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Imagine Derek turning the preserve as a wolf sanctuary. And people can rent cabins or go camping and see the wolves. Derek tells them that they won’t attack but still to keep a distance. The wolves keep the deer population low and they scare off mountain lions so there’s less “animal attacks”. And it becomes a good place for other supernatural creatures to come and be themselves. It’s private enough and there’s rock climbing, hiking, fishing and cliff diving. And occasionally you’ll see wild life. Derek keeps the tourist attraction to a minimum though cause he doesn’t want it to get destroyed. And it’s a great place for other packs to come spend full moons there.

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Imagine stiles having an older sibling who keeps taking all of stiles’ crushes or anyone he dates. Finally they goes off to college and Scott becomes a werewolf and stiles meets Derek. They get serious and stiles invites Derek over for thanksgiving but his sibling is coming too so stiles starts to worry cause everyone (and that goes for everyone) likes them better than stiles. And stiles gets scared that Derek is going to dump stiles for his sibling. But Derek tells stiles not to worry that stiles is it for him. Thanksgiving goes fine until Peter crashes which just annoys everyone. After dinner stiles’ sibling tries to flirt with Derek and ask him to ditch stiles but Derek says no and tells them that he wants to be with stiles forever. And they tell Derek that he’s the first person to pass their test. That they try to proposition everyone stiles meets to see if they’ll cheat and leave stiles and if they’re willing to do that then they’re not right for stiles.

(Why can I just imagine Cora sitting in the corner like “Holy shit, your family is as dysfunctional as ours?” Especially since when Stiles and Derek became a thing, she threatened several times to maul Stiles or kill him—trying to see if he would be scared away or fight back/threaten them. Stiles passed that test too.)

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Imagine an AU where the Durach/Jennifer survived Peter killing her and returns years later, having found a way to enhance her power and get revenge on the pack. But in order to do so, she has to get Derek to yield his power to her in a ceremony (that looks an awful lot like a wedding) and if she doesn't reclaim her powers then the Nemeton will reclaim her forever. But she knows he won't fall for her, not again. So she kidnaps Stiles and threatens to kill him if Derek doesn't do as she tells him.

The pack searches for Stiles while Derek reluctantly goes along with the charade, but no one seems to be able to find him. Derek begins to worry, but he can't do anything because if Stiles is alive then Jennifer might hurt him.

Jennifer can't risk Stiles interrupting the ceremony, so the night before, she goes to where she's hiding Stiles and injects mistletoe into his veins.

The day of the ceremony comes and Derek is terrified for Stiles' safety. As Jennifer joins him, ready for the ceremony to begin, the doors slam open and Stiles walks in.

He walks up to the podium and Jennifer looks at him in shock and horror. "How are you still alive?"

Turns out, having been possessed by the Nogitsune has its advantages: the Nogitsune is immune to almost everything, and now, so is Stiles.

Stiles doesn't reply, he just looks at her with a cold glare and a crooked, mischievous smile as he says, "You're in my spot."

Jennifer lashes out at him, but Stiles takes her down (she didn't know that the scrawny uncoordinated teen is now a highly skilled, trained FBI agent).

The Nemeton reclaims her soul and Stiles and Derek are left standing at what looks like a wedding alter.

Derek smirks at Stiles. "Your spot, huh?"

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Imagine there’s a parent/child dance at the school and Eli asks Derek if they can go since all his friends and their parents are going. Eli thinks he’s safe cause stiles can’t make it and embarrass him with his dancing and Derek isn’t going to dance. But he was wrong derek is in the middle of the dance floor bringing the entertainment. He dances just as crazy and even more embarrassing than stiles. Everyone loves it. Eli finally gives in and dances next to his dad with the same moves.

(This is based on a tik tok I saw of Tyler Hoechlin dancing when he was young and it’s so hilarious and stiles coded/ and another tik tok I saw of a dad literally flipping over his daughter at the school dance while all the other parents watch)

Little did he know, Derek's got moves.

