***Malia***
Malia edged open the front door of the Stilinski house, shifting her eyes blue to make out the shapes in the dark. The door creaked as she shut it, she listened out to see if she woke anyone but the house was silent except for the muffled sound of Stiles steady breathing, the sheriff must be working a night shift at the station. Locking the door behind her she let out a small growl as she realised the only human, her human, in their supernatural world had nothing but a bit of wood and metal protecting him from the monsters that came for them. How hard was it to throw some mountain ash down at night? She was going to have to teach him a lesson, maybe then he'd talk to Deaton about installing that 'security system'. He needed it more than Scott.
She snuck through the house using her coyote tiptoeing skills to make sure he wouldn't have any warning. Stopping at his bedside she had to hold back a laugh seeing him face down on his favourite pillow mouth open and drooling. Malia knew he still wasn't sleeping good since the pack had defeated the nogitsune. He'd told her sometimes he still wakes up screaming only now the nightmares are the memories of the people he'd killed. Seeing him sleeping so peacefully for once changed her mind about her plan to scare him… he was already terrified, only it wasn't the monsters outside that scared him it was the ones inside his head. Instead she went towards his dresser to steal one of his shirts to sleep in but being a total clutz in her human form she tripped over his lacrosse stick and headed straight into his desk knocking a lamp on to the floor. Behind her stiles yelped, fell out of bed and sprung up clutching his baseball bat swinging it wildly in the dark.
"Stiles" Malia whispered like she was still trying to stop him from waking up, "it's me, put the stupid bat down"
Stiles blinked rapidly his eyes adjusting to the dark. "My bats not stupid"
"Really because were I'm standing with my claws and fangs and supernatural strength it looks pretty stupid"
Malia got changed quickly as she spoke hoping he wouldn't notice the mess she'd made of his desk right now.
"Hey this bat saved my dad, Melissa, Argent, Allison AND Isaac from being crushed under the nemeton"
"And it got you possessed by a dark kitsune that almost killed you, definitely not stupid"
She took it out of his hand discarding it on the floor and reached up to kiss his pouting lips. Stiles quickly moved his hands to her hips pulling her closer to him and kissed her back.
"Did I tell you how much I love you sneaking into my house while I'm sleeping"
"Shut up and kiss me again" Malia whispered as she pushed him down on the bed.
*cut to 20 minutes and a whole lot more scratches on stiles back later*
She ran her fingers lightly up and down his arm as she spooned him feeling her eyes growing heavy. Just as she was about to surrender to sleep Stiles shifted round so he was facing her propped up on one arm and wrapped the other around her waist.
"Go to sleep Stiles"
"I will but I need to say this and I know it's probably too soon to say it to you but who knows how long we've all got until we're fighting for our lives again and after Allison… seeing Scott lose her and seeing Isaac lose her without ever having the chance to tell her how he really felt and I don't want to miss my chance and I'm not saying it because I want to hear it back I'm saying it because I know one day I'll regret it if I don't and-"
"Stiles?" She didn't know what he was getting at but she put her hand on his cheek to calm him. She hadn't learnt how to smell emotions yet but you didn't need supernatural powers to know this boy was nervous.
"I love you Malia"
He looked down at her, his dark brown eyes big and vulnerable, and she felt her heart dance in her chest. He gently brushed her hair behind her ear and kissed her so soft and slow it left her breathless.
"Go to sleep now, I just needed to say it"
"Stiles…"
"Malia it's ok, I don't need you to say anything"
"No but I need to say something. Stiles… I'm not good at this, at talking about emotions. I'm not even used to feeling emotions that aren't just pain or hunger and I only had my first kiss a month ago. All this is so new to me and I don't know if what I feel for you is love but I know that you're the only thing that makes me want to stay human and that your scent makes me feel more at home than my den. I know that I will always protect you. No matter what's going to coming for us I'll never leave you, I'll never let anyone hurt you. You're my anchor Stiles."
Stiles grinned and ran his thumb over her cheek
"It's progress."
She laughed at their little joke and lost herself in his kiss.
A/N: Hey, thank you so much for reading! Please comment and let me know what you think. This is my first fanfic in a really long time and my first ever Teen Wolf one. My next update will be either a Lydia or Scott memory, I've got so many ideas so I'll probably rotate between these 3 and maybe even some Liam/Sheriff memories.
How much is everyone missing Dylan right now :( He better be in 6b! They can't end teen wolf without Stiles.
Also if you've got any favourite Teen Wolf stories or any of your own do me a favour and send me in their direction! :)
I'll hopefully be getting a second update by the end of this week, I have to see what kind of inspiration tomorrows episode's going to give me haha
