I have a couple long (long) fics for you guys in with the usual word count spread. Hope you guys have a great weekend, and happy reading!
Ethics of Journalism by rosepetals42 | Check Please | 9.5K | T | Bitty/Jack
When Dan Erikson is assigned to write an article about Jack Zimmermann's years in college, he thinks he knows what he's getting into.
Then he meets Professor Simpson, Jack's photography professor.
[also known as: Good Guy Reporter Dan Erikson]
Numbers by standinginanicedress | 11.1K | T | Derek/Stiles
“I'm magic,” Stiles raises his hands in the air and puts on a serious facial expression. “I have the sixth sense.”
“The sixth sense, huh? Is that what they're calling bullshit these days?”
Stiles' lips purse down hard, but he still smirks. Derek wonders if there's any single facial expression that Stiles can make that isn't in some way at least slightly amused, whether at himself or the expense of others. “Non-believers aren't welcome at my table, Derek.”
they call kids like us vicious and carved out of stone by standinginanicedress | 20.5K | M | Derek/Stiles
“Since you're so sure, what's the proof that you have that he's not a vampire?”
Feeling like he's the only sane person left on planet earth, Derek rolls his eyes heavenward. “First of all, there's not a mound of dust sitting where he used to be -” he gestures upwards towards the sun like behold, the light, and Scott's jaw tics, “and second of all, he's never done anything even remotely suspicious.”
Which is true. The most malicious thing Stiles does is watch television late at night and talk to himself – two things that Scott and Derek can hear crystal clear through the walls of their apartment with their werewolf ears. That being said, neither of them have ever heard Stiles muttering something like who shall I prey upon tonight or I must get my coffin ready for my slumber. The most suspect thing Derek's over heard over there is the crinkling sound of way too many snack foods.
Hunter and Hale by captaintinymite | 25K | Works: 2, ongoing | M | Derek/Stiles
After getting burned by his last partner, Detective Derek Hale, newly returned to NYC, kept his private life completely separate from work. So he was reluctant to share any details with his new partner, Chris Argent. He had a loving fiance, Stiles, who worked as an Emergency Room doctor at Emissary Medical Center in NYC. Everything was going great until one of his and Argent's cases intersected with his personal life in the worst way.
** Please heed Trigger Warnings
under your skin feels like home by airplanewishes | 33.5K | T | Derek/Stiles
This is not how Stiles wanted to come back. Him coming back isn't about him and his ex-boyfriend. It's supposed to be because Scott and Allison are getting married. It's supposed to be a fun reunion and not the kind that maybe his friends are still hoping for him, something that Stiles doesn't know what to think about. Sure, Derek may be his one great love, the one that got away as well, but that didn't mean that Stiles hasn't moved on. Derek clearly has and Stiles has too. Stiles being back doesn't change any of that. It doesn't change the fact that it has been three years and that it's over.
Goal Line by TyReed | 39K | M | Derek/Stiles
After losing a bet with his best friend, super-dork Stiles Stilinksi is forced to play one semester of football for the Beacon Hills High School "Silver Wolves". While reluctant, Stiles is never one to go back on a deal, and follows through with the bet. After all, it's just for one season.
Stiles is apparently the best kicker the school (or state) has seen in over 50 years.
With the town, the coaching staff, the school, and his team all cheering him on and giving him a circle of friends he'd never though possible before, how is Stiles going to fit in with this new crowd of people he'd always hated? How is Stiles going to live through this season, the training, and is he going to be the player everyone thinks he can be? What happens when the season is over, and Stiles can leave the team with the bet ended?
Though at the forefront of his mind, how is he supposed to keep his life-long crush on star Quarterback (and one of his newest friends), Derek Hale, in check?
down in flames. by standinginanicedress | 78.9K | Works: 2 | E | Derek/Stiles
Stiles has been fucking obsessed with famous werewolf author Derek Hale since he was fifteen years old and the first book came out. Like, embarrassingly obsessed. Like, had a poster of the guy hanging up on the wall above his bed, obsessed. When Hale moved back to Beacon Hills, Stiles just figured he'd hole himself up in his rebuilt mansion, writing his fourth book, never to fulfill Stiles' endless daydreams about running into him and having the alpha fall madly in love with him.
It's completely fucking improbable and nonsensical, would never happen in a million years, so of course Stiles somehow winds up in a no-strings-attached agreement with his literary idol, all while eating chicken McNuggets out of his pocket at random intervals and plotting the demise of the McFlurry mixer.
The Masks We Wear by vixenviews (alteringviews) | 155K | NR (E) | Derek/Stiles
Three years ago, Stiles left Beacon Hills looking for answers to the magical clusterfuck he'd become. Now he's returned to find that the Alpha has changed, his best friend is a ranking pack member, and Jackson is an emotionally screwed faerie. Yet, Beacon Hills hasn't changed a bit.
Lenara says it's because it was waiting for the last piece on the board to return to its proper position. And even though she's a bit of a pervy gmilf (but seriously how old is she?), she's always right. But it can't ever be as simple as that because Stiles has been hiding behind masks for so long, he isn't sure who he is any longer.
Between Counsel designs, forgotten memories, the unstable barrier, magical catastrophes, and residual insecurities, Stiles, Derek, and the Beacon Pack must come into themselves, their place in Beacon Hills and trust each other if they want to make it out alive.
Curtains back, masks on...Let the show begin.
The Lines on Which We Tread by TheWonderTwins | 241K | Works: 3 | E | Derek/Stiles
Increased supernatural activity leads Stiles to believe that there is a reason Beacon Hills is the new Hellmouth, and he's determined to find out what it is. He needs help along the way, though, when shit keeps going down and more often than not, he finds himself relying on Derek and his Pack.