This fan fiction is an AU where Stiles is a completely different person. Derek ran away after Paige's death and the Hale fire never happened. Upon meeting Stiles Derek's life got progressively better culminating in a desire to return home. Stiles has his own reasons for wanting to visit Beacon Hills. Sterek from the beginning.
Talia Hale looked around the room and sighed in contentment as she took in her large and affectionate pack. Her daughter Laura was an outstanding alpha. In the two years since she had taken over the pack had flourished. The hunters that resided in Beacon Hills, the Argents, agreed upon a stronger truce than the one that had existed in Talia's reign as alpha. Part of that was because of Laura's leadership but a larger part was due to the first beta Laura had turned, Scott McCall. His romance with Allison Argent had strengthened the truce that the Argents and the Hales kept. The romance hadn't lasted but the truce still held firmly.
Talia leant her head down on to her husband Oliver's shoulder. Oliver Hale put his shoulder around his wife and laid his head on top of hers, sharing in her moment of happiness. Peter Talia's younger brother was sitting in an armchair opposite Laura appearing to listen intently but actually he was bored out of his mind. These meetings were such a waste of time unless there was information that actually needed to be shared. Cora and the young ones were gathered around the feet of the adults on the sofa. It was times like this when she could see all the best things her life gave her that her mind reminded her of the one thing that was missing, her son; Derek Hale.
Scott was currently sitting under the window on one of the many colourful bean bags that littered the room. Kira a young kitsune sat on his lap and Scott was busy nuzzling her neck when he should be listening to his alpha. It still amused the whole pack that a fox felt at home amongst all the wolves. Talia knew from experience that kitsune and werewolves generally didn't get along very well. Allison sat beside her ex-boyfriend in the arms of her new boyfriend Issac Lahey, another beta that Laura had turned. The last of the new betas was Erica Reyes. She had been a difficult beta at first which almost made Laura regret turning her. But now she was a crucial member and avid team player.
Laura was a compassionate person and all three betas she had turned had little other choice. The bite was a gift but it came with a heavy price. She had decided when she became alpha that she would turn only those who had no other choice for survival. Scott had been on the brink of death after a severe asthma attack, Erica had been in a similar state due to her epilepsy and Issac had escaped his house where his father had almost murdered him. Escaping to the woods where he knew his father would never look for him, he had collapsed and almost died due to the extent of his injuries. He would have if Laura hadn't been out running and smelt the blood.
"Right well that is all for the pack meeting so those of you who have lives or have just made plans I guess might want to head off. Otherwise I invite all pack members to join me in a film fest and takeout food", Laura smiled. "I think we start by watching some sort of Disney movie first for the younger members", Laura began. Before Laura could say anything else though the pack froze into stillness hearing the front door of the house open. The few seconds it took for the intruders to move into view passed in silence. Laura however was uneasy as she realised that neither intruder had made a sound. Laura hadn't heard them approach at all, no footsteps or even heartbeats. She hadn't smelt them either and as an alpha with the greatest heightened senses in the room she really should have sensed them before they got so close. Putting her own failure aside and promising to reprimand herself later she gasped with the rest of the pack as the intruders made themselves seen.
The moment after the gasp left their lips, the air was ripped by furious growls. One of the intruders wasn't an intruder at all but Derek Hale. Derek had run away ten years ago after his first love Paige had died from an alpha bite that didn't take. And now he was back at last. The whole family could tell it was Derek even though they hadn't seen him in a decade. He looked a lot like his father now some of the boyish qualities had left his face.
Their relief was short lived though because his throat was in the tightened grip of some kid. The kid couldn't be more than twenty years old. That meant he was maybe a little older than Laura's new betas. Suddenly the whole pack or at least those with a heightened sense of smell shuddered. Whatever had been masking the newcomer's scent and sound had disappeared and each of them could smell power. This newcomer was obviously not someone to be trifled with they could tell that straight away. A smile spread across his face as he took in the faces of the pack before him. "Well hello there. You must be the Hale pack I've heard so much about. I'm Stiles. And this", he paused looking at the prize in his hand. "This would be Derek Hale", Stiles continued before he licked Derek's cheek. The newer members of the pack jumped as events unfolded because they were taken by surprise. This guy that called himself Stiles had a lizard like tongue. It was long and thin and even though he was holding Derek at arm's length he still managed to reach with apparent ease. Derek struggled in the man's grip when he felt the tongue ghosting over his left cheek.
"Release him! Now!" Laura growled, eyes glowing red and fangs appearing. Stiles turned his gaze which had been wandering the room on to her and smiled even more widely.
