#amputee!stiles

[sterek-ao3feed-archive]

who is the lamb & who is the knife

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53233120 by Patricia_Sage “I really like you.” Stiles laughs a little. “Yeah, alright.” “I mean it.” “I know you do, big guy.” He moves his thumb gently against Derek’s hip. “I really like you, too.” “Okay. Why did you laugh?” “Because I wanted to go all mushy and talk about feelings, too, but I didn’t want to trap you in this car and make you choose between being my apocalypse boyfriend or kicking me out into a blizzard.” ***** a zombie apocalypse AU where Stiles is searching for his family and Derek is out for revenge // featuring tropes like it's-the-end-of-the-world-so-let's-have-sex, human-has-to-cuddle-with-werewolf-for-body-heat, among others Words: 1090, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Allison Argent, Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf), Melissa McCall, Malia Tate, Kira Yukimura, Lydia Martin, Kate Argent, Gerard Argent, Peter Hale Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Allison Argent/Scott McCall, Scott McCall & Stiles Stilinski, Melissa McCall/Sheriff Stilinski, Malia Tate/Kira Yukimura Additional Tags: Zombie Apocalypse, Alternate Universe - Zombie Apocalypse, Werewolf Derek Hale, Dead Hale Family (Teen Wolf), Mentioned Hale Family (Teen Wolf), Warning: Kate Argent, Dead Laura Hale, Warning: Gerard Argent, Derek Hale is a Softie, Traumatized Derek Hale, Derek Hale Deserves Nice Things, Stiles Stilinski is a Nice Thing, Protective Derek Hale, Disabled Stiles Stilinski, Amputee Stiles Stilinski, Prosthesis, Stiles Stilinski is a Little Shit, Stiles Stilinski is a badass, Werewolf Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Stiles Stilinski Deserves Nice Things, Derek Hale is a Nice Thing, Mentioned Peter Hale, Scott McCall & Stiles Stilinski are Siblings, Good Parent Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf), Good Parent Melissa McCall, Good Friend Stiles Stilinski, Good Friend Scott McCall (Teen Wolf) read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/53233120

[ao3-feed-sterek]

Don't Forget the Silver Filings

by notreallyno

Stiles and Scott became best friends when they met in college. Once Stiles meets Scott's hot stepbrother Derek, he develops a massive crush on him.

Based on a tweet by singtoconley:

  my werewolf boyfriend: (screaming)

  me: (gags) SORRY. oh my god. I'm so sorry. I forgot about my silver tooth fillings.

 Only Stiles doesn't know about werewolves.

Words: 5539, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski

Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski

Additional Tags: Top Derek Hale/Bottom Stiles Stilinski, Stiles Stilinski Doesn't Know About Werewolves, Scott McCall & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, Bottom Stiles Stilinski, Top Derek Hale, Teeth, Stiles Stilinski Finds Out About Werewolves, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Humor, Past Kate Argent/Derek Hale, Past Jennifer Blake/Derek Hale, Amputee Derek Hale, Amputation, The Pack Ships It, Knotting, Derek Hale Has Feelings, Derek Hale Has a Knot, Friends to Lovers

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/48405919

[loveyprophet-artstuff]

Not the biggest fan of this drawing but I’M  WEAK FOR AMPUTEE!STILES!!!

[celestialvoid-fanfiction]

An addition to the Amputee!Stiles AU that I can’t get out of my head - Beacon Hills High School is putting on a play and this year it’s Wicked. Coach is put in charge of the production so, naturally, everyone on the sports teams has to try out. Stiles lands the role as Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Derek ends up as Glinda (the Good Witch).

Isaac and Boyd work behind the scenes and come up with a brilliant idea. They come up to Coach and tell him they have an idea. Coach asks them, “If I say no, are you still going to do it?” Isaac says yes. Coach asks “Then why are you bothering to ask me?” Boyd replies, “Plausible deniability.” Coach roll his eyes and says they can do whatever they want as long as they’re safe about it.

They call in Erica’s uncle (who does rigging and wires) and they set up a harness and rigging in order to lift Stiles during the pivotal moment of Act I, as he sings ‘Defying Gravity’.

Derek gets to dress up in pink and act a little flamboyant and flirty--making everyone laugh (and making it incredibly difficult for Stiles to keep a straight face when they’re acting). 

