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[theoraekenapperciation]

☆ Theo Raeken Appreciation Week 2024 ☆

this event is for Theo Raeken centric fan works and will run from August 1st — August 7th 2024, it can be gen works or ship, all characters & au’s are welcome! feel free to send in an ask with any questions or concerns!

to participate in this event tag your creations with #theoapprecationweek24 and/or #theoweek24 and then tag this blog @theoraekenapperciation — please make sure to read the rules found here before posting a work for this event

☆ prompts - these can be mixed & matched however you please and if you don’t want to follow them that’s fine too!

day 1 — first meet - what was it like for theo when he first met members of the pack? is there a meet scene you want to rewrite?

day 2 — on accident - is it something sweet like the one bed trope? or is it serious and theo has to navigate the consequences of a major accident happening? or maybe someone else is at fault and he’s caught up in the aftermath?

day 3 — rarepairs - is there any pairings that didn’t happen in the show that you’d like to see? any characters from past seasons you want to see interact with theo?

day 4 — canon divergence - rewrite a scene, add theo into a scene, change the direction of a scene, change an entire storyline, anything your heart desires

day 3 — college - what does he study? is he rooming with someone? does he go out of state or to a community college? does he happen to run into someone from the pack accidentally?

day 6 — being a brother - does theo still have those brotherly tendencies? do they come out around the pack? does he talk about tara a lot or is that kept to himself? is he scared of finding himself in another sibling dynamic?

day 7 — dealers choice!

☆ visual prompts

day 1 — color theory - mess around with color theory in anyway you please!

day 2 — weather conditions - rain, snow, sun, fog, absolutely anything

day 3 — dancing - any kind, jazz, hip hop, goth! maybe he’s dancing with someone? set the scene, is there a certain outfit you can picture theo in as he dances or a place he dances?

day 4 — hobbies - show theo doing any hobby you think he’d enjoy, or he could’ve gotten roped into it by someone in the pack

day 5 — down in hell - find a way to visualize what it was like for theo in the skinwalker hell

day 6 — found family - it could be the pack or maybe someone outside the pack like a parental figure or someone that only showed up for a limited time

day 7 — dealers choice!

☆ alternative prompts

alt 1 — season 5 - any and everything to do with season 5, go wild

alt 2 — season 6 - like season 6 more? perfect, create something to do with any and everything season 6

alt 3 — fluff - anything soft & sweet, or maybe some hurt/comfort, or a canon scene you wish had more fluff in it

[dividers from @cafekitsune]

[aristarr]

The three of them now stood in front of the bathroom door, patiently waiting for Scott to open it. Mccall hesitated, as if something inside of it was so terrible he didn't want them to see it. However he was the one to call. And that meant he needed their help. But how can they do it without knowing the problem?

"Will you open it?" Theo suggested, his hand slightly squeezing Scott's shoulder as if to reassure him that it's okay. Whatever was there, they can deal with it.

Scott nodded, giving both of them a tired look before finally opening the door. Theo was the second after Stiles to shove his head inside to look at that "something" Scott was so anxious about. But when Scott entered the room to open the curtain the other two suddenly lost all the possible words. There was a boy in his friend's bathtub. A boy, who's hands and mouth were tied with a fucking duct tape as a some sort of a criminal who tried to rob the house.

"Scott?" Theo asked patiently, trying to focus his friend’s attention on what he was about to say.

"Yes?" Scott replied, his gaze still stuck on the scared kid, who was looking at all them in turns.

"Have I told you today what an idiot you are?" Theo asked, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Er, no?"

"Good. You're an idiot, Scott. A big ass idiot"

"Hate to say it, but I agree with Theo. Why the hell did you bring him here, Scott!!?" Stiles cried, and Theo found himself nodding in agreement. Being disappointed with Scott’s life choices was one of the few things they both shared and now it was totally two on one.

"Hey! I panicked??!" Scott’s defense didn’t work, as Stiles was already up for a big ass conversation on “how to not take rash decisions without Stiles’ approval” leaving Theo the one to actually care about the poor child, now absolutely terrified.

"You panicked?! And what are we supposed to do now with your "panic"?

"I guess we are the ones to deal with it, Stiles" Theo sighed, stepping closer to the scared boy. The later looked at him cautiously, but Theo stopped, squatting in front of him.

"Don't worry little one, I won't harm you. I’m actually here to help"

Day 1 of @theoraekenapperciation week!

