#paintedrecs

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Characters: Lydia Martin, Sheriff Stilinski, Scott McCall, Allison Argent, Jordan Parrish, Kira Yukimura, Melissa McCall, Nogitsune (Teen Wolf) Additional Tags: Minor Allison Argent/Scott McCall, Established Relationship, 5+1 Things, Domestic Fluff, Minor Violence, Swearing, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Future Fic, Derek is a Good Boyfriend, Derek is a Christmas Baby, Magical Stiles Stilinski, Stubborn Stiles, Appreciate Derek Hale, Deputy Derek Hale Summary:

“Mornin', love," Derek says, and Stiles freezes in his arms. They haven't exchanged official I love you’s yet, and Derek seems determined to derail Stiles's plans to say it first. With fireworks. Or bubble baths. Something epic.

The point is, Derek barely even seems to realize he's doing it, and it's driving Stiles crazy.

The Holidays are here so let's spread a little cheer! Here are some Sterek Fic Recs that center around the holidays.

PART ONE | part two

Follow the Jelly Beans by Julibean19 (5k | Teen)

Derek waves hello to everyone else who is gathered around a bare tree and hops up the stairs to his childhood bedroom to put on his soft flannel bottoms. Gracie had picked them out especially for him last Christmas and he made sure to pack them for the traditional pajama decorating party.

Only his pants aren’t in the bag. In fact, none of his belongings are in the bag. It’s not his bag at all.

“Oh no,” he mutters, sifting through the contents. “Who the fuck packed this?”

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Dutch-Processed, Derek Approved by stilesinwonderland @stilesinwonderland (6k | General)

“So do you make your own hot chocolate, or is this like Swiss Miss?”

or the Christmas fic where Derek owns a store in a mall selling his high-end hot cocoa

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Secret Santa by rainbowninja167 (7k | Teen)

Derek is already thoroughly sick of Christmas by the time Erica bullies him into dressing up as Santa for a holiday charity. It was only supposed to take a couple hours. Until some kid starts accosting him all over Beacon Hills, insisting that Derek is the real Santa.

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Checks and Balances by AwaitTheMorrow (13k | Teen)

Stiles starts dating Derek after a chance encounter and can't believe how lucky he is.

Derek is smart, funny and genuinely the sweetest person Stiles has ever met. The guy is perfect.

...Maybe a little too perfect.

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A Royal Christmas Engagement by skoosiepants @pantstomatch (25k | Explicit)

Young omega Warden Lord Mieczysław Stilinski, given the royal request of marrying Crown Prince Derek Hale of Triskelion, predictably messes the whole entire thing up.

Or –

An arranged marriage, mistaken identity, a/b/o, accidental heat fic

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As far as Derek could tell, Cora hadn’t asked if she could bring someone home for the holidays. She’d barely even bothered to give a heads up: she’d texted from the rest stop that was almost exactly halfway between campus and home, by which point it was much too late to tell her to leave this unwelcome intruder—some guy named Stiles—behind.

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Derek loved Christmas. Family-only Christmases, that is, which Cora had thrown a wrench into this year by bringing home a guy who turned out to be handsome, funny, brilliant, and...of course...completely unavailable.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Cora Hale, Laura Hale, Talia Hale, Sheriff Stilinski (mentioned), Scott McCall (mentioned), Peter Hale (mentioned) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Graduate Student Derek Hale, College Student Stiles Stilinski, Cora Hale & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, Misunderstandings, Oblivious Derek Hale, Alternate Universe - No Hale Fire (Teen Wolf), Alpha Talia Hale, Derek Hale is a Christmas Baby, Peter Hale is a Bad Uncle, Past Kate Argent/Derek Hale (mentioned), Past Jennifer Blake/Derek Hale (mentioned), Pining Derek, Bisexual Stiles Stilinski, Demisexual Derek Hale, Derek POV, Getting to Know Each Other, Mild Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Christmas Fluff Summary:

As far as Derek could tell, Cora hadn’t asked if she could bring someone home for the holidays. She’d barely even bothered to give a heads up: she’d texted from the rest stop that was almost exactly halfway between campus and home, by which point it was much too late to tell her to leave this unwelcome intruder—some guy named Stiles—behind.

