A/N: The All-Star Game is also property of the MLB and whoever is sponsoring it that year. Target Field is owned by Target (duh) and is used by the Minnesota Twins (also property of the MLB, shockingly enough). Anything else, used with love and sorry I didn't credit you.

Three Months Later...

"Batting third and playing shortstop, from the New York Mets, the top vote-getter, Derek Hale!"

Derek stepped up from the dugout and jogged towards third base where the National League coaches were waiting, thunderous applause echoing throughout Target Field at the announcement of his name. Making his way down the line, he fist bumped his teammates for the day, ending with the manager near home plate before standing in his designated position beside the number two hitter.

The All-Star Game was being held in Minneapolis that year and despite it being an American League park, Derek still received some of the loudest cheers. He lifted his cap to acknowledge the crowd, knowing it wasn't for him, not entirely; it was for what he stood for.

The first openly bisexual player in the history of Major League Baseball and the MLB All-Star Game.

His eyes scanned the crowd, ending at the section he knew Stiles, his mom, his sisters, and Sheriff Stilinski were all sitting. Dimpled smile on his face, he waved his cap in their direction, feeling as though he could actually hear his boyfriend's cheers over the rest of the crowd.

Not boyfriend. Fiancé. Because after Derek had signed an eight-year contract extension back in May, he'd proposed to Stiles, a tackle and countless "yes"s between enthusiastic kisses being his answer.

Cap back on his head, the shortstop kept the grin on his face as the rest of the starting line-up was announced. All-Star or not, Derek was living the dream. And it was all thanks to the chatty, flailing, stubbornly loyal spazz who totally had his back through all of it.