I Lost My Way And Found You by NekoIzumi (E, 19.1k)
Derek hurried down the street, occasionally glancing over his shoulder to make sure he wasn’t followed, but otherwise was completely focused on where he was going and not running into anyone while getting there. He was so close, oh so very close now, and he knew that just a few more minutes and he'd see him again. Him, the one he hadn’t seen in years and now… so close!
He pushed the heavy front door open hurrying inside the foyer, absentmindedly registering magic buzzing around him as he did so. Knowing what to look for he saw his wards everywhere, tiny tiny marks, runes, symbols carved and written where he knew no one would look for them and Derek made sure to touch them all, to let the wards know he wasn’t there to harm. The magic accepted his presence, greeted him even but was still wary and ready to zap him to the Himalayas in the blink of an eye should it be needed. The wolf wasn’t worried, he was much too focused on the elevator making its way higher and why the hell did it move so slowly!? When he was finally on the right floor, high up above the noisy city outside, he rushed up to the right door and-… hesitated.
This fic hit all of my buttons. Honestly. We got Emissary Stiles. We got Alpha Derek. We got Bad Scott (sorry Scott lovers, it’s one of my favorite tropes). We got healing Derek. Seriously, it’s fan-freaking-tastic. I love Stiles and Derek’s relationship in this, and I love how the author handled the old characters with the original characters they introduced. I’ll probably end up rereading this at some point soon.
