#palendrome

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Deucalion (Teen Wolf), Jennifer Blake (Teen Wolf), Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf), Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Isaac Lahey, Alan Deaton Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical, Alternate Universe - Werewolves Are Known, Orphan Derek Hale, Pack Alpha Derek Hale, Magical Stiles Stilinski, BAMF Stiles Stilinski, Childhood Friends, Friends to Lovers, Mates Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Mating Bond, Explicit Sexual Content, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Knotting, Come Marking, Supernatural Elements, Canon-Typical Violence, Minor Injuries, Minor Character Death, One-sided Deucalion/Stiles Stilinski, Light Angst, Happy Ending, Inspired by The Illusionist, POV Derek Hale, Digital Art, Embedded Images, Sterek Reverse Bang 2023 (Teen Wolf) Summary:

Derek stared at the contents of the bag. It contained more valuables than he'd accumulated in years. "Where did you get this?"

"I saved here and there. It's not a lot, but it should last you a month. Maybe more, if you barter the things you can't use."

Derek's brain tried to catch up, but he became stuck on a single word. "It should last me—You're not coming, too?"

"I can't." Stiles' voice broke, and he turned away, pressing the heel of his hands against his eyes. "Change in plans, okay?" he said, looking up once more. "I thought I'd have a little more time. I don't have enough saved for both of us."

Derek dropped the bag onto the ground and took Stiles in his arms. "I'm not leaving you here. If it's a choice between you and me, you should go."

twenty seconds or twenty years

Stiles and Derek were meant for each other from the moment they met. It just took life a little longer to get it right.

A Love, Rosie AU

excerpt

Stiles recoils from the torrent of words like he’s been physically slapped. “Go ahead, Derek,” he says lowly. “Say it.”

Derek snaps his mouth shut, but his face still radiates anger, not guilt.

“What were you going to say, huh? That I’m the loser who stayed behind in Beacon Hills? That I’m just some lowly deputy who's working for my dad? A failure who’s still living in his childhood home?"

"You're just jealous of—"

"Ha! You have your head shoved so far up your ass—you're so enamored of your new life—that you actually think I’m jealous of what you have. But you know what? I’m not jealous of you. I pity you. That’s right,” Stiles adds as Derek snorts, “I pity you because you can’t even see how fucked up things are.”

“Or you’re finally seeing who I really am,” Derek says grimly.

Stiles refuses—refuses—to let Derek see him cry. He tips his head up to the sky; feels the pinprick of tears sting his eyes in the bitter cold as he tries to keep them from falling. “You know, I should have realized things would never be normal again between us after that stupid kiss.”

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written by: @nerdherderette beta readers: @countingnothings and @fishcommander

with art by: @dotsaremycomfortzone

word count: 59k

rating: Teen

tags: Modern AU, Writer!Stiles, Deputy!Stiles, Nerd!Stiles, Architect!Derek, Jock!Derek, Childhood Friends, Best Friends, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Light Angst, Kissing, Implied Sexual Content, Minor Kate Argent/Derek Hale, Minor Jennifer Blake/Derek Hale, Minor Jordan Parrish/Stiles Stilinski, Minor Stiles Stilinski/Malia Tate, Stilinski Family Feels, No Hale Fire, Time Skips, Long Game, Happy Ending, POV Stiles Stilinski, Inspired by Love Rosie

(now that im thinking about it….would it be possible to write a palindromic limerick? that would be kind of wild i think)

I asked for a hard prompt and got it…

As hard as haikus in a sonnet…

It makes zero sense,

But that's no offense

Historic'lly lim'ricks don't want it:

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Yam may step on hay?

Must sell at mum - yay.  

Yay, mum!

Tallest sum

Please help me find it!!

We believe you are looking for The Rules of Matchbreaking (22k, E) by @nerdherderette!

Would you look at that, me, the person who has actively avoided drawing faces for the past 10 years, drew Stiles and Derek for @twsterekbigbang​. Twice. 

But You Have Heard of Me by @2dents​/ Kibbles432 Big bang post / Teaser post / Redbubble

“You may hold his heart, but the sea holds his soul.”

“Well, if you’re really the infamous Captain Hale, then you know how to catch that ship.” The boy matched his stare and straightened up his stance. “And if the stories are to be believed, then you know how it feels to lose the love of your life.” Derek blinked and raised a quizzical eyebrow. “Stories?" "The stories of Captain Hale? How he sails around the seven seas in search of the love of his life? Unafraid to destroy anything and anyone in his path to get them back?” “Ah, those stories.”

Bon Appétit by @nerdherderette​/ao3 Big bang post / Teaser post / Nerdherderette’s post / Redbubble 

Stiles is the enfant terrible of modernist cooking. Derek is San Francisco’s celebrated chef of haute cuisine. It’s bad enough their restaurants are within spitting distance of one another, but when they’re asked to scout out the next location for the International Food and Wine Festival, the Queso Flameado isn’t the only thing going down in flames.

Go show them both some love!

Author: PalenDrome (nerdherderette)

Summary: Draco meets his fairy godmother and is granted three wishes. Unfortunately, they all keep coming back to the same thing.

Length: 10,161 words