love will keep us together

[affectioning]

When; Thursday, Sept. 12th
Rating; PG-13, most likely, will modify if this changes
Characters; Scott McCall, Isaac Lahey
Summary; Scott and Isaac are long overdue for a hangout outside of pack politics.
Log;

Today is the day of the McCall-Lahey Reunion Tour.

It should feel weird that the day after he rekindles things with Allison temporarily, that he's planned on surprising Isaac. It's no secret that things have been strained between them what with Scott having to hold things back from everyone and generally feeling displaced. He's not used to so much being in flux and, plainly, different than he remembered. But, if there's one thing he's gotten good at, it's adapting.

If only becoming an alpha hadn't screwed with that so much.

He's told himself today isn't about pack, or strained friendships, or uncertainty. Today is a throwback day to the times of the McCall-Lahey union. At one time, Scott felt Isaac was like a brother. They hung out, they talked. He helped Isaac prank the alpha twins. Without knowing it, Isaac not only became his beta, but something deeper. He became a really good friend. It was different than it was with Stiles. Because, Stiles is like a blood brother but Isaac is like an adopted brother who he never wanted to see hurt. And if he did see him hurt, he wanted to do anything he could to make him feel better.

He felt like lately, he wasn't able to.

But, before he and Allison had made what might've been a mistake, she'd given him great advice.

Stop trying to be the alpha and start trying to be their friend that would do anything for them.

That was the gist, anyway. So, when he woke up the next morning, he resolved to do just that. He had to accept that things were how they were. Stiles and Derek were together and Stiles was keeping it from him. His feelings about how crazy that was aside, he knew Stiles was safe and in some ways happy. Allison and Isaac had a connection that he'd perhaps violated or ignored. He feels a little guilty about that and that also might be what fuels his idea this morning.

Maybe. Probably.

At about ten/ten-thirty, Scott slips inside Isaac's room and puts a hand on the covers ontop of him. He shakes him gently.

"Isaac. Wake up." Today's going to be fun. He pushes away the thought, It has to be and simply resolves to let everything else fall away. Today is the McCall-Lahey Reunion Tour.

Comments

[affectioning]

By the time Isaac returns, Scott is doing his hair. He's grabbed a t-shirt and jeans. He gives Isaac a look before turning back to the mirror. He can also see Isaac in the mirror. Is it weird that he notices how Isaac fills out those boxers? Considering his thought process at the beach, it makes sense.

"See? I left you hot water," he says.

[outofthefreezer]

"I left it cold." He doesn't think anything of it just leans down over Scott's bed to pick up his sweater and deoderant, smiling. "Guess it wasn't a problem after all. At least there's no more sand." He runs a hand through his damp hair, trying to get it to settle in a normal way.

[affectioning]

"Me in a towel left you too hot and bothered?" he asks, crossing yet another line. "My mom'll make me clean the shower this weekend." But, he'll wait till he tells her to.

[outofthefreezer]

"Something like that." He sprays his doederant on, pulling his sweater over his head before sitting back on the edge of Scott's bed because no way in hell was he gonna try and instantly pour himself into his jeans.

[affectioning]

After finishing his hair, he turns back.

"You sit down to put on your pants?"

[outofthefreezer]

Isaac just looks at him with a 'what' expression. The amount of effort it took to get into tight jeans was really diminished by sitting down, it was less of a circus act that way.

"Wait, you're criticizing how I put my clothes on? Y'want me to just leave them there so we don't have to worry about it?"

[affectioning]

"You might be kicked out of the zoo," he replies with a smirk. "Put on your pants," he adds, sitting back down on his chair.

[outofthefreezer]

He just laughs or snorts rather, pulling on his jeans slowly before standing and pretty much shuffling into them properly before buttoning them. There's definitely not a release of breath the moment he actually has them on, he wouldn't risk comfort for the way he looked in that kind of way.

[affectioning]

"Good?" he asks, looking up at him. He gives him one onceover of his outfit. Isaac has a good fashion sense, he thinks. He also can see how tight those jeans are. He looks back up again.

[outofthefreezer]

Isaac just nods. They went to the zoo and had a great day together, really it was nice getting back in touch with Scott even if by the time he got home that night he was a little more confused about things. The important part was that he was happy, he might have to have a long hard think about the way things were going but that was better than the arguments they'd been having.