#and derek being a steady sort of presence that anchors stiles back

[patolemus]

Okay but what if Stiles wasn’t worried about Derek being dead because he knew he wasn’t?

Like, we all know sterek in season 3 is all about Stiles becoming Derek’s anchor, right? That’s the end game, at what they point at throughout the season. And we know because of Scott, that if your anchor is a person, you (that is, a werewolf) can hear your anchor’s heartbeat from insane distances, almost as if it weren’t the actual heartbeat but a sort of psychosomatic reaction/apparition for the werewolf’s sake. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say it could even be some sort of weird anchor magic, because it’s not like the show ever gave us rules of any kind on anchors (or on anything, really, but this post isn’t about that).

So, with that information, let’s say there is a connection between werewolf and anchor, which of course there is because we’re talking about a werewolf and their anchor, but I mean a more literal connection. Like Scott being able to hear Allison’s heartbeat from very fucking far away. Like Derek being able to break from a love spell by looking at Stiles.

Like maybe Stiles knowing, for some reason, that Derek isn’t dead?

the thing that gets me most about sterek is it's a guy who's been hunted for all his life and blames himself for his family's death, who is fundamentally unsafe because of what he was born as, finding safety with someone who'd probably bite someone if they looked at him wrong

conversely, it's this guy who forced himself into a sort of pseudo parental role for everyone around him (including his own father), who's been so intensely terrified about everyone's well being that he has multiple, ONSCREEN panic attacks about it, trusting this guy, with probably THE highest ratio of screen time to mortal peril, to be entirely fine, even to the point where in the episode where every other main character is grieving Derek in some capacity, it doesn't really seem like stiles thinks he's dead?? he's not,,, but that's WILD

[passiveinsane]

7/15/2020

Teen Wolf

Safe at Anchor by Jerakeen | Only available to ao3 users

“The next morning, his dad barges in without knocking, which is a very parent thing to do and definitely something Stiles expected. That's why he and Derek are both dressed and lying over the covers. The picture they paint is probably sickening, yes, there might be handholding involved, but is it deserving of parental scorn? Not at all.”

hope is the thing with feathers by ShanaStoryteller

Stiles saves the Hales from the fire, and everything changes. Only, not really. Featuring magic stiles and Sterek

Hide Of A Life War by Etharei

“In between being herded around and shouted at to move faster, the hostages have mostly been left alone, the smugglers occupied with arguing with each other and dealing with the police presence outside the compound. Their guards watch any movement suspiciously, but don't stop the hostages from talking to each other as long as they're not too loud about it. Stiles reads that as the smugglers not taking the possibility of the hostages escaping seriously, but he can't tell if it's because the smugglers are overconfident enough to think ten scared-as-shit people would not be able to do it or if there's a hidden threat unknown to the hostages that make escape an impossibility. By all accounts, it's most likely overconfidence, but.

Stiles' senses are tinglin'.”  (sterek)

So Take a Long Shot by relenafanel

The author has a thing for competent stiles with a gun, and so does derek. Sterek

Even the stars they burn by rufflefeather for i_know_its_0ver

““Because I’m the weakest,” Stiles says, still not looking at him. Derek wants to shake him. Wants to roar, how can you not know, because he can smell it on himself. The want, the need, the desperate longing that deepens with every second he stands there. But Stiles isn’t a werewolf. He’s a human who thinks that means he’s less than everyone he spends nearly all his time with. It's the exact opposite because Stiles has no superhuman abilities, can't heal from injury within hours, and he steps into the line of danger anyway.

“Because you’re important to me,” Derek simply says. A quiet truth. Stiles looks over, eyes wide.” (sterek)

Mother of Dragons by Lissadiane | HP AU | Series

Stiles and Derek are at Hogwarts, Stiles likes magical creatures, there is a dragon. Fluffy fluff fluff, sterek.

The Things That Don't Matter by Lissadiane | Stiles survives to graduate au

“Something stops then, a little hiccup of uncertainty, a shifting of the ground beneath Stiles’ feet, something… because that’s not true, is it? It’s not okay to not be okay. Stiles always has to be okay. He always has to figure out the source of danger to keep the others safe, he has to dive in with his baseball bat or his wit or his father’s gun and be the pack’s last hail Mary. And then he has to pick himself up again with a sarcastic comment on the bloodstains on his clothes or the damage to his jeep or the fact that his dad’s gonna ground him again for discharging his weapon.” (sterek)

Whatever Our Souls Are Made Of by Lissadiane

Stiles can see the ghosts of animals who’ve got an emotional attachment to the person they follow. Derek walks in with a wolf. (sterek)

Wolves and Foxes Don’t Get Along by Lissadiane

“ “Dude, of course he’s going to notice. You’re pack.”

