the new sterek secret santa

Signups starting October 2025. A new edition of the Sterek Secret Santa! Let the Holiday Exchange continue!

[skribblegurl]

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

[heywriters]

I couldn't remember the word "doorknob" ten minutes ago.

[bumblewyn]

ok but the onelook thesaurus will save your life, i literally could not live without this website

[breelandwalker]

REBLOG TO SAVE A WRITER'S LIFE

[myfairkatiecat]

LIFE SAVED

REBLOGGING TO SAVE ANOTHER WRITERS LIFE

[makehimsubmit]

Welcome to Make Him Submit: a sub!Derek Hale fest

Have you ever wanted to see a big bad Alpha submit and go so deep into subspace he loses himself in it? Well this is the event for you.

This is a multimedia event, meaning we accept fanfiction, art, podfic, meta, etc. as long as it's within AO3's terms of service.

The collection is open for early posting, but works will be revealed on June 21st 2026.

RULES

All works must feature Derek Hale submitting in some manner. It does not necessarily have to be sexual but there must be submission.

No AI generated works will be accepted to the collection.

This is a YKINMKATO event. If you're not into a certain kink, please scroll past and enjoy the rest of the works

Tag appropriately, but we will not be policing tags. We're not fucking cops

FAQ (under the cut)

Q: What kind of works am I allowed to submit? A: All type of fanworks are welcome! Fics, art, podfic, meta, you name it. As long as the main topic is Derek submitting, you're good.

Q: Is there a minimum/maximum wordcount for fics or podfic? A: No, just write/pod whatever strikes your fancy

Q:Is there a minimum for art? A: No, just draw whatever strikes your fancy

Q: What ships are allowed? A: Any and all ships featuring Derek Hale are allowed, as long as Derek is the one submitting

Q: I wish my fill to remain Anon. How can I do this? A: You can post directly to the AO3 COLLECTION + any Anonymous collection you own/trust. The collection itself IS NOT ANONYMOUS, so if you post only to this collection, your username will be visible.

Q: I don't want to see [X] content, can you please remove it? A: No. The only content that will be removed will be that that does not comply with the rules.

Is your question not covered? Feel free to send us an ask and we'll reply as soon as possible :)

[fic-wars-and-challenges]

Now Announcing: Teen Wolf Rarepair Mini/Big Bang

What is a Mini/Big Bang?

Last month the mods of this blog ran a general interest poll to decide what type of event to run. The votes were split fairly evenly between a Big Bang, and a Mini Bang, and we decided to run a combo event.

How will this work?

There will be two tracks for participants to choose from; a Mini Bang or a Big Bang. Whichever track is picked, will determine the timeline and requirements of their challenge.

Mini Bang Track Requirements:

Mini Bang Writers will be required to submit a fic that is between 10k and 20k words.

Mini Bang Artists will be matched with a Mini Bang Writer and be required to submit between 1 and 3 pieces of art based on the fic.

Big Bang Track Requirements:

Big Bang Writers will be required to submit a fic of minimum 40k words, with no maximum word count.

Big Bang Artists will be matched with a Big Bang Writer and be required to submit between 2 and 5 pieces of art based on the fic.

As of right now, we are only allowing one sign up per person. However that might change if we need to balance the number of writers and artists.

Accepted Types of Art:

Traditional art as long as you are able to submit a high quality scan

Hand drawn digital art

Photo edits/manipulations

GIFs

How we Define a Rarepair:

Any ship that has under 5k works on AO3, excluding cross over works. We are excluding cross over works to account for things like kinktober where the rare pair gets maybe five hundred words of focus.

If you voted in our polls you might have noticed originally we said under 10k fics, but we didn’t realize how much sterek’s popularity skewed the results. To account for such a juggernaut ship, we moved the limit down.

Schedule:

All Writer Sign Ups Open: March 1

All Artist Sign Ups Open: April 3

All Sign Ups Close: May 3

All Writers First Check-In, and Summary Due: May 10

Summaries Posted for Browsing: May 13

Summary Claiming: May 27

All Artists First Check In/All Writers Second Check In: July 1

Mini Bang Start Posting: August 1

Last Check In for Big Bang Participants: August 17

Big Bang Start Posting: September 1

We are leaving sign ups open until a week before the first check in. This is to allow writers a chance to get a head start on their fics, and hopefully reduce the number of writers who have to back out due to unforeseen circumstances.

Have someone you want to work with in mind already?

We are allowing for a writer and artist to sign up as a pre-matched pair! So if you and your mutual want that push to finally work together, you can sign up as a unit.

