Load-Bearing Walls
Read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/86680131
by PromptedScribe
Derek is tearing down the Hale house. Rebuilding on the foundation. He doesn't ask for help. Stiles shows up anyway — with a spreadsheet, a build schedule, and a group chat called "HGTV: Hell Edition."
Within six months, Stiles has nested so deeply into the territory that his scent is in the walls, he's wearing Derek's hoodies like they're his, and every wolf in the pack has quietly rearranged their life around him. He has no idea what he's doing. He thinks he's just the annoying human who does research.
Then the Alpha Council shows up, and an ancient Alpha names the thing everyone — except Stiles — has known for over a year.
Or: two people build a home together without admitting they're building it for each other.
It starts with the house.
Words: 18592, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Erica Reyes, Lydia Martin, Vernon Boyd, Jackson Whittemore, Isaac Lahey, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf)
Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
Additional Tags: Pack Mom Stiles, Alpha Derek, Pack Dynamics, Found Family, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Domestic, Nesting, The Hale House Rebuild, Pack Politics, BAMF Stiles, Oblivious Stiles, Derek Hale Deserves Nice Things, Scent Marking, Everyone Knows Before They Do
https://archiveofourown.org/works/86680131
