Just Act Normal (78578 words) by
zosofiDerek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, nc17, futurefic, au (but not really)
Summary:
If someone had told Stiles back in high school that he would be an Oscar winning actor by the time he turned 25, he would’ve probably told Scott to punch them. The thing is, though…they would’ve been right.
Which makes returning to Beacon Hills, center of all that is supernatural and better left avoided, all the more awkward.
My thoughts: I think the best part is that this fic is miraculously futurefic and it totally makes sense in that all the acting roles is just building up characters throughout Stiles' past. I am really jealous that I didn't read this fic before!!! But now that it's complete, you'll get a wonderful sense of closure. The author moves the narrative between the past with interviews, movies, and memories of Stiles' past since college (at UCLA!!!) and with the present in the story with a Norwegian gang plot?! And of course, everyone NOT being oblivious with the sexual tension around Derek and Stiles (it better keep building throughout season 3, because I AM EXCITED).
Also, I must say that I love celebrity AUs to death since it's like a character is finally recognized for their worth in Hollywood/whatever and the AO3 tag is not used so much. For a Notting Hill AU that I love, I would go with Aja's Inception fic,
I Seem to Be a Verb, where Eames is a well-known actor who stumbles into Arthur's science bookstore and there's insertion of real celebrities and omfg at never recognizing famous people, and for TSN RPF, I would go with
All The Stars And Bleeding Hearts, where Andrew is the famous actor and Jesse spills coffee on him and they are cute guys in love.
PS I seem to be going thru One Direction rpf on the top hits filter on AO3. (Harry/Grimshaw anybody?!)