My pics from AHBL13 today!! Such a beautiful man even more face to face I actually froze up and started crying, I hid it luckily when I got my photo taken but my God i was shakingđđ
If I had a nickel for every time a cosmic entity preyed on Dean and Castiel's fear that their love was unrequited, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
**Using the word âsaidâ is absolutely not a bad choice, and in fact, you will want to use it for at least 40% of all your dialogue tags. Using other words can be great, especially for description and showing emotion, but used in excess can take away or distract from the story.
DeanđŞCas Horrorfest IV: The Reckoning MASTERPOST đŠ¸
Come one, come all to the fourth annual commencement of the DeanCas Horrorfest! By now, you probably know what weâre all about here, but I can assure you, you wonât want to miss any of the works created this round. đ
Horror? Of course!
Fucked up relationship dynamics? We got it.
Blood? Buckets of the stuff!
Sometimes even as lube!
Haha, unless..
MASTERPOST below the cut:
1. Before They Do Unto You | 5.9k | Rated M | story by @ravenfuchs & art by @were-makin-it-up-as-we-go
Itâs been ten years since the high school clique calling themselves the Knights of Hell has seen each other. They are gathered for a reunion of sorts at a two story house off of a bayou.Ten years ago the brother of one of the Knights was driven to suicide (or was he?) - everyone gathered for the weekend had some part to play in the untimely demise of Castiel Novak.
As all the Knights are gathered an electronically altered voice alerts them that they are there to atone for the part they each played in Castielâs fate ten years ago. They are joined by Dean Winchester who was another tool used in their torment as the knights went after every support Castiel had at school and ran off his friends.
They soon discover that none of their group sent out the invites and that something more sinister is at play.
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2. Once Upon A Nightmare | 9k | Rated E | story by @ishipdestiel & art by @j-k-t-e
Dean and Castiel Winchester, along with their five year old son, Jack, start being visited by an inhuman entity. What starts as sleep paralysis quickly turns into much more.
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3. Among Us | 25.2k | Rated E | story by @motherofdragonflies & art by @fruuitvampire
The captain of the Skeld, a deep space exploration vessel, is discovered dismembered and accusations fly thick and fast. But when another crewmate is later found dead, they realise an Imposter, a shapeshifting alien being bent on killing everyone, is on board. Can Dean Winchester and the rest of the crew discover which one of them is the Imposter before it kills them all? And how is Dean supposed to do all this while dealing with the fact that the man that he had a mind-blowing one-night stand with the night before he left for his mission is now his commanding officer?
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4. The Night He Came Home | 28.5k | Rated E | story by @friendofcarlotta & art by @all6pistols
Five years have passed since Castiel Milton killed the co-founders of the homophobic Haddonfield Baptist Church, also known as his parents. Five years that Castiel has spent in total silence on the secure ward at Smithâs Grove Sanitarium.
But when Castielâs psychiatrist (and aspiring true crime writer) Chuck Shurley reveals that Haddonfield Baptist Church is going to be resurrected under new leadership, Castiel escapes the sanitarium. His goal: to cut the head off the snake once again.
He doesnât expect to meet and fall for Haddonfield resident Dean Winchester, who turns out to be a kindred spirit in ways Castiel could never have guessed.
Shame there are a few things that stand in the way of their happy ending: two hateful pastors, an irritating co-worker, the ghosts of childhood, and a writer whoâs determined to make himself the hero of the story.
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5. The Object of My Obsession | 28k | Rated E | story by @avonlady42 & art by @socks-in-bed
Dean Winchester is an FBI agent living with his high school sweetheart for the past 16 years, and for the past 5 years he has been investigating a serial killer they nicknamed Angel. Heâs thankful he has Castiel to go home to every night.
Castiel Novak has been hiding who he truly is from his boyfriend, Dean, for the past 16 years. Everything he does is for the man who holds the key to his heart, the man who he has been obsessed with since he laid eyes on him.
When Dean discovers the true identity of the man he has been hunting, will he be able to arrest him, or will Castiel succeed in getting Dean to join him with a secret captive that has haunted Deanâs dreams since he was four?
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6. The Summer of â97 | 10.6k | Rated E | story by @xpurdyglambertx & art by @thestarsmakemedream-art
Dean Winchester has always known something was wrong with him, has always known there was a darkness inside him that no one would understand. The White Rabbit is a local legend said to roam the woods surrounding Camp Willamette - a masked serial killer in a bunny mask. This killer knows the darkness that Dean tries so hard to hide; knows things about Dean's past that are impossible for anyone to know. When Dean's darkest secrets are revealed, what path will he choose? Will he continue on wearing a mask of his own, or will he finally give into his dark side?
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7. Basket Case | 51.8k | Rated E | story by @an-android-in-a-tutu & art by @basketcasebetty
What is the secret Sam Winchester is hiding in the Basket?
Riding into New York City on a bus from Sioux Falls, a wide-eyed gangly young man checks himself into a hotel that calls itself the Roadhouse. He seems like one more kid from the boonies, ready to be dazzled by the city lights or chewed up in her shadows, but strange happenings follow in his footsteps.
