The Devil's Nest, Thursday Evening

[justlurkinghere]

Derek was reading a magazine at the bar tonight. Because why work when you could be paid to frown at articles in this month's issue of The Knot?

...and also feel awkward about the title of the magazine for reasons he couldn't quite figure out.

He may or may not have been marking things that were interesting. God help everyone. He was pretty close to starting a scrap book about this.

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[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"Interesting reading material."

The yurts continued to make Jasper uncomfortable and itchy. Between the nightmares of his hand around a knife and the sound of so many people breathing, he had to get out of there.

He'd seen the Devil's Nest when he'd been in town and, on this night, decided to stop in. It wasn't even that surprising to find Derek there. He seemed like the type.

[justlurkinghere]

Just because Derek liked to creepily lurk places, didn't mean anything. Other than that.

Shut up.

Derek frowned, closing the magazine and all it's glossy pictures of perfect wedding plans. "We don't serve students alcohol here. The other bar does."

In case that was why Jasper was there.

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"Who said I was here to drink?" Assumptions, Derek. They weren't nice. He took a seat at the bar and looked around. Gave nothing away in expression or body language as to what his intentions were. "Ambiance is nice."

[justlurkinghere]

"It doesn't have zombies." Which was a plus.

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"Already a plus." The smell was much better. "That why you work here and not there?"

[justlurkinghere]

"It was also to not have to deal with students." AND YET HERE YOU WERE.

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Jasper smirked, barely there and brief, but still smirked. Now that Derek had said that, he didn't think he'd be going anywhere.

"What's your problem with students?" he asked curiously. "Intimidated by their youth?"

[justlurkinghere]

Well, that was just rude of him.

"So very intimidated," Derek replied with an eyeroll.

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Jasper snickered and tapped his fingers slowly against the counter. He tilted his head to the side very slightly, giving Derek an appraising look.

"Why?" Yes, he knew Derek wasn't serious but he was curious to see what he'd say if he acted like he thought Derek was serious.

[justlurkinghere]

"Are you the new therapist in town?"

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"There's a therapist in this tiny place?"

News to him.

[justlurkinghere]

"Yeah, names Lecter." Kinda creepy. Derek didn't pick up on any of that because he was the worst.

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"I've met him." Once. And he'd gotten some weird vibes from the guy. But, he'd dismissed them since he was suspicious of most people. "He your therapist? Wouldn't have guessed you needed therapy."

[justlurkinghere]

"He was." And Derek hadn't been tricked into murdering anyone! He totally got off light.

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"But not anymore?" The past tense seemed to indicate that.

In his head, Dear Old Dad was having a big laugh at the expense of all the idiots who were seeking out therapy. There are better ways to slay demons, Jasper, my boy...

[justlurkinghere]

Murdery ways? Because those didn't help that much, okay? Didn't help at all.

"Sort of what 'was' implies, yeah."

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Billy disagreed. And Billy's influence meant that Jasper couldn't tell if he disagreed or not. Silencing someone permanently would, technically, mean they weren't in need of therapy anymore.

"Falling out?" he asked, content to just prod for information. The more information he had, the better. "Or did you just get better?"

[justlurkinghere]

But murder!

"I just didn't think it was necessary anymore." Awful curious, weren't you?

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

It paid the bills. Or just boosted the depraved ego of Jasper's father. One or the other.

"He a good therapist?" It was a seamless, smooth turn away from asking directly about Derek and angling more towards the general.

[justlurkinghere]

"I guess? Haven't really seen enough to know."

HE WOULD MAKE YOU MURDER PEOPLE.

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Jasper nodded once. "Didn't really a expect a place so small to have so many problems that a therapist is needed. Guess maple syrup pouring from the sky scars people, huh?"

[justlurkinghere]

"That was a pretty mild thing that happens here," Derek said with a sigh. "You'll see."

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"You're not gonna launch into a PowerPoint presentation of what I'm in for?" Surprising. "I can handle this place."

[bitten_notshy]

"I get to be best man," Jack announced when he came into the bar. There were no secrets in a small town where everything made radio, come on. "Yours, anyhow. I assume Stiles will want Scott for his. Also, hello."

[justlurkinghere]

"That or disappear and never come back." Derek was being ominous now. It was another of his things.