"So.. why don't you ever talk about your Uncle Henry?" Stiles asked as he crawled into the window of Malias old bedroom that Stephanie, Will, Isaac and Scott were already standing in. Stephanie buzzed her lips at the question, running a hand through her hair as Stiles tripped over the window, starting to fall until Will caught him.

"After the accident, he'd skip holidays. Started hearing from him less and less." Will said as he helped Stiles up. Stephanie leaned over the bed, grabbing a small stuffed bear, throwing it at Isaac.

"All I'm getting is some animal smell." Isaac mumbled, sniffing the plush as Scott nodded, looking around the room. Stephanie pursed her lips, crossing her arms as she looked to Scott and Isaac. "What kind of animal?"

A small growl escaped from behind Stephanie, making her eyes go wide and she slowly turned around. Stephanie and Will stared at the dog they grew up scared of with wide eyes. Stephanie, keeping her eyes on the dog, slowly leaned towards Will. "Is that-" "Apollo? Yeah. How is that little shit still alive? Uncle Henry got him before I was even born." Will whisper to Stephanie.

Apollo growled at the group and Stiles pushed Stephanie's shoulder, making her stumble towards the dog. "Stiles! What the hell?" Stephanie whisper yelled at Stiles who pointed at the dog. "The dog'll recognize your scent! Walk towards him!"

"Apollo never liked either of us!" Stephanie whispered as Isaac wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her away from the dog as he started to bark at the five teens.

"Get rid of it." Stiles whispered to Scott, making him turn to him with wide eyes. "Me?" Stiles nodded at Scott. "Yes, you. Glow your eyes at it, something, Be the alpha."

"I can't. I don't have control." Scott said and Stiles sighed, turning to Isaac. "How bout you do it?" Isaac looked at Stiles with a shocked look, shrugging as he shook his head. "I'm not an alpha!"

Apollo continued barking at the teens, catching Henry's attention from the living room. "Apollo! Apollo, shut up! Shut the hell up!"  the familiar voice of Stephanie and Wills uncle yelled from the living room.

After a few seconds, Apollo whined, running after Henry, making Stephanie and Will let out small breaths of relief.

...

"I'm sorry. I tried as hard as I could. If it wasn't so long ago, I might have been able to do it." Scott mumbled out as he looked over at the Sheriff. The man sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as he shook his head. "It's okay. It was a long shot. In fact, it was a pretty terrible idea. I think I just ripped a wound open in that poor man and you two kids. I never should have brought you guys here. I don't know what I was thinking. Thanks for trying, all right?" Scott and Isaac nodded as the Sheriff looked to Will and Stephanie with a sad look. "Sorry for getting your hopes up, kids."

Stephanie shook her head as Will turned to the man. "It's okay, Sheriff. Like you said, it was a long shot."

"Yeah. See you at home." Stilinski said, turning to Stiles as he walked towards his car.

"Aren't there a lot of cases that go unsolved?" Isaac asked, sensing the mans disappointment. Stephanie sighed, nodding her head as she squeezed Isaac's hand and Stiles answered. "Yeah, I just think this is one he felt like he could've figured out right now."

"Why is it so important now?" Scott asked and Stiles sighed, running a hand through his hair. "He wants to be able to solve one more while he's still sheriff."

Will face immediately scrunched at Stiles' words, turning to him. "What do you mean, still sheriff?" Stiles looked at Will for a few seconds before turning to Scott. "You're dads trying to get him fired."

...

Stephanie was sitting in her bed criss cross, doing her History homework when Will barged into her room, trying to catch his breath. "We need to talk."

Stephanie sighed, closing her history folder, resting her elbow on her knee and her head in her hand as she looked at him. "About?"

"How do I tell Stiles I like him?" Will asked as if it was obvious, walking over to her desk to sit in her spiny chair. Stephanie's eyebrows raised slightly, sitting up. "Oh! You wanted to tell him?" Will quickly nodded at her question and Stephanie sighed, biting her lip as she thought. "Uh... We'll, Isaac asked me out so I'm probably no help."

