Fandom: Teen Wolf
Pairing: Stiles/Sheriff Stilinski
Pairing type: Familial
Prompt: Sunset
When his mom died, the light in Stiles life got perceptibly dimmer. When he found out his dad was sick the sun truly began to set.
Sheriff Stilinski wasn't even sick, persay. Not the way that Stiles' mom had been. His blood pressure was a little high, his cholesterol could be better, but he was by no stretch of the imagination dying. Stiles didn't care. Every little thing that could go wrong would go wrong, and every imperfection in his dad's health was one more step towards him being well and truly alone. He was only sixteen, he wasn't ready for that.
So he harped on his father, held on a little too tightly, tried his best not to fight with him because he knew all too well that any conversation could be their last. He did everything he could not to be a disappointment, to make the sacrifices his father had made on his behalf worthwhile, to do his mother proud.
When the secrets started, the guilt made Stiles physically ill. More than that, the knowledge of all the new dangers his dad could be crossing on a daily basis made him shake – from fear for once instead of Adderall. He could see the stress as bags under his own eyes, and the pressure his father was under showing in lines around his. Stiles Stilinski, the boy who ran with wolves, swore to himself that when push came to shove, his father would come first. Before Scott, before Derek, before the pack. He'd kill them all if he had to. His family came first.
It wasn't all projection, either. The sun was setting, the moon was rising, and sooner or later this was a decision he would truly have to make. And he would. He swore he'd keep his father safe.