"Ah, you must be Laura. We heard you had taken over the role of alpha after your mother stepped down. Didn't we Derek?" Stiles sneered. "What makes you think I would release such a catch?" Stiles wagged a finger at the alpha that shifted into a combat stance. Behind her she felt all her family shift too. "Ah, ah, ah. Peter I wouldn't do that if I was you", Stiles laughed as he flicked his hand at said werewolf who had launched himself towards them. Laura turned in time to see Peter smash into the fireplace behind him and land unconscious back in his human form. "Opps seems I got over excited", Stiles muttered in an almost apologetic tone as he glanced at Derek out the corner of his eyes.
Laura seeing what she thought was an opportunity pounced forward swiping her claws. Stiles released Derek and slid backwards grabbing both of Laura's wrists in the process. Talia and Oliver quickly moved Derek out of the way and checked on him while Laura struggled in Stiles grip. Try as hard as she might she couldn't free her hands from his grip. Fine she decided if she couldn't use her hands she might as well use her head. Laura slammed her head forward head butting the guy with brutal force. It worked though because the force she used was enough to get him to release her wrists. As he staggered backwards he was laughing as if this was the greatest entertainment he could think of. Laura shifted into a defensive stance and waited for him to come at her. The guy just stood there, not a scratch on his face. He beckoned Laura forward after a moment and Laura consumed by rage for the treatment of her brother stepped forward to engage again.
Laura launched swipe after swipe of her claws at her strangely calm opponent. He dodged every swipe without throwing any blows himself for a moment and Laura couldn't understand why. As soon as the reason occurred to her that he was just showing off to make her look bad she saw him smirk. Jumping swiftly to the side she dodged the first blow he aimed. Slamming his fist down Stiles hit the wooden floor instead of her. The force of the blow splintered the wood and the whole house shook. Laura swallowed as she realised that it would probably only take one blow for him to finish things. Hoping to finish things before that happened she sprung at him using the wall behind her to build momentum and succeeded in getting behind him with her teeth on his throat. She was surprised that had worked because he was fast but she didn't let it stop her from acting. "Game's over", she spat before sinking her fangs into the guy's neck. Tearing at his throat she threw his body out the still open front door. She shifted back to human as she looked at her pack. Derek stood with his mum rubbing his left arm in comfort. His dad had a hand resting reassuringly on his shoulder.
Laura rushed forward to hug her baby brother. "Derek!" she cried. He hugged her back before he spun her round so she was where he had been moments before. He took a couple of steps backwards as he spoke, "Wow, Laura you are an amazing alpha." Glancing around the room he looked at the faces he knew and the faces he didn't. "I've missed all of you. And I can't wait to get to know those I haven't met before", he smiled.
Before anyone could move Derek found a hand close around his throat again. He turned with fear in his eyes to see Stiles had him once more at his mercy. "Did you think that was enough to finish me?" Stiles chuckled and the pack stared in horror to see his throat was completely healed. "But I think we can all agree enough is enough. Wouldn't you say Derek?" Derek nodded as best as he could and instantly Stiles released his grip. Derek smiled at him and leaned into kiss the ever smiling freak that called himself Stiles. Keeping the kiss short he pulled back and smiled back at the man that was now in his arms, "Bonus points for knocking uncle Peter out." Derek laughed a short laugh and kissed Stiles neck before he turned to look at his family and pack members.
"DEREK! You have some serious explaining to do", Laura roared. Derek bowed his head as he agreed, "Yeah I know I do. Just can everyone refrain from attacking my boyfriend while we discuss this? I mean obviously you know he could defend himself but it would just be polite", Derek smirked, aware of the irony of his request. Talia placed a hand on her daughter's shoulder knowing Laura would be almost at breaking point. Laura calmed at her mother's touch.
"Okay, if he refrains from attacking then so will we", Laura consented in her alpha voice.
"Perhaps we should all sit down", Oliver gestured to the living room. "Maybe someone should try and wake Peter as well." Oliver wrapped his arm around his wife's waist and they walked back to the sofa to take their places again. Cora moved over to wake her uncle. Laura waited still not trusting this Stiles bloke even if Derek said they were together.
"Hold on Der, I should repair this first", Stiles pointed out as Derek began to walk towards the living room. Stiles looked at the spot where his fist had splintered the wooden floor and muttered a few words in a strange language no one understood but Laura watched in surprise as the floor mended its self. "Awesome", Stiles thrilled and took Derek's hand in order to allow himself to be led to properly meet the Hale family. Laura shadowed them keeping her eyes on Stiles. Derek sat in the arm chair that Peter had vacated and pulled Stiles down to sit on his lap.
