it was no secret to everyone apart from stiles that you had a crush on him, scott could hear your heart beat quicken whenever stiles was near you and the others easily figured it out— yet stiles was oblivious.
you'd been best friends with stiles for years, but once you started senior year your feelings began to change for him.
something about him made your heart race whenever he walked into a room, his lopsided smile made your stomach flip and you were one of the only ones that understood his sarcastic jokes.
despite your new feelings for stiles, there was one obstacle, lydia martin. the girl he had been in love with since the third grade, and was still in love with. you knew this, and even tried to persuade lydia to date him at one point.
now everything was different and you had no idea what to do, you couldn't stop thinking about stiles but you didn't want to ruin your friendship with him because it meant too much to you.
you'd even consulted scott but he didn't know how to help since he didn't want you to get hurt if he didn't feel the same.
one day during lunch, you were sat with the pack, and everyone's eyes were drawn to stiles who was walking towards them with lydia who was laughing and smiling at something he'd said. all of them turned to look at you to see your reaction, but you simply sighed and continued eating your lunch.
scott placed his hand over yours comfortingly, giving you a reassuring smile.
as stiles took a seat next to liam, the smile on his face didn't disappear, "so... guess who has a date this friday with a pretty strawberry blonde?"
liam looked away, as the others remained quiet.
"guys?? hello??" stiles said, looking around at his friends until his eyes landed on you, "y/n?"
"i'm happy for you, stiles." you gave him a slight smile as your heart broke inside.
"thanks, y/n! at least someone cares." he narrowed his eyes at scott.
"i'm happy for you too, man. this is all you've ever wanted." scott said.
"yeah." stiles grinned.
mason and corey exchanged a knowing look before looking over at you, "hey y/n, you're still coming to study with us... right now?"
"huh?" you asked, before they looked behind you at lydia who was heading back to the table with her lunch, "oh, yeah, of course! how could i forget?"
"see you later, y/n?" stiles asked, looking after you as you left the table.
"sure." you replied, before walking away with your friends.
"we guessed you wouldn't want to be around them whilst they're in a loved-up state." corey said.
"i guess you're right." you shrugged, looking back to see lydia sitting besides stiles who had wrapped his arm around her.
"i don't understand why she wants to date him now after all these years." mason wondered out loud.
"i don't know." you sighed as you walked into the library, sitting opposite mason and corey, grabbing one of your text books to study from.
when the bell rang to signal the end of lunch, you headed to your next class which unfortunately was one of the many you shared with stiles.
"hey, y/n!" stiles smiled as he slung his bag to floor and slid into the desk next to you.
"hey." you mumbled.
"you okay?" he asked, looking concerned.
"yeah, i'm fine, stiles." you said, keeping your eyes on the board as the teacher wrote down what you were going to learn during class.
"can we talk after school?" stiles asked.
you sighed, looking over at him, "i'm sorry, i kinda have plans after school."
"with who?" he asked, his smile faltering.
"scott." you replied, it wasn't exactly a lie, you did have plans to study with scott after school.
"oh," stiles nodded, looking down at his textbook, "well... maybe another time?"
luckily the teacher began to talk and you didn't have to reply, for the rest of the class stiles kept glancing over at you wondering if he'd done something wrong.
as soon as the bell rang, you grabbed your bag and hurried out of the classroom without looking back at stiles who tried to catch up with you.
scott was waiting for you outside, you hopped onto the back of his motorcycle and placed one of his helmets on.
stiles watched as you disappeared from his sight, a strange feeling occurring in his chest that he'd never felt before.
as he drove home in his jeep, the feeling didn't disappear.
he headed up to his room and threw his backpack into a corner before laying back on his bed and grabbing his phone.
opening up his texts with scott his fingers hovered over the keyboard.
stiles
hey... are you with y/n?
scott
yeah, why?
stiles
well is she okay? she's been
acting weird lately
scott
idk man maybe it's just u
stiles
what do you mean?
scott
...
stiles
come on, you're my best friend
scott
and y/n is our best friend.
stiles
i know
scott
talk to her yourself??
stiles
i tried!!
scott
so, lydia huh
stiles
stop changing the subject
scott
let me ask you something, okay?
stiles
okay
scott
is she the one?
stiles
...
scott
well, is she everything you've
dreamed she'd be?
stiles
...
stiles
there's just something not right...
scott
what?
stiles
she's not y/n.
scott glanced over at you as you sat besides him, your head buried in a text book as you highlighted key words, a slight smile flickering across his lips.
scott
i think you should tell y/n.
stiles
tell her what?
scott
figure it out :)
stiles
scott!
read
stiles
don't leave me on read
read
stiles
i can't tell y/n i love her— there's
no chance she feels the same way
scott
for someone so smart
you really are oblivious.
scott
just come over here already
stiles
on my way!
stiles was already in his jeep before scott's last text, and miraculously the engine started the first time he inserted his keys.
it'd only taken him all this time to realise that it wasn't lydia he was in love with, it was you.
his crush on lydia was just a crush, yet he'd let it manifest into an obsession and once she finally agreed to go on a date with him he realised he wasn't as happy as he thought he would be— especially when he saw your reaction, the only persons reaction he cared about.
pulling up outside of scott's house, he took a deep breath before getting out of his jeep and heading towards the front door, entering without knocking like he did whenever he visited scott.
he found you and scott in the living room, knee deep in books. his breath caught for a moment as he saw you, his whole perspective changing.
"y/n." he said, almost breathlessly.
you looked up, seeing stiles staring at you, "stiles?"
"uh, can i talk to you?" he asked, his eyes flickering towards scott hinting that he wanted to be alone.
"i'll be right back." scott said, smirking to himself as he left the room.
"what is it, stiles? if it's about lydia i really can't do that right now." you admitted.
"it's not about lydia— it's about you, and how i've been in love with you all along but i've been an idiot and not realised until now." stiles said, his whiskey-brown eyes wide as he stared at you, waiting for your reaction.
you stared at him speechlessly, "i— i don't know what to say."
"just tell him you love him already!" scott yelled from the kitchen.
a pale blush crept onto your cheeks, "well he isn't lying."
stiles' lips curled into your favourite lopsided smile, "i'm sorry for being a jerk, and for being oblivious."
"what about lydia?" you asked, standing up and walking slowly towards him.
"i called off the date, she didn't seem too sad about it." he shrugged.
"oh." you smiled, standing in front of him now.
"so you love me?" stiles asked, raising his eyebrows slightly.
"yes, i didn't say anything because i didn't want to ruin our friendship..." you trailed off.
"good, maybe i can finally do this..." stiles said as he leaned down towards you, pressing his lips against yours.
"finally!" scott exclaimed as he walked into the living room.
you pulled away and looked at scott, "really, scott?"
"sorry i got bored of standing in the kitchen, but feel free to continue whatever you're doing." he grinned, reaching for the tv remote.
stiles laughed, "maybe later..." he said as he glanced at you, "but right now i heard there's a star wars marathon on..."
stiles took a seat next to his best friend and gestured for you to sit next to him, his arm wrapping around your shoulders.
"great, now i'm the third wheel." scott complained as he found the movie channel, but he secretly didn't mind as his best friends were finally happy.
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just adding some more imagines !
i deleted some chapters that people
weren't interested in lmao