Will pulled his lips into a line, nodding his head as he pointed at her. "You're right." Before Stephanie could even prepare, Will shot out of his seat, walking towards the door. "Isaac!" Will screamed and after a few seconds, Isaac came in, making Will sigh as he closed the door, walking back to the spiny chair.

"How do I tell-" "Oh. I heard you. You're very loud." Isaac interrupted, walking towards Stephanie, kissing the top of her head.

"Look! Last week he asked me if I liked anybody and I thought that by the way he said 'anybody' he was hoping that the 'anybody' was him because he could've asked of there was any girl that I liked but then I remembered that he already knows I'm pan and was just being considerate." Will said awkwardly, pulling his lips into a line as he nodded his head. Isaac sighed, running a hand through his hair as he sat on the foot of Stephanie's bed.

"I say just tell him." Isaac shrugged and Will groaned, throwing good head back as he spun around in the chair. "But that's so stressful!!" He whined.

The door slammed open again, this time it was Scott and Stiles. Will yelped, startled slightly as Stephanie groaned, throwing her head back. "Does anybody here knock?!"

"What's going on?" Isaac asked and Stiles held an eager smile, motioning for the three to follow him. Scott looked over the three before nodding his head out the door. "Come on. We're going to go out and find a body."

"A dead body." Stiles clarified, making Stephanie roll her eyes slightly as she got off the bed, walking out after Stiles and Scott with Isaac beside her and Will behind her. "Well, no shit." Stephanie mumbled, Isaac and Will hearing. Isaac chuckled at her words as Will quickly kicked the back of her knee from behind, making her stumble forward.

...

"You know, if my dad's right, that means there's another werewolf in town that we haven't met yet. I know." Stiles said as the group walked through the woods. "If it turns out to be something like triplets that form into, like, a three-headed hound of hell-" "I'm seriously not up for that." Will immediately cut off Stiles and Scott shook his head. "Yeah. Me either. Especially if I can't even control my own transformation anymore."

A loud howl rang through the woods, making Stiles yelp, jumping back. Stiles didn't realize Will was right behind him and almost tackled the boy to the ground. Will let out a small 'woah' dropping his phone off the small edge they stood over and into a puddle.

Will let out a small whine, frowning at his phone on the ground. Stiles, still freaked out by the howl, grabbed Will's hand. Will's heart jumped, totally forgetting about his phone to look down at Stiles and Isaac quickly turned to Will at the sound of his heartbeat racing before subtly nudging Steph, gesturing to the boys.

Stiles sighed, looking up at Will. "Sorry, bubba. I hate coyotes so much. They always sound like they're mauling some tiny, helpless little animal." Stiles said, keeping his eyes on Will's phone as Scott jumped off the egde to grab Will's phone. Stephanie grabbed Isaac's hand, looking up at him with wide eyes and a big smile. "Bubba!" She mouthed and Isaac chuckled, shaking his head.

"It still works." Scott said, tossing Will his phone as the group slowly walked down the edge. Stephanie looked around them and could faintly see a big shadow in the distance. "Let me see the flashlight." Stephanie asked, holding her arm out behind her to whoever had the flashlight. Once she felt it in her hand, she quickly turned it on, shining it ahead of her. "I think we found it." She mumbled when her eyes met she shiny silver car door.

Stephanie started walking towards it, Isaac right beside her as he looked at the car with wide eyes. "Uh... Why wouldn't they move it?" He asked and Scott quickly nodded, bending down to look inside the upside down car. "Yeah. Isn't it evidence?"

"Probably too much of a pain in the ass to tow out." Stephanie mumbled, squatting down to shine the flashlight inside the car so Scott could actually see. "Look at this." Stiles said from the other side of the car with Will, making Stephanie, Isaac and Scott get up and walk towards them. "See those?" Will asked and Stephanie pointed at where he was looking, the threes eyes going wide and the slash marks on the door.

"Animal claws would be closer together, right? A lot closer." Will said and Stephanie slowly nodded. "Then it was a werewolf." Isaac said, making Stiles sigh, pinching the bridge of his nose. "So, my dad was right."

