How did Temple University women’s soccer perform in the 2021 season. What were the key challenges faced by the team. Why did the Owls miss the American Athletic Conference Tournament for the third consecutive year. What are the prospects for improvement in the upcoming season.
Temple Women’s Soccer: A Season of Missed Opportunities
The Temple University women’s soccer team faced another challenging season in 2021, missing the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Tournament for the third consecutive year. Despite showing flashes of potential and securing some impressive victories, the team struggled to maintain consistency throughout the campaign.
Offensive Struggles and Statistical Improvements
One of the primary goals for the Owls entering the 2021 season was to enhance their offensive output. The team had finished in the bottom half of the conference in several key offensive categories during the 2020-21 season, including goals per game, points, shots, and assists.
While there were notable improvements in these areas, the Owls continued to face difficulties in applying consistent offensive pressure. The team was outshot by a significant margin of 287-146 over the course of the season, highlighting the need for further offensive development.
Quality Over Quantity: The Coaching Perspective
Head coach Nick Bochette emphasized the importance of creating high-quality scoring opportunities rather than simply focusing on shot totals. He stated, “Quality of chance matters. When we get outshot in a game it does not really mean a whole lot to me. It is about the quality of chances, and there have been games where we have been outshot, but we have had the more quality chances.”
Competitive Spirit Against Top Conference Teams
Despite their struggles, the Owls demonstrated their ability to compete with top-tier conference opponents. A notable highlight of the season was their 2-1 victory over the University of Houston on October 17. Houston would go on to secure the second seed in the AAC tournament, underscoring the significance of Temple’s win.
Coach Bochette expressed confidence in the team’s potential, saying, “When we are at our best, there is no team that we can’t play with. The next step for us going forward will be doing it more consistently.”
Inconsistency: The Achilles’ Heel
The inability to string together multiple conference wins proved to be a significant obstacle for the Owls in their quest to climb the standings. This inconsistency was exemplified by their performance against two contrasting opponents:
- A 3-2 victory over the University of Cincinnati, the previous season’s conference runner-up, on September 23.
- A subsequent loss to the University of Tulsa on September 30, giving Tulsa their only conference win of the season.
These results highlight the team’s potential when playing at their best, but also underscore the challenges they faced in maintaining that level of performance consistently.
Emily Kavanaugh: A Bright Spot in the Offense
Despite the team’s overall offensive struggles, junior forward Emily Kavanaugh emerged as a standout performer for the Owls. Kavanaugh led the team with impressive statistics:
- 7 goals
- 15 points
- 16 games played
Her outstanding performances earned her recognition as the AAC Offensive Player of the Week on September 27. Coach Bochette praised Kavanaugh’s contributions, stating, “[Kavanaugh] is a hard worker and a great teammate. We know no matter where we ask her to play that she will give maximum effort, and she has had to shoulder the weight of scoring a lot of goals, which is really hard to do.”
Youth and Inexperience: A Double-Edged Sword
The Owls’ roster composition played a significant role in their performance throughout the season. With only five upperclassmen in their regular starting lineup, the team relied heavily on younger, less experienced players to contribute in crucial moments.
Coach Bochette acknowledged the challenges and potential benefits of this situation, saying, “We had a lot of young student athletes that had their first real immersion to AAC play. Getting our younger players out there under the gun and in the spotlight is important and that kind of education is going to go a long way going forward.”
The Silver Lining of Youth
While the inexperience may have contributed to some of the team’s inconsistencies, it also provides hope for future seasons. As these young players gain valuable experience and develop their skills, the team’s overall performance is likely to improve.
Looking Ahead: Unfinished Business and Future Prospects
Despite ending the season with a losing record for the sixth consecutive year, the Temple women’s soccer team showed encouraging signs throughout the campaign. Coach Bochette expressed optimism about the team’s future, stating, “We can’t wait to have a large part of the group back. We are going to miss the players that are leaving us but I think that all of us feel like our job isn’t done and we have unfinished business within our conference.”
Key Areas for Improvement
As the team looks to build on their experiences from the 2021 season, several key areas for improvement emerge:
- Offensive consistency: Developing a more reliable and potent attack to complement their ability to create quality chances.
- Game management: Learning to close out matches and secure results against both top-tier and lower-ranked opponents.
- Player development: Nurturing the talents of younger players while integrating them effectively with experienced team members.
- Mental toughness: Building resilience to overcome setbacks and maintain performance levels throughout the season.
The Road to Success: Challenges and Opportunities
As Temple women’s soccer aims to break their playoff drought and improve their standing in the AAC, they face both challenges and opportunities. The team’s ability to learn from their experiences in the 2021 season will be crucial in determining their future success.
Can Temple Translate Potential into Consistent Results?
The Owls have demonstrated their ability to compete with and defeat top teams in the conference. The challenge now lies in translating these moments of brilliance into consistent performance throughout the season. This will require a combination of tactical adjustments, player development, and mental preparation.
How Will the Young Core Develop?
With a significant number of underclassmen gaining valuable experience in the 2021 season, their development will be crucial to the team’s future success. As these players mature and refine their skills, they have the potential to form a strong foundation for the program in the coming years.
What Role Will Recruiting Play in the Team’s Evolution?
While the current roster shows promise, the addition of new talent through recruiting will be essential in addressing specific needs and strengthening the team’s overall composition. Coach Bochette and his staff will need to identify and attract players who can contribute immediately while also fitting into the team’s long-term vision.
Can Temple Build a Winning Culture?
Breaking the cycle of losing seasons and playoff misses will require more than just tactical and physical improvements. The team must develop a winning mentality and create a culture of success that permeates every aspect of the program. This includes fostering leadership among players, maintaining high standards in training and preparation, and cultivating a belief in the team’s ability to compete at the highest level.
As Temple women’s soccer moves forward, the lessons learned from the 2021 season provide a foundation for growth and improvement. With a combination of young talent, experienced leadership, and a clear vision for the future, the Owls have the potential to overcome their recent struggles and establish themselves as a competitive force in the American Athletic Conference.
Owls looking for a cohesive offense after missing playoffs – The Temple News
Temple Women’s Soccer poses for a photo before their final game of the season against the University of South Florida at the Temple Sports Complex on Oct. 28. | NOEL CHACKO / THE TEMPLE NEWS
When Temple University women’s soccer took the field against the University of Central Florida on Oct. 24, they knew they needed to win to keep their American Athletic Conference Tournament hopes alive.
Instead, the Owls lost the match 5-0 and missed the conference tournament for the third straight season.
The Owls went into the 2021 season hoping to improve on offense after finishing in the bottom half of the conference in goals per game, points, shots and assists during the 2020-21 season. While the numbers did improve this season, the Owls failed to apply consistent offensive pressure and were outshot 287-146.
“Quality of chance matters,” said head coach Nick Bochette. “When we get outshot in a game it does not really mean a whole lot to me.
It is about the quality of chances, and there have been games where we have been outshot, but we have had the more quality chances.”
The Owls kept up with top notch conference teams throughout the season, defeating the University of Houston — the second seed in the AAC tournament — 2-1 on Oct. 17.
“When we are at our best, there is no team that we can’t play with,” Bochette said. “The next step for us going forward will be doing it more consistently.”
However, the team failed to string together multiple conference wins this season, hurting their attempt to climb the standings down the stretch.
The Owls defeated the University of Cincinnati, the 2020-21 season’s conference runner-up, 3-2 on Sept. 23. However, they failed to beat the University of Tulsa on Sept. 30, giving the Golden Hurricane their only conference win of the season.
Despite inconsistent play on offense, junior forward Emily Kavanaugh emerged as an elite goal scorer for the Owls this season, leading the team with seven goals and 15 points in 16 games.
She was also named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 27.
“[Kavanaugh] is a hard worker and a great teammate,” Bochette said. “We know no matter where we ask her to play that she will give maximum effort, and she has had to shoulder the weight of scoring a lot of goals, which is really hard to do.”
The Owls only had five upperclassmen in their regular starting lineup, resulting in inexperienced players getting significant minutes in big games.
“We had a lot of young student athletes that had their first real immersion to AAC play,” Bochette said. “Getting our younger players out there under the gun and in the spotlight is important and that kind of education is going to go a long way going forward.”
Temple ended their season with a losing record for the sixth straight year but the team showed encouraging flashes throughout the season.
“We can’t wait to have a large part of the group back,” Bochette added. “We are going to miss the players that are leaving us but I think that all of us feel like our job isn’t done and we have unfinished business within our conference.
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Officials tell AP that Iran seized Vietnamese oil tanker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month and still holds the vessel, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press, revealing the latest provocation in Mideast waters as tensions escalate between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard troops on Oct. 24 took control of the MV Southys, a vessel that analysts suspect of trying to transfer sanctioned Iranian crude oil to Asia, at gunpoint. U.S. forces had monitored the seizure, but ultimately didn’t take action as the vessel sailed into Iranian waters.
Iran celebrated its capture of the vessel in dramatic footage aired on state television, the day before the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Officials at the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ship-tracking data analyzed by the AP from MarineTraffic.com showed the vessel still off Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas on Tuesday. A satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. also showed the vessel off Bandar Abbas in recent days.
The two U.S. officials on Wednesday spoke on condition of anonymity as the information had yet to be made public amid ongoing attempts to restart talks over Iran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Negotiations have stalled in Vienna since the election of hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi in June, allowing Iran to press ahead with its nuclear program and raising alarm in Western capitals.
The European Union, Iran and the U.S. all said late Wednesday that the indirect talks between Tehran and Washington would resume Nov. 29 in Vienna.
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri, said in a tweet that talks aimed for the removal “unlawful and inhumane” sanctions.
State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Iran continued to take “provocative nuclear steps” and that “this window of opportunity will not be open forever.”
The officials spoke to AP after Iranian state TV offered a series of contradictory reports about a confrontation between the Guard and the U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet. State TV sought to cast the incident as an act of American aggression against Iran in the Gulf of Oman, with the U.S. Navy detaining a tanker carrying Iranian oil and the Guard freeing it and bringing it back to the Islamic Republic.
Asked about Iran’s assertion of U.S. aggression, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said it was false and that it was Iran that had seized what he described as a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Oct. 24.
“It’s a bogus claim,” Kirby said of the Iranian assertion. “The only seizing that was done was by Iran.” He declined to cite the nationality of the vessel that was seized, saying it was up to that country to discuss it.
Kirby said Iran’s boarding and seizing of the vessel “constituted a blatant violation of international law that undermines freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce.”
Tehran also did not provide the ship’s name, or other details, nor any explanation of why the Navy might target it. Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Iranian officials heralded the ship’s impoundment as a heroic act, with Raisi lauding the Revolutionary Guard on Twitter. The country’s oil minister, Javad Owji, thanked the Guard for “rescuing the Iranian oil tanker from American pirates.”
State TV released footage showing an Iranian surveillance drone monitoring a hulking red tanker in the Gulf of Oman. Heavily armed Iranian commandos then rappelled onto the boat from a helicopter as small speedboats surrounded the vessel and an Iranian catamaran ship patrolled the waters.