Throughout practice, Stiles still seems really shy about singing, but come the night of their performance, he steps out to sing ‘Defying Gravity’ and blows everyone away.

Afterwards, Erica comes backstage to let him know that someone wants to see him. Stiles follows her out and sees his dad - who he thought would be at work, but his dad pulled in a lot of favours so that he could be there to see Stiles, but didn’t tell Stiles he was coming because he didn’t want to make him nervous. His dad pulls him into a tight hug and tells him how proud his is.

[charmed101]

@loveyprophet

Stiles throws stuff at people when they annoy him, usually it’s a pillow, however sometimes it’s his leg and then he has to quietly ask for that person to return it to him.

Because that happened to me.

[batwynn]

Amputee!Stiles for loveyprophet 

[drgrlfriend]

Fic prompt up for grabs

So, all this recent beautiful amputee!Stiles art by @batwynn and @loveydoodles​  has me thinking of an AU.

There’s this video about “solemates” -- people who have lost one leg/foot, who are the same shoe size as someone else who has lost the opposite leg/foot.  So, when they buy a pair of shoes and only need one shoe in the pair, they send the other along to their “solemate.”

So, picture Stiles and Derek as “solemates” who find each other online...let’s say Derek’s canonical wolfsbane bullet hit his leg instead of his arm, and without the gang there he had to amputate it himself.  

It’s got disability representation plus long-distance slow burn written all over it!  Go to it, my little fanfiction flying monkeys!  :-)

[wheredidhiseyebrowsgo]

Do you have any amputee stiles fics! ❤️

Here you go!  -Emmy

I’m Slowly Drifting to You by ElisAttack 

(3,064 I Teen I Complete)   *sterek, au

Derek is living and working two thousand miles away from everything he’s ever loved, when he meets Stiles, a former killer whale trainer.

Or the one where Stiles and Derek are just two lost souls trying to find themselves again.

The Difference Between Flying and Falling by hannah_baker 

(3,940 I Explicit I Complete)  *sterek

Six months after a nematon storm causes Stiles to crash his Jeep, he’s finally adjusted to being an amputee. Derek, however, is still treating Stiles like he’s fresh out of the hospital.

Or, the one where Stiles only has one leg (well, one and like, three-fifths), and Derek only wants to make love now. Much to Stiles’ chagrin.

Let Me Heal You by JJWolfe 

(6,139 I Mature I WIP)  *sterek, dad!derek, parent!derek

Derek Hale, a single father, double leg amputee since birth, owns a construction company,  lives life to the fullest. The words, ‘I can’t’ isn’t in his dictionary. When his best friend Erica asks him a huge favor in name of her friend Lydia he can’t say no. So, Stiles moves into his place. Well he is kinda hot, if he would just got rid of that chip on his shoulder.

Stiles doesn’t like this one bit, but because he lost his right leg below the knee he doesn’t have a choice. Lydia said that the place of this Derek guy is accommodated for a disabled person and there is no way he can move back in with Scott in his and Kira’s small appartment, it’s the logic conclusion. But he doesn’t have to like it. Because this guy is disabled, doesn’t mean he knows what he is going through.

Interdimensional Invisible Strings by captaintinymite (augopher)

(13,731 I Mature I Complete)  *sterek, parallel universes,

Everyone had a soulmate, tied to them by an invisible string of fate. When they met the one to whom they’d been tied, the red mark would appear around their left pinkie, and just about everyone had their mark before they turned thirty.

Derek was almost thirty-five when he woke up with a driving need to find someone named Stiles. He just had no idea his soulmate would take searching multiple parallel universes to find.

Caretakers by em2mb 

(177,537 I Teen I WIP)  *sterek

Now Lydia sees the white room clearly, Stiles sitting cross-legged atop the nemeton in his lacrosse jersey, squinting at a chessboard.

That’s when Lydia realizes her vantage point makes her Stiles’ opponent - and she has him in check.

Her instinct is to push her own king into danger, but Stiles grabs her wrist. “Come on, Lydia,” he says dryly, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. “Chess might not be your game, but surely you know that’s against the rules.”

*Five months after the nogitsune tears through Beacon Hills, Stiles’ humanity leaves the McCall pack vulnerable. Post-3B.

