#nerdy derek hale

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Do you have recommendations for Jock Stiles fics? 🥵

Here you go💕

Hotsky to Trotsky by paintedrecs

Derek had his future mapped out: there'd be graduation, followed by college, followed by (he hoped) a good grad school, then a career as a professor whose students didn't spend their time flicking paper footballs at each other and obsessing over their dating lives. He had good friends, a good family, and no time to focus on distractions like high school gossip or relationships. He hadn't factored Stiles Stilinski - lacrosse player, class clown, part of the popular crowd, currently spending his entire day staring at Derek and smiling - into his plans.

read the signs by bleep0bleep

Sure, Derek isn’t how they became a thing really, he doesn’t really know why awesome lacrosse player, popular and funny Stiles Stilinski even likes awkward, nerdy, Derek, but he does. Which is why Derek takes it personally when Cora laughs at him and says, “Dude, there’s no way you are dating Stiles Stilinski.”

Of Glasses And Lacrosse Sticks by charlesdk

"Okay, how 'bout this? One date, just one date, and if you still don't believe I'm genuinely interested in you, then I'll leave you alone for good. How does that sound?” Derek hesitated for another moment, before he sighed and said, “Fine. One date.”

The Athlete & The Criminal by damnfancyscotch

"What’re you doing here, Stilinski? Did you only score half the winning points at the last lacrosse game instead of all of them?” Stiles snorts and says, “I thought you were locked up, Hale.” Derek huffs a laugh and drawls, “Not quite yet.” or A Breakfast Club AU

Wanna Dance? by one-fandom-became-all-fandoms (Sara36913)

Stiles hates it when Derek picks on him. Derek hates it when Stiles rejects him. Eventually, the two work out their frustrations.

Your Voice is My Favorite Sound by army_of_angels

Derek has had a crush on Stiles since Freshman Year. It's Junior Year and suddenly Stiles is paying attention to him but it's probably some sort of prank, right?

I'll Be Yours, If You're Mine by mercury_caduceus

Derek has been pining over Stiles Stilinski for three years but he knows nothing will ever happen. Derek is the nerdy kid that nobody really talks to and Stiles is one of the most popular kids in school. Stiles barely even knows he exists. Right?

Frat Flirt by LadyDrace

Stiles keeps inviting Derek to things. It's very suspicious.

Grey Rainbow by PencilTrash

"Stiles?” Derek glanced at Stiles’ sleeping form. He didn’t even twitch. Derek continued. “If we…” his lips curved in a fond smile, fingers moving to smooth the creases of Stiles’ eyebrows, his voice coming as whisper. “… as in, you and me - If we get a chance someday… any day, to be together, y’know? I wouldn't mind you wooing me with flowers and all that cliched romantic shit. And you can even flirt with me. I approve.” He gazed at Stiles’ calm face for a long while before drifting off into quiet slumber with the sound of Stiles’ soft snoring in the background. [aka, after pinning for his best friend for four years, Derek learns his teenage crush is easy, but his life isn’t]

Chance Encounters by haletostilinski

Derek is studying on the grass on his college campus when he gets hit with a football out of nowhere, and the jock who comes to retrieve the ball and apologize to Derek takes his breath away. It really sucks that he'll most likely never see him again.

The Lawn Ranger by Snowjob

In which Derek is an adolescent werewolf with a penchant for chocolate bunnies, and instead of the dream summer of lazing around the house playing video games and nibbling on his hoarded supply of easter candy his mother makes him get a job. In which Stiles is a showoff jock with a broken arm and an embarrassing crush who can no longer push the lawn mower around the yard.

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[hotgirlstiles]

owemji i love u this is so cute. i honestly think this happened after paige and before the hale fire! which is why stiles technically saves the hales !!! ouhhh i get chills thinking abt it.. abt future stiles going to BH and discovering the hale fire.. GODDDDD (which….. also means that derek technically died alongside the fire which is kinda crazy devastating to me😭)

i’m soooo torn between sterek absolutely knowing NOTHING abt each other and just fumbling around but also like. this supernatural-ness helping them accommodate themselves to their bodies!! like some supernatural instinct that helps stiles controls the wolf (+ an opportunity for derek’s grandma to go “oh, derek, you’re dreaming right now arent you?” which is jusy one of my fav scenes in the movie omg!!!!) and derek knowing how to calm stiles’ adhd bc maybe he has a little human brother who has adhd as well 🥺🥺

also the image of their first switch happening at a full moon is so fucking funny to me oh my god. god bless stiles. also derek adjusting as a human in a city is soooo crazy i bet he’s also a little thankful hes human cause the noises would drive him crazy!!!!!

guys oh my god HOW HAVE WE NOT TALKED ABOUT A STEREK ‘YOUR NAME’ AU? THE JOINT DREAMS. THE HALE FIRE. STILES SAVING THEM FROM THE FIRE. THEM MEETING AT NEW YORK. GIRL. GUYS. OH MY GOD

[brunettemarionette]

@crownjewel123

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐢!

Stiles is goofy, nerdy, and easygoing—he perfectly fits your preference for a partner who isn’t dominant but brings a positive and lighthearted energy. He has that shy/nerdy appeal, but he’s also incredibly loyal and loving, which would match your straightforward and open personality well. He’s high-energy and creative, so your shared love for arts, humour, and deep conversations would make for an exciting relationship. He’d love how bold and direct you are because he needs someone who can keep up with his fast-moving brain but also ground him when he spirals.

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘀

You and Stiles absolutely have a Pinterest board for cursed ideas—from bizarre Halloween costumes to aesthetic goth bedroom redesigns.

People have stopped asking what you two are laughing about because it’s either completely random or so deep in inside joke territory that no one else can follow.

At 3 AM, Stiles is like, "You know what would be funny?" and you’re like, "Yes, let’s do it." That’s how you both end up at Walmart in matching character onesies buying 12 gallons of glitter glue for no reason.

If anyone messes with you, Stiles is ready to throw hands, but he also knows you can handle yourself (which he finds both impressive and hot).

You both forget what you were saying mid-sentence and just stare at each other until one of you remembers. No one else understands, but it works.

𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀

You: "I have an idea." Stiles: "I love it. I support it. Let’s do it." Scott: "You haven’t even heard what it is yet—" Stiles & You (in sync): "Irrelevant."

Stiles: "You’d miss me if I died." You: "I’d literally kill you if you died." Stiles: "...fair."

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱

Lydia Martin — She appreciates your straightforward nature and loves your creativity. You, in turn, admire her intelligence and make her laugh when she needs it most. You and Stiles constantly drag her into chaotic adventures, and she pretends to be annoyed but secretly loves it.

𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗣

Derek Hale — He is way too intense, broody, and dominant. You’d constantly butt heads because he’s stubborn and doesn’t like being challenged, major power struggles. He’s emotionally closed-off, which would probably frustrate you since you’re so open about what you think and feel. He doesn’t do well with humour—your jokes in awkward moments would go right over his head or annoy him.

𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲

The Snarky One & The Dramatic One – He rants dramatically, and you respond with sarcasm.

We Shouldn’t Be Left Unsupervised – Scott literally has a crisis every time he leaves you two alone because something always happens.

Best Friends to Lovers – The most natural transition ever. One day you’re joking, the next you’re making heart eyes at each other.

𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲

Partners in Crime

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧!

Alice is the perfect mix of artsy, eccentric, and positive energy, which would help counterbalance your struggles with depression. She adores people she loves and would absolutely dote on you in a way that feels supportive rather than overbearing. She’s insanely creative, so she’d love your artistic side and probably collaborate with you in things like designing clothes, painting, or just creating fun projects together. She’s super adaptable, meaning she’d match your ever-changing moods, whether you’re feeling more pastel goth or vampiric goth that day.

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘀

Alice loves dressing you up, and she gets so excited when you match your aesthetic to your mood. She loves how you can change your aesthetic on the fly: Pastel one day, then earthy tones and then deep vampiric? A fashionistas dream.

Everyone thinks you’re adorable together, but you’re also the most unpredictable duo ever.

Alice helps fuel your artistic side, and you inspire her to create new things instead of just predicting them.

Alice surprises you with tiny gifts or spontaneous trips, and you write her poetry or songs.

She sometimes gets lost in visions of the future, but you bring her back to the present with jokes, kisses, or just holding her hand.

𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀

You: "If I ever get possessed, how will you know it’s not me?" Alice: "If you suddenly start making bad fashion choices, I’m calling an exorcist."

You: "Alice, please stop getting visions of my decisions before I make them." Alice: "Nope. Also, don’t eat that, you’ll regret it."

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱

Emmett Cullen — He thinks you’re hilarious and loves your direct, no-nonsense attitude. He constantly hypes you up and joins in on your and Alice’s chaotic plans just to see what happens.

𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗣

Edward Cullen — He’s way too controlling and wouldn’t respect your independence. He’s also dramatic and brooding; you need someone more lighthearted and easygoing. He would overanalyse everything you say and do, which would be exhausting to you, and he’s too traditional; you’re more creative and spontaneous, which would frustrate him.

𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲

Sunshine & Grump – Alice is the excitable ray of sunshine, and you’re her cool, stylish, sarcastic partner.

Power Couple Vibes – You turn heads when you walk in together, radiating an effortless mix of goth royalty & artistic charm.

Romantic Teasing – Constant flirty banter that is half sarcasm, half genuine love.

𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲

Soulmate AU - Alice Sees a Vision of You Before Meeting You. She knows you’re her soulmate before you even know she exists.