The video appeared to show Iranian Guard troops pointing uncovered deck-mounted machine guns at the USS The Sullivans, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. Photos released by the U.S. military show The Sullivans recently in the Arabian Sea near the Gulf of Oman.
The status and makeup of the Sothys’ crew wasn’t immediately known. A shipping database showed the vessel’s last registered owner as OPEC Petrol Transportation Co., a firm with a Hanoi address. On Thursday, a worker at the office acknowledged an incident involving the Southys but referred questions to another employee who wasn’t there. That employee did not immediately return a request for comment.
However, the Southys had been on the radar of United Against a Nuclear Iran, a New York-based advocacy group long suspicious of the Islamic Republic. In a letter dated Oct. 11 addressed to the Vietnam Maritime Administration, the group said its analysis of satellite photos showed the Southy received a ship-to-ship transfer of oil in June from an oil tanker called the Oman Pride.
The U.S. Treasury identified the Oman Pride in August as being used to transport Iranian oil as part of a smuggling scheme to enrich the Guard’s expeditionary Quds Force. That Iranian oil ends up being sold into East Asia, the Treasury alleged, without identifying a specific country.
Iran’s seizure of the Southys would be the latest in a string of hijackings and explosions to roil the Gulf of Oman, which sits near the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all traded oil passes.
The U.S. Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers in 2019, as well as for a fatal drone attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker that killed two European crew members earlier this year. Just a few months ago, Iranian hijackers stormed and briefly captured a Panama-flagged asphalt tanker off the United Arab Emirates.
Tehran denies carrying out the attacks, but a wider shadow war between Iran and the West has played out in the region’s volatile waters since then-President Donald Trump withdrew the U.
S. from Iran’s nuclear deal in 2018 and imposed crushing sanctions on the country.
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Associated Press writers Isabel DeBre in Dubai, Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran, Robert Burns and Matthew Lee in Washington and Hau Dinh in Hanoi, Vietnam, contributed to this report.
O’Neil Breaks Career Saves Record as Nittany Lions Sweep Twinbill From Buckeyes with 5-2 Win
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Columbus, Ohio – Ryan Boonie drove in a career-high three runs and Cory Wine went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI and Penn State rode more strong pitching, this time by Mike Lorentson and again by All-American candidate Drew O’Neil at the end of the game as the Nittany Lions earned a doubleheader sweep over Ohio State on Saturday with a 5-2 win in game two to go up 2-1 in the series.
By picking up saves in both ends of the doubleheader, O’Neil broke the school record for career saves with his 16th career save in game two. That surpasses the previous record of 15 that was held by Clint Eury (2002-05) and in just less than a season and a half. The righthander came in to record the final out in the sixth inning and strand the bases loaded after Ohio State had but the Penn State lead in half and then pitched around a walk, a hit batsman and an error to once again strand the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, getting Zach Hurley, the potential winning run, to ground into a game-ending fielder’s choice.
Mike Lorentson picked up his second straight win by going five and a third innings and allowing six hits and two runs. He walked one and struck out one. He kept the Buckeyes off the scoreboard for the first five innings, not allowing a single runner to get past second base, before running into trouble in the sixth. Paul Hawkins and O’Neil finished out the sixth and preserved the Nittany Lion lead.
Boonie, making his fourth straight start overall, his third straight start in left field in the series and his fifth start in the last six games, drove in the first Penn State run in the second inning to give the Lions a 1-0 lead. They benefited from an Ohio State error as Joe Blackburn reached when second baseman Cory Kovanda bobbled his grounder. He moved up on Cory Wine’s single and a wild pitch moved both runners up a base. With one out, Boonie grounded out to second to send home Blackburn.
It remained 1-0 through the top of the sixth as Lorentson continually mowed down Buckeye hitters. After pitching around back-to-back two-out singles in the first, he pitched around a one-out single in the third and a one-out double in the fifth to keep the Buckeye blanked.
Mike Lorentson picked up his second straight and his third win overall with a strong performance on the mound in game two. |
In the top of the sixth, the Nittany Lions were able to put together a string of four hits and an intentional walk to extend their lead to 4-0. The inning began with back-to-back singles by Brian Ernst and Rob Yodice. After a pop out by Blackburn, Wine drove a double over the head of the rightfielder to plate Ernst and send Yodice to third and chase Ohio State starter Dean Wolosiansky, who had allowed just four baserunners in the first five innings before the Lions chased him in the sixth. Reliever Alex Wimmers entered and issued an intentional walk to Rick Marlin, who had reached base in five of his first six plate appearances in the doubleheader. Boonie then made the Buckeyes pay for that decision as he drove a two-run single to right center field to score both Yodice and Wine.
The Buckeyes scratched across two runs, one charged to Lorentson and one to Hawkins in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead to 4-2. With one out, Justin Miller drew a walk and that was followed by a single up the middle by Ryan Meade.
With Lorentson’s pitch count nearing 80, Hawkins was brought in for his first appearance of the series. He got the first hitter he faced, Cory Rupert, to ground into a fielder’s choice, forcing the runner at second and putting runners at first and third with two outs. He then got a ground ball off the bat of pinch hitter Hurley that Landon Nakata knocked down at second base going to his left but his throw was not in time, giving Hurley and infield RBI single. Dan Burkhart then drove a single up the middle just out of the reach of Lou Picconi at short to score Rupert and Tyler Engle then reached on a little dribbler that died about a third of the way up the third base line for an infield single to load the bases. O’Neil entered at that point and was able to retire Kennedy on a fly out to left.
Another RBI hit by Wine pushed the lead to three runs at 5-2 in the seventh as the Nittany Lions put together a two-out rally against Wimmers. With two outs, Yodice singled up the middle and that was followed by a walk to Blackburn.
Wine then drove a 1-0 pitch through the hole in the right side to score Yodice from second.
In the seventh, O’Neil issued a leadoff walk to Cory Kovanda but struck out J.B. Shuck. Miller then hit what looked like tailor-made double play ball to Nakata at second but he bobbled it and both runners were safe. O’Neil then plunked Meade with an inside pitch to load the bases but came back to strike out Rupert and then retired Hurley on a grounder to short as Picconi stepped on the bag at second to end the game.
Cory Wine went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI in the game two win. |
With the win, Penn State is assured of at least a split in the season-opening Big Ten series. Penn State will likely send righthander Ryan Stobart to the mound tomorrow in the final game of the series. He will be opposed by Shuck of Ohio State.
Notes: The multi-RBI game is the second of Boonie’s career.
…Boonie also recorded another sacrifice in the game after recording two sacs in the first game. He now leads the team with four sacrifices on the year….In addition to his offensive exploits in the game, Wine moved up another spot on the all-time putout list at Penn State by recording nine more and now has 1125 in his career. Just like O’Neil with the saves record, Wine also passed Eury to overtake second place on the career putout list. Eury had 1119 career putouts. The record is 1193 and is currently held by Phil Bertolotti (1993-96)….O’Neil saved of the middle (seven-inning) games of the series against the Buckeyes for the second straight year. He also picked up saves in both ends of the Saturday doubleheader against Ohio State at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park last year on May 19….Penn State will look for its first-ever series win against Ohio State in Columbus tomorrow. Their previous series wins over the Buckeyes all came at home….Picconi has now reached base safely in 18 out of 19 games on the year.
…The Nittany Lions’ 2-1 conference record through three games is a game better than it was last year at the same point….Relief pitcher and quarterback Paul Cianciolo is scheduled to join the Nittany Lions in Columbus for the final game of the series tomorrow after participating in spring football practice back in State College on both Friday and today.
Officials tell AP that Iran seized Vietnamese oil tanker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month and still holds the vessel, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press, revealing the latest provocation in Mideast waters as tensions escalate between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard troops on Oct. 24 took control of the MV Southys, a vessel that analysts suspect of trying to transfer sanctioned Iranian crude oil to Asia, at gunpoint.
U.S. forces had monitored the seizure, but ultimately didn’t take action as the vessel sailed into Iranian waters.
Iran celebrated its capture of the vessel in dramatic footage aired on state television, the day before the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Officials at the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ship-tracking data analyzed by the AP from MarineTraffic.com showed the vessel still off Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas on Tuesday. A satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. also showed the vessel off Bandar Abbas in recent days.
The two U.S. officials on Wednesday spoke on condition of anonymity as the information had yet to be made public amid ongoing attempts to restart talks over Iran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Negotiations have stalled in Vienna since the election of hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi in June, allowing Iran to press ahead with its nuclear program and raising alarm in Western capitals.
The European Union, Iran and the U.S. all said late Wednesday that the indirect talks between Tehran and Washington would resume Nov. 29 in Vienna.
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri, said in a tweet that talks aimed for the removal “unlawful and inhumane” sanctions. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Iran continued to take “provocative nuclear steps” and that “this window of opportunity will not be open forever.”
The officials spoke to AP after Iranian state TV offered a series of contradictory reports about a confrontation between the Guard and the U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet. State TV sought to cast the incident as an act of American aggression against Iran in the Gulf of Oman, with the U.S. Navy detaining a tanker carrying Iranian oil and the Guard freeing it and bringing it back to the Islamic Republic.
Asked about Iran’s assertion of U.
S. aggression, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said it was false and that it was Iran that had seized what he described as a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Oct. 24.
“It’s a bogus claim,” Kirby said of the Iranian assertion. “The only seizing that was done was by Iran.” He declined to cite the nationality of the vessel that was seized, saying it was up to that country to discuss it.
Kirby said Iran’s boarding and seizing of the vessel “constituted a blatant violation of international law that undermines freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce.”
Tehran also did not provide the ship’s name, or other details, nor any explanation of why the Navy might target it. Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Iranian officials heralded the ship’s impoundment as a heroic act, with Raisi lauding the Revolutionary Guard on Twitter. The country’s oil minister, Javad Owji, thanked the Guard for “rescuing the Iranian oil tanker from American pirates.
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State TV released footage showing an Iranian surveillance drone monitoring a hulking red tanker in the Gulf of Oman. Heavily armed Iranian commandos then rappelled onto the boat from a helicopter as small speedboats surrounded the vessel and an Iranian catamaran ship patrolled the waters.
The video appeared to show Iranian Guard troops pointing uncovered deck-mounted machine guns at the USS The Sullivans, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. Photos released by the U.S. military show The Sullivans recently in the Arabian Sea near the Gulf of Oman.
The status and makeup of the Sothys’ crew wasn’t immediately known. A shipping database showed the vessel’s last registered owner as OPEC Petrol Transportation Co., a firm with a Hanoi address. On Thursday, a worker at the office acknowledged an incident involving the Southys but referred questions to another employee who wasn’t there. That employee did not immediately return a request for comment.
However, the Southys had been on the radar of United Against a Nuclear Iran, a New York-based advocacy group long suspicious of the Islamic Republic. In a letter dated Oct. 11 addressed to the Vietnam Maritime Administration, the group said its analysis of satellite photos showed the Southy received a ship-to-ship transfer of oil in June from an oil tanker called the Oman Pride.
