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2026-01-04
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Late Night Wake Up

Summary:

Eli had a nightmare.

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Stiles groaned, rolling over in bed to come face to face with little Eli in his wolfy onsie that Stiles had gotten him for Christmas clinging to his favorite rabbit stuffy.

Eli whispered softly, “I had a bad dream. I’m scared it’s waiting for me in my room.”

Keeping in a tired sigh, Stiles scooted back in the bed to make room for the little one as he lifted the blankets. “Come on, your Daddy will keep your nightmare away like he does with mine.”

Derek rumbled as he was bumped into in Stiles’ efforts to make room. Derek then put his pillow over his head. “I’ll keep the nightmare’s away, Eli.”

With a lazy grin, Stiles wrapped Eli in his arms once the boy scrambled onto the bed.

Snuggled up close to Mama Stiles, Eli whispered, “You get nightmares too?”

“Yup,” Stiles said, popping the P. “Grown ups get nightmares too, but we learn to fight the nightmares. It’s how we can protect ourselves and you.”

“But you said Daddy fights off your nightmares?”

Nodding, Stiles yawned before explaining, “Cause I’ve got not just my own nightmares but some other people’s nightmares too. It takes more than one person to fight them.”

After thinking on that for a moment, Eli asked, “You mean the fox dreams?”

Stiles sighed, pulling Eli a little closer. “Sometimes.”

Nodding sagely, Eli said, “It’s a good thing Daddy can protect us both then.”

Smiling softly, Stiles mumbled agreement as he watched Eli already slipping to sleep with the knowledge that he’d be protected.

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