overmyfreckledbody:

day five of @laurahale-appreciation !!! wow. really breezing in through this, huh? this is the most I’ve written consecutively in… a long time. 

so i did already write an old piece that could fit the criteria, but i figured i’d make a new one, and just a tad more focus on laura (which i always write her as focusing on everyone else, because i think of her as a protective sister). so, this one is actually less……. pained than that old one. that’s good, right?

Anyway, rated G, lots of cuddles and Laura squishing Derek, some angst, 5 + 1 Things!

Summary:

Laura hates sleeping alone, and she knows that despite how he’s been pulling away lately, that he needs it just as much. It’s a pack thing. A them thing.

[Or, the 5 Times Laura and Her Brother Slept Close Together + the 1 Time He Had to Sleep Alone]

              There’s not a whole lot to do at a hospital, Laura knows, so
she’s not surprised when she notices Derek start to doze. Well, she’s a little
surprised, mostly because she isn’t able to right now, but she soon realizes
that –

               His
alpha is beside him, watching for any danger. It’s been a long, terrible day,
and it’s finally coming to a close. He can find enough solace in her protection
to actually let his guard down enough to shut his eyes. There’s comfort in that
if she looks hard enough and ignores why
it would need to be comforting.

               “Do I
need to get you a ride to the motel?” She asks him, voice soft. It’s barely
louder than the beeping coming from the machine Uncle Peter is hooked up to. It
seems that thing only gets louder in silence. “There’s probably still a cop
around here or something that would be willing to drive you.”

Read on Ao3.