#danny/melissa unhealthy relationship

[trickster-archangel]

Random thoughts about Hawaii Five-0 rewatch: part 1/?

So, as someone of my mutuals already knows, I'm currently undergoing the exhausting task of checking all the fucking 61 DVDs from the H50 box set before the 30-days guarantee expires, because it's physically impossible to watch them all completely in that time, even if I took 1 month leave. So I'm simply skipping back and forth and leaving the regular rewatch for when my life will be less of a living hell...so, supposedly around 2038...

I have one complaint, which is the subtitles are not completely matching all dialogues, but since my brain only needs them until it's switched to English-mode and I can start understanding it again, I guess it's alright. Second complaint: they're fucking HUGE and OVERLAPPING THE SCENES SO RANDOMLY IT HURTS.

Anyway, I've by now processed only s1-s5, and dude....some things I caught in the deleted scenes (which I've watched entirely) AND in some parts of the commentaries I specifically sought because curiosity won, and which I've never seen giffed or captioned....man, I was so angry and disappointed at times. So I thought I'd be randomly processing them here, no pics sorry, only thoughts.

~~~~~~more under the cut~~~~~~

Thought #1: Alex and Scott goofing around.

Trust me. The gag reels are so much better than you'd expect. At times I was genuinely laughing to tears and god knows how rare it is.

What I loved most was to watch that scene where Alex and Scott start cussing in Italian, and I bet no one who's not Italian could understand a fuck about what they're yelling. Best part, though, were the subtitles, captioning ALEX AND SCOTT: SWEARING IN ITALIAN 😂 Just to make sure what language exactly they were using.

Thought #2: missed chance to make Amber's character less of a plastic doll, or: Why did you fucking cut those 57 seconds?!?!

While watching s5 deleted scenes, I stumbled upon two real jewels from the 24th episode. I'm still trying to understand why they couldn't include them in the canon episode, since both of them combined are less than a minute and surely there were other moments that could've been cut. My only explanation, sadly, is that it would've painted Amber in quite a different light, making her a stronger, rounder character, and giving her an agency we rarely saw in her, except when confronting her ex husband. They could've followed that route, but we cannot have a beautiful woman who's also her own person, a self-confident person, and not just a plastic Barbie doll, right?! God forbid a woman can have agency and call out men on their bullshit, it would threat masculine privilege too much....

So, what exactly happened that bothered me so deeply? (Be aware I'm quoting by heart and not literally, as I didn't take screenshots and anyway I can't make gifs. Also, the following meta is just my interpretation of the implications running through subtext).

The first scene is very short, just six or seven seconds long, but it's a jewel in subtext and non-verbal communication. It takes place presumably after or around the moment Rachel tells Danny about Charlie: we see them from afar, clearly in a street-taken point of view, from an external observer. They are agitated and distressed, Rachel more than Danny, who's tensely spread on the bench with his arms looped behind the backrest, angling far from Rachel's compact and almost self-hugging frame.

They're distressed, not happy, not even remotely connecting to each other, so it's clear it's not a scene which could be envisioned as romantic. It's only a couple of seconds long, and then we see whose this external point of view belongs to: Amber. Amber who's not an idiotic, mellow, shallow doll. Amber who's been so clearly upset by Danny's lie about the texts, that she decided to follow him to the place Rachel had indicated. Amber who's been manipulated and controlled and abused long enough to become suspicious and self-preserving when someone she loves, and who knows her vulnerability, tries to play her around. Amber who looks at them, and clearly isn't angry nor jealous, because those few moments the actress uses to convey all of Amber's inner distress, are some of her best ones (giving that the actress, alas, is not very expressive to begin with), and we understand that she doesn't see any romance in the air. She's disappointed. She's hurt. Betrayed. Again.

Amber's face, in a handful of seconds, perfectly displays the devastating feeling of someone who finally felt safe and respected and secure, only to discover that it's yet another kind of control and manipulation, less cruel, less brutal, but not less humiliating and even worrying.

This is something she's learnt at her expense, and now that she knows the red flags, she cannot trust a man who can't be honest with her, not with this kind of problems, not with something which is clearly affecting his life to a deep level. He wants Amber to be a part of his life, but only if he can control the terms, limits, boundaries and times of their relationship. And Amber has been through it all before, and can't trust that history won’t repeat itself.

