Play It Again by metisket (PG-13)
Title: Play It Again
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Pairing: Stiles/Derek
Categories: AU, alternate universes, action/adventure, pre-slash, magic!Stiles, drama
Length: Epic (63,206 words)
Warnings: Minor character death. Violence. To be extra safe for comm rules: discussion of major character death, but not in the way you're used to, since their alternate universe counterparts are alive.
Author on LJ: metisket
Author Website:
metisket
Author's Summary: In which Stiles goes along with one of Derek’s plans and ends up in an alternate universe as a result. He should’ve known better. He did know better, actually, and that means he has no one to blame but himself.
“Laura wants to lure the kid in with food and kindness and make a pet of him, like a feral cat. Derek wants to have him arrested for stalking. They’re at an impasse. (And the rest of the family is staying emphatically out of it in a way that suggests bets have been placed.)”
Review:
Play It Again has drama, suspense, brilliant character voices, humor (often in the form of Stiles' wry observations), and the situation makes for a terrific plot.
metisket drops Stiles into an alternate universe that's a hell of a lot softer than the one he came from. If he seems badass, it's partly because of all he's been through with things going to hell back home, but mostly because he's landed in a world where the other characters we know haven't had to deal with much danger. A strong Hale family under the leadership of Talia Hale polices the supernatural, and Derek is one of a slew of family pack members...
Which brings us to Derek; he's very different, but in a way that actually explains a lot about the maladjusted Derek we're used to. This is what happens when Derek feels safe and never makes the big decisions. And when he's got an alpha-material big sister pushing him around and looking out for him. He's drawn to Stiles, but he can't figure him out. Stiles knows things he shouldn't, and his heartbeat reacts to the strangest things.
Sheriff Stilinski is great here, as is a Scott who hasn't met Allison yet. The Hales are all well written -- especially Laura and Peter.
I love heartache and humor together, and I love suspense, so I tore through this one in a day. It's a great read.
Play It Again
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Pairing: Stiles/Derek
Categories: AU, alternate universes, action/adventure, pre-slash, magic!Stiles, drama
Length: Epic (63,206 words)
Warnings: Minor character death. Violence. To be extra safe for comm rules: discussion of major character death, but not in the way you're used to, since their alternate universe counterparts are alive.
Author on LJ: metisket
Author Website:
metisket
Author's Summary: In which Stiles goes along with one of Derek’s plans and ends up in an alternate universe as a result. He should’ve known better. He did know better, actually, and that means he has no one to blame but himself.
“Laura wants to lure the kid in with food and kindness and make a pet of him, like a feral cat. Derek wants to have him arrested for stalking. They’re at an impasse. (And the rest of the family is staying emphatically out of it in a way that suggests bets have been placed.)”
Review:
Play It Again has drama, suspense, brilliant character voices, humor (often in the form of Stiles' wry observations), and the situation makes for a terrific plot.
metisket drops Stiles into an alternate universe that's a hell of a lot softer than the one he came from. If he seems badass, it's partly because of all he's been through with things going to hell back home, but mostly because he's landed in a world where the other characters we know haven't had to deal with much danger. A strong Hale family under the leadership of Talia Hale polices the supernatural, and Derek is one of a slew of family pack members...
Which brings us to Derek; he's very different, but in a way that actually explains a lot about the maladjusted Derek we're used to. This is what happens when Derek feels safe and never makes the big decisions. And when he's got an alpha-material big sister pushing him around and looking out for him. He's drawn to Stiles, but he can't figure him out. Stiles knows things he shouldn't, and his heartbeat reacts to the strangest things.
Sheriff Stilinski is great here, as is a Scott who hasn't met Allison yet. The Hales are all well written -- especially Laura and Peter.
I love heartache and humor together, and I love suspense, so I tore through this one in a day. It's a great read.
Play It Again