new york wolves } { of healing and teaching moments

[impetere]

Cora: [shifts into his shoulder a bit, getting comfortable, before glancing back up at him] How're you doing?

Stiles: Feeling pretty much like the end of the chain of command where I'm just more in the way than I am actually useful.

Cora: You're not in the way. You're just new, and Laura's trying to protect you.

Stiles: I know. I just... I want to do more.

Cora: You're doing plenty. [tips her head up with the small smile] You're helping me heal.

Stiles: I am?

Cora: [nods] Proximity of pack promotes healing, especially like this.

Stiles: Oh, well... then you're welcome? Hey, is that why you guys all hovered over me while I was out?

Cora: [nods] That and we weren't really sure what was going on.

Stiles: I don't really remember much. I remember the bite, and then it was just pain and I blacked out... woke up to you guys hovering.

Cora: There probably wasn't much to remember. [there's a beat] There's other things we can do to help healing too. [she's going to turn this into a teaching moment]

Stiles: Show me. [because he wanted to help]

Cora: [turns and holds out a hand to him] Give me your hand.

Stiles: ... Okay. [he does so]

Cora: [she's not in as much pain as she was when she first got back - she's been healing for a couple days now. But there's still some that he can pick up on] Can you feel that?

Stiles: Your hand? Yeah, I can feel that

Cora: [a bit of a look] Beyond that. It'll feel like a bit of an ebb?

Stiles: [he wasn't sure, but he tried to feel for something more and then he felt just a tiny spike of...] Ow.

Cora: [nods a bit] Werewolves can sense other people's pain. And they can alleviate it too. Take a deep breath and just ... pull on it a little, mentally. Not too much.

Stiles: Um, okay. [he looked down at their hands and he focused on that feeling again. He took a deep breath, and thought about pulling that painful feeling out. He saw his veins darken, felt the uncomfortableness run up his arms and tears came to his eyes as he took it for a few moments before he pulled away, bringing his hand to his lips]

Cora: [glances back to him, watching him carefully. She feels the pain lessen so she knows it worked, but she knows that it can be a lot to take in] You okay?

Stiles: Yeah, I just... I could feel it.

Cora: It takes some getting used to. And you don't want to take too much, or it could seriously hurt you.

Stiles: Did you... did you used to do that to me on my bad days?

Cora: [nods a bit] Only when you really needed to sleep.

Stiles: [smiles and leans close, kissing her] Thank you.

Cora: [kisses him back softly] I just wanted you to feel better.

Stiles: Well, you got your wish. I'm very much better now.

Cora: Yes, you are.

Stiles: So do you always get your way around here?

Cora: [head tips to the side] What do you mean?

Stiles: Just how Peter and Laura always seem to let you have what you want without much complaint. Derek too. I mean hell, you got to keep me. [ smirks] I'm pretty sure that was a hard battle

Cora: [she shrugs a bit] I guess it's because I don't ask for much.

Stiles: Well, I'll give you everything you want, just so you know.

Cora: [grins a bit at that] Really?

Stiles: Mh hmm. Everything and anything.

Cora: Mmm. Good to know.

Stiles: Except my curly fries. I will fight you to the death for them.

Cora: I'm more of an onion rings girl.

Stiles: See, we're a perfect match then.

Cora: We are. [sighs as she leans back against them again] I heard them say that if we go to the beach we'll have the guest house to ourselves - well, with Hal, Alexis and Malia.

Stiles: So not really to ourselves.

Cora: No, but they're much easier to convince to go out for a while so we can have the place to ourselves.

Stiles: True.

Cora: And if we have the place to ourselves . . . [connect the dots, Stiles]

Stiles: [oh, he connected them] So all the more reason for you to keep snuggling me now then so you're nice and healed by then.

Cora: [nods] I'm feeling a lot better already.

Stiles: Well, just to be sure, let me give you a few kisses to keep making it better. [and he's totally going to kiss her]

Cora: [sighs softly as she leans into the kiss, one hand coming up to brush against the side of his face]

Stiles: [and yup, he's just going to make out with his girlfriend for a bit]

Cora: [she is very good with that. in fact, she loves this part quite a bit]

Stiles: [and they can only go so far because of all the other wolves in the penthouse]

Cora: [yes which is lame. boo Kate Argent for being a cock block even when she's dead]

Stiles: [yeah, but they will make up for it later, but right now they can make out, and then snuggle and sleep all wrapped up in each other]

Cora: [yep, and eventually it will turn into sleep, happy and content despite everything else happening around them]