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Game-Changing Reflections by seidenapfel

13,914 // Teen and Up // No archive warnings apply Fandom: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types

Relationships: Troy Barrett/Harris Drover, Kip Grady/Scott Hunter, Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Eric Bennett/Kyle Swift, Ryan Price/Fabian Salah

Tags: Canon Compliant, Book 6: The Long Game (Game Changers), Accidental Outing, Fluff and Angst, Panic Attacks, Outing, Minor Matti Jalo/Maria Villanueva, Texting, Humor, Angst and Humor, Social Media Summary:

When Hayden's FanMail video goes viral, it spreads like wildfire in the hockey world. It comes as a shock to many, but for some players it means they have to vicariously live through their worst nightmare.

Read the now complete fic on AO3.

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Game-Changing Reflections by seidenapfel

13,914 // Teen and Up // No archive warnings apply Fandom: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types

Relationships: Troy Barrett/Harris Drover, Kip Grady/Scott Hunter, Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Eric Bennett/Kyle Swift, Ryan Price/Fabian Salah

Tags: Canon Compliant, Book 6: The Long Game (Game Changers), Accidental Outing, Fluff and Angst, Panic Attacks, