A small collection of the fake boyfriends trope! Thereâs so many wonderful ones out there that has yet to be read!
A Hale for the Holidays - rlnerdgirl - 38k - ExplicitÂ
âI sent you a Christmas card that got sent back to me. Did you get a new apartment?â his dad wonders. The question is all suspicion and little anything else.
A flicker of an idea sparks. Itâs not nearly formed well enough for him to say, âYeah, actually,â and when he follows that with, âI moved in with someone,â he wants to punch himself in the face. Heâs living with someone?!
âYouâre living with someone?â Itâs the same voice and tone as the one in Stilesâ head, just thirty years older.
Two things keep Stiles from bashing his face onto the table: thereâs a steaming cup of coffee in the way and, more importantly, his dad will definitely hear. Someone passes by in front of him and a semi-familiar book cover catches his eye. âDerek Hale,â he muses, and stops. No. That wasnât meant to be out loud.
A Little Agony - KuriKuri - 40k - Explicit
âThere is one way we could do it,â Derek finally says, making both Stiles and Lydia perk up, looking at him expectantly.
(Or: The mandatory fandom "undercover as a couple at a BDSM club" AU.)
A Strong Heart and a Nerve of Steel - Â lupinus, uraneia - 21k - Â Explicit
Stiles and Derek wake up married in Vegas. Well, they would have if it was legal.In which Stiles is the president's son, Derek is his bodyguard, and Papa President orders them to pretend to be in love for the sake of gay rights.Or in which uraniea and lupinus combine meeting the Hales, President Papa, waking up married, fake/pretend relationship, First Boy Stiles, and bodyguard Derek into one fic.
According to Plans - eldee - 72k Explicit
Five times Stiles and Derek pretend to be boyfriends, and the one time they didn't have to pretend at all. (Or: in which Stiles' plan for senior year is completely ruined by a supernatural creature stalking him.)
All The Broken Hearts In The World Still Beat - dragon_temeraire - 3k - Teen
Stiles totally needs to make Lydia Martin jealous. Yeah. And his best chance is to convince star lacrosse player Derek Hale to (fake) date him.
Be True To Who You Are - dedougal - 3k - Explicit
Five times Derek and Stiles were pretend boyfriends and one time they were less pretend.
Bite Down Hard - KuriKuri - 25k - Explicit
For a moment, Derek canât breathe.
Because moles arenât the only thing marring the pale skin of Stilesâ neck. Oh no, thatâs â
â thatâs a bond bite. A bond bite which Stiles definitely did not have yesterday, and which appears to have roughly the same dimensions as Derekâs own mouth.
Shit.
(Or: In which Secret Service Agent Derek Hale accidentally gets bonded to First Son Stiles Stilinski. Oops.)
Blame the Pierogi - KuriKuri - 1k - Explicit
"Mom, Iâm not gonna fake marry someone to get some stupid recipe!" Stiles exclaims.
(Or: In which Claudia and Laura have competing pizza restaurants and Stiles and Derek are sent to steal each others' secret recipes.)
Brilliant & Ridiculous - maderr - 10k - Mature
All Derek wanted was for the woman to leave him alone and ring up his groceries. How that led to her thinking Stiles is his boyfriend is something he blames on Stiles and his inability to stay out of trouble for five minutes.
Canât Be Hateful, Gotta Be Grateful - HalfFizzbin - 12k - Teen
"Be cool, Dad, we've decided to con Grandma."(Or, the one where the Stilinski men drag Derek to Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma's and she gets the right wrong idea.)
Cross a Canyon (With a Broken Limb) - theroguesgambit - 18k - Teen
âYou never graduated,â Stiles says, just to say it. To test it out in the open air. That's... huh.
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Stiles spends his senior year battling troll-gremlins, taking on an unexpected tutoring job, and definitely not falling for a certain sourwolf (even though everyone else seems to think he is).
Don We Now Gay Fake Boyfriends - relenafanel - 14k - Teen
âWhat happened to your sweet Camaro?â Stiles asked.
âHis sister borrowed it,â Erica said cheerfully. âDrove to Lake Tahoe for the holidays and left him here without transportation and fending for himself.â
This was... perfect, actually. Stiles needed a fake date and Derek needed a drive. âIâll tell you what, Iâll drive you to and from the party and in return I get to tell Mrs. Gordon youâre my date.â
âFine.â Derek nodded.
Yes! Stiles had a fake date to the Holiday Party!
