#author!stiles

@sterekdrabbles For the prompt words flower, bitter, show (5/4/21).

Author and editor - a match made in heaven or a recipe for disaster.

Stiles still remembers his first manuscript coming back to him littered with comments like Too flowery, or suggestions like Show, don’t tell, and how bitter a pill it was to swallow when he realized they all had merit. He’d been warned Derek Hale was a ruthless editor, but he was also the best in the business and would help make your story better, if you’d let him.

Stiles had let him.

No one warned him not to fall in love, though.

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Garden Variety by Lissadiane

(10,663 / General / Complete)  *sterek, parent!derek, author!stiles, gardener!derek, alive!laura

In which Stiles Stilinski attempts to finish his first draft of his new novel while being utterly distracted by the shenanigans happening next door - which generally involve his hot new neighbour engaging in physical labour. Whether it’s a hoe, a trowel, a hammer or a nail gun, watching Derek get dirty and sweaty is a thousand times more interesting than meeting a deadline.

Everything in Beacon Hills is the same when Stiles comes home from college.

Well, except for the fact that he's a published author now, Scott is halfway across the world with a travelling circus, Erica's epilepsy has been cured, her boss offers him a job too, and there's this weird black dog that seems to be following him around just to judge him.

Oh, and the murders, of course.

Derek is an avid read of fine literature who has a particular distaste for erotica becasue it tends to mostly be poorly written and glorified sexual abuse which brings up painful memories for him. But, as a joke, his sister got him one of Stiles’ books for his birthday. He had set it aside on his bookshelves and ignored it until one day it peaked his curiosity. He started reading it and soon found that it was a surprisingly good book; a story with well written prose that has a good plot that isn’t solely based around the erotic scenes and erotic scenes that are genuine, not glorified and abusive. 

But the more he reads the more the story seems oddly familiar; a straggly young protagonist whose path crosses that of a reclusive rich man, Dominic Harris. The protagonist works their way into the man’s heart and teaches him to open up. But it’s not that simple, they constantly have to fight off supernatural threats. But, with time, they become friends, and lovers.

Derek pieces it together and confronts Stiles, watching the fear sink into the young man’s expression.

Stiles bumbles for an explanation, but his words collapse over one another and he stutters and stammers. The only thing Derek says is, “Is that really how you see us?” Stiles swallows hard, contemplating whether or not he should tell the truth, but after a minute he does; he says yes. 

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Magic Bullet by matildajones

(10,346 I Teen I Complete)  *sterek, college student!Stiles, teacher!derek, writer!Stiles

“You don’t bank on anything,” Stiles said grimly. “You make things happen.”

Lydia smirked. “That’s not entirely untrue.”

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