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Derek loved Christmas. Family-only Christmases, that is, which Cora had thrown a wrench into this year by bringing home a guy who turned out to be handsome, funny, brilliant, and...of course...completely unavailable.

“Stiles, I’m a werewolf,” Derek said patiently. “I can’t do magic like you can.”

Stiles waved the objection away. “No, dude, come on, just trust me! This is going to be great. Come on, come over here and take my hands.”

Derek rolled his eyes, but he came over to stand in front of Stiles and hold hands. Even if he didn’t think this would work, he trusted Stiles not to do anything that might hurt either of them.

“Okay,” Stiles said. “Now I need you close your eyes and picture your feelings for me.”

Derek raised his eyebrows. “Picture my feelings for you?”

“Yes! Like, when I think of my feelings for you, I think of--” Stiles clapped his mouth shut.

Derek waited for him to finish, but Stiles didn’t say anything. “You think of what?” Derek prompted.

“Promise not to laugh,” Stiles said.

“I promise,” Derek said patiently

“I think of a warm blanket,” Stiles said in a rush. “A warm, comfortable blanket that covers me from head to toe and keeps me safe and protects me from monsters. It feels and smells like home.”

Derek blinked at him. He’d never thought he could be something like that to someone.

Stiles shuffled his feet. “I know it’s weird--”

Derek kissed him gently. “It’s not weird. It’s beautiful.”

“Oh.” Stiles’s cheeks pinked. “Well, um. Yeah. That’s what I picture when I think of my feelings for you. So just...same thing.”

Derek closed his eyes and tried to find a way to picture his feelings for Stiles. Even with the example, it was difficult--how was he supposed to find a single image that encompassed the enormity of his feelings for Stiles?

Unbidden, the image of a house popped into Derek’s mind. He was confused for a moment, and then...oh.

Oh.

“Got something?” Stiles asked.

Derek nodded.

“Okay. So hold that image in your mind, and then hold the image I gave you in your mind, got it?”

Derek brought up the image of the blanket, and thought of the two side by side. Kind of ridiculous at first glance, but when you thought about it, they actually fit very well together.

Like him and Stiles, really.

“Now picture a link between them.”

Derek did, a bright yellow line between the house and the blanket. He felt Stiles let go of his hands. 

“Okay, open your eyes.”

Derek did, and gaped at the thin yellow line going from his hands to the middle of Stiles’s chest. “What the...? How are you--”

Stiles beamed. “It’s not me, dude. It’s you. I spent ages looking for it, but it’s some of the only magic a werewolf can do. Now, you just imagine those two items and the link, and this line will appear and will lead you straight to me. We’re the only ones who can see it, too.”

Derek continued to stare at the yellow light, a physical manifestation of the feelings they shared, and he thought his chest might burst.

He strode to Stiles and kissed him, putting all of that emotion into it, all the years of history they had, all the fights and late nights and quiet dinners and calm moments in the middle of storms both literal and figurative. Everything that had built the foundation between them, everything that had brought them to this moment.

“Buh,” Stiles said, blinking dazedly. “Hi.”

Derek rested his forehead on Stiles’s. “Hi.”

“What, uh, what did you picture?”

“My house,” Derek said.

Stiles’s brow furrowed, like he didn’t understand.

Of course he wouldn’t. Derek took his hands and squeezed them. “My first anchor. My house. My home. That’s you, Stiles. That’s what I picture.”

He saw the moment Stiles understood, the way his amber eyes lit up, and then filled with tears. “Oh,” Stiles said.

Derek laughed shakily and kissed his cheek. “Yeah. Oh.”

“So, would now be a good time to ask you to marry me?”

Derek closed his eyes, picturing the home and the blanket, and how well they’d work together. “Yeah. Now’s a perfect time to ask.”