Sam Winchester says he won't be in town long, and he carries an odd wicker basket under his arm, he smiles easily, and dodges questions even easier.
It's not even two days before trouble finds him, his room ransacked in the middle of the day and another tenant found dead across the hall, savaged with what looks like claws.
Sam couldn't have had a thing to do with it, of course, he was out all day.
But the basket wasn't.
Who is Sam? What brought him to New York? What secrets hide behind the innocent puppydog looks?
And most importantly...
What's in the Basket?
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8. One More Time to Kill the Pain | 10k | Rated E | story by @valandrawrites & art by @alicetallula
From the moment Dean Winchester arrived at Castielâs high school, beautiful and untouchable, Cas was obsessed. He watched from shadowed hallways, wanting something he knew he could never have. When Dean finally touched him, it was behind closed doorsâsecret and savage. But Castiel was willing to kneel for scraps of Deanâs affection.
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9. Bound to Follow | 12.3k | Rated M | story by @baileys101 & art by @szlez
Stepping into the dark and ruined house was, in hindsight, not one of Castielâs better ideas.Â
But he wanted to prove himself.Â
He would hunt the thing. Save whoever needed saving and earn his place in the bunker. Castiel had told himself that if the case didnât require 'people skills,â heâd manage just fine on his own.
As it turned out, he was wrong.Â
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10. Out of Body, Out of Time | 8k | Rated E | story by @seidenapfel & art by @onowey
The door to the Bunker falls shut and Dean finds himself in a place of total darkness. All his senses are gone. Only touch remains, but it quickly dwindles.
Dean is trapped. Confined to a body that isn't his any longer, he starts to question all that ever was, most of all himself.
He has almost given up, when a draft tickles his skin. Something is out there. Laughing. At him.
And, suddenly, blue eyes light up.
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11. Subduction | 26.2k | Rated M | story by @bowlegsandbiceps & art by @hawkland
No dwelling, no matter how fortified, stays neutral forever. Time seeps in. It settles. Carves intention into stone, affection into wiring, resentment into the walls themselves. The Bunker had no name, no face, no heart - until it was asked to love. And it loved them terribly.Â
After Dean is paralyzed and broken, The Bunker tenderly stitches their lives back together - resurrecting Cas, healing wounds, holding them close - until talk of leaving awakens something possessive, warping reality, weaponizing love, and turning their sanctuary into a cage they may never escape.
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12. Clench Thy Teeth | 13.2k | Rated M | story by @geraniumsky & art by @alicetallula
Newly-human Castiel is in bitter exile from the bunker but heâs not resentful enough to turn Dean down when he invites him on a hunt. The hunt in question, in a small Pennsylvania town, involves missing children, and a history of child disappearances going back to the early nineteenth century.
Something has its teeth sunk deep in the town, and maybe sunk deep in Dean too, whoâs troubled by a sense of dĂŠjĂ vu. Castiel, all too human, is troubled by half-buried angelic memories as well, some useful, and some painful and likely to be potentially crippling at just the wrong, dangerous, moment.
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13. Cassie the Murder Doll | 13.4k | Rated E | story by @basketcasebetty & art by @xfancyfranart
This is a classic meet cute (in which Cas, AKA the Mill City Butcher, starts stalking Dean after transferring his soul into a Good Guy doll) where our protagonists fall in love at first sight (or rather, Castiel develops an unhinged obsession with Dean) and have an eventual happily ever after where everyone lives and nothing bad happens**
**Exceptions: Deanâââs entire family dies young, Deanâââs best friends die bloody, and Deanâââs crush is possessed by the most infamous serial killer in Twin Cities history.
Or
A Bloody Awful Child's Play AU.
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14. Strange Animal | 42.6k | Rated E | story by @thisisapaige & art by @witchy-worm
It's 1999 and twenty-year-old Dean Winchester is doing his best to take care of Sam after their parents' deaths two years ago. It was tough at first but, after settling into his job as a closing supervisor at Hunter's Hollow's one grocery store, he's kept his head above water. Mostly.
But, come September, Dean's car stops working for no discernible reason. When he's walking home one night, the forest pitch black, he feels someoneâ somethingâ breathing down his neck. Terrified, he runs.
When he emerges into the light, a strange man named Castiel approaches him. He's odd, this Castiel, with his piercings, combat boots, battered old trench coat covered in homemade patches, and bright blue eyes that shine golden in a glint of the light. The handsome stranger stirs feelings within Dean best left buried. Dean makes the man leave, certain he will never see that weirdo again.
But the moment in the forest isn't an isolated incident. Dean is in danger. Something out there wants him dead. Or worse.
Good thing Cas is always there to save him.
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15. Formaldehyde Kiss | 16k | Rated E | story by @bleuzombie & art by @kingdumbass
Castiel has had an affinity for the dead since he was a child. His first kiss and only sexual experiences have been with the bodies he has access to at LaMort Mortuary & Crematorium. Castiel is perfectly content with his choice of lovers. But fellow medical student Dean Winchester is about to ruin everything.
For the first time in his life Castiel is drawn to someone living. Dean is enthralled by the strange and mysterious Castiel. He will do anything to give Castiel the love he craves.
Anything.
