canon au } { post-3a, of first kisses and indiana jones

[impetere]

Stiles: [sighs and goes to turn around and flails because] Oh my god will you at least like cough or something to let people know you're standing there.

Cora: [she smirks a bit at that] Sorry. [only she's not. She likes seeing you flail, Stiles]

Stiles: [regains his composure and dignity] Aren't you supposed to be like, in Scotland or South America or something?

Cora: Was. Back because school's starting up again soon.

Stiles: Oh. I didn't... school?

Cora: Berkeley. Not me, yet, but Dawn does. And since I passed my GED already and Derek was coming back I'd come back too.

Stiles: Oh. Well, that's good. I mean, you being back and being with your family again and all. So what are you going to do now?

Cora: [she shrugs] Most of my friends from Scotland are at Berkeley, so probably hang out with them. [there's an awkward pause, because she had no shot of this for so long, and it's almost as though she's worried that saying it might ruin the potential for it happening] And maybe see if Scott would be okay with having me in his pack.

Stiles: I'm pretty sure Scott will say yes. Pretty sure he has no idea what the hell he's doing, so yeah. Not that him not knowing what the hell he's doing means that's how you'll get it. I mean, he could use the help and you totally can help him.

Cora: Yeah, I know. I just know my family hasn't exactly been the most helpful to him in the past either. [and she and Scott butted heads in the beginning. But she wants an alpha and from what she can tell, Scott is a good one]

Stiles: Well, when your brother isn't being all threatening and... well... him... he actually can be helpful?

Cora: [smirks a bit] Yeah, I know. But Peter ...

Stiles: .......... Yeah, I'm just not going to answer that.

Cora: Yeah. If I'm going to be around, Peter's going to be around. That's probably what the deal breaker would be.

Stiles: Well, Peter's probably going to be around whether you are or not. I think we've already taken that as a given?

Cora: I guess. [she's still figuring out how she feels about Peter most days anyway]

Stiles: So do you need help, you know, applying for college? Like taking the SAT or something. Cause I have to take the PSAT soon and we could like, study together or something if it'll help you?

Cora: [there's a moment where she almost wants to brush it off, say that she's fine and she doesn't need the help, but studying together means spending time with Stiles, and that's the part that she wants, for reasons she doesn't entirely understand. She hesitates for a moment before nodding] Yeah, sure. That'd be good.

Stiles: Yeah? Great. [he smiles, because he likes this plan.] So um, yeah. Awesome. We should probably set a time, what time works for you?

Cora: [yeah, that smile does things to her she can't entirely name] I'm good with whenever. You're the one who actually has stuff to do. [Lacrosse, school, all that]

Stiles: Well, my extracurricular activities have been severely hampered. [motions back at the jeep]

Cora: [she glances over and nods] Can you get it fixed?

Stiles: Yes. Can I afford to get it fixed? No.

Cora: Oh. [she isn't really sure what to say beyond] That sucks.

Stiles: Yeah. [rubs the back of his neck] I'll figure it out, I'm sure. Maybe see if the auto shop teacher would be willing to make it extra credit for some students or something.

Cora: [her eyebrows go up a bit at that] You sure you want to risk that?

Stiles: Coach will tell you, risk verses reward. Can't drive it like this, so what worse can they do?

Cora: You're high school students in Beacon Hills.

Stiles: [pauses for a moment, then nods] Fair enough.

Cora: [nods a bit] I could probably chip in, if you want? [is that too much to offer? She knows that bills like this are huge, but both the Slayers and the Hales are loaded - she could probably get the money through either route]

Stiles: [there is a moment he considers this because he really, really wants his jeep fixed. But he doesn't want to take advantage of her either] I don't know. It's a lot.

Cora: And you saved my life. That's a lot too. [and she doesn't want to just say thank you and forget it] It's up to you. Buffy could probably write it off as a work expense or something. It's not like the money's doing anything.

Stiles: [bites his lips, then nods] Okay, I mean, if Buffy can do that... [because a business expense is better than taking Cora’s money somewhat]

Cora: [nods a bit] I'll ask Dawn.

Stiles: Thanks. This is going to definitely help.

Cora: [small smile] No problem.

Stiles: So, um, did you want something? I mean, you came here for a reason I'm sure, right?

Cora: [and at that she looks slightly more awkward, because there are multiple answers to that question, but none of them are probably as smooth as she wants them to be.] Oh. Uh. No, not really. I just wanted to say hi.

