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Returning the Favor by aurevell (@aurevell)

Sterek | 5k | Teen

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Final Thought Friday (with aurevell, @aurevell​)

Talk fanfic to me I could go on for days about how storytelling is a part of being human, something hard-wired into us. How it helps us connect with each other.

I think we need fanfic because we need stories, and because fanfic allows us to be in control of those stories. It's not that you can't get stories elsewhere in the media. But to me, the fanfic experience I curate for myself consists exactly of the kinds of stories that speak to me most. They're not gritty or dark, they don't adhere to a rigid structure, they're not sending me pointed messages, and no one had to get an OK from some production company to create them.

G | 5,549 words

“This place is haunted as hell,” one boy says under his breath.

The house remembers itself, letting out a subtle upstairs creak to let them know what they’re in for. They enter anyway, inspecting its shamefully crumbled furnishings, running fingers over its tattered walls, crouching to peer at the ceiling tiles fallen on its floor, and the house—

The house does not chase them away.

Years after the fire, Derek and Stiles return to the Hale House. It isn’t sure how it feels about this.

Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Fae & Fairies, Fae Stiles Stilinski, slightly medieval setting, fae rules and trickery, two lonely boys who get better, Light Angst, Eventual Happy Ending Summary:

Just Good Business by aurevell (@aurevell)

Steter | 21k | Teen

“I make it a point to be aware of…let’s say, parties of interest who might become important. The son of the sheriff?” Sharp blue eyes scrape down Stiles’s body. “It’s just good business to know who and where you are. What you do.”

For His Eyes Only by aurevell (@aurevell)

Steter | 6k | Teen

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Meet-Cute Monday (with aurevell, @aurevell​ )

AO3 Stats:

Pseud: Aurevell Pronouns: she/her Current fandoms: Teen Wolf Current pairings: Steter, Sterek How many total fic: 12 How many fandoms: 1 Total word count: 313,899 Longest fic word count: 118,704 Shortest fic: 1,647 Highest kudo count: 1,795 Lowest: 148

What’s the story behind your pseud? I was a huge Tamora Pierce fan growing up (I liked the idea of all these girl knights running around kicking ass). Aurevell is a made-up character name I've used in video games/RPGs since I was a kid, because I thought it sounded like a lady knight from one of those books.

How long have you been reading and writing fanfic? Oof, I've been reading fanfic for over 15 years I think (help how do I math?) which is maybe showing my age a bit. I remember coming home and having to read it on our shared family computer! It was kind of a self-soothing reaction to having to wait for the next Harry Potter book, because I absolutely had to imagine what was coming next.

I started writing fanfic maybe a year or so after I started reading it. I stopped writing for a while when I got busy after college, but I never stopped reading it. When I finally jumped back in it was because I fell into the Teen Wolf fandom completely by accident. I wish I remembered which fics made me fall in love with it, but I couldn't tell you - except that all of a sudden I had a million story ideas and nowhere to put them all! So I made my current pseud for a fresh start and jumped back in.

The Striking Complication just updated! Go read it if you haven’t yet!

Fav line from this chapter: “Aside from the morning nightmare and the confirmation that his worst fears are in fact his daily reality, he’s got Peter out of the bargain. And somehow, that feels like an even trade.” Like… 🥺🥺🥺 what a line!

Also, me when where the title of the fic came from was revealed in some dialogue in this chapter: