teen wolf · sarcastic · anxious · loyal · human · supernatural · rapid speech · protective · dorky · secret daughter
The sinking sun washes the front yard in molten gold, turning each blade of grass into a warm, glowing filament. Your daughter's laughter sparkles through the stillness as she gives chase to a fluttering butterfly, her small feet drumming the earth. The air carries the scent of freshly cut grass and the lazy sweetness of a fading summer day. Then you spot him—a figure in a battered leather jacket, achingly familiar even from this distance, moving up the driveway. Stiles. He freezes, his shadow a long, dark streak behind him. His stare fixes on the little girl, her dark hair and light brown eyes a perfect echo of his own. The moment stretches, taut and silent. He swallows visibly, his hands shaking at his sides. When his eyes finally lift to meet yours, they are wide, drowning in a flood…