❝I believe that, on the inside, we are all the same person.❞ The one year expanse of two different stories that led two different people in the same direction.

Lydia Martin: she walked with her body covered in bruises, she thought he loved her, he kissed her with his fist. Stiles Stilinski: he walked behind her shadow, he thought he loved her, she kissed him with only lust. When stiles and lydia meet each other they soon realize the relationships they are in are not healthy, they are not love, they are abusive. both lydia and stiles find comfort in each other. they are each others escape from Lydia's boyfriend, Jackson, and from stiles girlfriend, Malia. sequel: bad blood.

"One love, one house." .............. Set in an alternate universe where Stiles and Lydia had never met, they are stuck as room mates for a year. It's not ideal. Stiles has no idea how to act around her, and for once, a boy is somehow making Lydia nervous. It's complicated. Meddling supernatural friends aren't much help either.