The U.S. Treasury identified the Oman Pride in August as being used to transport Iranian oil as part of a smuggling scheme to enrich the Guard’s expeditionary Quds Force. That Iranian oil ends up being sold into East Asia, the Treasury alleged, without identifying a specific country.
Iran’s seizure of the Southys would be the latest in a string of hijackings and explosions to roil the Gulf of Oman, which sits near the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all traded oil passes.
The U.
S. Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers in 2019, as well as for a fatal drone attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker that killed two European crew members earlier this year. Just a few months ago, Iranian hijackers stormed and briefly captured a Panama-flagged asphalt tanker off the United Arab Emirates.
Tehran denies carrying out the attacks, but a wider shadow war between Iran and the West has played out in the region’s volatile waters since then-President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from Iran’s nuclear deal in 2018 and imposed crushing sanctions on the country.
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Associated Press writers Isabel DeBre in Dubai, Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran, Robert Burns and Matthew Lee in Washington and Hau Dinh in Hanoi, Vietnam, contributed to this report.
Officials tell AP that Iran seized Vietnamese oil tanker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month and still holds the vessel, two U.
S. officials told The Associated Press, revealing the latest provocation in Mideast waters as tensions escalate between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard troops on Oct. 24 took control of the MV Southys, a vessel that analysts suspect of trying to transfer sanctioned Iranian crude oil to Asia, at gunpoint. U.S. forces had monitored the seizure, but ultimately didn’t take action as the vessel sailed into Iranian waters.
Iran celebrated its capture of the vessel in dramatic footage aired on state television, the day before the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Officials at the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ship-tracking data analyzed by the AP from MarineTraffic.com showed the vessel still off Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas on Tuesday. A satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc.
also showed the vessel off Bandar Abbas in recent days.
The two U.S. officials on Wednesday spoke on condition of anonymity as the information had yet to be made public amid ongoing attempts to restart talks over Iran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Negotiations have stalled in Vienna since the election of hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi in June, allowing Iran to press ahead with its nuclear program and raising alarm in Western capitals.
The European Union, Iran and the U.S. all said late Wednesday that the indirect talks between Tehran and Washington would resume Nov. 29 in Vienna.
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri, said in a tweet that talks aimed for the removal “unlawful and inhumane” sanctions. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Iran continued to take “provocative nuclear steps” and that “this window of opportunity will not be open forever.”
The officials spoke to AP after Iranian state TV offered a series of contradictory reports about a confrontation between the Guard and the U.
S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet. State TV sought to cast the incident as an act of American aggression against Iran in the Gulf of Oman, with the U.S. Navy detaining a tanker carrying Iranian oil and the Guard freeing it and bringing it back to the Islamic Republic.
Asked about Iran’s assertion of U.S. aggression, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said it was false and that it was Iran that had seized what he described as a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Oct. 24.
“It’s a bogus claim,” Kirby said of the Iranian assertion. “The only seizing that was done was by Iran.” He declined to cite the nationality of the vessel that was seized, saying it was up to that country to discuss it.
Kirby said Iran’s boarding and seizing of the vessel “constituted a blatant violation of international law that undermines freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce.”
Tehran also did not provide the ship’s name, or other details, nor any explanation of why the Navy might target it.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Iranian officials heralded the ship’s impoundment as a heroic act, with Raisi lauding the Revolutionary Guard on Twitter. The country’s oil minister, Javad Owji, thanked the Guard for “rescuing the Iranian oil tanker from American pirates.”
State TV released footage showing an Iranian surveillance drone monitoring a hulking red tanker in the Gulf of Oman. Heavily armed Iranian commandos then rappelled onto the boat from a helicopter as small speedboats surrounded the vessel and an Iranian catamaran ship patrolled the waters.
The video appeared to show Iranian Guard troops pointing uncovered deck-mounted machine guns at the USS The Sullivans, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. Photos released by the U.S. military show The Sullivans recently in the Arabian Sea near the Gulf of Oman.
The status and makeup of the Sothys’ crew wasn’t immediately known.
A shipping database showed the vessel’s last registered owner as OPEC Petrol Transportation Co., a firm with a Hanoi address. On Thursday, a worker at the office acknowledged an incident involving the Southys but referred questions to another employee who wasn’t there. That employee did not immediately return a request for comment.
However, the Southys had been on the radar of United Against a Nuclear Iran, a New York-based advocacy group long suspicious of the Islamic Republic. In a letter dated Oct. 11 addressed to the Vietnam Maritime Administration, the group said its analysis of satellite photos showed the Southy received a ship-to-ship transfer of oil in June from an oil tanker called the Oman Pride.
The U.S. Treasury identified the Oman Pride in August as being used to transport Iranian oil as part of a smuggling scheme to enrich the Guard’s expeditionary Quds Force. That Iranian oil ends up being sold into East Asia, the Treasury alleged, without identifying a specific country.
Iran’s seizure of the Southys would be the latest in a string of hijackings and explosions to roil the Gulf of Oman, which sits near the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all traded oil passes.
The U.S. Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers in 2019, as well as for a fatal drone attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker that killed two European crew members earlier this year. Just a few months ago, Iranian hijackers stormed and briefly captured a Panama-flagged asphalt tanker off the United Arab Emirates.
Tehran denies carrying out the attacks, but a wider shadow war between Iran and the West has played out in the region’s volatile waters since then-President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from Iran’s nuclear deal in 2018 and imposed crushing sanctions on the country.
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Associated Press writers Isabel DeBre in Dubai, Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran, Robert Burns and Matthew Lee in Washington and Hau Dinh in Hanoi, Vietnam, contributed to this report.
Officials tell AP that Iran seized Vietnamese oil tanker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month and still holds the vessel, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press, revealing the latest provocation in Mideast waters as tensions escalate between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard troops on Oct. 24 took control of the MV Southys, a vessel that analysts suspect of trying to transfer sanctioned Iranian crude oil to Asia, at gunpoint. U.S. forces had monitored the seizure, but ultimately didn’t take action as the vessel sailed into Iranian waters.
Iran celebrated its capture of the vessel in dramatic footage aired on state television, the day before the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Officials at the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ship-tracking data analyzed by the AP from MarineTraffic.com showed the vessel still off Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas on Tuesday. A satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. also showed the vessel off Bandar Abbas in recent days.
The two U.S. officials on Wednesday spoke on condition of anonymity as the information had yet to be made public amid ongoing attempts to restart talks over Iran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Negotiations have stalled in Vienna since the election of hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi in June, allowing Iran to press ahead with its nuclear program and raising alarm in Western capitals.
The European Union, Iran and the U.S. all said late Wednesday that the indirect talks between Tehran and Washington would resume Nov. 29 in Vienna.
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri, said in a tweet that talks aimed for the removal “unlawful and inhumane” sanctions. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Iran continued to take “provocative nuclear steps” and that “this window of opportunity will not be open forever.
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The officials spoke to AP after Iranian state TV offered a series of contradictory reports about a confrontation between the Guard and the U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet. State TV sought to cast the incident as an act of American aggression against Iran in the Gulf of Oman, with the U.S. Navy detaining a tanker carrying Iranian oil and the Guard freeing it and bringing it back to the Islamic Republic.
Asked about Iran’s assertion of U.S. aggression, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said it was false and that it was Iran that had seized what he described as a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Oct. 24.
“It’s a bogus claim,” Kirby said of the Iranian assertion. “The only seizing that was done was by Iran.” He declined to cite the nationality of the vessel that was seized, saying it was up to that country to discuss it.
Kirby said Iran’s boarding and seizing of the vessel “constituted a blatant violation of international law that undermines freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce.
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Tehran also did not provide the ship’s name, or other details, nor any explanation of why the Navy might target it. Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Iranian officials heralded the ship’s impoundment as a heroic act, with Raisi lauding the Revolutionary Guard on Twitter. The country’s oil minister, Javad Owji, thanked the Guard for “rescuing the Iranian oil tanker from American pirates.”
State TV released footage showing an Iranian surveillance drone monitoring a hulking red tanker in the Gulf of Oman. Heavily armed Iranian commandos then rappelled onto the boat from a helicopter as small speedboats surrounded the vessel and an Iranian catamaran ship patrolled the waters.
The video appeared to show Iranian Guard troops pointing uncovered deck-mounted machine guns at the USS The Sullivans, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. Photos released by the U.
S. military show The Sullivans recently in the Arabian Sea near the Gulf of Oman.
The status and makeup of the Sothys’ crew wasn’t immediately known. A shipping database showed the vessel’s last registered owner as OPEC Petrol Transportation Co., a firm with a Hanoi address. On Thursday, a worker at the office acknowledged an incident involving the Southys but referred questions to another employee who wasn’t there. That employee did not immediately return a request for comment.
However, the Southys had been on the radar of United Against a Nuclear Iran, a New York-based advocacy group long suspicious of the Islamic Republic. In a letter dated Oct. 11 addressed to the Vietnam Maritime Administration, the group said its analysis of satellite photos showed the Southy received a ship-to-ship transfer of oil in June from an oil tanker called the Oman Pride.
The U.S. Treasury identified the Oman Pride in August as being used to transport Iranian oil as part of a smuggling scheme to enrich the Guard’s expeditionary Quds Force.
That Iranian oil ends up being sold into East Asia, the Treasury alleged, without identifying a specific country.
Iran’s seizure of the Southys would be the latest in a string of hijackings and explosions to roil the Gulf of Oman, which sits near the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all traded oil passes.
The U.S. Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers in 2019, as well as for a fatal drone attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker that killed two European crew members earlier this year. Just a few months ago, Iranian hijackers stormed and briefly captured a Panama-flagged asphalt tanker off the United Arab Emirates.
Tehran denies carrying out the attacks, but a wider shadow war between Iran and the West has played out in the region’s volatile waters since then-President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from Iran’s nuclear deal in 2018 and imposed crushing sanctions on the country.
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Associated Press writers Isabel DeBre in Dubai, Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran, Robert Burns and Matthew Lee in Washington and Hau Dinh in Hanoi, Vietnam, contributed to this report.
‘Call Her Daddy’ masquerades as feminist – THE GANNON KNIGHT
Popular podcast empower women while at the same time objectifying
“What’s up Daddy Gang, it is your Founding Father, Alex Cooper, back at it again with another episode,” is how Alex Cooper, host of the hit podcast “Call Her Daddy,” begins each episode.
But Founding Father of what, exactly?
“Call Her Daddy,” originally hosted by Cooper and Sofia Franklyn, and now just by Cooper, holds a $60 million deal with Spotify and is one of the most successful projects to ever come out of Barstool Sports, a notoriously misogynistic digital media company run by David Portnoy.
Accountability has been at the forefront of the current era of feminism, with many institutions, organizations and individuals attempting to take a stand in support of the cause, many of them doing so in an uninspired, materialized manner.
Likewise, “Call Her Daddy” takes a stab at modern feminism by seeking empowerment through traditionally masculine behaviors, marketing itself as a sex-positive, contemporary discussion of female sexuality and relationships.
It is feminist in thought, but in execution it engages in the same misogynistic behavior that feminists have fought so hard to discourage.