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16. Affliction | 31k | Rated E | story by @artemis-73 & art by @lamiasage
In 1839, Dean Winchester has left behind the night terrors of his childhood and the unnatural desires that ultimately drove his family from England.
Now in Nuremberg, he enjoys a quiet life with his brother, sister-in-law, and pious fiancee. As a favor to his solicitor brother, he travels to Transylvania to meet with a client, Count Orlok. In the looming, decaying castle blanketed in snow, Dean finds the count to be a lonely figure seemingly desperate for human connection.
As Dean's health declines, he is plagued by strange, vivid dreams that span the castle's history, his own memories, and fantasies he had hoped to leave years in the past and an ocean away. While his life and sanity crumble, he must choose between what he should want and what he fears.]
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17. Dark Inspirations | 33.6k | Rated E | story by @entropic-saudade & art by @zissie
Dean Winchester put a lot on the line when he decided to quit working in his father's auto shop and pursue a degree in creative writing: his familyâs respect, his future, money, time. If he doesnât impress his advisor with a solid thesis idea soon, heâs screwed. It doesnât help that heâs outperformed by his cliquey peers from more privileged backgrounds.
When one of said peers invites him to an underground workshop, he discovers that the secret to their success lies not in their own merit, but in the entities they summon to work through them. Invoking the muses is a tradition going back to the Ancient Greeks, they argue. Dean is skeptical, but after his first night of offering himself up as a medium, heâs hooked. He lets himself be subject to various influences, each darker than the one before, reveling in the work they make together. Thereâs no going backânot even when a particularly bloodthirsty demon named Alastair latches onto him, wanting to be his personal mentor.
Until one night, when Dean becomes host to something no one in the group has ever been possessed by before: an angel of the Lord, who warns them to stop before they lose themselves to muses much worse than Alastair.
â Horror Destiel fic rec group
Sometimes you remember just how scary SPN used to be during the early seasons and you just want a feel of that chill running down your spine. Hereâs a few Destiel fics that will have that effect on you.
âAll fic links go to our tagged reviewsâ
A Different Kind of Monster by roadtonowhere (lastoryx) & xfancyfranzi [Explicit, 89k words]
Something in Bodie, California is luring truckers to their deaths and Deanâs on his way to take it out. Itâs the first time Bobbyâs given him a case and, with Sam at Stanford and his dad off chasing demons, heâs finally hunting monsters on his own. When an accidental encounter puts an as-of-yet-unknown monster in the passenger seat of his car, Dean decides to ice him, taking his dadâs old adage to heart: a monster is always a monster. Unfortunately, Dean canât seem to figure out what kind of monster âCastielâ is and he certainly canât shake him.
A Million Ways to Go by ChasingRabbits [Explicit, 91k words]
Castiel Novak is a preacherâs son living in a world of black and white. Pragmatic and dutiful, he doesnât understand why anybody would want to make waves.
Then the Winchesters move in down the street. Soon many of the skeletons in the Novak familyâs closet are exposed, and as the family faces them, Castiel begins to understand that there are many ways to see the world and so many more ways to live than what heâs been told.
Between Love and Agony by Duckyboos [Explicit, 53k words]
Dean Winchester is in love. Like, bonafide heart eyes and deep sighs, hung-the-moon love. Thereâs just one problem: the lucky guy is his husbandâs identical twin, Castiel. The two of them have been having a kinky affair for years, burrowing under each otherâs skin and setting up camp. Which is why, after Castiel goes missing, Deanâs about ready to tear the world apart looking for him. When Castiel eventually returns to him, heâs been through literal hell, managing to drag himself out, bloody and raw, for Dean. Together, they discover a way to make Castiel whole again â though the price will be gruesome⌠and there will certainly be hell to pay.
et florum magica: (And the Magic of Flowers) by wiccanstiel [Explicit, 52k words]
Thereâs a large, leafless tree and a road, a hand on a gnarled cane, a stoutly man in a black suit, his face scratched out.
When Castiel Novak moves to the small town of Fox Hollow, heâs looking for a fresh start. Only his past seems to beâquite literallyâhaunting him, and even through his best efforts of settling into his new life, thereâs a darkness in the shadows that he canât seem to shake. And after meeting an otherworldly being named Dean during what was supposed to be a simple walk through the forest, heâs left with more questions than answers. But like itâs residents, Fox Hollow has some well-kept secrets, and things quickly turn to life or death when one of those secrets finally steps from the shadows and into the light.
Half Empty by sinnabonka [Mature, 37k words]
Raging storm, boundless cornfield surging, churning, like an angry ocean crashing its waves over steep shores. Dean comes to in the passenger seat of his car with no memory of what could have possibly brought him to the oddly named bar on the outskirts of the small town in the middle of nowhere.
Investigating what first looks like a regular, run-of-the-mill missing people case and trying to bring back memories heâs lost, Dean ends up discovering truth heâd rather remain hidden.
Welcome to Half Empty, where nothing is as it seems, and even shadows have secrets of their own.
