I laughed a bit when I looked over my post, because even when I'm deliberately trying to rec non-Sterek stuff, it still finds its way in! Sterek is definitely the McShep pairing in TW fandom. I'm a fan, so that doesn't bother me, but the sheer volume does have a tendency to overwhelm the other pairings.
Also, a tip: if you're on AO3 searching for your rare pair of choice, make sure to include -"Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski" in the "Search within results" box. That will give you fic that's exclusively for your pairing and let you avoid fic where they're just a stop on the way to endgame Sterek. (That doesn't tend to happen as much with Stiles/Lydia, but there's a fair amount of Stiles/Danny fics that end up as Derek/Stiles, and that can be frustrating if you're a Stanny fan.)
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I laughed a bit when I looked over my post, because even when I'm deliberately trying to rec non-Sterek stuff, it still finds its way in! Sterek is definitely the McShep pairing in TW fandom. I'm a fan, so that doesn't bother me, but the sheer volume does have a tendency to overwhelm the other pairings.
Also, a tip: if you're on AO3 searching for your rare pair of choice, make sure to include -"Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski" in the "Search within results" box. That will give you fic that's exclusively for your pairing and let you avoid fic where they're just a stop on the way to endgame Sterek. (That doesn't tend to happen as much with Stiles/Lydia, but there's a fair amount of Stiles/Danny fics that end up as Derek/Stiles, and that can be frustrating if you're a Stanny fan.)