After everyone got over their initial shock- Kol and Rebekah having learned that Stiles and Lea were bonded mates, and Derek, Erica, Stiles, and Lea learning some new things about what was about to happen to Stiles- Kol, Rebekah, and Elijah left to go pack some of their belongings and purchase more that they would need.

It turned out that when Lea and Stiles complete their bond, Stiles will slowly develop the strength, speed, and most healing abilities of a vampire so that he wouldn't have to drink Lea's blood in the future. The sun would have no effect on him but should someone or something damage his heart and brain, he'd die. Since vampires are technically dead, they have no need for those two organs but since Stiles is alive, he needs them as much as any other human would. Also, with the completed bond- since Lea was part vampire herself- Stiles would quit aging so he and Lea could live an eternity together.

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When the following morning came; Elijah, Rebekah, and Kol were already long gone. Wanting to get home as soon as possible, the Hale Pack started to immediately load all of their belongings into their respective vehicles once they had woken up. Klaus was sad to see Lea go especially after having just been reunited with her but she promised to frequently visit. Derek even went out on the limb and offered Klaus a room in his home should Klaus ever feel the need to explore. Beacon Hills would welcome his presence as long as he didn't kill his meals.

Stiles was prepared to drive his jeep for a few hours and seeing as Lea couldn't stand not being more than a few feet away from him, Boyd and Erica were taking her car so she could sit with Stiles, Scott, and Allison. Apparently, none of them learned from their drive up there that they could only stand each other for so long before they were playing yet another game of musical cars. Every time they switched it up though, Lea was sure to be with Stiles and vice versa.

The drive back to Beacon Hills was shorter than the drive up to Mystic Falls. Since everyone was anxious to get back home and sleep for weeks on end, pit stops were at the bottom of everyone's list. By the time Beacon Hills was in sight, it was very early in the morning. Lea had texted Boyd and told him to keep her car until tomorrow when everyone woke up and then proceeded to head to Derek's for a briefing. Stiles dropped off both Scott and Allison at their respective houses before driving him and Lea to his house. When the burned down home of Lea's came into view, Lea frowned at the blackened piece of her house that was still standing, yellow police tape closing off the scene.

"Hey." Stiles murmured when he suddenly felt a weight settling on his chest though he wasn't the one that was worried. When he caught Lea's gaze, he knew it was her. "Hey, if you have to, we'll ask my Dad if you can stay here for a bit or ask Derek. You're pack so I'm sure he'll have a room fixed up for you."

"No, yeah, I know." Lea frowned. "It's just I really liked that house."

"Even if a bunch of dicks bought it for you?"

Lea snorted and cracked a grin and nodded. "Yes. Even though a bunch of dicks bought it for me."

"Come on." Stiles parked his jeep behind his Dad's Police cruiser. "Let's go get some sleep. I'm pretty positive Derek won't be expecting us until the sun goes down later tonight."

"Okay." Lea smiled at him but Stiles could still feel her lingering emotions of sadness at her house being destroyed.

After getting out of the jeep and walking up to the front door, Stiles has to comb through every hiding spot he and his Dad had once come up with to find the spare key to get inside. In the couple of minutes that it's taken Stiles to overturn every stone, every flower pot, and stick his fingers in every nook and cranny- the front door swings open with John in a plain white tee and boxers while pointing a gun at them.

When Stiles' hands shoot up in surrender and Lea bursts out laughing, it takes a few seconds for John to realize who it is. "Stiles? Lea?!"

"H-hey, dad." Stiles stuttered, his hands falling to his side.

"Is everything okay?" He asks when lowering his gun.

"Sure is, Mr. Stilinski." Lea grinned widely at him. "I told you I'd bring him home safe and sound, didn't I?"

John sighs in relief before stepping out on the front porch and pulling his son into a hug. Lea can feel the love and comfort Stiles is currently feeling as he's being hugged by his dad and can't but smile at them. "So does this mean everything has been taken care of? You're home for good?"

"Yep." Stiles popped the 'p'. "Those crazy vampires were no match for us." He puffed up his chest.