Number 1 Crush by Duckyboos [Explicit, 103k words]
Dean, Benny, Charlie, Garth, and Cas are old college buddies. In their thirties now, they meet up once a year to shed their adult responsibilities for a week. This year itâs Garthâs turn to choose where they go and heâs still as obsessed with horror and weird shit as he was back in college. He ends up picking a supposedly deserted hotel in the frigginâ mountains. The place is creepy as hell and as night falls, two things become increasingly apparent. One: the place isnât as deserted as they first thought, and two: Deanâs college stalker is back from the dead.
Revelation 13 by fullvoid [Explicit, 43k words]
Itâs Deanâs day off, and heâd like to spend it how he always doesâby kicking his feet up with a cold one and watching soap operasânot by discovering an enormous, creepy hole in his bathroom wall that definitely wasnât there when he went to bed last night. But itâs no big deal. He can just patch it up and still devote plenty of time to Dr. Sexy afterward. There is only one problem. He canât leave his apartment, and thereâs a message on his front door written inâŚis that blood?
And why is it signed by someone named âCasâ?
Things can only get better from here, right?
The Angels of Freetown by FriendofCarlotta [Explicit, 50k words]
Freetown is the sort of place where hardly anything ever happens â a picturesque, close-knit town in the foothills of the Appalachians. Professor Castiel Novak loves his job at the local universityâs history department, and he loves his husband, Chief of Police Dean Winchester.
Then, one night in September, all the leaves around town drop and an eerie fog descends. Before long, people begin to disappear. When Dean becomes the latest resident of Freetown to vanish, Castiel and an unlikely band of allies set out to bring him back and free the town from the things that roam the fog.
The Loverâs Song by FriendofCarlotta [Explicit, 48k words]
Running an independent bookstore in one of the less glamorous California towns doesnât make you rich, but Dean Winchesterâs life is pretty much perfect anyway. Heâs got amazing friends, a whip-smart brother and a husband he loves more than anything: novelist Castiel Novak.
Then one night, driving home from work, Dean accidentally runs over a cat. The catâs grieving owner curses Dean: his beloved will lose all memory of him, and Dean has only a year and a day to bring the memories back.
Of course, thereâs no such thing as a curse.
Is there?
Summary:
Itâs an ordinary supply run. All by himself, Castiel has spread his wings, too high on drugs to care in the ruins of a nameless town, when he hears it. A sound that doesnât belong.
Children.
Two of them. Alone and helpless.
As he reaches them, itâs almost too late. At the blink of an eye, the alley is flooded with croats.
Castiel grabs the kids and runs. Even though they narrowly escape, they still have to face their worst adversary: Dean.
Will Castiel find a way to crack the shell of his fearless leader? Or will Dean force him and the kids to leave Chitaqua for good?
All of the fics I've personally enjoyed, featuring grace sex, Cas being weird, metaphysical sex, and the works. Will reblog with other ones as I discover them - recommendations are very welcome bc I'm a sucker for this content.
a roaring undercurrent, simple and sensory by violethoure666 @sicksicksixx: Cas comes back, time for incredibly intense intimate angel sex. All of their writing has the sharpest focus and the heaviest yearning I've ever read, don't miss it
Passenger Seat by @lazarrusrising (tieflingtea): technically they're not even having sex here, and YET it's still the most profoundly sensual and soul-deep experience. Please come pestering the author with me so we can get more of their amazing writing
Full of Grace by ilovehowyouletmefall: Dean is in heaven and Cas is too, things evolve from there. I don't enjoy the idea of Dean being dead in any form, but this one tackles that part graciously and delivers weird metaphysical sex that's less sex and more staring into the truth of the universe. @theloversthings might also have some fanart to share at some point đ
I CARRY YOUR HEART (I CARRY IT IN MY HEART) by unicornpoe: Cas takes Dean as a vessel. It's popular, I keep reccing it bc I used to be a different person before reading unicornpoe.
Before The Thunder by someonetoanyone: another one that I keep reccing bc OH.MY.GOD. Read the tags!! Very intense, but written so so well, it handles kink amazingly and it's the most creative True Form Cas I've ever read.
Renegade Angel : this one's mine :3 short scene from Cas' POV. I love Cas not controlling himself during sex so I have two fics coming up featuring that, if the writing gods will grant me out of this block: next chapter on All the Roses in Our Path and one called Stormchaser, post s15 where Dean and Cas take a trip away from populated areas to unleash, aehm, Cas' true powers
as all the layers come undone by dunsummit: this feels like canon that's been inexplicably left out, but it's here now! Soul-touching for a case turns into the metaphysical experience of grace-soul mending. Absolutely amazing description of it, hot and sweet, glimpse of Cas' true form. I had to dig this out of the tags on this rec, thank you for this
i love my therapist but i hate being in therapy. 10 minutes before my appointment, i'm in a meeting with my boss - we discuss my artistic choices; my boss recommends i artistically choose less. 10 minutes after therapy, i wash my hair and think about everything that was said, and then i have to switch it off, like a lamp, and go back to work again.
i was on a walk the other day and someone had the perfect combination of his cologne and whatever-else. it was almost exactly his scent. i fucking hate that. after all these years, i remember that? i tell my therapist - i feel like a fucking wolf. try telling a middle-aged blonde lady. oh i scented him on the air. i'm 30, and i'm having a panic attack over something that would be a plotline in the omegaverse.
