Sheriff & Stiles Stilinski
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| Relationship: | Sheriff Stilinski & Stiles Stilinski |
| Alternative name(s): | Stilinski Family Feels |
| Fandom: | Teen Wolf |
| Type: | Familial (father & son) |
| Canonical?: | Yes |
| Prevalence: | Moderately common |
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Sheriff & Stiles Stilinski is a canonical father-son relationship on the television show Teen Wolf that is often the subject of fanworks.
Canon
On the show, Stiles and the Sheriff have a close relationship, though one that has gone through many ups and downs as a result of Stiles' involvement with werewolves. In particular, through the first few seasons their relationship became more and more fraught as the Sheriff finds Stiles in increasingly suspicious circumstances around crime scenes and Stiles refuses to tell him the truth of his involvement. The lowest point came when the Sheriff was briefly fired after a supernatural assault on the station that he knew Stiles had some part in, and when the Sheriff ultimately suspected Stiles of being a serial killer. Eventually, Stiles told the Sheriff about everything, and their relationship has been back on solid footing ever since.
Fandom
Many fanworks dealing with this relationship are tagged Stilinski Family Feels.
Tropes
- Sheriff Finds Out: Up until Stiles told the Sheriff about everything in canon, many fanworks explored how he might find out.
- Hurt/Comfort: Often surrounding their shared grief at the death of Claudia Stilinski, the Sheriff's wife and Stiles's mother.
- Stiles Monitors the Sheriff's Diet: Many fanworks portray Stiles as deeply involved in the Sheriff's diet, forbidding him from eating items high in fat and cholesterol. This has a minor basis in canon.
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
- A Shot In The Dark, by tsukinofaerii: A “Sheriff Finds Out” gen casefic from the Sheriff's POV.
- Five Times the Sheriff Found Derek Hale in His Son's Bedroom, by suzvoy: a “Sheriff Finds Out”-type fic where he observes the developing relationship between Derek Hale and his son.
- Hide Of A Life War, by Etharei: a casefic in which the Sheriff and an adult Stiles are taken hostage.
Fan Art
Childhood, by stileswtf. BB!Stiles and the Sheriff shaving together.
External Links
- Sheriff Stilinski & Stiles Stilinski relationship tag on the AO3
- Stilinski Family Feels freeform tag on the AO3
- Stilinski Family Feels tag on tumblr