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Imagine Derek being the neighborhood dad. He plays with all the kids in the neighborhood, and they always go to him if one of them gets hurt or if someone creepy talked to them. He’s the designated carpool dad. Everyone keeps telling Eli that his dad is the coolest, and Eli rolls his eyes and says he’s actually lame, but secretly he agrees. When he goes to work out all the little kids try to race him. And stiles finds it super adorable. Then Derek reveals that his dad was also the designated dad of the neighborhood, even though they lived in the woods. And he wanted to be just like him and have the neighbors relay on him like they did his dad.

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Imagine all dead relatives of the pack come back for a day post canon with some details of the movie (Derek’s mechanic shop, the jeep, Eli, Allison gets resurrected, crime fighter stiles) ((but no Nogitsune bc I hate the way they handled the nogitsune storyline, JD should’ve paid Arden Cho what she deserved ‼️‼️)) …but Stiles’ mom still doesn’t remember him. And the additional Hale fire angst,, Derek hasn’t thought about the fire in a few years because he’s been so busy with Eli and suddenly he feels the guilt all over again. Stiles and Derek comfort each other, Stiles hangs out with the Hales and Derek encourages Stiles to spend time with his mom even if she doesn’t remember him.

Throw Cora in there too bc she deserves to see her family too omg and Talia and Malia need a conversation because wtf is the storyline of Talia putting up Malia for adoption when she could’ve been a werewolf I understand she didn’t want Peter to have her but making the desert wolf go through pregnancy and everything just to put the kid up for adoption is insane… Lowkey add some comfort for Peter to because yes he’s insane but he did kill everyone who had anything to do with the Hale fire so obviously he cared about the family/pack in some ways. (Even though he did kill Laura 😳)

We all need this so badly. They deserve to be happy (and in Malia and Peter’s case, to have answers)

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Imagine Stiles's grandmother sitting in the back of his ethics class that Derek is lecturing in, and she's dropping these gems through her time visiting.

( https://www.instagram.com/p/DKOQUhvs31T/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== )

(Screenshotted from the instragram link for those curious)

I’m dying of laughter omg

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Imagine drunk stiles like to wander off but derek always knows how to find him, but with the others it’s harder for them so Derek give stiles an AirTag necklace in case he ever wanders off and Derek isn’t around to find him. And stiles just pouts and says that Derek basically chipped him and that Derek should be the one chipped cause he’s the one who can turn into a wolf. So Derek gets himself an AirTag so stiles always knows where Derek is.

(My friends need this with me, especially in book stores and ikea)

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Imagine Stiles is at a big Hale family event but there’s a bunch of Derek’s relatives that don’t know they’re together and assume Stiles must be Cora’s boyfriend. Stiles and Cora (the troublemakers they are) think it’s hilarious and really play into it. They pretend they’re running off to “make out” when really they’re stealing food and going up to Cora’s room to avoid talking to people and spend their time playing video games. The family members who do know Stiles and Derek are dating also know Stiles and Cora are good friends, so they think nothing of it.

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Imagine Derek never learnt how to ride a bike. It was something his dad promised to do with him, but he died before he got the chance. Over the years, Peter, Laura, Talia and many others have offered to teach him but Derek always said no, it was meant to be his dad who taught him.

Then, one day, Stiles rides his bike to Derek’s place (the Jeep is in the shop getting fixed) and Derek admits that he never learnt to ride a bike. He tells Stiles about his dad and how his dad promised to teach him, and this time, when Stiles offers to teach him how to ride a bike, Derek accepts.

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Imagine the Sheriff is helping out at a huge charity silent auction and Peter jokingly submits “A Day With Rich Bachelor, Derek Hale” as an item to bid on (making a joke that maybe Derek will get out and meet someone). The Sheriff offers to pull it from the listing but Derek shrugs it off, it’s for charity after all.

At the auction, Derek runs into Stiles who looks a little defeated and broken-hearted.

“What’s wrong?” Derek asks, a spark in his eye that looks like he’s ready to pick a fight.

“It’s nothing,” Stiles says. “There’s this limited edition Star Wars Lego set that I’ve wanted for years, I’ve been saving up for it but it always sells before I can save enough to buy it. There’s one here but I got out-bid almost immediately.” He shakes his head but before he can change the subject Kate Argent sweeps in, flashing a wicked grin as she tells Derek that she is going to win the Day with Derek.