what they don't tell you about mental illness is that if you are lucky enough to survive it into adulthood; it becomes a weird slice of your life. because you do, eventually, have to build a life. i realized in a panic somewhere around 22 - oh. i don't know what i'm fucking doing, because i always assumed i'd just go ahead and die. i didn't die, and i'm grateful for that, and i'm very happy about that choice. but it does mean that i am an adult in an apartment, living with my conditions side-by-side like. oh, that's my roommate, adhd. ignore the glass, bytheway, that's ocd.
so you pick your stupid life up by the scruff of the neck and you're, like glad for it (so much laughter and light and friends you would have never thought possible, when you were in the worst of it). but it feels so strange to be dancing around these odd little microcosms, these patchwork moments of your symptoms. if you have a panic attack at night, you still need to wake up and walk the dog in the morning. if your depression is making everything boring, well, you don't have any sick days left, and a job's not really supposed to be that exciting anyway. your ocd tears out each individual leg hair, and then, an hour later, you sigh, patch up the bloody bits, and go get dinner with friends. and the life is kitten-quiet, mewling and pathetic, but it's also like - it's yours, so you're fond of it.
and it's like - you're real. so you still enjoy pushing the shopping cart really fast and then riding on the back of it down an empty aisle. and you're not, like, so sick anymore that when you accidentally drop a mug you burst into tears (except for the days you do that. which are bad). and no, you're not allowed around certain items anymore. oops! but you've learned to be good about brushing your teeth most days of the week. and you sometimes in the middle of the day you have a little freak-out about how fucking unfair it all is, how fucking hard, how other people can just do this without having to fucking hurt the whole time. and then you sigh and force yourself to sit down and fucking journal about it so you can tell the nice middle-aged blonde woman yeah i had a hard day but i practiced grounding. you still sometimes want to burst out of your own skin, but you force yourself to eat kind-of healthy and to take your vitamins. you let yourself chop off all your hair in the sink in a dramatic poetry of control and relief - and you also have developed good hobbies that help you move your body more frequently. you feel helplessly behind, lost in the shuffle - but you also practice gratitude, taking stock of what you have garnered. because you're trying. even if you're never gonna be normal, you have something... close enough.
and the little kitten of your life, this mangy, starlit tigercub, this thing you expected to rot so young: in your arms, it turns itself over, belly-up. exposing this new soft part, all the organs and guts. like it's saying i trust you now. you won't give me up.
Thank you to everyone who participated this year; we had a total of 215 fics submitted this year! Please donât forget to leave kudos and comment when you can to show these authors some love!
Destiel Trope Collection - Day 31: Enemies to Lovers
Hot Knife | @entropic-saudade
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 11,224
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe, Inspired by The Bear (TV), Cook Dean Winchester, Accountant Castiel, Implied/Referenced Alcoholism, Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction, Disordered Eating, Food As A Metaphor For Love
Summary: Following Dadâs death, Dean dropped his dreams of proving himself in a Michelin-star restaurant and came home to take care of the failing family business. Enter Cas, a financial consultant hired by Sam, who throws a spanner in the works of Deanâs finely tuned (read: barely functioning) engine.
Things heat up inside and outside of the kitchen, culminating in a pointed argument.
The Hunter and The Wildcat | @GhoulsnHalos
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 40,472
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universeâmedieval fantasy, knight!Dean, knight!Cas, enemies to lovers, Team switch, minor character death, bi!Dean, Period typical homophobia, miscommunications, voyeur!Castiel, mastubtaiuon, anal fingering, anal sex, hand jobs, idiots in love
Summary: On the continent of Emira, they determine a personâs value by how they measure up to expected courtly skills and codes of conduct. Of the four kingdoms on Emira, only the Thanedom of Draneria tolerates homosexuality. No exceptions are made, not even for a price. Prince Castiel of Caeboriaâs brothers hate and abuse him. His father sees Castiel as nothing more than a political tool. He has however managed to earn himself the title "The Little Wildcat" for his ferociousness on the battlefield. Crown Prince Dean of Grerenth has been named âThe Great Hunter of the Southâ as much for his skills in hunting companions as hunting prey. Dean may be the firstborn, but knows he is not his father's favourite son. Dean is on a mission to rescue Lady Eileen Leahy, betrothed of Prince Samuel, who has been captured by King Azazel of Slearene. Dean will stop at nothing to ensure that Sam gets Eileen back, no matter what obstacles King John puts in Deanâs way. When Dean turns to Crown Prince Michael of Caeboria for help, Michael refuses until Castiel offers an alternative solution. What happens along the way when the two princes from usually rival kingdoms team up to rescue Eileen from Fearlight Castle?
The Recalibration Chamber | @imaginaryprotagonist
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 13,314
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Dystopia, Enemies to Lovers, Canon-Typical Violence, Smut, Angst with a Happy Ending
Summary: When God left, the angels fell to Earth and asserted their rule over humans. Their control was seemingly unquestioned until a rebel by the name of Dean Winchester mobilized an anarchist group to overthrow the system. Just as they were beginning to make progress, Dean is captured and imprisoned in a mysterious room that appears to be floating in space, which is guarded by a low-level angel called Castiel.