She then drives away, hurt and disappointment written all over her face.

The second deleted scene is even more important plotwise, because it explains Amber's absence as Danny’s plus one at Kono's wedding, after all the talk he did in the car about bringing some Amber's friend as Steve's date, and it casts a new light over Danny's reaction to Steve's resolve to ask Cath to marry him, or his tension about Lynn, or Amber's condistent absence for the whole first part of s6, or even Danny's and Amber's fight during their Valentine's dinner.

The scene is longer, about fifty seconds, and it supposedly takes place right at the end of the episode, after Danny pulls up at the hospital's parking lot, after Steve's affectionate text. He takes his phone out of his pocket again because he's received a voice-mail message.

A message from Amber (sorry, I noticed just now I'm still going with Amber instead of Melissa).

She says she's sorry to be doing this by voice-mail because she'd prefer to do it in person, but given their situation it's probably for the best if she spares them both the trouble to be forced to find shallow excuses. She says he's an amazing man, and that she likes what they have and that she thinks it might be real, and that she hopes he feels the same. She's understanding that his job comes first and it's terribly demanding, as she's also aware of how hard his life and his backstory is, with Grace and Rachel. This all considered, she thinks it's best if they stop and take a pause, so that he can reflect and decide if he wants to keep this thing going, but as for now, she can't keep seeing him on these terms.

Amber decided to stop seeing Danny until he decided what to do with their relationship and be honest with her, and started thinking seriously if he was just using her, as she probably felt.

Why?? Why did they cut this whole plotline? It's pivotal for Danny's arc, for his strained and angry attitude towards everyone, for his constant distress, for his even worsening negativity, for the way he's overcompensating with excessive euphoria to Steve's announcement about Cath, for how he meddles with them and confronts Cath about being honest, for how he's not thrilled about Lynn's insertion inside Steve's life.

Because he's alone, at that time. Call it temporary breakup or period of reflection or a break, but he was single and thinking, again, about everything he was doing wrong with his life and his relationships, and falling again into his old black hole of depression and self-sabotage, and seeing Steve going on with his life even at the cost of pretending he was happy with this woman he had supposedly no trouble cheating on, during their "couple retreat", making him wonder if either what he had with Lynn wasn't serious, or if his obvious charade about his threesome with Alyssa and her friend had a second meaning.

Also, they were probably both single again, or at least testing the waters, when they were at the retreat. And Danny definitely was when Cath left Steve once again abandoned, betrayed, and never-chosen in face of anything else.

Quite a lot of subtext to think about, for just 57 seconds which were, prudently, cut.

[sterek-ao3feed]

We Purge With Fire, And We Set To Sea

Read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/58179991

by LoveSaveTheEmpty603

Any summaries I thought up revealed too many spoilers, so here's a snippet!

“Derek Hale?” The authoritative but ominously somber voice said over the phone. The kind of voice that sends chills down your spine, because deep down, you know it’s about to deliver terrible news. “Did they find it?” A pause. “Yes, sir. I’m afraid they did. John Stilinski has asked that we call you.” “Where?” “Beacon Hills Memorial.” “I’ll be right there.” Derek hung up the phone but continued staring at the blank screen for a full minute. His hand was trembling uncontrollably by the time he was able to snap out of the stupor. This is it. This is the day he’d been fearing for over four months. The day he finds out Stiles Stilinski is really gone.