"Okay Derek you owe us some answers", Laura growled. "Where have you been for the past ten years? Why are you back all of a sudden? Who or what is he? And how long have you been gay?" Laura rushed out her four most important questions.
"Travelling to answer the first", Derek mumbled. "I'm sure most of you know why I left. I couldn't deal with it here I needed to get away and have some space. Why I'm back I thought would have been obvious. I missed my family so I came home. This as you already now is my boyfriend Stiles. So now you know the who and the what", Derek glowered at his sister for the rude question. "And I don't know how long I've been gay. Stiles and I met about seven years ago but for the first year he annoyed the hell out of me. All I wanted was to get rid of him."
"Okay so what was all that about? Why was he choking you and drawing me into a fight?" Laura decided to get the important stuff out of the way. While she listened she also assumed that she already knew what it was all about but she wanted it confirmed. Once it was she could use force on him for still being as immature as he was when he left.
"Um actually that would be my fault. I suggested it", Stiles mumbled before falling quiet under Laura's glare.
"Well as you seem to have already figured out it was an intelligence gathering exercise, I can't say much more. We heard you had taken over and become a pretty powerful alpha so we wanted to test you. Stiles suggested the method as a joke but I thought it was rather amusing so we went with it. Once we gathered enough info we agreed to just quit. It was just a joke sis, come on laugh about it", Derek smiled nervously.
"Well I hope you had your laughs because it was a stupid immature prank. What would have happened if I had killed him? Or he had killed me?" Laura growled through her teeth at her brother.
"Pleeaassee. As if you could kill me", Stiles whispered loud enough for even the humans to hear. Laura glared angrily at him even though she suspected it was true. "Besides it was all under control. There was never any danger of him hurting you much less killing you", Derek answered seriously. "He pulled his punches. You only dodged that punch because he wanted you too. But you already realised that, right?"
"And he let me get my teeth to his throat didn't he?" Laura guessed. She had thought he was fast enough to avoid it. It hadn't made sense until now. Stiles nodded sheepishly at her. "Okay but what about Peter?" She asked gesturing to the fireplace where Peter sat rubbing his neck.
"He apologised though. He got a little carried away. Don't you remember how he exchanged a guilty look with Derek?" Cora said standing up for Stiles.
"Cora is right. I'm sorry Peter I didn't mean to hurt anyone", Stiles spoke solemnly as he caught the wolf's eye. "Can you forgive me? If it helps you can rip my throat out like your niece did", Stiles offered. Hearing Derek's warning growl against it Stiles put a hand on his shoulder before whispering to him, "You know I would heal straight through it."
Peter gave a cough to get Stiles attention back. "I will forgive you on one condition. You explain how you can heal through something like that. Even an alpha werewolf wouldn't be able to heal from something as quick as you did."
"Sure thing. You ask such a simple thing as a token of forgiveness. You know what I think I like you", Stiles said with a wink. Stiles chose to ignore the grimace that appeared on Derek's face for a split second. "Well the truth is I am an immortal. Simple wounds like that can't kill me. Will the rest of you forgive me too, for pulling such a silly prank? I'm sorry if I scared any of you too badly."
Stiles looked around at the faces of the Hale pack hoping he hadn't scared anyone too much. "Suppose I should ask you to forgive me as well. After all I put him up to it", Derek grumbled. Laura looked around the room at her pack.
"We will forgive you Stiles. I know firsthand how immature Derek can be and his compulsion to pull silly pranks has evidently only increased during the ten years he was travelling. As has the magnitude of such pranks", Talia smiled tentatively. "Besides when he left us we thought we might never see him again let alone get to see the clown Derek we knew and loved. So it seems we need to thank you for finding him again." Laura nodded in appreciation to her mom. Sure she was pack leader but this felt like a mom moment was needed.
"Stiles how would you like to spend the evening with us? Then maybe tomorrow we can talk more?" Laura asked.
"That would be amazing", Stiles grinned once more. "I mean unless I am intruding."
"Pack time is family time. If you've really put up with Derek for seven years that already makes you family. So of course you are welcome", Talia breathed as she tried to stop tears from forming in her eyes. She was so proud of the strong confident alpha Laura had become, she had her son back and he was happy once more. Life was just about perfect.
A/N: So here is another story that I found I couldn't get out of my head. Hope you like it. Reviews please.