Beltane

by DevilDoll

Teen Wolf Fan-fiction: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
"Watching Stiles heal someone has always been a little uncomfortable for Derek, like he's seeing something intimate and private that shouldn't have an audience. That's nothing compared to how it feels."
This is an AU in which Stiles has magical healing powers.
Words:8245 complete
Art: blandade@tumblr

Genres: Fan Fiction, M M Romance, Shapeshifters, Paranormal, LGBT, Magic, Short Stories

25 pages, ebook

First published November 28, 2012

Reviews

[Otila · Rating 4 out of 5]

You know what I love about Magic!Stiles?

Magic!Stiles is Tatted!Stiles. (Yum)


Stiles is a healer and he not only heals Derek's wounds, he heals his soul--with some magical foreplay.

Every pleasure center in Derek's brain lights up and his back arches as his eyes roll back back in his head, and it's all he can do to not moan as everything that's always been so right about Stiles flows into him.

[Julio Genao · Rating 2 out of 5]

measured, with assured prose, but the plotting lost all kinetic energy a third of the way in, leaving this a small and gentle amuse bouche about pulling your head out of your own ass.

[Jennifer☠Pher☠ · Rating 4 out of 5]

**Re-Read**

"I've always felt this way."

Jesus. I think this is my third re-read of this one and for some reason, this really hit me this time. So many feelings. Gah!

"This is for the one you are destined to find. He is your fate. You are his salvation.The tooth and the claw, the light and the hope. The protector and his healer."

Stop!

I'm in a Magic Stiles mood so I did a quick re-read of this one. I don't know if I have mentioned before but man oh man, this needs to be longer. So much good stuff packed into such a short amount of pages.
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Another very moving and romantic magic Stiles story. The connection between these two is always amazing but this one had something extra special that just made me shiver.

This was an inspired by at the end of one of the stories in the Incantation Ink series and I can totally see why. If you liked that you will for sure like this as well.

Must read for magic Stiles lovers :)

Here is a piece of art that inspired the author to write this story.



Read.

[Tara♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh. My. Goodness.

This was fantastic. I absolutely loved it. Really well written and despite it being only 25 pages you get a great story.

Stiles is a healer with lots of tattoos and piercings. Yay!!!


Derek is sour, sad, thinks he doesn't deserve Stiles wolf. Yay!!!


Derek gets injured.

The healing begins.

Excellent.

I'd quite like to read more from this world. For some reason I got strong Buffy vibes from it and I can't for the life of me say why.

Some funny banter also included:

"You can repaint it any color you want," Derek manages to say almost normally; the pain's finally fading to a dull throb. "Except that putrid green."

"It's called 'Quaking Aspen,' you barbarian," Stiles says, sounding more like himself than he has since he got here. "Somewhere, Martha Stewart just had to sit down and breathe into a paper bag."

Even Derek can be funny:

"He's got so much of Stiles thrumming through him he'll probably be listening to Mumford & Sons for the next week."

[* A Reader Obsessed * · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

I can safely say that everything I've ever read from DevilDoll has been pretty darn awesome and this was no different.

Here, Derek's self loathing is at an all time high; so much so that he has kept his feelings for Stiles hidden because he doesn't think he's worthy of it. When his life is at stake, truths are revealed and Derek realizes that he should have had a little faith.

So if you like destined love, epic love - then this dense novella should make you extremely happy. Angsty and sexy, the only bad thing about this was that it's not long enough.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

How am I just now reading this? Loved this

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bordering near 2.5 stars.

This one is a little lackluster for me. It did have a very heartfelt depiction of Derek in it as it is told from his POV. Stiles on the other hand read as much more emo? alternative? not sure the proper word to describe this version of Stiles.

Derek is hurt badly enough that he is having trouble healing and Stiles is a healer, but when Stiles lays hands on him to heal him, Stiles' emotions for him are made known to Derek.

Only a little bit of sexy provided and it was seemed in emotion from Derek, but the story didn't seem fitting enough for them and the emotion not quite raw enough. Though there were a few good lines that captured Derek's despair and longing well enough:



“Loyalty and love and joy, burning right through to the rotten core of him where Derek is weak and broken and worthless.”

“Stiles' emotions, he assumes, but he'll take them. His own aren't this enjoyable most of the time.”

[Meep · Rating 3 out of 5]

Different to the usual Stiles incarnations, more serious with a sad longing rather than flaily humour.

Magic Stiles who heals and shares.

It was well written, quite a lot of focus on ink and piercings.

Personally I prefer to see characters work through issues, accept and grow - here it's sudden magic accidentally making everything better and allowing Derek to move on. If only reality were so simple!

I'll check out others by this author but this one isn't quite for me.

[Jyanx · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good, but not great story. An interesting concept.

[Valerie ❈M/M Romance Junkie❈ · Rating 4 out of 5]

read 10/02/2014
reread 07/12/2015
Reread 1/1/2017
Reread 11/13/2019 Jennifer made me do it

[Julesmarie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one made such pretty pictures in my head. Stiles is a healer, with gifts he inherited from his mother. Apparently part of his abilities and his training includes tattoos in red ink that cover much of his upper body (and which GLOW when he's using his abilities! Such pretty images in my mind!)

Completely lovely story.

Favorite Quotes:
or at least desperately trying to do the least amount of damage possible to the people around him.

Stiles is a healer for a reason; it's as necessary to him as breathing.

[Trisha Harrington · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely and short Sterek fic. The type of Sterek fic you don't need to watch the show to understand what's going on.

[Seregil · Rating 3 out of 5]

nice, but so short...

[Trix · Rating 3 out of 5]

The tattoos were cool. Stiles' magic was cool. The interaction between Derek and Stiles was lovely as always. 3 solid points right there.

Maybe I'm getting a bit used to the magic that is Stiles and Derek but I wasn't swept off my feet by their love. It was pleasant enough for this short story. I liked how dedicated Stiles about healing people. It would have been interesting to have a little more explanation why the wound required so many tries before it started healing when it killed that creature. But I liked the emotional transference. That was clever, especially since they contradicted so strongly. Derek was so sad and depressed while Stiles was bursting with love... so appropriate for their personalities. I liked watching them coming together.

[Maiko-chan [|] · Rating 4 out of 5]

Favorite quotes:

Derek can't even speak for a second, feeling like the world around him has been momentarily put on pause as everything slots into place. That's what it is, this new thing simmering inside him that's making him feel like there are options for his life other than spending it doing penance, or desperately trying to do the least amount of damage possible to the people around him. This sudden and inexplicable feeling of value. That's how Stiles feels about him.
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"It's called 'Quaking Aspen,' you barbarian," Stiles says, sounding more like himself than he has since he got here. "Somewhere, Martha Stewart just had to sit down and breathe into a paper bag."

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

I do love me a tattooed BAMF magic using Stiles. This was a nice little short with some feelz and some smex, isolated to this one scene where they finally realizing that they're both been pining for pretty much ever.

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Mj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this, just lovely

[GrEatE · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*

[Tailtiu · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5*