Words: 7156, Chapters: 1/21, Language: English

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf), Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Isaac Lahey, Jackson Whittemore, Lydia Martin, Allison Argent, Chris Argent, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Danny Māhealani, Jordan Parrish, Melissa McCall, Peter Hale, Cora Hale, Ethan (Teen Wolf)

Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Melissa McCall/Sheriff Stilinski, Vernon Boyd/Erica Reyes, Allison Argent/Isaac Lahey/Scott McCall, Lydia Martin/Jordan Parrish, Peter Hale & Stiles Stilinski, Ethan & Stiles Stilinski

Additional Tags: POV Alternating, Everybody Lives, Cannon Divergent, Angst, Good Pack Alpha Derek Hale, Pack House (Teen Wolf), Plane Crash, Dead Stiles Stilinski, Temporary Character Death, Sheriff Stilinski's Name is John (Teen Wolf), Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, BAMF Stiles Stilinski, Tattooed Stiles Stilinski, Magical Stiles Stilinski, Mercenaries, PTSD, Blood and Injury, Kidnapping, Underage Drinking, Torture, Nightmares, Trauma Recovery, Hurt/Comfort, Sexual Assault, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Evil Theo Raeken, Evil Kate Argent, Evil Gerard Argent, Mates, Explicit Sexual Content, Dark Alan Deaton, Sort Of, Emissary Stiles Stilinski, Angst with a Happy Ending

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58179991

[dannoandsteve]

Hi, everyone. 

I apologize for my recent inactivity. I miss interacting with my followers every day and I miss sharing our joys of the show with one another. Unfortunately, I have found myself with a lack of said joys of the show as of late.

I fell in love with the team that worked together on almost every case. I fell in love with the team dynamic, with Steve at the center and the relationship between him and Danny also at the forefront. I fell in love with the show that had complex characters, interesting, personal storylines, and entertaining cases-of-the-week. I’m saddened by the fact that that is no longer the show we watch anymore. 

The last two seasons of the show have been lacking McDanno moments, team moments, Steve moments. I understand that with new characters, comes a new focus; we need to be introduced to them and get to know them. However, there needs to have been some type of balance, which there wasn’t. On top of all of this, we are given the bullshit “love” stories thrown in our faces time after time between Steve/Catherine and Danny/Rachel, which I cannot stand. I realize and accept that McDanno will never be canon, and that is not why I take issue with those couples. I loved Lynn, I loved Melissa. I was extremely disappointed with the crappy announcement that Steve and Lynn had broken up. I’m also confused as to why, and as to where Melissa has gone as well. Those were two loving, normal, and healthy relationships for our boys to be in. Now we are being force fed the same unhealthy crap that is Danny/Rachel once again. The episode with her mother, Amanda, was absolutely HORRIBLE. It was such a shitty storyline and she was an awful character. Not to mention the shit about Danny needing to do right by Rachel. The “spoiler” about Steve finding out that Danny has been spending more time with Rachel than he has let on was like a stab in my heart. It is so unnecessary. And it also didn’t help to put a stop to any of the rumors that Danny/Scott will be leaving the show. Which, if that is the case, I would certainly wish for a happier ending for him than him living (un)happily ever after with the woman who tormented and lied to him for years. 

So, for now, I’m not going to be immersed in this show or fandom as much as I would like. It is just not the show that I love anymore and I do not see myself enjoying it like I used to. I hope that these remaining episodes of the season prove me wrong, but I won’t hold my breath. If there do happen to be any good Steve/Danny moments, I will happily fangirl along with the rest of you. Until then, I will watch the show in my indifferent state. 

I hope you all can understand my frustrations with the show currently and choose not to unfollow me while we navigate through these hardships within the fandom. :)

[sanctuaryforalluniverses]

To: Peter Lenkov, Re: Steve and Danny, “Hawaii 5-0” season 9

So we’re coming to the end of another season of “Hawaii 5-0,” the TV show that still refuses to accept the fact that it created one of the greatest love stories on television apparently by accident. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and tell myself that CBS won’t let you finally let Steve and Danny be together the way they should be, but even if that’s true there are some more practical things we have to address.

Namely, the fact that you people have apparently once AGAIN forgotten how to write Steve and Danny. Yes, we’re all mourning the lack of Grace Park and Daniel Dae Kim, but I promise you that part of the reason your ratings dropped AGAIN in season 8 (after rising in season 7, a year with some of the most excellent Steve and Danny writing we’ve seen in some time) is that you’re fumbling the reason that the majority of people still watch your show. Since I know I can’t trust any of you to do the right thing and acknowledge the world as it truly should be, here are some tips to help recover those fans you’ve lost over the current season.

