"Is he in pain?" Gabe asked Deaton already in love with the puppy after holding it for about three seconds. He knew Mommy didn't like it when they would use their healing power, but he just couldn't bear the thought of the little animal suffering. How they were going to get Gabe home and without taking that puppy with him was anyone's guess.

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"Stiles, stop it," Scott almost scolded him. He knew how Stiles could get into these downward spirals, so he was trying to stop the cycle. "You can. We can. That boy sees you as his parent." Saying 'mother' was still too weird. "In whatever universe he's from, we've raised a kid. Whatever we had to do to make that happen, we've done it. We've succeeded. He wouldn't have been clinging so hard to you if we hadn't."