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STEREK FIC REC MASTERLIST by Hedwig221b

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Random Character Traits!!! Part 13

⟡ Has extremely specific feelings about which bowl is the correct bowl for cereal

⟡ Orders the same thing at every restaurant but likes to look at the menu anyway

⟡ Eats the least popular chip in the bag last as a sign of respect

⟡ Considers 'there's food at home' a threat and also a lie

⟡ Will not eat food if it is touching other food. This is non-negotiable

⟡ Has a hierarchy of which part of the meal gets eaten first and it is sacred

⟡ Gets unreasonably excited about a specific snack they hadn't thought about in years

⟡ Describes everything they eat as 'actually not that bad' even if they love it

⟡ Stress eats for five minutes then stops and sits with what they've done

⟡ Refuses to share food but will eat from your plate without asking

⟡ Has a complicated emotional relationship with leftovers

⟡ Rates every meal they eat internally and sometimes out loud by accident

⟡ Gets offended when someone doesn't like their food recommendation

⟡ Eats cereal at 10 PM and calls it dinner with full confidence

⟡ Uses 'I already ate' loosely and creatively

⟡ Insists on cooking but cannot follow a recipe without going off-script

⟡ Has a backup snack for the backup snack, always

⟡ Considers the crust of bread to be optional every single time

⟡ Will eat a whole meal just to get to the dessert they already had in mind

⟡ Orders something new and then immediately regrets not getting the usual

⟡ Negotiates which half of a thing they want before splitting it

⟡ Saves 'the best bite' for last and then feels sad when it's gone

⟡ Gets personally victimized when a restaurant discontinues their go-to order

⟡ Smells every food before eating it. Every single food. No exceptions

⟡ Eats the filling out of the thing and leaves the outside with no remorse

⟡ Calls any meal before noon 'breakfast' regardless of what it is

⟡ Has very specific feelings about ice levels in drinks

⟡ Eats something so fast that they're hungry again before they've even processed it

⟡ Asks what's in a dish and then orders it anyway if it sounds good

⟡ Has declared a specific combination of foods their 'comfort meal' and it is deeply unhinged

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Random Character Traits!!! Part 14

⟡ Goes to a party, finds the host's pet, and spends the entire night with it

⟡ Rehearses phone calls for 20 minutes then gets voicemail and feels nothing but relief

⟡ Has cancelled plans so many times they now cancel plans they never made

⟡ Considers being left on read a gift

⟡ Gets overstimulated by someone chewing near them and has to leave the room

⟡ Pretends to be busy to avoid going outside but is just lying on the floor

⟡ Has a whole personality but releases it only in a group chat of three people

⟡ Fakes a bad signal to end phone calls. On a landline

⟡ Sits in the car for 10 minutes after arriving somewhere to mentally prepare

⟡ Has strong feelings about people who talk in libraries that they will never express out loud

⟡ Says 'sounds fun' to every invitation with no intention of attending

⟡ Turns off all the lights and pretends not to be home when someone knocks

⟡ Schedules social events two months out so they feel like someone else's problem

⟡ Gets genuinely excited about a cancelled plan like it's a holiday

⟡ Has a 'people limit' per week and guards it like a natural resource

⟡ Waves from inside the house to make the delivery person feel seen without opening the door

⟡ Leaves a party by vanishing without saying goodbye to anyone. Texts 'had fun' later

⟡ Needs two days of recovery after an enjoyable hangout

⟡ Finds one corner at every gathering and builds a small life there

⟡ Has rich and detailed inner monologue but says 'yeah same' out loud

⟡ Makes friends by proximity and inertia rather than any deliberate effort

⟡ Gets exhausted by their own imaginary conversations with people

⟡ Has not initiated a plan in years but shows up reliably when invited

⟡ Considers sitting in silence next to someone the peak of intimacy

⟡ Answers the door looking like they've been awake for days regardless of what time it is

⟡ Has a secret extrovert mode that activates once every three months without warning

⟡ Uses headphones with no music as a social force field

⟡ Panics when someone says 'quick question' before asking the quick question

⟡ Would rather send a 400-word email than make a 30-second call

⟡ Gets weirdly energized by being alone in a public place where no one knows them

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Confession Ideas!!

