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skylcrfallon​:

Her smile falters as she looks down, understanding the years of trauma part as well as anybody else did in this town, it seemed to be a far too common thing here. “I doubt you deserved those years of trauma, I’m sorry you had to go through that.” She honestly states, just because she didn’t really know him at all, didn’t mean that the person she was getting to know, deserved that torture. “There aren’t many other good enough descriptions for this place, or more specifically, the people in it, when the majority of them are rather unique, and the other’s..I’m not sure as to why they are still here, other than the cheap prices.” Sky muses with a raised eyebrow as she listens to him, nodding her head in agreement. “I’ll never understand the whole need to be popular, but to each their own, I suppose.” Taking another sip of her drink, she tilts her head as he explains hurt and how human..it truly was, and for once, she couldn’t quickly counteract it with something. “Unfortunately it is, and admittedly…you do have a point, if we got rid of hurt overall, we wouldn’t learn our lessons or make the mistakes that we need to in order to grow, but I just really don’t want to hurt anyone else.” Skylar states as she makes a face at him. “Then I just added it to the list and I’ll fight you if you disagree.” She grabs one of her french fries, mimicking the sound of a lightsaber as she waves the french fry, a grin on her face.

“Thanks,” he said after a moment. “No one deserves trauma and it’s not something I would wish on anyone. But it’s fine.” After finding his sister again, it was hard for him to not compare his life to hers. Compared to her, he seemed to have a walk in the park. But he had mostly accepted that trauma isn’t a competition. What they both experienced was real. Kole shrugged. “Yeah, I was sports popular...like, when we won a game they would all congratulate me and whatever but I didn’t have any actual friends. I ate lunch alone. I didn’t want to be popular...just...not avoided.” Despite how it looked on the outside, Kole had never been accepted by his peers growing up. “Hopefully you had a better time with the whole friend thing...though judging by the way you talk, I am going to guess that you avoided it.” A chuckle escaped his lips at her last words. “You’ll fight me, huh? I don’t know if that’s a good idea...my clumsiness fools people...I’m actually pretty strong.”

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skylcrfallon​:

“I like to think that I can read people well enough.” She remarks, though the tight smile on the other’s lips makes her frown for a moment. “Is something wrong?” She questions with a tilt of her head, willing to listen if he did decide to open up to her, but she would also understand if he didn’t, they barely knew each other after all. “This is a small town after all, and certainly getting smaller as time goes by, can’t exactly blame the people when Beacon Hills certainly has…a unique portion of people. Lyds and I were best friends when we were younger, but she wanted to be popular, and I wanted to be on the outside of it all.” Skye explains with a warm smile. “I’m glad she helped you though, from what I’ve seen, she’s changed for the better compared to that high school persona.” Looking up at him, she searches his eyes for something as she chews on her bottom lip out of stress. “Kole…I hurt people, it is..one of the only good things I’m doing so I’m warning you for good reason, it’s not because I want to be alone, I just don’t want to hurt you.” The young witch explains. At his words, a snort escapes alongside her genuine laughter, causing her to quickly try to stifle the rest of her laughter in fear of snorting again as she covers her face for a moment. “Not really, but it was a cute attempt anyhow.”

Kole was definitely not someone who could read people well. Sure, he had his wolf senses to help with feelings and what not but the intent behind people’s niceness or opposite was usually lost on him. He wondered what it was like to have that ability. “Oh. No....just years of trauma,” he told her, shrugging his shoulders. It was much easier to excuse it that way. It wasn’t like he could blurt out his secret to this basically complete stranger. “I suppose unique is a good way to put it,” he told her, knowing full well that he fit into that category. “Ah...yeah, I’ve heard some of that. I think a lot of people pretended to be someone they were not in high school. A lot just wanted to be popular because they were afraid of what it was like not to be.” Kole took a bite of his burger and chewed thoughtfully as she spoke. Warnings were easy to give out, he knew the truth in that, especially when someone had been hurt previously. It was the same for him. Yet, he didn’t want that to stunt his growth as a person. “Ah....hurt. Isn’t that part of like the human experience? Hurt goes with it...regardless if we try to avoid it or not. Why should anyone stop themselves from something because of a chance?” Kole chuckled and shook his head. “I have been called a lot of things....weird, stupid, loser....annoying...but I don’t remember cute being on the list.”