[woniebunny]

ENHYPEN AS TEEN WOLF CHARACTERS || PT.1 HYUNG LINE

GENRE: TEEN WOLF!AU KINDA

WARNINGS: SLIGHT CURSING

A/N: Hii my loves!!! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything but being that next month is pretty much my fave month of the year and I suddenly have maximum creative juices pumping through me right now I’m gonna try and write up and post as much as I can for the next couple of weeks. Starting off with something kinda light I decided to do an Enhypen as Teen Wolf (still one of my fave shows) characters based on my opinion. This is all for fun so please take it with a grain of salt lol. I’m also gonna do a part two with the Maknae line so keep an eye out for that as well. P.S I have a Jaeyun hocus pocus idea in the works rn and I can hint that it’s going to be the longest piece I’ve ever written but I don’t wanna spoil it too much sooooo I’ll stop at that 🤭. As always hope you guys enjoy and reblogs and feedback are always appreciated!!💕

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LEE HEESEUNG (이희승)

•SCOTT MCCALL

• HAS LEADERSHIP SKILLS DESPITE NOT BEING THE ALPHA/LEADER

• WOULD THINK EVERYONE WAS WORTH SAVING NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE OR WHAT THEY’VE DONE

• WOULD ALSO GIVE PETER A MILLION CHANCES

• HAS A VERY STRONG YET KIND OF DORKY AND ENDEARING PERSONALITY. IS SUPER SWEET AND SILLY AND WOULD ALSO 100% BE JUST AS CLUELESS AS SCOTT ON THE SUPERNATURAL AND HAS AN INNOCENCE/NAIVETY TO HIM

• DEFINITELY IS ADOPTING STRAYS AND BRINGING THEM INTO THE PACK (I.E. ISAAC, BOYD, LIAM, THEO, AND CO)

• ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP EVERYONE

PARK JONGSEONG (박종성)

• DEREK HALE

• SOUR WOLF/ SOUR PUSS

• COMES OFF AS COLD AND EVERYONES SCARED OR INTIMIDATED BY HIM BUT HE LOVES HARD AND IS EXTREMELY LOYAL

• ONCE HE CARES ABOUT YOU YOURE PART OF HIS PACK AND HE WOULD LITERALLY GIVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU

• VERY BIG AND TRAINING AND TEACH YOU EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW AND IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE THANKS TO HIS PARENTS (LIKE DEREK WITH TALIA)

• HAS TO SAVE HEESEUNGS ASS ALL THE TIME CAUSE HES PRETTY CLUMSY DESPITE BEING A WOLF

• STRONGLY FIGHTS FOR WHAT HE BELIEVES IN AND WOULD NEVER GIVE UP OR RUNAWAY. CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND IS THE MOST MATURE ALONGSIDE DEATON.

SIM JAEYUN (심재윤)

•STILES STILINSKI

• LITERAL GENIUS (EXPECT HIGHLY INTELLECTUAL RAMBLES (love me a nerdy but sexy man))

• PUPPY LIKE, CLUMSY, KINDA SPASTIC, ADORABLE NERD

•SARCASM KING

• CONSTANTLY BEING UNDERESTIMATED BUT IS THE STRONGEST MEMBER DESPITE BEING HUMAN AND COULD LITERALLY TAKE DOWN THE WHOLE PACK BY HIMSELF.

• IS THE SOLE REASON EVERYONE IS ALIVE

• WOULD BE THE PERFECT VOID WHEN GETTING POSSESSED BY THE NOGITSUNE

• GREAT AT LACROSSE AND IS DEF ON 1ST LINE!

PARK SUNGHOON (박성훈)

• ISAAC LAHEY

• USUALLY THE MORE QUITE MEMBER WHO KINDA KEEPS TO HIMSELF AND ISNT THE BEST AT SOCIALIZING (was locked in a freezer for most of his life he’s learning okay? Precious baby) BUT IS ALWAYS THE FIRST ONE READY FOR A FIGHT OR PUTTING SOMEONE IN THEIR PLACE

• IS THE ONLY MEMBER I CAN THINK OF BESIDES BOYD WHO WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE COLD AND GOING TO THE ICE RINK

• GETS UNDERESTIMATED BECAUSE OF HIS QUIETER MORE NONCHALANT DEMEANOR BUT IS A COMPLETE BADASS AND WOULD BE ONE OF THE FEW MEMBERS WHO CAN ACTUALLY PUT UP A REALLY GOOD FIGHT

• LEATHER JACKETS

• SARCASM PRINCE

• HAS TOM AND JERRY DYNAMIC WITH DEREK BUT SECRETLY DEREKS FAVORITE (Jayhoon bickering is one of my fave things)

• 100% RESPECTS HEESEUNG MOST LIKELY EVEN MORE THAN JAY AND FOLLOWS HIM AROUND LIKE A PUPPY

• THINKS DEATON AND STILES ARE THE SMARTEST AND ALWAYS COUNTS ON THEM FOR A PLAN

• WOULD LEARN CONTROL THE QUICKEST AND USE SOMETHING KIND OF TWISTED AS HIS ANCHOR

• WOULD 100% LEARN HUNTING 101 FROM ARGENT AND BECOME AN EXPERT

[stereksecretsanta]

Merry Christmas, @theydraggedmein!

Happy Holidays to my Sterek Secret Santa giftee, theydraggedmein. I haven’t written Sterek in a long while, so it was hard to get back into it. But I read your Likes List, and once I started writing I couldn’t stop. I’ll upload the story on AO3 after the Big Reveal.

Thank you and happy holidays!

Summary:

Derek asks Stiles to pretend to be his boyfriend for his sister’s wedding.

It doesn’t go as Derek expected. It turns out better.

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Let’s Play Pretend (For A Little While)

“I need you to pretend to be my boyfriend for my sister’s wedding.”

Stiles blinked at Derek. “Uh, a good seven-sixteen in the morning to you, Der.”

Derek sighed, rubbing his face underneath his glasses. “I’m sorry to bother you so early, Stiles, but I need help.”

“With a boyfriend situation, it sounds like.” Stiles yawned. It was cute. He was cute even with the bedhead and the struggle beard and the Batman pajamas. “Come on in. You can tell me what’s going on over coffee.”

“You don’t drink coffee. You drink sugar,” Derek said, to which Stiles snorted. They’d been having this argument for the better part of a year now.

Derek followed after him and sat down on his usual seat in Stiles’ tiny dining room–slash–kitchen as Stiles busied himself with making a cup of (sugar) coffee.

Derek Hale and Stiles Stilinski were co–teachers at the local high school, with Derek teaching Literature and Stiles taking over Performing Arts last year to replace their retiring music teacher. At first Derek thought he and Stiles were never going to get along. They were total opposites with Derek being more formal and quiet—stuffy, was the word often used on him—and being older at thirty-one years old, while Stiles was only twenty-five, young and cool and quite popular with his graphic shirts, his ripped jeans, his left sleeve tattoo, his motorcycle, and the bevy of instruments he touted around. So aside from cursory greetings, Derek had tried vainly to stay away, sure that Stiles would do the same. In the end, and with Stiles’ persistence, the two of them ended up becoming very close friends after they realized that they had so much in common, mainly being nerdy losers deep inside.

“Okay, so…” Stiles sat down with his sugary cup of death. He slid a regular, perfectly normal cup of coffee towards Derek. “Give me the deets.”

Derek sighed, rubbing his cup. He was nervous and embarrassed, but he needed help. 

“My oldest sister, Valerie, is getting married in two weeks and I need a date.”

Stiles was confused. “No offense, but why do you have to bring a boyfriend? Why not just a friend?”

Derek reached into his pocket for his phone. He showed Stiles a photo. It was Derek in college with his arm around a young woman who looked identical to him, with dark hair, piercing dark eyes and the same chin. They were at a college game and were beaming at the camera. 

“You’re so young here, dude!” Stiles cooed.

Another swipe. It was Derek in high school. He and the girl were at the beach, pink-cheeked and with matching pink and purple sunglasses.

Another swipe. It was Derek in elementary. They were at a school fair and the two were eating corndogs.

Another swipe. It was Derek and the girl as toddlers wearing Halloween costumes. She was Dorothy of Oz and he was a lion.

“You two are obviously very close,” Stiles said gently.

Derek smiled at the photos, scrolling through them. “I have a very close-knit family, but Valerie and I have always had a bond. She never pressured me about anything in my life, but she’s always been worried about me, especially since I live so far from all of my siblings.”

He sighed. “And when Valerie and my mom asked if I had a plus one, I accidentally told them I was dating someone and taking them to the wedding.”

Stiles’ confusion cleared. “Which is where the boyfriend plot comes in.”

“Yeah, and I…” Derek rubbed his beard, almost dislodging his glasses. It was a bit of a self-soothing habit. “I didn’t know who to ask and you’re my…” ridiculous, embarrassing and entirely unrequited crush, “... you’re one of my closest friends.”

Stiles took a long drink of his sugar in a cup. When he put it down, he nodded. “You know what, sure.”

“Really?” Derek asked, surprised. He thought he had to work harder to convince him.

Stiles shrugged. “Yeah, I mean, why not? I’m not doing anything.” He smiled. “And you know I’ll always help you if you need me.”

This was how Derek ended up confirming Stiles’s presence to his mother a few minutes later. Stiles had gone to take a shower and get ready. It wasn’t a good look for teachers to be late to school.

“…and book the flight and I’ll be there on Thursday evening,” he gulped, “with Stiles.”

“Stiles is the one you’re dating?” Talia asked.

Derek flushed. “Yeah, uh, you know him.”

Talia sounded excited. “Oh, honey, I can’t believe you’re finally going out with that teacher you’ve had a crush on for so long.” 

“Shh, don’t say that.” Derek whipped around, glasses almost flying off his face, but Stiles was still in his bedroom and his mother wasn’t on speaker.

Talia chuckled. “I guess it would be uncool to tell your new boyfriend that you’ve held a torch for him for a while.”

Derek’s face felt warm. He put his phone on speakerphone as he washed the cups he and Stiles used.

“How long have you and Stiles been dating, hon?” Talia suddenly asked.

“Uh…” Derek winced. He and Stiles hadn’t talked about those things yet. 

There was a touch to his back and he turned to see Stiles, hair still damp but already dressed. He tapped the photo that was pinned to the refrigerator by a wolf magnet. It was a photo of their faculty taken last Teacher’s Day two months ago. Derek and Stiles were near the end of the crowd, beaming at the camera.

“Since Teacher’s Day a couple of weeks ago,” Derek said, to which Stiles sent him a thumbs up.

“How come you only told me about this now?”

That was easy to answer. “Because you’re all nosy.”

Talia clicked her tongue against her teeth. “We’re just concerned about you.”

“Nosy.”

“Fine, be that way,” Talia said, a pout in her words. Derek missed her so much. “Anyway, I’m happy for you, dear. See you soon. And Stiles too. I’m excited to meet him. Love you.”

“Thanks, Mom. Love you too.”

Derek cut the call and put away the clean cups. Stiles was leaning against the kitchen island with an amused smile on his face. He was in a Nirvana shirt, dark jeans, green socks and radiating amusement.

“You’ve mentioned your family a few times, but I guess I’m gonna need a crash course on the complete Hale Family, eh?”

Derek sighed. “Thanks, Stiles. You’re a lifesaver. I could kiss you.”

Stiles winked. “Save that for the wedding weekend.”

Derek flushed.

Derek woke up one morning confused and absolutely disoriented, so much so that it took him a while to figure some things out. 