Suddenly, Scott bent down and leaned into the car. After a few seconds, he came out holding a doll Stephanie instantly recognized. "Lilly Laughs A-Lot." She breathed out and Will groaned, shaking his head. "God! I hated that thing! All she did was complain and say-" "I'm hungry!" The doll finished Will's sentence, making Will and Stiles yell, grabbing each other's hands as Isaac jumped back into Stephanie's side and Scott dropped the doll in shock.

She instantly laughed at the boys reaction, picking up the doll. "She always was my favorite doll when we visited them."

"That's not funny." Isaac mumbled and Stephanie turned to him with raised brows and a small smirk. "Oh, just like how you don't like this little guy?" She quickly had her spider birthmark crawl done her arm and onto her hand, making Issac slap her hand away from his face, grabbing her other. "I think I just had a minor heart attack." Stiles breathed out, still staring at the doll and still holding Will's hand

A faint growling made the five freeze. They all slowly looked up and stared at the coyote a few feet away from them in shock. "Hey, guys... Please tell me you see that." Isaac whispered and Stiles scoffed. "Yes, we see it. God, why did he come along?"

"Are we really gonna argue about this right now?" Stephanie whisper yelled, turning to Stiles. The Stilinski boy turned to her, squinting slightly. "We're about to be coyote chow. It's now or never."

While the two were arguing and Isaac and Will were watching, Scott ran after the coyote, making the four stop what they were doing and go to chase after him. "Wait, hey, Scott! Scott, wait!"

...

The four ran through the woods, Isaac leading them since he had Scott's scent as Stiles ran beside Will, yelling at Isaac about being bad at catching scents when they ran into Scott, making them all yell.

Stephanie pressed a hand to her head as she tried to catch her breath. "Jesus Christ. We got to put a bell on you or something." She mumbled as Scott looked at the group with wide eyes. "I think I found something."

Scott quickly started walking away and the four quickly followed after him until he skidded to a stop, looking over at what looked to be a cave, jackets and blankets laid out on the ground. "It's a coyote den." Stiles mumbled before reaching in and grabbing the jacket off the ground. "You see this? This is Malia's. Remember, it's the same one she was wearing in the photo."

"We shouldn't be in here." Will mumbled and Scott turned to him with furrowed brows. "What do you mean? She's not going to come back now. We just invaded her home. Our scent's going to be everywhere."

"If she's not going to come back here, where's she going to go?" Stiles asked and Scott sighed, shrugging. "I don't know."

Stephanie slowly started to walk away from the group, trying to control her breathing as he shook her hands to get her blood flowing.

"Hey, Steph? You okay?" Stiles asked, noticing Stephanie walked away front when group. They all slowly turned around to her as she shook her head. Will quickly walked towards her, standing right in front of her. "It's freaking you out, isn't it? Seeing the car. And the doll."

"How are you not freaking out?" Stephanie mumbled and Will quickly nodded. "I am freaking out. But I'm trying to hold it in. I mean think about it, Steph... There's a chance Malia could still be alive."

Stephanie nodded, swallowing the lump in her throat as she liked back and forth between the four boys. "I need to go home." She mumbled and Scott furrowed his brows, standing up. "What?"

"Look, I used to have sleepovers with Malia and Kylie every Saturday night. We'd hide that Lilly Laughs A-Lot around the house to try and scare Will. All these memories they're just coming back and it's too much for me" Stephanie said, her eyes flashing purple, making the four boys jump.

Stephanie shut her eyes softly, taking a deep breath and slowly opening her eyes, their color back to brown. "I just... need to go home." Stephanie whispered and Isaac nodded, walking towards her.

"I'll take you home." He turned to Will with raised brows. "You doing okay?" After a few seconds, Will nodded. "I'm okay." Isaac nodded at Will's words, wrapping an arm around Stephanie's waist, the two walking back home.

...

"For class today, you will be doing problems 11-30 on page 187." Stephanie, Isaac, Lydia and Allison's math teacher, Mrs. Lusy, said announced to the class the next day. Stephanie sighed, resting her head in her hand as she flipped through the pages.