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skylcrfallon​:

“It should be because you’ve gone through so much hell that there should mainly be negative energy in your head to the point that you’re numb, but somehow, you can still find the good in things..and in people?” She guesses that’s what he might say as she raises an eyebrow in intrigue, for she knew that, that wasn’t something she had ever learned to do. Nodding her head in understanding, she diverts her eyes back down when she sees him look up at her after her slip-up, it certainly wasn’t something she would share to….anybody really. Reaching up, she rubs the top of her nose and laughs softly at his next words. “It’s no problem and no, I wouldn’t want to be that, there’s nothing too rare or special about me, I’d rather stick to the sidelines, but I did always prefer a small group of friends and with your personality, you would have been at the top of that list, other than my ol’ best friend, Lydia of course.” Skylar muses as she shakes her head and offers a small smile. “Kole…trust me, you’re making a mistake and this is me warning you.”

“Basically,” he told her, a tight smile on his lips. The truth was Kole was born into the supernatural world and had never been taught how to live in it on his own. Wolves weren’t, by nature, lone animals. Wolves - and that included werewolves whether they were born or made - were pack animals at heart. Kole didn’t even know if he would know how to be in a pack. Sure, now he had friends, but he always felt like he was still on the outside of it all. Hearing her talk really had him wishing that his parents never moved and they were still alive and life had been better. Sure, he wouldn’t have been the angry boy she said she would have befriended but he still would have been the awkward kid and maybe that would have been enough. “Lydia?” he asked, his eyebrow raising. “I know her. We’re friends...she helped me a lot with my dyslexia.” This town really was small and he was learning just how small every day. “And this is me ignoring your warning. Besides, my dad taught me that every mistake is a lesson and so, if you’re a mistake then it’s a lesson I guess...wow that was not smooth.”

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skylcrfallon​:

Putting down her own food for a moment as she wipes her face carefully with a napkin, she listens to his words with an intrigued expression clear on her face, a small smile threatening to spill on her lips. “Well, I’ll admit that you are not wrong, Kole. I don’t usually like to be wrong, but I give credit where it is due and that’s a good way of thinking, better way than what my brain always goes to, I have a rather pessimistic thought-filled brain, but I’m working on it.” She remarks with a scrunch of her nose at her own words due to them not being entirely true, she did enjoy the negativity, helped give her a reason to fight in the first place. “Perhaps I should talk with your sister then, we’d have something in common.” The words slip out before she can fully register it as Skylar clears her throat and sticks a fry in her mouth to distract herself. “I would have befriended an upset, angry, nine year old back when I was a kid if that makes you feel any better.” Sky replies with a small smile up at him before she genuinely laughs. “Oh…no, I’m not good on that part, and I’d rather not make friends.”

“Ah. See, my brain should be pessimistic at this point but it’s just not. You’d think....” Kole stopped himself. She didn’t know he was a wolf and he wasn’t going to give out that information. He had a few friends that knew - mainly because they were also supernatural. “You know, after all I’ve been through...but no.” He shrugged his shoulders, covering up his almost accident. He really needed to be more careful with what he was going to say. Her words made him look up at her for a second. It didn’t seem that she meant to say it but as far as he could tell, it seemed that she was keeping something very hurtful inside. Of course, he wasn’t going to push it but it did make him sad for her. Kole chuckled. “Thanks for that. You’re a rare one, then.” Kole raised an eyebrow before taking a bite of his food. He finished it and grabbed his drink. “Too bad. We’re friends now,” he told her before taking a drink of his shake.

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skylcrfallon​:

Making a face, she swallows down the lump in her throat and nods her head. “Honestly, I’m just grateful that you didn’t apologize weirdly enough, which I know you would understand.” She muses, clicking her tongue. “One can only hear I’m sorry so many times before you’re just numb.” Skylar states as she finally looks back up at him, contemplating on whether or not she should tell him the actual truth, or if she should tell him the lie that’s been going around Beacon Hills since she was fourteen, and in that quick moment, she makes her choice. “I was just a baby, I didn’t really know them at all.” Skye says with a small shrug. “Had adoptive parents at that, they died on my birthday a few years back, so I think I’m just destined to be alone.” She lightly jokes, though she doesn’t mention how the second death is her fault.

Kole sighed and picked up a fry; though he didn’t eat it at that moment. “The thing is...I guess we all have shit that happens in our lives that make it seem that we are meant to be alone but I don’t think any of us are.” He did push the  fry in his mouth and chewed thoughtfully. After he swallowed he spoke again. “My twin sister was taken by the people who killed my parents...I was tossed between foster homes because...no one wants an upset, angry nine year old...and then I just got older which didn’t make it better. I didn’t have friends until I moved here. Now, though....it’s different. I have my sister back and some friends...so, don’t think about just being alone always...reach out.”