[imagine-sterek]

Amputee!stiles Christmas HC

Stiles does not like Christmas. He and his mom’s accident happened on Christmas Eve. His dad was a deputy and was forced to work on Christmas Eve bc the PD was short staffed. Stiles and his mother were on their way to the station to surprise the deputy when a truck driver lost control and rammed into their car, and since it was Christmas Eve it took a while for first responders to arrive. Christmas Day was spent in the hospital. Stiles was in surgery after surgery. Doctor managed to save his right arm, but not his leg. His mother died before first responders got there. After that Christmas was sort of a taboo in the Stilinski household. They stopped celebrating it. They’ll visit Claudia’s grave. Then The sheriff goes to work and stiles stays home. They don’t decorate. They don’t talk about it.

Twelve Days of Christmas daily prompts:

Christmas Trees and Decorations: stiles tries to shy away from anything Christmas. He doesn’t visit the McCall’s bc Scott loves Christmas but is respectful towards stiles no Christmas talk rule. Derek didn’t know what had happened so he had no idea why stiles would become more somber and quiet as The month progressed. Why he stopped coming by the Hale House after Erica decided to decorated. He thought he could make stiles feel better if he helped him decorate for Christmas(he told Erica his idea and all he got was sad eyes and no response), so he went to the preserve and found the best tree for stiles. The gesture wasn’t appreciated, but he did manage to convince stiles to keep the tree.

Naughty or Nice-Stiles is Well know for his pranks. In fact, he’s a BHHS legend bc of his infamous Mr. Harris prank. Everyone knows that stiles stops cold turkey during the holiday season.( and everyone knows why but they won’t say it out loud out of respect). Derek was still in the dark about the whole situation so he joked that stiles is trying to get on Santa’s nice list. Stiles didn’t respond to the jab. Derek starts to realize somethings wrong.

Family- it’s on holidays when Derek really feels the void that his family left behind. He could still smell his fathers ginger bread cookies and hear his little cousins fighting over who helped decorated the most. It’s on holidays that he misses his family the most. So he visits where his family was payed to rest. He didn’t expect to see stiles there. Sat lonely on a bench. Derek decided to join him.

Mistletoe- stiles and Derek started taking comfort in each other after their chance meeting at the cemetery. Stiles started to visit the Hale House more despite the decorations. After a successful snack run, they enter they threshold of Derek’s dilapidated House when Erica pointed out the mistletoe they were standing under. Derek rolled his eyes ready with a witty retort when Stiles kissed his cheek. Then continued on to the pseudo living room.

Proposals and Love Confessions- it’s a know fact that stiles spends Christmas alone. Declining the McCalls invitation every year. Stiles knew he would be bad company, so he’d rather keep his Sad person party to himself. This year would be different. He decided that he’d ask Derek to join him. There was a trust growing between they and a tension stiles couldn’t exactly explain. Yet he was still comfortable around Derek. Derek provided a comfort that Scott never could. Derek understood even if he didn’t know what was going on. When stiles asked Derek to spend Christmas with him (promising great Movie classics and semi decent home made food) Derek was surprised. Unfortunately stiles mistook his shock induced silence for a rejection. It’s not like he actually thought Derek would agree. (But he still felt disappointed)

Sweaters (the uglier they are, the better they are)- Erica gave Derek an early Christmas present and demanded he wear it during the next time they hang out. He obliged mostly out of holiday spirit. Laura used to love ugly Christmas sweaters. She had a whole collection. Those were hard to pack away after she died. The sweater was atrocious (Laura would be proud). With lights and oddly positioned reindeer that FELT like reindeer fur. It was embarrassing,but worth the deep loud laugh stiles let out when he saw it.

Christmas Lights- Derek would chose a different route for his jogs. Detouring through neighborhood to see the decorations and lights. There was one street that was full of deck out houses. One right after the other with only one house breaking the streak. It was stiles house. Standing dark and imposing. Derek takes a break to watch over the house.

AUs- okay technically this is an AU. So, free space? Stiles knows that Derek knows that he know that Derek watches his home. He know that Derek will jog through his street and stop around his house. He then either scales the house or waits in his back yard listening. Stiles feels… calmer knowing Derek’s there. The holiday time isn’t exactly kind to stiles nerves, so it nice to know someone’s watching over him. Maybe if asked nicely Derek would watch over his dad too.