First, he and Stiles had arrived at the wedding venue late last night after a three-hour flight and three more hours of travel. He had fallen asleep on the way, leaving Stiles to get him into bed and change him into some comfortable clothes. They were also sharing a bed, going by the fact that Derek could hear soft snoring and feel an arm around his waist and a warm body curled against his back. Second, his phone was ringing on the bedside table, though thankfully the volume had been set low.

Derek groaned and reached for his phone, squinting at the bright screen. It was Laura. He answered it, holding it a good few inches from his ear just in case.

“WAKE UP, DEEDEE!”

It said something about his sister’s lungs that Stiles was jolted awake even if she was screaming through the phone and wasn’t on speaker.

“Wat’d hell?” Stiles murmured unintelligibly, his arm tightening around Derek’s waist and his face burrowing against Derek’s back.

Derek patted the hand on his stomach. “It’s just Laura on the phone being so loud.”

“The fuck she screaming for?” Stiles mumbled. The sensation felt ticklish against Derek’s back.

“What the—you really do have Stiles there.”

“Yes, so what do you want?”

“Time to get up for breakfast.”

Derek sighed, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. “Okay. We’ll be down soon.”

He cut the call before Laura could say anything else. Stiles was still clinging to him for dear life. Derek tapped the arm around his waist, trying not to flush at how warm and snuggly it all felt.

“Stiles, we have to get up.”

“Do we have to?” Stiles whined, arm tightening around Derek’s waist. Derek had to resist the urge to squirm. 

“We have to. Or else they’re just going to come up here and bother us.”

Stiles pulled away from Derek with a groan and they both sat up with Stiles rubbing his face vigorously. Derek resisted the urge to brush his messy hair away from his forehead. 

“Okay, I’m up. Just give me a sec. Your sister has insane lungs.” Stiles groaned, glaring weakly at him. “Please tell me she won’t wake us up every single day this weekend.”

Derek chuckled. He reached out, touching Stiles’ tattooed arm. “She did it today just to be annoying.”

“Good, because I was sleeping really well and she ruined it,” Stiles groused.

“By the way, thanks for helping me last night.” Derek felt a bit embarrassed. “And I can take the sofa tonight if you—”

“Don’t be silly, Der.” Stiles rolled his eyes. “The bed is ginormous and it’s pretty obvious we fit. We can just keep sharing the bed.” He stood up, stretching his arms in the air. “And like I said, I slept really well last night.”

“Uh, yeah, right.” Derek found it difficult to swallow. Both because he wasn’t quite sure how to interpret that and because it was a bit devastating seeing Stiles in the morning light with his tattoos and messy hair and the way his shirt rode up past the edge of his sweatpants to show his tummy.

“I’ll take the bathroom first.” Stiles opened the closet. “I need to psych myself up. Day One of pretending is upon us.”

Derek grimaced. That was another difficult pill to swallow, so he just nodded, glad that Stiles couldn’t see his face.

The location for Valerie’s wedding was one of the Hale properties, a private sanctuary and event space in the countryside that they often used for family or company events. The place they were staying at was the main villa, which had a bevy of suites for their large family to use. It was connected to the other villas through a series of hallways and a small function hall which was set up to be the private dining room for the family and the wedding entourage.

Despite Laura waking them up at an early hour, there was already a sizable crowd in the dining area. Derek noticed it through the glass doors and he groaned deeply when he saw the people gathered inside.

“What is it?” Stiles peered around Derek. “That’s a lot of Hales.”

Derek jumped when he felt Stiles lace their fingers together. He glanced down at their hands, trying not to blush. Stiles’ hand was surprisingly cool, with long slender fingers and a wide palm.

“Come on, Der. We’re supposed to be dating. Don’t tell me you forgot.”

“Oh, yeah, right.” Derek fiddled with his glasses.

“It’ll be fine,” Stiles said soothingly. “I’ll follow your lead.”

“Or I’ll follow yours,” Derek said. They had made some plans here and there about how to pretend that they were a couple, but since their cover story was that they had only been dating recently, they had a bit of leeway when it came to acting all lovey-dovey.

Besides, Derek’s heart wouldn’t be able to take pretending that much.

Derek took a deep breath, tried to beat down his panic, and then led Stiles inside the lion’s den. Stiles squeezed his hand gently as they walked in.

“Derek!”

Laura was first to beckon them over and Derek let go of Stiles so he could catch his exuberant sister as she tossed herself at him.

“I’ve missed you, Deedee!”

Stiles snickered. “Deedee.”

Derek glared at him and it turned out to be the perfect opportunity for Laura to turn on Stiles. She was the only one in the family that had met Stiles before because she regularly flew up to visit Derek and had met him at school.

“Stiles! Wow! You’re here!”

“As Derek’s plus one, yeah. Nice to meet you… again.” Stiles smiled, waving a hand.

“Who’d have thought we’d meet here again of all places,” Laura said. “Come on and meet the family.”

Gathered together were Derek’s parents, Talia and Desmond, his older brother Matthew and younger brother Cameron, and Derek’s best friends, Boyd and Erica. There was a polite silence as they approached. Derek squeezed Stiles’ arm and steeled himself. It’s showtime.

“Derek, son. Good to see you.” Desmond folded him in a big hug. 

“Hi, Dad.” Derek hugged him back. He and Matthew both got their hirsute nature from their father and their tendency to enjoy hugs.

“Looks like you brought a date,” Desmond said. They both turned to see Talia already engaged in conversation with Stiles. He lowered his voice. “Seems like a nice young man. Glad to hear you finally asked out your little crush.”

“Dad!” Derek did not whine. He was too old for that. He ignored Desmond’s chuckles.

“Uh, mom.” He approached her and kissed her cheek. “I didn’t know you knew Stiles.”

Stiles leaned towards him, placing a warm palm on his back. “Your mom helped me find our room last night.”

Derek groaned in embarrassment, but Talia and Desmond just looked amused.

“You looked so tired last night, darling,” Talia said, hugging Derek’s side. “Good thing Stiles was there to look after you.”

“It was no problem at all,” Stiles actually managed to sound sincere. 

“Stiles, these are my brothers, Mattie and Cam,” Derek said.

Matthew waved, while Cameron just grunted at them over his bowl of cereal. He had sunglasses on even if they were indoors and his dark and slightly curly hair was a riotous mess atop his head.

“Excuse this one. He is not a morning person.” Matthew laughed, nudging Cameron.

“And these are my best friends, Boyd and Erica,” Derek added.

This honestly worried Derek a little bit, because Boyd and Erica had been his friends since childhood and they were the ones most likely to figure out Derek’s deception. But Erica only waved at them excitedly and Boyd nodded.

“Derek, Stiles, go on and eat before the others start coming in,” Desmond said.

“Thank you, sir,” Stiles tugged at Derek’s arm. “Come on, Der. Let’s eat.” 

There was a breakfast buffet set out and Derek was tempted to join, but he could feel a very pointed glare at the back of his head and it made him hesitate.

“Orrrr…” Stiles could either see it, feel it, or he had good sense. “Want me to get you something? You should catch up with your family first.”

Erica pounced on it. “Would you, please, Stiles? Thank you soooo much. Derek, come sit with me.”

“Come on, Stiles. The food here is great,” Laura said. She glanced in amusement over at Erica, barely stifling her grin, the harpy.

Stiles gave Derek a knowing look. He stroked Derek’s back and literally left him to the wolves. Derek then found himself being bodily dragged by Erica down to his seat. Matthew laughed while Cameron groaned at how the entire table was jostled. Talia and Desmond ignored all the commotion.

Erica got right up in Derek’s face. “How could you not tell me you were finally dating that teacher you’ve had a crush on for months! That is not what best friends do, Derek!”

Derek pushed her away, making her flop back against her calmer husband. “Because I knew it’d be a big deal.”

“Of course it’s a big deal! You haven’t dated anyone in years!” Erica’s excitement for him warred with her anger.

“And it’s still new.” Derek tried not to look too flustered, but he knew he wasn’t succeeding.

“It might be new, but it seems serious enough for you to invite him to Val’s wedding,” Matthew pointed out, to which everyone around the table nodded, even Derek’s parents.

Derek squirmed in his seat, his belly turning unpleasantly at his lies.

“I think you two look so cute,” Erica gushed. “Oh, I’m gonna have so much fun with you.”

“Please, don’t,” Derek pleaded.

“Please, don’t, babe,” Boyd agreed. “We can’t spend a fortune on the damage you’ll end up causing.”

Stiles and Laura came back, with Stiles toting plates piled high with food. He slid one in front of Derek filled with a bowl of breakfast oats, sunny side up eggs, bacon, and blueberry pancakes with syrup on the side.

“I also got you a fruit and yoghurt smoothie.” He brandished a glass at him. 

“Thank you,” Derek said. These were all his favorites. How did Stiles even know that he liked these? Laura probably just told him what to pick out—

“Is it okay? ”Stiles asked as he buttered his toast. He was surprisingly a toast and coffee sort of person, and once told Derek it was a habit he got from college. “I think I remember everything from how you usually eat your breakfast at the teacher’s lounge.”

Derek was saved from having to think up a response to that when Cameron piped up, head still lolling sleepily.

“You watch Derek eat? Are you a stalker or something? Derek, are you dating a stalker?”

There was laughter and teasing all around, which Stiles took in stride while Derek sat there, confused and flustered and trying not to show it.

The private ceremony was going to be for family and very close friends only and it was going to be held in the sprawling manicured grounds. There were beautiful pocket gardens and artful trellises and arches, a little swing set and playbox for the children, and picturesque backgrounds for taking photos and videos. The reception, on the other hand, was at the function hall just a short walk away. It was large and expansive, able to accommodate up to 250 guests, with a bar for beverage service and a lanai area for cocktails and lounging.

Stiles let out a low whistle. “This place is amazing. And your family owns it?”

Derek nodded. “My great grandmother bought the land. She wanted to turn it into a rest house where the family can come together. Over the years the family started having other properties, so one of her sons had this converted into an event venue instead.”

“Good choice. It’s pretty beautiful out here,” Stiles said.

Derek agreed. The family rarely had time to celebrate here, but they always had good memories of this place.

“Uncle Deedee!”

Derek smiled. “CC!”

Matthew’s daughter, CC, came barrelling towards him. She was five years old and was blond, rambunctious, and the light of Derek’s life. Derek caught her as she threw herself at him, lifting her in his arms to plant kisses to her cheeks.

“Hey, baby.” He smiled widely.

CC beamed at him. She was in a dress which was already quite dirty with dust and grass stains and her hair was coming out of its ponytail, but she was the most precious thing Derek had ever seen.

“Uncle Deedee, you’re here!” she screeched.

