Tags: Canon Divergent; Post Purgatory ;Top Cas/Bottom Dean; Dubious Consentacles; Inappropriate Use of Angel Grace; Sounding ;Spanking; Restraints; Edging; Anal Sex
Summary: Dean spent a year fighting his way through Purgatory, looking for Cas and a way out.
Cas didnât make it out with him. Well, not in one piece.
Blasted from his vessel during their escape, Cas is left as little more than a wavelength of celestial intent, only able to communicate through warm touches and scribbled notes. Determined to make him whole again, they set out to find his missing vessel.
Turns out finding Cas' vessel is only half the journey.
Sneak Peek: The stars were ridiculous out here, thousands of them, sharp and bright, scattered across the sky like somebody had spilled diamonds across black velvet. The Milky Way stretched overhead in a pale river of light.
âSam went through this astronomy stage when he was a kid,â Dean said softly. âHad all these books, star charts, the whole deal. He taught me a few of the constellations, likeâŠâ he nodded towards a cluster of stars. âThe Big Dipper. Everyone probably knows that one. And, shit, whatâs that W looking one?â
A tendril flicked his ear. âWhat the hell, Cas? Oh! Cassiopeia, duh.â He chuckled. âWe used to tell ourselves that it stood for Winchester.â He tilted his head towards where he knew Cas was. âSo, uh, you make any of them? You know, way back when?â
An invisible hand settled against his cheek, turning his head. Deanâs eyes scanned the stars. âOrion? You made that?â His head was guided into a nod. âSo, youâve always had a thing for hunters then?â he teased.
The pressure at his cheek didnât answer in words. Instead, it turned his face back towards where Cas was sitting beside him.
Dean swallowed.
And then he leaned forward.
Cas met his lips immediately, invisible, but so soft and warm. The hand on his cheek shifted to the back of his neck, pulling him closer in a way that made Deanâs chest go tight for reasons he didnât want to name too clearly.
The kiss deepened. Dean let out a quiet, broken exhale as Casâ tongue met his, one hand braced on the hood of the Impala like it was the only thing keeping him grounded. When they finally broke apart, Dean blinked once, staring at empty space in front of him. ââŠSo thatâs a yes on Orion?â
Tags: Top Castiel/Bottom Dean, Dom Castiel/Sub Dean Winchester, Mechanic Dean, Photographer Cas, Shibari, Spanking, Restraints, Edging, Anal Sex
Summary: Dean Winchester has spent thirty-three years believing strength means handling everything on his own.
Agreeing to model for a shibari photoshoot is supposed to be nothing more than an easy paycheck. He expects a few awkward photos, a weird afternoon, and a story to laugh about later.
He doesn't expect the quiet photographer with impossibly blue eyes. He doesn't expect the profound calm he finds wrapped in rope. And he definitely doesn't expect a second phone call that introduces him to a world of trust, vulnerability, and submission he'd never imagined could feel like coming home.
As Dean beings exploring a side of himself heâs never experienced, he starts to realize that maybe strength isnât always about holding everything together.
Sometimes, the greatest act of courage is learning to let go.
Sneak Peek: People filled the space, some looking exactly like he'd expected â black leather, heavy boots, tattoos, elaborate harnesses. Most didn't. A gray-haired couple sat sharing a bottle of wine. Two women in jeans argued amiably over something on a phone. A man in an expensive business suit laughed as he shrugged out of his jacket.
It looked normal.
Until Deanâs brain caught up to what he was seeing.
A woman quietly fastening cuffs around another woman's wrists. A rope suspension in one corner. Someone kneeling beside a couch with obvious ease and familiarity, his hair being gently stroked by the woman sitting above him.
On one side of a brightly lit stage, a slim brunette knelt over a bench, her ass cheeks red even at a distance. The man next to her raised something before bringing it down on her ass again. The woman cried out, but there was unmistakable pleasure on her face.
