Sterek

Sterek is a slash ship between Stiles Stilinski and Derek Hale from the Teen Wolf fandom.

Canon
They first meet in the pilot episode of Season 1, Wolf Moon, with their last meeting in Season 4 Episode 12, Smoke and Mirrors, until Season 6 Episode 11, Said The Spider to The Fly.

Sterek was first a relationship between two characters who didn't like each other, but as the show progressed, they got over their differences and started having a grudging respect for each other.

Season 1
WOLF MOON "Dude, that was Derek Hale. You remember, right? He's only like a few years older than us."

- Stiles about Derek to Scott

Stiles and Scott are searching for Scott's inhaler, when Stiles suddenly notices Derek standing there. He asks what they're doing there and tells them that they're on Private Property. Stiles apologizes, since they didn't know and Derek tosses Scott is inhaler before leaving. Stiles tells Scott that that was Derek Hale, whose whole family died in a fire a few years ago. Scott wonders what he's doing back, but Stiles doesn't know.

SECOND CHANCE AT FIRST LINE

After Derek is arrested, Stiles sneaks into the police car. He tells Derek that he's not afraid of him, but after Derek gives him a look, Stiles admits that he is. He starts to ask questions about the girl he believes Derek killed and wants to know why she's able to change into a full wolf. Derek asks why Stiles is so worried about him since he should be more worried about Scott transforming on the field. Derek says that he can't stop Scott, but Stiles can and he'll want to. Stiles is then pulled out of the car by his dad.

MAGIC BULLET "Start the car, or I'm gonna rip your throat out...with my teeth."

- Derek to Stiles

Derek goes to the high school after getting shot by Kate Argent, while in the parking lot Stiles almost hit's him with his Jeep, before he ends up passing out. Scott and Stiles get Derek into the car, driving to the animal clinic for safety while Scott goes to Allison's house to find the substance used in the bullet that shot him. When the car is stopped for a short while Derek tries to explain how the bullet will cure him but if Scott doesn't get it in time, he has a last resort. Stiles becomes confused, but then extremely grossed out when looking at Derek's wound. Derek then orders Stiles to keep going, but Stiles banters back how he could probably drag him out of the car if he wanted. Derek responds by threatening to rip his throat out. The two arrive at the animal clinic, Stiles dragging Derek. Thinking that he's run out of time Derek takes a tie, cutting off the circulation is his arms to above the infected area of his arm. He then hands Stiles a saw and tells him to cut it off. Luckily Scott arrives before they can. Derek then faints. Stiles then attempts to wake him up, first by shaking him, then by punching him, which hurts his own hand, but does work. Derek then heals himself while Stiles cheers at how awesome that was.

HEART MONITER "Don't be such a Sourwolf"

- Stiles to Derek about his grumpy attitude

NIGHT SCHOOL

Wolf's Bane "Stiles, get out of there right now - it's him! He's the Alpha! Get out!"

- Derek to Stiles about Peter

CO-CAPTAIN

Season 2
ABOMINATION

Erica takes Stiles to the school pool.

FURY "Oh, I don’t know, Derek. I think you two make a pretty good pair."

- Matt to Derek about Stiles and Derek

Season 3
THE DIVINE MOVE

Derek goes to see Stiles in the locker room at school, telling him about a strange dream he had. Derek explains the dream. Derek asks Stiles how much he knows about different ways to turn into a werewolf, and Stiles offers up drinking from a werewolf footprint. Derek says that the dream he saw Kate Argent as a werewolf. Stiles asks why Derek is so freaked out by the dream. Derek replies, that it's because he has no memory of waking up. He asks Stiles of a way to know if he's awake. Stiles tells him that in dreams you have extra fingers. Derek grabs Stiles' hand and see's that he has six fingers, causing him to come out of his dream state.

Season 1
Wolf Moon
 * Stiles tells Scott that Derek drove Allison home.

Second Chance at the First Line
 * Scott mentions that Stiles can't tell his dad the truth about Derek.
 * Stiles tells Scott that they let Derek out of jail.

Pack Mentality
 * Stiles is annoyed by Scott's suggestion to go to Derek for help, especially because they got him thrown in jail.
 * Stiles asks why Derek would help Scott remember that he attacked the driver.

Season 5
Creatures of the Night
 * Stiles see's the initials DH on the library bookshelf and smiles to himself before writing his own.

Quotes
"Just so you know I'm not afraid of you. Okay maybe I am."

- Stiles

Fanon
On AO3 it is the most written ship in the Teen Wolf tag, and the most written ship for both characters.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Derek/Stiles tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Derek/Stiles tag on FanFiction.Net

WIKI

Trivia

 * Stiles is Derek's anchor (the one which werewolves can concentrate on to keep themselves human)
 * On AO3 the Sterek fic Lock all the Doors Behind You has the fourth most amount of kudos on the site