Stiles laughs, a sputtering, stunned sort of laughter, and says, “What? No I’m not.”

“Of course you are.” Scott frowns, shifting to cross his legs and lean closer, eyes narrowed. “Unless -- do you not wanna be?”

“I don’t -- it’s not -- what I want doesn’t matter,” Stiles tells him. “I can’t be pack. Pack is for wolves and I am not a wolf.”

“Lydia and Allison and Kira aren’t wolves. Hell, Malia’s not a wolf either if you’re getting technical. That doesn’t matter. I mean. Stiles, if you don’t wanna be, that’s cool.” He looks like it breaks his heart to say it, but Stiles isn’t going to call him out on it. “But you should maybe tell Derek before he gets anymore attached.” “

Living a Teenage Dream by Lissadiane | Easy A/Ten Things I Hate About You AU (no knowledge needed)

“ “Stop thinking,” Derek says, breaking the kiss but only to brush his lips down along Stiles’ jaw. “You forgot to kiss me back.”

“Oh,” Stiles says, a grin finally cracking the muddy pout he could still feel on his face. “Oh, I did, kiss me again.”

So Derek does, and it’s amazing, and if it tastes like mud, Stiles doesn’t mind, because it’s the best kiss he can remember, and it makes his fingertips tingle, and his toes go numb – though that could be the cold lake water.

And then something slimy wiggles up his pantleg and Stiles starts to scream about leeches and water-borne vampires and Derek’s laughing so hard that he’s finally having trouble breathing, and after they pull each other out of the lake, they decide to head back to the car and into town for ice cream, because it’s probably safer.” (sterek)

Night Owl by Lissadiane | Series | Stiles is a blood witch AU

“Stiles doesn’t know how good he’s gonna be at handling that level of responsibility, that’s all. What if he does something wrong? What if he hurts someone, or curses someone, or someone’s relying on him and he fails to come through because magic is hard and he has the attention span of a newt?”

bend bridges, mend bones by Thealmostrhetoricalquestion | Fantasy AU

“ “You almost died,” Derek says.

“But I didn’t,” Stiles says.

“But you could have.” “

Just the Same by ericaismeg

Okay so, the werewolves + stiles are the lacrosse team- yes, all of them- and there’s still werewolves. Sterek, obviously.

These Scars Tell A Story (But It’s Not Mine) by HappyJuicyfruit

Stiles, a mage, moves to Beacon Hills- a sanctuary for supernaturals. (sterek)

Love and Other Accidents by goblinish

Stiles gets injured in new and interesting ways, and Derek is the EMT assigned to him.

Break the Lock If It Don't Fit by Dira Sudis (dsudis)

“ "So I'm not in the pack yet," Stiles said, looking back up at the ceiling. "But I'm, like, going steady with it?" ”

The One Where Stiles Thinks Derek is a Drug Lord (and he kind of is) by Triangulum

Title, sterek.

A Guide To Your Supernatural Life by SpiritsFlame | Series

Stiles is pack mom, but- in a hyper in-character way! (sterek)

some nights by Hymn

“ "Isn't it kind of what you do?"

Stiles muttered something unflattering about werewolves and privacy and personal space and issues, oh god the issues”

It seems wasted now by DaaroMoltor

Stiles gets pushed out of the pack, but what if extra Feelings! (sterek)

Stiles Has Been a Demon All Along!AU by Tegami | Series

https://archiveofourown.org/series/376520

Title, hilarious.

Binomial Coefficients by DevilDoll

“In which brainy freshman Stiles Stilinski wants star quarterback Derek Hale to join the math team, AKA math nerds in love.” (sterek)

what do you call a lost wolf? (a where-wolf) by holygolightly

“ "So you're doing this out of some weird wolfy-obligation?"

"No, you idiot. I'm doing it because I'm worried about you. Now shut up and eat your soup before I pour it down your throat."

"Now that sounds like the Sourwolf we all know and love."

And if Derek's heart fluttered a little faster on the word love, well, nobody else was around to hear it.”

Before They Were Pack by orphan_account

Ever wanted an entire long fic about stanning stiles? No? Too bad.