Those We Leave Behind | lostshieldandhammer

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When Peter returned to their room, Steve watched him come to the bed and settle beside him with the tray of food. He really didn’t even want to eat but he knew Peter wouldn’t let him not do so. “I can eat,” he managed to answer before reaching for the plate and a fork. Stiles had made stroganoff again… it was definitely Steve’s favorite. The younger man was getting so good at his cooking. Bucky would have… loved it…

Tears formed and fell down his face once more as he tried to eat the food before him. But everything tasted like ash now… just like Bucky had turned to ash right before his eyes even as he’d tried to reach for him, to save him…

“I… I can’t…” he whispered in a choked off voice. “I… I just… can’t…”

Peter carefully move the tray from the bed and moved to crawl back into the bed next to Steve, pulling his mate to him. “Hey, it’s okay.” he promised, pulling the blonde close to him. “I got you, baby.” he promised. “Just get some rest, okay? I’m not going anywhere.” he replied, fingers running through Steve’s hair as they lay in bed. It was a rough road ahead, he knew that very well. “We’ll get through this together, I promise.” he assured, resting his head against Steve’s.

Emma

Emma chuckled and shook her head. “If I knew the answer, I would tell you. But I think that’s something that everyone has the problem that no one has the answer to.”

Peter looked up and couldn’t but smile. “Miss Emma.” he said, nodding. “Apologies for the mess. My pack unfortunately has a few teenagers who can’t clean after themselves if I’m not here to get onto them, it seems.” He shook his head as he moved, sighing a little. “Can I get you something to drink?”

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Stiles

Stiles shifted a bit, his back resting against Derek’s chest as the other held him close and he felt Peter’s fingers brushing through his hair. “I didn’t mean to worry either one of you. I know I can’t be missing school. It was just too hard to keep seeing him and the others every single day. I’m sorry… I… I’m really sorry. I’ll go back after the weekend. Just… give me the weekend and then we can go back and I’ll go back to school.”

Derek settled with Stiles’ scent registering in his mind, and one hand moved from holding Stiles to hold Peter’s hand. “I’m sorry it didn’t end better, Stiles. But you have us. We aren’t going anywhere. You will always have us.”

Peter moved closer as Derek’s hand took his, pressing a soft kiss to Stiles’ lips. “Derek and I will always be here. Always. We’ll always find you and always take care of you. So I am going to get us some dinner made and you are going to eat.” he said, kissing his lovers before getting up and going to start the fire place to warm the cabin up and start dinner.

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Steve

Steve let out a low groan as Peter nipped at his neck and jawline. “You do anything you want with me,” he whispered back, licking his lips a bit and tilting his head to one side. “You know I love anything and everything you do. Love even more that no one is here to interrupt us, either…”

It was a trust that Peter and Steve only gave each other; the ability to do what hey wanted to each other like this. He took a moment to playfully bite at Steve’s neck, moving to kiss and nibble his way down his husband’s body. “You’re so beautiful, Steve. I’d be lost without you.” he murmured, taking the time to trail kisses from one hip to the other. Fingers brushed slowly over Steve’s thigh, ghosting back up and along the blonde’s shaft. “Gonna take care of you all weekend.”

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Tristan

“Hey…” Tristan whined as his cigarette was taken from him, but he stepped closer to Peter anyway, letting his arm snake around his neck. His other hand grabbed the man’s shirt tightly and he leaned in close, smirking down at him. “Like I said, you underestimate me. Of course I can handle it.” Sure, Peter wasn’t human, but that wouldn’t stop Tristan from being just as cocky as always. “Can you handle me?”

Peter leaned closer, undeterred by Tristan’s confidence and leaning to whisper in the other’s ear. “I can handle you just fine, love. If you let me.” his voice was low, almost a purr, as he reached up to slide a hand beneath Tristan’s shirt. He hummed at the warmth under his hand as he touched the other’s side, tilting his head to playfully bite at Tristan’s neck. “Can you go all night for me, Tris?” he teased.

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Stiles was curled up in the California king bed when he heard Derek and Peter coming into the cabin. He heard the knock on the bedroom door and sighed softly, sliding out of the bed. He’d been there for four days now and had barely done anything more than sleep. He hadn’t even really eaten, not feeling able to really do anything.

He unlocked the bedroom door and opened it slowly before backing away from the wolves and moving to crawl back into the bed once more. “I didn’t think you’d come look for me,” he said quietly. “I’m sorry… I just… couldn’t stay there… not with Scott and the others coming around… not after everything that happened…”

Neither wolf said a thing, Peter taking one side and Derek the other as they crawled in with the teen. “It’s okay, Stiles.” Peter replied. “But you can’t skip school. I know you don’t want to be around Scott, but don’t let him take your grades from you.”

“You should have told us, we would have come with you,” Derek added, pressing a kiss to the human’s temple. “You know we love you, Stiles.”

Peter ran his fingers through brown hair and watched Stiles quietly. “You had us worried. And it’s been gradually harder not to throw Scott through a wall or five.” he admitted.