The prompt: First Meet

Aaand it's my first entry for this year's Theo Raeken Week!! Actually, at first I wanted to go with visual prompts only, but then my mind gave me this and I took that idea and actually made it!

I saw a lot of different posts with hcs and takes on "what if Theo never left and stayed with Scott and Stiles and they all remained friends?" And I love those so much so I decided to stick to that idea and with that rewrite a bit Theo's first meeting with Liam, as I'm sure it would have happened that moment. I had a lot of fun drawing and writing this so I hope you like it!! (And now I think that this idea is more for the "canon divergence" prompt, but anyway)

And I'm extremely sorry for the quality of the drawing🙏🏻 I've tried to fix it but failed

[theocanhavemyheart]

Theo: I never tell people off the bat that I'm gay. I wait until they say some homophobic shit and then I laugh and say "you know I'm gay right?" and watch the look of terror on their face.

[1asbrightasthestars3]

I need this right away.

day 2 of @theoraekenapperciation 's theo raeken appreciation week: on accident

Theo's not entirely sure how, but Brett, Lori, and Alec end up following him around.

He'd enrolled back in Beacon Hills High School as a senior, and after everything that happened, Brett and Lori decided to transfer in from Devenford Preperatory School, and Derek strongarmed Alec into enrolling, too.

This meant that he and Brett were in the same year, taking a lot of the same classes, and that Alec and Lori were in their sophomore year—which, in turn, meant that they all (for some fucking reason) started attaching themselves to Theo's hip.

Theo tried telling Liam about this over a free period they both had, but Liam just laughed and asked him why he was complaining about getting new friends. Theo had sighed, and no more than ten seconds later, Brett had decided to seat himself on Theo's other side.

"See?" Theo asked Liam, gesturing to Brett's—well, everything, really.

Liam shrugged. "Can't be that bad."

Theo leaned over the table. "I literally see them 24/7. We live in the same loft. We go to the same school. Alec even hides in my backseat sometimes so he can catch a ride with me."

("What're we talking about?" Brett asked, pulling out a textbook and his laptop. Theo turned to him and said, "Don't act like you didn't listen in on the way here." Brett gave him a shit-eating grin.)

Liam rolled his eyes. "I think they just like you, Theo."

Theo groaned, a little over-dramatically.

At the end of the school day, Theo "accidentally" forgets to let the three know that he's heading home. (He just got in his truck and left—he needed some time alone.)

...But it's not like that's ever stopped them before.

He barely gets to Corey's neighborhood before he spots it—Brett's signature black car, running a red light, with Lori and Alec sticking their heads and bodies out the windows.

Theo curses and makes a u-turn—louder than expected, tires squealing as he goes—and speeds off. He almost misses the shouts of Alec and Lori as Brett's car does the same and starts to chase him.

Fuck him, it's not like it's exactly _easy_ to hide a big, black pickup truck. He doesn't know this area of Beacon Hills as well as the rest of it and kinda banked on Brett not knowing it either—but he guessed that he was being tracked on the Pack-mandatory Find My Friends. (He should've turned it off. Fuck.)

"Get your ass back here!" Theo heard Brett yell, his engine roaring as he started catching up.

Shit.

Theo clicks his tongue and makes a sharp left, rolling quickly back on one of the main roads of Beacon Hills and basically racing Brett through the streets and—giving up halfway through the drive—back to the Hale loft...

...And instead somehow ends up at the Hale Auto Shop. (On accident, he swears. It's like his body just decided to get to a different place.)

He loses the three on the way there, too; how, he has absolutely no idea, but he's grateful for it. He lets himself into the auto shop, waving at Derek, and letting his feet lead him to the too-cozy couch in Derek's office. (Derek'll understand. He's not exactly a bursting social butterfly, either.)

Theo falls face-first onto it and drifts right off to sleep, quiet for the first time in a month.

...For like, ten minutes, maybe, because it isn't long before Theo feels the couch dip with new weight then two bodies pile on top of his.

He groans. "Is an hour of sleep too much to ask?"

Brett's laugh comes from Derek's desk. Opening his eyes, Theo sees him pulling out his notebook and laptop—looks like it's gonna be a long night. Especially since Lori and Alec's combined weight are threatening to take all of Theo's air, and he's about 70% sure that another minute like this would end up with at least one of them suffocating.

Lori hums and rests her chin on the top of his head. "You didn't tell us where you were going. We got worried,"

"I can take care of myself," Theo gruffs, reaching a hand up to bat away at her.