“Who are you with? Why are you running around by yourself?” Derek asked.

“Uncle Natty’s here.” CC pointed at the figure ambling leisurely towards them. Only then did she notice Stiles and she turned her finger to him. “Who’s he?”

“It’s rude to point, baby.” Derek patted her hand. “CC, this is my b–boyfriend, Stiles.”

“Your boyfriend?” she asked, wide-eyed.

Stiles smiled warmly at her. “Hey there, pretty lady. I’m Stiles. What’s your name?”

CC snuggled into Derek’s arms, looking shyly at their new guest. She rubbed Derek’s beard to soothe herself. 

“Am CC.” She pointed at his arm. “Wassat on your arm, ‘Tiles?”

Stiles had pushed his sleeves up his forearm, showing off his left sleeve. “These are my tattoos. Do you want to see?”

CC patted on Derek’s chest to be let down and he watched as she scrambled towards Stiles. The man squatted down and let CC tug on his arm this way and that to see it.

As they talked, Nathaniel appeared. He was the most good-looking in the family with dark hair and a sly smile and heartthrob looks. He lifted his ever-present camera and took a shot of Derek and then of CC and Stiles.

“Since when did you get a boyfriend?”

Derek coughed. “It’s n–new. His name’s Stiles. He’s really nice.”

“Looks like it,” Nathan said, watching as Stiles made CC laugh.

CC bounced back over to them and held her hands up to be picked up. Derek did so and she leaned in to whisper something, though it wasn’t really much of a whisper.

“I like ‘Tiles. He’s funny and his arm drawings are cool. And he’s pretty.”

“Good to know, baby.” Derek glanced at Stiles, who looked immensely pleased but pretended he didn’t hear a thing. 

Nathan stepped forward to introduce himself to Stiles, but he excused himself pretty soon.

“We gotta go. C'mon, CC,” Nathan called out. “We have to find your dad and get you into some clean clothes.”

CC made Derek put her down after placing a wet kiss on her uncle’s cheek. She and Nathan waved goodbye as they walked back to the main villa.

“Your niece is the cutest,” Stiles gushed, smiling at Derek. “Nathan’s not bad too.”

Derek smiled. He was relieved Stiles was getting along with his family so far, but it also made his chest tighten.

“Hey, Der!” Nathan called out just before he and CC disappeared inside. “Don’t forget about family dinner later!”

As if Derek didn’t need more problems.

“Have you forgotten about me now that you’re getting married?”

Valerie laughed, and it might seem fanciful, but Derek had always thought his sister had the prettiest laugh he’d ever heard.

“As if I could ever forget my favorite sibling,” she said.

Derek stepped into her room. “We’re going to have a riot in our hands if someone hears you.”

“Who would dare call me out on it?” Valerie raised an eyebrow at him, ever confident and bold. She raised a hand to beckon him closer. “Or better yet, who doesn’t know you’re my favorite?”

Derek chuckled, feeling bashful even as he moved closer into the room. As he sat down on the couch across from his sister, Valerie turned to him. 

“How are you?”

Derek snorted. “Why are you asking me? I’m not the one tying the knot tomorrow, finally.”

Valerie snorted as well, rather inelegantly. “Piero and I have been together for many years. He’s old news. You, on the other hand, have a boyfriend, and that’s more exciting.”

“Do you want to meet him?”

“I can meet him at the family dinner later,” Valerie waved a hand. “I want to know how you are. Mom said you were asleep on your feet when you arrived last night.”

Derek rubbed the back of his neck. “I’m fine, I promise.”

They chatted for a bit. He and Valerie had always been incredibly close, and she had always been his buffer between the more exuberant personalities of all of their other siblings. Maybe it was that bond that hadn’t wanted her to worry, that had pushed Derek into the lie he was now currently living. But he mentally shook those thoughts away. He couldn’t falter now. He didn’t want to be another thing for Valerie, his Mom, and his family to worry about.

It was those thoughts that Derek clung to at family dinner later that night. He and Stiles had changed into matching red and gray ensembles—Stiles had insisted that couples do that—and had met the rest of the family. Derek knew his palm was clammy as he held Stiles’ hand, but thankfully Stiles didn’t mind and just gave him a reassuring squeeze.

“Nice to see you again,” Stiles said to Cora. He chuckled at Derek’s confusion. “She threatened to punch my lights out last night in case I dropped you on the way to our room.”

Derek whirled towards her. “Wha—Cora!”

Cora scoffed. “I thought he’d drop you. He was a skinny dude hauling your fat ass down the hall.”

“Cora,” Derek hissed, embarrassed.

Stiles just laughed and tugged Derek close, wrapping an arm around his waist. “I wouldn’t have dropped Derek, not when I’m very, very fond of his ass.”

Derek flushed, both by the proximity and his words. He pinched Stiles’ side, but it only made him giggle.

Cora made a face, but she seemed somehow pleased. “Eww, sappy. I can’t believe someone is as sappy as you, Deedee.”

“Cor, there you are.” Cameron popped up, finally looking more awake this time. “Uh, who’s this with Dee?”

Stiles looked amused. “We’ve already met, man.”

Cameron was confused. “We have?”

Then Valerie was coming over, looking beautiful and incredibly intimidating. 

“You must be the famous Stiles,” she said, giving him a scrutinizing look. “Derek’s told me a lot about you.”

Stiles looked pleased. “He has? Like what? I’ll tell you everything he’s said about your beautiful self.”

Valerie looked amused. “Come on. Sit with me.”

Stiles turned to him, tugging at his waist. “Can we sit with the bride, Derek?”

Derek looked at them suspiciously. This felt like a bad idea. “No, because I’m pretty sure you two will start plotting something the way villains do.”

“All the more reason for us to sit together,” Stiles insisted as Valerie laughed. “And you know any evil kingdom I build will be in your honor… and your amazing ass.”

Cora and Cameron burst out laughing. Valerie looked like she had barely stopped herself from doing so. Derek’s face was so warm, he was almost surprised his glasses didn’t fog up.

“God, Stiles, shut up. Go and sit with Val,” he murmured, unable to help the smile that tugged at his lip.

Stiles pressed a kiss to his cheek which made Derek flush even stronger, and he danced away with a cackle when Derek tried to pinch his side. Derek sighed, smiling as Stiles sat down at the table with his siblings, easily getting lost in conversation with them.

Derek watched them, feeling his throat clogging up.

It was just pretend. It really was. He had to keep remembering that.

As the hour passed, Derek witnessed how well Stiles and his family took to each other. Valerie looked utterly delighted with him, as did her fiancé Piero. Her two-year-old son, Spencer, also seemed to like Stiles, especially when he managed to make him laugh. A jealous CC had popped up at one point, wanting to sit with Tiles,’ but leaving when the adult conversation got too boring. Laura and Cora were cackling at every joke Stiles cracked. Stiles, Erica, Boyd and Cameron, Nathan were all exchanging good-hearted jibes with him. Talia and Desmond were sitting with Piero’s parents, but they dropped by and left laughing at whatever Stiles had said. 

They all got along so well that Derek thought it had to be some sort of cruel and karmic joke that his family would love the one person he could never have for real. And something about it made his chest feel tight.

“Do you remember that, babe?” Stiles asked, turning to Derek and sliding an arm across the back of his seat until he was stroking his other arm. He looked at him with bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

Derek couldn’t hide a smile. If anything else, seeing Stiles enjoy himself was worth whatever discomfort Derek was feeling.

“How can I forget? You kept bragging about it in the teacher’s lounge,” he scoffed, making everyone roar with laughter.

Later on, as the dinner wrapped up, Valerie tugged him aside with a bright smile on her face.

“I like Stiles, Derek. I hope things work out with him.”

Derek didn’t even have to lie this time. “I hope so too. I really do.”

Since the ceremony was going to be an affair with friends and family only and Valerie was a no-nonsense person who hated fuss, the wedding day dawned upon them bright and early and calm. Derek once again found himself in Stiles’s arms when he woke up, and while part of him was already growing anxious, a greater part felt too warm and cozy to care.

Also, he wanted to relish this moment, because he knew it was never going to happen again.

When Stiles woke up, he was his usual touchy and soft self which tugged at Derek’s heartstrings. Room service brought them breakfast and they lounged around a little before getting ready.

“Stiles, I’ll go ahead and see Val, okay?” Derek called out as he studied his suit in the mirror.

“All right, I’ll catch up,” Stiles said, his steps padding on the carpet. “I’ll see you at the… uh…”

Derek turned to him. Stiles was in his bathrobe and toweling his hair, but he had frozen in place, looking at Derek with wide eyes and pink cheeks.

“Is it all right?” Derek turned in place. He was a bit used to wearing suits from school events and family engagements, but this was one of the fanciest he’d ever worn.

“Uh, you look great… absolutely,” Stiles coughed. He still looked flushed from his shower.

“Thanks.” Derek sighed in relief. “I laid out your suit. I know you can’t do your tie, so I’ll do it for you later if you want.”

“T–thanks,” Stiles said as Derek left.

As Derek closed the door behind him, he thought he heard Stiles mutter something like “…and back to the shower I go…” but that was probably just his imagination.

He went to his sister’s suite. His mother was there and his sisters, and they ushered him over to her room so he could see her. 

Valerie looked absolutely radiant and every inch the beautiful and blinding bride. She wore a sleek, ankle-length, low back gown embellished with lace and crystals and intricate beadwork, and her hair was in a high, artfully messy bun with strands that framed her beautiful face. Derek felt a little choked up at the sight of her.

“How do I look?” Valerie did a twirl, making the skirt of her dress swirl around her.

“You look gorgeous,” he whispered in awe.

Valerie laughed, light and warm. She curtsied, which Derek returned with a bow. Her joy was contagious and her eyes sparkled with excitement. Derek held out his arms and she hugged him tight, throwing her arms around his neck. Derek swayed them in place and tried not to feel choked up by all the feelings inside him. It wasn’t as if a lot of things were going to change. Valerie and Piero had been together for years and they had a son, but it still made Derek feel a pang in his chest that his sister was going to become someone’s wife.

When they parted, Valerie took Derek’s face between her hands and pressed their foreheads together gently.

“More than anything, I hope you’re happy,” Derek said.

“I am.” Valerie smiled. “And that’s all I ever want for you too. When you find your special someone, you hold onto them and don’t let go, okay?”

Derek nodded and hugged her tight to hide the sadness he could feel threatening to spill from inside him.

Later, he found Stiles with Laura, who was doing Stiles the honor of fixing his tie for him. Derek was stunned by the sight of Stiles in a suit. It fit him like a glove, and with his artfully tousled hair and the black stud in one ear, Derek felt his heart was in his throat.