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skylcrfallon​:

“Oh, I’m sure you’re not that bad, but I’m still happy to help.” She responds with a smile and tilt of her head. “Everybody has a story.” Sky simply states as she looks up when she sees her food arrive, though she quickly steals one more fry from his plate with a laugh. She visibly frowns when he reveals that his parents were murdered. “I know you may have heard this a lot, but I am sorry, people don’t deserve that, or at least not many of them do.” She muses with a shake of her head. “We’re the same on one thing, my parents were murdered too.” Her eyes drift down as she takes in a deep breath, it was the honest truth and it wasn’t one that she told..most people.

It shouldn’t have shocked him as much as it did - that her parents were murdered - still it took him by surprise. His jaw clenched out of reflex and he felt his chest grow a bit tighter. “That sucks,” he said after a moment. It more than sucked, honestly. He wouldn’t wish that pain on anyone. “Beacon Hills seems to have that affect on people...” His parents weren’t murdered in the small town they were both in but the fact that they were supernatural; a werewolf and a druid, caused it. “How old were you?” He knew that she didn’t want pity or for him to go on and on about it. He knew what it was like and for him, that would be enough.

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skylcrfallon​:

“That’s okay, I’ve been told that I observe too much, so I could easily help you figure out how to observe things better if you’d like.” She offers with a small smile. Putting her hand back down, her eyes light up slightly at the offer as she nods her head, awaiting her own burger and milkshake. “Sure, thanks.” She reaches over to take a few and place them on a napkin. “So, what’s your story then, Kole? I mean, I’ve seen you around a couple of times but didn’t you see before that, are you a new resident? And if so, why?” Her tone at the end is lightly joking because of how Beacon Hills could be as she pops a fry into her mouth.

“I probably need it,” he told her, a shoulder rising and falling quickly. He was glad she took him up on his offer. He would have felt bad to eat while she was waiting. “My story?” he asked, chuckling lightly. His story was one that most people could not know - at least not fully. The partial truth would work, though. “I am a new-ish resident. I actually was born here. I went to school here until first grade. My parents were both raised here, met in high school, and got married...they moved away when my twin and I were seven...when I was nine, my parents were murdered.” He was so used to telling the story that it just came out without him thinking. “After bouncing from foster home to foster home...I decided to come back here...”

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skylcrfallon​:

Tilting her head to the side, she nods her head at his explanation before sitting herself down in front of him. “Yeah, this place isn’t usually so crowded so now I’m curious if there’s some kind of special going on or something along those lines.” She remarks with a lazy shrug before pursing her lips in thought for a moment. “Well, it’s not the worst to meet you, Kole.” Skylar muses as she extends out her hand.

“I did not notice anything but I have to admit I’m not the most observant.” It was true. Kole’s strengths lied with his wolf for the most part. Heck, even being a wolf couldn’t help how clumsy he naturally was. Kole shook her hand, an amused smile on his lips from her words. Still, it was already a better meeting than any he had when he was in foster care. Kole heard his number being called out and the worker brought over his food and shake. He motioned to the fries. “You want a few while you wait?” Kole had a couple of burgers so he mostly had enough food and he didn’t mind sharing while they waited.

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lydisms​:

Lydia genuinely was happy to see Kole. It had been awhile since they spoke, but of course she still cared about him. Once you earned Lydia’s loyalty, it was honestly hard to ever lose that. She just needed some time to heal. “Things are better.” Lydia added with a nod. It was the first time in a long time she could say those words without feeling like she was lying. She really was feeling better, after months of working through some serious trauma. “I’m glad to hear you’ve been good.” She offered him a friendly smile. “How’s Faye doing?” For awhile Lydia still checked in on Kole’s sister, but after some time she learned she needed to just work on herself and stop worrying about other people as much. It was Stiles who helped her learn that she wouldn’t be any good to anyone else if she wasn’t good to herself.

“That’s good,” he told her, a genuine smile on his face. He was really glad that she was doing better. He had been worried about her but he knew that it was important that she worked out what was going on before worrying about anything else. “She’s Faye,” he told her. “Which I know isn’t the best answer to the question but honestly it seems to describe her accurately. I’m just glad she’s still around. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried she would disappear one night and I would never hear from her again. Which, honestly...nightmare fuel.” He was rattling on - something that just happened with him - but he knew that Lydia didn’t mind.

