finale spoilers.

[burninhale]

See? Everything's fine. It practically ended with a freeze frame high-five. Everyone who matters is happy, and it sounds like Derek — maybe even the others — will be more dependent on me than ever. I think that sounds very promising.

You should consider a real game for me like your friends want. I'm having fun for a change. Why stop now?

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[stregare]

You keep getting these increasingly flattering name field changes.

[burninhale]

I know. What a scamp.

[stregare]

Downright impish.

Why do you want to go to one of these games, if you're just going to be uprooted from the promising circumstances of your current reality?

[burninhale]

Well, perhaps I got a bit carried away. They are promising circumstances, but I wouldn't mind a break first.

[stregare]

Speaking as someone played by one of those friends, at least the homeland is the devil you know.

But hey, games do provide all kinds of new opportunities.

[burninhale]

Maybe I'm tired of other werewolves.

Nah, I'm totally not. Though I wish there were some adult ones around.

[triskeled]

[Guess who still doesn't fully trust you, dear uncle? Dingdingding! That's right. This guy here.]

[burninhale]

[But Derek, he's a helper! :) Gosh, what does he have to do to prove himself?]

I feel like pizza. Or maybe Thai. What about you?

[triskeled]

[Uhmmm. Possibly get a new track record that doesn't show just how much of an untrustworthy, murderous loony you are? Maybe?]

Neither. Do you take anything seriously?

[burninhale]

[He can't erase the past! ... maybe he could erase Derek's memories. This sounds like a great plan (no).]

Of course I do, Derek. But we can't do anything here. Though of course, you are the alpha, and I'll listen to you.

[triskeled]

[Only if Peter were that awesome...which he's not...hopefully. Also - that icon is UNACCEPTABLE! No!]

No, maybe not. But we can plan or have you already forgotten? [There's a pack of alphas, uncle, he needs your expertise and stuff.

Peter was experienced with this sort of thing. Right?]

[stregare]

...you're not the only one, are you?

[burninhale]

[HE'S AN ASTRAL PLANE WEREWOLF HE CAN DO ALL SORTS OF RANDOM SHIT no he probably can't do that. It'd be really funny, though. Just like the icon.]

We could. But anything that happens here doesn't count for shit, so I'd really rather just, you know. Bond. Hang out. Not kill things, for a change.

Board game? I'm trying to get better at Sorry.

[Sorry for killing Laura, he means.]

[burninhale]

God, I hope not. We're rarer because of the hunters, that whole situation. Kill the ones who know what they're doing, that's their real code. Even I hardly know as much as I should, but I know more than the others, so that'll have to be enough.

[unprepared]

You being on the neutral evil side isn't really all that comforting, you know.

[burninhale]

That's a shame, since your comfort was definitely my top objective.

[unprepared]

Aw, you shouldn't have.

[ There are way too many things left undiscussed in that season finale, least of all how you managed to get back. ]

[burninhale]

[So many conversations need to be had with so many people, and it's kind of creepy even to Peter how many of them he has some insight into. Look at your lives, look at your choices, people of Beacon Hill.]

It sounds like I'll be too busy to give it much thought in the future. But just so you know, I was very impressed, Stiles. You did the exact thing I tried to get Derek to do, and he wouldn't. You brought Lydia.

[unprepared]

It wasn't from the lack of trying not to, just so we're clear. I'm having this issue with timing my personal breakdowns lately, I'm sure you understand.

Still though - glad I could impress someone in this town, even if it's the guy who just a few months ago tried to kill everyone I care about.

[ There's just something about Stiles right now that's... off. A little skewed sideways. Like he's trying to hold off on breathing in all that water around him.

So he's not exactly on his A game. Nothing wrong with being back to square one. ]

[burninhale]

[And that kind of thing is like blood in the water to Peter, but here and now, he can afford to be generous.

Which is virtually indistinguishable from every other creepy thing he does, but in his own head it's totally different.]

And yet, my bar is a little higher than being a good friend or winning a lacrosse game. Your instinct was sound, and I doubt she would've found us without you.

I wish you'd run Gerard over too, though.

[unprepared]

Yeah, well, running over the geriatric relative of my best friend's ex-girlfriend doesn't exactly feel too good on my conscience, crazy werewolf murderer vibes aside.

[ Though that one? Kind of a lie. Because he's still ass-scared of Gerard and there was a split second down there in the basement where he knew he had a chance of dying on the Argents' ugly carpet.

He thinks he's pretty strong-willed, considering the shit he's been dealing with, but there's things getting real shitty and there's shit getting real. ]

Why her?

[burninhale]

Come on. You can't really think that. He did pretty much every single thing I did — killing people, threatening Scott's mom, endangering your friends — and I know you'd happily back a semi over me if you didn't still need my help. I didn't even beat the crap out of you.

[Somehow he fails to answer. He's not actually worked up about this at all, but it's fun to pretend.]

[smilederek]

If she does end up sending you somewhere, we'll go together. As a pack.

[Wait...]

And it's not dependence. We need each other, that's all.

[burninhale]

That's the idea. And you're right. I meant interdependence.

[Sure he did. But it's true-ish, since he's not exactly strong yet.]

[smilederek]

[Grunt. Because yeah, you'd better have meant interdependence.]

You know they don't believe that you're actually on my side, don't you?