In fact, “Call Her Daddy” capitalizes on the struggles that the large majority, if not all, of its listener base experiences.
The show encourages sexual boldness and getting back at men for objectifying women by…objectifying men, other women and even themselves.
I would love to ask Cooper whether the objectification of sexual partners is only OK when women do it.
“Call Her Daddy” is a massive display of erroneous “girlboss” behavior mixed with internalized misogyny.
Cooper engages in the same type of “locker room talk” that feminists fought so hard to rid the White House of, but it’s OK when women do it, right?
Cooper also gives her audience some of the worst relationship advice I’ve ever heard — that it’s totally awesome and reasonable to change yourself to suit the desires of a straight man.
For someone who sneers at “pick me girls,” Cooper sure seems to enjoy male validation.
She also encourages women to rate each other on a numerical scale and tells her audience what they can and cannot do based on that rating.
In one episode with Tana Mongeau, internet personality and open user of Facetune, Cooper and Mongeau laugh about Mongeau calling herself a “beached … whale” and Facetuning herself so extensively it barely even looks like her anymore.
But that is not even the worst of it.
Feminist hero Cooper has told her female audience base on numerous occasions that they are “just a hole.”
Cooper has succeeded in making it so misogyny is not just for boys anymore. She not only validates male chauvinism, but encourages women to emulate it with misandrist behavior.
Can we really blame Cooper though, when her show falls under the umbrella of Barstool Sports, whose CEO was quoted saying that “just to make friends with the feminists, I’d like to reiterate that we don’t condone rape of any kind at our Blackout Parties in mid-January… However, if a chick passes out, that’s a grey area.
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“Call Her Daddy” does appeal to some of the desires of the modern woman — after all, a lot of women nowadays would love to have an open, candid conversation about sex and sexuality. However, the show is flawed and misguided in executing this. Instead of being a true display of feminsist ideals, it takes advantage of buzzwords and outlandish phrases to trick the audience into thinking that it is either use or be used.
Some fans attempt to defend “Call Her Daddy” by saying it is just comedy. But in order for this sexist abomination to be categorized as a comedy, shouldn’t it actually be funny?
Funny is a relative term, yes, and it is just my opinion that “Call Her Daddy” is no such thing, but whether it makes a listener chuckle or not does not change the fact that listeners could easily internalize the misogynistic messages that radiate from this show.
The bottom line is, this seemingly feminist podcast is in fact not feminist at all, and that if we as women are tired of misogyny, maybe let’s not participate in it ourselves.
ANNA MALESIEWSKI
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Sterek Fanfics-Compendium of Sterek. “Teen Wolf” – Knot if You Don’t Knock
Notes:
Sorry guys. I wanted to delete another ff. Stiles hates the whole world. He hates doctors. He hates puberty, and he very much hates the fact that he woke up this morning with mucus between his buttocks.
He knows this is happening. Hell, he himself was lucky enough to be present when Greenberg presented last year in economics class: a cocktail of omega pheromones nearly caused a scuffle.Who knew the economy could be so exciting? But then again, this kind of thing happens to someone like Greenberg.
What about Stiles? He is nobody in Beacon Hills – a small fry at the bottom of the social ladder. That weird kid with an unpronounceable name and a dad in charge of breaking up all the parties. Wasn’t his life miserable enough without being presented as an omega?
3070243942″> Nooo. Of course he did it. It was presented. Omega. Fuck.
And that’s why he’s in Dr. Thalia Hale’s office on Friday night after school, undressing for an examination.
Half naked, he is still struggling with laces when the door to his examination room suddenly opens.
– Mom, I need …
Stiles spins around, landing his bare ass on the floor. His worst nightmare stands in the doorway.That is, his number one fantasy is Derek Hale. But the worst nightmare would be the scene if Derek saw him falling on his bare ass with his legs tangled in his pants.
This is worse than his worst nightmare.
Derek stares at him wide-eyed, his cheeks burning, but he doesn’t turn away.
– What are you doing? The guy asks in a hoarse voice.
– Me? What are you doing? Stiles scolds. Words (verbal diarrhea) are his line of defense.He pulls his knees up to his chest, trying to cover himself somehow.
– I thought my mom .
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– This is a reception room! You can’t just open doors wide open. Oh my God.
Hale’s face turns red, but he still doesn’t look away. Doesn’t apologize and doesn’t seem to be going to leave. His lips are parted.
Stiles stares back, trying to decide if he can reach for his shirt without exposing himself even further. If not, they can spend eternity like this.
– Derek Hale! Thalia Hale rushes into the examination room like a hurricane, and a shiver runs down Stiles’ spine with the anger in her tone. “What the hell are you doing?
– Uncle Peter told me that you need me in the second office.
“Come out,” Dr. Hale says angrily, pushing his son out the door, “I’ll deal with you and Peter later.
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Stiles can feel Derek’s eyes on him even after Thalia closes the door.
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It’s all Peter’s fault, Derek is sure of it.His uncle is always up to something, so when he said with a shrug that Thalia was waiting for her son in the second office, Derek should have been suspicious. He should have known his uncle was lying.
He didn’t even try to hide his cackle as Derek hurried away from the angry Thalia through the waiting room and past the chairs next to the front desk where Peter himself stood.
Any other time, Derek would immediately show everything to his uncle, but only now …
Derek groans as finally falls into bed.
He is shaking all over, and even the fact that he is lying down does not help relieve the strange dull pain in the whole body, from which sweat pours out hail and even becomes difficult to breathe.
He, without hesitation, pulls his pants down onto his hips, arching his back and resting his shoulders against the mattress.
Stretching pleasure is not an option now. His hand immediately covers his cock and it almost hisses. Everything is different. Everything feels different, as if every movement, every contact with the skin is a completely new sensation.
Handjob has never been like this. His whole body is tense and taut like a guitar string in need of a good jam. The guy spits on his hand and jerks off. He knows where the touch is most needed. It is clear what happens to his penis when the edge of his palm touches the knot with each downward movement.
He hisses with the pleasure of being in contact with this new part of himself. He swells node . He is alpha. He was finally presented as an alpha – and this is after his eighteenth birthday.
f7773e7e5f33e9a6740f16033″> Everything gets too much when his instincts are screaming wild, when his body is hungry for something else. He doesn’t just lose control of his body. This control simply does not exist.
Derek knows what he is missing – most important . Maybe now his hand will be enough, but his knot needs something different, something better. And his mind graciously provides a picture. Perfect ass, slim body, bent, ready to be taken. He easily recalls what caused all this, every small detail clearly pops up before his eyes.
His wrist hurts from the quick movement of his hand and his mind is seething with ideas, like Derek would take Stiles, the annoying guy who always flickered on the periphery.
He cannot decide between poses: face to face, so that they can kiss, barely breathing; lying on your sides, gently, stretching pleasure for hours; like animals in the forest, tough and wild. Or maybe Stiles would have straddled him, hovering over Derek and giving him a malicious smile, teasing … Derek groans in his voice at such thoughts.
His grip closes around a swollen lump at the base of his penis, and he screams as he physically needs Styles’ perfect ass.His orgasm resembles a storm, shaking him to the point of losing his breath.
The head is empty when he comes to his senses. But the body is not enough to release orgasm. He reaches for the sheets on the other side of the bed, his instincts hum for someone else.
He groans, pressing his face into the pillow, as if looking for something in it.He regrets for the hundredth time that he hadn’t thought of remembering Stiles’ scent in that observation room.Regrets not being focused enough to discern anything other than the sugar note of regularity and the wave of pheromones.
He puffs and rolls out of bed, hoping he won’t get up again. God. His cock twitches with interest, to which Derek makes a displeased grimace. It hasn’t been this way since he learned to masturbate. Huh, well, you could say he got to know the member in a new way. Instead of a riser surprise – a surprise knot.
Because of Stiles.
whom he has known for several years.Like. Although, after that joke on Coach last year, you can say everyone knows Stiles Stilinski.
He seemed to be struck by lightning the moment he opened the door to the examination room.
The sight of Stiles sprawling on the floor, smelling like my and ideal almost knocked him off his feet. Only because of this, he did not dive into Styles’ neck for a bite.
A knock on his door knocks Derek out of his thoughts.
“Get up, get up,” Cora shouts from behind the door, and then adds: “It’s almost dinner, nerd! I can literally hear you sour there.Or you jerk off … and if so, then you are disgusting. I don’t even want to know.
Derek hates his little sister for being an early riser. He’s already awake, but he’d better leave the room. He knows from experience that she will not leave him behind. At least Cora isn’t nearly as annoying as Laura, who, thank the gods, was still in New York. She always knows exactly what he is doing behind the closed doors of his room. Derek really doesn’t want to make his life more awkward.
He takes a quick shower, rubbing his skin under cool water, dresses and goes downstairs.The house is quiet and there is no one except Cora.
Going down the stairs, he freezes in front of the kitchen. He is covered with a paralyzing ignorance of what to do with himself. He took a shower, and then what? Entering the kitchen, the guy moves on autopilot. Ignoring his actions, he opens the lockers, Stiles spinning around in his head like a worn-out record. Only now, his leading actions and thoughts-instincts do not carry a sexual connotation at all, rather the opposite.
The guy is wondering if he can get Stiles’ number and call him.To apologize for yesterday, naturally. Danny seems to know him.
Or he can burn a CD of his favorite songs and leave it on the seat of that blue jeep that Stilinski drives .
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– What are you doing?
Derek blinks frequently, floating out of his thoughts, and drops a bag of flour on the table.
– What?
Cora looks at him with a raised eyebrow and nods her chin towards the ingredients cooked and laid out on the table.
Derek shrugs, ignoring his little sister.He turns to the refrigerator to get eggs and chocolate.
“I’m baking cookies,” he says, carefully not meeting Cora’s eyes.
– Why? And since when do you bake? – Sister asks, squinting. God, she looks so much like their mother.
Derek stumbles, unable to answer. He stalls for time, defiantly pulling out the bowl for the dough for a long time, hoping that behind all his body movements, his blush is not noticeable.
If Cora sees him blush, he’s finished.
– Oh my God!
Damn. Too late. Bark slaps her hand on the tabletop, which makes the carton of eggs almost bounce.
– Are you baking for Paige ? Have you finally grown eggs and will invite her to dance? God. It’s such a cliché, ”she says, rolling her eyes and taking a bowl in her hand. “The lacrosse team captain drooling over the cheerleader captain?” I beg your pardon if I vomit.
– Fu. Derek takes the dishes from her, but doesn’t straighten them.Rumors about him and Paige have been circulating around the school for a long time. But now it plays into his hands. The last thing he needs is Cora’s knowledge that he has a knot on one of her 90,016 classmates. Get out of here or you won’t get the cookie.
– Okay, okay. Cora lets her brother push her out of the kitchen, only slightly resisting for show. – But I want three!
– Pig, – he shouts after her. Unhappy that he will have to share Styles cookies, Derek starts cooking.
He bakes two batches.