Rules:

No AI. If a participant is caught using AI, they will be blocked and banned.

The ship you are creating for must have less than 5k works on AO3 (excluding crossovers)

All works must be tagged accurately at the time of summary, and when posting to AO3. (If the tags change between summary and posting, that is fine.)

If you are interested:

Follow this blog! We will be posting updates and silly event promo posters we made on this blog. We will also be posting the links to sign ups at the start of March.

And be sure to reblog this post to get the word out!

We’re really excited to run this event and we hope to see you all there!

Edit: Writer Sign Ups are now live!

[sterekcollabang]

2026 Schedule !

Signups are OPEN!

January 17th: Signups Open

https://forms.gle/ckeJbRp4mh4w1dZA6

January 31st: Summaries/Story proposal form opens

Link will be on Discord/email when live.

February 7th: Summaries/Story proposals Due

February 8th: Summaries/Story proposals Posted on Discord

February 14th: Claims Day

February 21st: Matches sent out

February 28th: First Check-in

How are we doing? Have you made contact? Are there any concerns so far? Minor check-in

March 21st: Second Check-in

April 18th: Third Check-in

Should be around half finished. Podfic pairs may want to begin recording if possible.

May 9th: Fourth Check-in

Do you have a beta? Are you finished and can you help beta for anyone else?

May 23rd: Fifth Check-in

Do you have a beta? Are you finished and can you help beta for anyone else?

June 6th: Final Check-in

You should be just about done and communicating posting expectations with your partner. AO3 Collection link will go live on this date.

June 8th: Fics and Art Due June 13th: Posting Begins!

FAQs | RULES | SCHEDULE | CRITERIA

[thestereksecretsanta]

2025 Sterek Secret Santa REVEALS and gift wrap-up!

Hello all and thank you for participating this year, our first year taking over this project, even if your contribution was commenting, reblogging, or otherwise being a supportive community member. As this was our first year with this particular project, there are definitely some kinks we uncovered in the process. As always, we've taken notes on what we noticed did and did not work. If you have any feedback you would like to share, please feel free to email us ( [email protected] ) or send us an ask, anonymous or otherwise.

Now for what we've all been waiting for:

REVEALS!

@amatorialarchive Made This for Chelryan

@bererjs Made This for Write_light

@changez4sterek Made This for Poly-Hebdo

@Definitely_Drivel Made This for Prolunaboy

@dontcallpanic Made This for Definitively_drivel

@eviscer-8 Made This for Amatorialarchive

@wrappedinwolfsbane Made This for Eviscer-8

@Goddess47 Made This for Gryvon

@1989dreamer Made This for Wearetheluckyones7

@gryvon Made This for Hedwig221b

@thefrailtyofgenius Made This for Fuzzypicasso

@hedwig221b Made This for Scribespirare

@MindofMim Made This for @Yorit1

@my85volvo Made This for Wolffellerblog

@Wickedmesseswithlife Made This for Physalislantern

@nerdherderette Made This for Theydraggedmein

@physalislantern Made This for Sivan325

@prolunaboy Made This for My85volvo

@somewhatcontainedqueen Made This for Thefrailtyofgenius

@Renmackree Made This for Nerdherderette

@scribespirare Made This for Melioristicbeast

@Sivan325 Made This for Stilesispackmom

@songfrog Made This for Zackarussy

@stilesispackmomof-thehalepack Made This for Somewhatcontainedqueen

@sugareey-makes-stuff Made This for Renmackree

@tabbytabbytabby Made This for Dontcallpanic

@chelryan Made This for Mindofmim

@theydraggedmein Made This for Wickedmesseswithlife

@wearetheluckyones7 Made This for 1989dreamer

@wolffellerblog Made This for Tabbytabbytabby

@Wolfspurr Made This for Brsfic

@write_light Made This for Goddess47

@Fuzzypicasso Made This for Songfrog

@Zackarussy Made This for Changez4sterek

@poly-hebdo Made This for @cw0ffeefandomaddict

@melioristicbeast Made This for Sugareey-makes-stuff

@sluttyybibuck Made This for Wolfspurr

Definitely_Drivel Made This for Berejs

The AO3 collection for this year is available [at this link]

And that's a wrap! Santas, you are now free to post your works publicly on your own pages. If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to a member of the mod team directly.

[thotpuppy]

Keep Me Warm

Summary:

A snowstorm leaves the Hale family owned lodge without power, or a way for any of the guests to dig out of the snow and go home. A sneaky black wolf keeps Stiles warm at night.

