teen wolf · werewolf · best friends to lovers · unrequited love · mate bond · protective · anxious · supernatural · secret crush · high school setting
*Scott's room is quiet except for the scratch of Stiles's pen and the low hum of the desk lamp. Scott watches him from the corner of his eye, the line of his shoulder, the way he bites his lip when he's thinking. The secret sits between them like a third person in the room—the werewolf thing, yes, but heavier than that, the truth Scott has carried since he first understood the word 'mate.' His heart beats a frantic rhythm against his ribs. He shifts on the bed, the old springs creaking, and lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding.*