“Derek, you okay?” Laura asked, snickering.

Derek glared at her. “I’m fine, I just…” He turned back to Stiles, who actually looked a bit nervous. “You look great.”

“I do?” Stiles asked, smoothing down his tie. He smiled at Derek. “Well, I think you look better than I do.”

“As if.” Derek snorted, which made Stiles frown.

Laura looked between them. “Okay. I think I’m just going to go.” She kissed Derek’s cheek then walked off, giggling.

Stiles was frowning and without preamble, he reached for Derek’s hand and, much to his surprise, brought it to his lips in a kiss.

“You really need to stop selling yourself short. You look amazing and I’m honored you’d ask me to be your date this weekend, Der.”

It was sweet. Stiles was so sweet. But Derek had to remember that Stiles was just that way, that it meant nothing. So he swallowed it all down and concentrated on the here and now.

The ceremony was amazing and there wasn’t a dry set of eyes in the whole crowd. Valerie and Piero looked ridiculously happy, and twice so when they brought Spencer up to the altar with them, their little boy confused but happy to be included.

After a ridiculous amount of photos and some more tears and laughter, they headed up to the function hall where their other guests were gathered. Derek was talking to the twins in one corner, catching up on their recent activities. 

“Look,” Cora said, nodding to the dance floor.

Stiles was dancing with Talia, leading her effortlessly around the dance floor. He was a good dancer, but Derek knew that. Aside from being a musician, Stiles also taught students dance. He’d always said that, being an awkward kid growing up, he’d have loved it if someone had taught him something simple as a waltz. It would have helped his confidence a lot.

He was certainly putting that talent to good use. So far, he’d danced with Talia, Laura, Erica, and even Nathan, who was a good dancer himself. Valerie had loudly requested a dance after she’d had her fill of her husband. And Derek… Derek wasn’t jealous. He wasn’t. But he and Stiles had yet to…

“Try not to look so into him, lover boy,” Cora teased.

Cameron chuckled. “I think it’s a good look on you, Derek. You look happy.”

“Sickeningly so,” Cora added, nudging him. “It’s nice to see you happy, big bro.”

Eventually, the song ended and the twins moved on. Before Derek could contemplate his next move, Stiles plopped down beside him.

“Your family is so cool,” he sounded a bit breathless but happy. “So big and so cool. And they’re really hard to say no to.”

Derek chuckled. “Imagine my life growing up.”

Stiles grinned. “It’s really great. They’re all great. Especially since I grew up an only child, this entire weekend has been a blast.”

Derek felt his smile melt at that. The weekend. Right. Because this was only for the weekend. Because this was all pretend. Once the weekend passed, they’d go back to their real lives as just friends. After a good few weeks, they’d break up and Derek was going to tell his family, and it’ll be fine. Because this was what they had agreed on. 

It’s okay. It’s fine. Derek was going to be okay. 

Derek felt something crawl up his throat and the room suddenly felt too small and too crowded. His chest felt tight, like it was getting hard to take in air. He cursed himself for feeling like this. This was all a lie, a game, a charade, pretend, and even if his heart was breaking at the thought of it, he knew this was completely and entirely his fault.

“Hey, Derek. May I have a dance?” 

The panic receded for a moment and Derek turned to Stiles, surprised. 

Stiles was looking at him intensely and somewhat strangely. He reached for Derek’s hand and slipped his fingers between Derek’s. He gently led him to the dance floor.

“I’ve danced with so many people. It’s high time I dance with my boyfriend.”

A slow song was playing and when Stiles pulled Derek close, the surprise of it had Derek snapping out from his thoughts.

“Stiles?”

“Just a dance,” Stiles murmured, pressing close and resting his temple against Derek’s. 

They swayed to the music, chest to chest, hands clasped, and arms around each other. No words were exchanged. And when Stiles started rubbing Derek’s back and humming to the music, Derek all but melted.

As they spun around, Derek caught a glimpse of Valerie, who was looking at her husband with love in her eyes.

“When you find your special someone, you hold onto them and don’t let go, okay?” she had told Derek that.

And suddenly Derek felt tired, felt heartsick and vulnerable and torn open, because he knew this was something he’d done to himself. He couldn’t help pressing a kiss to Stiles’s cheek for the last time.

The song eventually ended, and without entirely knowing what he was doing, Derek detangled himself from Stiles, excused himself, and quickly walked out onto the lanai. There were only a few people milling around and it was easy enough to find a corner where he could hide and lick his wounds. 

But then he felt a hand around his wrist and he turned around to see a determined Stiles looking back at him. 

Before Derek could speak, Stiles cupped his cheeks, leaned into him, and pressed his lips against his. Derek froze. He couldn’t breathe, couldn’t move, couldn’t think. His heart was beating so fast in his chest and so loud in his ears. He only came back to life when he felt Stiles start to pull away and he wrapped his arms around the man’s waist and kissed him back.

The kiss was awkward. The angle was a bit wrong and they stumbled a little which actually pressed their cheeks a bit too hard together. But it was still a kiss, warm and loving, with Stiles, and he held onto Derek as hard as Derek held onto him.

Stiles was the first to pull away. His face was flushed and he had a fond look on his face that made Derek’s heart skip a beat.

“I like you. Derek, I like you so much. I see it on your face when you remember this stupid deal we made and it kills me that this is how it started—how we started out—but I didn’t want you to think that I don’t like you back.”

“…back?” Derek asked.

Stiles chuckled. “Dude, you have the worst poker face ever or at least to me.”

Derek poked his side. “Don’t call me dude when you just kissed me.”

“Fine, I’ll go back to babe.” Stiles grinned cheekily. “But seriously, Der, I think your family is amazing and I wouldn’t trade this weekend for anything in the world, except maybe me confessing that I like you the moment you asked me to play pretend boyfriends so that we could have cuddled a hell of a lot more in bed.”

“I’m in love with you,” Derek blurted out. “I just didn’t know how to say it.”

Stiles softened. “Ditto.”

Derek leaned his forehead against Stiles, their noses brushing and arms wrapped around each other. Stiles squeezed him tight and kissed him once, twice, three times, before pulling away.

“Now, come on. We only danced once. I want to see you booty shake, Hale.”

Derek groaned. “Stiles.”

But he let a cackling Stiles lead him back inside and to the dance floor. Valerie joined them, heels kicked off and Spencer in her arms and Piero trailing behind. Laura and Cora crashed into them as did a tipsy Erica and suffering Boyd and Cameron. Nathan was taking photos of them all, Matthew was laughing as he swayed to and fro with CC, and Talia and Desmond flew past them all, dancing and laughing.

When Derek asked Stiles to pretend to be his boyfriend for his sister’s wedding, he didn’t know how it would go. Turned out it went even better than he’d dreamed of.

[stilinskiderek]

➺ 𝒓𝓾𝓵𝓮𝓼: list your ten favorite characters from ten separate fandoms, then tag ten people!

Tagged by @nerdy-stilinski I’m not forgetting this time 🫡

1. Bucky Barnes - MCU (duh and of course I’m sorry xmen)

2. Derek Hale - Teen Wolf (also duh and of course)

3. Jake Seresin - Top Gun Maverick (derogatory)

4. Gary Walsh - Veep (sorry Jonah my behated/beloved)

5. Love Quinn - You (I MISS YOU)

6. Isabella Swan - Twilight (my sister and my best friend and also me)

7. Lisa Swallows - Lisa Frankenstein (see above)

8. Desmond Hume - LOST (THIS ONE WAS HARD IM SORRY SAWYER/SAYID/CLAIRE/CHARLIE/HURLEY)

9. Eddie Diaz - 911 (I’m sorryyyyyy Buck)

10. Noho Hank - Barry (I MISS YOU KING)

No pressure tags: @egantopleaze @wolfdeans @punkrott @yaoiadderall @elletalking

[dirtbagdefender]

➺ 𝒓𝓾𝓵𝓮𝓼: list your ten favorite characters from ten separate fandoms, then tag ten people!

thanks for the tag @jozstankovich !! sorry this is fifteen years late! 💗

(in no particular order)

derek hale - teen wolf

spike - buffy the vampire slayer

jamie tartt - ted lasso

kyle valenti - roswell new mexico

takeshi kovacs - altered carbon

beverly katz - hannibal

daniel le domas - ready or not

tyler owens - twisters

billy hargrove - stranger things

riley flynn - midnight mass

tagging: @nerdy-stilinski @fangasmic @benoitblanc @liabegins @dr-lizortecho @dear-massacre @half-oz-eddie @soundfanatic @wroteclassicaly @thyknife @shaniacsboogara

[sterek-ao3feed]

Thanks Uncle Peter

Read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/59885095

by notyourtipicalauthor

The moment Derek laid eyes on Stiles, he felt an instant attraction. Stiles was tall and fit, with brown hair that glimmered in the sunlight. The glasses he wore added an intriguing touch to his appearance, making him look more alluring than nerdy.

To Derek’s surprise, Stiles seemed aware of the attention he was receiving. He shot Derek a playful wink, acknowledging the lingering gaze.

Intrigued, Derek decided to test the waters.