Trouble with Fluff

by paintedrecs (AO3)

Pairing: Derek Hale x Stiles Stilinski

Chaptered

Word count: 13k

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Summary: “You are not borrowing a dog to seduce Derek Hale,” Scott said firmly, crushing Stiles’s dreams and betraying the bro code in one fell swoop.

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In which Stiles isn’t sure Derek’s beloved pet even qualifies as a dog, but he’s determined to woo him anyway.

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you’ve written, then pass on to at least five other writers (◠‿◠✿)

Tagged by @mad-madam-m and @paintedrecs and because I’m trying to write but don’t feel motivated by any of my WIPs, I figured I’d do this because I do occasionally like some things I write. (Also these are in no particular order.)

El Tango de Amor (Destiel)--This is my one claim to fame in the Dean/Cas fandom. I put a lot of time and effort and research into this one, watching so many YouTube videos of dancers and dancing lessons on the Tango and even talking to RL people I knew who danced and taught dancing. (So I am always flattered when I get comments saying they thought I was a dancer myself.) I remember even writing the last like 2k by hand because my computer was distracting me and I was up against the deadline. It is still one of the fics that I am most proud of, and I am delighted that I still get comments about it despite it being 5 years old and me not being really in the SPN fandom anymore (or really writing Dean/Cas these days).

For My Flesh Had Turned to Fur, and My Thoughts Had Turned to You (Sterek)--This is honestly one of my favorite Derek/Stiles fics I’ve written, and is it terrible to admit that I go back and reread this in full whenever anyone comments on it? I just love it so much, and while there is potential to continue it, I’ve never felt the need to do so. I just love it all on its own and how loving wolf!Derek is towards Stiles and then is so nervous to admit to Stiles who he is (as if Stiles wouldn’t like him??? I MEAN COME ON DEREK). It was based on a prompt from someone who won it as an auction fic, and I thoroughly enjoyed writing it and how it turned out.

A Gentleman’s Agreement & Not Quite Make Believe (Sterek)--These are actually companion pieces that I wrote for 2 different people’s birthdays. The 2nd fic takes place in the middle of the 1st (during a part I skipped over essentially). I actually ended up combining the fics when I posted it on Wattpad, and although my experience with WP is an interesting one that is not entirely positive given the readership and comments I receive, I still get emailed WP comments on this fic. When I do, there’s one part I reread all the time because it’s one of my favorite kisses I’ve written (and we all know I’m a sucker for fake relationship). (Hint: it has to do with chocolate and it’s in the 2nd fic.)

The Inventor and The Wolf (Sterek)--This fic well and truly came out of NOWHERE. I was pinch-hitting for Sterek Secret Santa and was planning on writing something short and quick since I had limited time. The giftee had things they wanted that I’d never written before (Steampunk and/or Space and magic!Stiles), and for some reason I was like sure, let’s do it. And then suddenly I was writing 10k and I was like ???? how did this happen??? It definitely has MORE to the story that I have started and hope to go back to and add someday, but given the time restrictions for the secret santa, I had to do some short cuts. This one is just me being amazed at myself that I even wrote this at all.

Scars of Beauty (Wolfstar aka Remus/Sirius)--This remains my one and only Wolfstar fic, and I still adore it to this day. I wasn’t really into fandom/shipping when I was younger and read Harry Potter, so I came into it pretty late in the game. When I was finally in the know, I quickly fell in love with Wolfstar and had this image of Sirius comforting Remus during his recovery after a transformation, then this fic was born.

I’mma cheat and do some honorable mentions bc I honestly couldn’t decide with these last few. The 1st is Louder (Destiel), which is sad and hot but I am so proud of the imagery in it. The 2nd is Peeping Stiles (Sterek), which was originally a ficlet based on a Tumblr prompt ask that through positive comments lead me to write more (see folks, positive, fun and inspiring comments on works sometimes gets the authors motivated!). It took 3 years but I finally finished it, and I like how it turned out.

Ghost Blanket and the Wolf by paintedrecs

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale's Pack, Sheriff Stilinski