Derek shrugs a little. It doesn't really surprise him that Scott never really talked about him. They hadn't ever really been close. If Derek had to pick someone in that pack he'd say he grew close to, excluding Isaac because that's sort of a given and Isaac's left anyway, he'd have said Stiles over Scott, any day. Stiles warmed up to him a lot faster than Scott had and Stiles had been suspicious but Scott had been mean way back when. Derek doesn't think he'll ever forget when Scott tried to blame Derek for "ruining his life" even though he'd been referring to the bite Peter had given him, if Derek recalls correctly.
"And I'm agreeing with you. I wasn't around much. They don't need me all the time. I'm there when they do. I'm not when they don't. I think it works out better that way for me and for Scott," he explains, even-toned and bordering on casually resigned. It used to bother him. It used to bother him a lot actually, but not so much these days.
He sighs a little. "Well you're here now and I'm here now...so maybe I could learn?" he suggests. Part of it is because she's family and Derek's been sorely lacking that in the past several years. ...okay all of it is because they're related, but it isn't obligatory so much as curiosity. If they don't get along, then they don't get along and that'll be the end of that. But if they do, it would be nice to have another Hale in his corner again and he imagines that it wouldn't suck for her to have a support system in the absence of her Alpha and the rest of the pack, since the Scott that's here almost definitely doesn't even know who she is, much less can he be a friend and a leader for her.
Not that Derek would be interested in imposing any sort of leadership — that ship has sailed for him; he's terrible at it and McCall can have that role, honestly, because Derek will just mess it up, anyway — on her, but having someone who gets what she is and where she comes from might not be the worst thing in the world. God knows he'd like to have that sort of bond, especially if it was with family.
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"And I'm agreeing with you. I wasn't around much. They don't need me all the time. I'm there when they do. I'm not when they don't. I think it works out better that way for me and for Scott," he explains, even-toned and bordering on casually resigned. It used to bother him. It used to bother him a lot actually, but not so much these days.
He sighs a little. "Well you're here now and I'm here now...so maybe I could learn?" he suggests. Part of it is because she's family and Derek's been sorely lacking that in the past several years. ...okay all of it is because they're related, but it isn't obligatory so much as curiosity. If they don't get along, then they don't get along and that'll be the end of that. But if they do, it would be nice to have another Hale in his corner again and he imagines that it wouldn't suck for her to have a support system in the absence of her Alpha and the rest of the pack, since the Scott that's here almost definitely doesn't even know who she is, much less can he be a friend and a leader for her.
Not that Derek would be interested in imposing any sort of leadership — that ship has sailed for him; he's terrible at it and McCall can have that role, honestly, because Derek will just mess it up, anyway — on her, but having someone who gets what she is and where she comes from might not be the worst thing in the world. God knows he'd like to have that sort of bond, especially if it was with family.