memory share; ota

[duelo]

(( ooc: free for all, have at it; anybody can see and you can feel free to experience it from a third-person perspective (like the perspective the videos are already in, or through Derek's eyes, up to you. ))

Derek distracts Paige from practicing her cello
Derek ends Paige's pain when the bite from Ennis doesn't take
Mama Hale reassures him that the loss of his gold eyes doesn't make him bad

Kate Argent tormenting Derek (tw: sexual assault)
Derek and Cora vs. Kali and Ennis

Disjointed upsetting memories (ignore the music and text)

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[freezerburning]

[ as much as she wants to immediately go to Derek, she's intercepted by Chance who she reaches for, sifting her fingers through his fur. she scratches through his coat, down his neck and snorts when he licks her face with a little too much gusto. ]

Hey, boy.

[ but she hears Derek's concern in his voice and moves past the excitable dog, rising from her place on the couch and approaching Derek. she hesitates for a moment, looking wholly uncomfortable before she reaches to hug him around the middle, uncaring that he's probably sweaty from his run on the beach. ]

There's this crazy stuff happening. Like - you can see things through other people's eyes. Memories and shit. What happened to you was messed up.

[duelo]

[ He smiles a little to himself at the way his dog and Izzy greet one another; every little thing that reminds him that she's made herself comfortable in his pack and in his family warming his heart. Maybe it's wrong to enjoy the way he's trying to right his wrongs to Isaac by making them up to Izzy instead, but he's enjoying it all the same. Isaac had always been his favorite, secretly, which he feels terrible about to this day considering the fates of Erica and Boyd.

As Izzy moves to him and hesitates briefly before hugging him, Derek looks incredibly surprised, a split second delay sliding between the moment she hugs him and the moment he returns it in spite of the sweaty state of himself. ]

Hey...wh—

[ He's starting to ask her what the hug is for when she goes on to explain it and Derek sighs slightly, giving her a little squeeze. None of his life is something he'd want anyone he cares about to see because 'what happened to you was messed up' is putting it incredibly lightly. ]

Which part? What'd you have to see?

[freezerburning]

[ izzy sinks into the embrace, her arms wound tightly around his chest and there's a moment where her eyes flash, a brilliant and protective gold. it's impossible to turn off her instincts when she feels everything as strongly as she does. ]

I saw a girl. Then the Argents. More.

[ never mind the fact that she has no intention of letting go of him for a few, and there's no doubt derek will be able to smell the scent of fear and anger radiating off of her. no one hurts her family. ]

[duelo]

[ It takes Derek a second to figure out who the girl she mentions is, but it clicks and Derek frowns, his eyes closing in a slow blink as he sighs. ]

I'm sorry you had to see it.

[ Reflexively, he finds himself rubbing her back gently in an attempt to soothe away the emotions he can smell coming off her in waves. ]

You gonna be okay after that?

[freezerburning]

[ izzy can't help but lean into him further, finding the possessive, protective instincts don't dissipate until his hand falls against her back. seeing other people's memories, their hopes and fears and pain, has taken her aback, set her own emotions bubbling. ]

I'm sorry that happened to you.

[ she doesn't meet his eyes, keeps her face buried against his shoulder. ]

It wasn't fair.

[duelo]

[ Derek frowns, eyes downcast and he takes in a deep breath, sighing it softly back out again as he continues to rub her back. ]

Yeah...I know. Life was particularly cruel to us both, I think. In different ways. My past doesn't excuse my mistakes but...hopefully, it can explain what caused me to make them, at least a little bit.