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despite all his complaining, it's canon that stiles helped derek out and kept him safe in his precious Jeep, and after that he was willing to risk nightmares and passing out by sawing Derek's arm off when it was the only option to save his life
it's also canon, that out of all possible places to hide when being hunted by the law, derek chose stiles'room, and trusted him to not give him away to his dad, the fucking sheriff
and you know the best part? stiles didn't, he hid him and protected him again
and you know the best part? stiles didn't, he hid him and protected him again
it's canon that derek stood between isaac and stiles to protect him, and after he snarled isaac into submission he proceeded to pull out his "time to impress the human" face and stiles then gave him his "I'm very impressed" face in response
it's canon that Derek's first instinct was to protect stiles from the kanima (turning his back to it before he even knew what it was) iand make sure he got to safety
it's also canon that rather than saving his own skin, stiles dove into the pool and spent Hours (thanks scott) keeping his head above water, and he would have drowned with derek rather than run away and leave him to die
it's canon that stiles offered "an abomination" when derek couldn't find a word to differentiate the kanima from a werewolf, making sure derek knew he didn't think of him as one
friendly reminder that it's canon that stiles was able to recognize derek at a glance, despite derek being in BH for the first time in SIX years
it's canon that despite being under Jennifer's magic, derek believed stiles when he told him she had his father
Stiles was also the one to provide comfort to Derek after he was forced to kill Boyd with his own hand
It's canon that derek was messing with stiles solely because he wanted to when stiles asked him to punch his hand
derek was patient with stiles in the hospital, he asked if he knew what he was doing instead of making assumptions and immediately shutting him down
Stiles is canonically Derek's anchor, the one that keeps him calm in moments of distress, he dreams of stiles when in need of a safe place
(sidenote: it's canon that the showrunners queerbaited the hell out of sterek, used them to attract viewers and they made us think that there was a real possibility of them getting together in canon)
continuing, its canon that derek played along to stiles lies more than once, he played the role of cousin miguel when stiles needed him to
it's canon that stiles lost a toe while trying to save derek from the feds, it's canon that he was the one to suggest an operation in order to rescue him, it's canon that despite not having known about him for a while, stiles knew there was no way derek was a mass murderer
it's canon that in stiles' fantasy, he was all heroic when rescuing derek, it's canon that derek was surprised stiles wasn't able to convince the fbi to let him lead an important operation, it's canon that derek wanted everyone present to know he was carrying stiles bridal style
its canon that stiles was proud of the injury he got when rescuing derek, it's canon that they spent a long time together in the Jeep when coming back to BH
derek wanted stiles to be there when tattooing scott despite knowing damn well that stiles wouldn't be able to hold a werewolf down
it's canon that derek trusted stiles enough to let him stay alone with cora in the ambulance
It's canon that Stiles finishes Derek's sentences
actually, it's canon that they've had several interactions off screen
and when I say several
I mean SEVERAL
(another sidenote: it's canon that sterek is the most popular ship in the TW fandom, with over 60 thousand works only on ao3, not counting fanfiction dot net, wattpad, and tumblr)
it's canon that stiles was the one that bothered to learn about Derek's past and Paige, that he seemed to be an emotional wreck after it, and that he felt comfortable being alone in Derek's loft with his psychotic uncle and his sister,
it's canon that one of Derek's flirting tactics includes using a basketball, he used it on Paige, and later in the pool he did it again, I wonder why
