Title: Can't Shift the Tide
Link: On AO3
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Pairing: Derek Hale/Lydia Martin/Stiles Stilinksi
Warnings: Injury
Other Tags: POV Outsider; Hurt/Comfort, Post-Canon
Summary: Stiles's college roommate unexpectedly finds an injured werewolf in her kitchen, and the night only gets weirder from there.
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When Mackenzie hears a clatter and then a crash coming from the kitchen, the first thing she thinks is that Stiles has smashed another coffee cup. The lack of swearing is a little unusual, but not enough to make her think anything of it, not enough to stop her from ducking out of her room, into the kitchen, shoving the pen she’s still holding into her messy bun and saying, “Stiles, I swear to god, if that was the one with the roses that my grandma got me—”
It’s not Stiles. Stiles is nowhere to be seen. The window over the sink is open, curtains blowing in the breeze, and crouched on her kitchen floor is something out of a nightmare.
It’s shaggy and black as night, impossibly glowing eyes directed her way. As she comes to an abrupt stop next to the broom closet, bluish lips peel back to reveal gleaming teeth. A rattling growl builds in the creature’s throat, and it rocks forward like it’s about to lunge at her. Mackenzie lets out a squeak and gropes blindly for the knife block next to the fridge. Her fingers find the handle of a heavy cleaver, and she grasps it, scrambles back, holding it up defensively in front of her.
“Stiles,” she says out loud. Her voice comes out cracked and strange, and she’s suddenly completely certain that Stiles is sprawled in the living room just past the arch out of sight with his throat torn out, horribly, horribly certain that he’s dead and she’s going to be next. “
Stiles!”( Read more... )