On the other side, a man knelt in front of another, hands bound behind his back, naked, his cock standing erect. Dean watched as the standing manâs cock was fed into the other's mouth and held there, the kneeling manâs eyes watering as he struggled to breathe. Dean expected him to panic, to pull away, but the standing man pulled out, letting the kneeling one pull in air, a lazy smile on his lips.
Dean's eyes kept moving, trying to make sense of it all. Leather and denim. Rope and silk. Laughter and moans. Pain and comfort.
Heâd spent thirty-three years thinking he knew exactly what the term BDSM meant.
Standing in the middle of Purgatory now, watching one man get face fucked while across the room someone gently tucked a blanket around a partner wrapped in rope, he realized he hadn't had the first clue.
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Sign ups are now open for the second round of the Destiel All Sports BangFest! Check out the rules and the schedule, then you can sign up here!
You should be directed to join the discord server once you've completed the form - if you are not, or the link does not work, you can either send an ask to the blog (not anon) or message a mod and we'll shoot you an invite.
five breathless seconds | @bethmints
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 5,614
Main Tags/Warnings: Endverse Castiel, Past Cassie Robinson/Dean Winchester, Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Canon Divergence, Soulmarks as Erogenous Zones, First Kiss
Summary: âSoulmarks,â this Cas says, as though Dean should already know and itâs some kind of monumental chore to remind him, âappear on your body in your native language.â
Deanâs breath catches.
âFor you, thatâs English,â this Cas says. âBut for me⊠Enochian.â He traces his fingers across the mark on his arm and then looks up at Dean, and his eyes areâintense. "Get it yet?"
(A rom-com style soulmates AU, presented in snippets across Seasons 4 and 5 and featuring a cameo by Endverse Cas)
Heart in a Snow Globe | @seidenapfel
Rating: Teen & Up
Word Count: 6,141
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Magic, Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Strangers to Lovers, Dean Winchester is Good With Children, Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond, Soulmates, Minor Eileen Leahy/Sam Winchester, Minor John Winchester/Mary Winchester
Summary: Dean Winchester is special, in the most frustrating way possible.
While every member of his entire family â of his entire village even â has developed magical abilities throughout their childhood, Dean has remained powerless.
At the ripe age of 43, he has accepted his fate and arranged himself in his life. Though it hurts, every day anew. His whole life he has felt as if something is missing.
When catastrophe hits, and everything â everyone â he cares for is trapped in an ice dome, Dean is the only one left⊠Until a stranger appears.
A stranger without powers.
Soulmate at first stab | @hexentaenzerin
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 10,811
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, soulmates at first stab, Cas in search of soulmate, lonely cas, handyman Cas, Soulmates, nurse Cas, ER doctor Dean, Sexy Times, Smut, Fluff, Home Life, I stabbed you I claimed you, Bobby has grade A dad vibes, Sam Being Sam, around the world, Happy Ending, Winchester wedding, top!Dean/bottom!Castiel
Summary: In a world where you are impervious to harm until you find your soulmate, being alone sucks. Cas should know, because he's been around for 5000 years. He doesn't even need the connection to his soulmate to be something romantic. Just having that deep soulmate connection with a friend would be enough.
He doesn't expect to find a stranger in a barn to make him suddenly vulnerable in more ways than one.
The Realm Beyond | @seidenapfel
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 13,186
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Fae & Fairies, Fae Castiel (Supernatural), Temporary Character Death, Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond, Mutual Pining, Wings, Magic, Anal Sex, Minor Rowena MacLeod/Sam WinchesterGrief/Mourning, Soul Bond, Angst with a Happy Ending, Top Dean Winchester/Bottom Castiel
Summary: The day Sam died was the worst day in Deanâs life â and the best. It sounded absurd, but without the death of his brother, his own life would have never taken the turn that brought him a fucking happily ever after.
