I can’t get it out of my head that there must have been a moment, not too long after Stiles’s mother died, that he was over at the McCall’s house playing with Scott and maybe he came downstairs to ask Mrs. McCall where the construction paper was, or for a glass of juice or something, and after Melissa helped him with whatever he asked for, he says “thanks mom”
and he sort of stops, and his eyes get really big, and he stares off into space a bit and he doesn’t even notice the tears gathering in his eyes
and Melissa doesn’t know what to do, but she has this overwhelming urge to comfort, so she gathers him in her arms and just holds him until he’s past it
and they never really talk about it after
but Melissa won’t ever forget it
and neither will Stiles

between this and OK? this is in the Pacific ocean drowning next to Sheriff Stilinski’s career.
WHY