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Chapters: 6/? Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Stiles Stilinski/Jackson Whittemore Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Jackson Whittemore, Lydia Martin, Sheriff Stilinski, Probably More, Danny Māhealani, David Whittemore, Alan Deaton, Malia Tate, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Mason Hewitt, Corey Bryant (Teen Wolf), Brett Talbot, Lori Talbot Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Shared Trauma, Therapy, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Triggers, Healing, Long-Distance Friendship, Pack in College, Post-Season/Series 05, i like to pretend season 6 didn't happen, Skype, Work In Progress, POV Stiles Stilinski, POV Jackson Whittemore, Slow Burn, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Drug Abuse, Lydia Martin & Jackson Whittemore Friendship Summary:
Stiles no longer feels in control. He realizes he never truly was, but after the Nogitsune stole his body, he knows he'll never feel in control again. There will always be fear that he's not himself, or worse he supposes, that he is. The nightmares dog his sleep, driving blood to the delicate veins in his eyes and bruises to the skin beneath. He withdraws and hopes no one sees. Lydia pushes Jackson into his life, without preamble. One day he's simply there, on the other end of an internet connection, looking as battered and drained as Stiles. He is no longer who he was and Stiles clings to that, desperate to find what that means for himself.
Jackson drags through his days, eating lunch alone and dinner under his parent's anxious glances. He feels no semblance of a life he once lived and craves escape from the suffocating city his parents have trapped him in. Rage tears at him each full moon as he shoves the creature deep within, afraid he'll erupt in scales instead of fur. If he went wrong again, there's no one here to change him back. When Lydia tells him Stiles might understand what he feels, he tries to ignore the craving for human contact. Emotional connection. Pack. But he calls and maybe finds what he needs.














