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I included some wintery and Thanksgiving fics to round this out
âïž Baby, Itâs Cold Outside by Jebiwonkenobi - Gen, 2.8k
Beacon Hills has a snow storm. Totally-not-cuddling happens.
đ Jingle Grouch by @aggybird - Gen, 3.3k
AU, Humor
Derek the Grinch has a crush on Stiles the Snow Elf.
đŠ canât be hateful, gotta be grateful by @halffizzbin - Teen, 6.3k
Thanksgiving, Fake Relationship, Pining, Oblivious Stiles, Future Fic, Friends to Lovers, First Time, Fluff
"Be cool, Dad, we've decided to con Grandma."
(Or, the one where the Stilinski men drag Derek to Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma's and she gets the right wrong idea.)
đ When You Stop Believing in Santa You Get Underwear by @owlpostagain - Teen, 7.8k
Hurt/Comfort, Pack fic, Found Family
There are some salvageable things though. A virtually untouched heavy slate sign that says, engraved in an ornate script that confirms at least one person in the Hale family had a sense of humor (Stiles has a horrible suspicion it might have been Peter), When You Stop Believing in Santa You Get Underwear.
more under the cut
đ A Life Less Ordinary by @jebiwonkenobi - Teen, 19.2k
Magic Stiles, Monster of the Week
It takes a few years but eventually they manage to agree on something; Derek Hale is an asshole, and Stiles Stilinski is in love with him.
đ Cupboard Love by @mklutz - Gen, 32.7k
Human AU, College AU, Domestic
Heâs carefully balancing the sandwiches and the two biggest tupperware containers he could find that both had functioning lids when the front door opens and he almost drops everything right there in front of the stupid fountain.
If thatâs Derek Hale, heâs definitely not a mountain man.
The pizza place Stiles works at gets an odd prompt for their Special Instructions: Send your cutest delivery boy.
Nothing Like the Sun by @halffizzbin [T, 1.6k]
Human AU, Writer Derek, Fluff, Pining, Oblivious, Humor, First Kiss
âYour eyes, blue and bright / Like Mountain Frost Gatorade,â Stiles reads aloud, not bothering to contain his glee. âNow that is powerful stuff. Oh, but this next line is my favorite: Your skin, warm and soft / As an underbaked loaf of bread. Bread, Derek? Really?â
(Or, the one where Derek is a failtastic poet and Stiles is the editor who likes him anyway.)
Dammit, Gym by @aggybird [G, 1.8k]
Teacher AU, Human AU, Humor
Derek the gym teacher asks Stiles the music teacher for a favor.
Nailed It by @aggybird [T, 2.1k]
Different First Meeting AU, Humor, Deputy Derek, Still Werewolves
Deputy Derek Hale bought a fixer-upper, but he's pretty bad at fixing, so he hires a snarky carpenter to help him out.
more under the cut
You Had Me At Latte Batman by Hatteress @goddammitstacey [T, 2.1k]
Coffee Shop AU, Writer Stiles, Oblivious
The one where Derekâs a barista who accidentally woos Stiles with latte art.
Put That Wolf Back Where It Came From (or so help me!) by Jerakeen @jerakeenc [T, 2.8k]
Monsters Inc AU, Crack
"There there, you poor monster, you."
Somethingâs Telling Me to Leave but I Wonât by starswalkbackward @officiallallorona [T, 3.2k]
Human AU, Different First Meeting AU, Deputy Derek, Humor
In 2nd grade, Nicki Welch told Stiles Stilinski that his plaid shirt and Spiderman graphic tee looked stupid. He responded by looking pointedly at her stomach and saying that bloodsucking hookworms were inside about 700 million people.
She cried for two hours, and Ms. Briar made him go to the quiet chair. âOne day, your mouth is really going to get you into trouble!â sheâd scolded with a wagging finger.
Stiles contemplates those words as his dadâs new deputy hauls him into the station.
Heâs still totally going to blame Scott for the situation, though.
dust off your highest hopes by takeittothestars @alphaass [T, 3.9k]
Human AU
For this prompt from Niamh:
"Yes I know we all love the pretend-boyfriends trope but why arenât there 100 more stories of Derek or Stiles pretending to be someone elseâs pretend boyfriend and the other getting really fucking jealous about it - because one-night-stands are one thing but seeing someone theyâve been in denial about crushing on act all affectionate and boyfriendly with someone theyâre comfortable around is a new brand of hell.