Late Bloomer | @entropic-saudade
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 15,042
Main Tags/Warnings: Temporary Character Death, Reincarnation, References to Classical Religion & Lore, Soulmates, Delayed Coming of Age, Historical Elements, Low Fantasy Elements, Lost Love, Reunions, Hurt/Comfort, Demigod Castiel, Professor Castiel, Farmer Dean Winchester, Mechanic Dean Winchester, Family Issues, Happy Ending
Summary: In Ancient Greece, demi-god Cassander is in love with a peasant boy named Dekanos Polybolos. Cassander is ready to give up all the powers that come from his immortal side if it means he can share this lifetime with Dekanos. Yet before he can fall fully from Olympus, tragedy strikes, ripping him and Dekanos apart.
Cassander vows to find Dekanos againâhowever many lifetimes it takes. He goes on an odyssey through time, slowly losing hope, losing faith, but never once forgetting his and Dekanosâ story.
In the present day, despite all secret hopes that life would offer something more, Dean Winchester has resigned himself to his mundanity. Heâs thirty, living at home, working in his dadâs garage; he has no illusions about being or having anything more. But while at his brotherâs graduation from Stanford Law, a series of freak coincidences causes Dean to cross paths with antiquities professor Castiel Novak, who opens his eyes to the beauty in being a late bloomer.
Always on My Mind | @krexhatespushups-blog
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 24,797
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe-Soulmates, Heard of Hearing Dean, Bisexual Dean, Homeless Cas, Mentions of Cancer, Bobby is Dean Winchester's Parent
Summary: Dean woke up on the morning of his sixteenth birthday with a song in his head, but not just any song. His soulmateâs song. Most people were thrilled to hear theirs, but Dean was less than ecstatic. Being Deaf in a world where soulâs bonds were based on music meant he didnât have a lot of faith in his soulmate situation working out.
Castiel was convinced that God had cursed him to be without love in his life. He was almost twenty, and hadnât heard so much as a note of his soulmate's song. That was, until he walked into the Gas-N-Sip one night, setting off a chain of events that would forever alter the course of his life.
The Old Ways | @niks-fics
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 27,684
Main Tags/Warnings: Major Character Death but with a Sweet Afterlife Reunion, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean, Mutual Pining, Magic, Ireland, Domestic Fluff
Summary: There is a place beyond memory where time has not yet fractured into past and future. Where silence breathes and light sings.
The Aethermere.
It was there a soul brushed against a star. It was there they twined in light and song. It was there they loved.
But time was born and with it, endings. Torn apart, the soul was pulled to life while the star was left to linger. To watch. To wait.
To fall.
ââââ
Dean Winchester has spent his life aching for something he can't name. His whole life, he's been haunted by dreams of song and loss, and felt an emptiness as though part of himself is missing.
It follows him across every year, every mile, even across the ocean. After Sam's wedding, he sets off to explore Ireland but the ache persists. It's there in crowded pubs, ancient ruins, the wild crash of waves against the cliffs.
Until he meets a stranger. A man he knows but has never met. A man who sings a song Dean has only ever heard in his dreams. A man his soul recognizes.
But the old ways aren't kind. Magic has rules. Tethers can be snapped. What's found can be lost; what's given can be taken back.
They found each other once.
Can they find each other again?
King of the World | @maxine_1703
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 38,681
Main Tags/Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence, temporary major character death, homophobia, ableism, reincarnation, mutual pining, soulmates, actor!Dean, actor!Cas, angst with a happy ending
Summary: In the 1970s, Dean Milligan, a background actor, dies in a huge fire that blazes an expensive Hollywood set. Dean, having only worked as an extra, holds no space in the local news.