Derek’s gut sinks. He swallows hard against the rising terror.

“Piss off, Kate,” Stiles says bluntly.

She doesn’t budge, instead, starts taunting Derek with a list of twisted ideas she has. “And I’ll have you all to myself all day long.”

Stiles stands up, shoving Kate back a step and putting himself between her and Derek. “I said piss off.”

Kate chuckles at him before looking past him at Derek. “I’ll see you soon,” she taunts before walking away.

Stiles watches her go, making sure she’s far enough away before turning back to Derek. “You okay?”

“Yeah,” Derek says, on the verge of a meltdown.

“I won’t let that happen,” Stiles reassure him. “My dad won’t let that happen.”

“The auction is nearly over,” Derek mutters. “It doesn’t matter.”

Stiles sighs. “Want a drink? I’ll get some water and come find you,” he offers. Derek mods and Stiles leaves, weaving his way through to the crowd to the table that has the bid. He reads Kate’s bid and - without hesitation - puts down a bid that is only a dollar more than hers (but it’s everything he has).

The auction ends and the next day, Derek is waiting for his day of torture to begin. When Stiles shows up at the loft, Derek is confused.

“What are you doing here?”

“I won the bid,” Stiles tells him proudly, before teasingly adding, “You have to spend the whole day with me.”

Derek hides his smile.

“I have a whole day planned,” Stiles says excitedly. “Come on.”

First, Stiles takes Derek into town to a bookstore. They spend ages just waking around and Stiles asks Derek to tell him about some of the books, asks Derek about his favourites and what he’d recommend. Stiles finds a few books he’s interested in and takes note of them so that he can buy them when he has money again.

Derek buys a few books and offers to buy lunch. Stiles lets him pick.

After that, they head back to the loft to watch movies (on Stiles’s laptop since Derek doesn’t have a tv) and order pizza for dinner.

“Why?” Derek asks him as the day wraps up.

“You like books,” Stiles says as if it answers everything. “And I know you’d much rather spend a day at home than out at a theme park or something.”

“You did all of this for me,” Derek says, still confused. “Why?”

Stiles shrugs. “Because you deserve it.”

Derek smiles bashfully, but bolts upright a moment later. He rushes off to grab something and comes back with a gift bag and a paper bag from the bookstore.

“These are for you,” Derek says, setting them down in front of Stiles.

In the paper bag are the books Stiles took an interest in (the ones he’d taken note of to buy when he had money), and when he opens the gift bag, he freezes. He stares at it in disbelief.

The limited edition Lego set.

“How?” Stiles asks, tearing his eyes away from the box to look at Derek.

Derek shrugs. “I won the bid.”

“Why?”

“Because you deserve it,” Derek says.

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Imagine Derek moves back to Beacon Hills with Eli and Eli invites Stiles to Derek’s birthday “party” (a bag of chips, some cupcakes that are messily decorated by Eli and Cora, and party hats—Eli insisted on doing it all himself).

The party is small, just Derek, Eli, Stiles and Cora. Derek asks why Eli invited Stiles and smiles so innocently as he says, “Because he’s your best friend.”

“What makes you think that?” Derek asks—he and Stiles are friends, sure, but best friends?

“Because you talk about him all the time,” Eli answers.

Cora snorts as she chokes back a laugh and Stiles turns toward Derek with an amused smile, his brows raised, and a look that says ‘oh really?’

Derek goes red with embarrassment.

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post canon streamer stiles who randomly drops lore about himself and proceeds to never elaborate. like, he'll be in the middle of a stream and casually go 'this feels exactly like that one time my boyfriend's psycho uncle chased me through my school in the middle of the night' and then completely moves on while the chat explodes. derek, stiles' strong armed moderator, is low key having the worst day of his life

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Imagine stiles convincing Derek to go to therapy and after the first session stiles asks how it went and Derek tells him that he made his therapist cry and stiles is worried like what did you say. And Derek just shrugs and says he talked about his life. And then that makes stiles cry too. 😭(Poor Derek’s life has been so tragic it even makes his therapist depressed)

Derek would send his therapist to therapy

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Imagine, if you will, Derek and Stiles are neighbors.

