[ mary margaret has small hands, but stiles moves with her like he's made of soft wax, lifting his head and trying to swallow back the tears he'd just been crying into her shoulder a few seconds ago. it's mostly futile, considering, and he sniffles, nodding his head into her hands until his eyes crinkle and he keeps nodding, trying to keep the rising stem of panic back.
it wouldn't be the first time he had a panic attack in front of someone new, sort of, and it's a little scary that he's already willing to let go so easily in front of her. maybe it's because of the way she moves, the way she speaks, the way she smiles, because stiles misses his mother so badly sometimes that it aches, and mary margaret has already--from day one--started to help stitch that open wound up again. ] Okay.
[ his voice comes out hoarse, and he repeats it again, okay, okay, hands coming up halfway to reach for his face to wipe his tears but stopping near her wrists instead, like he doesn't quite want to pull away.
stiles wheezes out a breath and hiccups--he was so goddamn terrified, when he saw her, let alone when derek came just a few days after, and the relief and agony mixed together was almost too much to handle. he'd cry himself dry right here in the doorway if he had to, with the relief that everyone was okay, with the panic that they almost weren't. ]
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it wouldn't be the first time he had a panic attack in front of someone new, sort of, and it's a little scary that he's already willing to let go so easily in front of her. maybe it's because of the way she moves, the way she speaks, the way she smiles, because stiles misses his mother so badly sometimes that it aches, and mary margaret has already--from day one--started to help stitch that open wound up again. ] Okay.
[ his voice comes out hoarse, and he repeats it again, okay, okay, hands coming up halfway to reach for his face to wipe his tears but stopping near her wrists instead, like he doesn't quite want to pull away.
stiles wheezes out a breath and hiccups--he was so goddamn terrified, when he saw her, let alone when derek came just a few days after, and the relief and agony mixed together was almost too much to handle. he'd cry himself dry right here in the doorway if he had to, with the relief that everyone was okay, with the panic that they almost weren't. ]