The sugar, chocolatey cookie smell is still thick when Derek takes it out the next morning. He’s just about to get behind the wheel when Peter’s Lexus pulls up to the driveway and pulls up next to him. As soon as Peter gets out of the car, his eyes light up at the sight of Derek with the cookies, and he starts laughing.
“Shut up,” Derek rages, even though his uncle hasn’t said a word. He tries to turn away to hide the cookie from prying eyes.
“Oh no,” Peter’s grin is annoying. “It’s too wonderful.Is my beta nephew trying to hit the new omega Beacon Hills? If I knew my joke would turn out … ”Peter trails off for a moment, smiling. And there is something in this smile of his at the same time teasing and evil. – With this , I would probably do the same.
– Fuck you. I don’t know what you’re talking about, ”Derek mutters, a warning growl in his tone. He slams the door of the Camaro with force, hearing the clatter of St. Petersburg, from which the windows in the car tremble. He blames Peter for that, too.
The words new omega Beacon Hills haunt him all the way. Heck.
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John blinks slowly when, opening the door, he finds a young man on the threshold with an aluminum tray covered with a napkin on his outstretched hand, and it looks like an offering.
– How can I help? The Sheriff asks good-naturedly, believing that the guy must be one of the new neighbors. He saw the trucks a couple of days ago and must admit he was impressed with the speed of unpacking the neighbors, since they already had a kitchen ready.
The kid reaches out and stares a little awkwardly at the tray.
“Cookies,” he mutters.
John laughs but picks up the tray, wondering if he can hide them from Stiles while he is still sleeping. It’s still 10am and it’s Sunday, so he has a couple of hours.
– Stiles, – adds, tambourine, guy.
– Sorry? John frowns, thinking when his son got to know the neighbors. Or why cookies are for Stiles. The sheriff is eyeing the guy.Something about him looks familiar, but only after the boy sniffs and shifts from foot to foot, as if he cannot find the words, Stilinski Sr. recognizes him.
– Are you Hale, son? – Not that he needed confirmation in the form of a half-turn. The man can clearly see Thalia’s features upon looking closely. – Derek, huh?
“Yeah,” Derek mutters, not meeting the Sheriff’s gaze. – Give them to Stiles, okay? – he asks, and then abruptly turns around and rushes to the Camaro, parked in front of the house.
John, left in the doorway with a tray full of cookies and the sound of a car receding in the background, doesn’t quite understand what just happened.
– Oh shit.
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– Hello?
Is this Thalia Hale?
– She is the one.
– This is Sheriff Stilinski. I think we need to talk.
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Derek is lying on the bed, torn between panic and happy stupor.Stiles is an omega. Maybe if Derek had presented himself as an alpha earlier, then he would have been able to immediately tell who Stilinski was. But instead, Derek served the newly made Omega biscuit .
The look on the sheriff’s face when he saw Derek on his porch immediately made it clear how undesirable the guy was in this house. But it seemed so right to cook them, and so right that they were accepted. Derek just couldn’t afford to regret it.
His new alpha instincts are calmed by the thought of providing Stiles with food.He doesn’t quite understand who Stiles is to him and why he is suddenly so fixated on him. But still, the satisfaction from what was done is real, and the calmness, and the feeling of being right, too.
His contentment is interrupted by a short knock on the door. This is a knock from the category of “parental knock that cannot be ignored.”
“Come in,” he shouts, relieved that the door is unlocked and his pants are still on. He tries to pacify the expression on his face, although his mother is able to see right through him.
– Derek.
One look at Mom makes it clear that she knows.
– Damn.
– Can you help me understand why I just got a call from , an extremely worried Sheriff of Beacon Hills about a chocolate chip cookie?
“I …” Derek grimaces, unable to find the words. His mom takes a deep breath. Hell, that’s usually what Laura gets from her.
“Derek,” she calls softly this time, sitting down next to her on the bed. – Sometimes beta can be interested in omegas.This is rare, but it happens.
Derek fiddles with his jeans without looking his mother in the eye. Maybe it would be better if she continued to think of him as beta …
– You don’t have to try to change or imitate the alphas to get the omega’s attention. – His mother always did not like the moments when he did not look into her eyes. Thalia takes his chin, silently asking him to look into her scarlet eyes. – It is important that you do not do this. Be proud of who you are.
And no matter how frightening it is, he cannot lie to his mother, his alpha, and therefore he issues:
– Umeuzel got out.
It’s rare to see their mom with that look on her face, it’s a shame he doesn’t have a camera at hand.
– What did you say?
– I saw him, and … my cock … – He choked with shame. Hell, he said the word member in front of his mother, but any other way to explain what had happened to the alpha went out of his head. – I’m not beta, Mom. I presented as an alpha on Friday.
“Because of Stiles,” the woman says, turning pale.
Derek doesn’t have time to confirm his words.
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– Hello?
– Sheriff?
– Yes, ma’am?
– I think you better sit down.
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Stiles is writing an essay about Richard III when his dad walks into the room with a plate of cookies. He places it with a crash on the table in front of his son, saying:
– Explain.
– Looks like a cookie? Stiles says uncertainly. He’s not quite sure what was making his dad so tense – the discontent coming from him in waves worried Stiles.Hell, he literally wanted to bare his throat as a sign of submission.
– Cookies delivered by Derek Hale. Which, it turns out, was presented by the alpha. He baked them . For you.
– Oh. Stiles’ lower jaw drops at what he hears. He leans back in his chair, chasing what his father said in his head. Well, yes, they definitely had a moment in the lookout, but he himself had no idea what that meant. And biscuits too. Derek is two years older and in a completely different stratosphere of popularity; to be honest, he had no idea Derek knew him.
– Yes. And I do not like it. You’re too young to … ”His father waved his brush vaguely as he said,“ cookies. He sighs. “It’s just … Damn, Stiles, just be careful, okay?” You are an omega, and I don’t want you to suffer from some newly minted, hormone-drugged, not knowing what to do with yourself, alpha.
“ I give you my word, ” Stiles agrees, what else can I say to him?
His father does not look convinced, but still leaves, sending one last heavy look in the direction of the cookie, as if pondering whether to leave it to his son or not.And all of this would be funny if Stiles’ brain wasn’t busy with something else. His imagination kept trying to picture Derek in a bright pink apron, making cookies for him.
The plate with refreshments resembled a bowl of forbidden fruits. Their scent appealed to Stiles, sugar and chocolate and something else seductive. Stiles looks guiltily over his shoulder to make sure his dad is gone, then slowly pushes the essay away. He bends down, resting his chin on the table, looking at the plate.
The cookie looks as soft as he likes.He thinks about how Derek cooked it. Maybe he pulled it out a minute before it’s ready, because he also knows this trick? Or is he tired of waiting? The tastiest chocolate chip cookies are slightly undercooked cookies.
Stiles licks his lips as he imagines Derek tasting one cookie and too hot chocolate burning his tongue.
Fidgeting, Stiles straightens himself in jeans. When did he get up? Probably somewhere between his father’s announcements that Derek Hale baked him cookies and that he was presented by Alpha.Within 2-3 seconds, his cock decided that chocolate chip cookies were the most erotic food in the world.
He finally gives up and grabs one. He was right. The cookie is soft in his hand, but hard enough not to lose its shape, and he knows it tastes best before he even tastes it.
It is. He is absolutely not ashamed of the groan that escapes his lips when chocolate spreads in his mouth. He unbuttons his jeans before he realizes what he is doing.
Searching for information is his topic, and he searched enough on the topic of alpha / omega rituals, but then everything seemed like some kind of joke.This whole idea of alphas providing omegas, madly in love with them, obsessed with them … It all seemed a little gross and exaggerated like in the TV series.
But now there was nothing fake in the taste of this cookie. Or in a wave of desire, spreading in my chest from the realization of what this gift could mean. He is an omega for only a couple of days, but he understands what these cookies mean. Derek most likely knows that Stiles is an omega, and for him, as the presented alpha, bringing an offering to Stiles can only mean one thing: he is being looked after.Not just romantic. Food is not flowers. Food means alpha wants Stiles healthy . Derek Hale wants his body to be ready for heat.
Oh devil. Stiles’ hand slides into his boxers. His eggs are damp. He feels this watery pre-heat mucus. Stiles isn’t ready to get to know this part of himself yet. Instead, he puts another cookie in his mouth, savoring the taste and touching his cock. His ass is clenching, she needs something. The first heat comes only a few months after the presentation.His body is changing, growing into an adult omega, but he is not ready yet. Because an adult omega won’t behave like that when they see the first plate of cookies, but he is not ashamed. After eating a cookie, he gets up and closes the door. His dad would likely be traumatized for the rest of his life if he found him like this, but heck, nothing’s stopping him from self-gratification right now.
He quickly kicks off his clothes, licking the rest of the chocolate on his fingers before lying on the bed.He spreads his legs wide, giving cool air access to his ass.
Derek Hale – the captain of the lacrosse team, has long been on the radar of the scouts, the hottest and most desirable high school student in Beacon Hills – was presented by the alpha.
Stiles squeezes the base of his cock, imagining how beautiful Derek must be at such a moment and how right his knot felt in Styles’ hand. How perfect he would have filled it. His body creeps, muscles tense, and some more lubricant oozes from his ass right onto the sheet.He slides his hand up and down.
He’s thinking about Friday.
Derek’s face was so hot as he stood in the examination room, eyes and mouth wide open as he stared at Stiles bent in half, naked. He remembers the look of panic on Derek’s face, his fingers clenched white on the door, a slight tremor throughout his body.
Awareness comes to him at its very peak.
– Oh my God. Oh my God.
It was because of him that Derek became an alpha.
He is bent over on the bed, heels resting on the mattress as orgasm hits him headlong.He collapses onto the mattress, gasping for breath and looking towards the empty plate on the table.
Father will beat him.
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When Derek arrives at school on Monday, all of his senses explode. The corridors seem too big and too long. The sound echoes like never before. The smells are a hundred times harsher than before. Any detail is too sharp in its focus and seems surreal. He was so surprised by the knot on Friday that he didn’t really think about the changes in his senses of perception.
His head is splitting.
Too much, but it picks up one particular smell. He is drawn to this smell immediately, and he knows exactly where it will lead him. He walks, oblivious to Cora calling out to him, the hands of his friends slapping him on the shoulders and back in greeting: he is completely focused on his plaid-shirted shoulders resting on a locker at the end of the corridor. Derek unties his scarf, walking towards Stiles and not realizing what he is doing. And while Stiles’ smell is good, it doesn’t feel right.It is not mixed with its scent. Bye.
He had heard of these things before. This usually happens in love movies, where the alpha often crosses the line with his possessive gestures. It’s funny, or at least he thought so. Only now he’s standing in front of Stiles, scarf in hand, offering it. He growls warningly at the alpha standing next to his omega, after which he ignores him. The adrenaline and hormones overwhelmed him with such intensity that he is absolutely sure that this alpha is not his rival.
The moment comes when the hallway is completely quiet. Everyone is looking at them. Stiles straightens up, pulling himself away from the locker he’s leaning on, and a blush fills his cheeks down his neck.
Nothing has been happening for a long time, and a whisper is already being heard somewhere.