Note:

For poly-hebdo who is an absolutely amazing artist that you should follow immediately!

Want some fun winter-y music to listen to while you read this fic? Check out the playlist I created!

For: @poly-hebdo

[thestereksecretsanta]

i am so sorry for posting this on the wrong blog i only just noticed 🤦‍♂️

[thestereksecretsanta]

(In)attention

Summary:

The whole 'Derek needs rescuing' thing is getting way out of hand. Derek comes a little too close to getting himself killed, prompting an argument, leading to a revelation that might change their friendship irrevocably.

Note: One BAMF magical Stiles fic with plenty of angst for bererjs! I hope it hits the spot!

For: @bererjs

[thestereksecretsanta]

What’s to Love

Summary:

Derek has always loved winter. As he gets older, he finds there’s only ever more to love.

Note: I hope you enjoy, eviscer8 !

For: @eviscer-8

[thestereksecretsanta]

Shot in the Dark

Summary:

Stiles hadn’t slept in a while; everything was sort of blurring together. Which is probably a factor in his next decision. To fight the wolf. Or, well, confront it. Put an end to the madness. It’d get the hint, or it would finally eat Stiles and be done with it. That’s why Stiles was currently in the woods at night, armed with a flashlight and his dad’s pistol. He cannot stress how much he’s regretting it. Or… Stiles is being stalked by a wolf.

Note: hello!! sorry this is a bit late, but i really hope you enjoy!! i tried to go for au & soulmates with a bit of a/b/o sprinkled in. i was gonna expand more on alive hale pack cause i love that au but i ran out of space in the plot. i tried to make it humorous and i love writing stiles’ voice! the only thing remotely strange is very, very brief mentions of mpreg. happy holidays!! no beta reader, all mistakes are my own.

For: @zackarussy

[thestereksecretsanta]

Arcade Hearts

Summary:

Stiles meets Derek Hale in a college arcade — cue awkward babbling, quiet pining, and sparks neither can ignore. Between Scott’s hype, Isabelle’s snark, and Peter being… Peter, Stiles and Derek stumble from flustered crushes to a soft, electrifying first kiss under neon lights.

For: @tabbytabbytabby

[thestereksecretsanta]

what should be simple

Summary:

Derek's showing signs of aging and he is not appreciative. Stiles, on the other hand? Well...

Note: Merry Christmas Mel! I read that you like older Sterek and decided a little fluff about aging was in order. Unfortunately, I fell into a writing slump as soon as I started and I haven't been able to pull myself out since, so this is a little shorter than I originally intended it to be. Hopefully it still makes you smile anyway!

For: @melioristicbeast

[thestereksecretsanta]

Love at the First Bark

Summary:

Post-Nogitsune Stiles was stuck in a fox form, cursed by the demon.

Note: Happy Holiday giftee, hope you'll like my gift.

For: @stilesispackmomof-thehalepack

[thestereksecretsanta]

Real Life or a Soap Opera

Summary:

Stiles likes watching soap operas. Turns out, living in one is just as good.

Note: I hope you like it! Happy celebration season!

For: @wearetheluckyones7

[thestereksecretsanta]

Shore

Summary:

Stiles gets the bright idea of doing some pack bonding for Christmas. This will definitely be an uncomplicated beach trip where nothing unexpected will happen. And of course he isn't focused on Derek at all.

For: @songfrog

[thestereksecretsanta]

Note: Happy Holidays!

For: @cw0ffeefandomaddict

Honorable inclusion for: @sluttyybibuck

[thestereksecretsanta]

Asking for Help Gets Easier with Practice

Summary:

Stiles comes back to visit Beacon Hills to visit his dad, who is now missing!

Note: For Sterek Secret Santa Exchange 2025 for gryvon!

Among the things you asked for was kidnapping and found family... I hope I did that justice!

For: @gryvon

[thestereksecretsanta]

Hello and (No) Thanks for All the Fish

Summary:

After a stressful bout of finals, Stiles gets sick. Derek finds out he's sick and comes to nurse him back to health. Unfortunately, Derek is a werewolf and has never taken care of a sick human before. There's a completely rational amount of fish involved. (Sorry to all the fictional fish harmed in the writing of this story.)

Note: This is a Sterek Secret Santa 2025 gift fic for amatorial.

I attempted to combine a few different parts of the prompt they requested for their gift fic.

Taking care during illness or injury

touch-starved

confession through a fight

one bed trope

(I am really sorry about all the fish, it got away from me.)

For: @amatorialarchive