High school!AU with oblivious and pining Derek
What if there is a high school AU, where Derek was an awkward, weird, ugly duckling-esque kid growing up. and I mean, a clumsy, gangly, puppy-like Derek with perpetually cowlick-ed hair. The kid that loved carrots, but hated candy, and had a serious obsession with werewolves . He transitions into an acne-ridden, brace-faced, bean pole in high school. He has a huge crush on Stiles in high school, but never does anything about it, even when they get assigned seating, and Derek is seated next to Stiles, because “Stiles was a distraction, and lacked focus”, or whatever shitty excuse Harris used to separate Scott and Stiles.
And maybe Stiles and Derek become friendly with each other, and this causes Derek to be over the moon with happiness, and next thing he knows, they are friends that hang out after class is over! And maybe, maybe Stiles invites Derek and his friends to a small get together at Scott’s house on a Friday night, in the final weeks before summer, and Derek drags Erica, Boyd, and Isaac along, and holy-fuck-this-is-a-small-get-together?! But Derek tries to play off how upset he is, that he spent to much time getting ready for some dumb party that is so loud and hot, and he can’t even find Stiles, so why is he even here? But what if he does find Stiles, Stiles who has had a bit too much to drink at this point, even though it is early (what?! he is a lightweight), and Stiles starts rambling to Derek.
Rambling about how he likes someone, but is afraid to tell them, and how much they mean to him, but Stiles doesn’t even know if they are into that kind of thing (what kind of thing?!!? Derek shouts internally). The person Stiles’ says he might be in love with is super smart, and a bit of a dork, and clumsy as fuck, but damn they make Stiles’ heart swoon. Man, they are gorgeous and cute and adorable at the same time with these fucking crazy beautiful eyes, like how is that even possible!? *Sighs* fuck Der, do you like anyone? And Stiles just looks up at Derek with these hopeful eyes, and Stiles must be supremely wasted, because he zones out for a second, just staring a Derek’s mouth, swaying towards it likes he’s hypnotized.
And Stiles doesn’t know it, but he has just shattered Derek’s fucking heart. So Derek just grits out a “No, there is no one special in my life.” And that seems to jolt Stiles back into reality, and he just jerks back, and gives out a strangled laugh, and goes “oh, I just thought- never mind, I’m an idiot.” and hunches into himself. ‘no, I’m the idiot,’ Derek thinks darkly, his chest aching, and leaves the party. The next few weeks of school are...stilted and awkward, and Stiles just acts all jittery and sad around him, and whatever, Derek hasn’t done anything, so it’s probably Stiles pining over this mystery person, and if Derek gives Stiles the cold shoulder, its unintentional, he is just being distant, because thats how he deals with is probables, jesus.
Summer finally comes, and Derek’s braces come off, his skin has finally cleared up (though, he still goes spotty some times), and he gets contacts. Boyd and Derek practically live at the gym that summer, Boyd sheds fourty pounds of fat, and is built like a brick house, and Derek has biceps. The summer itself is uneventful, and other than a letter, like an actual mailed letter, with stamps and everything, that Stiles send Derek, he doesn’t seen or hear from Stiles at all. Derek can’t bring himself to open the letter, so he just shoves it into a shoe box, and buries to under a pile of junk in his closet. If Stiles has something to say to Derek, he can just tell it to his face, or text him like a normal friend, because thats all Derek is to Stiles. a friend.
And then the first day of school happens, and all of a sudden the ladies and gents in the school are fawning over the newly minted senior hotties, Boyd and Derek; they’re practically throwing themselves at the duo. It is freaking awesome for about two periods, before they get tired of the attention, and realize that their bodies might have changed, but they are the same people, and the hoards of people that are noticing them now, didn’t give them the time of day before, and fuck high school sucks. Derek finally sees Stiles and lunch, and Stiles looks devastated. What? Why is Stiles sad? Derek is confused, did something happen? Stiles glances over at Lydia Martin, whose back is to Derek, but it is very obvious that she is together with Aiden now, and is that why Stiles is sad? Because of Lydia? Did Stiles still like Lydia? Fuck, Derek will never be able to compete with Lydia Martin. Derek scowls, his life sucks.
