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Stiles Stilinski ([personal profile] voluntaryapnea) wrote2015-02-06 07:07 pm

23. Wishing on a two-way radio

[Video]

[He almost doesn't log on when he realizes what's going on. Almost. But he's never been good about refraining from doing things when it comes to finding out what's going on. And he's just hoping like hell that his dad really is okay like Liam told him, that Melissa's doing well, that things in Beacon Hills aren't as screwed up as they usually are. He hopes.]

So, anyone out there from Beacon Hills listening on this thing?

[Private to Jean]

I have a question for you. [Actually it's more like a possible request. He's not entirely sure yet.]
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[personal profile] surfaceshine 2015-02-09 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
A month lo- jesus.

[But he listens to the rest, blatantly chewing his lip while he considers, weeding out what he's not surprised by and sifting through to what he is.

It's a lot of information, which he asked for, but he's equal to it: he starts with the best, a broad grin for the good news.
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Dude, this isn't the love boat! It's hell, not a romantic cruise. [But he's teasing all the way, genuinely pleased to hear that Stiles has something and someone to make him happy - he's not sure when he turned into a romantic himself, but for the moment he'll let it slide.]

Careful though, tiger. That's not the greatest place to be learning bullshit secrets about each other. Believe me on this one. And be safe dude, even on a magic shitbarge: wear a condom.
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[personal profile] surfaceshine 2015-02-09 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Look. Romantic he may be, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know how the world works - and what his own trajectory has traditionally been like. He's okay with it. Well. More than okay.

Besides his role is big brother, not dad, so he totally laughs at the discomfort he brings about as well.
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Suck it up, buttercup, and remember: ladies first.
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[personal profile] surfaceshine 2015-02-09 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Help, his face is going to break. This is great. It's been a long damn time since he could get Sam to turn that shade of red, so obviously Stiles needs more toughening up.

Stiles is used to being the embarrassing one, it's obvious. Dean doesn't mind taking over for a minute.
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Attaboy.

[But because he is genuinely pleased - and because he doesn't want Stiles' head to explode or to get cut off - he shows mercy and backs up a bit.]

Scott'll be fine, I promise. I know that doesn't help right now, believe me, I do but it's true.

Any secrets I can spill for you while I'm here? [He's made no secret about not giving a rat's ass about Stiles' inmate, not really; but he cares a lot about the matching Sam, and he wants Stiles to get his deal, so he was already ready to bite the bullet. And if it helps a little knowing that if the inmate version of himself knew and it would piss him off, well, Dean isn't admitting that shit to anybody.]
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[personal profile] surfaceshine 2015-02-10 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
[It's karma, Stiles. She's a bitch.

Which Dean should really consider a little more of himself but hey, if he wants to screw himself over, he already has plenty of debt worked up in that field so he's not really all that bothered by the idea.
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Lisa? [It takes him a moment to place the name; he'd recognize her on sight, of course, but he wasn't expecting that line of questioning and it's not an uncommon name. It's obvious when it clicks though because Dean glances (ever so slightly guiltily) off screen for just a second -] Braeden? [- and then he's standing up, moving to a different room in the apartment.]

Uhhh. She's. One of my ex's. She and I hooked up back when she was in college, and it -

Anyway. Why?
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[personal profile] surfaceshine 2015-02-11 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
Hold that thought.

[Dean is a little mystified himself - the timelines diverge but he's not exactly sure where, not sure how different they are; his line goes dead for a minute as he scrolls through to find the other Dean's post, and the contact from Lisa on it.

When he comes back he's not smiling anymore, but he is chewing his lip, eyebrows pulled together.
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Okay yeah. That's Lisa Braeden and me'n Sam helped her with a problem she was having in our wheelhouse. Ben is her son.

Which is... I mean... Okay look. She says he's not mine and she didn't tell me about him until we showed up in town for the case, and I believe her but also the age is about right and. I don't know. We got along really well and he's a great kid and...

Anyway. She's great, too. Like, really, really great. I don't know what his deal is with her? [This Dean is happily in a serious relationship that his inmate self never had the opportunity to get involved with; it doesn't take a mindreader to see there's more going on there than the obvious, especially since Dean neither takes her head off, hangs up, or allows the conversation to remain public.] But I know that me'n Sam cleared out the changelings a couple months ago - after I got back from the Barge - and then she told me to clear out too, and not to call if I didn't want to. Which I don't. That's all I got.
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[personal profile] surfaceshine 2015-02-12 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
[It's not just uncomfortable for Stiles to be talking about this; even though things are as resolved as they're likely to get for the Dean on the line right now, he's still not sure what to make of it, not sure if he wants to know Ben better because of the possibilities or if he's relieved that Lisa doesn't want him around, so now he doesn't have to explain that to Felix.

He shrugs after a minute, rubbing at his mouth with one hand.
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Yeah. I mean, I don't know what he might believe, I don't know what happened there. It was after the Barge for me. After things should've changed.

I dunno. Sorry, dude.
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[personal profile] surfaceshine 2015-02-14 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Dean waits that moment, mulling over his own thoughts; he genuinely wants to help Stiles however he can, but it's with no small amount of visible relief that he latches onto what is indeed a much safer subject for him, too. He doesn't like thinking too much about Lisa and Ben.

He doesn't like feeling like a shitheel even though he's doing exactly what everyone seems to want.

Of course, the realization that Stiles' inmate has not only the same brother he does but the same car he does makes Dean groan with a tangentially related, horrible thought.
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Oh no. Not my baby. Don't tell me he fucked her up, too.
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[personal profile] surfaceshine 2015-02-16 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
No one loves that car as much as I do!

[This is a rote protest, not as savage as he would actually get if someone were actively in danger of hurting the car in question, but sincere nonetheless. He's taken so much crap over his relationship with the Impala that he's not even bothered anymore, if ever he was.

But even he has to admit that at the end of the day, if there's anyone that does, it's probably... well. Himself.

Dean shakes his head.
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Alright, fine. When you're right, you're right. But don't get too cocky over there.
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[personal profile] surfaceshine 2015-02-17 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
And a liar now, too. God, I'm a bad influence on you.

[This is the version of Dean that can handle being laughed at, though, even if he would probably argue at least a little about the similarities between the versions of him. He knows something's broken there, something vital, maybe something irreparable; he hopes not, for Stiles' sake, for Sam's, for the world's, but. He was never much of an optimist, even when he could still hang his hopes on blind faith.

He's smirking.
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I'm glad, though. I am. And proud. I mean it's weird, don't get me wrong, I haven't forgotten that. But I am.
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[personal profile] surfaceshine 2015-02-18 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Dean's smiles always came easily; now it's almost thoughtless how quickly he does because yeah, things are good. Everything's going good. Some days he still wakes up and wonders if this is really his life now, if he really gets to have this.

It's not perfect. But it's so much better than it might have been, and so much better than it was. The hunter snorts.
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Alright, alright, enough with the chick flicks. We're both awesome and we're gonna continue being awesome. You're gonna go talk to your people, and I'm gonna find someone else to bother for a while.

And don't do anything I wouldn't do. Which still leaves you with a literal fuckton of options, so don't screw it up, you hear, Slick?
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[personal profile] surfaceshine 2015-02-19 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
One or two things. Mostly other Meatloaf lyrics, come to think of it.
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[personal profile] surfaceshine 2015-02-19 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Don't think he hasn't. Dean and Meatloaf have a similar level of cheese and drama, okay, and he can get away with mixing them up with the rest of his hair band music if he's had enough to drink.

Shut up.
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Attaboy. Catch you around.