Stiles: Oh, okay. Well, hi. [thinks] You aren't by chance hungry at all? Dad's working through dinner so I was going to order a pizza...?

Cora: Werewolves are pretty much always hungry. [so yes, she could go for pizza]

Stiles: Alright then. You wanna join me then for pizza?

Cora: Sure. Sounds like fun.

Stiles: Great. [motions for her to come inside the house with him] So what do you like on your pizza. I'm usually pretty easy but Scott has me eating a lot of Hawaiian lately...

Cora: [she wrinkles her nose] Meat, mostly. Pepperoni or something is fine.

Stiles: [grabs the menu and looks it over] Okay, yeah, no pepperoni is fine. Works for me. Just a large pepperoni... [totally sing songing that]

Cora: [she smirks a bit at that, before glancing around. She's only been in his house the once, so she's still taking in the sounds and the scents] How's your dad doing?

Stiles: Good. Doing good for no longer being a victim of a crazy ritual under a big tree stump. Though he's trying to figure out this supernatural stuff so I'm helping him get it. Pretty sure he's not sure if I'm being real or not.

Cora: It can be a lot to handle. [she has the benefit of having grown up in that and she knows that already]

Stiles: [laughs] Yeah, tell me about it, I'm not sure I think I can handle it all the time.... [blinks and looks at the menu a moment, then just shrugs and puts it back in the drawer and dials the phone for the pizza place, putting in the order]

Cora: [catches that but doesn't say anything, just moves to lean against the counter as she waits] You learn to deal with it, if nothing else.

Stiles: [he holds up his finger to pause the convo as he does the order, talking with the person like he knows them because, let’s face it, the McCalls and Stilinskis order a lot of pizzas over the years. When he's done, he hangs up and shoves his phone in his pants pocket] So it'll be about a half hour. What do you want to do until it gets here?

Cora: [shrugs a bit, before glancing around] We could watch a movie?

Stiles: You do movies?

Cora: [she shrugs] Sometimes? Tara and Maria will make me watch some of them but there's a lot of them I haven't seen.

Stiles: [seeing that Derek had no pop culture or television, he's actually shocked. but no, he could work with this] Well, I have Netflix. What do you like and we can find something that works.

Cora: Action movies, mostly? Nothing too ... weird.

Stiles: Do you like... science fiction type action?

Cora: [she thinks for a moment before shrugging] Sure.

Stiles: Have you seen Star Wars yet? [those eyes are all but begging you to watch it with him]

Cora: [she watches him for a moment, before shaking her head. She was more than willing to let him pick, and to be honest if she has seen them before she doesn't really remember them. And she can't really say no to that face] Not that I remember.

Stiles: I have that in a regular DVD. Hold on. Just stay here a sec. [and he will run up to his room to get it]

Cora: [just nods a bit and will go sit on the couch while she waits]

Stiles: [and he is going to bounce back into the room holding out the DVD to her] See if this interests you.

Cora: [takes the case from him with a bit of a skeptical look, because really, they can watch whatever he wants, she doesn't mind, but she'll give it a once over if it makes him happy] Oh! [she points to the picture of Han Solo] That's Indiana Jones. [she squints] I think.

Stiles: Yeah, he was in this first and that's how he got the role of Indiana Jones, actually. [he was being nice and making sure she at least kinda liked the story before putting it in]

Cora: [nods a bit] Xander took me with him to see the one with the kid from those dumb car movies? We left about halfway through, though.

Stiles: Yeah, you have to understand the pulp time period to get that one. It was a bit far for most audiences.

Cora: [she shrugs again before handing the box back to him] I'm good with that.

Stiles: Great! [and totally going to put it in and then jump onto the couch next to her to start the movie]

Cora: [glances to him as he settles, not really sure how close she should sit, but for right now she'll just sit shoulder to shoulder with him, settling in to watch the movie]

Stiles: [totally comfortable with that.] This is one of my favorite movies, so if you want to know something, just ask and I can totally pause it and explain, okay?

Cora: [glances over and nods] Okay. [and she will, every once in a while, mostly because there's some things everyone knows about Star Wars no matter if you've seen it or not and all of them are spoilers]

Stiles: [and somewhere in Mos Eisley the pizza arrives and he climbs over her to get at the door and brings it, plates, and sodas to the table for them to eat and keep watching]

Cora: [which is excellent because eating gives her something to do that's not trying to find something to talk about. But eventually they get towards the end of the movie and the base blows up and she frowns] I thought there was more than one movie.

