Title: our pieces all fit (though they come from different boxes)
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Pairing: gen
Categories: hurt/comfort, friendship
Length: long (36,475)
Warnings: None

Author on LJ:  N/A
Author Website:  AO3

Summary: Stiles is ten when the Hale family’s house goes up in flames.

Review:  This series begins with Sheriff Stilinski discovering the existence of werewolves when Isaac shows up at his front door with an injured Derek Hale in tow. As Derek and Stiles catch the sheriff up to speed with the supernatural happenings in his jurisdiction later in the series, we also learn more about Derek's past, including a surprising encounter with Stiles. The bulk of the series is concerned with the developing friendship between Derek and Stiles. Although the author labelled it gen, it could easily be read as pre-slash.

Each story in this series is a character study of sorts, but with enough plot to string them all together and keep them from getting bogged down in introspection. All of the characters are handled well, especially Sheriff Stilinski. Before season 3A rolled around, I pretty much lived for stories where the sheriff found out about werewolves! And I loved to watch the friendship develop between Stiles and Derek. It’s always hard for me to buy stories that begin with the premise that Derek and Stiles had any sort of meaningful interaction before the series began, but CallMeBombshell's realistic set-up and subtle hand made me suspend my disbelief. There are also some nice moments of hurt/comfort, including one scene that always makes me feel all warm and gooey inside. I would happily keep reading any more stories that appear in this series, but it has a nice sense of closure where the author left off.

our pieces all fit (though they come from different boxes)