man i love this trope hermit!derek
[Not!Fic] Random Craigslist Missed Connections Derek/Stiles Not!Fic of Doom (one shot | 17378 | PG-13) ★ - fandom favorite
An AU in which Stiles is lonely and addicted to the Missed Connections page on Craigslist, Derek is a hermit with a persistant sister, Scott gives unexpectedly good relationship advice, and it all ends happily-ever-after.
Red Against the Snow (chapter complete | 34614 | NC-17) ★ - fandom favorite
Little Red Riding Hood isn’t just one story. People are mistaken about that. Hell, Grimm wasn’t even original about it. The first guy to publish it was actually Charles Perrault, a french writer who wrote shit for the Louis XIV’s court. And damn, there was nothing subtle about it. Stiles is trapped for the holidays in the cabin of a strange man/hermit named Derek. A strangely friendly wolf befriends Stiles during his stay. It’s up to the teenager to find out why Derek has secluded himself from society, what the feelings he’s beginning to have means, and what the connection between the mysterious man and the mysterious black wolf is.
I could leave but I won't go (oneshot | 2,135 | PG-13)
He’s just tired. Not of Derek, though, never of Derek. Derek’s actually sort of amazing when you look past his Forrest-Gump style beard and his white Jesus toga, and his stupid, Tom flats that he refuses to take off (“Dude,” Stiles had said when he had first seen them, “You don’t even go outside, how do you have Toms?” And Derek had simply stared at him, long and hard before whispering, quite passionately. “Internet.”).
Trees are always a relief after dealing with people (except when they aren't) (oneshot | 15,889 | R)
Derek Hale decides to become a hermit before he reaches 25. Too bad he picked Beacon Hills as his retirement home.
(Or the one where Stiles is a wood nymph/pixie/human hybrid who falls in love with his new grumpy werewolf neighbour)
A Lonely Wolf and a Devilish Fox (oneshot | 2,196 | PG-13)
Derek is a werewolf hermit, living alone in a cabin by the woods. Stiles is the fox demon that decides to ruin his life.
Life on the Hill (complete | 40,548 | NC-17)
Stiles is a first-year at St. Anselm's School of Religion. Fourth-year Derek Hale is a recluse who wants nothing to do with him, or anyone else, for that matter. Stiles has no problem keeping his distance, until one night, when no one else is around, Derek asks if they can study together.
Stiles' life will never be the same.