Stiles: Yup. The Empire is bigger than just the Death Star. Lots of ships, lots of planets, lots of adventures. And you get to meet Yoda in the second one.

Cora: Hmm. [there's a beat] That's the muppet, right?

Stiles: Yup. Most powerful muppet in the universe.

Cora: [laughs] I'll take your word for it.

Stiles: [grins and sits back] Thank you, I mean for watching it with me. I've been trying to get Scott to watch it forever.

Cora: [she shrugs, her stomach fluttering a bit at that grin] It's the movie everyone should see once, right?

Stiles: Right. Exactly. I mean, there's like maybe twenty five movies everyone should see, and this is one of them.

Cora: [eyebrows go up at that] Twenty five?

Stiles: Well, probably more, but like a group of some number that people always refer back to. Star Wars, Trek, Rocky, Godfather, Princess Bride...

[♫ Fools ~ Lauren Aqulina]

Cora: [she lets him list them off for a minute, most of those titles going over her head but as he gets about halfway through the list, she's moving before she even realizes what her body is doing. One hand moves gently to the side of his face, drawing him towards her and a few seconds later she's kissing him, soft and slow, probably more gentle than she's ever been with anyone. She doesn't really know why then, that moment, but she doesn't fight it either, just giving in and seeing what happens]

Stiles: [and his eyes just go wide because... um... what the... no...no this is actually good and very nice. So after the moment of confusion, he lets his eyes close and he's kissing her back]

Cora: [he's kissing her back. Is he kissing her back? It feels like there's ... something happening, but she doesn't really know as she's never done this before. All she knows is that it feels good, so she'll just hold it for a moment, before pulling back, breaking the kiss and looking up at him with a bit of uncertainty that maybe that wasn't the right thing]

Stiles: [oh, that ended too soon. Um, he looks at her, a bit confused, but he smiles] I wasn't expecting that. I mean, I kinda have been wanting to but I didn't know if you wanted to and... I'm rambling. Sorry.

Cora: [smiling. Smiling is good. An uncertain one crosses her face as well, a little bit of hope creeping into her expression] So that was okay?

Stiles: Yeah, it was good. I mean, lot better than the last one but you were unconscious and not breathing and all and this... well, conscious but I think I held my breath so um... good.

Cora: [she laughs a bit at that before nodding] Okay. [there's a beat, before:] Do you wanna do it again?

Stiles: Oh god yes. [and he will initiate this time, cupping her cheek and pulling her to him, kissing her a bit harder this time]

Cora: [she relaxes a bit into this as he kisses her, inching closer and moving one hand to her side to keep him close. Kissing him makes her feel a little dizzy but in a good way, the kind that is a bit of a head rush but you still want to hold on for the ride]

Stiles: [he doesn't have a lot of experience kissing. He knows like, your standard grandma kissing. And he had that one moment with Heather before... yeah, probably not good to think about that. And then Lydia had... and while he had wanted that so much - wanted Lydia so much - she had pulled back after that and well... let's be real, it was like kissing his sister. If he had a sister. A really hot redhead sister he had... okay, so not the train of thought he should be having while kissing Cora. Cora who was warm, straightforward, somewhat violent and totally dangerous and yet... she wanted to kiss him of all people and he found himself really, really liking that a lot]

Cora: [Cora's never kissed anyone. She's never even really thought about kissing anyone until Stiles, and the fact that he wants to kiss her, that he's kissing her like this just makes her melt into him, following his lead and curling into his arms a bit]

Stiles: [he pulls her a bit closer, leaning back against the arm of the couch even so they can stretch out a bit while doing this. Of course, he's going to need air soon, and he will pull away, panting a bit and his heart beating just a bit faster]

Cora: [she can feel his heart beating rapidly against her, and she knows it's the good kind of excitement, rather than the bad. She shifts a bit so that she's resting side by side next to him, her fingers playing with the buttons of his shirt as they caught their breath] I've never really done this before.

Stiles: [chuckles, smiling at her] I really haven't either, so you're not alone in that. So um, I'm not going to... I mean, I just... we can keep just doing that. As long as you want to?

Cora: [she nods a bit, smiling back as she does] Okay. Because ... I definitely like doing that.

Stiles: Me too. Not going to like it so much tomorrow when your brother rips my face off for kissing you, but totally worth it.

Cora: [she laughs] He's at Berkeley. What he doesn't know won't hurt him.

