"Yeah well I didn't know if you guys could." Stiles shook his head. "And I didn't want to risk it--I didn't want someone getting hurt because of me." Not after what happened with Scott, with Derek.

Moving to sit back on his bed, he stretched out his legs, trying to get some of the nervous energy out of his frame, hands flexing into the sheets.

"You could have just asked. You know, what normal people do when they like someone." Stiles just wished Isaac had asked.