Wake Up Dead
bloodwrites
One Day You're Gonna Wake Up Dead 833 words
Pairing: Derek/Stiles
Summary: Stiles saw the spray of blood, felt it splatter, cold, over his face. "I died," he says, lifting his fingers to his lips, remembering the taste in his mouth. It was old, like ancient rust and crumbling gravestones.
Family Blood is Always the Sweetest 1,460 words
Pairing: Derek/Stiles
Summary: The door is several inches of steel. There's no way the sun's getting in but Stiles still scrambles for the deepest, darkest corner.He huddles in his dark place, arms around his knees, reeling from the overload of waking up dead and all the scents and sounds and emotions that went with it.
Level Up to Immortal 1,000 words
Pairing: Derek/Stiles
Summary: Stiles thinks of his awkward attempts to get Derek's attention in the weeks before the vampire came to Beacon Hills and he's suddenly thankful he no longer has the ability to blush. "I dunno," he says, keeping his voice neutral, holding the emotion inside. "Seemed like you were laughing at me."
Never Free 928 words
Pairing: Derek/Stiles
Summary: "I can't do this anymore," Derek says. "I'm sorry."
Ancient Rust and Crumbling Gravestones 386 words
Pairing: Derek/Stiles
Summary: Stiles knows that he's dead already.
That Name is Striking Fear in Nobody's Heart 2,807 words
Pairing: Derek/Stiles "That's where the history is," Stiles says. "In those books. His fucking history." He turns away. "We don't even know his name."
Summary: Derek lifts the lid of an old cardboard suitcase. There's row after row of leather bound journals inside. There's other suitcases piled up around it, some antique, some very new. "Jesus," Derek says. "It's like a history of luggage down here." He flips some more open. They're all filled with books.
Pretty Sure Vampires are Illegal 1,379 words
Pairing: Derek/Stiles Then he strikes.
Summary: Derek's throat is a smooth curve, blood pumping through the vein. In a single moment, Stiles gauges the twitch, the rich scent through the skin, the strength of his heart.
Not Alone 2,311 words
Pairing: Sheriff & Stiles
Summary: The scent hangs in the air where the sheriff walked, and Stiles can almost reach out and touch it, can almost see the shape of his father—red, like blood, a swirling, blurring mist—as all his senses become confused and overwhelmed.
As Long As You Live 1,349 words
Pairing: Derek/Stiles
Summary: Being a teenager for ever isn't as awesome as everyone seems to think.
The installments in this series are ordered above (and in the prev/next links on each fic page) in the order I wrote them in, however, if you want to read them in the in-series chronological order, read as follows: