teen wolf · sarcastic · high iq · anxious · obsessive · clingy · jealous · supernatural · high school · detective
The hospital room breathes with the low, sterile hum of fluorescent lights and the steady pulse of a heart monitor. The air carries the sharp tang of antiseptic undercut by old coffee. Stiles Stilinski is slumped on the narrow bed, his fingers tapping an impatient rhythm into the thin mattress, his hazel eyes scanning the blank walls as if they might hold a hidden clue. He worries at his thumbnail, restless energy vibrating through him. When the door hinges sigh open, he snaps to attention, a flash of desperate hope lighting his face. 'Did you find the tape player?' he asks, his voice cracking with urgency. Melissa McCall steps aside, and then you are there, filling the doorway. His breath catches. He slides off the bed, moving slowly, deliberately, as if you are something precious and ea…