* DeanCas Fic Recs *
God Tier • Named | M | 95k | Canon Divergent | Angel shenanigans happen; Dean and Cas figure their shit out (eventually); THEE fic to end all fics • Cruel Angels (series) | E | 127k | Canon Divergent | Plot, trueform angels running rampant, grace/soul sex! What’s not to love! This fic IS unfinished, but the author put their notes for what they planned to happen at the end and it doesn’t end on a cliffhanger/the Dean & Cas stuff is resolved. • thunder road | T | 21k | Post-Canon | Cas is human; he and Dean take a road trip and talk about stuff • psalm 40:2 | E | 45k | Canon Divergent/Post-Canon/Time Travel | The Empty sends Cas into the past where he meets Stanford era Dean. • Galveston (series) | E | 57k | Canon Divergent | When Cas becomes human, he leaves the Winchesters to find his own path. Dean visits him every year until they finally figure their shit out. • And This, Your Living Kiss | M | 57k | Human AU | Dean is a famous poet under a pseudonym; he decides to audit a college poetry course with Professor Castiel whose favorite poet is...Dean; feelings!! • Crazy Diamonds | E | 25k | Canon Divergent | 2018 Dean and 2008 Dean switch places; 2008 Dean is very confused about his apparent relationship with Cas; 2018 Dean is determined to get back to his own Cas. • Seek to Know You Better | E | 33k | Post-Canon | Dean and Cas answer the 36 questions while attending to cases across the country. This one is SO SOFT and just SO GOOD. • What Has Eight Tentacles and Isn’t Allowed to Eat Pie? | T | 16k | Canon Divergent | Dean touches an artifact in the bunker that turns him into an octopus; inexplicably, this helps him figure his shit out re: Cas Top Tier • The Dean Winchester Beat Sheet | E | 144k | College AU; Dean is a closeted dudebro. Cas decides to be his gay experiment. • Halloween Horror (series) | E | series of horror fics and each one fucked me up in new and fun ways! beware of tags • a turn of the earth | M | 95k | Canon Divergent | Cas is ripped from time, fleeing a monster called The Darkness that erases people from existence, and ends up popping up in Dean's past timeline over and over again. Dean is determinied to save him before he disappears forever. • A Complete Kingdom | E | 85k | Canon Divergent | (Beware tags please) Dean, Sam, and Cas hunt a monster on the coast of Maine; fucked up shit happens; no happy endings here • The Path of Fireflies | M | 64k | Canon Divergent | Dean wakes up 12 years in the future married to Cas; they own a B&B ; Dean is a dick about it; emotions happen • Tall Grass | E | 57k | Post-Canon | Bunker living wherein Cas tries to make peace with being human and Dean continues to be so so stupid about their relationship. • Teaching Poetry to Fish | M | 52k | Canon Divergent | Follows Cas throughout his long life and his attempts to literally teach poetry to fish; it’s very sweet • Deeper and Deeper Into the World | E | 47k | Canon Divergent | Cas and Dean travel across the world on the heels of Metatron and Castiel's stolen grace. They figure their shit out on the way. • Fenario | E | 47k | Post-Canon | Dean and Cas buy a lakehouse to settle in after the Empty. Cas grieves Jack's disappearance. Dean has issues accepting his feelings for Cas. • the lover's choice | M | 44k | Post-Canon | Dean rescues Cas from the Empty. This is such a fucking funny fic. • This ain't a love song | M | 33k | Endverse | This is 'depression: the fic' until the end, so hang in there. • Where the weeds take root | E | 30k | Post-Canon | Dean and Cas settle down, but Cas is dealing with being human and sometimes that means time away from Dean; lack of communication is the key here! • On Drowning | T | 29k | Canon Divergent | Human Cas nearly drowns and it causes Dean to address some issues. • There Are Many Things | E | 29k | Canon Divergent | The angels fall, Cas is human, Dean kicks him out of the bunker, Cas deals with abandonment, identity, and Dean being an absolute dickwad. • Command Me to Be Well | E | 28k | Post-Canon | They get Cas back from the Empty, but Dean still has repression to deal with. They deal with it. • On Labor | E | 25k | Post-Canon | Dean tells Cas he loves him back when he gets back from the Empty. But he's not capable of love, right? So it's a lie? • Après | E | 24k | Canon Divergent | Cas falls with