Christmas Past and Childhood Memories- Derek can fondly remember Christmas mornings before the fire. He remembers his family exchanging presents. The dumb tradition of wearing Christmas sweaters on Christmas morning. He also remembers the first Christmas after the fire. It was rough. He and Laura wold just hold each other and mourn. Now it’s his first Christmas with out her. Stiles remembers his favorite Christmas memory was when he was 5. His dad had the whole 2 days off and the three of them baked cookies for Santa together. He remembers convincing his parents to stay up with him to catch Santa. Stiles was unconscious most of the first Christmas with out his mom.( he was knocked out bc of the surgeries) Stiles only remembers one thing from the accident (besides the blinding hot pain) and that was his mom’s voice telling him she loved him.

Fake Boyfriends Trope (because it wouldn’t be the holiday season without it) there are a lot of things that make Derek uncomfortable. One of the main ones is people not understand no. This woman has been following him through out the super market and persistently trying to capture his attention. He thought after the first rebuff she would leave. He was wrong. After three aisle of her following him he was ready to burst when stiles comes to his rescue. Gushing about garland that would look gorgeous on the tree and reminding Derek that they need to pick up baubles bc the old ones were looking dull. Derek played along and they walked away leaving the stunned woman behind.

Snow/Winter- it rarely snows in BC. And when it does most take it as blessing especially on Christmas. Stiles fears it. He remembers vividly that it was snowing that night. He fears what could happen to his dad out there. To Melissa or Scott. Stiles is now very glad Derek rejected his offer. Derek hates the cold. He hates feeling cold. Snow is something he enjoys. He remembers the first time he sees snow with Laura when they first moved to New York. It was magically. It wasn’t snowing when Derek left home to get to stiles. It started midway through the journey and grew slightly heavier by the time he reached stiles home. Stiles heard a car pull into his drive way and felt his stomach drop. His dad wouldn’t be home until tomorrow night and he hadn’t called to tell stiles otherwise. Fear twisted stiles nerves into knots as he imagined the worst scenarios. He ran downstairs and threw the front door open ready to see a deputy with bad news. Instead he was greeted by Derek Hale.

Presents/Christmas Eve- stiles was used to spending Christmas alone. It’s the first Christmas since he was 8 that he has company over and it felt like the best gift he ever gotten. Derek had never spent Christmas alone and was dreading having to this year. That was until stiles invited him over. Stiles may not know it but he also gave Derek the best gift. They spent the evening together cuddle up watching awful Christmas movies. The sheriff found them in the morning, cuddled together asleep with snacks littered around them.

••••••• Omg there’s probably like 1 million spelling mistakes and stuff but it’s so late rn I don’t even care. Lol! Feel free to add more HCs bc these came out sad. Anyway I hope you enjoy and have a very happy holidays!!!

(submitted by @loveyprophet)

[fuckyeahfanfictions]

Chapters: 7/7 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Liam Dunbar, Theo Raeken, Mason Hewitt, Corey Bryant, Bobby Finstock, Lydia Martin, Malia Tate, Braeden (Teen Wolf), Isaac Lahey, Vernon Boyd, Sheriff Stilinski, Alan Deaton, Marin Morrell, Kyle (Teen Wolf), Brett Talbot, Donovan Donati, Aiden (Teen Wolf), Ethan (Teen Wolf), Tracey Stewart, Josh Diaz, Jordan Parrish Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Basketball, Alternate Universe - Human, Team Dynamics, Team as Family, Found Family, Amputee Stiles Stilinski, Car Accidents, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Baggage, Warning: Kate Argent, Mentioned Kate Argent/Derek Hale, Minor Stiles Stilinski/Malia Tate, Minor Liam Dunbar/Theo Raeken, Explicit Sexual Content, Blood and Injury, Loss of Limbs, the blood and injury and loss of limbs happen well before the explicit sexual content don't worry, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, POV Multiple Summary:

When Stiles, at college on a sports scholarship, loses his leg in a car accident, he finds help in an unlikely place—Derek Hale, captain of their basketball team, who Stiles is 99% sure hates his guts.

A college basketball AU featuring found family, hurt/comfort, and enemies to friends to lovers.