Words: 2303, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Peter Hale, Original Male Character(s)

Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski

Additional Tags: Top Stiles Stilinski, Bottom Derek Hale, First Meetings, Sexy Times, Anal Sex, Barebacking, Derek Hale & Stiles Stilinski are the Same Age, Exhibitionism, Rimming, Groping, Anal Fingering, Blow Jobs, Cock Slut Derek Hale, Size Queen Derek Hale, Horny Stiles Stilinski, Horny Derek Hale, Exhibitionist Stiles Stilinski, Exhibitionist Derek Hale, Fingerfucking, Porn With Plot, Alternate Universe - Human, Rough Sex, Stranger Sex

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59885095

[ihavesimpedovermanyfictionalmen]

⊱ ─《I Cannot Stand You!》─ ⊰

ᴘᴀɪʀɪɴɢ: ꜱᴛɪʟᴇꜱ ꜱᴛɪʟɪɴꜱᴋɪ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ: ᴄᴜʀꜱɪɴɢ, ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴀɴɪᴄ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋꜱ, ꜱᴇʟꜰ-ʜᴀʀᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴍ ᴏꜰ ʙᴜʀɴɪɴɢ, ᴄᴜᴛᴛɪɴɢ, ꜱᴄʀᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ,ʙʀɪᴇꜰ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴜʀɢɪɴɢ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴡᴇʟʟ, ɪɴꜱᴇᴄᴜʀɪᴛɪᴇꜱ, ᴍᴀʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ꜰʟᴜꜰꜰ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛ, ʟᴏᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴɢꜱᴛ

ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ: ꜱᴄᴏᴛᴛ'ꜱ ꜱɪꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀᴄᴀᴅᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ʀɪᴠᴀʟꜱ ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ʙɪʀᴛʜ, ʀᴇɢᴀʀᴅʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴍᴇʀᴇʟʏ ᴋɪᴅꜱ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇɴ, ꜱʜᴇ ɢᴇᴛꜱ ᴛᴀᴋᴇɴ ʙʏ ʜᴇʀ ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴏᴛʜ ꜱᴛɪʟᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴄᴏᴛᴛ, ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʀ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ, ᴀʀᴇɴ'ᴛ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ ʜᴇʀ. ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴀᴡᴏʟ ꜰᴏʀ 7 ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ, ꜱʜᴇ ꜰɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇᴀᴄᴏɴ ʜɪʟʟꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ꜱᴛᴇᴘ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, 2 ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ

author’s note: this hasn’t been proofread nor is it a new fic. it’s literally the same fanfiction as my other one just, updated ;) also be warned that the rest of the parts aren't updated yet so just wait a bit cuz school is kicking my ass! Hopefully by the end of the week (07/31/23) ill have up until part 7 that will be updated and posted

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Everybody knows Scott McCall. Stiles’ best friend. He’s the alpha werewolf and was turned by Derek Hale. Scott was on the lacrosse team and dated Alison Argent, the daughter of werewolf hunters. And of course we all know Stiles Stilinski. Son of the Sheriff. Socially awkward when around Lydia Martin. Very smart. And loves Star Wars. But, there is one person no one knows. Y/N McCall. Scott McCall’s twin sister, although he insisted he was older by 4 minutes. Y/N McCall was the twin sister of Scott, and the reason nobody knows about her is because... she was taken away from Scott and her mother. From who? Their own father. Confused?

Don’t be.

Let me explain... At age 7, Scott and Y/N were just finishing from playing tag when they saw a young boy hiding behind his father. Sheriff Stilinski. Y/N urged Scott to go talk to them as she wanted him to make friends, someone other than herself of course, but he was (and no offense to him) too nerdy. He like sports like any normal boy however, he would always try to convince his sister that supernatural beings existed, and every time, she never believed him. Apparently, making friends with the boy was easy, but not for Y/N. At first, she thought he was a sweet little boy just too embarrassed to want to be making friends. Oh how she was wrong.

Him and Scott got along just fine, however Scott wasn’t in his class all the way through elementary school. At first it started with throwing paper balls, then it started with Stiles sneaking her a note between classes, then it was him coming over after school and constantly annoying her. Realistically, they hated each other, with a passion. No one ever knew why, not even the star crossed enemies themselves. It just happened.

And she was fine with it. Y/N had Lydia Martin as her best friend and goodness she was enough. Remember earlier when I said that she was taken away from her brother and mother? This is how it happened. She and Scott were walking home from school one day, just the two of them. Hand in hand. Once they got home, their mother, although having a smile on her face, was crying. There were child service people and cops and more importantly, their father. They hadn’t seen their father ever, only mere pictures of him.

Apparently, being part of the custody agreement they made when they divorced, the father was supposed to have the youngest child in his care and the mother the oldest. Now even though they were fraternal twins, technically speaking, Scott was born 4 minutes before y/n. 

That unfortunately meant that, that day, she left with her father to go to Washington for some big FBI job he had. In reality, though, she knew it was because he wanted to get her mother back and tearing apart the family, taking her daughter away from her would certainly do that. She hated her father, hated him for how he left her, her mother, and her brother all by themselves. She was headed for Washington D.C. Alone and with her father.

She’d rather jump off a cliff than live with him and for good reason. Every day, the moment she did something wrong, she would get beaten up mentally and emotionally. Rarely would he ever lay a hand on her but, even alcholic FBI agents slip up. 

She never told anyone, not even her friends. How could she? She was waking up all times of the night drenched in sweat and heavily breathing. And the worst part? Her father would buy her presents as a form of apology but it never worked. It was always the same thing. And it was usually for the stupidest reasons. 

All day, everday she was the mother, she was the maid, she was someone a lot older than she needed to be. But rather than tell someone, anyone, she kept it to herself. 

She didn’t want to bother anyone with it. She needed to deal with it herself. She couldn’t go around dumping her pain and her issues on everyone else. Eventually she learned to deal with the pain by age 12. Every year, she prayed to whatever God was listening, and asked them for a miracle. Well, the year she turned 13, she got a couple. The first miracle was her step mother, Rosalie.

She was a charismatic young woman. She was only 30 but she looked a lot younger. Unlike the stepmothers in the movies, Rosalie was really sweet and caring. She acted more of a parent than her father did. She had a 6 year old little boy named Joseph. He was shy and sweet. And he would always play some type of games with Y/N.

Rosalie and her son were quite literally her saviors. Her father never talked down to her or “slipped up”  on her as much as he used to before. And that was lucky enough. Rosalie and Joseph were usually here all the time so he only really hurt her when they left, which was rare. And for that, she was thankful. Rosalie was like a second mother to her. And Joseph was like a younger brother.

The second miracle that happened that year was her stepmother’s secret. Over the course of the summer starting, her father often went away on business trips. Now usually he would take her and drop her off at one of his perverted friends houses but because he was dating Rosalie, she offered to help him out and watch her. On that night, she, Joseph, and Y/N, were watching a scary movie when somebody knocked on their door.

Or something.

When Y/N opened the door, she was thrown across the hallway and into the living room. That was the first time she’d ever seen something supernatural. It was Rosalie it was after. But it failed to accomplish its goal before melting away after Rosalie threw something at it.

After that, she ran quickly to see if  Y/N was okay. And she was already prepared for the comments she was going to get. But instead Y/N just celebrated. She was excited and confused, for the first time in her life. Her excitement was pure. Of course she had all these questions but, her own stepmother was a kickass witch...and a vampire! Before answering any more questions, Rosalie took Y/N into the kitchen to get her cleaned up.

This was when Y/N’s smile faltered.

Rosalie was a year into this marriage, and she still hadn’t found out that her husband was abusing his own kid. Reluctant to get cleaned, Rosalie was forced to use her magic to get her cleaned up, and what she saw made her gasp... Scars, both healed and in the process of doing so, had run across her back and neck. Makeup that she used to cover the bruises and the other scars that ran on her face, arms, and stomach, were completely shown to her stepmother. “Was this your fathers doing?” She asked.

And that’s when she completely broke down. She told her everything, from the time she was taken away, to now. And when I tell you that Rosalie was absolutely disgusted... there were no words to describe what feeling she felt, what emotions she felt, when he came back. But this time, Y/N was happy. She was actually happy. Happier than she’d ever been and that was long time.

Months later, she’d gotten a boyfriend. And some would say that, it was a blessing but, really it was a curse. After months of going out, Marcus, who was her boyfriend, asked her to go to a party with him and surprisingly enough, she said yes. Rosalie was going out with her father for a couple of hours and Joseph was at a sleepover. She’d go for an hour, not wanting to push her luck.

Y/N was very different when it came to what she wore or how she dressed. Some days she felt confident about herself and dressed up pretty nicely, others she felt less confident and tried to hide herself and her perfect body. That night, she chose to dress casually. She wore a black dress that curved her shape and shorts underneath. Even if she was confident enough to wear a dress to the party, she’d never wear a dress without something underneath. When she got to the party, Marcus was acting weird. And she wasn’t the only one who noticed.

All of her friends noticed it too. He wasn’t acting himself. He was drunk. Of course, Y/N brushed it off, he wasn’t going to do anything bad to her, right?

Unfortunately, that was not the case.

The night ended pretty badly. Marcus had gotten a black eye, dislocated nose, swollen lips and more, courtesy of both of her actual friends boyfriends, and she found out the Washington boys could never be trusted. Scott, Noah Stilinski, Bobby Finstock, a boy name Issac she’d met, and even, though it pained her to say, Stiles Stilinski made her feel safe. 

Just the thought of being able to finally to go back home, to her real family, to her mother and brother, and to all her friends, it was comforting. It kept what little hope she had left alive and pumping. 

Obviously, her stepmother, her two little siblings, and the people she called her actual friends in Washington were comforting and yes, they were safe. But safe and home are two very different things. 

Luckily for her, things were about to change very soon. 

Her father was, somehow, an FBI agent. And because of that, he was sent on assignment with the timeline of about 6-8 months. Which, according to the courts, meant that he no longer could have custody of her. But he didn’t know that of course. 

The only problem is that she's changed. Not just by growing up but because she has some abilities that literally tie to emotions. And let’s just say the emotions she has aren’t exactly... tamed. 

The day he left, they all started packing. Her stepmother and father already filed divorce but since he was already gone, and the divorce wasn’t exactly settled completely, Rosalie forged his signature onto a paper mailed to him by the courts stating that she would be her primary guardian until otherwise. And then a bunch of other things happened which lead to the courts reinstating her mother’s primary custody approval so now, now they're moving back to Beacon Hills. 

And neither are her, uh, transformation processes? 