His life sucks even more, when in third period, he is assigned to be Stiles’ lab partner again, fucking Harris. Stiles and Derek’s make painfully-awkward small-talk as they wait for Harris to get through the other partners. Weeks go by, and slowly, every class gets slightly less painful, and even though Derek can feel his love for Stiles grow, he doesn’t do anything about it. It takes a while, but Derek is beginning to be able to tell that Stiles thinks Derek is attractive. He lets it slip sometimes, when he mentions Derek’s ridiculous arms, or asks if Abercrombie has tried to recruit him yet. It’s weird, but after feeling so unattractive for years, being suddenly attractive to Stiles, is terrifying and saddening. Is Derek only attractive because he has a six-pack?
As fate would have it, Erica throws a halloween party at her house, and forces Derek to go. He goes as a Greaser, and fuck anyone (Cora) who says that he is always dressed as a Greaser. He stumbles into Stiles, who has had a bit too much to drink, (again, he is a LIGHTWEIGHT, so fuck you very much), and Stiles just latches onto Derek’s arm. “Derrr-ek.” “Yes Stiles?” “Can we be friends again?” “We are friends.” “So, as a friend, can you forget I ever sent that letter?” “What?” “The letter I sent you in the summer? Pleeaase, forget that I ever sent it.” “Okay...” “I just want to have you in my life, and if that means as a friend, I will take it. Yay friends! Amirite, or what?!” “Friends.”
What was in that letter? Did Stiles say something horrible about Derek, and thats why he has been acting so weird? Because he felt guilty? Once the party was over, the first thing Derek does is dig through his closet and grab the letter. He opens and reads it, and feels like his heart is going to explode. It’s a love letter. A fucking love letter from Stiles to Derek. The letter feels raw, and almost too intimate, and oh my god, this is Stiles, Stiles-that-Derek-has-been-in-love-for-years-Stiles, fucking professing his love and affection to Derek. This was sent months ago, and all Derek did was throw it into his closet. The sad looks, and the awkwardness, was because Stiles felt that Derek had essentially rejected him! Fuck his life. AND the fucking icing on the cake, is that Stiles had felt all these things long before Derek’s She’s-All-That transformation.
How does he make this right? How does he make this better!? Fuck, fuck, fuck. Derek writes a letter. When in Rome right? If Stiles wrote a letter about his feelings, well, Derek will too. He spends the whole night agonizing over it, and just as the sun peeks over the horizon, Derek has completed it. He takes a shower to get rid of all the gel in his hair, throws on a sweater Stiles once said made his eyes looks crazy-green, and drives to the Stilinski house. He rings the doorbell, and realizes too late that it is five in the fucking morning. The door opens before he has the time to run away, and it is the Sheriff standing there, in uniform, holding a cup of coffee. “Good morning Derek, you’re up a bit early.” “I am so sorry, I didn’t realize it was so early... Could you...give this to Stiles?” Derek hands over the envelope, his hands shake. “Sure thing son, do you want to stay for breakfast?” “No! I mean, thank you, but I should get home, and go back to bed. Sorry for being so early. Bye!” And Derek flees, shit shit shit, what did he just do?! He works himself up, and once he gets home, he crashes so hard, he falls asleep and doesn’t wake-up until his mom knocks on his door, and says he has a VISITOR?!
Its Stiles of course, and fuck, Derek has his retainer in still, and has a serious case of bed-head. Stiles doesn’t care though, because “Do you mean it?” “About what I said in the letter?” “Yeah” “I do, Stiles I’m so sorry, I didn’t read it until last night. I meant every wo-” It’s hard to talk when someone else mouth is on yours. Derek doesn’t care, that his retainer is still in, or that he has messy hair, or that his glasses are on, his life has never felt so perfect.
And then I want a fluffy epilogue, where they banter, and then KISS.
“You’re a sap.” “No, I’m not.” “Yes, you are.” “If I am, so are you. You wrote me a love letter.” “Which you didn’t acknowledge, for four months!” “And I am sorry about that!” “I don’t know, you’re going to have to prove that you’re sorry. Maybe even kiss it better. Hey! Don’t roll your eyes at me.” “You’re the worst.” and then SMOOCHES.
and then they live happily ever after. but only after, they finish high school, and go to the same college, where Stiles gets up to shenanigans, and Derek huffs, but still dotes on Stiles. Stiles tries to smother Derek with his love, all the time, and even though Derek groans about how gross and sappy Stiles is, he not-so-secretly loves it. And Stiles obviously.
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