A Californian Werewolf In New York by dancinbutterfly and knight_tracer (Explicit)

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Fandom: Teen Wolf
Pairing: Derek/Stiles
Length: 16,314
Author Website: dancinbutterfly on AO3 and knight_tracer on AO3
Author's Summary: When Derek finally realizes that there's nothing left for him in Beacon Hills, he goes back to New York, gets a life, falls in love and finds his home.
Why this must be read: This is a good, solid Derek POV with a Derek we rarely get to see, a Derek that is taking himself out of a situation that isn't working for him and is taking care of himself. There's also a nice little cameo from the jossverse.

He's putting his new bed frame together. The boxspring and Tempurpedic mattress were delivered yesterday and today he got the king-sized four-poster cherrywood number they're going to rest on. His wolf strength's making it a one man job; it’s just time consuming. So he's only halfway done, sitting on the floor in his new bedroom, when his phone buzzes. He doesn’t really have anyone who would be calling him but he's technically Garcetti pack now so he has to leave it on just in case. Only it’s not a pack thing. It's a text with a California area code. yo wolfboy, u dead? :P Derek glances at the name, and what the fuck. Why is Stiles texting him?

He texts back y r u texting me?

b cuz u told Isaac u were leavin gave erica the camero and havent been back in 3 mo. we thought u might b dead.

im not dead

duh.

Derek smiles. He's been smiling a lot more now that he's back in New York. No reason not to. He's not surrounded by all that death anymore, doesn’t have to put on the show of being powerful, scaring the kids and humans and wolves of Beacon Hills alike into submission. He doesn’t have to be grim. He can just be Derek. He texts back asshole.

at least u know where im at. whered u go?

home

His phone rings about fifteen seconds later and Stiles goes, "What? If you're not in Beacon Hills then where the hell is home?"

A Californian Werewolf in New York