Like Erica taking Derek to her high school reunion as a little fuck-you to all the idiots who never noticed her, or Lydia recruiting Stiles to some smart people convention still stuck in the Dark Ages and only taking menâs research seriously, so she uses the most convenient boy in her life as a gateway to get in there and shame all the closed-minded assholes.
Like of course itâs all pretend but theyâre a little TOO good at acting it out and then whoever isnât in on it is at the hotel bar angrily ordering ice cream sundaes and looking for someone to hit on to take their mind off it and failing miserably.
WHY ISNT THERE MORE?"
Everybody Make a Scene by skoosiepants @pantstomatch [G, 4.5k]
Neighbors AU, Alive Hales AU, Still Werewolves
Stiles starts out with three jack-o-lanterns in front of their modest little pack house, but when he sees Derek staple-gunning orange lights around the entire front of their porch, he comes home with a six foot dinosaur skeleton with glowing red eyes.
No one actually hangs Halloween lights unless theyâre going to war.
Or-
Stiles and Derek have some kind of unspoken Halloween decorating competition that also involves baked goods and flirting.
Void ab initio by Leslie_Knope @leslieknopeismyshiningstar [E, 4.6k]
Human AU, Fluff, Smut
Tumblr prompt: âWe were best friends in middle school and promised (signed a contract and all) if neither of us were in a relationship when we turn 30, weâd marry each other. You moved 5 years later and I havenât seen you since but you just reached out on my 30th birthday to find out if Iâm single. Minors canât be held to contracts but puberty hit you like a truck and I just broke up with my long term boyfriend a month ago so what the hell I might as well catch up with you.â
A Single Magic Bullet by The Feels Whale @miscellea [G, 4.7]
College AU, Magic AU, Werewolves Are Known AU, Magic Stiles
Itâs Stiles last week before graduation and it seems like everything is going wrong. Between Scott finding True Love, werewolf kidnapping rings, sadistic professors, and his final projects, itâs not like Stiles doesnât have plenty on his plate⊠but heâs a Stilinski and Stilinskis deal with it. Fortunately thereâs a new lycanthrope on campus who seems amenable to pulling his bacon out of the fire.
(Now if only Stiles could figure out why he keeps waking up with his window open, that would be just peachy.)
too long to the weekend by DizzyRedhead @dizzy-redhead [E, 5.3k]
College AU, Werewolves Are Known AU, Childhood Friends, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Smut
When Derek agreed to show Stiles around Berkeley, he was thinking of Stiles at fifteen, his childhood friend, the son of his mother's best friend.
He was not prepared for Stiles, all grown up.
be my dar(jee)ling by takeittothestars @alphaass [M, 5.4k]
Tea Shop AU, Human AU, Derek POV, Humor, Fluff
âYou alright there? Need any help?â someone from behind him says, and Derek startles badly from where heâs been judging the tea (Cardamom with ginger for Sherlock Holmes? And almonds for Jack Harkness? Really?). The person laughs when he knocks over a few tins, and Derek knows that laugh. Sure enough, he looks up as he puts Moriartea back on the shelf and itâs Stiles fucking Stilinski, #24 on the lacrosse team and captain of Derekâs heart since he dropped Cora off at a game once, the cutest, hottest thing on the planet since â since â since ever, if Derekâs honest with himself.
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A tea shop AU in which Derek is an editor, Stiles works in a tea shop, both are dumb, and there is tea. For this prompt
Game On by stilinskisparkles @stileshale [T, 6.4k]
College AU, Oblivious, Pining, Nerd Stiles, Jock Derek
Derek first sees him from across the quad four days into fall semester. Heâs sitting on one of the long benches, a marker pen in his mouth, grinning at something the kid lounging on the bench beside him is saying. When he laughs properly he pulls the pen out and throws his head back, his neck a long, lean line Derek is entranced by. He flicks the page in his book and highlights something, tossing the cap up in the air and catching it with his teeth.