Donât Worry Baby - kalpurna - 20k - Explicit
"You know you're allowed to ask for vanilla sex, right?" he says, afterwards. "We can do whatever you want. That's kind of the point."
Derek doesn't respond.
Easy Alpha - interropunct - 4k - Teen
Easy A/Teen Wolf AU. Wherein, Derek Hale is the high school hussy, Jackson and Scott really need to learn to use their inside voices. And, contrary to popular belief, everyone is still a virgin.
El Corazon del Lobo - heartsdesire456 - 22k - Mature
Derek drove back into Beacon Hills on a Tuesday morning seven years after he had left it last with one single thought:
âWhy am I doing this?â
But in his heart, Derek knew exactly why.
(In which Stiles suffers temporary memory loss and any serious emotional trauma could give him permanent damage so Scott calls Derek to come back and fake like he and Stiles are still together so that Stiles can heal)
Electricity in the Contact - ladyblahblah - 27k - Explicit
In which Derek has been invited to the Greater Pacific Northwest Alpha Symposium (that's not what it's called, Stiles, stop saying that), and showing up unattached would mean an arranged marriage. When the rest of the pack objects, he agrees to let Stiles come along to pose as his mate. Derek is reasonably sure that he's not going to make it out of this weekend alive.Â
Find Me Sitting Fireside - kaistrex (weishen) - 13k - Teen
With the news that an Alpha wants Beacon Hills for their own, Derek and Stiles are forced to attend a couples retreat at a ski resort to learn their enemy's identity. However, the threat is the least of Derek's problems when he's expected to fake a relationship, share a bed and suffer through candlelit dinners with the man he's secretly been in love with for the past four years.
For Love is Not Ours to Command - weathervaanes -18k - Explicit
Where Derek's skills at thinking on his feet mean that he and Stiles have to act. For the sake of Stiles' dad, of course, for the sake of the pack. No personal interest interference at all, whatsoever. Right.
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âWhy does my dad say that you and your boyfriend are a bad influence on me?â
âWhat?â
âYeah, what boyfriend? Dude, you are not allowed to not tell me crap like this. You didn't think I'd like be a douchebag or something. Right?â
âNo, wait, what? I have no boyfriend.â
âHe says you were with him at the police station.â
Stiles blinks. âUhm. Oh shit.â
Gravityâs Got Nothing on You - zosofi - 83k - Explicit
âThree weeks,â Derek says.
âStill donât want to,â Stiles says.
âIâll pay you,â Derek says, and that⌠that has Stiles interested. Alfâs Antiqueâs may be a great job, but itâs not a high-paying job, and half of Stilesâs tuition is coming from financial aid, soâŚ
âHow much,â Stiles asks, âare we talking here? Because I know your family, dude. And itâll be kind of awkward after.â
âMy family thinks youâre some sort of fucking gift to the world,â Derek seethes, like heâs jealous, âtheyâll probably be pissed at me when we break it off, so donât worry about that. Five hundred bucks.â
âA thousand,â Stiles says, because screw ethics. Also, the Hale family is loaded. Derek can deal.
Happiness is Effortless - clotpolesonly - 5k - General
Derek just wanted an excuse to run out on his date. A very public fight with the fiance he didn't know he had is not exactly what he was expecting, but he'll take it.
Heâs Not Mine - Sunnee -68k - Explicit
Derek comes home to find an abandoned werebaby on his front porch and Stiles volunteers to help him out. Surprisingly, that is just the beginning of his problems.
Hey, Babe - Areiton - 1k - Not Rated
It doesnât happen every time theyâre out. But it happens. Enough that he stops thinking itâs strange.
Itâs Always Been You - charlesdk - 6k - Teen
Stiles' love life was practically non-existing, always had been. He was always terrible at picking up clues when people hit on him (it had happened, Erica had been witness to it and had been the one to let him know it was happening in the first place) because he never expected anyone to do so.
He wasn't the most desirable guy around, he knew that. He was loud, extremely nerdy, never knew when to stop talking, not exactly much of a looker if you asked him, the list was endless.
Point was, he never did know when someone was flirting with him. Which was probably how he ended up in the fight that would change his life for the better.
Itâs Free (And Always Will Be)Â - kellifer_fic, maichan808 (maichan)Â - 31k - Explicit
Stiles starts looking around, like there's someone who'll rescue him from this painfully awkward situation and Derek can't blame him. All he can think is this is some kind of elaborate prank Laura is playing on him after she'd found his pile of Fangboy back copies last month.
Or, the one where Derek has to marry a human to save Clawbook and it turns out to be Stiles. He's completely doomed.