Violent Delights (SORRY THE WORD COUNT WAS WRONG ON THE FIRST ONE) | @keiro (ao3)
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 90,532
Main Tags/Warnings: Vampire dean Winchester, hunter Castiel, blood drinking, bottom dean/top castiel, forced proximity
Summary: These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume.
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Castiel's life was destroyed when he was 10. His family was decimated by a group of vampires and since then, he swore he would do everything he could to wipe the world from this disease. He trained to exhaustion and became the best vampire hunter, but even then, one kept getting away.
Dean abandoned the "Winchester" name a long time ago, right after he got turned into the vampire he is today. After learning his own family saw him as a monster, he decided to embrace his new nature and rely on his instincts. When he wasn't hunting, Dean liked to mess around and try to have some fun. Sometimes, that included teasing around a hunter who was crazy to end him.
They both mess with the wrong person and now, because of a spell gone wrong, can't stay away from each other. Chaos ensues.
The Most Qualified Interrogator | @seidenapfel
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 30,765
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hell, Torture, Blood and Gore, Mind Control, Mind Games, Smut, Angst, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Murder Husbands, Dubious Consent, Homophobic Language, Minor John Winchester/Mary Winchester, Minor Ruby/Sam Winchester, Angel Wings, Top/Bottom Versatile Castiel/Dean Winchester
Summary: Castiel has come off the line with a crack in his chassis. Constantly going against his heavenly commands, not even wiping his mind can control him.
Instead of killing or incarcerating him, Heaven decides to redeploy him to get rid of the problem, forever. Mind wiped and stripped from all his heavenly duties and ranks, Castiel falls â to Hell.
Inexorably, he becomes the master of the Pit. The filthiest souls suffer and shatter under his hands. He is relentless. Nothing threatens to break through his programming. What he does, feels right. Itâs justified.
Until the Righteous Man arrives in Hell.
Icebreaker | @thefandomsinhalor
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 16,557
Main Tags/Warnings: Hockey AU, Rivalry, Misunderstandings, Trust Issues, Trauma, Blindfolds, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean
Summary: Unlike the rest of his team, Dean hasnât warmed up to their newest star hockey player Castiel Novak. Between their unspoken rivalry, and Castielâs seeming pretentiousness, Dean isnât holding his breath on this changing any time soon, especially not after a disastrous attempt to find common ground over a cozy dinner. A tiny mix-up with their hotel key cards, unbeknownst to both, however, might just do the trick.
My Cryo Sleeping Beauty | @thefandomsinhalor
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 55,356
Main Tags/Warnings: Sci-fi AU, Space, Action/Adventure, Hunted, Rivalry/Enemies, Humor, Misunderstandings, Torture, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Idiots in Love, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean, Narrated by Gabriel, minor background Gabriel/Sam
Summary: Let me tell you a story about two adorable, yet frustrating, knuckleheads in love. We got Dean Winchester of Venandi, who wakes up on an unknown spaceship with a half-naked man in his arms, and no memory of how this happened. Cuddling him oh-so lovingly, we have, fresh out of cryo sleep, prisoner James Novak, who is equally confused about his whereabouts and to find Dean sharing a bed with him. Now, prisoner Novak is really Castiel, an old acquaintance of Deanâs and his real identity appears to be only known by Dean. Thatâs when the mercenary Henriksen, doing Empress Amaraâs bidding, stumbles upon them and crashes their little (freak out) moment. While dealing with Castielâs mysterious past and Deanâs personal and urgent quest, they have no choice but to work side by side as they banter away to escape from everyoneâs clutches and find out what really happened. I know you might be skeptical. People often ask me, âHow in all the stars do you possibly know all of this, Gabe?â The answer is very simple: Iâm part of the story! I witnessed first hand their tribulations and lovey-dovey looks. Well, some part of it. As for the restâŚWell Iâm all about tall tales.
The Android (WIP) | @whoipretended2b
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 28,194
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Dystopia, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Androids, Emotional Manipulation, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, PTSD, Slow Burn, Terrorism, Artificial Intelligence, Angst, Flashbacks to war, Temporary Character Death, android!Castiel, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Light BDSM, temporary major character death, enemies to lovers
Summary: Dean Winchester fixes things. Keeps his head down. Follows orders, mostly. Doesnât ask questions. He canât afford toânot with a father watching his every move, a brother heâs desperate to protect, and a past sealed behind a NDA. So when a repair job sends him to a brothel on the edge of town, he tells himself itâs just work. Routine. Temporary.
But the android heâs sent to fix doesnât behave like the others. It looks at him too long. Hesitates before it speaks. And when it touches him, Dean forgetsâfor a momentâthat machines arenât supposed to feel. He knows better than to get involved. He does it anyway.
Now heâs tangled in something bigger. Secrets, loyalties, and everything Dean thought he understood about free will and humanity.
