- McGonagall comforting all of the little first years when they have had a nightmare, assuring them that even brave lions depend on the pride for strength.
- Sirius Black was one of these scared little lions after he was sorted into Gryffindor
- He had a nightmare about returning home and McGonagall would not hear of one of her lion cubs calling himself a disappointment, assuring him that he was too “what do the muggles call it these days? I believe I have heard one of my students refer to it as Punk Rock” to be anything other than spectacular.
- Sirius Black making it his mission from then on to aid every young student who had a nightmare.
- He would stay up for hours telling them stories of Dumbledore and McGonagall and all of the amazing things they had accomplished and adventures they had been on while they snuggled into the little nest Sirius had built for them on the floor out of pillows and blankets.
- He would act out grand tales of Godric Gryffindor slaying magnificent beasts, fantastically illustrating his death defying maneuvers with over exaggerated movements and faces.
- Any child who was frightened, no matter how old they were, always knew that they could quietly rap on his door and hop on his bed for a good story and a feeling of warmth and security.
- Eventually, after the first month of rapping on their bedroom door, the other marauders started to pitch in.
- Peter would gather the blankets, because he was the best at fort building, and would settle all of the kids in to get ready for the story.
- Remus would pass out sweet treats and hot chocolate before tucking in closer to the younger ones, because Moony’s hot chocolate is the best and no one would dare drink the stuff if anyone else made it.
- James would help Sirius with his epic skits and would cast dancing shadows on the walls in the shapes of hippogriffs and lions so that the younger ones felt protected and safe inside of the haven these four boys built for them.
- Eventually, because it’s Hogwarts, word spread and Lily, Marlene, and Dorcas decided that the girls needed the same type of system.
- In the event of a thunderstorm, Lily and Sirius made a plan to bring all the kids downstairs to the common room where they would all sit together in a giant nest of love and comfort, until they either fell asleep again, or the bad feelings passed enough for them to climb back into their own beds.
- Lily would braid hair so the little lions could have a mane when they woke up in the morning.
- Dorcas would bring her guitar and sing softly when the mood required a more relaxed form of soothing
- Marlene would charm night-light stars on the ceiling so that the room would never get too dark and scary.
- One evening, after a very very violent storm, McGonagall decided to go up and check to see if her little lions were okay.
- She found everyone curled up in the common room, in front of the fireplace with thousands of charmed stars and shadow protectors on the walls. and 7 very gangly 7th years sleeping in a circle on the outside of the little ones.
- Instead of interrupting the peace, she walked to a sleeping Sirius Black, smoothed back his hair from his face and whispered “10 points to Gryffindor for finding courage and love in the heart of a storm”
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Happy 21st Birthday to my lovely, iamderekhale!!!
Here’s to your awkward entrance into the big years!!! D:
Your other presents x oSterek AU:
Obscene fingers, sinful lips, amber doe eyes. Stiles has it all. Everyone in the pack is constantly dropping hints to him about relationships – god forbid they mention the word love – and keep telling about him a certain hyperactive spaz that may be interested. So naturally, after putting on his big boy werewolf pants, Derek asks Stiles out on their first date. After a couple more, things lead somewhere much more unexpected but Derek isn’t one to complain. After all, Stiles does this thing to his ass that makes his eyes water.
Sterek September
28. Sterek Magic Aesthetic for @westpharaoh
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you
because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely
places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. ~ Roald Dahl
The ‘dream scene’
I was thinking about Stiles’ outfit in the dream scene in the locker room between him and Derek. Derek ‘dressed’ Stiles.The outfit is important bc he is imagining Stiles wearing a very specific combination of clothes for a reason in particular. Not the usual plaid shirts we see all the time. Stiles with darker colors looks serious, badass, wise, hot and all grown up, but still looks like himself. Derek must have seen Stiles wearing those clothes once and memorized them bc it was attractive, hot, unforgettable. Derek made Stiles look his best in his dream. His anchor is not only his safe place, his connection to reality, but it is his sense of beauty as well. The locker room (a safe, familiar environment), Stiles (his anchor, his love, his safe haven is also his reference of beauty and masculinity).
And it’s 5am and I am thinking about this… why Lawd, whyyyyyy? #deaded #sterekfeels
o m g why dis T_T 👌👌👌I love this so much thank you!!!