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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10

[cecexwrites]

Teen Wolf crossovers yes yes

Alright let's go

Avalon Jude (Okay but her and Jude have to be besties. Jude ends up shipped with Lydia. Jude is a witch, comes from a very powerful family of witches. I could see these two being bestie besties) Lev (Same kind of thing, he comes from a powerful magical family)

Beckett Will Argent Will Argent Will Argent (Will was friends with Derek when he was young He's a hunter like the rest of his family but is a good guy mostly, also when Will comes to Beacon hills in Season 3 he joins the Sheriffs department) Artem Sokolov (Artem is a grumpy bitch but he is a loyal as hell friend) Mia Hale (Derek's little sister, self explanatory)

Candace Mia Hale Mia Hale Mia Hale (Listen, besties and Mia gives her and Derek sososo much shit about being in *loooooooove* but then oh shit wait they actually are Artem (idk I just feel the vibes)

Caylin Mia (Big sister is here) Westley Brooks (She's a cutie little werewolf the same age as Liam and she's Peter's daughter but she doesn't know that) Jude Deveraux (Jude is Gay and would absolutely flirt like crazy) Lev (He would also flirt like crazy it's fine) Eden! (I just love Eden)

Devin Mia (She eventually dates his brother, She'd go big sister on Devin... or little sister idk how old he is) Lev (Lev loves to blindside and lovebomb new kids. He's just a very friendly dude) Will (Cause Will is friends with Jordan)

Dylan Westley Westley Westley (Okay so Westley is a Liam ship and she is a little shit and come on the two of them getting into trouble, tho she does end up on the Lacrosse team so sorry to dylan)

Ezra Lev (I love the over social wild butterfly and the kind of Nerdy kid idea) Eden (I assume in Ezra's work, Erica isn't killed by the Alpha back but if she is, then Eden says she is sorry kind of)

Gilead Lev would be so in love with him. Eden (They can be Snarky friends) Westley (Can't explain it but I can fully see a big brother/little sister dynamic)

Guinivere Lev (He's Lev) Jude (She just thinks Banshees are Hot is all)

Griffin Will (Will is an Argent, like, hunter families are kind of his thing) Westley (Eventually she finds out Malia is her half sister and she side eyes the fuck out of Griffin)

Henrietta Eden! (Listen, being manipulated by an older man, they are *sisters*) Lev (so he can give her shit about her crush on peter and eventually has to be talked down from murdering said peter)

Julien Eden (Would she be heart eyes? Yes, is it because I'm obsessed with Thomas Doherty? Also yes) Lev (The flirting would be off the charts) Will (If he's raised by Argents, it's the law) Westley (Again, just heart eyes af)

Leon Jude (Brotp as hell) Lev (Lev says he is cute and popular, I will take him)

Mirabelle Jude (Mirabelle likes pretty blondes, Jude is a pretty blonde let's goooo)

Olive Lev & Jude (Both for the same reason, she is pretty and they are them)

Serena Jude (Jude is also a Lydia ship so it just makes sense in my heart) Eden (If Serena is Isaac's bestie then it is inevitable)

Vivian Lev (Depending on how much she's worth, he will respect her more) Westley (Because she is a girls girl)

[kingofangst]

So here's to creating my Teen Wolf Fanfic that will be a canon AU, and will include a character of my creation who becomes the silent observer of certain events in the first two seasons. However despite my characters observations, I will write out and modify the plot and give all characters written time and developments that they deserve. So...HERE IT IS ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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The Wings Of An Enigmatic

Chapter 1: Veiled Insights

The Crowded Halls of the high school echoed the grim nature. What was usually a cacophony of chatter, lockers opening and closing, cheers and rough housing were whispers and conversations of a turbulent and gruesome event that happened.

The event of school bus driver Garrison Myers found brutally injured with critical wounds littering his skin, as well as his blood smeared over the broken back door of a school bus.

Seraph, listening to each conversation of each student, observes and sharpens his hearing while taking out his calculus text book and his folders. He acts in his mundane activities to get started in class while listening to other students. He finds it blasphemy that the Alpha attacked a school bus driver out of sheer violence.

Of course...there has to be a reason why. A beast does not attack a prey without reason. His hearing picks up on two very distinct voices.

Scott McCall, and his sarcastic but annoying comrade, Mieczyslaw Stilinski, or rather the neurodivergent likes to be called, 'Stiles'.

Scott is an amusing one to Seraph. The bespectacled teenager observed him since the day of the Lacrosse tryouts from the bleachers. The once asthmatic and nerdy teenager that Seraph remembers Scott to be, changed over the break to a teenager who showed athletic prowess, sharp hand to eye coordination, agility, super strength, and speed. The night of Beacon Hills first game only proved it and connected the dots for Seraph as he watched Scott coordinate the game, as well as hearing his subtle but aggressive growl that night of the game from the field to the bleachers.

Seraph knows Scott McCall is a freshly bitten Beta Werewolf, with Scott's best friend and a certain, werewolf Hale heir being the only ones aware of this.

Seraph felt the anxious aura of Scott as the former took out a pen for his notebook.

"She's not responding to any of my messages!" Scott utters rapidly to Stiles.

"I'm pretty sure she's alright Scotty. Probably not here yet." Despite Stiles assurances, Scott is not calm.

"Just help me find her."

Her? Oh that's right, the Argent heiress of the famous Argent hunting family. Allison Argent.

Seraph clarifies internally. He finds it odd for a werewolf to fall in love with the daughter of the Argents. Despite Allison not being aware of her heritage, it is noted that her appearance when she first arrived in Beacon Hills only noted one thing and that is the fact that the Argents are back in Beacon Hills for hunting business. They are back to seek out the monster who is causing havoc and is responsible for the death of Laura Hale. It's not like the Argents care about the latter.

Which explains why Derek Hale is suddenly in Beacon Hills. Perhaps...the Alpha is related to the Hale family?

The sound of a locker getting smashed caught Seraph's ears, but he only moved his eyes as he sees Scott punch a locker in pure frustration. Seraph held back an amused chuckle to himself when he realized that Scott broke the locker of Jackson Whittemore. Serves the egomaniac bastard right.

Seraph closes his locker to get ready for class. Out of his peripheral vision he sees Scott accidentally bump into Allison with her books dropped to the floor. Feeling Scott's relieved aura, the bespectacled teenager inquired that maybe...just maybe...Scott was present last night and assumed that he hurt Allison. But he is well aware the Latino teenager was trying to help the bus driver. Sadly, the Alpha's strength was inevitable to overcome.

Someone bumps into Seraph, but the teenager maintains his stance and instead looks, gazing up to see a tall dirty blonded teenager with a small but healing bruise on his eye. Seraph can smell the scent of dry blood and aura of misery and fear. The teen was none other than Isaac Lahey.

"I-I am so sorry I didn't m-mean to bump into you." Isaac quietly stumbles over his words. Seraph felt extremely bad for this passionate and artistic teenager.

"Do not worry, Lahey. I am perfectly unscathed as you can see." Seraph reassures Isaac. But through those broken blue eyes, the dark academia teen knew Isaac is going through something despicable.

Seraph steps a little forward with an inquiring gaze. "Lahey, are you okay?"

That causes the tall teenager to slightly recoil before he puts his walls back up and a guarded expression.

"I'm fine. I should go, don't want to disturb you or your academics." Isaac announces defensively, the tone of bitterness mixed with misery sounds over Seraph's ears. As much as he wants to help the teenager who is now walking away, what could Seraph do by just sensing aura and being able to read his mind? Sure he can show his mother, a well known and fierce attorney and Esquiress, but abused victims defend their parents as a psychological mechanism thinking they are the bad ones.

Even though Seraph's father, a political representative of Beacon Hills has such endless connections to help Isaac, he doesn't want to put the tall teenager through more trauma and end up at the behest and care of foster homes. Seraph will do what he does best, and that is to remain neutral.

"Well, well, if it isn't the Machiavelli of Beacon Hills and my academic rival, Kingfisher." A haughty and feminine tone procures his surname. Seraph rolls his eyes as he is very familiar with that queen bee tone.

Seraph faces the girl of 5'3 feet with strawberry blonde hair and green eyes. Dresses in designer clothes and make up, is the popular queen bee and intellectual Lydia Martin. The two of them are academic rivals: both being at the top of their classes and grades all A++, as well as attaining honor rolls and GPAs over 4.0. The two of them would go on endless debates in history class regarding certain subjects of interests. However he finds her popularity and material girl attitude to please Jackson, her jock boyfriend, to be diminishing of her own character. Nevertheless, the two of them have respect for one another.

"Ah, pardonez-moi, mademoiselle Martin. Qu'est-ce que ma présence exige de toi?" Seraph sarcastically greets in French, doing a dramatic bow as if he finished a Shakespeare play.

Lydia does a exceptional eye roll at his antics. "Such exquisite French. Yet I don't understand why you needed to impersonate Katniss Everdeen's bow as a greeting."

"I'm dramatic. It's part of my charm and classical aesthetic." Seraph quips, looking back at her nonchalantly.

"You have weird ways of being charming and having class. Sadly how you input it doesn't suit my tastes. But then again, I do applaud your fashion sense. It's timeless and embraces your dark academic look." Lydia points out to Seraph's outfit. A black long-sleeved wool sweater with a white button down underneath, adorned by a gray wool blazer. With that is the bottom set black tweed trousers and gray dress shoes.

"Why thank you for your impeccable fashion advice, material girl." Seraph comments. Said girl does an exasperated sigh before walking to Allison.

"You try to compliment the man yet he takes it as an urge to use a witty remark." Lydia responds for the both of them to hear while walking away. Seraph bows once again before her and then heads off to his calculus class knowing he will see the strawberry blonde again.

Another observant day awaits.

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So...what did you all think? What is Seraph and what do you think his intentions are? Chapter 2 is to be posted this weekend.

@rhyslahey this is what I will show you. Season 1 with Isaac coming in early. Sadly this angsty hours for our favorite boy.

(If you guys want to be put in a tag-list for this series, let me know and I will add you on for updates)

[spicywhenspeaking]

(1) do you have any comfort characters?? name drop them🫵🏻

OH BOY DO I?!!!?

PRICE ZUKO! heavy on the exiled prince of the fire nation!

GALE MUTHAFUCKIN DEKARIOS OF WATERDEEP my little nerdy damaged wizard king

DEREK HALE WHO IS ALIVE AND WELL WITH HIS HUSBAND STILES STILINSKI-HALE ❤️

oh my god it’s all men

ELIZABETH BENNET

AELIN ASHRYVER WHITETHORN GALATHYNIUS

I’d say these are the characters that occupy most of my brain.

Anything else you wanna know?

[teenwolfnewpack]

Introducing The Characters

It's time to introduce the characters of Teen Wolf: New Pack. Obviously, in order of appearing. (Of the kids, at least). First up:

the Stilinski-Māhealani family.

Stiles Stilinski and Danny Māhealani hooked up twice in junior year, but nothing ever came of it, and then Danny moved. Stiles married Lydia Martin at 22. They divorced by 25. At 26, Stiles met Danny again on a case, while working as an FBI Agent. By 27, he was married to Danny and they adopted 2 twins, Nina and Kaylen. At 32 Stiles became Assistant Director, and they moved to San Diego. At 35 they adopted a girl, Andi.

Kaylen and Nina were newborns found by Stiles on a case a month after the wedding, and initially, they were just foster kids, until they decided to adopted. And they have wildly different approaches to life. Nina Claudia Stilinski-Māhealani is a neutral good, an overachiever, and loves detectiving and driving around in her dad's jeep, as well as gardening which seems to be the only thing that calms her. Kaylen Mieczysław Stilinski-Māhealani is a lawful neutral, a nerd, and some people say a psychopath. But I'll leave that one up to you.

then, we move ahead to

the Whittemore-Steiner family

After defeating the Anuk-Ite, Jackson Whittemore and Ethan Steiner moved back to London. Here, after a couple of years, they found a new pack. The Mercenaries. They essentially kept doing what they were doing before: killing people to protect werewolves and other supernatural people. But this time they got money and a pack out of it. During this time, 15 years ago, they also saved a tiny werewolf 1-year-old girl who remained orphaned and kept her as their own. Lena.

