[If that's not a loaded sentence, nothing is and Stiles takes a minute to realize what actually just came out of his mouth.
Christ.
He wasn't crazy. He knew he wasn't crazy. Stiles could pick up on signs--he'd been so desperate for them from Lydia for so long that he was an expert on seeing them. You don't need heightened senses to pick up a feeling from someone. Just to look in the right places. But if you combined his smarts with his own denial and insecurities it made those supposed assurances feel like nothing.
He does manage to look him in the eyes when he says it, though. At least Stiles can follow through on things when they escape from his chronic foot in mouth syndrome.]
swoons
[If that's not a loaded sentence, nothing is and Stiles takes a minute to realize what actually just came out of his mouth.
Christ.
He wasn't crazy. He knew he wasn't crazy. Stiles could pick up on signs--he'd been so desperate for them from Lydia for so long that he was an expert on seeing them. You don't need heightened senses to pick up a feeling from someone. Just to look in the right places. But if you combined his smarts with his own denial and insecurities it made those supposed assurances feel like nothing.
He does manage to look him in the eyes when he says it, though. At least Stiles can follow through on things when they escape from his chronic foot in mouth syndrome.]