Fic premise that 100% sounds like the kind of thing you would write: Derek Hale is one of the first werwolves allowed to play in the NHL. Stiles has heard a lot of things about werewolves, but Derek Hale isn't what he thought he'd be, not to mention being handsome and talented to boot. Stiles' jock may be getting a little tight.
You are right and you should say it.
At first people thought it just wouldn’t be fair, having wolves up against humans. Clearly they must have a massive advantage on the ice with their superior senses. Clearly they can track the puck better and they have more strength to knock someone off the puck
Except... They can get more easily overwhelmed than humans at all the noise, and they have to be so very careful and in control of their strength to even play against humans. Werewolves gets suspensions easier, it’s really easy to draw a penalty against a werewolf... It’s not as simple as people think it is.
Stiles doesn’t know a lot about werewolves. He’s heard so much about them, but some of that stuff just sounds... dumb? Like they pulled it directly from Twilight fanfiction? Because there’s no way that werewolves turn into actual wolves. Right, Derek? RIGHT?
Stiles hasn’t been in the NHL that long. This is only his second season, and he’s never played with a wolf on his team before. He’s played against one, once or twice, but usually they make sure to get the big guys up against the wolves. And Stiles may be a lot of things, but... He’s not one of the big guys.
Enter Derek Hale. Undrafted, but mostly because wolves don’t get drafted. A couple teams were tempted to try, for him, but Gary fucking Bettman wouldn’t let them. So when wolves are finally allowed, Derek Hale walks onto the first training camp that’ll take him. And makes the team. Some people are pissed, Stiles is both scared and horny about it.
Stiles is pretty sure that Derek Hale doesn’t possess a sense of humor. He’s also pretty sure that he’d still like to climb him like a tree.
OMG, they were linemates.
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