She felt herself stare at the first problem, not reading it but just looking at the page. Allison looked at her from the desk next to her, her eyes instantly widening as Stephanie's eyes glowed purple. "Steph!" Allison whisper yelled but she didn't answer but she was loud enough for Lydia to look over from the other side of Stephanie.

"What's wrong with her?" Lydia whispered to Allison who shrugged. "I don't know." Lydia turned to Stephanie, kicking the leg of her chair in hopes of snapping her out of her daydream. Lydia looked down and her eyes went wide at Stephanie's homework. "Allison..."

Isaacs head whipped to Lydia at her words from the seat behind Stephanie, he and Allison watched as Lydia stared at Stephanie's paper, making the two slowly look to follow their eyesight.

Stephanie was burning the paper on fire, just from looking at it. "Shit!" Isaac muttered as Allison threw her jacket over the flame to stop the fire. Isaac looked at the back of Stephanie head where her spider birthmark was walking in circles. Isaac sighed, flashing his claws with his left hand as he slowly brought it up to her neck.

"Sorry little guy..." Isaac muttered before stabbing Stephanie's neck with one of his claws, making Stephanie jump out of her daydream, her hand flying to her neck in pain. "Holy shit." She breathed out as she slowly turned around to Isaac, looking at him with wide eyes.

"Look what you did to your homework." Isaac said quickly so he wasn't out to blame. Stephanie whipped her head to her desk, slowly lifting Allison's jacket off of her textbook, her eyes instantly widening at the briton out hole in her book. She slowly lifted up the book and turned to Allison beside her, looking at her through the hole.

"Holy shit." She breathed out and Isaac hummed, nodding his head, making Stephanie turn to him. "Hole-y shit indeed." Stephanie instantly gave him an 'are yo serious' look, dropping her book on her desk. "Really? A joke right now?" Isaac smiled, leaning forward on his desk to kiss Stephanie. "Yes. Always."

...

"All right, everyone. Let's get started. We were just talking about internment camps and prisoners of war. There's a passage in our reading that I'd like to go over in more detail... Who would like to come up and read aloud for us?" Mr. Yukimura asked the class. Will immediately looked down at his paper so he wouldn't be called on as Stiles pretended to write.

Mr. Yukimura laughed at the two boys, turning to Stiles. "Mr. Stilinski, how about you?" Will's eyes went wide as Stiles slumped in his chair slightly. "Oh, maybe someone else could." Stiles said and the teacher laughed slightly, shaking his head slightly. "Everyone participates in my class, Mr. Stilinski."

"I can go instead of Stiles." Will said, sitting up straighter as he rose his hand. Mr. Yukimura turned to Will, shaking his head. "That's a kind offer Mr. Saticoy but I think Mr. Stilinski should go."

Stiles turned to Will, nodding his head. "It's okay, Will." Will sighed at his words as Stiles got up, walking towards the podium in the front of class.

Will bit his lip anxiously as Stiles stared at the book in front of him with wide eyes. Even from half way across the class, Will could hear Stiles' uneven breaths, making him slowly stand up and walk towards him.

"Okay, okay. Come on, come on." Will could hear Stiles whisper once he got closer. Will got beside Stiles placing a hand on his shoulder to catch his attention. "Stiles? You okay?"

Stiles shook his head as his breathing started to grow heavier. Will nodded, quickly turning to Mr. Yukimura. "I should take him to the nurse's office." The teacher immediately nodded and Will quickly wrapped his arm around Stiles' shoulder, pulling him out of the class.

Will quickly walked into the locker room, helping Stiles onto the floor and he quickly kneeled down beside him. "Stiles, look at me, bud. Is this another panic attack?" Will asked and Stiles shook his head, his breathing still out of shape. "It's a dream, it's a dream. This is just a dream."

Will shook his head, leaning down so Stiles is looking at him. "No, it's not. This is real. You're here. You're here with me." Stiles ignored him, looking just passed him. Will scrunched his face, trying to think of how to get Stiles' panic and quickly turned to him. "Okay, what do you do? I mean, like, how do you tell if you're awake or dreaming?"