How about PhD candidate!Derek and writer!Stiles who both spend most of their days at the same coffee shop because they offer free refills and their muffins are to die for.
Derek usually takes up two tables with all of his research materials and his laptop. He’s got his usual spot in the back corner where the windows and outside world can’t distract him, but he’s always getting distracted by the guy who, in recent months, has taken up residence at the table next to his. Whose long fingers dance over the keyboard of his old MacBook so quickly it’s like he’s scared the words will leave him if he doesn’t get them out. He can’t tell if he’s a mega hipster or if he just really likes flannels and beanies, but either way he’s just Derek’s type with his full lips and whiskey eyes.
And Stiles, well he’s working on his second novel and he’s behind on his deadline because he couldn’t focus at home with Scott and Kira planning their wedding and now he can’t even focus at the coffee shop because this guy with his soft dark hair, his pale, ever changing eyes, and his fucking glasses that slip down his nose when he’s really focused. At this rate the second book in his time traveling mystery series will never get written, especially not if the sweater clad hottie keeps growing out his mountain man beard out.
They don’t ever really speak except for the occasional hello or good morning, but they notice each other all the time. Derek knows that if hot hipster is struggling with whatever he’s writing that he get’s an iced mocha and gnaws on the straw in a way that really shouldn’t turn Derek on, but it does.
Stiles knows that if Hottie McBeardie is having a bad day of research that he get’s a brownie and eats it bit by bit while scowling at his books. He also knows that when he’s having a good day with whatever he’s doing he gets a small smile on his face while he types.
It all comes to a head when Stiles goes to the university library to get some information on Aztec rituals and the librarian directs him to the Latin American Studies office where he finds Hottie McBeardie sitting in the small office lobby area with a stack of papers in front of him.
There’s an awkward moment when Derek looks at Stiles and asks, “Are you stalking me?’
Stiles turns bright red and then says, “No I’m looking for Derek Hale, he’s suppose to be the guy to ask about Aztec rituals.”
Then it’s Derek’s turn to blush because of course hot hipster is here about that and not stalking him. “I’m Derek Hale.”
“Oh, well in that case I’m looking for you, I’m Stiles Stilinski and I need some help,” Stiles says reaching his hand out to shake Derek’s.
Derek accepts it and feels his stomach flutter when they touch before he asks, “What can I help you with?”
Derek gives Stiles all the information he needs and then some and by the end of the conversation he’s pretty sure he’s in love. They both laugh about the fact that they’ve been working next to each other for months and it took a trip across town to find each other.
“What do you need all this for anyway?”
“It’s for my book,” Stiles says a little sheepishly, cheeks going red.
“Anything I might have heard of?” Derek asks, really wanting to know more about Stiles because he’s 99% sure he’s the one.
“Uh, it’s my second book for a series called Out of Time,” Stiles says, running a hand over the back of his head, he didn’t love talking to people about his books, they always had suggestions about the characters and who should end up with who or how he should move the plot forward.
“I love that book,” Derek says, his eyes soft as he looks at Stiles, “It’s historically accurate and the characters are so well formed. Can you give me a hint at where they go after the Tutor Era? Is it straight to the Aztecs or somewhere else first.”
“I can’t spoil it for you,” Stiles says, then blushes deeply then and gives Derek a smile, “Can I get your number?”
“For more research?” Derek asks, feeling a little hopeful, but at the same time trying to not get his hopes up.
“No, so I can take you out to dinner,” Stiles says with a sly smile and then Derek’s ears turn pink.
“Yeah, sure,” He says, trying to play it cool but he’s sure Stiles can hear his heart pounding.
They end up going to dinner that night at a local 24 hour diner and talk until 2 am and then Derek takes Stiles to his favorite section of the universes library when they leave. It’s the best first date either of them has ever had and when they run into each other at the coffee show that evening, both looking exhausted but happy, they share a table instead of sitting at separate ones.
And when the book comes out 8 months later (on time thank you very much you can stop riding me Lydia) the dedication reads “For Derek: Who taught me a lot about the Aztecs, but a lot more about love.”