And then Stiles, as surprised as everyone else, comes closer and tilts his head, waiting for the scarf around his neck. The whisper gets louder.
Derek tries to ignore others. He takes his time wrapping the scarf around Stiles’ neck until his omega is surrounded by Derek’s scent.Something calms down in him; a warm and confident feeling in your chest is better than the satisfaction of contemplating a cookie baked by him, ready for delivery. Without a word, he turns and walks away.
Only after the phrase “what the fuck just happened?” he realizes that perhaps something should have been said. Maybe at least introduce yourself? Get a phone number?
But Derek wasn’t supposed to be an alpha, so no one ever told him how things should go between alpha and omega.
He keeps walking, his cheeks glowing as every gaze in the hallway follows him. Whom he is deceiving, all the awkwardness of the situation is entirely his fault.
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Stiles is confused. Excited and puzzled as he stares at Derek’s retreating back. The scarf around his neck is warm and smells very good, but it doesn’t quite help calm his emotions, instincts and hormones, the excess of which makes his head spin.
After God knows how many hours of searching for information, he knows that it is possible for alpha genes to wake up in the last stages of puberty.But this is rare. And knowing this absolutely doesn’t explain Derek’s fixation on him. And if earlier he had any doubts about these very courtships, they just died a painful death.
– What the hell? Stiles whispers under his breath.
“No clue, man, but I don’t like this,” Scott replies in a husky voice.
– Hey friend.Stiles waves his hand uncertainly in front of Scott, and at the same moment his friend’s eyes become normal, and the fangs that were about to get out disappear.
– Damn. Stiles, I …
But Stiles has already moved away from his friend, his hands grabbing Derek’s scarf around his neck. All this is strange – a piece of cloth, but with it he feels safe. Not that Scott could harm him, but his friend was clearly influenced by the omega pheromones.
“It’s okay,” Stiles said in a nervous tone.A shadow of pain slips across Scott’s face, and Stilinski reaches for him to pat him on the shoulder, but stops moving as soon as the thought of the smell of another alpha on him sweeps through his brain, leaving an unpleasant sensation behind him. – Um … sorry.
– Nothing. Understand. Like … I mean … I’m sure Derek acted like an asshole just because he’s an asshole, not because he’s an alpha. I remember how it was last year when I presented. It was all very … ”Scott makes an incomprehensible movement with his hand, and this expression, which Stiles calls” thinking about Cyrus “, appears on his face.By the way, this expression is akin to the one on Derek’s face five minutes ago.
“Yeah,” Stiles agrees, smiling at his friend’s sight. – Okay, drove to class.
Scott smiles back.
– Do you want me to carry your books? He asks. His smile becomes unsure as Stiles slows down with another wave of discomfort. McCall rubs the back of his head awkwardly. – Well, or not.
Stiles rolls his eyes at his friend’s puppy look. Everything in between is good. Everyone around them is whispering, looking in the direction Derek has gone.It’s almost unbearable. Previously, he had no problem paying attention to himself, hell, he did everything possible to get that attention, but now it was different. The gazes directed at him seem intrusive and wrong, as if someone else had invaded his space. Stiles breaks out in sweat before they finally enter the office.
– Are you okay? Scott asks worriedly as they sit down in their usual places. – You look worried.
– Yes.It’s okay, ” Stiles smiles, hopefully convincing. – Hey, Jackson definitely got out of my way just now, huh? – he says to ease the situation.
“Exactly,” Scott replies. – It was cool.
The thought that Derek’s scent is strong enough to scare Jackson off makes Stiles feel a little better.
As soon as the bell rings, Stiles’ brain immediately pushes the teacher’s speech into the background, making room for thoughts of Derek to roam in his head.About the tension in Hale’s gaze as he wrapped his scarf around the omega’s neck. He blushes from this, his blood runs faster under the skin, despite the fact that the rational part of his brain is outraged: Derek, like a complete goat, did not even say a word about him.
Still, Stiles buries his nose into the fabric, taking a deep breath. Derek’s scent is thick and musky, soothing.
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“No,” his father says as soon as he crosses the threshold after school.
The scarf is removed from it within three seconds. The sheriff unwinds it from his son’s neck, his eyebrows furrowed and his nostrils twitch with displeasure. The scarf goes to the hanger no one uses, and Stiles looks at it. It looks like the scarf was punished for disobedience. He glances over him, already bored, which is why his father stands between him and the little thing, as he would stand between people violating public order.
“To my room,” John says to his son, crossing his arms over his chest.- And this thing remains here.
Stiles sighs bitterly, but doesn’t dare to disobey as he walks up the steps towards his homework.
The next morning the scarf is nowhere to be seen. Stiles thinks he’s naked, it feels like he forgot his phone or wallet with the keys. But he doesn’t show it. Better now not to annoy my father once again.
When he finally pulls up to the school 20 minutes later, Derek hangs out next to his parking spot.
“Daddy took him,” explains the omega, getting out of the car.His hands reach out to his neck by themselves, as if hoping to find a scarf there.
Stiles thinks these are their first words to each other. The looks and gestures do all the work in their case. Everything is clear and happens on instincts. And that makes everything simple. Just lean towards Derek as he strokes his cheek. Just accept the leather jacket, which Derek gracefully takes off and drapes over his stylish shoulders.
They walk down the hallway together with their shoulders pressed together. Not at all like yesterday.They seem to be in a bubble, behind the walls of which everything is muffled. When they walk up to his locker, Stiles blushes wildly as Derek takes the books from him. He stands beside him, patiently waiting for Stilinski to escort him to class.
Something clenches nicely inside Stiles.
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This time, his father is not limited to calling. He blushes with anger, grabs Hale’s jacket and gets into the car.
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Derek opens the door for Stiles’ dad, who is standing on the porch with a killer expression on his face and his leather jacket in hand.
“We need to talk, son,” says the Sheriff, taking the teenager into his own house. They find Thalia in the kitchen with a cup of tea in hand. – Oh, Thalia. Exactly the person I was hoping to find.
They sit in the kitchen Hails: Sheriff, Derek and his mom. Derek tries to pay attention to their conversations, but his gaze involuntarily returns to the jacket, from which such a pleasant smell emanates. She smells like him and his perfume, but on top is bordered by another smell, sweeter and sharper. It’s a brand new mix, it’s him and Styles , and this scent is the best Hale has ever encountered.
And so, nothing that the elder Stilinski says is new to him. Stiles is too young. Derek is in too much of a hurry. This is completely inappropriate. The words flew past his ears as he sat and thought about Stiles, only occasionally rolling his eyes at the words of his too quick courtship of the sheriff’s son.
The thought of having to hide the intensity of his feelings for Stiles annoyed him. “Yes, I understand,” he replies when they ask him to stay away from Stiles.
Naturally, understanding and agreement are two different things. And that’s why he doesn’t feel ashamed the next day when he waits for Stiles in his parking space. This time he is sitting in the car because it is raining outside. He is wearing his leather jacket, which he took from his mother’s office, and every minute he cannot deny himself the idea of burying his nose in the collar, deeply inhaling the smell.
Just a minute later, he sits up straighter, grabbing a very large umbrella that he stole from Cora’s car.His palm is already on the door handle, ready to get out of the car and protect Stiles from the rain, but his gaze catches an unexpected sight.
Stiles isn’t the only person in the car, he’s got another alpha Derek remembers in the abstract from the day before yesterday. This alpha gets out of the passenger seat and hurries to the driver with his own umbrella.
Derek seems to freeze in place. Somewhere in the brain, a small voice is heard, assuring that it is useless. Saying that Stiles has another alpha ready to take care of him.
And, for the first time since that unfortunate incident in the lookout, Derek questions his instincts. He asks the question: did he justifiably consider his sympathy mutual?
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It’s been three days since Derek forced himself to keep his distance from Stiles. It’s not easy at all, and it’s getting harder every day. He struggles to control himself as he watches the other alpha – Scott, as he finds out – winds around his omega.His shoulder came into contact with Styles seven times during lunch on Wednesday, and because of that, Hale had to go home to change, because his jeans had claw holes.
And when on Thursday Stiles decided to come up to him, covered with completely unnecessary and alien smells, it completely knocked the newly-born alpha off the track. He doesn’t even remember what he said before running away from the omega without even meeting his gaze.
All that helps is lacrosse. Hale goes headlong into training, trying not to think about Stilinski’s uncertain look from under his eyelashes, thrown in his direction.But the coach is happy, and when Friday’s game comes, Derek is ready for it, feeling the energy buzzing under his skin.
Stiles’ presence in the stands only makes him want to destroy his opponents. This urge seems to be akin to baking Stiles a cookie. Alpha doesn’t even try to figure out why.
All he knows is Stiles’ eyes on him. It is not facing Scott talking to the kitsune walking with them, but on it. Even when the coach calls them, Derek can feel his omega’s gaze.
He sweats through his uniform before the game even starts. The game seems to be some kind of blurry, brief flashes of pain, the body next to him, adrenaline flowing through the body.
Never in his life has Hale felt so much alive as after earning his first point in this game. He looks at the bleachers and sees Stiles cheering for him. And at the same moment, all the doubts that have accumulated over the past days are fluttering. He punches the air and then points at Stiles – for you .Stiles cheers back, yelling something that Derek can’t hear. But it is not important.
Scott may have drawn attention to himself those couple of days, but now Stiles’ gaze is on him. He is literally pulled by some kind of physical force towards the stands to stigmatize what belongs to him. It takes almost all the effort to get back into position and finish the game.
When the final whistle finally blows, Derek’s points are displayed on the scoreboard. The guy hurries off the field with only one thought in his head.Passing the congratulations and celebration around him, he tosses the equipment into the locker, not thinking about the stink that he will meet him on Monday. He washes quickly, knowing Stiles is waiting for him.
With wet hair, clothes clinging to wet skin, he returns to the field. Cora is waiting for him and hugs him, saying that everyone is going to eat burgers. Derek barely hears her, completely distracted. He shakes his head and hands her his duffel bag. His gaze is glued to Scott talking to the kitsune.Stiles’ place is empty. Closing his eyes, he searches for the very smell that has teased him all week in the walls of the school and haunted him even in his dreams. Today he will allow himself to go after him.
He easily finds Stiles under the stands. He stands with his back on something, with a lazy smile on his face. Derek almost laughs.
“Hey,” the omega says, his cheeks glowing and distracting.
Derek steps closer, his trembling fingers finding the belt loops on the guy’s jeans. He pulls Stilinski towards him until their bodies are pressed against each other.
“Hey,” the alpha echoes in a hoarse voice.
For a second, Derek’s nose is almost nashed by the smell of another alpha on Stiles’ clothes. These mixed signals confuse him, making his head and instincts explode.
And then Stiles presses in tighter, exposing Derek’s throat so he can press against his sensitive skin. This gesture calms the alpha, but more of the fact that there is only Stiles’ scent here, pure and untouched by other people’s notes.
They stand there for a couple of minutes and then Stiles pulls Derek’s face towards him, stopping just a couple of millimeters apart.