[carlislewashere]

What if I made a Teen Wolf comic where Allison, Lydia and Stiles were the main characters along with Derek who’s trapped as a wolf and they’re in college, oh and less dying but more crying

[twsterekbigbang]

Like Rain in Spring

Author:  Jmeelee, @jmeelee | Artist:  EdgeOfMyDesiree, @edge0fmydesiree  |

Rating: Explicit | Word count: 49k

College/University, Basketball, Human AU, Team Dynamics, Found Family, Explicit Sexual Content, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, POV Multiple

!!  Amputee Stiles Stilinski, Car Accidents, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Baggage, Warning: Kate Argent, Mentioned Kate Argent/Derek Hale, Blood and Injury, Loss of Limbs, Implied/Referenced Homophobia

When Stiles, at college on a sports scholarship, loses his leg in a car accident, he finds help in an unlikely place—Derek Hale, captain of their basketball team, who Stiles is 99% sure hates his guts.

A college basketball AU featuring found family, hurt/comfort, and enemies to friends to lovers.

Created as part of the Sterek Big Bang 2021 @twsterekbigbang ​

[loveyprophet-artstuff]

that moment when you realize thAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP DRAWING CHARACTERS FACING THE SAME DIRECTIONS. #relatable 

Also, I have a Kofi! I honestly don't remember if I’ve mentioned it before... BUT here’s a link! I want to do doodle requests on there, so if you want please leave a prompt!

[celestialvoid-fanfiction]

Always With Us

Stiles got a new prosthesis, but it doesn’t feel right; it’s not him.

For @loveyprophet

 Part of the wonderful AU that Lovey came up with nearly two years ago, you can check it out here. 

Quick synopsis: Stiles was in a car crash when he was eight years old, he lost his leg and his mother. 

When Stiles was eight years old and given his first prosthetic leg, he had tried so hard to keep it clean.

For a long time, he had trouble adjusting to the reality of losing his mother and his leg. It was only made harder knowing that he had a prosthetic leg that looked as fake and ugly as it felt.

His dad let him paint the next one however he wanted. Stiles painted it green with sprigs of lavender and tall white hyacinths – his mum’s favourite – that rose from the joint of the ankle and flowered across his calf.

His last prosthesis had been painted orange with vines of blue forget-me-nots and lilies of the valley—which he had been told meant luck and humility, two things he showed when he survived the car crash—painted on it.

Lydia had lectured him relentlessly about how orange and blue weren’t a good combination, but Stiles didn’t care.

He didn’t care about the comments that were made when he wore shorts, but he did care about the prothesis, especially when Jackson tried to fuck with it. He and Scott were on the field during a free period, enjoying the first sunlight they’d had for weeks, when Jackson dragged his keys down Stiles’ leg and learnt very quickly just how scary Stiles can be.

Stiles spent that night fighting tears as he tried to patch up the paintwork on his leg, knowing they couldn’t afford a new one yet.

They had saved up for years to be able to afford his new leg. But staring down at the awkwardly tanned skin-tone plastic, he felt the same way he had when he was eight; this wasn’t part of him. He was broken and ugly.

“You can paint it,” his dad said, reading the look on his son’s face.

“Don’t have paint,” Stiles said, trying to brush it off as if it were nothing.

“I’ll pull some money out of our savings,” his dad offered. “We can go and buy some paint tomorrow before I start work.”

“No,” Stiles said, shaking his head. “It’s fine, Dad. Really.”

John opened his mouth to say something when the doorbell rang.

“I’ll get it,” Stiles said, hurrying to the door. He pulled it open to see Derek standing on the porch, wearing his favourite black leather jacket and a backpack slung over one shoulder. Stiles’ brow furrowed with confusion. “What are you doing here?”

“Cora said you got your new leg,” Derek said.

Stiles nodded.

Derek held up his hand, showing the handful of paintbrushes he had taken from Laura’s studio—obviously with permission.

Stiles couldn’t help but smile. He took a step back and nodded towards the hallway, beckoning Derek inside.

“Hello, Sheriff,” Derek said as he stepped into the lounge room doorway.

“Hi, Derek,” John greeted. “What are you doing here?”

“Cora said Stiles finally got his new leg,” Derek repeated. “Laura let me borrow some of her paints and brushes so Stiles could paint it.”

John’s weary face relaxed, a smile lifting the corners of his lips. “That’s very nice of you all.”

“I’ll find some old newspaper,” Stiles said.

“You can sit in the lounge room,” his dad offered, standing up from his favourite chair. “I’ve got to get ready for my shift. You can have a movie night if you want.”