Just Pretend - dragon_temeraire - 1k - Teen
Stiles tells his dad he has a boyfriend. The problem is, he doesnât actually have one.
Livinâ La Vida Loca - jadore_hale, stomachaches - 16k - Teen
"Iâm going to miss Lorenzo and his glass eye,â Cora said morosely.
"I will too, sweetie.â Talia smoothed a hand over her hair. âBut Iâve already put an ad out in the paper for someone new.â
âThe paper?!â Derek looked at his mother as if she had two heads. âYouâre just going to hire any old stranger that responds to a newspaper ad. Printed medium advertising is dead. Itâs been massacred by the digital information age where every woman, man, and child has access to an internet press. If we needed new staff, we couldâve gotten them through a reputable employment agency that only screens candidates with impressive CVs and a minimum two yearsâ experience!â
âOh, Derek, honey,â Talia sighed. ââŚJAR!â
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Or the one where Stiles answers a newspaper ad to be the Hale family's new pool boy and has a hell of a summer.
Mates and Mushrooms - mikkimouse - 11k - Explicit
Derek's not that excited about spending three days at a conference getting propositioned by every Alpha with a single pack member. Stiles has a plan to make it stop.
It might be a great plan...if only Derek weren't head over heels in love with him.
It might be an even better plan if someone at the conference didn't have a vested interest in Derek staying single.
May I Interest You In An Apology Muffin? - Leslie_Knope - 1k - Teen
âWait, seriously? Who is it? Câmon, just tell me.â
âUhâŚ,â Stiles said, buying for time while he looked around as surreptitiously as possible. âThat guy over there,â he whispered finally, jerking his chin toward the dark-haired guy three tables over, a guy so hot that Stilesâ only chance with him would most definitely be in an imaginary scenario.
Scott looked over his shoulder at the guy and got that determined glint in his eye that Stiles recognized, just about three seconds too late. Scott was gonna do something that he thought was heroic but was actually dumb.
âScott!â he hissed, grabbing for his backpack and nearly knocking over their coffee cups in his haste to follow him. âOh, holy shit.â
Mistletoe Never Lies - CarolineLahey - 19k - Explicit
Derek Hale loves his family, he really does. He just wishes they weren't so determined to set him up. When he finally blurts out that he has a boyfriend, and quickly gives his mother the name of the barista at his local coffee shop as his "boyfriend", he figures that buys him a little peace. He probably should have been paying attention to the part of the conversation where he agreed to bring Stiles home for Christmas to meet the family.
My World is Filled With Cheer And You - bleep0bleep - 10k - Teen
âIt was a last minute decision. Single parents with children draw attention to themselves in this type of neighborhood, and this department didnât have a big budget to relocate all the werewolf and werewolf sympathizers that were targeted on this list. Weâve combined a lot of our relocation assignments. It ended up working out that another family, Mr. Stilinski and his son, looked like a good fit for you guys, so youâll be sharing a home with them for the time being.â Markowski grins at him. âCongratulations! Youâre married!â
~
In which Derek and his daughter are displaced just in time for the holidays, matched up with Stiles and his young son in a government protection program.
Not Your Disney Romance - Â Rawren (Zimothy) - 42k - Mature
After a long-forgotten agreement of an arranged marriage between Derek and the daughter of another pack's alpha resurfaces, Stiles takes it upon himself to become the most amazing fake fiancĂŠ that a clueless, desperate alpha werewolf could wish for.
Only Fools Rush In - decideophobia - 13k - Teen
Is it an imaginary date?
No. I met him in a coffee shop.
When?
This morning. It was love on first sight.
Operation: Chick Flick - Inell - 7k - Teen
Stiles knows agreeing to be Derekâs fake date for Coraâs wedding is the stupidest thing heâs ever done, but itâs a little difficult to say no to the man heâs been in love with for seven years.
Pretty in Tents - kellifer_fic - 7k - Mature
Even though heâs making fun of it, Stiles thinks the whole thing sounds awesome and, like most stuff these days, the experience is going to be totally wasted on Scott.
Salmagundi - inatshej - 10k - Explicit
Stiles' life is not just a mess anymore, it's a fucking salmagundi. Derek flirting with Kate, Stiles' heat, the confusing bite â none of it makes sense jumbled together.
Something More - Â kaistrex (weishen) - 19k - Explicit
âDerek, whatâs going on?â Erica asks.
Derek hesitates to respond, trying to decide on the most concise way to tell the story without his disgust bleeding through. Marie beats him to it.