35 years later, Dean Winchester is lucky to have everything he could wish for: fame, money, stardom, and a great life where nothing remains a dream. While filming for a movie at an abandoned set, Dean starts to experience flashbacks of himself from another lifeâmemories of someone he couldnât possibly be. As he uncovers the reality behind the visions, Dean stumbles upon the impossible truth: he was violently murdered in his past lifeâand worseâhe was not alone. The same crime took someone else that nightâCas Shurley, a Hollywood star whom Dean Milligan had loved dearly. Realising that his reincarnation might have happened for a reason, Dean goes investigating his and Casâs death. Thankfully, he has Castiel Novak, Casâs handsome-yet-nerdy doppelgĂ€nger to help him with it.
Inspired by the Shah Rukh Khan movie: Om Shanti Om
Destiel Trope Collection 2026 | Day 6: Western/Cowboy/Ranch
This Little Piggy⊠| @hectatess
Rating: Teen & Up
Word Count: 6,501
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Farm/Ranch, Farmhands, Pig as a pet, Fluff
Summary: When Deanâs best friend and housemate Cas brings home an unexpected guest, their lives are suddenly a lot more eventful.
Wanted Man | @hexentaenzerin
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 12,909
Main Tags/Warnings: Wild West AU, Blacksmith Castiel (Supernatural), Outlaw Dean Winchester, Psychic Abilities, there was only one tent
Summary: Cas is working in his smithy when a telegram reaches him, that his twin brother has gone missing. He's afraid that his nightmares might be more than just dreams, so he closes up shop and makes his way west to go look for his brother. He doesn't expect to find help in the known outlaw Dean Winchester, but Dean is a better man than the law would make you think. Sometimes you just have to work outside the law to bring justice to the things that go bump in the night.
Eight Coils and a Length of Rope | @seidenapfel
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 13,402
Main Tags/Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Alternate Universe - Western, Spaghetti Western, Strangers to Lovers, Hanging, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt Dean Winchester, Hand Jobs, Anal Sex, Top/Bottom Versatile
Summary: Freedom is a length of rope and God wants you to hang yourself with it. Well, unless others do it for you.
Long Way Home | @junesirius
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 22,447
Main Tags/Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Wild West, Time Travel, Mutual Pining, Angst, Canon-Typical Violence, Classic Old Western Movie References, True Form Castiel
Summary: The plan was simple -- get the phoenix's ashes and get out. But when do things ever go easy for them? High noon comes and goes, and Dean finds himself stranded in the Wild West with no way home -- and no sign of Cas.
Castiel fights hard. Time is fluid and never easy to navigate, especially with his grace bleeding out and an archangel on his tail. The sign of Sunrise, Wyoming is finally in sight, but Dean is not here.
The past is vast, the clock is slow -- they're taking the long way home.
Two Sides of the Same Coin | @niks-fics
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 26,085
Main Tags/Warnings: Top Castiel/Bottom Dean, Dean Winchester's First Time With a Man, Closeted Bisexual Dean, Rodeo Star Dean, Reiner Dean, Dressage Rider Cas, Sports Romance, Horses
Summary: Up-and-coming rodeo star Dean Winchester has it all: a horse he trusts, a brother heâs proud of, and a job he loves. The only thing missing is someone to share it all with.
At the World Equestrian Games, he finds himself paired with Castiel Novak, the countryâs top dressage rider, for a special exhibition. Their challenge: blend Deanâs bold, fast-paced reining with Casâ elegant, precise dressage, creating a performance thatâs equal parts power and poetry. The catch? They have to switch horses to do it.
Between shared laughs, careful corrections, and the occasional lingering glance, the two riders learn that partnership isnât just about perfecting a routine â itâs about reading subtle cues, trusting instincts, and letting someone in.
Home on the Range | @niks-fics
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 48,833
Main Tags/Warnings: Top Castiel/Bottom Dean, Rancher Dean, Writer Castiel, Dude Ranch, Mute Claire, Formerly Mute Dean, Mention of Drug Overdose (Cas' ex)
Summary: Ten months after a traumatic experience leaves his daughter mute, single father Castiel Novak decides to heed the advice of Claire's therapist and get out of the city for a while. Obsessed with My Little Pony, Claire begs to go to "a pony farm" and, well, Castiel will do just about anything to make his little girl smile. A quick Google search later and he's booked a three month stay at Winchester Family Farm.
