the courtship meme

[demisms]

There's someone you've had your eye on for a long while. And now you've taken all you can take and you can't takes no more. It's time to muster up your courage and ask them out on that first date!

Step One: Post with your character | series | romantic preferences.
Step Two: Tag/date other people's threads with one of the scenarios - deliberately chosen, selected at random, or deliberately chosen and CLAIMED to be selected at random. You know who you are.
Step Three: FALL IN LOVE! (optional)

Scenarios!

1. Chivalry Isn't Dead → You do it the old-fashioned way, with flowers and poetry. Maybe TOO old-fashioned by asking a parent or sibling for permission.

2. Me Tarzan, You Jane → Asking schmasking. Just sling your true love over your shoulder and carry them off to dinner and a movie. They'll love you eventually!

3. Blackmail → You tried the route of the nice guy, but you're tired of being rejected, or maybe you just want to ensure 'no' isn't an answer. So you've got knowledge of a dirty secret, or maybe you're holding their puppy hostage. Either way, they're going to say yes OR ELSE!

4. Creative Surprise → You want to make that first date memorable, so you ask in an unusual or creative way. Spell it out with coins in a fountain! Pose the question in an elaborate and framed cross-stitch! Write it on a cake!

5. You're Too Shy Shy → Today's the day you show your courage! NO WAIT! Spine... crumbling... too cowardly! Better ask someone else to do it for you, or ask for something safe like a study session that just HAPPENS to be around dinner time.

6. There Can Be Only One! → This person has a lot of suitors. How will you stand out? By beating them all up, of course!

7. Serendipity → It didn't start out as a date. You just both happened to be caught in the rain at the same time and ducked into a restaurant to get dry. Then, little by little, you start to realize that HOLY CRAP THIS IS ACTUALLY A DATE! WHAT DO?!

8. Quasi-Reluctance → Truth be told, you didn't want to ask this person out. But you were forced to do it anyway, either as a favor to someone else, to pay off a debt, or even just to get that irritating matchmaker off your back.

9. Jedi Mind Trick → "This is the date you're looking for." "You're the date I'm looking for." "You will wear a nice dress." "I will wear a nice dress." When all else fails, mind-screw them into going out with you.

10. Choose Your Own Adventure! → And have fun!

Comments

Derek Hale | Teen Wolf

[sourwolf]

7 (but if this ship is not your deal, feel free to ignore it!)

[studmuffin]

[ Somehow, via some sort of mystical, magical ability, Stiles has Derek in a diner. And they're sharing fries. It's the Apocalypse come or something. Which would pretty much be his luck. If the world's ending, he maybe wanted to spend it jerking off.

Or something.

But right now, he's mostly just in the booth, ignoring the drip-drip-drip of his jacket, watching Derek as Stiles scoops up ketchup with a fry. ]

So.

(no, it definitely is.)

[sourwolf]

[ The sudden bout of pouring rain is certainly violent enough to pass for a sign of the end of days, or maybe Derek should just invest in cable for his abandoned train station lair. Everyone likes the weather channel, and then he wouldn't have the artful disarray of his hair ruined.

Derek's thumbing a bit of strawberry milkshake from the lip of his glass, looking fairly neutral about life despite the tickle of rainwater making a path down under the collar of his jacket. A fry gets dragged through whipped cream, and this is totally adult behavior, Stiles, shut up. ]

If you wanted a shake you should have ordered your own.

[ Because that's clearly why Stiles is staring, right. ]

yes, good. I couldn't help myself.

[studmuffin]

[ Yeah, he's not staring because this is weird or anything.

Not at all. ]

You'd be the absolute worst date, do you know that? [ Holding up a fry like a baton. ] Not that this is a date, er, because I am totally not prepared for you to rip off my arms for daring to say it is. It's just an observation.

You. [ Pointing at him with it. ] Bad date.

[sourwolf]

[ Normally Derek would be having none of this.

But normally Derek wouldn't be in a diner, eating a makeshift lunch with Stiles, so whatever, this is a brand new opportunity for setting the standard.

He contents himself with viciously eating his drippy fry and glowering, just a little. ]

If this isn't a date, how would you know?

[ And because Derek can, he reaches out and snags Stiles' fry and eats it, disgusting goopy ketchup and all. He'd be an awesome date. ]

[studmuffin]

You just would.

[ Dude. No fair. Which means Stiles is going to have to execute a plan. A manly plan, full of manly pride and most certainly not the girlish terror he usually exhibits around Derek. ]

Firstly, there would be two of us. [ Waving a hand. ] Then there would be food. [ Which means he's going to lean over and try to dunk a fry in his shake. Ha. ]

[sourwolf]

[ This is not the most unconvincing argument Derek's ever heard, but it's pretty close. ]

What does that have to do --

[ Okay, Derek should have seen that coming. He's quick enough to grab Stiles' hand as it retreats with his prize, but of course the waitress is passing by just then, an older woman with the most judgy eyes ever. There's no other option but to carefully release Stiles' wrist, but he's definitely bristling like a pissed off cat while he does it. ]

I'm the worst date?