“I was scared,” the sheriff’s son admits softly, looking at Hale from under lowered eyelashes. He looks uncertain, continuing: – I thought maybe you were bored … That you don’t want me anymore.
“Never,” Derek says quickly. And this one word sounds like a promise.
“Okay,” Stiles says, moving closer. His voice is soft and teasing as he whispers, “I missed you.
Derek’s response is a hot kiss. The kiss comes out awkward and agile from how long they denied themselves in it.Derek can’t wait to wipe the scent of the other alpha from the omega’s skin, he puts a big hick on the milky skin. Stiles buries his fingers in the short strands on the back of Hale’s head, holding him in place, thrusting his throat out, then kissing him again.
They should have cooled down, given each other a chance to calm down. They are practically in public, a couple of steps from people who can see them. They’re both too young, but Stiles’ skin burns from Derek’s touch. And its smell becomes completely sweet, all the air is saturated with it.God, such a rich and sweet scent of his omega.
Hale moves Stiles’ arms over his head and then catches his legs as Stiles saddles him. Both of them exhale as if the air had been stolen from their lungs, their bodies perfectly pressed against each other. These short thrusts are absolutely perfect. And now there’s no turning back, Derek thinks.
When the guy’s hands grip Stiles’ ass, pushing him higher, he feels like the fabric is soaked through with grease. His reason leaves him. They push towards each other, wanting only to achieve relaxation.And pretty soon Stiles is shaking in his arms, whining with the power of his orgasm. Derek ends up following him after a couple of thrusts.
Hale takes a deep breath, trying to calm his pounding heart as he drops the omega’s trembling legs to the ground. Alpha doesn’t let go of him, squeezes him tightly. The smell of semen and grease is in the air, letting everyone know about his Stiles’ condition. Derek wants to take and hide Stiles from prying eyes, to protect him. But the parking lot is now so far away, and on the way to it you can still hear the voices and pounding of other people’s hearts.The feeling of guilt settles somewhere inside. How could he, Derek, let them be in this position?
Derek growls at someone approaching footsteps.
– Stiles? – comes a voice from around the corner. – Are you there?
The familiar alpha scent fills Hale’s nostrils and he pushes Stiles behind him, ignoring his “it’s just Scott.”
The smell has been burning through his insides with jealousy all week, and the guy just can’t think rationally, not after what happened between him and Stiles moments ago.
In one second, everything around calms down, the colors fade and the world seems to turn upside down by itself. His roar grows louder, stronger. He clicks his mouth at the alpha opponent. His things lie in rags at his four paws, and he hardly realizes that he has completely turned into a wolf when Scott comes into view.
The opponent got too close to them.
His omega needs to be protected. Derek attacks and blood fills his mouth.
His omega made a choice. His omega chose another.
Derek runs.
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Stiles holds Scott’s hand all the way to the hospital.
“It’s not that bad,” McCall tells a friend, trying to smile.
“I’m covered in blood, Scott,” Stiles replies with a shiver in his voice, pointing to his shirt.- Your blood is on me. It is not normal. This is so far from normal that …
“I’m fine, Stiles,” Scott interrupts, squeezing his friend’s hand in an attempt to reassure him. His face is too pale to be persuasive. “I should have been careful. I didn’t know you two … well, you understand. Stiles nervously wipes his palms on his jeans, only now thinking about their condition. – This is … Can you open the window? Scott asks the doctor.
“Trust me, I’d love to, but I can’t,” the man says, blushing as his gaze falls on Stiles.
“Oh my God,” Stilinski mutters, burying his face in his hands in shame and not paying attention to the fact that they are covered in blood.
An ambulance finally arrives at the hospital. The car doors swing open, Melissa is here, and a new wave of shame engulfs Stiles. He’s too hot. His lungs seem to burn as he tries to remember how to breathe.
– Stiles, can you hear me? – This is not Melissa, she has already disappeared into the corridor, holding her son’s hand. But the female voice is very soft. “Scott’s okay.Stiles? The doctor calls him. – Can you count with me? Everything will be fine.
Each breath is given to him with difficulty, giving in to chest pain. He concentrates on a woman’s voice and cold fingers on her neck. The lady looks very familiar and he frowns.
– Stiles, do you remember me? I’m Dr. Thalia Hale. – Her gaze is very soft, motherly. – Cora called me.
“Derek,” he whispers. The events of the last thirty minutes float before our eyes: people screaming for the police and an ambulance, Scott bleeding in his arms.- He … We …
– Everything is fine. We seem to know what happened. Her hand brushes the hair from his forehead and Stiles closes his eyes, accepting someone else’s concern. – Shsh. Things are good.
– But Scott …
– Scott will be fine. – Derek’s mom gets distracted for a couple of seconds, looking into the distance, and then continues: – He is already healing and worries about you more than about himself.
– And Derek? I didn’t know he could completely transform into a wolf.
– Sometimes, due to injury or extreme situations with alphas, this happens.He’s probably as surprised as the rest of us.
– He just … left me.
– Derek has had a tough week. And I’m afraid I didn’t give him the support he needed. Your father is looking for him now, and I’m sure he will be fine.
– Looking for him? To arrest?
Thalia smiles and shakes her head. Her eyes are just like Derek’s, and Stiles involuntarily calms down, unable to panic again.
– Nobody’s going to be arrested, Stiles.Now I need to take you home. You shouldn’t be here right now.
“I’m fine,” Stiles says quickly, and the words sound out of tune even to him.
– Stiles, I’m taking you home. This is where you should be right now. The first time, besides, at that age … – The woman smiles encouragingly and hands him a clean uniform of an intern, pushing him towards the restroom. – Go change your clothes.
Stiles doesn’t quite understand what Dr. Hale is talking about, but he listens.Getting out of jeans is such a fuss. And all he needs now is a shower and a bed. The skin itches and burns at the same time. It feels wrong . His chest hurts from how much he misses Derek.
“You were right,” Stiles says to Talia who is waiting for him. – You and father. We needed to listen. Me and Derek … We needed to stay away from each other. See what came of it.
“Oh, Stiles,” she says, shaking her head and smiling sadly. “We were completely wrong.This should help.
A woman unzips Derek’s duffel bag. He does not quite understand her, but accepts the leather jacket handed to him. He gratefully slips the leather jacket over his shoulders, allowing himself to be taken out of the hospital.
– Sheriff? Thalia says. Stiles looks up from the floor, waiting to see his father, but not finding him, turns to Derek’s mom to see her on the phone. Her next words bring him out of his trance. “I just want to inform you that Stiles is in early heat.”
– What? The guy asks, discouraged.
The woman smiles encouragingly and puts her arm around his shoulders, leading him towards the car. She continues the conversation while Stiles gets into the passenger seat.
– Ok, John, we’ll be there soon. – Thalia plugs in the phone and starts the car, and after a couple of seconds someone else’s breathing is heard in the speakers. “Can you hand the phone over to Derek now?”
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Derek is running.
There is a thick taste of blood in his mouth as he rushes headlong towards the forest behind the school, along the streets and roads whose names he cannot read. He is driven by pure instincts.
The colors around him are only gray, and all he knows is the feeling of wrong: he hurt the couple.
His breathing is completely out of breath when he finally stops. His chest and legs tremble from running. He crawls, almost pinned to the ground by his body, to the porch of a small two-story house. The man inside says that the house looks familiar, but the wolf doesn’t care, that’s not why he came.
A pair of dusty sneakers lies on the doorstep, and Derek sniffs at one of them to sneeze softly after a moment. He pokes at them with black paws, and then, with a bitter whine, wraps around them, placing his head between his front paws.
After a while, a sigh wakes him up.
– Eh, boy.
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The search for an alpha trying to court his son, his 90,016 underage and just-presented omega son, completely misrepresented the sheriff’s plans for the evening.
And it was not at all reassuring that he had been rolling around the city for twenty minutes without a clue where to look for that very alpha.
His first instinct, after hearing about the scuffle after the match, was to drive from the station to school. The only thing that stopped him was Thalia’s call. She informed him in her calm tone that she had everything under control, that she would meet Stiles and Scott at the hospital. She promised to do her best. Only now her son has completely turned around and it is not known where he is now… Eh, John is not so heartless as to refuse a worried mother in search of her son. Derek was her only son.
The Sheriff is very surprised when help comes in the form of a call from their elderly neighbor, who is concerned if he knows about the huge dog on their porch.
– It’s okay, Brenda. Thank you for the call.
Really, there’s a big black wolf sleeping on their porch … next to a pair of shoes? They look like Stiles’ sneakers. A couple of weeks ago, my son and Scott wanted to try running through the woods, but after half an hour they returned home to play video games and lie on the couch.
– Eh, boy, – the man sighs, climbing the steps. He thinks Derek is asleep, but judging by the barely audible whine, he is not.
He’s not that heartless.
John stares at the wolf, lips pursing at his sad look.
– What should I do with you? He sighs again, unlocking the door to the house. With his hand, he invites Derek inside. – Come on, boy.
Derek doesn’t move at first, but then he slowly gets up and tiptoes inside.Everything changes in the house. His ears and nose twitch. He lets out a bark and then rushes up the stairs, out of John’s sight. The man sighs and climbs to the second floor, knowing exactly where to go.
Derek is lying on his son’s bed. Its muzzle is hidden under a bushy tail, and its eyes are stubbornly compressed. With all his appearance, the boy shows that he will not leave.
John sits down on the edge of the bed, pretending not to notice Derek’s second glance.
“Your mom told me what happened,” says the Sheriff.“Scott will be fine. Stiles too. Derek whimpers pitifully. – You know, son, it would be much easier if you could talk to me. – In response, the wolf only curls up more. “Hell, I don’t know how it’s done,” Stilinski admits. He doesn’t always handle his own son, much less an emotionally volatile alpha teenager. John laughs and looks directly at Derek. – I correctly believe that this connection between you and your son will not go anywhere?
Derek finally lifts his head and lets out such a drawn-out, heartbroken howl that the man’s heart tightens at how familiar the sound sounds.
“Damn,” he whispers, realizing that he’s been losing sight of all this time, “he’s your mate, right?
– Yes. – John sees Derek in human form. The teenager rests on his back at the head of the bed, pulling his knees to his chest, and he looks absolutely pathetic. “But he didn’t choose me. He … We … ”Derek’s face burns, and John doesn’t need to explain what the teenager cannot say. The waist of him also notified of this. “And I thought everything was fine between us. But then this alpha came along, and Stiles was for him, and…
– Another alpha? Scott?
Derek nods. He does not meet John’s eyes, continues to speak, as if squeezing out the words:
– I’ve seen them together all week. Stiles smelled like him.
– A … – Now everything fell into place. Well, his son is an idiot. He may be too. Hell, he didn’t realize what was happening in time. What he didn’t realize was that Derek wasn’t a preoccupied youth at all. He looks closely at Derek, at the way he hugs his knees in a childish way, at his drooping broad shoulders.“I was wrong,” John says.
Derek looks up and meets a man’s eyes for the first time ever.
