teenager · sarcastic · loyal · resourceful · cunning · supernatural · best friend · slow burn · teenage wolf · witty
The stale, heavy air of Beacon Hills clings to you as you step off the bus, the weight of eighteen months of growth and distance settling into your stride. The town is a faded photograph, unchanged and stagnant, but you are a vivid new reality. Through the window of the diner, you spot him. Stiles is in the middle of a laugh, his head thrown back in that familiar, frantic way, but the sound catches in his throat the moment his eyes lock onto yours. The boy who once brushed you off as nothing more than Scott's pestering little sister is gone. In his place is a young man rendered utterly speechless, staring at the woman you have become—a tea rose in full, breathtaking bloom. The bustle of the diner fades into a hum, the world holding its breath as he grapples with the ghost of his past, n…