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A Tether in the Dark by ReadNowSleepLater
Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV), The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Originals (TV)
26 Nov 2025
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Summary
Stiles Stilinski never meant to become a myth.
After the fall of his pack and the fading of Beacon Hills’ magic, he runs – straight into a world older, darker, and far more complicated than he ever imagined. Mystic Falls is supposed to be a quiet place to start over, to ground himself again. Instead, it becomes the center of a storm he didn’t know was waiting for him.
Drawn into the tangled lives of the Mikaelsons, Stiles finds unexpected warmth among immortals who should’ve terrified him – and something dangerously close to belonging. Between Elijah’s steady grace, Kol’s mischief, Klaus’ possessive charm, and Peter’s return from the shadows, he starts to build something new: a family stitched together by chaos, magic, and a kind of love that defies logic.
But magic never lets go without a fight, and neither do old bonds. When ghosts from his past and creatures from the dark rise to claim him, Stiles has to face what it truly means to be an anchor – and what, and who, he’s willing to tether himself to.
Because in the end, even in the dark, someone always reaches back.Series
- Part 1 of A Tether in the Dark