1) Stop throwing around the absurd, heavy-handed Rachel/Danny hints

Every time you make even the vague suggestion that Rachel and Danny should get back together, or there’s still potential for them, the entire audience cringes. You’ve established repeatedly that the two are toxic together, and that was before you had her do the worst possible thing anyone could do to Danny short of killing someone he loved (she kept his son from him, for YEARS, by not telling him he was his father. Danny holds fatherhood SACRED, and the fact that he wasn’t there for those years of Charlie’s probably still causes him pain). They are so unhealthy it’s painful to watch, and Danny at least seems to understand that. For all our sakes, stop trying to throw her at him.

2) For the love of all that’s holy, put Lynn and Melissa out of their narrative misery

While I consider it a blessing that they haven’t even been mentioned in what feels like 500 years, there’s still always the terrifying possibility that you will shove a random mention of them into an episode and once again remind us of the absurd charade of Steve and Danny’s “dating” lives. They’ve dated these women for years, supposedly, and yet clearly have no more place in the boys’ lives than someone they’d been dating for a few weeks. The rare times they’re even mentioned, it’s solely a reference to dating or sex - never hanging out with the kids, or spending time with the rest of the team, or interacting with either Steve’s sister or anyone in Danny’s family.

That’s not a relationship, Lenkov. That’s you occasionally screaming at the audience that the boys really do have sex with women, really, you even have proof of it.

So, for the sake of everyone’s dignity, throw in a mention somewhere that both relationships have finally, mercifully ended. Mentioning how much sex they supposedly have (which, for the record, is a WEIRD WEIRD WIERD thing to supposedly be discussing between the two couples) does absolutely nothing to convince us of Steve and Danny’s heterosexuality. All it does is remind us of the embarrassing charades that sometimes happen when people continue to lie to themselves about their true feelings. If CBS really wants to pretend that Steve and Danny are NOT madly in love with each other, this is not something you want to be reminding us of.

3) If Catherine comes back, it must only be as a bro

I started out liking Catherine, I really did. But then the whole “I love you, but I love danger more” nonsense happened (and happened, and happened) and I was filled with the burning desire to punch her in the throat. I feel like some of the things they talked about in the last episode were progress back to the friendship I actually enjoyed seeing, and if you keep that up I’ll start actually watching the episodes where she pops back up instead of skipping them. Given the ratings for the last Catherine episode to crop up, I’m guessing a lot of other people were skipping them, too.

4) Either move forward with the restaurant plot or end it

I liked the idea at first, but with everything that’s gone wrong it’s getting ridiculous. It’s clear that the only reason Steve is doing it at all is because Danny wants to, and Danny’s obsessed with it in a way that completely transcends the original idea of a retirement fantasy. It’s clearly a strained, increasingly painful metaphor for the life the two desperately wish they could build with each other, with heavy sprinklings of Danny’s fear about Steve’s physical health and I assume a metric ton of repressed longing. Every second they’re in there I want to get them both into therapy, stat, and I am begging you on my hands and knees to either let the damn thing start going right or give it a quick, merciful death and let both them and us move on with our lives.

5) Stop with the unsubtle hints that Steve/Danny would never work

Speaking of the restaurant, if this is your way of trying to convince us that Steve and Danny would never work as a romantic couple, let it go. They basically ARE a romantic couple, minus the sex, and we see that every second they’re onscreen. And, if the “being romantically involved ruined our friendship” comment was meant to be another allusion to this, it’s not even relevant. Steve and Danny are FAR more emotionally entangled than mere friendship would account for (I’ve lived with my best friend for more than a decade, and hoo boy what Steve and Danny have is so many million miles past even the deepest friendship), and the only thing that ever seems to give them trouble is when they try to fight that. Someone who’s a friend may have an equal slot to a person’s romantic partner, but for both Steve and Danny it’s painfully clear that (with the exception of Danny’s kids) they will always be the most important person in the other person’s life. No one else comes anywhere near close, including the long-term girlfriends they’ve both supposedly dated for years. (Danny even won out over Catherine, when he convinced Steve to come home from Afghanistan instead of going after Catherine). That’s not friendship, Lenkov.