“Thanks, Dad,” Stiles said, pulling a weeks old newspaper from under a pile his dad had left on the side table.

“Before you start, go get your old leg from upstairs,” his dad said. “You’ll need something to walk around on while that one’s drying.”

“Right.” Stiles hurried upstairs.

Derek waited in the lounge room doorway as Stiles hurried back down stairs, carrying the orange and blue leg.

He set it down by the couch before settling down on the floor between the couch and the coffee table. He spread out the sheets of newspaper, some plastic cups of water and paper towels, and got everything ready.

Derek set his brushes down on the table and dropped his back on the floor by the couch, unzipping it and pulling out the wide variety of paints Laura had loaned him.

“What are you thinking?” Derek asked.

Stiles pulled his prosthetic off and set it down on the table, eyeing it up for a moment. He screwed his face up in thought. “Indigo, with purple and white chrysanthemums, a few of those white violets that have deep blue centres, and some teal, blue and purple leaves to fill in the empty spaces.”

Derek read the labels on the tubes of paint, picking out the colours Stiles would want: indigo, violet, teal, black, white, and every shade of purple and blue he could find. He set the others back in his bag, clearing the table.

Stiles unscrewed the indigo and poured it out onto the newspaper, passing Derek a brush as they began to paint it.

“Did you know that chrysanthemums are the official flower for Mother’s Day in Australia?” Stiles said quietly. “In China, they’re traditionally given to the elderly since they symbolise long life and luck in the home, and in Belgium and Austria they’re for memorials.”

“How long has it been?” Derek asked, guessing where this conversation was going.

“In two weeks, it’ll be ten years,” Stiles said, biting into his quivering lip and blinking back the tears that welled in his eyes.

Derek didn’t say anything, he just reached across and set his hand on Stiles’.

“I’d give an arm and a leg to have my mum back,” Stiles said. He gestured to the scarred stump of his thigh. “I already made the down payment.”

“Stiles,” his dad scolded.

“What?” he called back. “I have to joke about it; it’s the only way I can live with it, the only way I can open my mouth without screaming.”

A moment of quiet settled over them.

“Maybe you can’t have her back,” Derek said, his quiet voice breaking the silence. “But that doesn’t mean she isn’t here with you.”

A soft smile played across Stiles’ lips.

“I’ve got to get going,” his dad said, leaning over the back of the couch to tousle Stiles’ unruly hair. “You boys be good. There’s food in the cupboard, and I’m pretty sure Stiles has the pizza shop’s number memorised.”

Stiles grinned.

“Bye, Dad,” he called after him. “Love you.”

“Love you too, kiddo,” his dad said.

Stiles heard him pull the door shut, leaving him and Derek to their quiet conversations and painting. Time seemed to drift away as they worked—Derek painted the leaves and Stiles waited for them to dry before filling in the details of flowers.

Before they knew it, it was dark.

Derek ordered them pizza, ignoring Stiles’ protests when he insisted on paying.

After they ate, they set up a movie and brought out the snacks—Star Wars, Stiles’ choice. Stiles picked at the food, listening to the movie he’d watch a thousand times as he finished painting the prosthetic.

He set the brush down and sat back against the couch, tilting his head slightly.

“It’s missing something,” Stiles said, looking down at the leg.

They sat there in silence for a moment.

Stiles picked up another brush, dipping it into the white paint. He drew on the shapes of a few scattered white butterflies before filling in the details of grey shading, black dots on their forewings, and black along the edges of their wings.

“My mum loved cabbage moths,” Stiles explained. “She always thought they were so cute and small.”

A smile crept across Derek’s lips as he looked at Stiles.

Stiles started to pack up the paints and clear away the brushes and cups of water.

Derek pulled sealant from his bag and set it next to the leg; they’d have to wait until tomorrow before they could apply it.

They settled down on the couch and watched the rest of the movie, Derek slouched back against the armrest with Stiles’ leg stretched over his lap. The teen held the bowl of chips in his lap, his dark brown eyes sparkling as they reflected the light of the TV screen.

“Hey, Derek,” he said after a moment.

“Yeah?”

“Thank you.”

Derek smiled at him. “Any time.”

[AO3]

[loveyprophet]

@celestialvoid-fanfiction at this point we need an official title. Like the Royalty of coming up with good ideas and never doing anything with them.

[batwynn]

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