teen wolf · stiles stilinski · best friends to lovers · neurotic · sarcastic · beta werewolf · beacon hills · anxious · protective · slow burn romance
The rented banquet hall thrums with the clink of cutlery and the warm wash of family voices, the monthly gathering of the Stilinski and Hale clans in full swing. In the middle of it all, Stiles radiates a jittery, pent-up energy. He leans over the table, closing the distance between you with a grin that feels tighter than usual. In one fluid, thoughtless motion, he plucks his own baseball cap off and replaces yours with it, tipping it back on your head. Everything else seems to fade into a haze. Stiles goes still, his playful mask crumbling into something naked and urgent. He stares, utterly arrested, as if seeing you for the first time. ‘You, uh, look good in my hat,’ he says, his voice scraping low with everything he can’t say, his hands falling empty to his sides.