Simple Math by lizzstomania [G, 6.7k]
Human AU, College AU, Coffee Shop AU, Angst, Fluff
"It's just math, Derek. It's me and you; itâs not rocket science and it's not Shakespeare. It's basic arithmetic and you, for some ungodly reason, never bothered to learn to add."
Sideways and Slantways and Longways and Backways by @hologramophone [T, 7.8k]
Human AU, Office AU, Fluff, Pining, Repression
âI called you a slave-driver!â Stiles cried hysterically. âI called you an ogre! I stole all the blue paperclips!â
Derek raised an eyebrow at him.
âThatâs company property!â he shouted, waving his arms madly in distress.
Derek ran a hand over his face. âItâs not theft if the vice president of the company gives you permission.â
(Otherwise known as the Elevator AU)
(im)Perfect System by theroguesgambit @halekingsourwolf [T, 7.9k]
Stiles has always felt pretty lucky about his soul mark. After all, how many conversations tend to start with âThis is private propertyâ?
(Apparently more than you'd think.)
In the Next Room series by twentysomething [E, 7.9k]
Cis Girl Stiles AU, Still Werewolves
"But for some reason, when Stiles sees Derek talking to Lydia, the two of them painfully good-looking, all she can think about is that her hair is in a messy ponytail and there's pizza sauce on the hem of her t-shirt. It's not like she wants to go on a montage out of a '90s teen film and come out like Rachel Leigh Cook on a staircase, but Stiles maybe thinks she doesn't want to look like the homeless one in the pack."
CSI: Beacon Hills by Jerakeen @jerakeenc [T, 8.2k]
Different First Meeting AU, CSI AU, Still Werewolves, Deputy Derek, Hurt/Comfort, Mates, Protective Derek, Oblivious Stiles
Back when Stiles was in high school Beacon Hills didn't have a crime lab, because they simply didn't need one. Those were the days.
Dogâs Best Friends by otter [G, 8.9k]
Different First Meeting AU, Fluff
Other people might have found the name of the place off-putting. Stiles didnât. He was actually relieved, when Scott handed him a business card that said âHALEHOUNDSâ across the top, because clearly, if anybody could recognize and understand the evil that lurked within his dogâs fluffy precious body, it was these people.
covalent bonds series by @halffizzbin [E, 9.2k]
(All in) High School AU, Human AU, Alive Hales AU, Fluff, Mutual Pining, Jock Stiles, Nerd Derek
Awkward Nerd Derek has been crushing on Handsome Jock Stiles since foreverâso getting paired with him on a Chemistry project is definitely the best/worst thing that's ever happened to him.
Love Runs Wild by @devildoll [E, 9.5k]
P/rnstar AU, Still Werewolves, Possessive, Marking, Neckz ân Throats
"You've got a hickey on the back of your neck!" A Neckz 'n Throats story.
Last Lovesong of a Dying Lemon by wldnst [M, 10.4k]
Human AU, Mechanic Derek
Stiles' Jeep keeps breaking down. Derek is a mechanic.
Putting the F-U-N in Funeral by apocryphal @the-apocrypha [T, 10.8k]
Derek casts his eyes up to the ceiling. It's going to be one of those calls.
(In which Derek is a bored secretary, Stiles is a baker who may or may not have ulterior motives, and there are entirely too many macaroons.)
Unmapped by Jerakeen @jerakeenc [E, 11.4k]
Sentinels AU, Soul Bond, Hurt/Comfort
Stiles can never leave a good mystery alone.
Chances Are⊠series by @relanafanel [T, 11.6k]
Human AU, Alive Hales AU, Bets
âWhat kind of bet did you lose that you have to go out with this?â the guy asked, gesturing to himself.
âFirst person to flirt with me,â Derek grumbled.
even a bad cup of coffee (is better than no coffee at all) by @vlieger [E, 13.5k]
College AU, Coffee Shop AU, Different First Meeting AU, Werewolf Reveal
AU where Derek and Laura stay in New York and open a coffee shop after the fire, and Stiles meets them when he moves there for college.
First Impressions Are Overrated by Leslie_Knope @leslieknopeismyshiningstar [T, 14.6k]
Different First Meeting AU, Kid Fic, POV Stiles, Single Parent Derek, Werewolf Reveal, Fluff
In Stilesâ defense, he didnât deliberately ram his grocery cart into the (evidently precarious) pyramid of oranges.
Around the Bend by lupinus, uraneia [E, 14.9k]
Alive Hales AU, Different First Meeting AU, Gym AU, Fluff, Crack, First Time, Misunderstandings
The first time Derek catches sight of the new yoga instructor, Stiles is in the middle of showing a class how to do downward-facing dog. Derek walks into a wall.
Things donât exactly improve from there.
Derek can't stop staring at Stiles, the bendy new yoga instructor at his family's gym. Stiles thinks Derek's a repressed homophobe who hates Stiles for making him want the D. They fall in love.
Fireman Derekâs Crazy Pie [Cheeseburger Baby] by owlpostagain @thegloryof [T, 17.7k]
College AU, Human AU, Everyone Lives AU, Bakery AU, Fluff, Oblivious, Fireman Derek
âHe can't blame me for the fact that I live in a building full of people united in the singular effort to ogle Hot Fireman as often as humanly possible."
Laura laughs, loud and echoing in the empty restaurant.
"Hot firemen can make a girl do crazy things," she agrees, nodding towards her brother's name on the menu. "Derek won't let me date anyone from his company, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the eye candy."
"Send them my way," Stiles suggests, finally loading up a forkful of pie. "Apparently I'm incompetent enough that I need to be babysat at all times, because it would be cheaper than dispatching a truck every time I try to use a kitchen appliance."
Binomial Coefficients by @devildoll [T, 20.8k]
(All in) High School AU, Nerd Stiles, Jock Derek
In which brainy freshman Stiles Stilinski wants star quarterback Derek Hale to join the math team, AKA math nerds in love.
In Which Stiles is Secretly Magic series by apocryphal @the-apocrypha [T, 27.6k]
(All in) High School AU, Alive Hales AU, Magic Stiles
All Stiles wants from life is to learn to control his magic, keep his grades up, and not die horribly while saving Beacon Hills from supernatural threats. It's all going pretty well until Derek Hale, werewolf extraordinaire, has to go and ask him on a date. That asshole.
DILF by twentysomething [E, 30.9k]
Human AU, Kid Fic, Single Parent Derek, Teacher Stiles
"Today is Scott's first day of kindergarten and Derek is terrified."
And that was how Stiles accidentally became a New York Times bestselling author.
Losers by stilinkskisparkles @stileshale [E, 34.2k]
College AU, Oblivious
Where Derek is new to college, eager to spend his time learning, and Stiles is everything he didn't want in a room mate. He's loud, he's into sports, and he keeps trying to make Derek do things.
Or, the one where Derek falls for a jock, Erica will cut you if you disturb her studying, and Jackson is a closeted romantic who pretends to hate everything.
My Taco Sparkles by @butyoureyessaidyes [T, 36.9k]
Human AU, Office AU, Alive Laura, Hurt/Comfort
The first time he sees Stiles Stilinski, the kidâs on his hands and knees in Derekâs office.
--
Or the one where Derek has to battle corporate espionage, meddling family members, clothing turned choking hazards, and inappropriate feelings for his obscenely attractive new intern.
When Youâre Close I Feel the Sparks by Leslie_Knope @leslieknopeismyshiningstar [M, 39.7k]
(All in) High School AU, Alive Hales AU, Magic Stiles, Emissary Stiles, BAMF Stiles, Friends to Lovers, Werewolf Reveal
The guy is hot as hell, sureâleather jacket and glasses, Jesus, be still Stiles' poor, bisexual, beating heartâbut more importantly, it must really suck being new on the first day of senior year.
âWeâre adopting him,â he decides, tugging Scott and Kira by the elbow in that direction. âLetâs go.â
Exactly Like You by Jerakeen @jerakeenc [M, 70.5k]
A/B/O AU, Pride & Prejudice Fusion, Werewolves Are Known, Pack Fic, Soul Bond, Magic Stiles
âIt was Jacksonâs idea,â Lydia explains, looking perfectly serious while standing in front of a March Madness bracket of Beacon Hillsâ eligible bachelors.
Jackson looks smug. âIt only makes sense.â
Stiles meets Isaacâs eyes over the heads of all the crazy people in the room. Isaac shrugs with a slight wince. ââTis the season.â
play it again series by @metisket [T, 74.7k]
Everyone Lives AU, Magic Stiles
In which Stiles goes along with one of Derekâs plans and ends up in an alternate universe as a result. He shouldâve known better. He did know better, actually, and that means he has no one to blame but himself.
âLaura wants to lure the kid in with food and kindness and make a pet of him, like a feral cat. Derek wants to have him arrested for stalking. Theyâre at an impasse. (And the rest of the family is staying emphatically out of it in a way that suggests bets have been placed.)â
Gravityâs Got Nothing on You by @zosofi [E, 84k]
âIâll pay you,â Derek says, and that⊠that has Stiles interested. Alfâs Antiqueâs may be a great job, but itâs not a high-paying job, and half of Stilesâs tuition is coming from financial aid, soâŠ
âHow much,â Stiles asks, âare we talking here? Because I know your family, dude. And itâll be kind of awkward after.â
âMy family thinks youâre some sort of fucking gift to the world,â Derek seethes, like heâs jealous, âtheyâll probably be pissed at me when we break it off, so donât worry about that. Five hundred bucks.â
âA thousand,â Stiles says, because screw ethics. Also, the Hale family is loaded. Derek can deal.
The Boy and the Beast by Dira Sudis @dsudis [M, 116.7k]
Beauty and the Beast Fusion, Pack Fic, Wolf Derek, Slow Burn
In which events in Beacon Hills go rather differently from the start, and a Beauty and the Beast (ish) story ensues. (Scott is not a teacup and no one sings about their feelings.)
Distractions by Captain_Loki (@captain-snark) [G, <1k]
Crack, Fluff
Derek is good at flirtatious distractions and it kind of irritates Stiles
Out of Habit by @elysiumwaits [T, <1k]
Fluff, Secret Relationship, Pack Finds Out
And then, well, it becomes more of a hassle to come out and tell everyone theyâve been secretly dating for months than to just⊠keep it secret. And honestly, itâs not like they go out of their way to hide it.
Duct Tape and Wishful Thinking by @localband [T, 1.2k]
Getting Together, Fluff, Mutual Pining
Look, it is not Derekâs fault Stiles got back from his second year of college looking like that, okay? Maybe if someone had warned him that Stiles suddenly figured out what to do with his hair and how to dress himself and had apparently been hitting the gym pretty regularly, Derek might have been able to prepare for this.
Patience, Less a Virtue Than a Blade by Brigantine [G, 1.5k]
Sheriff POV
Stiles's dad is willing to wait to get the answers he needs, but not indefinitely.
more under the cut
Someone Should Have Told Us by @elysiumwaits [T, 1.6k]
Didnât Know They Were Dating, Fluff
Everyone around them thinks Derek and Stiles are dating, but theyâre not. They arenât dating. Seriously. Wait, are they?
--
âThey think weâre dating,â is what Derek finally says. âThe whole pack thinks weâre dating?â
âI honestly think theyâve got the idea that itâs significantly more serious and committed than just dating.â Stiles waves the itinerary around. âI mean⊠thereâs workshops like âSanity in Relationshipsâ and âReleasing the Past through Rewriting Your Love Story.â This is, like, intense and geared toward couples with long-term plans.â
Dammit, Gym by @aggybird [G, 1.8k]
Humor, Teacher AU
Derek the gym teacher asks Stiles the music teacher for a favor.
A New Plan by @alocalband [T, 1.9k]
Love Confessions, Getting Together, Fluff
âNo, we are not talking about this in the morning, Scott. That is not the plan. That plan sucks. I vote for the plan where someone actually gives me a direct answer.â
Summer Jobs and First Dates by @alocalband [M, 2.2k]
Mutual Pining, Oblivious Stiles, First Time
âHaving a crush is not the end of the world, dude.â
But âcrushâ is putting it mildly. This is more like some great, big, life-altering, head over heels, "marriage proposal in the works," sort of deal. Because this is Derek Hale.