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skylcrfallon​:

Skylar absentmindedly moved some papers around as she walked into the diner, her eyes only moving up to scan her surroundings and see if there was an open booth for her to sit in so she could figure out some stuff for her work, but with each booth taken, she sighs and starts walking toward the back, only to stop at a guy’s voice. “Uh, hi. Hey, mind if I sit with you? I think I’d prefer sitting here instead of in between the twins down there that are crashing their cars each and every way possible, or between the couple that are shouting far too loudly for it to be considered appropriate in the public’s eye.” Sky retorts as she raises an eyebrow in anticipation for his answer.

That was not what he was expecting - not that he was expecting anything in particular. For a very long time, Kole was not the person anyone would approach to sit with. Even the guys on his lacrosse team avoided him during lunch hours. He always thought that maybe his wolf gave off really intimidating energy but here in Beacon Hills it seemed that no one was overly bothered by him at all, thankfully. “Oh...yeah that’s fine. I’m waiting for my food now...it is pretty crowded here. Yeah, go ahead and sit down...” Kole licked his bottom lip nervously. “Oh. Duh. My name is Kole, by the way.”

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lydisms​:

lydia had been doing much better recently. she took a lot of time to work on herself and heal, and the improvements were clear to those who were with her at her worst. and now she was slowly starting to move back into the real world, and interact with those that she had shut out after eichen. kole was one of those people. the strawberry blonde genuinely cared about the other guy, but she hadn’t spoken to him in a long time. which is why when lydia saw him at the diner while she went to pick up dinner for her and stiles, she knew it was a good opportunity to reconnect. lydia took a deep breath as she approached the male. “kole.” she said brightly. “hey! i’m really glad to see you.” lydia added genuinely. “how have you been doing?”

The last person Kole expected to see was Lydia. She was pretty important when he first came to Beacon Hills but she had gone through some things and had retreated into herself. Kole didn’t blame her. Trauma was real and it was something he was coming to terms with for himself. He wasn’t going to put her trauma down in anyway. “Hey,” he told her, a smile on his face. He was just glad that she seemed to be in a good place now. “I’ve been good. How about you? How are things?” Kole was a bit awkward but he was trying his best.

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talblack​:

talia grinned at kole’s comment as she tilted her head and playfully shrugged at him. “would you even be surprised if i was?” she teased with a slight chuckle. at this point, it was very possible for ghosts to be added to their list of worries. in fact, she was pretty sure they did exist considering there were necromancers in town that could communicate with ghosts. “i guess you could call it that, yeah. me and my brother took a trip up to washington to just kind of.. chill, for a bit. things have been quiet here for long enough that we felt like it’d be fine. it was fine, right? nothing super crazy happened?”

“In this town? I doubt I can even be surprised anymore,” he told her, honestly. It was true, though. Nothing could shock him - it might be annoying or frustrating but not shocking. Kole nodded his head when she told him where she had been with Jake. It made sense. He wondered if that was something he would ever get to do with his own sister. “Yeah. Things were pretty quiet here. Nothing crazy or out of the ordinary...at least more than normal for Beacon Hills. I worked and that’s about it.”

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Kole could not believe that he finally owned a car. It was a relief that his last foster home made him get a driver’s license. He hadn’t seen the use of it at the time but now he was definitely happy about it. The boy pulled into the parking lot of the local diner and jumped out. The truck wasn’t the best, of course, but it was his and he didn’t have to walk everywhere anymore. Kole walked into the diner and got in line. The town had been too quiet lately and it was making him feel a bit nervous. Although he hadn’t been in Beacon Hills as long as others, he had been around enough to know that the supernatural seemed to love the town. Heck, he had felt a pull as well. Of course, his had to do with his parents. He paid for his food and went to sit down to wait. After scrolling through his phone, Kole sensed someone approach him. “Uh, hey.”

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talblack​:

talia was pretty excited to see kole , considering it had been a few months at this point . she hadn’t seen any of her friends , and she definitely found herself wondering if he was doing okay with the full moons . she trusted that he would be able to keep himself and others safe , but she just really wanted him to get better with all of it for his own sanity . full moons could be pretty rough when you were in a situation like his . “ that seems pretty important, huh ? ” she teased with a grin as she held the keychain out to him and raised her eyebrows . “ i know it’s been awhile , but you look like you’ve seen a ghost . ”

One shoulder raised as he attempted to shrug off her comment about how he looked. Kole knew he could be a bit more telling of his feelings but did he look that shocked? “Can I be sure you aren’t a ghost?” he asked, a wolfish grin appeared on his face after a moment. He took his keys and pocketed them. “How have you been? Did you go find yourself? I feel like that’s what guys and girls our age do when they go off somewhere for a while...at least that’s what I’ve noticed in every movie I’ve binged watched on my first ever smart phone.” Kole hadn’t watched much of anything when he was a foster kid so now that he could afford a smart phone, he was on youtube and other streaming services trying to catch up what he missed out on.

