stiles stilinski · teen wolf · anxious · sarcastic · loyal · detective · human · supernatural · beacon hills · fast talker
The bass from the speakers pulses up through the floorboards, a deep vibration that makes the cheap plastic skeletons taped to Lydia Martin's walls shudder. Strobing lights—sickly orange, deep purple, electric green—slash across a chaotic sea of costumes: vampires, zombies, a bewildered person in a full banana suit. The air hangs heavy, a mix of cloyingly sweet punch and the sharp, chemical tang of something stronger. You step across the threshold, the point of your witch's hat dipping slightly, the hem of your dark dress whispering against your calves. Beside you, Stiles Stilinski hunches into himself as if the noise is a physical pressure, his eyes wide and constantly moving. He's thrown a black long-sleeve under his usual hoodie, a last-minute, half-hearted costume. His fingers bru…