– I am not …
– I was wrong in my attempt to keep Stiles away from you. I thought you wanted to take advantage of my son. Try elm … sex. But I was wrong. You deserve each other. What about Scott. Well, for starters, you’re an idiot. Scott is courting Kira, he and Stiles are just friends. So don’t worry. But I have to admit … We did wrong to you, son.Your mom and I were so preoccupied with trying to protect Stiles that we completely forgot to worry about you. You presented yourself quite late. And I didn’t know a lot … – The man scratched the back of his head and continued: – I can imagine how hard and confusing it must be. So you should know. I am at your service if need be. As a man and as an alpha.
“Thanks,” Derek replies nervously. The sheriff’s heart tightens. He remembers that the guy’s father hasn’t been around since Derek was a boy. Yes, of course Thalia is also an alpha, but he remembers how he felt useless sometimes with Stiles.He is not Claudia, and in some respects he will never be able to replace her.
– Okay, let’s find you something to wear.
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Derek feels like a squeezed lemon, both physically and emotionally. He is incredibly tired, but he feels calm. Now he knows that Scott is not his rival. And he may have always known it, but he was just afraid. The chance to meet your mate at such an early age is statistically equal to the chance to present at the end of puberty.Alpha was just pulling on a worn-out Beacon Hills Police Department T-shirt borrowed by the sheriff when he knocked on the door.
– Your mom wants to talk to you.
Derek picks up the phone he was offered, listening intently to his mom.
– Derek, you’re on speakerphone. Stiles and I are on our way. And you need to know something.
– Stiles is my mate.
Even on the phone, Derek can hear Stiles’ heart rate, the way it gets louder after talking about the couple.Hale grips the pipe in his hand as if she can bring them closer.
“Yes, dear,” his mom agrees, “and I’m sorry I didn’t get it sooner.
– Nothing, mom.
– Expensive, but that’s not all. A couple should not be separated at such early stages for many reasons. I understand that the stress over the past few days has already affected both of you emotionally, but physical consequences are also possible. Your complete transformation, for example.
When his mom fell silent, Derek asked:
– And Styles?
– He’s in heat.
After hearing what he heard, Derek lets out a low howl, his claws are climbing. He glances towards the window, he must meet them halfway. But the mother’s voice is heard in the phone:
– Derek! – As if from the order the guy stops. – We’ll be there soon. Don’t be stupid.
– Derek? Stiles’ voice finally comes out. – See you soon.
“Hurry up,” Derek asks and waits.
About five minutes later, Stiles is shifting from foot to foot at the doorstep of his own room, like he’s not sure if he’s welcome.Hale’s heart skips when he sees his leather jacket on Stiles.
Noticing Derek’s gaze, the guy explains:
– There was blood on me and I changed. Cora gave your mom the bag, the jacket was in it. I can take it off if you want.
– No! No, I … I love that you wear it. – They both fall silent, more interested in the carpet. The door squeaks and Derek realizes that they are alone in the house. – Scott, is he okay? The Sheriff has already told him everything, but it was important for the alpha to hear that from Stiles.
“He’s fine,” Stilinski replies. He stands swaying on his heels with his hands in his pockets.
– Sorry about …
“Yeah,” Stiles interrupts.
– I wasn’t going to hurt him. Or contact. Damn, things are so confusing right now and I just want to …
“I know,” Stiles agrees softly, walking up to Derek.
Derek smiles tenderly and steps towards the guy to meet him.
– Knowing the reason for all these sensations … It is soothing.It’s not because you are Omega and I am Alpha. This is you are . You are my omega. What I feel … ”Derek trails off for a second as something freezes inside. – I will never experience this for anyone.
– Oh. Stiles ‘lips break into a sweet’ o ‘and Derek thinks he said too much, but then Stiles’ expression becomes so gentle and he finally gets over the last few inches between them. – Yeah. I feel the same way. It’s inconceivable if you think so.
– Right. Derek’s fingers slide along the line of Stiles’ jaw, running down to his neck. His skin is on fire. And all that goes around in the alpha’s brain is my couple is in heat when Stiles groans and sticks his throat. A quiet growl escapes Derek’s chest, more like a purr. – My.
Hale pulls on Stiles and their lips close in a hot kiss. The kiss comes out fast, hungry, a little wild as then, under the stands. But then the realization comes that it is no longer forbidden, and then the kiss becomes tender.
Stiles eagerly sucks on his bottom lip, then releases it and asks:
– Will you spend this heat with me?
Derek smiles broadly as he lifts Stiles by the waist. He hastily wraps his arms and legs around the alpha as he carries him to the bed. They fall with a thud on the mattress, the springs in it creak a little.
“This one,” Derek replies, kissing Stiles, “the next one. Every one you let me.
f0c4fa2467bd7315e670″> – Cool.
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They seem to have been kissing for ages, getting to know and trying each other, enjoying what is permitted.
Stiles tries to lie still under Derek, but he can’t, as his thighs seem to be pushing up on their own for the desired friction. He feels so alive, groaning out loud as the alpha spreads his legs wider, making himself comfortable between them. This position only builds up the heat in him, and the omega closes Hale’s ankles behind his back.
When Derek slides under Stiles’ shirt with his slightly damp palms, the omega blows the roof off. The long-awaited feeling of skin-to-skin touch; the blood in my veins is boiling.All his thoughts fly out of his head, leaving only a thirst for more .
His ass tightens at what she needs, grease leaks out of him, making the air sweeter.
– Take it off, Stiles mutters. All his strength has left him, and all he can do is nudge the alpha lightly in the chest.
And either Derek is in control or his desire to please Stiles is too strong, because the guy immediately pulls away, lying down next to him for a second. He immediately returns to help when he sees that the omega is not coping with things.
He shoots the last thing off Stiles as carefully as you’d think, he unpacks the artwork and then stops and just looks at .
Stiles is open in front of him, every inch of his body on display for Hale.
“You’re embarrassing me,” Stilinski says softly. He’s about to bring his knees up to his chest when Derek squeezes his thigh.
– You are beautiful.
Stiles laughs.
“It just gets worse,” he says, still relaxing.
– Better? Derek asks, pulling off the borrowed clothes.
Derek has broad shoulders, nicely framed by pumped up biceps. He looks exactly the way all his skinny henlies imagined him to be. Stiles bridges the distance between them, sliding his fingers over the guy’s nipples. He traces the small bumps, lightly touching them with his fingers, and when the alpha lets out a low moan, he flinches at the sound.
He reaches for Derek and they both hiss as their bodies are finally pressed against each other.But this is not enough. Stiles wants … no, he needs the alpha to finally brand him. The grease drips down his legs, staining the sheets. He rolls over, kneeling down and resting his face on the pillow, showing the alpha what he is doing with him.
Derek lets out a completely unhuman roar from this. Stiles looks over his shoulder to see if Derek has approached. He is 90,016 almost 90,017 disappointed to see a man with very red cheeks.
– So you’re turning into a wolf now? Stiles teases.His heart skips a beat when he remembers what Derek is in the guise of a wolf: huge, majestic. – It turns on. Scary – fucked up, of course, but it seems hot.
“Shut up, Stiles,” the alpha growls, smiling.
– Force. – As soon as the omega pretends that he wants to get up, Derek immediately pounces on top, pressing him to the bed, making the omega giggle. – Come on.
And Derek doesn’t need invitations anymore. He bites Stiles’ neck and he screams at the intensity of the sensation.His eyes roll back. Seconds later, he barely feels Derek kissing down his spine. It does not stop when it comes to the lower back, on the contrary. Alpha gets comfortable and spreads Stiles’ legs wider.
“Oh my god,” the omega screams, feeling Derek’s mouth right there.
– You taste … – Derek mutters, burning his swollen hole with his breath, – simply delicious, – he finishes, and then, unable to resist, leads his tongue from the compressed testicles to the protruding bone of the tailbone.
– Fuck. Stiles pushes back, he needs more, he’s glad Derek doesn’t keep him waiting. Omega clings to the pillow, trying not to make unnecessary movements. But it’s so difficult because he’s so sensitive. Jesus, the scratching of Derek’s stubble is there, the feeling of fullness on his tongue … Stiles is just helpless. His cock is stuck and sore, pressed against the sheets by his body.
Derek maneuvers his body effortlessly, like he’s a doll. He puts him on his knees, exposing the hole for display.
“Yes,” he exhales without even thinking. He is ready, his body is literally buzzing. – Come on. Fuck me.
“I never …” Derek starts, but stops talking as the head of his penis slides over tight, lubricated muscles.
Stiles presses his face against the sheets, waiting for the alpha. He bends a little more in the back, inviting.
Derek can’t get in at first, his cock slides past, and he kisses Stiles’ shoulders apologetically. Then he tries more slowly.Stiles can feel the guy moving behind his back, making himself comfortable, pressing his cock at the right angle.
The omega’s mouth opens in a low scream as the fat head slides inward, stretching it the way he wanted it since the cookie.
His body takes on an alpha, like he was made to do it, like Derek’s cock is a fucking puzzle piece. They freeze as Hale’s balls hit the omega’s ass.
– God, Stiles, Derek hisses. It is hard for him not to move back, but he is afraid to hurt.Stiles makes the decision for him, moving his hips, making the alpha scream. – Jesus.
Omega picks up a fast pace as he slides into his cock until Derek finally takes control, forcing Stiles to move slower. Long, rhythmic thrusts allow for deeper penetration, and Stiles just can’t argue with that. He just can’t, not when he literally sees the stars.
Derek pushes into him, practically knocking out gasps and screams with every movement.He gets hotter and closes his eyes. Alpha barely notices the sound of tearing fabric or the sound of the headboard against the wall. The pleasure of forming a bond peaks and Derek’s thrusts get harder, almost too much.
– Fuck. It…? Stiles breathes out, feeling the swelling knot pressing against the inner walls. – Oh my God.
Derek bites his shoulder.
“Don’t move,” he asks with an alpha order in his voice. Stiles breathes deeply, allowing his body to relax despite the growing pressure inside.- Like this. Okay, ”Derek praises, kissing the omega. – You’re just wonderful. You’re perfect, Stiles.
And then Stiles feels it. He feels their connection. Feels her in the way Derek’s teeth bite into his shoulder, feels her in the way the alpha holds him like a jewel, in the way they are tied in the most frank and intimate way.
There are tears in his eyes, it almost hurts, but Derek takes his cock in his hands. Exactly what is needed. The pleasure of doing this overshadows the now slight pain of the knot stretching him, so, plucking up courage, Stiles flexes in his back, deciding to check their knot.Derek hisses, holding him in place – his grip on his thigh will surely leave a bruise. From around the new angle, the damn knot presses right into the prostate, making you scream with pleasure. The next moment he ends, orgasm covers him with his head, knees tremble. Whitish streams of semen trickle down Derek’s fingers, landing on the sheets.
After a couple of minutes, Stiles can finally get his words out.
“I think you broke my cock,” he says.
“I think that’s more of my phrase,” Derek laughs, laying them neatly on his sides.
Stiles laughs, slapping his palm against his Alpha’s bicep.
– This is what happens when you don’t knock when entering the doctor’s office.
“I’m not against the consequences,” Derek replies, smiling. – I don’t mind at all.
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