Lea can only roll her eyes and chuckle. Stiles would later regret saying those words once he remembered that he had his neck snapped by one of those crazy vampires. Hearing her chuckle, John turns his gaze to Lea. "I'm sorry about your house. We tried to save it in time but those vampires played with the minds of the fire department. Chris, myself, and some of your neighbors tried to battle it but the fire won out in the end."

"It's fine, Mr. Stilinski-"

"You can stay here until you figure out what you're going to do." He cut her off. "There's a spare bedroom that we have some junk in but we can clear that out and fix it up for you if you'd like."

"T-thank you, 'sir." Lea smiled gratefully. "But are you sure?"

"Of course he is." Stiles shrugged. "Besides, you're practically his daughter-in-law anyway."

"What?" John went wide-eyed.

"What?!" Lea screeched.

Stiles laughed and held his hands up. "Relax. I said practically."

"Christ, Stiles. You can't go around saying something like that. You're going to give someone a heart attack." Lea scolded him though her lips twitched in amusement when she could feel Stiles' joy through their weak bond.

Mr. Stilinski studies his son and Lea for a moment as he gave his heart some time to beat at it's regular pace. "What do you mean by 'practically'?" John asked. "She's not-" His gaze turned to Lea. "You're not- are you?" His gaze dropped to her stomach and his heart beat picked right back up.

"What?!" Lea screeched yet again. "No, I'm not! I'm dead- undead, remember?!" All amusement left Stiles and now she could feel his embarrassment.

John turned to Stiles who was blushing beet red. "Dad, we haven't even done that! I can't believe your mind jumped to that conclusion."

"Well you're the one who brought up the term daughter-in-law." John huffed. "What did you mean by that?"

Stiles pinched the bridge of his nose, scrunching up his face before gesturing inside. "Lets take this inside. We have some things to tell you that we've recently discovered and you should know."

John sighed, looking up to the heavens as if asking why me? and headed for the kitchen. "If it's not one thing, it's another."

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By the time John had been filled in on everything bond related, Stiles and Lea leaving out the part about him becoming ageless after the bond was complete, he was speechless. His gaze kept flickering between Stiles and Lea, his mouth opening before promptly closing. Whatever words he wanted to say had taken a few minutes before they had come out.

"So your fates are pretty much sealed then?" He finally asked which was something neither one of them was expecting to be asked. "You're it for her and he's it for you?"

"Basically." Lea shrugged. "Neither of us picked for this to happen, Mr. Stilinski, it just did. Attachments grew and feelings became stronger."

"Love at first sight." Stiles sighed dramatically which cut some of the tension from the room.

John chuckled before his head fell into the palms of his hands. "Well, this has been.."

"Overwhelming?" Lea and Stiles guessed with matching grins.

At John's nod of approval, both laughed out loud. "That's how we felt when we found out, too." Stiles told him. "But then we talked it out and here we are now."

"Okay." John looked up at them. "I think I can get on board with this. I mean, it's not like you just told me some type of life threatening news." He rambled. "You basically just told me that you're both settled down with the one you're going to spend the rest of your life with. That's good. This is good."

"I think you broke my Dad." Stiles muttered. "He's not the type to just ramble on."

"Me?" Lea snorted. "If we broke him, it's both our faults." She mumbled back.

"I'm not broken." John grumbled. "It's just a lot to take in and yeah, I'm rambling." He sighed. "Okay, well, thank you for telling me but I think I should go get some sleep now. I have to head into work in a couple of hours." He scowled.

"Yeah, okay, Dad."

"Lea, the spare room is still a mess so tonight, you can sleep in Stiles' room." He stood up, grabbing his gun as he got ready to head back to bed. "But no funny business!" He called out over his shoulder.

Stiles groaned in embarrassment and Lea had to bite her bottom lip to keep from laughing.

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By the time Lea and Stiles woke up, it was nearing seven at night and the house was empty. The two hardly spoke to each other, opting to shower and get into a fresh change of clothes. Neither of their phones had any missed calls or messages but they knew that everyone would be gathering soon at Derek's.

