hmmm well I feel like he does shower p regularly, just not obsessively? Like he showers in the mornings but wouldn’t bother to do it again that day after having a long, sweaty run. He probably doesn’t wash his hands after using the toilet more than he remembers to do it. It’s not that he actively does these things for the purpose of being dirty, but more that he doesn’t really mind it one way or another
also, (warning for grossness) I am a real big stickler for hygiene in RL and can absolutely not deal with body odor or something like that because I have a v sensitive gag reflex. So rude!Derek is me basically liking a little ‘wildness’ in the fictitious, but even there I can’t let it go too far. Like if I imagine him having dickcheese because he’s not properly washing his cock, I get genuinely nauseous xD