"Yeah—" Alec says, batting back in her defense. "—But it's more fun when you're with other people, right?"

Theo sighs and decides to roll over, effectively sending both Alec and Lori toppling to the floor.

The sound they make draws Derek's footsteps towards the room. "Could you guys not fuck up my office?"

"Derek!" Alec calls from the floor. "Help, Theo assaulted us!"

Derek opens the door, and his gaze is immediately drawn to Alec and Lori on the floor, then up to Theo lying peacefully on the couch. He rolls his eyes. "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Hi, Theo."

Theo waves again. "Hey,"

Derek checks out the room, seems to decide that it's in an okay state, and walks back out. "Dinner at seven! Be there!"

A chorus of yeah's echoes through his office as the door softly shuts behind him.

Theo promptly falls back asleep.

[aristarr]

Day 4 of @theoraekenapperciation week The prompt - canon divergence

do you need help? – General Audience – Liam Dunbar&Theo Raeken – 1.9k

“Do you need help?” he asks right away, a bit confused by Theo’s shocked expression. The guy in front of him blinks a few times before asking him another question in return. “Do I need help? With what?” Theo asks, still not quite getting what’s happening right now. When he agreed to help Scott with his newly turned beta he didn’t expect being yanked off by this said beta and he definitely wasn’t expecting this young boy offering him his help. The help he didn’t even know with what to be honest.

I actually wanted to skip day 4 as I didn't have any ideas of what to write but then I thought of going on with the same idea I came up with for the first day and this thing was born!! Working on this was absolutely amazing and I hope it'll make you feel better and you'll have fun reading it!!

[aristarr]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Alec & Theo Raeken, Corey Bryant/Mason Hewitt, implied Liam Dunbar/Theo Raeken Characters: Theo Raeken, Alec (Teen Wolf), Liam Dunbar, Corey Bryant (Teen Wolf), Mason Hewitt, Nolan (Teen Wolf) Additional Tags: Comfort, Domestic Fluff, Caring Theo Raeken, Good Theo Raeken, Liam Dunbar's Pack | Puppy Pack (Teen Wolf), puppy pack being chaotic Summary:

“Alec” Mason starts having everybody stare at the boy, who now became all nervous from a sudden attention, “did you just call Theo dad?”

or the one, where Alec accidentally calls Theo dad and the pack(Mason) goes wild

Day 2 of @theoraekenapperciation week!!

The prompt: on accident

I know I’m a bit behind the schedule but here’s a small silly thingy for the second day!! I’m not sure if it actually fits the prompt but anyway let it be here. I had a lot of fun writing it so I hope you have it too while reading!

[theoraekenapperciation]

Theo Raeken Appreciation Week 2024 Masterlist

[works posted for theoweek2024 are linked below with their creators tagged]

☆ Day 1:

preamble edit by @pansexual-puppy-pack

color theory, moodboard by @wolfboy88

color theory, nsfw, moodboard by @wolfboy88

first meet, fanart by @aristarr

first meet, ficlet by @pansexual-puppy-pack

color theory, moodboard by @ykthefancyclamwiththepearlinside

sceo memes by @spikeface

color theory, moodboard by @thiamsxbitch

color theory, moodboard by @thiamsxbitch

color theory, moodboard by @cornflower-cowboy

☆ Day 2:

on accident, ficlet by @pansexual-puppy-pack

weather conditions, moodboard by @ykthefancyclamwiththepearlinside

on accident, ficlet by @aristarr

☆ Day 3:

rarepair, nsfw, theo/isaac/liam, ficlet by @wolfboy88

rarepair, nsfw, theo/derek, ficlet by @wolfboy88

rarepair, theo & corey, ficlet by @pansexual-puppy-pack

dancing, nsfw, moodboard by @ykthefancyclamwiththepearlinside

rarepair, nsfw, theo/kira, ficlet by @cornflower-cowboy

rarepair, theo/mason, ficlet by @ykthefancyclamwiththepearlinside

rarepair, theo & isaac, ficlet by @pansexual-puppy-pack

rarepair, theo/brett/liam, ficlet by @pansexual-puppy-pack

☆ Day 4:

hobbies, moodboard by @ykthefancyclamwiththepearlinside

canon divergence, ficlet by @ykthefancyclamwiththepearlinside

canon divergence, ficlet by @pansexual-puppy-pack

canon divergence, moodboard by @thiamsxbitch

canon divergence, ficlet by @invisible-storyteller

canon divergence, ficlet by @aristarr

☆ Day 5:

down in hell, edit by @transdunbar

college, ficlet by @pansexual-puppy-pack

☆ Day 6:

being a brother, ficlet by @pansexual-puppy-pack

☆ Day 7:

dealer’s choice, edit by @pansexual-puppy-pack

dealer’s choice, ficlet by @pansexual-puppy-pack [also found on ao3 with more chapters to come]

[pansexual-puppy-pack]

@theoraekenapperciation 's theo week 2024, day 1: first meet

Teddy was eight years old when Tara took him to the used bookstore for the first time.