âAfter the Argentsâ attack, we were the only pack who would give them shelter. As thanks, it was agreed my daughter would marry a member of the Hale pack when she came of age.â
âBut Derek is no longer an option because a marriage pact canât interfere with a packâs hierarchy,â Lydia fills in, disbelief dripping from every word. âAnd now every other member of the pack is mated, youâve finally come calling to sink your claws into Stiles.â
*
When Derek and Stiles stumbled into a friends with benefits relationship purely by accident, they werenât expecting it would one day save their asses when a threat from Derekâs past comes knocking. All they need to do is pretend to really be in love to avoid an arranged marriage agreed to years ago with a pact of blood. Considering they hadnât bothered setting up boundaries when the âbenefitsâ first started, itâs no surprise that the lines begin to blur and Derekâs eyes are eventually opened to a truth he hadnât been ready to face.
Sparkle Motion Speaking - coffeeinallcaps - 6k - Mature
"Stiles. For the last time, weâre in witness protection, not part of some FBI undercover operation. Thereâs no code names involved. Capiche?" In which Derek and Stiles pretend to be married for the sake of everyoneâs wolvelihood.
(âWe â you and I â are going on an official date this Friday.â âWe went on an official date last weekend.â âWe went grocery shopping, Derek,â Stiles says. âWe went grocery shopping and you managed to hold my hand for an incredibly unimpressive total of two seconds before freaking out and spending the rest of the trip bitchfacing at everyone. If I remember correctly you actually made the checkout girl cry.â âDid not,â Derek says, scowling.)
Stiles Stilinski, Boyfriend Extraordinaire - MereLoup - 14k - General
âBeacon County Sheriff's Department, this is deputy Mahealani speaking.â
âOh thank god!â
âStiles?â
âI, uh, I need some advice.â
âAdvice?â
âYeah. So, hypothetically, say you met your boyfriendâs mother and sister for the first time ever. Completely by accident. In the grocery store. And they convinced you to help them make a dinner to surprise aforementioned boyfriend when he got home after work. What would you do?â
Danny paused, and then, âStiles, you donât have a boyfriend.â
âThatâs not the point! And I said hypothetically.â
âStiles...what are you doing right now?â
***
Stiles never imagined heâd be in Derekâs kitchen cooking a surprise dinner with Derekâs family while they waited for Derek to get home from work.
Partly because their visit was a complete surprise.
But mostly because Stiles didnât have a boyfriend.
Or even know who Derek was.
But heâd already come this far and Papa didnât raise no quitter!
Studmuffin -  nashirah - 700 - Teen
Itâs not a secret that Stiles Stilinski hates Derek Hale and Derek hates him back.
Take Me Back to the Start - thingcalledlove - 26k - Mature
Derek had never intended to be named Peopleâs Sexiest Man Alive. It just sort of happens.
[Or, in which Derek stumbles into stardom, becoming the next big thing and Stiles somehow stumbles (read: gets pushed unwillingly by the rest of the pack) into the role of Derek's PR boyfriend.]
The Bet - Leslie_Knope - 8k - Mature
âOkay,â Stiles started. He had a monumentally stupid idea, but well, that was kind of his trademark. At least they usually worked out for him. Emphasis on usually. âIf I winâŚyou have to go to my ten-year high school reunion next year. As my date.â
The Hazards (And Benefits) of Channel-Surfing on Friday Nights - herbeautifullie - 12k - Mature
He's watching TV over the edge of his laptop when Scott brings up the fact that he's still a lonely loser in his third year of college without a boyfriend which, while being completely true, is really fucking unappreciated. It sparks a desperate need to save what little manhood Stiles has and, before he knows it, he's blurting, "I totally have a boyfriend, dude. Shows how much you know."
How was he supposed to know Scott would doubt him? It's not Stiles' fault that someone named Derek Hale really exists. It's also not his fault when his lie grows legs and runs so far he can't find it until it's too late â too late and standing right in front of him, gorgeous and annoyed and not at all the person Stiles made him up to be.
Yeah, this could get bad.
The Hour of the Wolf - Suaine - 54k - Teen
Stiles never wanted to be a werewolf, but the choice is taken out of his hands by a series of unfortunate events. When he wakes up his life has become infinitely more complicated.
The Newlywed Game - Captain_Loki - 19k - Mature
Stiles is (still) single when the pack's getaway to the Caribbean comes by (oh misplaced optimism); lucky for him Derek is committed to being uncommitted and even after all these years is still powerless against Stiles' unique forms of persuasion.