When Lea emerged from the bathroom, it was to find Stiles sitting on the edge of his bed, deep in thought. Concentrating on trying to find the bond she shared with him. It was almost as if the second she thought about the bond, emotions rushed at her that she knew she wasn't feeling at the moment.

Tilting her head to the side, Lea bit her bottom lip. "What are you so sure about? I can feel how confident you are about something."

Stiles' head snapped up at the sound of Lea's voice, a sheepish grin breaking out. "I was, uh, thinking about our bond." He confessed. "I want to do the second stage already."

Lea's amusement slowly faded. "Are you sure? I mean, you don't think we're rushing into this?"

"Why do you keep asking if I'm sure?" Stiles groaned. "This is going to happen, whether we like it or not, sooner or later. Might as well make it sooner."

Lea paused, biting her lip before caving in. Stiles was correct, that it was going to happen no matter what, but she didn't want them rushing into anything. Though the more time she took to think about it, the more a tiny voice in the back of her mind, more than likely her inner wolf, was snarling at her to make Stiles happy. "Fine, let's do this."

Stiles fist-pumped the air in victory, Lea's amusement coming back tenfold the second she saw just how happy he was. After situating themselves on the bed so they faced each other, Lea wanted to get it over with as soon as possible. She bit into her right wrist, offering it to Stiles before catching his left wrist and bringing it to her mouth. Barely nuzzling the inside of his wrist brought down her fangs and she took a moment to scrape them along his skin. Stiles moaned before quickly latching on to Lea's wrist as Lea grinned evilly before her fangs pierced the inside of his wrist and they both drank their fill.

Pulling back from each other's wrist, Lea quickly healing Stiles' wrist, she couldn't help the moan that passed her lips. "You had to be like every hormonal teenage boy, didn't you?" She groaned as she tried to fight off the onslaught of emotions coming from Stiles.

With her eyes closed, she didn't see Stiles lean towards her but she did feel when his lips landed on hers. She froze for a split second, not expecting the kiss, but went with the flow a second later. Her fangs were still on display so she made sure to slowly and gently nip at Stiles' lip as to not nick him which ended up being bad on her part. Forgetting what her fangs, glowing eyes, and veins did for Stiles, she wasn't prepared when his arousal spiked and even managed to get her going.

Managing to shift so she was on her knees without breaking the kiss, Lea's hands entangled in the hair on the back of Stiles' head. The second Stiles deepened the kiss, adding a bit tongue into the mix, he had Lea pinned on her back as he hovered above her. One hand held him up while the other crept down to caress her hip.

The second Stiles pulled back to catch his breath, Lea's hands came up to press against his chest. "Wait, wait, wait." She panted, her eyes glowing with their makeout session. They had yet to do anything hot and heavy and if this little makeout session had her panting, she could only guess what would happen with they really sealed the deal.

"What's wrong?" Stiles murmured. Lea's eyes landed on his mouth where he had a bit of smeared blood and, jesus christ if that didn't turn her on even more.

Biting back a moan, Lea shook her head. "We need to get up. Derek's, remember? We should get going."

Stiles scrunched up his face in obvious distaste, his head falling to the crook of Lea's neck. "Cockblocked by the alpha." He groaned. "How is that even possible when he's not here?"

Lea laughed at Stiles' whining, pushing down her own arousal so Stiles' wouldn't feel it so strongly. As she reached out to test their bond, it was as if the flood gates opened up a bit wider and their emotions were easier to distinguish now. The second stage was complete.

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By the time they pull up to Derek's home, every pack member seems to be already there. Lea's car is parked out front so she knows that Boyd and Erica are there and Isaac already lived with their alpha so he was there all the time. Scott's Mom's car was parked out front as well so they figured he had picked up Allison on his way here.

The second they enter the alpha's home, they're greeted immediately by Peter who's smirking at them. Taking in their entwined hands, body language, and their auras, Peter nods in approval. "Derek told me all about you two. Welcome to the Pack, by the way. I look forward to pack nights with your shifted self." He winked at Lea before turning his back on them and heading the way he came from.

