Ficlet: Forever Young (Part 4)
Author: on_the_ground
Title: Forever Young (Part 4)
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: 605 words
Prompt: #383: Code
Author's Notes: Posted here for the Full Moon Ficlet community. This will be part of my series "All I Saw Was You"
Stiles looks at Jackson and it’s just a few seconds but Zach can see a whole silent conversation unfold in front of him between both of them before Jackson speaks again.
“Well, we’ve seen it. We’ve seen what revenge and greed can do and yeah, it’s not something easy to wrap your head around.”
“Yeah, but once you do, it only makes you stronger,” Stiles says.
“What the hell happened?” Zach frowns.
“We were kidnapped for a week by these crazy people. Member of a European pack seeking revenge for something that happened before they were even born.” Stiles says. “Anyway, we were sixteen. Both of us. And it’s a long story that we can tell you about another day if you want… but yeah, the pack saved us…”
“Don’t forget about your father…” Jackson adds.
“Yeah, my father got involved and obviously, found out everything.”
Zach snorts. “Why doesn’t that doesn’t surprise me?”
“Yeah…” Stiles smiles. “Anyway, we survived and that was really the beginning of everything that happened between us much later…”
“I see… so you basically told me a bunch of shit…” Zach says, shaking his head. “I mean, when I first asked about your marriage and everything…”
“No, I promise I didn’t lie about that. I omitted information but I never told you anything that didn’t happen.”
“Are you really trying that shit with me? I know all your tricks, Stilinski,” Zack jokes.
“He really does.” Jackson nods. “And it’s true, we lied to you, but then again we have to lie to everybody about certain things and now you know why. If we had told you what happened, you would have asked why and there was no way to explain that without revealing the whole thing.”
“That’s okay. Really… I get that there’s a pack code and everything. It can’t be easy having this secret-Hell, this other whole life...”
“I think that before we had the children, it was never a problem,” Stiles says. “Nothing was really that different. But obviously, when they were born we only had a couple of options, and looking the way they do, it’s good that we chose the surrogate mother version…”
Zach may have looked confused before during their conversation but never as bewildered as he looks right now.
“I’m not sure I get what you mean,” Zach frowns. As Stiles just said, those kids look too much like their parents to be adopted.
“Yeah, we know,” Stiles nods. “But the main reason why we wanted to tell you this is, is because of them… and we know it’s gonna shock you… like werewolves' existence compared to this must be nothing… but if you know the truth about Jackson, you must know the truth about Daniel and if we tell you that he’s also a werewolf, then we know what’s gonna be your next question…” Stiles gestures with his arms, offering Zach the chance to answer that.
“Daniel? Daniel is one too?” Zach says mostly to himself.
Jackson and Stiles just nod, looking at his reaction expectantly but also giving him time to assimilate everything.
“Are you telling me that Derek bit him too?”
“No, he didn’t.” Stiles shakes his head. “He was born that way. He’s the only born wolf of the pack.”
“Born? You mean that his mother was a werewolf?”
“Yeah, this is that part where you most probably freak out because there is no mother-Jackson gave birth to him. I know you might not believe it but I assure you that it’s the truth.”
“Okay. What you’re telling me is that male werewolves can have children?” Zach raises his eyebrows.
Title: Forever Young (Part 4)
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: 605 words
Prompt: #383: Code
Author's Notes: Posted here for the Full Moon Ficlet community. This will be part of my series "All I Saw Was You"
Stiles looks at Jackson and it’s just a few seconds but Zach can see a whole silent conversation unfold in front of him between both of them before Jackson speaks again.
“Well, we’ve seen it. We’ve seen what revenge and greed can do and yeah, it’s not something easy to wrap your head around.”
“Yeah, but once you do, it only makes you stronger,” Stiles says.
“What the hell happened?” Zach frowns.
“We were kidnapped for a week by these crazy people. Member of a European pack seeking revenge for something that happened before they were even born.” Stiles says. “Anyway, we were sixteen. Both of us. And it’s a long story that we can tell you about another day if you want… but yeah, the pack saved us…”
“Don’t forget about your father…” Jackson adds.
“Yeah, my father got involved and obviously, found out everything.”
Zach snorts. “Why doesn’t that doesn’t surprise me?”
“Yeah…” Stiles smiles. “Anyway, we survived and that was really the beginning of everything that happened between us much later…”
“I see… so you basically told me a bunch of shit…” Zach says, shaking his head. “I mean, when I first asked about your marriage and everything…”
“No, I promise I didn’t lie about that. I omitted information but I never told you anything that didn’t happen.”
“Are you really trying that shit with me? I know all your tricks, Stilinski,” Zack jokes.
“He really does.” Jackson nods. “And it’s true, we lied to you, but then again we have to lie to everybody about certain things and now you know why. If we had told you what happened, you would have asked why and there was no way to explain that without revealing the whole thing.”
“That’s okay. Really… I get that there’s a pack code and everything. It can’t be easy having this secret-Hell, this other whole life...”
“I think that before we had the children, it was never a problem,” Stiles says. “Nothing was really that different. But obviously, when they were born we only had a couple of options, and looking the way they do, it’s good that we chose the surrogate mother version…”
Zach may have looked confused before during their conversation but never as bewildered as he looks right now.
“I’m not sure I get what you mean,” Zach frowns. As Stiles just said, those kids look too much like their parents to be adopted.
“Yeah, we know,” Stiles nods. “But the main reason why we wanted to tell you this is, is because of them… and we know it’s gonna shock you… like werewolves' existence compared to this must be nothing… but if you know the truth about Jackson, you must know the truth about Daniel and if we tell you that he’s also a werewolf, then we know what’s gonna be your next question…” Stiles gestures with his arms, offering Zach the chance to answer that.
“Daniel? Daniel is one too?” Zach says mostly to himself.
Jackson and Stiles just nod, looking at his reaction expectantly but also giving him time to assimilate everything.
“Are you telling me that Derek bit him too?”
“No, he didn’t.” Stiles shakes his head. “He was born that way. He’s the only born wolf of the pack.”
“Born? You mean that his mother was a werewolf?”
“Yeah, this is that part where you most probably freak out because there is no mother-Jackson gave birth to him. I know you might not believe it but I assure you that it’s the truth.”
“Okay. What you’re telling me is that male werewolves can have children?” Zach raises his eyebrows.