Lavender Fireflies | @casblackfeathers
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 28,573
Main Tags/Warnings: single parents, two-person love triangle, misunderstandings, mutual pining, light angst with a happy ending, fluff, sweet!dean, sweet!castiel, hurt and comfort, summer vacation, bottom!dean
Summary: Lavender Fireflies Camp is possibly Castielâs final chance to mend his troubled relationship with his daughter. After an ugly divorce and a nine-to-five job that only further distanced him from Claire, his sister â Anna â suggests spending two weeks camping with Claire. Castiel sees this as his opportunity to bring his daughter closer to him.
He had not anticipated meeting a charming firefighter, Dean, on the first day and becoming instantly enchanted by him. Still, Castiel canât help but feel disappointed when Dean seems to change his mind about them.
Usually, the hippy, kumbaya shit that Sammy digs so much is a hard pass for Dean. But coming to Lavender Fireflies Camp wins big brownie points for allowing him to spend time with his brother and his daughter Emma.
The last thing Dean expects to happen is to find sex on a stick and everything his dreams are made of in the guy with messy dark hair and blue-as-fuck eyes he meets there. Dean is immediately smitten. Too bad that being a jump-the-gun kinda guy, the first thing Dean assumes is that the redhead camping with Cas is his wife. Then he makes everything a fuckton more complicated for everyone, yâknow, Winchester style.
It's A Living | @farenmaddox
Rating: Teen & Up
Word Count: 76,301
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - No Supernatural, Lonely Dean Winchester, Lonely Castiel, Mutual Pining, Friends To Lovers, Slow Burn
Summary: Dean's hard work as the sales and marketing director at Sandover is earning him a tidy living and he's on track to become one of the youngest VPs the company has ever had. And if he just keeps working his ass off, he doesn't have time to think about who he's working so hard for, after Lisa broke up with him and Sam got a life of his own and the family in Sioux Falls is doing just fine. It's a charmed life and it only seems empty if he stops moving.
He runs into a recently-fired single dad at a bar who's trying to drink away his worries. Castiel is frumpy, exhausted, and kind of a jerk. But Dean needs someone to take care of, and Castiel needs any help he can get. It's just a mutually-beneficial arrangement, and nobody needs to talk about their feelings.
Or, how an obnoxious workaholic twenty-something Sugar Daddy and his grumpy DILFy forty-something Sugar Baby fall in love
Falling With Style | @Krexhatespushups-blog
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 20,271
Main Tags/Warnings: No Archive warnings Apply, Single Parent Castiel, Elementary School Teacher Dean, Non-binary kid!Jack, Castiel is Jack Kline's Parent, idiots in love, Charlie ships Dean/Castiel
Summary: Castiel Novak is trying hard to find a school that will accept his non-binary kid, Jack, just the way they are. Twin Pines Elementary might be exactly what Castiel is looking for, in more way than one: Jackâs new teacher is a gorgeous child whisperer with bright green eyes and perfectly pink lips that Castiel canât stop thinking about in ways that are completely inappropriate for a parent to be thinking about their childâs teacher.
Dean Winchester is trying to find love, but thatâs difficult when all he does is hang out with 8 year olds all day at his job. He LOVES being a second grade teacher, but what he really wants is to find love. He finds it in a pair of icy blue eyes. Unfortunately, that person is the father of his new student. He might have only spoken to him twice, but Dean canât stop having dreams about Castiel that leave him angry and horny, which is not an awesome combination when trying to shape the minds of the future.
When Castiel and Dean are thrown together to work at the elementary schoolâs Fall carnival, will they be able to use their words and tell each other how they feel? Or will they find themselves alone once more?
Reconstruction | @okayfinehereiam
Rating: Teen & Up
Word Count: 19,737
Main Tags/Warnings: Single Parent Dean Winchester, Single Parent Castiel, Openly Bisexual Dean Winchester, Openly Gay Castiel, Grief/Mourning, No MCD, Bullying, Homophobia, Religious Fanaticism, Fluff and Angst, Love Wins
Summary: Though both are single dads, the ways by which Castiel Novak and Dean Winchester ended up there couldn't be more different: Castiel came to Sioux Falls for a fresh start when his best friend died and his godson, Jack, became his adoptive son. Dean moved to be closer to family when a one night stand turned into a surprise toddler on his doorstep.
When a certain strawberry blonde spitfire stands up for Jack against the school bully, they quickly become friends. Castiel and Dean are soon in each other's orbits, only drawing closer when Dean begins doing some renovation of Castiel's home.
Meanwhile, the mother of the young bully, Naomi Adler, having failed to weasel her son out of his due consequences, wages a 'holy quest' against Castiel. One she doesn't bother keeping secret.
As they spend more and more time around one another, neither man can deny their attraction, but Castiel especially must decide if there is enough room in his life and heart for grief, for love of a child, and for a love of an altogether different kind.
âCan we get a dog?â | @Teeparadigm67
Rating: General
Word Count: 15,885
Main Tags/Warnings: Domestic Fluff, Developing Friendships, Castiel and Dean Winchester are Neighbors, Dog Owner Dean Winchester, Castiel is Jack Kline's Parent
Summary: Those 5 little words plague Castielâs life. Every day since the ridiculously handsome man and his dog moved in across the street his son Jack has begged his father for a dog. But it seems they may have gotten more than what they bargained for when a small Miracle finds his way into their yard and luck truly falls into their laps. Or The one where Jack gets his dog and Castiel gets his man.