⋆˙⟡ She confesses her feelings during an argument because she gets too angry to keep pretending she doesn’t care.

⋆˙⟡ He almost tells her he loves her, but stops himself and says something stupid instead, and she spends the rest of the night trying to figure out what he meant.

⋆˙⟡ She leaves him a letter confessing everything, then immediately regrets it and tries to get it back before he reads it.

⋆˙⟡ He confesses while half-asleep, thinking it’s a dream, and she has to act normal the next morning while quietly losing her mind.

⋆˙⟡ She blurts out “because I love you” in the middle of explaining why she saved him, and then both of them just freeze.

⋆˙⟡ He confesses after thinking she’s about to leave forever, because panic finally beats pride.

⋆˙⟡ She has rehearsed the confession perfectly, but when the moment comes, she forgets every word and just says his name.

⋆˙⟡ He tells her he loves her in another language because he assumes she won’t understand, but she does.

⋆˙⟡ She confesses indirectly by saying, “I don’t know who I am when you’re gone,” and he understands immediately.

⋆˙⟡ He tries to confess casually and fails so badly that she starts laughing, which somehow makes the moment more honest.

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Something neuroscience-y that helps with prose: attention is selective. A character will not notice everything in a room. They will notice what matters to their goal, fear, desire, training, wound, or obsession. A jealous character notices hands. a hungry character notices food. A soldier notices exits. A lonely character notices pairs. Description becomes character when attention has a bias.

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SCOTT EASTWOOD as Chris Grant Regretting You (2025) dir. Josh Boone

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THE GREEN KNIGHT (2021) dir. David Lowery

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"-an incubus," Stiles repeated, impatiently. He sounded annoyed. Maybe uncertain. Probably both. With Stiles, the former pretty much always led to the latter. "Maybe a succubus, I don't know. The distinction sounds like a lot of weird, heteronormative bullshit to me. There's gotta be a gender-neutral term for someone with horns who likes dick both ways - Scott, will you please stop trying to lick my face? I'm on the phone."

The growl was inevitable, but Derek kept it as quiet as he possibly could.

"So, yeah! Remember when I got clawed by that alpha a few months ago and everyone (especially me) was like 'oh, thank fucking god?! It didn't take!’? ‘Stiles can still enchant shit and cast wards and play around with mountain ash’ and I can, but-” there was a wet sound and some muffled swearing, “-it turns out something took - Scotty, you need to move your fucking hand, man - and the bite just needed some time to settle in and rev up the ol' Stilinski-slash-Gajos genes because it turns out I'm descended from a line of secret Polish sex demons."

Fuck. Derek rubbed his eyes. "Fuck."

"Yeah, man. Exactly. Actually. Uh." Stiles coughed. "Really exactly. You've put your finger right on the nub of the jist."

"What?"

"Never mind." There was a pause, and Derek could just barely hear that faint sucking noise he always made when he bit his lip. In a small voice, he asked, ". . . Can I come over?" and then started swearing before Derek could answer. "Shit, hold on. Scott, cut it out - no, you can't come. No, we're not having a - Deaton! The spray isn't cutting it! Where are your chains?"

It took every ounce of control Derek had not to start growling again. "Do you need me to come pick you up?"

"Haaa. Y-no. No. No, we've got this covered. Probably. Oh, dang, this is the good stuff. Did Hank measure this out for you? Love Hank. Big fan. Great arms. Did you notice his arms? They're so . . . brawny. And he's a really good dad. His daughter's gonna be the lead in their class play this year, and he's super-"

"Stiles."

"Der? Der! Right. You. Derek. Are the person. I am on the phone with. I'll see you in twenty?"

"Sure," said Derek, with all the composure of a man who didn't expect the next third of an hour to stretch out into an eternity.

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