She picked out a scary book—three big people in masks were on the front cover, and Teddy didn't like them a lot, but she seemed to like it, so he liked it, too.

She read it a lot. The little green book. Every time Teddy saw her finish it, she'd go back to the start and read it again.

Is it good? He asked. She said, of course. That's why I'm reading it again.

Tara walked around a lot.

Teddy didn't know until one day he woke up from a bad dream and wanted to sleep in her room and saw that she was walking down the stairs.

Where are you going? He asked.

She was still walking, so he followed her. She was going out the door. It was supposed to be locked after dinner.

Tara! He called, putting on a hat and a jacket and shoes. She kept walking. Wait for me!

Teddy was nine, now. Twelve chimes sounded from the big clock in their hallway, following him as he ran out the door without looking back. Tara, wait!

Tara didn't.

Teddy was still sleepy and very cold. He wanted to bring Tara back home, but she kept walking! Could she hear him? He started to run after her.

Maybe he could hold her hand and bring her home.

Theodore.

Teddy stopped.

He turned around.

The three scary people in masks and suits were behind him. He was far away from the house now.

He was scared.

Um, Teddy didn't know what to say. Hello.

Your sister wants to go for a swim in the stream.

But it's cold! Teddy said.

The one in the front had a cane. It was scary and sharp. Teddy was scared. Why don't you go tell her that?

Teddy nodded and turned back around to run to Tara, but he couldn't find her.

The stream.

He ran to the bridge they liked to play on, the one that they would jump off of in the summer. Maybe she thought it was summer!

Tara! He shouted.

She wasn't on the bridge, but Teddy knew she was here. Where?

Theo!

That was her voice! Where was she?

Theo, down here!

Theo put his hands on the rail and looked down.

Tara, why are you swimming? He asked. It's cold!

Tara smiled and kicked her feet. It's nice! Don't tell Mom and Dad, please?

Teddy nodded, but he'll tell in the morning. Are you gonna come out?

Tara shook her head. No, it's nice.

It's cold!

It's nice.

<hr>

Theo woke up gasping for breath, clawing at his chest—that's not what happened. It couldn't have been; he watched Tara drown.

(And he remembered liking it.)

Light swung through his windows, followed by a sharp rapping.

Theo swore lightly, still coming off the fear that had decided to etch itself into the very flesh of the heart that beat within his chest, and raised a hand in acknowledgement.

"You can't park here," The cop called.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll go." Theo waved, running a hand over his face.

"You've got five minutes before I start writing you up, kid."

As he drove away, he tried to shove that dream into the back of his mind and separate what was true from what his brain decided to make up—yes, Tara bought the book, and yes, she read it cover to cover multiple times, but she was never a sleepwalker, and the Dread Doctors had never really scared him. (Before they met, specifically.)

In fact, Theo remembered liking the Dread Doctors before they started operating on him. He remembered Tara reading the book to him, and hanging on her every word as she did. He remembered thinking that being an experiment for the Dread Doctors seemed cool. (Fuck, if he couldn't be more wrong.)

Other than that? Well, he remembered watching Tara drown.

He didn't remember pushing her in. He didn't remember getting on the bridge. He didn't remember getting dressed. He didn't remember waking up in the middle of the night.

In fact, the only thing he remembered from that night was watching Tara slowly succumb to hypothermia and her calling his name for help.

He didn't remember meeting the Dread Doctors that night. He didn't remember them telling him that Tara wanted to swim in the stream during one of the coldest nights of the year, he didn't remember the Surgeon encouraging him to go after her.

Honestly, to Theo, it felt like the Dread Doctors had been in his life from its very beginning.

(But maybe he hadn't had much of a life, anyway. Maybe they simply erased his memories. Does he even remember what his parents look like?)

He scoffed to nobody in particular.

(He'll never fucking know. Whether a blessing or a curse, that was the fact.)