dean/cas fic rec: teachers/professors AU
♡ 300 Things by cautionzombies || rated E, 77k
tags/warnings: major angst, alcoholism, professor Cas
Dean’s life at twenty-four makes him feel like he’s forty—he works two jobs to help pay bills for his house and put his genius little brother through private school, and has spent six years (on and off, let’s be honest) working on his mechanical engineering degree at KU. With so much of his life devoted to his family, Dean has little time in his schedule for class and no time for social interaction. Then, while getting his classes together for the fall, he finds himself in a do-or-die situation: He must take his last literature class now, his spring already filled with those left for his major…except that none of the English classes will fit his schedule.
This is how Dean grovels and begs Dr. Castiel Milton to make a special arrangement for him, and Dr. Milton does.
Accidental First Date by Powerfulweak || rated E, 65k
tags/warnings: teacher Dean, fluff, bottom Cas, top Dean, past Cas/Bartholomew
Dean’s date cancels on him at the last minute. Luckily, the stranger in the waiting area is willing to share a table with him.
Chili Papper Verse by justanothersong || rated T, 40k
tags/warningns: teacher Cas, teacher Dean, established relationship
Dr. Winchester hears an off hand comment from one of his students and find himself browsing a website dedicated to rating university professors. He’s not surprised by his rating – but is a little miffed to see the department chair has an even better one. Clearly, something needs to be done about this.
♡ Crossroads State by Mercy || rated M, 51k
tags/warnings: drug abuse (Sam, mentioned), Cas/Batlhazar, teacher Cas
Castiel has a nice predictable structured life teaching high school, even if he happens to be overqualified for it. Then this guy moves in around the corner and literally knocks him on his ass.
Easy Now, With My Heart by casfallsinlove || rated E, 50k
tags/warnings: teacher Dean, writer Cas
Dean Winchester is a kindergarten teacher. Castiel Milton is a writer slash works-in-a-coffee-shop. He also happens to be the extremely hot one-night stand that Dean never intended to see again other than in his own fantasies (he’s classy like that). But suddenly Cas is everywhere and Dean is convinced that Fate is out to get him. And maybe they do this thing backwards, but that doesn’t have to mean they can’t make it in the end, right?
Forget-Me-Not Blues by noangelsinthegarrison || rated E, 69k
tags/warnings: rom com, professor Cas, misunderstandings,
Sam and Jess are getting married and Dean couldn’t be any happier for them. Honestly, they’re kind of disgustingly perfect for each other and Dean’s pretty damn excited about staying with them the week before the wedding. He’s Sam’s best man, of course, and he doesn’t even mind that Jess has her own best man to share in all the organisational duties. The more the merrier, right?
Except Dean must have done something to epically piss off the universe because Jess’s best man just happens to be Castiel friggin’ Novak. He’s got even hotter since High School, but apparently no friendlier and if Cas wants to spend the week pretending like they’ve never met before? Fine. Two can play at that game.
Freefall by lastknownwriter || rated E, 129k
tags/warnings: teacher Dean, domestic
AU. The most exciting kindergarten teacher Dean Winchester’s life ever gets is when he plays mechanic in his uncle Bobby’s shop on the weekends. That is until a birthday party goes tequila-nova and he trips into a one-night stand with an incredibly hot firefighter named Castiel. Dean’s life gets a lot more exciting after that.
NOTES: The story has been taken down by the author, but I have a copy of it on my computer.
In Real Life by cloudyjenn || rated M, 7k
tags/warnings: teacher Cas, writer Dean
High school teachers. Castiel is the English teacher at the school Sam teaches history at. Dean is a writer who has been sending his stories to an online friend (Castiel) for editing. Sam finds out and realizes that Dean and Castiel don’t know each other in real life, but really should.
Inevitable Homoeroticism in Spanish Romantic Heroes by prosopopeya || rated E, 42k
tags/warnings: rom com & literature references, professor Cas
Dean is a grad student studying for his MA in Spanish literature, and he’s pretty content with his sexuality as it is – that is, fairly undefined and also secret. His attraction to Castiel, a professor to the undergrads, doesn’t seem like a big deal until it becomes a very big deal, and Dean scrambles to keep his head above water.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY AU FIC REC
Kite Songs by ladytelemachus || rated T, 9k
tags/warnings: professor Cas, writer Dean
In which Cas seeks internet notoriety with his controversial views on the latest darling of American fiction, and stumbles across something else entirely.
Knocks and Bumps by nileflood || rated T, 2k
tags/warnings: teacher Cas, mechanic Dean
A little ficlet about how Castiel, elementary teacher in a small town, falls for the man who knocks him off his bike.
Past Present by lastknownwriter || rated E, 83k
tags/warnings: amnesia, angst, Cas/Balthazar, professor Cas
When a handsome stranger wanders into his bar one warm fall night, Dean Winchester is charmed by the archaeology professor. As their friendship deepens, Dean will discover that there are a few simple truths about love: it can sneak up on you when you least expect it, and it will level you without warning. But it can also save you, when you’re lost.
The World Crashing All Around by thepinupchemist || rated E, 36k
tags/warnings: most of the fic takes place in their childhood, angel Cas, friends to lovers, teacher Dean, fluff, wing kink, rom com
During a storm in September of 1987, Dean and Sam hear something hit their roof. When they brave the backyard to investigate, they find a fledgling angel.
A story about best friendship, spoiled plans, and love, in four parts.
♡ Try-Something Tuesday by almaasi || rated E, 48k
tags/warnings: teacher Dean, teacher Cas, bottom Dean
Human AU. Dean Winchester teaches a third-grade class. He’s new to this whole ‘bisexual’ thing - but by pure happenstance, he meets Castiel: a particularly dapper male librarian who moonlights as a substitute teacher. Dean’s curious and Castiel is willing, so why the hell not?
Except, fate never intended it to be one-time-only…
You Think We’re Done Here? by words_reign_here || rated T, 16k
tags/warnings: teacher Dean, FBI agent Cas, descriptions of violence
Dean Winchester is a high school English teacher and he loves his job. He loves his co-workers. His little brother has a great job and all in all, after a childhood filled with a drunken, violent man, things are going a lot better. But it takes one day, three cups of spilled coffee, an angry FBI agent and a man seeking revenge on Sam Winchester to change all of that.
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