Stiles: Oh, well that's better. What he doesn't know won't hurt me either. [smirks]

Cora: [she grins a bit at that] Very true.

Stiles: So um, do you want to go back to um, practicing that?

Cora: [she nods with a bit of a grin, before leaning in to kiss him again]

Stiles: [pulls her closer to stretch out on top of him as he leans his head up a bit to kiss her back]

Cora: [moves to easily settle over him comfortably, finding the way her body easily fit against his. Her hands wander up to his face, brushing against his cheek and sliding her fingers back into his hair]

Stiles: [there's a soft sound in the back of his throat as she does that, and he tentatively runs his teeth over her bottom lip as he sucked on it a moment]

Cora: [her breath catches a bit at that and she leans into the kiss a little more eagerly, using her free hand to tug on the arm of the chair behind him so that she could drag herself a little bit higher]

Stiles: [his hands slide to her hips, helping her move before they slide a bit up her ribs. He's not going too high, not going under her shirt. But he wants to feel her in his hands so badly]

Cora: [she doesn't mind, so long as his hands stay over her clothes. Once she's settled, she hums a bit into the kiss at the touch of his hands, letting her hands move back to his shoulders, the fingers of one hand curling into his shirt]

Stiles: [no, he's a good boy. He wishes he wasn't. There was a very sexually frustrated teenager beneath her who was very excited at the attention he was finally getting that he felt like he was the last one in his entire class to get, but he had a lot of self-respect for people and so he was good and just let his fingers gently grip and release along her hips even if he may try and pull her unknowingly closer to his own hips]

Cora: [appreciates him being good, for the record. In fact, she won't even mind the press of his hips to hers, so long as those barriers stay in place. For right now she's just going to focus on kissing him]

Stiles: [barriers are totally staying in place, though he will wiggle a bit because it felt good and again, teenage boy. But he's focused mainly on the kissing too]

Cora: [the wiggling does feel good and she'll rock back against him, her breath catching a bit at the friction]

Stiles: [and nope, that's going to get a louder moan from him as he breaks away from the kiss because damn that was nice] Cora...

Cora: [pulls away and looks at him, a bit of concern crossing his face] Did I hit something?

Stiles: No... no it's just... [he lays his head back on the arm of the couch and laughs] I think I'm just a bit too excited about having a hot girl making out with me.

Cora: [she blinks and then ...] Oh. [and she may be blushing a bit]

Stiles: [and he is still laughing, but smiling] I swear I'm not normally this... okay no that's a total lie I'm just... you kissing me feels good. I'm sorry my body had to go and make it awkward.

Cora: [her head ducks a bit and she doesn't really know what to do. Should she move? Will moving make it worse?] It's supposed to be a good thing right? Even if we're not ... doing that?

Stiles: I'd think you should be worried if I didn't, honestly. I mean, it's totally a good thing just not a good thing if we're not doing it and it just hangs out there and here... let me sit up a sex... sec! A Sec oh my god I'm sorry.

Cora: [she laughs a bit before nodding and slowly moving off him, giving him room to sit up and trying not to ... well ... focus on it.]

Stiles: [and nope, going to grab a pillow and putting it in his lap. There, out of sight, right? Only not because wow his pants are tight and sitting isn't so much fun anymore] You kiss really well. I mean, obviously but yeah.

Cora: [nods a bit] Good to know. [she feels a little bad though, because that can't really be all that comfortable] Do you want me to ... [her voice trails off and she jerks her thumb over her shoulder] So you can ... [you know]

Stiles: [that's so hard because no, he really doesn't want her to leave, but he's also not about to just excuse himself to go jerk off in the bathroom while she's in the living room - and it may take a while because he had a good imagination. Damnit decisions sucked] I um... I want you to stay but um... maybe better if not cause I think my dad's due home soon too. But um... you going to be in town, right? Maybe we can do this again? Soon. The pizza and the movie. Or the kissing. Or both. Preferably both?

Cora: [she nods with a smile] Yeah. Definitely both.

Stiles: Okay. Okay then. How about Friday? Dad works late Friday and I should be free after school.

Cora: Friday works. Here?

Stiles: Yeah, here. I get out at three so come over at five and I should have my homework done.

Cora: Okay. So Friday at five.

Stiles: [goes to get up, and then...] You um... you won't be insulted if I ask you to see yourself out, right?

Cora: [she laughs a bit before shaking her head] No, it's okay. I'll see you later. [and with that, she goes to let herself out the door.]