3 hic abundant leones (quo fata ferunt) Stiles glances up from his spot half-knelt in the dirt, his fingers and wrists dark with ash and the tail end of a spell lingering in the air. Lydia thinks, you're the one who always figures it out, and wills it to be true again. "We deserve normal, now. And I promise you can have it, after this." [a daemon!college au in which stiles and lydia solve a mystery and avoid feelings.]

7like sunlight through the haze There are too many thoughts at once. The first is, 'this cannot be happening.' The fifth is, 'you should have seen this coming.' The last is, 'is this what she felt like when I was gone' [aka Cameron and Kirsten and immediate finale emotions]

1i'm well aware this should remain unspoken It's almost as though they've done this before, like they've done it countless times; Lydia will never know for certain how they arrived here, at this point where their hands intertwined is as familiar as her own heartbeat, but they are and she can only be grateful. [2nd in the '(with your help now) I will be alright' series]

13 grace is just weakness (or so I've been told) It is 11:36 PM and the King is dead. [aka immediate finale aftermaths]

5 if you mourn my love – don't do it alone He has to will his hand not to shake when he weaves his fingers through the fragile piece of hair framing her face, when he cups her cheek (she leans into his palm and Stiles thinks of werewolf anchors and strong connections and the desire to be her emotional tether is something rooted and hot in his chest) and says, "I'm sorry."

9 I'm ready to be bolder (and my cuts have healed with time) Joan and Sherlock and immediate aftermaths. [Episode Tag to 2.21 "Paint It Black"]

12 it's all worth the fight when it's you dear If she looks at his face and not at their hands, Lydia can't think about that ancient Japanese legend and hear words like, fate and destiny. [7th in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]

15 you fill me in and you are permanent There is that awful sensation of falling, suddenly–Lydia's eyes latch onto a smatter of dark marks in the shadow of Stiles' throat like they're anchors on a raging sea. How can that be? she wonders, how can he be her undoing and her salvation all at once? "What is the Lydia Martin still afraid of?" [6th in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]

7 all your perfectly delivered lines (they don't fool me) "Isaac James Lahey if you ever leave me alone in a hospital without answering your phone again I am going to kick your supernatural ass into the next millenium, do you hear me?" or: Lydia and Isaac and aftermaths. [5th in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]

12 would you really rush out for me now? in which Lydia convinces herself that she and Stiles should probably learn to defend themselves, especially against creepy douche new kids who can't take 'no' for an answer. [3rd in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]