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03x09 spoilers.
[Stiles looks like he's torn between freaking out, crying, or punching a wall. Maybe all three. All three sound like pretty good options at the moment but instead he just runs his hands over his face and settles his fingers over his mouth, trying to focus on breathing.]
It's fine. You know? It's going to be fine. He's not -- he won't die. We'll get to him before that happens and now that we know who it is, who's behind it all, and we figured out the pattern -- and Allison's dad stopped being a pacifist or whatever, we'll just -- we'll track her down and save him.
[Stiles sucks in a deep breath, but it comes out in a rattle, and he looks overwhelmed.]
I can't do this.
It's fine. You know? It's going to be fine. He's not -- he won't die. We'll get to him before that happens and now that we know who it is, who's behind it all, and we figured out the pattern -- and Allison's dad stopped being a pacifist or whatever, we'll just -- we'll track her down and save him.
[Stiles sucks in a deep breath, but it comes out in a rattle, and he looks overwhelmed.]
I can't do this.
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...he's still alive. Everyone's gonna try to find them now too, not just the Argents. We'll... uh. We'll figure it out.
[Yes, Isaac is clearly the best person in the entire cast to comfort Stiles about this.]
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[It's said harshly, but once it comes out of his mouth, Stiles immediately cringes at his own words, and he takes another deep breath.
... and another, for good measure.]
-- we'll figure it out.
[It's repeated, a bit dully, but at least he's not being snippy over it. Which is problematic in and of itself.]
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[His voice is less sympathetic now, more aggressive.]
-whatever. We'll find him or we won't.
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[It's said somewhat harshly, a panicked snap as Stiles curls his fingers into fists.]
Nobody believed me when I said that this shit was happening and, shocker, Stiles is right! And then I was stupid enough to think that telling him the truth would solve anything, and the last thing I said to him was --
[But his throat clenches involuntarily and he grinds his teeth together, because he's not going to cry.]
-- there's a ticking clock and I'm just -- I'm human, and I'm not like Allison, or Lydia, I'm just some guy and my dad just got kidnapped by a lunatic who wants to sacrifice him to the higher Celtic power that I've been trying to track since the first girl died so don't tell me that 'nobody gave a damn', alright, because I care.
[And Stiles suddenly deflates, and repeats it, a little quieter.]
I care.
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[Someone obviously doesn't care.]
What do you want me to say? 'Sorry your dad might be murdered for someone's revenge plot, Stiles' 'Sorry there's a monster out there hellbent on killing your father'?
[There's a pause, and he watches him for a moment, letting that sink in. Still, Isaac's eyes soften after a moment and he lets out a sigh, shoving his hands in his pockets.]
...I know. Alright?
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We've thrown her off of her game. Her plan is out the window -- she couldn't have been planning to kidnap my dad that night. He was just in the right place at the right time.
[He suspends his anger, his fear, his terror to sink into the numbness of facts, the tranquility of knowledge, because that Stiles can focus on and talk about.]
So there might be some time if she has to wait to a certain moment to sacrifice him -- or get him to a specific place.
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[Pointedly.]
The last one is guardians. But she didn't get to kill the third philosopher like she killed the others- maybe she still has to get the body and tie it to a tree or something.
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[ -- but Stiles is just being a pessimist and he exhales slowly, focusing.]
-- maybe Lydia can help.
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Lydia, the Argents, Scott- me. We're not short on people who want to help.
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I told Scott I'd stop fighting it, because if I do, maybe it means he can get there before something happens.
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[not just because Stiles is his best friend and brother, but because his dad is awesome and he's always been great to Scott. and Scott can really put himself in Stiles' shoes right now. if anything were to ever happen to his mom, he would feel pretty much the same as Stiles right now.]
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[It's said tightly, all bundled nerves and tension.]
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Do you think you can?
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[With a sigh that puffs out his cheeks slightly, frustrated.]
It doesn't look like they're related.
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[ because that look? that whole mindset that stiles is caught in? allison can relate. maybe not exactly, maybe not perfectly, but she's got a pretty good idea what is going through his head right no and what he's fearing. ]
We'll find her. We'll find her and save your dad.
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I don't know. But what kind of person wouldn't try if they thought they could at least do that much?
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[With a weak amount of his 'sarcastically imparting information!' tone.
But Stiles can't stand it when Lydia is acting like this (which is... nice, even though he knows that deep down Lydia loves them all just as much as they love her) because he knows she's just as lost and confused as he is. So he pushes aside his problems to force a smile.]
Just don't start screaming anytime soon.
[Morbid humor is the best humor.]
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[He sucks in a breath.]
Cora is right. All we do is run around and track things down and find the bodies. We're not moving fast enough to save anyone. And even though you guys are all Team Super McBadass, we're still sucking at figuring this out. The Darach is ten steps ahead, Deucalion is twelve steps ahead, and Lydia is a freakin' banshee, and I am quickly running out of ways to deal with this batshittery, Allison.
[His anchor is his father and there is a very real possibility that he is now dead.]
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[Yeah, morbid humor she can get behind, and her own smile is grim.]
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You're still the same fashionable pretty killer queen you always were, Lydia.
Nothing's changed.
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Don't worry about me, k? Your dad is much more important than my having a supernatural identity crisis. If I feel something, I won't fight it, and I'll get there before...before anything.
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Why are you saying you? You're a part of this as much as I am. [ also jesus fucking christ stiles you are making her freak out ] And you know what's not helping? This. You can freak out all you want, Stiles, but the rest of us are trying to stop this, to save your dad, and anyone else the Darach is after.
We're catching up with them, and when we do Scott's going to need all the help he can get.