"Your fingers... You count your fingers. You have extra fingers in dreams." Stiles said in between his breathing. Will nodded holding up his opened hands in front of Stiles. "How many do I have?"

Stiles ignored him, making Will grab the edge of Stiles' jawline, turning his face to have Stiles look at him. "Hey! Look at me. Come on, Stiles. Look at my hands and count with me."

Stiles slowly looked up at Will, looking at the fingers on his hands. "One..." Stiles muttered as Will put down his thumb. "Two." Stiles said as Will put down his right pointer finger, making him nod. "Keep going."

"Three. Four."

"Five." Stiles muttered and Will put down one of his hands, one more to go. "Six. Seven." Stiles muttered, making Will smile. "There we go..."

"Eight. Nine." Stiles muttered before blinking rapidly at Will's last finger. "Ten." Stiles whispered, making Will nod.

"Ten." Will breathed out, a small reassuring smile on his face. Stiles looked at Will for a few seconds before slowly nodding his head and leaning forward to pull Will into a hug. Will felt his stomach flip, slowly hugging Stiles back. Stiles felt himself relax in the hug, nuzzling his face into Will's neck.

"What the hell is happening to me?" Stiles asked, his words muffled slightly from being pressed against Will's neck. Will sighed, hugging him tighter. "We'll figure it out. You're going to be okay."

"Am I?" Stiles asked, pilullinf away slightly so he was facing Will, their arms still around each other. "I'm straight up losing my mind. We can't do this. We can't... We can't help Malia. We can't help anyone."

"We can try." Will said before grabbing Stiles' hands, making him look up at Will. "We can always try." Will repeated.

...

"Do not forget the chapters on president Cartervand the commission on wartime relocation." Mr. Yukimura announced as the bell rang and kids walked out of the class. Kira slowly looked down at the two bags on ground belonging to Will and Stiles, she sighed grabbing the two bags and going to walk out of the class.

As she exited, her eyes fell on Stephanie who she had remembered seeing with the two boys. She quickly ran towards her, groaning at the three backpacks she was carrying. "Excuse me?"

Stephanie turned around at the girl, her eyebrows furrowing at Kira with all the backpacks. "You're Stephanie, right?" Kira asked and Stephanie slowly nodded.

"Do you know where your friends might be? They left their backpacks." Kira asked, holding Will and Stiles' bags in her hands. Stephanie laughed, shaking her head. "Oh! I can take them-" "I can help you!" Kira screamed, making Stephanie's eyes go wide slightly until she let out a small chuckle at Kira's awkwardness. "I mean... I can help you." Kira corrected and Stephanie smiled, taking her brothers bag as she went to walk around the school, Kira right beside her.

The girls slowly walked into the locker rooms. "Will? Stiles?" Stephanie called out. The two heard the sound of footsteps walking towards them and when they turned down one of the aisles, they came face to face with a coyote, holding the doll Scott had found in its mouth.

"Oh, my god." Stephanie whispered under her breath as Kira grabbed Stephanie's hand in fear. The coyote growled at the girls, taking slow steps towards them. the coyote started running towards the girls and Stephanies eyes went wide. "Get behind me!" She screamed, pushing Kira behind her slightly. Stephanie felt Kira hide her face in her back so when she knew Kira wasn't looking, Stephanie flashed her purple eyes at the coyote, pushing her arms out to push a gush of wind at the coyote, making the slide backwards.

The coyote looked up at Stephanie, it's own eyes shining bright blue, making Stephanie's purple eyes grow wider. "Malia." Stephanie whispered and Malia ran off.

–I SEARCHED UP THEIR HEIGHTS AND ROSS IS TALLER THAN DYLAN BY LIKE TWO INCHES AND IDK WHY BUT WILL BEING TALLER THAN STILES BUT STILL THE BABY OF THE RELATIONSHIP IS DOING SOMETHING TO MY HEART!!

also... TOTALLY forgot abt stephs birthmark so i had to bring it up again i-

i love how all of my books are like 1500-2000 words per chapter and then for this one it's like 3500-4000

WILL THE PAN ICON ☝️😫❤️