You said it yourself in Danny’s fantasy flash forwards - all they really want is to spend the rest of their lives by each other’s side, and they can’t be bothered to add anyone else but Danny’s two kids into the mix. Adding regular sex into that would make it MORE normal, not less, and it certainly wouldn’t make things more stressful. Hell, it would probably make them both relax.

6) Junior and Tani are not a heterosexual replacement for Steve and Danny

Listen, I like them both. I really do. I even like their rapport. But despite the painfully, painfully obvious signaling you’ve been trying to shove down our throats, their banter does not even BEGIN to be a replacement for proper Steve/Danny banter. I understand you’re worried about both the boys leaving the show, but denying us their interaction while they’re still there isn’t the way to fix that - it’s just chasing us away early. Start giving us our regular dose of Steve/Danny banter, free of pointless restaurant angst, and let Tani and Junior develop their own thing.

7) Accept the truth, even if you never say it

What all of this is leading to, basically, is stop trying to pretend that there is some magical trick you can pull that will convince all of us that Steve and Danny are just bros. There isn’t one.

The thing is, you’ll actually draw less attention to that fact if you just let them be themselves. Clearly someone over there is convinced the world’s gonna end if you let them kiss onscreen, but they were practically married during the whole of season 7 and no one screamed about it. In fact, as I mentioned earlier, the ratings for your show actually went UP during that season, both in general and in that all-precious 18-49 year old demo (which, I hear, is supposedly the sort of thing studios like show ratings to do). Let them go back to that, cut out the ridiculous mentions of the women they supposedly are or should be dating, and let them have plots about other things (like, you know, maybe making Grace an actual character again instead of Hawaii’s newest urban legend).

I promise you - you, the studio, and the audiences will all be happier for it.

[ao3feed-sterek]

Fire in Our Veins

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2o6XsTQ

by StormEnchanter

Slightly shaking, Stiles could hear only the sound of sharp breaths that he took in. Forcing his eyes to rake over the form of Derek’s lifeless body; there was a deep stab wound in his chest—right above his heart—the gash puncturing the familiar leather of the jacket he had worn frequently the first time Stiles and Scott had crossed his path.

The glint of metal appeared in the corner of his eyes and his gaze shifted toward his hands. A blood covered athame was gripped tightly in his right hand, the blade and handle were slick with both flakes of dried blood and some that was fresh. His own palms were slick with blood and some deep part of his soul and brain recognized that it was Derek’s own. *** It's been months since Stiles had to fend off Donovan who was hellbent on seeing him dead. Months plagued with nightmares, delusions and the growing concern of family and friends who are convinced that his symptoms are remnants of the Nogitsune or worse something that could land him in Eichen House forever. When nightmares become too vivid and hallucinations too real, Stiles and everyone around him are forced to confront the darkness that encroaches on their then along with the darkness in their hearts.

Words: 4753, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Melissa McCall, Rafael McCall, Cora Hale (mentioned), Laura Hale (mentioned), Talia Hale (mentioned), Peter Hale, Alan Deaton, Chris Argent, Kate Argent, Bobby Finstock, Danny Mahealani, Vernon Boyd (mentioned), Erica Reyes (mentioned), Jordan Parrish, Lydia Martin, Liam Dunbar, Original Characters, Sheriff Stilinski, Claudia Stilinski (mentioned), Donovan Donati (Mentioned)

Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall/Kira Yukimura, Allison Argent/Isaac Lahey

Additional Tags: Magical Stiles Stilinski, Magical Realism, Polish Mythology, Slavic mythology, Sheriff Stilinski's Name is Noah, Slow Build Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Slow Burn, Slow Build, Nightmares, Stiles Has Nightmares, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Past Relationship(s), Witch Claudia Stilinski, Magical Claudia Stilinski, Claudia Stilinski Memories, Claudia Stilinski's Background, Stiles goes through some shit, Hallucinations, Takes place after the events of season 5, BAMF Stiles, Mentions of Unhealthy Relationships, Stiles is a little bit mysterious in this, And Derek is both highkey afraid of him and slightly creeped out by that, Fic starts off in media res, Which basically means the middle of the story

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2o6XsTQ

[ao3-sterek]

Fire in Our Veins

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2o6XsTQ

by StormEnchanter

Slightly shaking, Stiles could hear only the sound of sharp breaths that he took in. Forcing his eyes to rake over the form of Derek’s lifeless body; there was a deep stab wound in his chest—right above his heart—the gash puncturing the familiar leather of the jacket he had worn frequently the first time Stiles and Scott had crossed his path.

