Someone to love with my life in their hands (For Derek)

[littlewolf_girl]

Derek had told her they were going after Deucalion. He was taking his pack, but the Alpha would have his, too, Hayley was certain. No one got to that position by going solo, no matter what he'd promised Scott. Her hand itched, going to her cell phone more than a few times, ready to call Elijah, but...what the hell could he do from Louisiana fast enough? By the time he got here, it would be over.  Besides, she'd promised Derek she'd let him handle it himself first before calling in her backup.

That didn't mean she had to like it.

She didn't much like not being there, either, for all that she was useless in a fight right now. Even without the baby, she couldn't shift at will like they could. She was fast and she was strong, but if she couldn't bring her claws out what good would that be? 

So, she...paced. And felt useless. And paced. The moon rose and set. The sun came up. Derek's cell phone rang, but he didn't answer it. No one called her...she guessed no one knew to except maybe Cora, and she didn't know the girl's number to get in touch with her, either, when the teenager didn't call her. Maybe she didn't know how to find her. Maybe she didn't figure Hayley rated knowing anything. Maybe she was dead.

Fuck, but she hated being let sitting at home like some princess in a tower. She wasn't a princess. She wasn't used to being protected. It was a sweet feeling on one level, but she was so not made for waiting.

It was all she was able to do, though, and by the time the sun was high in the sky again, she had given up any pretense of being okay with it. Grabbing her purse, she fished out her keys. She was going to the loft. If no one was there, she was going to the hospital. If there was one thing she was good at, it was getting information out of people.

Cursing fluidly to herself, she moved to the door, yanking it open.

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[littlewolf_girl]

He probably should be a bit smug--she was generally a "want-take-have" girl and really, she sent valued herself very much after getting kicked out by the people who were supposed to love her most. There likely weren't a lot of things she could say she hadn't done...except the softer, more intimate ones.

"I'm glad," she said quietly, leaning into his kiss.

[iamthe_alpha]

He smiled lightly against her cheek, pressing another kiss there before leaning his head back again, letting it fall back gently against the lip of the tub. Truthfully, he was a "want-take-have" sort of guy too, a trait that was made worse after becoming an Alpha, but he was also wary of letting people get too close. Still, Scott and the others had started to work their way under his skin and that didn't seem to be any less true for Hayley.

[littlewolf_girl]

Hayley never let anyone in, honestly. Tyler had been the first, and look how that had gone. She didn't know why Derek was getting under her skin. God, yeah, he was hot. She'd wanted to get him in bed the second she saw him, but this...felt like more than that. That kind of terrified her, and she wanted to blame hormones, but it didn't stop her from snuggling a bit more against him.

[iamthe_alpha]

Brushing his thumb lightly over her stomach, Derek fell quiet for awhile and one might almost start to worry that he had fallen asleep by the time he started to speak again. "I'm not really good at this sort of thing, you know." He murmured softly. "People have a tendency to get hurt around me."

"But I'll do my best to protect you and your baby." He looked at her again.

[littlewolf_girl]

Tears sprang up in Hayley's eyes. Klaus telling the witches to kill her and the baby had been one if the harshest, most painful moments in her life. It wasn't like she'd expected him to vow undying love or whatever, but...she'd thought they understood one another enough that he'd protect them. Sure, he was all on board now, but she knew that was Elijah's doing, not because he gave a damn. Possessiveness was not the same as caring.

Derek had no reason to do so. She really had no claim or reason to expect it. But even just his offering...she took in a little breath, but it came out on a sob.

[iamthe_alpha]

And he heard it which caused him a moment of inner flailing, caught by surprise by the tears even if he knew that a woman could be horribly hormonal while pregnant. His mother had been hormonal with Cora, that much he could remember.

Still, he wrapped his arms around her to hold her a little more tightly than before. "Hayley, what's wrong?"

[littlewolf_girl]

She shook her head. "Nothing's wrong." Which was the truth, really. She was touched and scared and grateful and hopeful and all at once. And maybe, yes, a little hurt and angry at Klaus that he couldn't have cared, but that was...par for the course for her.

Someone giving a damn? That was new.

[iamthe_alpha]

He didn't buy it but he wasn't going to push too hard either, especially not when she was in tears.

"Do you want to get out and go to bed?" He asked softly, nuzzling the spot behind her ear gently.

[littlewolf_girl]

Telling him all of it would just sound too damn pathetic, so she tried to push it down, nodding a little, careful not to dislodge his lips.

"Yeah...that would be good..."

[iamthe_alpha]

He nodded, moving his hands to her hips to slide her up and forward, shuddering a bit at the loss of her body wrapped around him. Then he waited for her to get up before following, moving slowly even if his middle seemed to be healed.

Grabbing a towel when it was offered to him, he gave himself a quick dry off as he stepped out.

[littlewolf_girl]

Hayley watched him carefully, trying to make sure he was okay without being too obvious about it. The healed exterior reassured her a bit--just that he was healing, even if he wasn't fully there, yet.

When they were both dry, she turned and wrapped her arms around him, fitting herself to him and giving him a slow, sweet kiss. "Bed..."

[iamthe_alpha]

Once dry, he tucked the towel closed around his hips before reaching for her. "Bed." He nodded in agreement, leaning down to kiss her back even as he started to walk her backwards into her bedroom.

[littlewolf_girl]

Hayley laughed a little against his lips as he backed her toward the bed. She'd all but tossed her towel, and the warm press of his chest against her breasts felt heady and fantastic.

[iamthe_alpha]

Reaching the bed, he tossed his own towel aside with a yank, relishing the feel of her naked body pressed against his own as he lowered her to the bed with a grin of his own.

[littlewolf_girl]

Hayley hummed in pleasure, arching up against him as he covered her. One leg hooked around his waist. "Feeling better?"