megtheloser
When Stiles Stilinski loses his mother, he thinks nothing in the world could ever feel whole again. His father, shattered by grief, retreats into his lab, obsessing over the impossible: curing death, stopping time, undoing the one thing he couldn't protect his family from.
Years pass and their house becomes a place of silent hallways, missed dinners, and a locked laboratory door that never opens.
Until one day... it does.
His father doesn't bring back Claudia.
He doesn't cure death.
He creates life.
The guy who he found in the lab was not necessarily human, not exactly, but he is warm, curious, and sees Stiles in a way no one else ever has. He learns too fast, feels too deeply, and looks at Stiles like he's the first story worth hearing.
As they grow closer, Stiles faces a truth he never expected this guy might be the only one who can teach him how to live again... and how to love for the very first time.
But nothing born from grief comes without shadows, and Stiles soon discovers that love created in a lab may have consequences that he will need to face.