Title: Don't Worry Baby
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Pairing: Derek/Stiles, Stiles/Others
Categories: AU, romance, prostitution
Length: Long (20,276)
Warnings: Brief violence. (There's no mpreg or indication that mpreg is possible, but Derek does express a desire to be able to get Stiles pregnant.)

Author on LJ: kalpurna
Author Website: kalpurna

Author's Summary: "You know you're allowed to ask for vanilla sex, right?" he says, afterwards. "We can do whatever you want. That's kind of the point."
Derek doesn't respond.

Review:
Stiles is twenty-one and working as a prostitute whose customers are mainly werewolves. Derek asks him to drop his other clients.

Instead of rough sex, the secret longing Derek's afraid to voice is for gentleness, commitment, and even that darkest and kinkiest of secrets... a desire to one day start a family. Kalpurna makes great use of his awkwardness and stalkerish tendencies too, so he feels very in character. And Stiles is dead-on; he's mouthy and smart, great with his plans to improve Derek's life, and he's also coming around to the joys of vanilla sex and his feelings for Derek. Erica and Isaac are a great supporting cast.

This could have been solely about the Hooker!AU plot and miscommunications, but kalpurna's writing ensures that it ends up being more about character development. She shows it in their vulnerability, their growing fondness for one another, and in a few dozen great details that range from the funny to the insightful. (A favorite of mine is when Stiles compares Derek's sad attempts at stalking to that of a cat trying to hide behind a sneaker.)

Don't Worry Baby