[ no one ever apologizes to derek. he doesn't know what to do with that, how to react to it. it's sincere, he knows it's sincere, but what is he supposed to say? ]
I killed my uncle.
[ no derek not that. ]
He was the alpha before me. The fire broke him, and we had to stop him. I had to stop him.
[ it's blurted, a little frantic, because josh tipped the scales in the wrong direction and it's just an apology, but derek doesn't want it. so he shoves back a little too hard, parcelling out a piece of information that josh could probably find out from any of the beacon hills crowd, if he asked the right person, but still, it's something. it's derek attempting to sympathize, to say thank you without actually saying thank you, to say that he understands.
there needs to be more context, but derek clams up, like he's shocked himself by saying that in the first place. ]
I DIDN'T ACTUALLY WANT TO STOP GOSH also idk about this i just don't know
I killed my uncle.
[ no derek not that. ]
He was the alpha before me. The fire broke him, and we had to stop him. I had to stop him.
[ it's blurted, a little frantic, because josh tipped the scales in the wrong direction and it's just an apology, but derek doesn't want it. so he shoves back a little too hard, parcelling out a piece of information that josh could probably find out from any of the beacon hills crowd, if he asked the right person, but still, it's something. it's derek attempting to sympathize, to say thank you without actually saying thank you, to say that he understands.
there needs to be more context, but derek clams up, like he's shocked himself by saying that in the first place. ]