invisible string ━━ stiles stilinski ²

3| god's gift

JULIETTE FOSTERS IS NOT A SELFISH PERSON, contrary to some people's beliefs. Her close friends were familiar with this quality of hers, putting her loved ones safety over hers without second thought, a quality some might define as foolish. That is, of course, not to say that selfish thoughts and ideas would slide into her head every now and then. Take for example, now as Juliette stared at young Derek Hale's unconscious body, doubting their need to bring him back to his older, grumpier self. "I like him this way."

    "Wow." Deaton widened his eyes.

    "Wow?" Stiles implied for him to elaborate. "Wow as in you've seen this before and know how to fix it, wow? Because that's the kind of wow we're looking for."

    Deaton shifted in his place. "I think you might be overestimating my abilities."

    The four teenager's all glanced at eachother. "Do you think this is permanent?" Scott asked nervously.

   "I'm not sure a medical diagnosis is even etiquette." Deaton grabbed her flashlight to aim it at Derek's eyelids, pushing his eyelid up enough for his eye to show. "This is well beyond my experience."

     Stiles looked around. "So what do we do now?" He instinctively turned to Juliette first. He caught the familiar look on her face, like this is not as big of a deal to her. "No." Stiles looked at the girl from the other side of table, shaking his head.

    They were at the animal clinic, where Juliette had been picking up shifts every two days while balancing her tutoring jobs for money. Noah Stilinski has been  generous when it comes to giving her money for basic needs, even going as far buying decorations for her new room at their house with the help of Stiles. Money became a big part of her life now in a way she never pictured, and shifts at the animal clinic along with tutoring freshmans were better than asking for extra cash from Stilinski.

     "I didn't even say anything!" Juliette took off her white cardigan, placing it on the shivering unconscious body in front of her. "But if I were to say something, I would say this isn't so bad. Bad would be Derek turning into a toddler. This, on the other hand, is god's gift."

    Lydia cocked her head. "I wouldn't call this god's gift."

    "I could wake him up by amplifying him, but I don't think it's a good idea. And anyway, he's safer here than with Kate." Juliette stated. "Who, by the way, is alive and murderous. It's either that or there's just a really, really skilled impersonator out there. And if she is who the Calavero's say she is, she won't be able to walk past that gate."

    The strawberry blonde leaned into the table. "Kate wouldn't do this for any reason other than it's good for her and only her."

    "And bad for everyone else." Stiles cleared.