isn’t-”
“No, he’s human,” Stiles says.
“Okay,” Zach nods.
“Yeah, he’s pack. The same way I am… or our kids, and when we told Derek this whole idea about telling you, he said that, if you wanted, you were welcome to be part of the pack too.”
“Maybe when you tell me what that means exactly…” Zach gestures with his arms.
“Yeah, of course, we will… but I guess it means that you're part of our closest circle and that you pretty much swear to protect this new family with your life in case there was any kind of ‘situation’... which may never happen, you know? but-”
“What kind of situation?” Zach frowns.
“Well, the kind where things get messy and out of control, and the police are not able to intervene...”
“Yeah, because wolves... you know…” Stiles points out.
“Yeah…” Jackson agrees. “Our pack is not the only one out there… and right now things are fine… they have been for a long time... but there have always been rivalries and you never know what may happen or when… so-”
“You seem to talk from experience… Has anything happened? I mean, with some other pack...” Maybe it was Jackson’s voice or that look on his face when he remembers what happened but obviously, something in his tone didn’t escape Zach’s sharp detective perception.