High School Destiel fic rec list - from the very beginnings of this blog, HS AU fics have been highly sought after. We were getting so many repetitive asks that we had to make a rule that all anons about HS fics will be deleted. Otherwise this blog would turn into an endless stream of high school fic rec asks. Even now, 8 years later, High School tag is one of the most visited pages according to our Google stats. Thereâs also High School AU Reference Post we made to help navigate the tag, winch includes fics you will not find on the tag. We get it! High School fic is  our comfort food. Without further ado, here is a small collection of our favorite student/student High School fics from ye old times.
Thank you, @cat-peach  for letting us use your vintage destiel art! It brings back memories. ;) Link to our other fic rec posts with art.
A Million Ways to Go by ChasingRabbits [NC-17, 91,000 word count] posted 2014
Castiel 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. Â And then the Winchesters move in down the street.
Box of Chocolates by justkeeponwriting [T, 29,500 word count] 2014
Through a series of odd happenings, it becomes increasingly clear that the universe is determined to get Dean and Cas together. Dean very much disagrees.
Chalk and Chainmail by lemonsorbae (sub rec) Â [T, 33,800 word count] 2013
When Dean flunks chemistry his parents arrange for a peer tutor to help bring his grade up. When Dean realizes his tutor is the one person heâs been commanded to stay away from, he realizes his failing grade is the least of his problems.
Grammar Games by reluctant [NC-17, 23,200 word count] 2015
âOh, uh,â he said. âYeah. Iâm Castiel. Cas, if you like.ââCas,â Dean drawled. âI do like.â He stuck out his hand. Cas raised an eyebrow, but he reached out to shake. âIâm Dean Winchester.ââIâm aware,â Cas said dryly. âYouâve something of a reputation.ââIâm aware,â Dean agreed with a bright grin. âSo which parts have you heard, good or bad?"Cas shrugged. "Some of both, I suppose.â
grip them tight and raise them from pernicion by flux [T, 20,000 word count] 2014
Dean and Cas have been at each otherâs throats for years, but Anna and Sam are determined to change that for the better. With a well-placed love letter and some careful direction, they manage to get the two into a semi-antagonistic, fiercely competitive, and emotionally confusing game of relationship chicken. Now they just need to get to prom.
Itâs Always the End of the World Somewhere by scaramouche [NC-17, 21,000 word count] 2010
The status quo is this: Dean is the popular captain of the football team, and Castiel is the off-kilter nobody who doesnât so much as breathe the same air as Dean. Then senior year happens and the status quo is shot to smithereens.
Lipstick by soupernabturel (submitted rec) [NC-17, 184,000 word count] 2014
Itâs the typical story of Boy-meets Boy-next door. Except Boy 1 isnât exactly all that he seems, and boy 2 is less of a boy than sheâd have others believe.Â
Love in Every Stitch series by gedry [22,500 word count] (previously recced here) 2011
Written for nicole_sill who won me in the help-japan auction. She asked for a Dean/Cas high school AU involving them being friends for a long time and Castiel falling in love with Dean and knitting him a sweater.Â
Master of Reality by peppermintwind [NC-17, 88,500 word count] 2013
So, do you feel more in solidarity now that weâre making noodles together?â In which Dean (whose father disappeared a few months ago, who sometimes takes on gangs for local charities, who would do anything to take care of his little brother without telling him what âanythingâ entails) hangs out at the Roadhouse Homeless Youth Day Center and Castiel (high school senior with an edible-only weed philosophy, after-school fist-fighting veteran, owner of a fuzzy blue blanket with angel wings) takes an Urban Plunge. And then everything gets complicated.
Player 2 Is Ready by alreadypainfullygone [NC-17, 25,000 word count] 2013
AU Highschool. Dean and Castiel only know each other online, and their relationship there is very different to the one they share outside of their games, where they havenât ever met.
Punch Drunk Love Trilogy by highermagic [NC-17, 16,000 word count] 2011
A teenage human AU in which Castiel asks his best friend to teach him how to kiss. Well, he didnât actually ask â Dean offered. Which is weird âcause Castiel is pretty sure heâs very definitely straight.
Red-Blooded Blues by sysrae [NC-17, 28,200 word count] 2015
Castiel Novak is a poor kid from a bad neighbourhood. Dean Winchester is a rich jock who maybe cares a bit more about Cas than heâs willing to admit. You know how it goes.
So Glad We Made It by scaramouche [M, 16,400 word count] 2012
At twelve years old, Dean makes a friend, who becomes his best friend, who will eventually become the love of his life.
The Spirit of Lawrence High by violue [NC-17, 70,900 word count] 2014
Dean Winchester is funny, gorgeous, brave, loyal, and a breath of fresh air in Castiel Shurleyâs life. Dean Winchester is also a ghost haunting Castielâs school, but nobodyâs perfect, right?
Sporty High School AU series by triedunture [NC-17, 18,600 word count] 2011
Cas is on the high school swim team and Dean Winchester is the super-attractive, too-cool-for-him lacrosse player. Theyâre both practicing late one cold autumn night, and Dean succumbs to exhaustion. Itâs up to Cas to help him.
Store-Brand All-Purpose Flour by xaandria [T, 7,300 word count] 2014
The flour baby assignment was infamous, and always disrupted classes for at least a week while the current batch of ninth graders being shuffled through health class lugged around bags of flour with varying amounts of enthusiasm. The premise was that the teenagers would realize the trials of being teen parents. Dean figured that it just showed they were all unsuited to work at bakeries.
Tough Guys Donât Wear Glasses by kams_log [T, 47,200 word count] 2014
No one needed to know that Dean wore glasses. They didnât need to know that he had a perfect 4.0 GPA, or that he could easily run circles around every nerd at mathematics⌠It wasnât important that Dean got letters from colleges all across the country, begging him to accept their scholarships and enroll in their programs⌠His teachers begged him to accept. Make his school and family proud. But Dean would casually glance over the letters, shove them in his backpack, then promptly reply, âYou should see my brotherâs grades.â*** /summary cut for space/
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