the angels but lands in France. Dean flies out to meet him. ROMANCE!! • There’s Only One Sure Thing That I Know | E | 20k | Canon Divergent | Dean and Cas get trapped in Ohio; they learn to be domestic and accept their horrible fate of living in Ohio forever • Kingdom Come | E | 17k | Post-Canon | Cas returns from the Empty. Dean figures his shit out. • Under the Same Sun | E | 14k | Post-Canon | They get Cas back but Dean makes things weird because he’s one repressed motherfucker. Cas doesn’t stand for it. • Coals Aglow | E | 11k | Canon Divergent | While in apocalypse world, shortly after finding Sam alive, Dean decides he's done tiptoeing around what he and Cas feel. • Happily Ever After (series) | Canon | Cas gives Dean a ring. Dean has feelings about it. • Deancas codas: season fifteen (series) | Post-Canon | A bunch of fix-it fics that all hit Honorable Mention • The Shawnee Trail | E | 166k | Western AU | Western AU where Cas is a doctor and Sam and Dean work for Wells Fargo. Plot stuff happens! It was fun and super well-written! • Emergence | E | 58k | Canon Divergent | A spell causes Dean & Sam to forget Cas's existence after he falls from heaven. Cas thinks they did it on purpose. • Though The Course May Change | E | 52k | Canon Divergent | Fake married case! These two are so dumb!! • Architecture of the Minotaur's Heart | E | 45k | Canon Divergent | Dean buys a haunted cabin next to Cas. Hidden memories begin to return of a life they spent together. • Strandlines | E | 41k | Canon Divergent | Cas is sent to protect Dean Winchester in 2006 but instead lands in 2003. • When It Comes to Being Loved | E | 38k | Canon | Dean and Cas have some alone time and learn to take things slow. • things happen | E | 28k | Post-Canon | Cas comes back from the Empty and while Dean can't reciprocate his love, Cas says he doesn't mind except he keeps being really earnest about his love for Dean and Dean is losing it • Asunder | E | 24k | Human AU | Cas is a pediatrician, Dean is a social worker; loosely based on The Wedding Date; Sam and Ruby are the best part of this tbh. • The Tunnel of Love | E | 21k | Canon Divergent | Human Cas joins the boys on a hunt involving the tunnel of love ride at a carnival. It requires them to kiss. • i projected (series) | T | 20k | Post-Canon | these are fucking hysterical; chronologically, you should read Sam, Mary, then Dean • No Kingdom to Come | M | 17k | Canon Divergent | the pandemic hits and Sam, Dean, and Cas quarantine in the bunker; Dean is having an existential crisis; he and Cas become FWB and even though they both want to be more than that, they don't talk about it until they finally do • The Thirty-Six Questions that Lead to Love | M | 13k | Canon | Claire needs Dean and Cas to pretend to be a married couple for a case; turns out it's basically a couples retreat; feelings happen • Heaven Sent You Downstream | T | 11k | Canon Divergent | Dean investigates a monster on his own. Very cool mythology/monster with some introspection on Dean’s part. • The face of heaven | T | 10k | AU | Cas is a fallen star; they fall in love; the star thing makes things complicated • Keep the Home Fires Burning | T | 4k | AU | Dean goes selectively mute again. Pure hurt/comfort that targeted me directly. • Flirting 101 with Professor Claire Novak | NR | 2k | Canon | Claire learns about the Supernatural books and schools Cas on the art of being flirted with using them Not Dean/Cas But Required Reading Anyway • an unclean man who went down to immerse himself | T | 23k | Pre-Canon | How batshit Castiel's testing of Jimmy's faith would've been had it been Old Testament biblical. • body of proof | M | 7k | Canon | HEED CONTENT WARNINGS. Sam writes Dean a letter describing past traumas, including hell. Stuff I Wrote • Vox In Rama | E | 50k | Post-Canon | WIP // Cas returns from the Empty feeling lost and numb; weird shit is happening at the bunker; part case fic, part cas introspective, part dean and cas being incapable of communicating. • Sensational | T | 6k | Canon Divergent | Cas experiences the best of all 5 human senses with some help from Dean. • It's Not Traditional | T | 1.5k | Post-Canon | There's a wedding proposal and it's all Sam's fault. • Truth | G | 1k | Canon | Regarding Dean coda; Sam gets some answers from his brother re: one angel
