@sterekdrabbles A triple drabble about politician Derek and his campaign manager/husband, Stiles. Because you know what they say about love being a political act and all that. The prompt words for each part were as follows:- approval, snuggle, continuous (11/5/18); lick, visible, bleed (12/2/18); and fence, scramble, velvet (19/2/18).
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“Kids, if you could just snuggle a little closer… that’s it,” the photographer coaxed, camera clicking away continuously.
“Remind me again why we’re doing this?” Derek asked Stiles out the corner of his mouth.
“Because the other candidate’s approval rating goes through the roof every time he releases photos of him with his wife and family,” was the pragmatic response, but Derek knew it ran deeper than that.
“Yeah, but – and I hate to say this – I’m not so sure seeing pictures of me and my same-sex partner and our kids will have the same positive impact on my numbers.”
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Stiles licked his lips, emotion visibly bleeding across his face. “You’re right. It mightn’t. It might even damage them. Which would suck because I know you’re the best candidate. I know you’re the guy who’ll always fight for what’s right.
“But there are people out there who need to see there are other gay, bi, pan and whatever else people in the world. Living their lives. Being successful. Falling in love and living happily ever after. Getting married and having kids, if that’s what they want. These photos are for them. Whether they’re old enough to vote yet or not.”
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Derek stared at his husband, everyone else (except their kids who were currently trying to scramble up Derek’s legs) forgotten. Which was why his face was soft, open, completely unguarded. A fact the photographer captured in a photo many would later say won Derek the election.
But Derek didn’t know that then, lost in the velvety softness of Stiles’ lips as they kissed.
“Never on the fence about anything, are you?” he teased.
“Not about what’s important,” Stiles replied.
Derek smiled. He might be the right man for the job, but Stiles would always be the right man for him.
@imagine-sterek sorry for yet another long rant but this idea is just so cute I couldn’t help myself!
Imagine Derek being a single dad with twin daughters and him going to all the dance recitals and school award ceremonies and letting them paint his nails and braid his hair and being such a pro at tea parties he might as hell have a PhD on it and the other deputies tease him for it (except the sheriff cuz he knows what its like with kids, he came dressed up as batman on take your child to work day for 4 years cuz Stiles swore up & down his dad was a superhero) but then one day Derek gets called to work on his day off due to being understaffed and he arrives at the station with two 6 year old girls, one on his shoulders and the other clinging to his leg as he walks, both of them giggling about. Derek has a million rainbow colored clips on his hair, blue nail polish (cuz blue is pretty), and the deadliest glare on earth.
He knows he’ll never live this down but if anyone dares to say one word about his attire in front of his baby girls Derek is going to fucking eat them cuz his babies worked really hard on his makeover and he isn’t going to take it off and make them sad simply because he’s afraid of being teased. They can laugh and point all they want any other day but not in front of his girls, he’ll beat them to a pulp if they so much as snicker in front his princesses. He wasn’t able to get a babysitter on time so his coworkers are just gonna have to keep their comments to themselves if they want to stay in one piece.
So there he is working on a Saturday afternoon with his two 6 year olds coloring on the other side of his desk when someone speaks.
“Love your hair, man.”
Derek is about to rip this guy to shreds when he looks up to see the most beautiful man he has ever seen staring back at him with a cheeky smile on his face.
Then the beautiful man starts talking to his princesses and asking if they can make him look as pretty as Derek and his little girls go nuts! They’re instantly on top of the gorgeous boy with their little hands working lightning fast to braid his brown locks and make him ‘prettier than than the prettiest princess’ and the guy is laughing and chatting away with the girls and Derek is sure this is what being in love feels like.
Imagine Derek’s little one helping him out in the garage. Derek will be fixing the Jeep’s engine (again) and their toddler will be sitting by the tool kit sipping on apple juice and when Derek needs something, their child hands it to him.
theproblemwithstardust 