Sterek Ficlets

Adopt a Purr

Derek started volunteering at a local animal shelter. The owner was someone named Miezcyslaw Stilinski. During his second week working for the company, Derek met the owner—"Call me Stiles!"—and was assigned to work with the pups to start with.

Every day when Derek came in, Stiles was sitting at his desk with a random cat in his lap and the cat was always purring. It didn't matter which cat Stiles had in his lap, that cat would be purring.

Derek was quite taken with the gorgeous man who he had deemed a certifiable cat whisperer. Derek ended up working more often, and one Friday afternoon, six months into his employment, he was tasked with closing.

He wandered around, locking up only to discover that Stiles was asleep in the cat room with all of the cats surrounding him. Derek did not take a picture—okay he totally did—and then he walked in but at his presence the cats all moved away.

They didn't hate him according to Stiles but Derek knew there was no competition between him and the owner. It was only when he got closer to Stiles with the intent to wake him, that Derek realized Stiles himself was purring. It was the same purr that Derek had heard at the desk every day. So was Stiles the one purring this whole time and why was Derek only now figuring this out?!

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Derek learned the following day that the animal shelter called Adopt A Purr had some supernatural elements to it. He pondered on his interest in adopting Stiles but instead, when they both were leaving for the day, Derek said, "So could I date a purr? I'm pretty sure I can't adopt you, though I'd like to try. So would you want to go on a date with me?"

The same purring sound Derek had grown to love erupted at the same time that Stiles said yes with bright pink cheeks.

The wolf let his eyes glow red for a moment to show it was okay and that seemed to settle Stiles enough that he demanded they go out that night.

If they ended up back at Derek's apartment with Stiles's head in the wolf's lap as Derek carded his fingers through the purring man's hair, well that was their business.

Stiles was more than willing for Derek to adopt him as his boyfriend and Derek was already head over heels. This was the beginning of a purrrrr-fect relationship.