This is late, like really late... but I’m finally done with exams! Anyways, here is the top 15 list for April. This list contains 15 Royalty/Medieval AUs. As always you can find other top 15 lists here, and my personal faves are marked with a *. Happy reading!
an exaltation of larks (one shot | 25,370 | Explicit) *
All Derek wants is to get through the lambing season with his body and spirit intact. He had thought that the blizzards would be the main danger, not a highborn omega with beautiful eyes and a stubborn streak.
To The Edge of the Night (Complete | 40,256 | Explicit) *
With the threat of war looming over his country, Stiles vows to help his king. As the King's Thief, he will do anything, steal anything that his king asks of him no matter the cost. Stiles never backs down from a challenge, even if that challenge is stealing peace.
Impossible to a Thousand and More (one shot | 57,092 | Mature)
The kingdoms of Hale and Argent have been at peace for twenty-five years, and Lady Lydia Martin and her childhood friend Junior Marshal Stiles Stilinski are chosen to be the diplomats to represent the Argents' interests in a mostly ceremonial renewal of promises of continued peace and cooperation to take place in the neutral Kingdom of Beacon, with Princesses Laura and Cora Hale and Prince Derek there to do the same for the Hale Kingdom. But not everyone wants peace between the two lands, and whether it be a boring treaty affirmation or prelude to conspiracy and war, Derek knows he shouldn't be quite so interested in the Junior Marshal's eyes.
Never Did Run Smooth (one shot | 34,206 | Explicit) *
Medieval Chasing Liberty AU: As the only son of King Stilinski, Stiles doesn't have a lot of freedom, but he doesn't let that stop him from traveling for days to the biggest festival of the season with a begrudging stranger, Derek.
Like Heaven Catching Lightning (one shot | 41,519 | Explicit)
Prince Stiles of Cor has always known, somewhere in the back of his mind, that he was never truly going to marry for love. Fighting it has only made it worse. Now, presented with a choice between two children of the Hale family of Ignis, Derek and Cora, he must make the decision to determine who will rule by his side. If only it were that simple.
The King and The Spare (one shot | 12,340 | Mature)
The young, newly-crowned King of Bohemia is in search of a spouse. Both Derek Hale and his sister Cora had the appallingly bad taste to be born so far down the hierarchy of royalty in their home land of Moravia as to be unnecessary to their own royal lineage but still too high born to be anything other than the consort to the royal house of another country.
Heartfire (one shot | 33,346 | Explicit)
Life hasn't been kind to blacksmith Derek Hale. Only a month after he moved to the royal capitol of Beacon and started working as a way to escape his past, the royal family is brutally murdered by Deucalion, one of the king's former generals, and his men. While the oncoming political instability hardly has any impact on him, two weeks later, Derek's quiet and solitary life is nonetheless disturbed by the sudden appearance of three young men who were thought to be dead. One of whom changes his life in ways he could never have imagined; someone who, for the first time in years, makes him experience things he thought he'd never feel again. But then again, life has never been kind to Derek... Will this time be different?
A Desperate Arrangement (Complete | 115,506 | Explicit) *
After seven years of lengthy negotiations, the treaty between the Hales and the Argents has fallen apart and the two countries fell into war.
Months later, there's an uneasy truce, thanks to the intervention of King Scott McCall, but it won't last. In a desperate attempt to maintain the peace, the Hales sign a treaty with the McCalls to marry Prince Derek to Prince Stiles Stilinski, King Scott's brother.
In the history of the world, there have been many better ideas.
The Well of Living Waters (one shot | 30,322 | Explicit) *
King Derek takes a consort.
Killing Me Softly (one shot | 1,974 | Mature) *
“I agreed to be your mate. I agreed to be your consort. I never agreed to be your whore.”
The Demands of War (Complete | 58,428 | Explicit)
With the threat of war hanging over them, Stiles and his people are caught in the middle and must chose a side before they get smashed between both and with the threat of winter and a bad harvest weighing them down, he must chose quickly.
The Royal Wedding (Complete | 31,856 | Teen)
Prince Stiles Stilinski leads a carefree life in the palace of Beacon Hills. Until Regent Hale decides Stiles would make an excellent consort for his nephew, Prince Derek.
An arranged marriage with a werewolf. Yeah, that is so not happening.
I Am Your Liege (one shot | 2,347 | Mature) *
“I will not kneel to a false king,” Stiles bellowed. “I kneel to no man or woman so long as there is breath in my lungs and ground beneath my feet. My father brought prosperity to this land, and I shall reclaim my birthright and drive out the usurper with you, my loyal knights by my side. For freedom and country!” He reined in his horse, leading it with a sharp nudge until he slid in beside his most loyal knights: McCall, Argent, and Hale.
“For you,” Sir Derek said in a low voice.
“For the kingdom,” Stiles agreed.
This is How Legend Were Made (Complete | 108,501 | Explicit)
Caught between the Hales and the Argents in their war, Stiles finds himself a slave of the great Hale pack. Stiles spends each day working hard, hoping to earn his freedom and see his sick father. It also seems each day he’s capturing more and more attention from Derek, the young Hale lord. Stiles tells himself it’s mostly because Derek is merely trying to figure out how to send the annoying, useless slave away- not because of affection, despite the tales coming from the rumor mill.
It doesn’t matter what Derek's intentions are. Stiles can’t bother with love right now. He's got to keep his head down and survive long enough to keep his promise to Kate Argent. After all, she's promised to keep his father safe.
Consort to the King (Complete | 26,257 | Explicit) *
King Derek, alphas of alphas, ruler of the realms, lord of the city of Beacon Hills, has just asked newly discovered omega Stiles to be his consort and mate. And Stiles, being the lowly commoner that he is, has no choice but to say yes. Will the King's past allow him to love again? Will Stiles ever escape the confines of his new mate's possessive will? Can there be love once more in the castle? Or perhaps, yet again, another betrayal?