Closer by theroguesgambit [T, 2.9k]
Spells
âYou canât possibly be blaming me for this.â
Derek aims a dry look Stilesâ way. Itâs an effort with Stiles plastered grudgingly to his chest like this, their arms wrapped around each other while Stilesâ body slowly stops quaking.
âHow else should I react when somethingâs obviously your fault?â
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Stiles and Derek are cursed so that they are in pain whenever they're not close to each other.
dust off your highest hopes by takeittothestars (@alphaass) [T, 3.9k]
Human AU
For this prompt from Niamh:
"Yes I know we all love the pretend-boyfriends trope but why arenât there 100 more stories of Derek or Stiles pretending to be someone elseâs pretend boyfriend and the other getting really fucking jealous about it - because one-night-stands are one thing but seeing someone theyâve been in denial about crushing on act all affectionate and boyfriendly with someone theyâre comfortable around is a new brand of hell.
Like Erica taking Derek to her high school reunion as a little fuck-you to all the idiots who never noticed her, or Lydia recruiting Stiles to some smart people convention still stuck in the Dark Ages and only taking menâs research seriously, so she uses the most convenient boy in her life as a gateway to get in there and shame all the closed-minded assholes.
Like of course itâs all pretend but theyâre a little TOO good at acting it out and then whoever isnât in on it is at the hotel bar angrily ordering ice cream sundaes and looking for someone to hit on to take their mind off it and failing miserably.
WHY ISNT THERE MORE?"
Two Ways To Be a Hero by LilyC (@acciolilyc) [G, 4k]
Queer Eye Crossover
Derek knew the moment he agreed to participate that he was going to regret this.
Everybody Make a Scene by skoosiepants (@pantstomatch) [G, 4.5k]
Different Meeting AU, Still Werewolves, Halloween
Stiles starts out with three jack-o-lanterns in front of their modest little pack house, but when he sees Derek staple-gunning orange lights around the entire front of their porch, he comes home with a six foot dinosaur skeleton with glowing red eyes.
No one actually hangs Halloween lights unless theyâre going to war.
Or-
Stiles and Derek have some kind of unspoken Halloween decorating competition that also involves baked goods and flirting.
Promises, Promises by blue_fjords [T, 4.9k]
Post season 2
In which the makers of Dove's Promises are trying to tell Derek Things. Important Things. And Stiles likes what they're saying.
Velvet Mask by Captain_Loki (@captain-snark) [M, 5.5k]
Fluff, Angst, Domestic, Future Fic
It's at the beginning of this relationship, the one that has been years in the making, that Stiles finds the violin. Derek thinks Stiles has a manilla folder stored somewhere of all the things he's learned about Derek Hale, treats him like a detective in an old film noir, like a case to be cracked, Stiles does love a good mystery.
trusting wolves by talkbuddietome (@ourdreamsunfold) [T, 13.4k]
In the midst of a werewolf war against the alphas, the Sheriff learns that in a pack, loyalty is earned. And his son works hard enough to earn trust for both him and Derek, and all of their friends. Especially when the pack won't even admit to liking each other most of the time. The kids are all a work in progress, and the Sheriff is lucky to be there for them. Werewolves and all.
about the mirror and its pieces by Siria (@siriaeve) [M, 17.4k]
Magic, Mythology
This wasn't how Stiles had expected to spend his Spring Break.
Sorry itâs three days late, kirayaykimura. Happy birthday, anyway! And also Iâm sorry for this hot mess of a ficlet. You deserve better, tbh.
Now on AO3.
In 2nd grade, Nicki Welch told Stiles Stilinski that his plaid shirt and Spiderman graphic tee looked stupid. He responded by looking pointedly at her stomach and saying that bloodsucking hookworms were inside about 700 million people.
She cried for two hours, and Ms. Briar made him go to the quiet chair. âOne day, your mouth is really going to get you into trouble!â sheâd scolded with a wagging finger.
Stiles contemplates those words as his dadâs new deputy hauls him into the station.
Heâs still totally going to blame Scott for the situation, though.