Destiel Trope Collection - Day 28: Cas is Determined to Show Dean he's Loved
Holy Water (Touched By An Angel) | @beapectacledgiraffe
Rating: Teen & Up
Word Count: 4,061
Main Tags/Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Friends To Lovers, Slow-Burn, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, First Kiss, Bathing/Washing, Fluff
Summary: An Angel and a Hunter are sitting in a bathtub. Naked, facing each other.
What sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, is actually what Dean is suddenly experiencing one night when he just wants to soak, literally, in bloody bath water and self-pity.
But then thereâs Castiel, and heâs a force to reckon with who doesnât take ânoâ for an answer when his human acts stupid.
Watching Over Me | @bisexualwvtson
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 4,723
Main Tags/Warnings: Angst/Smut, Panic Attacks, Implied/Referenced Suicide, First time having sex, implied bottom dean/top cas, Dean Cries, Castiel takes care of Dean
Summary: Cas is back from the empty (s13) and Dean canât stop watching him
A Cowboy For Me | @casblackfeathers
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 11,630
Main Tags/Warnings: rancher!Castiel, stripper!Dean, sex then love, pining!Castiel, fluff, light angst with a happy ending, bottom!Dean, dating, sweet!Dean, sweet!Castiel
Summary: From the very first moment Castiel lays his eyes on Dean, there's only one thought crossing his mind â ask Dean on a date. Maybe then he'll get the opportunity to learn more about the alluring young man who so easily sweeps him off his feet.
But between a one-night stand that ends too abruptly, and Castiel being treated with a right hook the next time he tries to see Dean, things just arenât going his way.
Maybe he will have better luck trying to make a new life for himself at his brotherâs ranch... If only he could take his mind off of Dean.
A Captive to Love | @seidenapfel
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 4,778
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Episode: s10e22 The Prisoner (Supernatural), Dean Winchester Bears the Mark of Cain, Canon-Typical Violence, Blood and Injury, Frottage, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Hurt/Comfort, Love Confessions, Angst with a Happy Ending, Top/Bottom Versatile Castiel/Dean Winchester
Summary: âEveryone except me. I'm the one who will have to watch you murder the world. So, if there's even a small chance that we can save you, I won't let you walk out of this room,â Cas said, glowering at him.
Dean huffed. His friend obviously believed he could still save him. As if there was a choice. Deep down, he might want it to be true. Jeez, he wanted for it to end, to get the crap off his body, his soul, yet the Mark on his arm throbbed in fury.
There simply wasnât a choice.
The Hunter's Oath | @thefandomsinhalor
Rating: Teen & Up
Word Count: 19,895
Main Tags/Warnings: Cabin Fic AU, Celestial Castiel, Fantasy and Supernatural Elements, Isolation, Castiel and Dean Have a Profound Bond
Summary: Tasked with the important tradition of fulfilling an Oath to a celestial being, Dean is feeling the weight of loneliness more and more, after years of isolation on the mountain. Until one night, he is gifted a surprise: the god himself shows up with the desire to explore their bond for a time. Dean goes along with it, having no choice, and prays that nobody notices he might have failed to keep the mountain undisturbed. When he learns more about his new companion and the truth behind the legend, however, Dean finds himself picturing a different kind of life. One that isnât as solitary. And perhaps, even more peaceful than anticipated.
Unveil the Splendours of Your Heart | @thefandomsinhalor
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 68,868
Main Tags/Warnings: Modern Settings AU, Homeless Dean, Amnesia, Famous Model Castiel, Trauma, Assault, Fluff and Angst, Pining, Slow Burn, Protective Castiel, Addict Sam, Sleepy Cuddles, Cat Owner Castiel,
Summary: When a reporter asks Dean, a homeless man with a mysterious past, why he exclusively keeps close to the billboards and posters of a specific male modelâthe one Dean likes to refer to as the angel with spectacular blue eyesâin a moment of weakness, thinking it wonât change anything about his situation, Dean tells him the truth: itâs how he finds comfort and solace. Something that is difficult to come by. That is until the story reaches the ears of Castiel Novak, the model in question.
The Omega Classifieds | @ValandraWrites
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 73,161
Main Tags/Warnings: Alpha Castiel/Omega Dean Winchester, Sex Worker Dean Winchester, Young Sam Winchester, Letters, Epistolary, Historical, Russian Castiel, Mating Bites, Rape/Non-con Elements, Forced Mating, Selectively Mute Dean Winchester, Scars
Summary: Life isnât easy for a single Omega. Without an Alpha on record, Dean canât work, canât mate, and by law, should have been turned over to The Omega Center to be trained and auctioned off for mating. To avoid that fate, Dean resorts to the Omega Classifieds to try and find a mate. The enigmatic and charming Castiel Krushnic catches his eye and maybe his heart, but will he make his claim official before Deanâs luck runs out?
Remnant | @WhatWeDoInTheDark
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 3,264
Main Tags/Warnings: Top Cas bottom Dean
Summary: Although Dean no longer swears The Mark, he experiences some lingering effects. Castiel uses his unquenchable love to get him through the worst of it.
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