Cue a romantic getaway for two: sun, sand, and sarcasm abound...and the two roped into competing in the Resort's version of the Newlywed game. Only it's completely obvious it's going to end in disaster. Probably homicide.
Most probably homicide.
Plot twist: It doesn't.
The Only Exception - alisvolatpropiis - 8k - Explicit
Derek sighs, frustrated, not yet willing to resign himself to his fate of an arranged relationship even though itâs seeming more and more inevitable.
He forces the whole ordeal out of his mind and stares hard at his laptop, re-reading the same sentence over and over again, trying to stare it into submission, when a familiar scent distracts him, jolts him out of his pitiful attempt to focus.
Through the heavy haze of rich coffee and warm cookies that fills the cafĂŠ he can smell that weed-tinged spice and fresh citrus, cool rain water and the slight hint of another werewolf. Vivid memories flash and fill his senses: the way that scent sweetened with mouth-watering arousal, the solid, steady thrum of a wildly quickened pulse, running his tongue over intricate tattoos, throaty mewls of pleasure punctuated with muttered curses and pleas not to stop, a firm, tight ass bouncing against his thighs.
Stiles Stilinski.
Then You Think Again - leah k (blinkiesays) - 22k - Mature
"Holy crap! Â Why the hell did you lie to incredibly powerful magical beings with trust issues? Â How was that Plan A?"
Derek says, "We're not arguing about this, it's already done."
"Like hell we're not fighting about this," Stiles says, indignant. Â "What were you thinking?"
"I was thinking it was worth the risk if it kept you alive! Â And it worked, so drop it."
"You had no idea that it was going to work!" Stiles throws his hands up. Â Why is Derek the most frustrating werewolf in the history of ever, why is Stiles even helping him, why is this his life? Â "Why did they even believe you in the first place?"
Derek says, "You reeked of me," which is unfair. Â Stiles only smelled because he'd gotten covered in Derek's bodily fluids trying to staunch the bleeding.
âTill You Make It - standinginanicedress - 46k - Mature
âI'm saying â let's fake it.â
Derek blinks at him. Hard. Stiles never knew that someone could physically make a blink look hard, but there Derek goes, slamming his lids together like he's fucking exercising them. âFake it.â
âPretend, dumbass,â he backhands Derek lightly on his upper arm. âPretend like we're doing as well as our parents want us to and then they'll be off our backs, right?â
âWe don't have to pretend anything, Stiles,â Derek says evenly, in a tone that suggests he'd much rather be yelling. âWe're literallysoulmates.â
âThat's the beauty of it! It's going to be so fucking easy. I can't believe we never thought of this before,â he runs his hands through his hair and shakes his head in amazement, grinning from ear to ear. âHoly shit. I can't believe I just solved all our problems for us, man.â
We Are Drifting on a Vast Dark Sea - grimm - 18k - Mature
A threat to the pack forces Stiles and Derek into pretending to be mates, and it's all fun and games until the line between pretend and reality blurs.
We Tripped And Then We Fell Headlong - itachitachi - 1k - Teen
"Dude," Stiles is saying. "It's only going to work if you look like you don't hate me."
"I don't hate you," Derek grits out, and pulls Stiles uncomfortably close, until there is a knobbly elbow digging into his side.
Whatâs in a Name? - afullrevolution - 11k - Teen
"My parents think we're partners" Derek told Stiles one evening over a late night of grading. "I would have said colleagues, but partners works,â was Stiles immediate reply. Derek waited, knowing that Stiles would figure it out. "Ohâ was Stiles verbose second response. âAnd you didn't tell them that we ⌠arenât. Huh."
With or Without You - KouriArashi - 62k - Teen
Derek thinks that the mating rituals are overly romanticized bullshit, but claiming a mate and defending them from challengers is something werewolves do, and his pack can't afford to appear weak after the fire. Especially not when Deucalion and his friends are in town for the rituals. Enter Stiles Stilinski, who offers to let Derek claim him so he won't be overrun at the ceremonies. Nothing goes as expected.
Wonât Treat You Like Youâre Typical - Zee (orphan_account) - 12k - Not Rated
"You think this is funny?" Derek says, turning his glare on Stiles' stupid smirking face.
"I think it's hilarious," Stiles says, shrugging when Derek looks incredulous. "Dude, it's not like it's forever, we'll just have a few sleepovers until the hunters see that all the werewolves in town are properly tamed by their human mates and move on. And then I'll have an awesome who-I-did-over-Summer-vacation story when Fall Semester starts!"