Being raised by two mercenaries makes you... interesting, that's for sure. Lena Patricia Whittemore-Steiner is a very no-bullshit kinda girl. Most badass girl you'll probably ever meet. If she does have one single soft spot or two, though, it's her city of London. And her dads, loves her dads. She also may have a bit of a thing for sports, especially soccer. Actually, in a very British pub way of liking soccer, but you didn't hear that from me.

then, we have to move to the auto repair shop for an extended family.

the McCall Family and the Hale Family

On one side, Malia Hale went to Sacramento Community College while Scott McCall attended a Pre-VetMed major with zoology minor at UC Davis, and went on to go through their Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program. The month after his doctorate graduation they got married, and they welcomed their first kid, Thomas, a year later. The year after came Emma. On the other side, Derek Hale ended up rekindling the flame with a woman he knew around right before he got to know Scott McCall, Rebecca Morrison. He also found out, that she never really told him, she had gotten pregnant with him, and now had a 2-year-old son with Derek's eyes. They ended up getting married and raising Eli together. Until Rebecca, got in a car accident trying to get to Eli's youth lacrosse game from work and died. Ever since, Derek raised him alone, with Peter's help. He also got a job as a mechanic, until he was skilled enough to open his own garage. Where then Malia also came to work when her and Scott got back to BH after their honeymoon. Now, Eli is 27 years old and has a 1yo named Calvin.

The kids are all vastly different. From the wounded but bright Eli Hale, who never married but lost his last big love to childbirth and adores his son profoundly, to the mean troublemaker Thomas Henry McCall, a chaotic good party-animal track runner skater boy, to the sporty and nerdy Emma Melissa McCall, a neutral good, BHHS Lacrosse attacker, marvel expert weirdo.

Then, we move over to

the Dunbar-Khan family

Liam Dunbar, now 40, was able to get an athletic scholarship with lacrosse for John Hopkins University after finishing high school. There, while doing his Kinesiology bachelor's, he fell in love with teaching and decided to also get the necessary qualifications. In the meantime he got married to Hayden, but right as they were going to move back to Beacon Hills, Hayden was able to finally come out as a lesbian, to herself and to her loved ones. Liam also realized he's actually bisexual while in college but that's unrealted. They divorced amicably and decided to still move back together. In BH, 5 years ago, he met Sarah, now 41, a pansexual human journalist for a magazine that talked about the supernatural, the Beyond Bulletin, from Lemon Grove, CA. Sarah Khan, a widow, with two kids already, that at the time were 10, Amayah, and 11, Rahim. Liam is now a gym teacher and lacrosse coach at BHHS and lives with his wife and stepkids.

The kids could not be more different. Amayah Rachel Dunbar-Khan is a poetic and sweet 15-year-old girl with a lot of over-perfectionism to get over, and love for rollerskating and indie-pop, while Rahim Dunbar-Khan is a messy and chaotic 16-year-old skater boy with a tendency for rule-breaking and graffiting.

moving on, there is

the Martin household

Lydia Martin, after having divorced from Stiles Stilinski at 26, has decided that not only did they not work out as a couple as adults, but a big reason of that was that Stiles wanted a family. But kids was the last thing on Lydia's mind. Ever since, she's been able to focus on a bit of casual dating, yeah, but mostly on herself. She moved from DC where she lived with Stiles, to New York City. She put her Business degree to good use. She now owns a green energy company called Solar Tech and lives her best life. She's now back in Beacon Hills due to the Sheriff's diagnosis - she might not be his daughter-in-law anymore but that man saved her life more times than she can count - along with her cat.

ahead of us we find.

the Bryant-Hewitt family

Corey and Mason seem to have been the only couple of the Puppy Pack who has made it. After graduation, they went to college together. They went to Portland State, where Mason majored in Psychology and Corey, unsure about his future, majored in Communications. A couple years later, they got married, and 14 years ago they had a kid together(don't ask how, the answer is magic). Also, they have a dog.

Zackary Edward Bryant-Hewitt is what could be considered a neutral good. He's on the track team and he's great runner. He also learned pretty young archery, hating that his powers didn't seem to have any great offensive. He's best friends with Asher, and is dating Amayah Dunbar-Khan.

right ahead, we find

the Raeken-Perkins family

Theo Raeken actually became an assassin for hire after graduating high school, using his werewolf powers to kill and ending up never being arrested, because all of the cases end up labeled as "animal attacks". But, he's somewhat investigated in Chicago at a point, and there he meets Hugo Perkins, a police officer who turns out to be a werewolf who figures him out. They kind of fall for each other, but Hugo wants to "help him" and Theo refuses, but they keep meeting by accident until officially one day they finally give in with each other. 15 years ago, they married and moved back to BH. A year later, they adopted a son, and a daughter 7 years ago. Now Hugo works for the Deputy Sheriff, and Theo co-runs the Moonlight Tavern with Hayden, to many's surpise.

Asher Christopher Raeken-Perkins is defintely a chaotic good, adhder, lacrosse goalie. He loves analogic photography, and his sister, and generally acts like he's had 6 shots of espresso.

And that's all the families.

[blanksight]

I imagine that, at the begining, they would be all around the house doing their things until one day *yes* Isaac's tummy groans *hihihi* and suddenly Derek was just about to order some food so he ask if anyone's interested and/or have an idea about what to get because "he's not picky". Isaac is silently happy because that makes him feel looked after, but it's too shy to aknowledge it so just accept anything and eats quietly. Peter will say no first, but Derek is still ordening some extra (by accident, of course) and that extra results being just what Peter exactly likes, so they sit silently around the the half burned table...

Until one day Isaac is telling something funny that happened with Scott's pack to Derek that makes Peter burst out a laugh and everyone goes silent. That's until Isaac (to not ruin the mood) goes like 'I know, right!' and smiles a little at Peter and he feels welcomed and kinda reasured and that mark the begining of them interacting nicely with Isaac as a safe point for Derek and Peter talks (at first) because he is here now and is someone that need Derek in any way (Derek can provide him while feel needed). So slowly Derek and Peter start talking about little things, small talks first and mostly Isaac being there until in a certain night Isaac is not there but Derek and Peter yes so they in a very difficult and rough talk express to each other their inner thoughts about past situations... they show each other their wounds (in a very manly werewolf Hale way) and gets to a friendly point where they recognise the other humanity and start seeing themselves as a pack (slowly realising onto it, obviously hard headed Hales always).

And all this slowly evolving into a 'Don't you dare touch My Pack' situation over the different weekly villain. AND AT THE END they aknowledge and reasure and stand by each other as a Strong Hale Pack again (plus Isaac) in which Isaac is over the shyness and is all his cocky self (without stop being the pack baby) due his trustworthy packmates that he can count into, Peter is the voice of the reason (said by himself) whom refound his reason in a way of a pack of three and Derek is the strong (almost like) leader that will always sacrifice himself if needed (though the others will not let that happen) and is now more out of his shell of lonely big bad wolf (and going back to his nerdy hobbies)

I'm just imagining how weird the dynamic must have been in the loft when Isaac ended up living there with Derek and Peter. Like, when they weren't fighting supernatural creatures and Isaac wasn't at school or doing homework, did they all just- watch TV in silence? How did they do dinners? Did one person cook and they all sit awkwardly round the table eating? Or was it more of a 'every man for himself' situation?

[christinesficrecs]

Fic recs for this post, because how could I not!?!!  Kudos to everyone that jumped in the comments and left links. 💜

erroneous manoeuvres by slippingfromreality | 5.3K

“Hey, Stilinski!”

Stiles clenches his teeth. “What do you want, Hale?” he shouts back, not bothering to turn around. The smug smirk that’s most likely waiting for him is already seared into his mind from overexposure.

“A date!” the answer comes, still as loud, and most of the bystanders giggle or snort in Stiles’ direction.

Stiles rolls his eyes. This is the third time this week. He’d complain that Hale’s jokes are getting pretty stale, but he’d probably be milking this situation for all that it’s worth, too, if their roles were reversed. “Wrong aisle,” he grouses back, “try the bakery section. I hear they have fresh tarts.”

seems to me it's chemistry by HalfFizzbin | 4.1K

Awkward Nerd Derek has been crushing on Handsome Jock Stiles since forever—so getting paired with him on a Chemistry project is definitely the best/worst thing that's ever happened to him.

Not Another Sterek Romance (It Is Absolutely Another Sterek Romance) by betp | 2.4K

In which Derek is the worst at history and Stiles wears glasses.

Binomial coefficients by DevilDoll | 20.7K

In which brainy freshman Stiles Stilinski wants star quarterback Derek Hale to join the math team, AKA math nerds in love.

It's Always Been You, Dumbass by stilinskisparkles | 11K

“Alright, cool, we should go,” Stiles says breezily, dusting off his hands as he stands.

“We should?”

“Yeah!”

“But… Do you even care about photography?”

“Not as much as I should,” Stiles plants both his hands on the table, bracketing Derek in, “You’ll have to correct my miscreant ways.”

Of Glasses And Lacrosse Sticks by charlesdk | 6.8K

“Okay, how 'bout this? One date, just one date, and if you still don't believe I'm genuinely interested in you, then I'll leave you alone for good. How does that sound?”

Derek hesitated for another moment, before he sighed and said, “Fine. One date.”

Between the Drinks and Subtle Things by yodasyoyo | 4.4K

He holds up his free hand, eyes still closed. “One second,” he says through gritted teeth. “I’m just taking a moment to mourn the fact that we could have been fucking since–” He cracks open an eye and glares at Derek.

“Freshman year,” Derek supplies. “I’ve pretty much had the biggest crush on you since our freshman year.”

Hotsky to Trotsky by paintedrecs | 3.3K

Derek had his future mapped out: there'd be graduation, followed by college, followed by (he hoped) a good grad school, then a career as a professor whose students didn't spend their time flicking paper footballs at each other and obsessing over their dating lives. He had good friends, a good family, and no time to focus on distractions like high school gossip or relationships.

He hadn't factored Stiles Stilinski - lacrosse player, class clown, part of the popular crowd, currently spending his entire day staring at Derek and smiling - into his plans.

Frat Flirt by LadyDrace | 1.5K

Stiles keeps inviting Derek to things. It's very suspicious.

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