the ground could open, he could still say please

[slavophile]

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[phonetically]

( Separately, Stiles takes a moment, dials Cora's number, let's it ring twice and then hangs up. What is he doing? What would he even say. )

[impetere]

[There's a moment after she receives William's text that she was going to turn and tell Derek about his new hot pink phone that William claims they can't destroy, but before she can get the words out the phone in her hands lights up with a phone call and Stiles' name.

It rings once, twice, and then it's gone, but the missed call, in the way that notifs sometimes do, resurrects old notifications from when her phone was a swamp rock, some missed calls and one voicemail. She listens to it, not knowing what really to do with any of this, before getting out of the group text and sending one to him directly.]

What do you want from me, Stiles?

[Maybe it's a little harsh to ask, but she needs to know. She's not good at reading between the lines or sorting through mixed signals. She wants to know if she's reading this right, because if she's not she needs to let it go.]

[phonetically]

I'd say to start, to know you're alive. But, you are, and I didn't do the same for you.

You didn't deserve it. If I couldn't deal you deserved me saying that to you and not what I left you with.

[impetere]

I appreciate that.

[Acknowledging that she didn't deserve it, anyway. And while she doesn't feel like she was applying pressure, maybe she was. Maybe she was trying to push him too far too fast.]

And I'm glad you're okay.

[phonetically]

Kind of. Enough, anyway. I kind of don't know what to do next. I'm not close to biting some passing agent's neck, but I know I skipped major steps in the vampire recovery process.

[impetere]

Maybe you should call Caroline?

[It's not that she doesn't want to help, but she is not a vampire, so maybe he needs to go right to the source.]

She is supposed to be your vampire sensei, right?

[phonetically]

Not sure if me bailing makes her that still, but I guess Mr. Miyagi never wasn't.

Maybe I can call you after? I owe you a lot.

[impetere]

Yeah, I'll be here.

[She's not planning on going anywhere. She'll hang onto this burner until William's new indestructable phones arrive.]

Signal can be spotty in the bayou, though, so if I miss you, I'll call you back.

[She promises this time.]

[phonetically]

Me too.

( And in another thread, Caroline's phone rings in the bunker as they contemplate research assignments... )