"Careful, Peter. I tend to bite those who annoy me." She called out.

"I look forward to it." Peter chuckled.

Feeling annoyance and a bit of jealousy, Lea looked up and found Stiles glaring in Peter's direction. "Calm down, love. I was only joking with him." She squeezed his hand in comfort.

The emotions quickly faded as Stiles sheepishly grinned down at her. "Yeah, I know."

They finally join everyone in the living room where they're lounging about, talking about anything and everything. The two of them take a seat on the floor where Stiles immediately makes himself comfortable and lays his head in Lea's lap as she leans against Allison's legs.

Boyd suddenly shifts in his chair and reaches into his pocket. At the sound of jingling keys, Lea looks up at him and stops him from tossing them to her. "Keep 'em." She tells him. At his shocked expression, she explains why she wants him to keep the keys. "I'm currently staying with Stiles and his Dad, and adding another car to their driveway would be kind of pointless when I can just hop in Baby Blue. Plus, I don't want to crowd the driveway."

"Okay." Boyd drawled. "So I'm just supposed to keep the car until.."

"Until I can find another place." Lea tells him. "You'll probably have it for a few months since I'm thinking about rebuilding so feel free to use it for whatever."

Boyd nods, pocketing the keys and Erica is grinning like a fool. After all, her and Boyd are practically joined at the hip so him having access to the car is just the same as her having access to the car.

"So unfair." Stiles playfully whined.

"Where are you rebuilding?" Derek piped up. "I know some contractors who could help."

"Across the street from Stiles." Lea told him. "I'll have it all torn down and cleaned up, and then rebuilt from the ground up. The bond's gotten stronger so I don't think I can just purchase another house on the other side of town."

Derek suddenly looked interested. "The bond is stronger? After only one completed stage?"

"Uh, about that." Stiles blushed. "We completed stage two."

Everyone looks indifferent though Derek's facial expression suddenly go blank. "But we're stopping there." Lea quickly assured him.

"What? Why?!" Stiles shot up from his laying down position. "I thought we cleared things up this morning?"

"We did. Sort of." Lea flinched when she felt anger rising up in her that wasn't her own.

"Then what's the problem."

Shoulder's slumping, Lea sighed. "It's literally a life changing decision, Stiles." Her gaze flickered all around the room where everyone was curiously looking at her for an explanation. "I know that our bond is there. It will always be there but you do know that we don't have to complete the final stage, right? The final stage is basically just for you to stop aging."

"And that's a problem?" He asked.

"No. It's not. I want you to stop aging, for crying out loud." She threw her hands up in frustration. "I want you to walk this earth with me but the thing you have to realize is that once you stop aging, that's it! You're young for forever and you watch as everyone you know around you grows old with age and dies."

"Lea-"

"I want you to really think about it, Stiles. Be sure that you want-"

"I do!" He groaned. "Dammit, Lea, don't you think I haven't thought about it? My mind practically runs twenty-four seven so I've thought about every possible scenario already."

"It's true." Scott piped up. "Once Stiles says he's sure about something, he is."

Lea still looks uncertain, a frown marring her face and this time, it's Stiles who caves. "Fine. We'll put off the third stage if it'll make you feel better."

"Really?"

"Really." He concedes. "But just so you know, I'm positive that my answer will still be the same."

"That's fine." Lea sighs in relief. "Just as long as you truly think about it for a few weeks or something."

Stiles rolls his eyes before he lays himself back down and gets comfortable again. Silence falls over the pack as they grin at the bickering they just witnessed between the two and can't help but wonder what they'll be like in the future.

The silence is suddenly broken when Derek snorts and all eyes shoot to him. "I feel bad for mankind. They're going to have Stiles around for all of eternity."

Lea, Scott, Allison, and Isaac all crack grins as Stiles huffs. "Whatever, Sourwolf. You're just jealous because I'll still be alive when they finally invent flying cars."

"And flying scooters." Lea threw in.

The pack all laughed and shook their heads in amusement at the duo. There was no denying that Stiles and Lea were made for each other.

The End.

Thanks to all of you who stuck with me to the end :)