Eli Hale runs away. He’s sick and tired of the expectations from his seemingly infallible father and the subtle but resigned disapproval of his pseudo-grandpa. So he runs. He doesn’t have any friends and he doesn’t have any other family, that is until he runs into someone while breaking down crying on the street in DC (the greyhound got him farther than he thought and he’s hungry and he kind of misses his dad).
This guy is kind of similar to him. Cocky and sure of himself in a way that speaks of years of experience. His brown wavy hair is the same shade as Eli’s and his brown eyes are warm as they ask him if he’s okay and if he’s hungry and if he needs help. Eli is suspicious, and questions the stranger. But Stiles (at least that’s what the guy said his name was) shows him his FBI badge and photos of himself with his team.
So Eli follows him to a hole in the wall restaurant. And he lets the guy ask questions and he lets the guy lecture him and then, resigned and tired and finally realizing he’s totally in over his head, tells Stiles that he’s from Beacon Hills.
Stiles gets a strange look in his eyes as he responds that he’s familiar with the town and was actually about to go visit family if Eli wanted to tag along. Suspicious but still about to go along with it, Eli asks to borrow his phone, typing in his grandpa’s number just for it to pop up in this seemingly stranger’s phone as ‘Dad’.
“Stiles? Everything alright, son?” The sheriff asks in greeting.
And this, ladies and gentleman, is how Eli finds out that Stiles is, like, that Stiles. The one that’s mentioned in every story but never named. The bad-ass that saved his dad and his grandpa’s life on too many occasions. The guy that defeated an ancient evil demon. The guy that always put himself in danger for the safety of others.
The trip back home isn’t long, but Eli is starry eyed the entire time. He asks questions and Stiles—after talking to his dad briefly—answers them absently (not that Eli has even noticed, too blinded by his hero worship).
They make it to Beacon Hills and Stiles marches up to the new Hale house and pounds on the door. Derek answers in an angry huff, ready to chastise his son and hug him in the same breath. Instead he’s met with a slap, a kiss, and then a hug as Stiles mumbles into his ear that he missed him and he’s angry that Derek never told him that he had a son.
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