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Chapters: 7/7 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Cora Hale, Jackson Whittemore, Lydia Martin, Erica Reyes, Jordan Parrish, Isaac Lahey, Scott McCall, Original Female Character(s), Talia Hale Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Trope Subversion/Inversion, Minor Cora Hale/Lydia Martin, Childhood Friends, Friends to Lovers, Bullying, Light Angst, Happy Ending, Alternate Universe - Human, Derek is Two Years Older, Discrimination, Soulmark Discrimination, Romance, Kissing, Mutual Pining, Pining Derek, Pining Stiles Stilinski, Requited Unrequited Love, Roommates, Growing Up Together, Protective Derek, Love Confessions, Insecure Stiles Stilinski, Stiles is bullied as a kid, He feels unloveable, But he grows out of it, Supportive Derek Hale, Friendship, Erica Reyes & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, Cora Hale & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, silly nicknames, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, College Student Stiles, College Student Derek, Lawyer Derek Hale, Activist Stiles Stilinski, Time Skips, Takes Place Over 22 Years Summary:
Not always, not even most of the time, but sometimes -- 24% of the time, statistically speaking -- people meet their soulmates and live happily ever after.
THIS isn't that story.
This is the story of Stiles Stilinski, whose soulmate died before he was born. This is the story of all the sorrows and heartache Stiles experienced, all the bullying and oppression from those who should know better but didn't. This is also the story of the friendships Stiles made along the way, of the battles he fought -- and won -- and the love that endured through it all.