There’d been a fight between Stiles and Scott and Scott’s group and since then, Stiles had ben avoiding everyone, including Derek and Peter, despite feeling more at home with them than anyone else anymore. Still, he avoided the manor, pack meetings, and even started skipping school. With his father gone, Peter had been listed as guardian and the school called the alpha wolf. “Mr. Hale, Stiles has not been in school for four days now. We you aware of this?”

Peter had been trying to get Stiles to answer him for days, and so had Derek. The three of them had been in an odd situation that worked; the two wolves entirely enraptured and protective of the one human who didn’t look at them like a threat. Hearing the voice, he sighed. “I wasn’t aware, but thank you. I will take care of it.” he promised, sighing and going to find Derek, who was having a tense conversation with Scott. “Scott, get out of my house and the next time I find you here without my permission, you’ll have a lot more to answer for than Stiles’ going missing.”

“Missing?” Derek asked, frowning as Scott left, waiting until the motorcycle was far enough Scott couldn’t hear them. “Where would he go? HE’s always here these days.”

“My guess is he’s gone to our cabin, the fight with Scott did a lot of damage to him.” Peter said. “Come on, we can get there before nightfall.” he replied, leading the way to the cabin where the three of them had decided to be together. An hour later, Peter came up to the cabin, Derek at his side as they shifted back and walked inside.

“Stiles?” Derek called first.

“Stiles, love, it’s only us.” Peter assured, walking to the bedroom and knocking. “Is it okay to come in?”

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Steve

Steve nodded and shifted more into Peter’s hold, burying his face more into the other’s neck and shoulder, wrapping an arm around his mate and just shaking from the shock of everything still setting in and the pain and grief from all of the losses he’d been dealt. He couldn’t handle anything else tonight. If Peter said the pack would wait, they would wait. Steve would trust that Peter knew best for the time being.

Peter moved to carefully wash Steve off, eventually taking his now soaked clothes off and setting them aside so he could clean them both and then turned the water off. “I have to let you go to get us towels, okay?” he explained, kissing Steve’s temple. “I’ll be right back.” He carefully, slowly released Steve to get out and grab towels, easing one around his waist and moving to pull Steve from the tub and into his arms. “Let me get you dry and in bed. I’ll bring us up some food.” he said, toweling Steve off and moving him to the bed to get some clothes and help him get dressed before doing the same for himself. Pulling at the blankets so that he could get his husband in bed, he carefully guided Steve to lay back against the pillows and covered his legs. “I’ll be back in just a few minutes, okay?” he promised, leaning to kiss Steve gently before leaving to go get their food. As he got to the stairs, he saw Derek and Malia at the bottom of the steps and shook his head. “Don’t.” he said softly so only they would hear.

“Dad, what happened?” Malia asked, concerned. “Where’s Bucky and the others?”

Peter shook his head again as he joined them. “Not now, Malia.” he said, but his voice held the shaky emotion of loss and Malia leaned to hug him, Derek doing the same. Peter took the comfort for a moment before pulling away from his nephew and daughter, looking at them both in turn. “Everyone needs to eat, get some rest. Steve can’t handle it right now. I’m trusting the two of you to take care of everyone while I take care of him. Understood?”

Malia looked at her cousin and after a moment, the two nodded and Peter moved to get two plates made and on a tray and started back up to the bedroom. He moved quietly, focusing on getting Steve fed as he got to their room. “I got your favorite.” he said, setting the tray on the bed and sitting beside Steve. “Can you eat for me, baby?” he asked. “I can feed you if you need me to. Just tell me.”

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Steve

Steve groaned softly, licking his lips. “I love you too,” he answered, watching Peter’s eyes as they changed just a bit. He loved watching his husband’s eyes… they were a brighter blue than his own at times, but then, when his power came to the front, the crimson red was almost just as beautiful in Steve’s mind. “So, my love, what exactly did you have in mind?”

Peter hummed and dipped his head to nibble at Steve’s neck playfully. “I was going to take my time, make you beg for me.” he whispered huskily, kissing at Steve’s jawline. “We do have the manor to ourselves for the weekend, so you can be as loud as you want.” he smirked, settling between his husband’s legs and gently cover Steve’s body with his own. “Unless you wanted to do something else?” he inquired softly, nuzzling into Steve’s neck.

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Steve

Steve just nodded silently before stepping into the shower and under the spray of water. How was he supposed to get through this? He’d only had Bucky back for such a short time and now… now he was gone again; this time for good. Sam was gone… Wanda and Vision… Peter… T’Challa… He felt the tears falling down his face again and he slid down the wall, sitting on the floor of the shower, dropping his head onto his knees, crying quietly.

Peter didn’t think as he moved under the water and pulled Steve to him, unable to bear seeing his mate in so much pain. He didn’t speak for a long time, just held Steve against him, arms secure as he ran his hand through blonde hair. After a long while, he opened his eyes. “You don’t have to see them tonight, Steve. They’ll understand.” he murmured.