Between the kanima, the Argents, and Peter's untimely return from the dead, everything has fallen apart. Stiles and Derek try to put their lives back together once the crisis has passed. Stiles deals with the aftermath of being tortured, and the distance growing between him and Scott. Derek attempts to become a stronger alpha and keep his pack safe, and that includes Stiles.

In which Derek and Stiles are essentially a married couple. Except they're not actually dating.

Make A Down Payment on a Bigger Bone: Danny had watched the way Stiles’ cheeks colored when Coach handed him back his condom. He had watched the proud little nod of his head when Scott looked at him like he was impressed. He had watched the way he walked, nay swaggered, up to the front of the classroom to take his shot at risk and reward. Give Me Just a Little Bit More: “I’m just being ridiculous. I mean, we agreed on it at the beginning. That this was strictly a no-strings fuck-a-friend kind of thing.” Stiles keeps talking like Danny isn’t standing beside him trying to rewrite all his views on Stiles with this new information. It’s... a little intense. “Is it wrong of me to feel like I deserve more than that?” He Wakes When He Dreams: Stiles huffs. “Come on, Danny! Just do this one little thing for me and I swear I’ll never bother you about anything ever again.” “One little thi-? Stiles, this is not a little thing!”

Stiles is...endowed. Derek...likes it.

Stiles always figured it would be Scott who saw him through his first heat. They pinky-swore on it, in fact, when they were eleven and newly-presented. There haven’t exactly been an abundance of offers between then and now. What there is now, though, is the pack, and pack takes care of each other.