Stiles is finishing his graduate degree in mythology and Derek is in a history graduate program.

They make small talk in the hallways sometimes, but Stiles is mostly with the beautiful red headed girl and Derek is seen a lot with the beautiful brunette who looks ready to maim at the slightest provocation.

Derek is reading one night and hears yelling through the walls of his apartment. He doesn't think much of it until he hears a feminine voice yelling back. He realizes it's coming from Stiles' apartment.

After 15 minutes, he finally decides to go over and see if everything is okay.

He's awkward when Stiles finally answers the door and Derek asks if everything is okay.

Stiles huffs and says it's fine.

“Really? Because it sounds like someone’s being murdered in here.”

Lydia appears behind Stiles, wine glass in hand, her expression equal parts fond and exasperated. “Oh, no one’s dying. He just thinks Orpheus was right.”

Stiles throws his hands in the air. “He was! He risked everything to save Eurydice! That’s-”

“He looked back, Stiles,” Lydia interrupts, turning to Derek with a theatrical sigh. “That was literally the one rule. Don’t look back. And he looked.”

“Because love makes you do stupid things!” Stiles snaps, wheeling back toward her. “He thought maybe she wasn’t there! That maybe the gods lied! I’d look too!”

“You would doom your man to eternal suffering because of your trust issues?” Lydia deadpans.

Derek blinks slowly. “You’re arguing about a myth?”

“It’s not just a myth!” Stiles nearly vibrates with frustration. “It’s a story about human nature and the fragility of faith and-”

“And how men can’t follow simple instructions,” Lydia adds.

"God, if I hadn't broken up with you in highschool, I would have done it right now." Stiles grumbles.

That catches Derek's attention. Is she not his girlfriend? Lydia's words about Stiles "dooming his man" filter in.

"Wait, are you guys not dating?" Derek finds himself asking.

"God no." Stiles says immediately.

"That vehemently quick denial kind of hurt my feelings." Lydia smirks.

"Eat me, Martin."

Suddenly Derek is hopeful. Maybe he can get to know his slightly neurotic, gorgeous neighbor.

"um, okay. Sorry. I misunderstood. I'll just be going now."

Stiles smiles at the man

"thanks for coming to make sure Lydia wasnt killing me. I appreciate that."

Derek nods and smiles back.

Before he walks back to his place he looks at Stiles one more time

"just so you know, I'd risk it all to turn back too."

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Imagine Derek comes home from work one day and he's really tired and just wants to nap. But baby Eli is teething and Boyd is so tired of being a werewolf baby's chew toy and tells Derek he's on his own

Stiles comes by to drop off some books he'd borrowed from the Hale vault. Stiles, who never once judged Derek for having a one night stand when he was drowning in misery after Laura's death. Stiles, who never told Derek he didn't think the Alpha couldn't take care of a baby he didn't know he was going to have. Stiles, the 17 year old squishy human who saved his life more times than Derek could count.

Stiles comes in, sees the mess in the loft and just smiles fondly as he picks Eli up from Derek's chest and carries the baby around while Stiles starts to pick up toys. Stiles hums the whole time, soothing both father and son.

Derek wakes up an hour later to dinner on the table, Eli playing happily on the floor and Stiles putting his shoes back on

"you always have an uncanny ability to wake up once food is done" stiles told him fondly. "There's some peeled grapes in the freezer, those should Eli with his raging mouth thing he's got going on. There's garlic bread in the oven. I've got to head out and meet dad at the station. See you tomorrow, big guy"

Derek just says there dumfounded, staring at the closed door.

Derek may have been doing everything he could to keep his pack together, but Stiles was the one holding Derek together. And he wasn't sure the boy even knew.

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Imagine Stiles loves to drive Derek mad because his feet are always cold and Derek’s always warm, so Stiles keeps putting his cold feet against Derek’s when they’re in bed.