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âI see ⊠an orange tabby in the window,â Stiles says, straining to hold his cellphone and adjust his binoculars at the same time. âJust a regular orange tabby.â
âBut what does it look like?â Scott replies from his end of the line. âDoes it have two distinct white patches on its belly?â
âIt looks every other orange fucking tabby that has ever existed since the dawn of time,â Stiles snaps back. âAnd I canât even see its belly. Now can I please be done with this?â Seriously, heâs been so swamped with course work, TA duties, and grad school applications that he hasnât been home in nearly a year. He and Scott shouldâve commenced bro-time the second he crossed Beacon County line, but instead? Heâs creepily parked in an apartment complex and spying on some old broad because Scott is convinced she stole Allisonâs cat. The things I do for love, he thinks bitterly.
âYeah, I guess,â says Scott. âPizza and Call of Duty sound good? And Allisonâs making Nutter Butter Pie.â
âAww honey, you shouldnât have! Iâll be there in-â
The loud knocking on his car window startles the phone right out of Stilesâ grasp. And if he lets out a high pitched shriek, the only ones who hear it are himself, God, and âŠ
The worldâs hottest cop since the stripper he booked for Ericaâs bachelorette partyâthe one currently frowning at him through the glass and gesturing for him to roll the window down. Stiles obliges not out of any concern but because dat beard. Jesus, when did his dad hire this guy? He wouldâve been home a lot sooner.
for the prompt - sterek with just something magic!stiles, it can be whatever you want, maybe stiles saving derek from something cause he's a badass like that?
So Stiles finds this watch in the attic. Â Itâs cool-looking watch, even if it doesnât have any ninja turtles or talking sponges decorating it, and without thinking too much about it, Stiles puts it on, and just kind of forgets about it. Â He takes it off to shower, but thatâs about it.
Nothing strange happens â Stiles has been vigilant about watching for strange symptoms since the whole nemeton and nogitsune thing, once bitten twice shy and all that. Â Itâs just a watch that he feels naked without.
*
Three weeks later, Stiles ends up teamed up with Derek against the latest supernatural threat, which is an actual monster.  Stiles isnât sure what its⊠monster genre is, just that it looks like something from an HBO version of Monsterâs Inc, and Stiles is really fucking glad that heâs here with an experienced werewolf.
He glances over at Derek, because surely, someone born into a werewolf pack would have a plan of attack for dealing with a monster.  A grey, slimy monster. ThatâŠ
Okay, the slime appears to be acid, judging from the sizzles as it burns through the pavement. Â Theyâre out near the bowling alley, but luckily Beacon Hillsâ general population has evolved to the point where they ignore terrifying sounds in the night out of principal and self-preservation.
Derek shrugs.
Stiles stares at him. âDude. Youâre the freaking supernatural guru here. What do we do?â
The monster gurgles threateningly.
âRunning would normally be ideal, but weâre trying to stop this thing,â Derek says unhelpfully.
âSo weâŠâ Stiles trails off meaningfully, gesturing for Derek to finish his sentence.
âDonât you have some sort of⊠doomsday scenario about acid-monsters?â Derek asks, because he saw Stilesâ go-bag with his supernatural apocalypse plan of action that ONE time and Derek Hale is, at heart, a total dick.
âFirst of all, fuck you,â Stiles says, because it needs to be said. âSecond of all, no, I do not. Acid-slime monsters arenât something that just come up in normal everyday doomsday scenarios.â
âThey should,â Derek says. Â He shifts, and growls menacingly at the acid-slime monster.
Itâs a supremely shitty plan. Â As far as Stiles can tell, the only thing it accomplishes is to alert the acid-slime monster to their location.
âRunning now,â Stiles announces, and high-tails it out of there. Â Derek catches up to him quickly and overtakes him, skidding to a stop on the other side of his bland new dad-car.
Stiles ducks down beside him, hearing a strange sizzle as the acid-monster flings its own leaking fluids at the car. Â Stiles peeks through the window and sees that entire section of the car has melted away.
Derek hisses through his fangs, âWe have to distract it.â
Stiles looks around pointedly and then back at Derek, âWith what?â
Derek gave him a look. Â
âCrap,â Stiles says as he steps out to the left, waving his arms and yelling so that â best case scenario â Derek can punch the monster into submission. Without burning his hands off, which, judging by the fact that half his car is melted, seems wildly unlikely.
Stiles wishes deeply, fervently, that the ground would just swallow the monster so that they can walk away from this without looking like Deadpool.
