Stay
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Characters: Stiles + Lydia
Series: Why We Try (Part 1 of 2)
Word Count: 4,059
Rating: M
Summary: Lydia struggles with a tough decision when she is in D.C. with Stiles.
Lydia wades through pitch darkness using her hands to guide her. The air is cold and damp. The space around her, narrow like a tunnel. She feels intensely afraid – like nothing she has ever experienced. The burden of emotion makes it difficult to breathe.
Suddenly, she hears someone call her name. The voice is one she would know anywhere.
“Stiles!” she answers. “Stiles, where are you?”
“Lydia,” he replies. His voice seems to be reverberating all around her, making it impossible to determine his location.
“Stiles, wait! I’m here!” she cries out.
“Lydia…Lydia…” The sound becomes more distant each time.
“Don’t go! Stay with me!” she pleads.
A flash of violet-colored light momentarily blinds her. Once her eyes are able to adjust, she can see Stiles standing before her. Lydia moves towards him, but with each step the gap between them seems to widen. She runs, desperately fighting to catch up. He is just a few feet away now, but he isn’t moving.
She calls out to him, but there is no response.
He seems frozen in place.
Lydia’s heart forcefully pounds against her rib cage. She steps closer, left hand violently shaking as she reaches out to touch his face. No warmth, no softness – just cold and abrasive, like stone. Her eyes widen with shock and her head starts spinning. As she withdraws her hand, Stiles’s form crumbles into a pile of dust, and the darkness resumes.
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