and another thing- even if you dont ship sterek romantically, you gotta admit they were building up something profound, platonically- we were watching Stiles almost get left behind in his own insecurities as Scott comes into his own as a werewolf then an Alpha. also being left behind (again) is Derek, hes not in the McCall pack, his pack was taken from him t w i c e
theres something there storywise because as an only child, Stiles would, of course, crave having his person- and his person, Scott, is finding love romantically and platonically with all his new pack mates and friends and then Derek, coming from a big ass family and having lost that, watching Scott grow has got to gut him a little and of course the two of them would find comfort in fighting with each other and annoying each other, almost like they skipped the best friend title and went straight to brothers, like Derek wants the family that hes lost and Stiles wants a family hes never really had, like the material of yearning and trust building if they explored the familial/platonic bonds that are made within this very small supernatural community could've been so so so cool