The glint of metal appeared in the corner of his eyes and his gaze shifted toward his hands. A blood covered athame was gripped tightly in his right hand, the blade and handle were slick with both flakes of dried blood and some that was fresh. His own palms were slick with blood and some deep part of his soul and brain recognized that it was Derek’s own. *** It's been months since Stiles had to fend off Donovan who was hellbent on seeing him dead. Months plagued with nightmares, delusions and the growing concern of family and friends who are convinced that his symptoms are remnants of the Nogitsune or worse something that could land him in Eichen House forever. When nightmares become too vivid and hallucinations too real, Stiles and everyone around him are forced to confront the darkness that encroaches on their then along with the darkness in their hearts.

Words: 4753, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Melissa McCall, Rafael McCall, Cora Hale (mentioned), Laura Hale (mentioned), Talia Hale (mentioned), Peter Hale, Alan Deaton, Chris Argent, Kate Argent, Bobby Finstock, Danny Mahealani, Vernon Boyd (mentioned), Erica Reyes (mentioned), Jordan Parrish, Lydia Martin, Liam Dunbar, Original Characters, Sheriff Stilinski, Claudia Stilinski (mentioned), Donovan Donati (Mentioned)

Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall/Kira Yukimura, Allison Argent/Isaac Lahey

Additional Tags: Magical Stiles Stilinski, Magical Realism, Polish Mythology, Slavic mythology, Sheriff Stilinski's Name is Noah, Slow Build Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Slow Burn, Slow Build, Nightmares, Stiles Has Nightmares, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Past Relationship(s), Witch Claudia Stilinski, Magical Claudia Stilinski, Claudia Stilinski Memories, Claudia Stilinski's Background, Stiles goes through some shit, Hallucinations, Takes place after the events of season 5, BAMF Stiles, Mentions of Unhealthy Relationships, Stiles is a little bit mysterious in this, And Derek is both highkey afraid of him and slightly creeped out by that, Fic starts off in media res, Which basically means the middle of the story

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2o6XsTQ

[get-w-rec-ked]

The Hope of Empty Men (119576 words) by Paintedsmile Chapters: 17/17 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Stiles Stilinski/Malia Tate Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Malia Tate, Scott McCall, Lydia Martin, Sheriff Stilinski, Isaac Lahey, Danny Mahealani, Liam Dunbar, Mason (Teen Wolf), Melissa McCall, Jordan Parrish, Alan Deaton, Kira Yukimura, Jackson Whittemore, Peter Hale Additional Tags: Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide Attempt, Self-Harm, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Female Assaulter, Male Victim, Angst with a Happy Ending, Panic Attacks, Unhealthy Weight Loss, Magical Stiles Stilinski, Protective Derek, Hurt Stiles, Hurt/Comfort, Scars, Magical Tattoos, Anal Fingering, Rimming, Anal Sex, Knotting, Dirty Talk, Everyone's going through their own shit, Non-Consensual Somnophilia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD Summary:

While Stiles is trying to cope with everything he did under the control of the Nogitsune, Malia is quick to insinuate herself into his life and declares herself his ‘mate’. That would have been great if he’d actually been, y’know, interested, instead of trying to hold on to his sanity with both hands. His guilt combined with the fact that she has no idea about concepts such as ‘consent’, Stiles soon finds himself drowning. Will anyone reach him in time?