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talblack​:

Talia hadn’t even been back in Beacon Hills for more than twenty-four hours, and all she could think about was her anxiety now that she was home. Her and her brother Jake decided to take a sibling retreat up in Washington to get away for a little bit, and she was tempted to just not come back at all. Everything in town had been quiet as far as over the top supernatural occurrences, and she really did enjoy going out into the wilderness up north for a bit for winter break. Plus, Jake helped her apply for colleges while she was up there and she was finally set to start at Northern California Community College to get her associate’s degree. It was a start, and that was what mattered. But her brother was more responsible than her, and was the one who insisted they needed to actually come back to California. And she did miss her friends, even if Washington was beautiful. Everything just felt too calm, though.. That’s how things always were before they got really bad in Beacon Hills, so her guard was definitely up. But her worrisome state was interrupted by something falling down near her, and she didn’t even hesitate to bend down and pick it up for the person walking by that dropped it. “Hey, is this yours?” 

Work, eat, sleep, eat, work, eat, sleep....it seemed to be the only things he did lately. Kole had shrunk into himself - like he had in high school - while still trying to get the transformation under control. He was in over his head, of course, but slowly he was progressing. Painfully slow, of course, but he had to realize that progress was better than none at all. Kole was walking home from work and thinking about how he almost had enough saved to get an old beat up truck he saw for sale downtown. If he could just make sure insurance was good then he would be able to own it. Kole was thankfully that the last place he stayed before aging out of the system had been so determined for him to get his driver’s license. Before them, he hadn’t really thought it was needed. After all, he was a wolf. He must have been thinking very hard because the voice he heard didn’t register for a moment. “Oh...thanks,” he said, finally looking down. HIs eyes widened. “Talia...yeah. My apartment key...thank you.” He hadn’t seen her or any of his friends in quite some time. It was almost surreal.

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fcyerichards​:

Faye nodded her head as she listened to Kole. He was much more knowledgable than she was about, well, everything. Faye admired her brother so much. “I’m not trying to overthink it. It just happens.” Faye corrected with a slight grin. Of course life would be a lot easier if she didn’t overthink everything. But for half her life she had to walk on eggshells and second guess every decision she made or else there would be terrible consequences. It was kind of hard to just forget any of that. It became a lifestyle for Faye. “Like her? No, well..” She shrugged. “I don’t know.” Faye was blushing now which never happened. She was usually a pretty confident person but all of this was so new to her and there was so much she didn’t understand. “I mean, I guess it’s possible. I care what she thinks of me and what the people closest to her think of me. That’s a sign that you might like someone?” Faye put her hand to her forehead as she sighed dramatically. She hated how far behind she was in simple things. Maybe Kole also didn’t have much experience with relationships but to Faye he was a guru, actually. “And I would like to be your company too.” Faye would never say no to spending time with Kole. She really needed it now after being abandoned by the Accetta’s. That stung, more than she’d like to admit. “It’s getting dark out anyway.” Faye was fine when it was dark. She lived in the woods, after all. But she was protective over Kole by nature and didn’t like them hanging out outside that late just in case something bad happened.

“Oh, yeah, I know. It happens to me all the time. Every time, honestly.” Kole was really bad about overthinking and then sometimes even not thinking enough about something. It was really a comedy of errors. Of course, neither one of them grew up in any conditions that would be considered normal. They were bound to not know how to act in many situations. Kole nodded his head and then narrowed his eyes in confusion. Realization hit that his sister was blushing which made him grin. “Yes. Yes it is. Plus your cheeks are really red which is sometimes a sign, too. But, yeah, if you care about what she thinks and what her friends think then I think you could like her.” He didn’t want to say for sure because he was definitely not a love expert. He had one tiny experience with romance and it lasted five days in total. He reached out to ruffle her hair playfully. “I know you’re probably going to say no but I just want you to know that you are more than welcome to make use of my other room whenever you want. Okay? You can just come and take it over and I will not care.” Kole nodded his head. “Yeah...come on. Let me make you something to eat.”