Teen Wolf fic: Awaken

[dotfic]

Awaken
Kate Argent, Chris Argent, Gerard Argent, OFC, OMC | 1700 words | PG | preseries

a/n: Inspired by a piece of backstory Chris Argent mentioned in an episode. It's also a blink-and-you'll-miss-it crossover. Thank you to sistabro and twoskeletons because a lot of this is totally their fault and to sistabro for the beta

Comments

[torigates]

THIS MADE ME FEEL SO CREEPED OUT. In a good way, obviously, but yeah. CREEPY!

[dotfic]

Thank you! Argent backstory is a dark, enticing place, I couldn't keep my hands off. I wanted to do something from wee Kate's pov, how she wound up seeing things the way she did, and the fact that Chris landed in a different place (and the differences between Allison and Kate despite their parallels, and why the differences was kind of in the back of my mind writing this as well).

I'm so glad you liked it!

[spatz]

Oooh, I love this. I'm a little creeped out whenever I'm reminded that Kate Argent is human - just a really awful one, eventually. But moments like jumping out of bed to turn on the nightlight, or letting David call her Katie.... And I think it's fascinating that what she got out of his death was so different than what Chris did, in the end. Awesome.

[dotfic]

She didn't just become the way she was overnight, fully formed. I'm completely fascinated with the Argents and the differences between Chris and Kate. It also came out of a lot of my thinking about Allison and the parallels with Kate, but how Allison is different, and why. One factor in my view was Chris is Allison's dad, but Gerard is Kate's. Chris could've wound up as screwed up as Kate, and yet somehow maintained a firmer grip on his sense of self and a moral compass.

But Kate was just a scared girl once and she is human. Her story is really heartbreaking.

Thanks so much for reading and commenting! I'm really glad this works, and that it was effectively creepy for you.