Three years, 2 more time travel books, one completed and published dissertation, and a move across the country for a professorship later, Stiles proposes to Derek in the dedication of his most recent novel, the final in the Out of Time series, and uses a hollowed out copy of his second book to give him the ring.
Spoiler alert: He says yes.
I just had a thought I thought I share for general enjoyment, what with Hoechlin being Superman and all, Sterek au where Derek and Stiles are together/getting together, Stiles is a huge Batman fan and Derek is secretly Superman and concerned about coming out to his boyfriend about it because Stiles does not seem to care about Superman at all.
Okay, I said Derek’s “concerned” but what I actually meant was that he’s fretting.
OMG you have no idea how much I love this. I went on a somewhat-similar ramble on Twitter a week or so ago, but yeah, I absolutely LOVE this.
I love the idea of Stiles having no idea that Derek’s Superman, and he just keeps talking nonstop about how awesome Batman is and how cool it is that he goes up against bad guys with nothing but his suit and his guts (“And several million dollars’ worth of weapons,” Derek always grumbles).
And maybe he starts getting a little insecure? Like Stiles isn’t really that impressed by Superman but will spend hours deconstructing Batman’s fights and talking about how he’s such a great detective, and Derek gets to thinking that maybe Stiles would be happier with someone else? Not Batman, obviously (because Boyd has a Thing with the sexy Catwoman), but someone who’s maybe a little edgier than nerdy reporter Derek Hale or Superman.
So Derek makes the decision to tell Stiles who he really is, and then set him free so he can find someone who fits him better.
So. He makes dinner AND dessert, lights candles and everything, and the whole time Stiles is like “are you sure I didn’t forget an anniversary?” and Derek’s like “No, you didn’t, I just need to talk to you.”
And Stiles goes, “…what?”
And then Derek takes a deep breath, sets his glasses aside, and says, “I’m Superman.”
Stiles freezes.
Derek shakily keeps going, talks about how he got to Metropolis and such, and finally says, “And I know you aren’t…I know you don’t particularly like Superman, and so I just wanted to let you know so that…if you wanted to find someone else–”
Stiles finally flails out of his frozen state and shouts, “Wait, WHAT?”
And Derek’s like, “I know you don’t like Superman–”
And Stiles is just like “Why the hell would you think that?!”
“Because you spend all your time talking about Batman?”
And then Stiles is like “Oh my God did you make a romantic dinner to break up with me? I thought you were proposing, you stupid fucker!”
Derek’s just absolutely flabbergasted. “What, really?”
“Yes, really!” Stiles yells. “You were gonna propose, I was gonna say yes, and then we were gonna have really great lovemaking sex, and instead you’re sitting here telling me you’re Superman and trying to break up with me?”
“No!” Derek shoots to his feet because he absolutely doesn’t want to break up. “No, I mean, I am Superman, but you don’t like Superman and I just wanted to give you the chance to…to be with someone you really liked.”
And Stiles just goes “You self-sacrificing idiot, I really like you” and kisses him.
And maybe they talk a little between kisses, but also maybe they really jump straight to the really great lovemaking sex Stiles had hoped for.
And it’s nearly two in the morning when Derek remembers what Stiles said and turns over to ask, “Would you marry me?”
“Are you asking hypothetically or for real?” Stiles says.
Derek thinks for a minute, and then admits, “For real.”
“Yes, hypothetically and for real,” Stiles says, and he pulls Derek’s arm tight around him and promptly falls asleep.
Sterek AU: Stiles adopts a dog in need of some TLC. He also thinks there’s no better way to spoil her than to surprise Derek with her. After all, Derek is a marshmallow at heart and despite what he says, Stiles knows he’ll come to love her, not to mention the fact that Stiles is almost never wrong either.
Merry Christmas, rohruh!
May you enjoy all the amazing Sterek to come over these holidays and in the coming years 🙂
AU where stiles does something stupid and ends up with an ankle monitor and a police issue babysitter. Derek is probably being punished for something, too, which is how he ends up with this particular detail.
slow burn with them hating each other and then eventually painfully awaiting when Derek will no longer get fired for boning Stiles.
think of it
Bonus points if it’s Sheriff Stilinski that put Stiles in the monitor and assigned Derek because he knows his son has a crush on him. Little does he know Derek returns the favor and he’s slowly driving both of them insane.
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