Sex Therapist AU

[totallynotrobin]

Stiles is sure this was a terrible idea. Absolutely terrible. He's shaking as he sits, waiting, in the man's office. After everything that happened...he can't do this. He should leave. No - he isn leaving. He's going to walk out that door and -

But Stiles is frozen by fear. His nails are digging into his palm, jaw clenched. Move. Get up. Get out before he shows up. I'm sorry, Dr. Hale, I couldn't make it. Yeah. Sounds plausible.

It was a Wrong Place, Wrong Time type of thing. Actually, it was the Wrong Drink. Worst part was, it wasn't even meant for him. But when the guy figured out he'd roofie'd the wrong kid, well - might as well get something out of it, right? And for some sick reason, that made him feel worse, that he wasn't the intended target. That he was some kind of second class, even for a sick fuck like that. From there, it was all downhill.

So he's stuck in that chair, dreading the moment his new therapist opened the door.

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[totallynotrobin]

"…I can try," Stiles allows. But he honestly isn't sure how far he'll be able to get.

[burnedwolf]

"Please do." Peter nods. Then smiles again. "But I did promise some compensation for when you do your homework." he starts. "What would you like?"

[totallynotrobin]

"Um," Stiles blinks at him. "Compensation?"

[burnedwolf]

"A reward." Peter corrects himself. "For your hard work."

[totallynotrobin]

"I - what kind of reward?" Stiles asks.

[burnedwolf]

"A treat. Something that makes you happy." Peter shrugs. "It could be anything you like, like a cup of coffee, or sweets if you like them. Or another touch." he adds, noting that Stiles had no problem touching him when he asked the other day.

[totallynotrobin]

"Um," Stiles flushes a little, running a hand through his hair. "I don't know. I don't, uh, drink coffee." And he really isn't far enough along that he'd let Peter hand him a drink regardless. "What do you think?"

[burnedwolf]

Peter chuckles a little.

"Stiles, it's about what you think. It's supposed to make you happy and not me or anyone else. That's why it's a reward. I want you to want it and do the homework I give you for it." he explains.

[totallynotrobin]

"I don't really remember what makes me happy," Stiles says quietly. But he's trying.

[burnedwolf]

Peter sighs, tilting his head to the side. It's terrible that an act like that could throw a young boy into such a state. Into thinking he's never good enough and forgetting what makes him happy.

"Your car does." he helps. "Or video games. No?"

[totallynotrobin]

"…yeah." Stiles tilts his head a little. "We could go for a drive, I guess."

[burnedwolf]

Peter raises an eyebrow.

"You'd let someone else in your car with you?" he asks quietly. It's soft and actually Peter is amazed.

[totallynotrobin]

"I'd let you," Stiles admits softly, ducking his head nervously. Was he not supposed to?

[burnedwolf]

Peter ignores his fluttering heart at those words, because either of them supposed to stray to this territory. He should say no. And yet...

"I'm humbled." Peter smiles a little. "Maybe I'll put our next session as my last and you can give me a ride home. Would you like that?"

[totallynotrobin]

"Yeah," Stiles nods and manages a small smile. "I would."

[burnedwolf]

"Fantastic, then that's the plan for next week." Peter smiles a little, scribbling it down in his notes. "We do that every time you manage to do your homework, alright?"

[totallynotrobin]

"Alright. Deal." Stiles relaxes a little in his seat.

[burnedwolf]

"I'm glad we could work this out." Peter sighs with a smile. What is he doing, he doesn't know. Maybe he does. Well, he's being a huge idiot for starters.

[totallynotrobin]

"Me too," Stiles smiles softly back.

[burnedwolf]

(( ooc: oops wrong thread. XD but same question: where to go cuz I'm not sure how Peter should proceed from here... ))

[totallynotrobin]

((ooc: we could skip further along in the treatment, Stiles has been doing well and then he has a setback?))

[burnedwolf]

(( ooc: and he hasn't talked about the incident too much either. I guess it could come after his setback? ))

[totallynotrobin]

(ooc: yeah. Maybe someone makes an unfortunate dvance and he freaks out.)

[burnedwolf]

(( ooc: and he calls Peter. Okay then! ))

Peter knew Stiles will be difficult to proceed with, but they slowly did. Ever so slowly he got the boy to talk more, to go to school and to open up again to his friends and family. He used rewards to keep up Stiles' interest. It was really just to put him back to an old, safe routine.

And then Peter would want him to accept drinks from others, but he knew that will be another milestone. Along with a few other issues.

[totallynotrobin]

Stiles really felt like he was making progress, and that was important. He truly was happier, starting to open back up and be healthy again.

And then someone made a pass at him in the grocery store.

He calls Peter from the hospital. Acute panic attack and he may or may not have attacked the guy. But at least he wasn't pressing charges.