king of my heart

“You can’t marry Deucalion!” Stiles jumps, drops his hands on Derek’s shoulders and shakes him. “He’s evil! You know people say he killed his counselors when they asked him to sign a treaty he didn’t want to!” Stiles’ voice gets panicked. “You can’t marry him!”

“I won’t marry him, Stiles.” Derek says. “But I need to marry someone, if not for love then to make people like Deucalion shut up about it.” He looks up, watches Stiles’ angry face. He’s so fiercely protective of the people he cares about, and that’s just one of the reasons why Derek loves him so fucking much.

And that’s what makes him keep talking. “Mom gave me a list of people that she finds ‘suitable’.” He continues. “But the first person I thought about was you.”