The monster turns to him, and as Derek backflips off the top of his car, the monsterâŠ
âStiles,â Derek says, urgently, pulls Stilesâ face to look at him.
âI teleported,â Stiles breathes, and then, before his filter can catch up with him, adds, âOh my god, I didnât know if that would work!â
Derek looks up, over at Lydia, at something sheâs saying, but Stiles is barely paying attention - the roomâs started going fuzzy again. The werewolf looks down again at him, and Stiles is having trouble holding his own head up now, bone-deep exhaustion pulling him down fast and hard.
âIâm gonnaâŠâ Stiles murmurs, doesnât know if heâs actually talking out loud or just moving his mouth like heâs speaking. ââIâm gonna lay down and die for like a half hour, okay?â
There's A Wolf-Shaped Float In This Parade by @concernedlily [G, 7.5k]
Sheriff Finds Out
Two ways Sheriff Stilinski finds out and one he doesn't.
trusting wolves by talkbuddietome (@ourdreamsunfold) [T, 13.6k]
Sheriff POV, Sheriff Finds Out
In the midst of a werewolf war against the alphas, the Sheriff learns that in a pack, loyalty is earned. And his son works hard enough to earn trust for both him and Derek, and all of their friends. Especially when the pack won't even admit to liking each other most of the time. The kids are all a work in progress, and the Sheriff is lucky to be there for them. Werewolves and all.
âWe have received confirmation that there is a hostage situation in progress at a warehouse compound two hours out of Los Angeles, following a multiple-vehicle pileup on Highway 101 this morning...â
The one in which Stiles has lived to (legal) adulthood and, along the way, become a bit of a badass himself.
with bloody feet across the hallowed ground by owlpostagain (@thegloryof) [T, 29.9k]
Future Fic, Canon Divergent
There were no last words. No more pleas, no more screaming. Just the sound of Stiles squeezing the trigger, the explosion of a second shot rocketing out of the revolver, and the hunters bursting through the open doorway just in time to see the bullet slam squarely into the center of Derekâs chest.
This is Ridiculous by @zosofi [E, 35.8k]
Humor, Future Fic
There's a unicorn in Beacon Hills. A fricken' unicorn. In fricken' Beacon Hills, California. And it turns out that unicorns aren't drawn towards virgins in a happy-go-lucky let-me-lay-my-not-at-all-metaphorical-horn-in-your-lap way. No. They kill them. And guess who's the only virgin idiotic enough to get sucked into the Beacon Hills supernatural scene? Stiles, that's who.
When Youâre Close I Feel the Sparks by Leslie_Knope [M, 39.7k]
High School AU, Alive Hales, Emissary/Spark Stiles, Friends to Lovers, Werewolf Reveal
The guy is hot as hell, sureâleather jacket and glasses, Jesus, be still Stiles' poor, bisexual, beating heartâbut more importantly, it must really suck being new on the first day of senior year.
âWeâre adopting him,â he decides, tugging Scott and Kira by the elbow in that direction. âLetâs go.â
Parallels series by Survivah (@optimismology) [M, 43.6k]
Magic Stiles, Multiple Universes, Pining
Stiles has a magical thingamajig that's supposed to get him out of danger. Trouble is, it took him really, really far out of danger. Like, to the point where he isn't in the same universe anymore.
"A part of Stiles had been thinking that heâd come home, and just go, 'hey, Derek, are we mates and you just havenât said anything about it?' and Derek would reply, 'now you mention it, we are indeed! Now come to my bedchamber, where we will have super hot sex and then cuddle after!'"
Play It Again series by @metisket [T, 74.7k]
Magic Stiles, Multiple Universes, Alive Hales, Everyone Lives AU
My favorite fic OF ALL TIME, in any fandom
In which Stiles goes along with one of Derekâs plans and ends up in an alternate universe as a result. He shouldâve known better. He did know better, actually, and that means he has no one to blame but himself.
âLaura wants to lure the kid in with food and kindness and make a pet of him, like a feral cat. Derek wants to have him arrested for stalking. Theyâre at an impasse. (And the rest of the family is staying emphatically out of it in a way that suggests bets have been placed.)â