[studmuffin]

Uh huh, it can't be me, I'm an awesome date. I always put out.

[ Sometimes Stiles speaks and words come out, but it's like he doesn't even acknowledge them. With a victorious smile, he shoves the fry in his mouth, obnoxious pleasure drifting off him. ]

You've got the whole Edward Cullen vibe for you, sure, but you don't even have any neat mindreading tricks to compensate for the McBroody atmosphere.

[sourwolf]

[ He's 90% sure that Stiles lacks some vitally important brain-to-mouth filter, but hell if Derek's going to let his reaction show. An eyebrow inches up towards his hairline despite his otherwise astonishing self control.

Dryly: ] I'm going for James Dean, actually. The classic Byronic hero. It's a look.

[studmuffin]

[ Eyeroll. ]

If you end up half-mad and wandering around with your shirt ripped, I'm not coming to save you.

[ Because for some reason, Stiles always ends up trying to keep Derek alive. What is with that? ] I mean, I might come and take pictures, but no saving will take place.

[sourwolf]

[ Yeah, Stiles, sure. Derek isn't particularly worried about it, and he takes a long, almost cheerful draw from the milkshake. If he hasn't lost his mind yet, it probably won't happen, ripped shirt or no. ]

Still not seeing how I'm a worse date than you are, here.

[studmuffin]

Because you're all surly and you've scared our waitress.

[ He reaches for his soda, looking as innocent as he can ever be. He might have the faint blush for sweet, but he's far from it. ] Also, you're like ancient, so therefore you should know better.

[sourwolf]

I'm twenty-four. [ Why, why is it so easy for Stiles to make Derek want to smack him? He thumbs a bit of shake from the lip of his glass and sucks it off, fighting back the urge to kick Stiles under the table. ]

Being old enough to vote doesn't make me ancient.

[studmuffin]

[ Wait.

Wait. He's maybe too busy watching Derek do the whole licking thing to actually form a sentence. ] Bznuh.

[ Yep. ] Look, no, you totally are. You are like, the responsible older adult and I am just the nubile young teenager and you should totally know better, okay?

[sourwolf]

[ Yeah, Stiles' expression probably shouldn't be gratifying. Totally is anyway. Derek very nearly cracks a smile, settles on twitching his mouth a little instead.

This whole responsible adult thing sucks, though. ]

Nubile? Really? That's just not the word I would have used to describe you.

[studmuffin]

Sexy? Gorgeous? [ Yes, he's trying to blow his own trumpet, really. But someone's got to do it because nobody else will. ]

[sourwolf]

[ It takes Derek a second of contemplation to settle on an adjective. He's really putting his all into this one. ]

Mouthbreather.

[studmuffin]

Rude.

[ Pulling a face at him then, his fingers plucking a napkin up to ring it in his hands. ]

This is why you're a crappy date.

[sourwolf]

Never had any complaints before. [ Derek fiddles with his straw for a second, exuding an air of smug good humor. He nudges the shake closer to the plate of fries, just a little.

A peace offering? Maybe. ]

I think you might just be high-maintenance.

[studmuffin]

[ Stiles' grin widens, dipping the next fry into the shake with a flourish.

This isn't a date, but if Derek's going to join him on his joke-a-thon, he can't pass up the opportunity. ] Me? Which one of us has perfectly styled hair, cheekbones to cut people with, and eyebrows that regularly meet in one spectacularly formed aggressive agreement? I'm not the one who's high maintenance.

[sourwolf]

[ What are you talking about, Stiles? Derek is, like, the most pleasant company ever. His flawless coif is just another brilliant asset. ]

I'm easy. [ Lies. But look at how easily he takes these compliments. ] And you demand constant attention. It's why you talk so much.

[studmuffin]

People always tell me I'm open and friendly, they run away screaming serial killer when they meet you. [ It's not that he even sounds aggressive, he's just teasing.

Teasing Derek Hale. He's totally screwed. ]

[sourwolf]

No one has ever told you that. There's a difference between nosiness and friendliness. [ But speaking of serial killers, Derek's eyebrows are certainly edging into the murderous spectrum of furrowed.

Way to be an awesome not-date, Stiles. ]

[studmuffin]

I'm not nosy. [ He kicks back, leans so that his chair is on two legs. ] Showing an interest in the town and her citizens is not nosy. It's an attractive attribute.

[sourwolf]

[ That is just... so tempting. He's itching to knock one of the chair legs, just a little, just enough to make Stiles wobble dangerously, but he saves it. It's only a matter of time until he's going to say something to deserve the kick. ]

You're looking for a crime scene hookup?