Neither Castiel nor Claire knew what to expect when they arrived at the farm, but it certainly wasn't a gorgeous, green eyed cowboy who knows ASL and has a penchant for collecting orphaned animals. Nor were they expecting the entire Winchester clan to make them part of the family. But that's exactly what happens, and it isn't long before Castiel realizes that not only is Claire healing, but he is as well.
A story about hope, healing, and finding home.
No Man's Land | Alaisabel (AO3)
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 50,689
Main Tags/Warnings: Western AU, Period-Typical Homophobia, Blasphemy, Cowboy Dean, Cowboy Cas, Monster Cas, Blood and Violence, Horror, Dubious Consent, Manipulation, Top Cas/Bottom Dean, Dom/sub Undertones, Dean Winchester Has Abandonment Issues, Protective Cas, Psychological Horror, Angst with a Happy Ending
Summary: Dean has spent most of his life drifting between one-horse towns, drowning himself in short-lived pleasures and the certainty that no one ever stays.
Until he finds himself with a bullet buried in the gut, deep in a desert that the locals claim is cursed - that once you go in, you donât come back out.
Heâs saved from bleeding out by a handsome stranger, but as they trek through the inhospitable wilderness together, it turns out that the only thing worse than being stuck in the desert alone, might be to be trapped there with someone you canât trust.
Winchester 275 | @mittensmorgul
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 56,666
Main Tags/Warnings: Cowboy Dean Winchester, Astronomer Castiel (Supernatural), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Horses, Horseback Riding, Mutual Pining, Eventual Smut after the requisite pining, accidental almost-nudity in a hot tub, First Kiss, First Time
Summary: Seven years after Sam left the family's ranch to attend Stanford, Dean's completely transformed the family's failing cattle business into a growing horse ranch. Sam's only got one condition for coming back home after graduation-- let him have a shot to build something of his own, the same as Dean's done. The catch? Sam and Eileen, along with their architect friend Hannah, want to turn a tiny corner of Dean's slice of heaven into a dude ranch.
The land itself might be heaven on earth, but Dean's invested his entire life into it. He'd made his peace with being alone, until he meets Hannah's brother. Castiel is a solar astronomer who is reluctantly coerced into helping his sister charm Sam's gruff and stubborn brother into saying yes to what has become her dream project. He doesn't imagine he'd have anything in common with a cowboy, but he finds that Dean's the one who ends up charming him.
Cas won't do anything to jeopardize Hannah's shot at her dream, and Dean is reluctant to put Sam's homecoming at risk. If only Dean and Cas could keep their distance from one another, maybe they could set aside their attraction for the sake of their siblingsâ business plans. The heavens seem to have other plans for themâŠ
On Wayward Tacks | @follows-the-bees
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 86,216
Main Tags/Warnings: Alternative Universe-Western, train heist, canon-typical violence, minor injuries, fluff and angst, Dean dressing Castiel as a cowboy, angst with happy ending
Summary: Lawrence, Kansas. 1882. Taken in by Bobby Singer almost two decades ago, Sam and Dean Winchester earn their keep on Singer Ranch, a refuge for a number of wayward souls who work for food and board but have gained a family and community in return.
Entrepreneur Gabriel Novak moves to Lawrence to open his own brothel, proposing that his brother Castiel leave the family business in Boston and work for him. Itâs a tempting offer that, along with his aching attraction for a certain green-eyed cowboy, makes Castiel wonder if he could find a true home on the range.
When outside forces threaten the existence of their way of life, Dean, Castiel, and their families are brought together in ways that they never could have imagined as they race to save their loved ones â and keep their dreams of a life together alive.
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