[stefymoon]

Chapters: 21/29 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Allison Argent, Jackson Whittemore, Scott McCall, Lydia Martin, Vernon Boyd, Erica Reyes, Isaac Lahey, Liam Dunbar, Kira Yukimura, Jordan Parrish, Cora Hale, Chris Argent, Melissa McCall, Danny Mahealani, Sheriff Stilinski, Malia Tate (mentioned), Renn Greenwood (OC), Hugo Rivers (OC), Logan Parker (OC), Carmen Stone (OC), Florence Hale (OC) Additional Tags: BAMF Stiles, Valravn, Stiles Comes Back, Tattooed Stiles, Allison Argent & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, Canon-Typical Violence, Past Character Death, Past Stiles Stilinski/Other(s), Wall Sex, Slightly Dark Stiles, Mainly In The Past, Unhealthy Relationships, But They Sort Their Shit Out I Promise, Nemeton Summary:

They are rare, almost unheard of. Only Lydia seems to recognise the word. Valravn. The Raven People. They descend on Beacon Hills in their hour of need. Obliterating the enemy. At their head? A man dress in black. A man covered in tattoos. A man they all knew.

OR: The one in which Stiles hasn't been back to Beacon Hills in seven years, during which he visited Europe, was attacked by a raven and turned into a shifter, has lots of tattoos and is now the Alpha of his little ragtag group of Valravne.

[elzaruis]

Chapters: 23/? Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Stiles Stilinski/Original Male Character(s), Aiden/Ethan/Stiles Stilinski, Stiles Stilinski & Kira Yukimura, Stiles Stilinski & Danny Mahealani, Stiles & Kira & Danny, Stiles Stilinski & Alan Deaton, Jennifer Blake/Derek Hale, Peter Hale/Chris Argent Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall, Derek Hale, Peter Hale, Cora Hale, Isaac Lahey, Vernon Boyd, Erica Rayes, Allison Argent, Chris Argent, Kira Yukimura, Satomi Ito, Brett Talbot, Lori Talbot, The Hale Pack, The Ito Pack, Alan Deaton, Melissa McCall, Jordan Parrish, Danny Mahealani, Jackson Whittemore, Lydia Martin, Sheriff Stilinski, Noshiko Yukimura, Ken Yukimura, Jennifer Blake Additional Tags: Angst, Sarcasm, A LOT of sighing, eyebrow talking, Horror, Stiles is Pushed Out of the Pack, Magic!Stiles, Mage!Stiles, Panic Attacks, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Emotional neglect, Depression, Dark and Darker, waking nightmares, Stiles gets paid for BJs but never asks for money?, Stiles is in a dark place, Violence, Stiles-centric, Hurt Stiles, Scott is a Bad Friend, Most of the pack are bad friends, Threesomes, Cold Fire, D/s, Bondage, Kinks, Anonymous Sex, Multiple Pov, Not Evil!Allison, magic!danny, Full-shift Werewolves, alpha pack, Insecure Stiles, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Self harm (of a sort), sex as self harm, Actual nightmares, Psudo-prostitution, Watersport moment after one BJ, sheriff is a bad parent, Sheriff should arrest himself — really, Temporary Character Death, Kira is a like a real live-action anime character, BAMF Kira, BAMF Stiles, Semi-Public Sex, run-on sentences like whoa, But it’s a literary stream of consciousness thing, Scott McCall Bashing, (sorry not sorry), But it’s well-earned bashing, not evil!Peter, Buffy references, Mystery, Occasional Pranks, BAMF Lydia, Noshiko is a wind kitsune, Very brief ghostiness, numerous plot holes, italics like WHOA, Be-spelled Hale Pack, Pranks, Scott McCall has issues, It’s leaning toward a Sterek ending, pining!Stiles, he’s kinda oblivious about his pining though, because his crush isn’t really a priority, Succubus, Who’s also a queen, djinn, hellhound, Torture, Possession by Inky!evil (not xfiles), but it might seem like it, Full-fox Kira, (But it’s brief.) Summary:

Secrets, lies, neglect, abuse, nightmares, abandonment, and an evil that evolves are just some of the things that Stiles can really say made up his summer vacation.

And Stiles has never been so alone. It takes a while to give up completely, to hit rock bottom, to wake up bloody and broken and missing an entire night’s worth of memory, and everything changes.

Now Stiles’ once latent magic is evolving too, and not everyone appreciates the change. Some fear it, some covet it, and some rally to it. Stiles is both wary and grateful for the new people he’s let into his life, and can’t deny how much difference it makes to have someone at his back when they now have everything to lose.

((Alternate summeries: Poor Stiles. & Damnit, Scott!!))