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[outofthefreezer]

[Isaac’s face appears on the device, looking troubled and confused. He scratches the back of his head pensively while thinking of the right words to say.]

Uh, hey, I guess? I literally just got here, wherever here is, and I’m kinda lost. If anyone could help me get back home it’d be great. [He sighs]

There’s a lot going on back home and I’m worried about my p- [He cuts the word off] My friends.

I mean, there has to be some way to get back, right? Even though I don’t remember how I got here...

[He’s quite clearly at a loss. Its been a while since he had to deal with things by himself and he finds himself caught off guard by the sudden feeling that he was lacking something he didn’t realise he was relying so heavily on. He drops his arm, taking his face momentarily out of sight while breathing deeply, trying to come to some kind of decision of where to go, what to do when he catches a familiar scent, one that he’s had to track before.

Suddenly his face comes back into view, some degree of nervous excitement spanning across his features, after all if he was right then that means he wasn’t totally alone.]

This might sound weird but uh, Stiles... are you here?

[He stares into the screen of the communicator as if trying to will the other boy into existence because if Stiles was here, and Isaac definitely knew that scent then that meant that other people could be here, his pack.

He wouldn’t risk howling, not right now at least in the unfamiliar territory but it was something he kept in the back of his mind while heading in the direction of the nearest building.]

Comments

[outofthefreezer]

Uh... curses, allowance, dimension, time travel, fictional characters, living arrangements. [That covered it?]

[lupusalpha]

That covers it. Scott is sleeping in your bed.

NOT HERE NOT HERE

[affectioning]

[ Welp. Was. And he's leaving it up to Isaac - regarding what he wants to do! So, there's that. ]

[outofthefreezer]

No he's not? [Isaac tilts his head to the side questioningly.] He uh, told me he got an apartment with his Mom, they wanted me to move in but I wanted to ask you first? He literally just told me.

[lupusalpha]

Is, was. It's going to smell like him.

[outofthefreezer]

[Sigh. Why would his room need to smell like Scott.]

So I guess that means I'm staying with you, right? [Derek tell the poor boy what to do, he's bad at making decisions.]

[lupusalpha]

Do you want to stay with the McCalls?

[outofthefreezer]

[This is the opposite of what he wanted, a choice!.]

Uh, I wanna stay with the pack? [Because last time Derek and Isaac lived together you threw a glass at his head, not that you'd know about that past-Derek.]

[lupusalpha]

Then stay here.

[That simple. Besides Derek would have probably not been happy if Isaac had gone the McCall route.]

Do you know how to get here?

[outofthefreezer]

Uh not yet, but I was talking to Stiles. Oh and Scott's mom wants me to come for dinner so I can get him to give me directions? [Yay, structure.]

[lupusalpha]

I want to see you before then.

[He wants to make sure everything is good. It has to be]

[outofthefreezer]

[That's Isaac told.]

Uh, I'll be right there? [Except not.] Where do I go?

[lupusalpha]

Go to the fountain. I'll meet you there.

[outofthefreezer]

[Fountain was where he just was so that is simple. He leaves Scott's apartment quickly, heading back in the direction of the Fountain.]

Cool, I'll be there in a second, I remember where it is.

[lupusalpha]

[He shows up ten minutes later - luckily he was already in town - and takes a breath. It's so much better, having a member of his pack, even just one, around]

Isaac.

[outofthefreezer]

[Isaac can't help it, he smiles. Some part of him is relieved to have his Alpha on hand.]

Hey...

[lupusalpha]

[He looks Isaac over]

You don't remember anything about being here, right?

[outofthefreezer]

No, I was told there was another me... but uh, no memories. [It was all very confusing for him.]

[lupusalpha]

Don't worry about it.

[He looks over in the direction he came from, for a moment]

Are you from my future, too?

[outofthefreezer]

Yeah. [He nods]

I'm from everyone's future, apparently.

[lupusalpha]

[He knows he shouldn't ask but-]

Do we find them?

[outofthefreezer]

You're not allowed to ask questions, Stiles and Scott told me. [He wished Derek wouldn't ask, especially along those lines. It wouldn't help him in any way to know about the Pack.]

[lupusalpha]

Do they dictate what I can and can't do?

[Derek just looks unimpressed.]

Just a yes or no. I don't need details.

[outofthefreezer]

I found them... [And please, Derek, leave it at that because those are things he doesn't want to relive. He turns his head away from Derek hoping to convey some meaning of case closed.]

[lupusalpha]

If you go out into the woods, in that direction, you'll catch the scent and find the cabin.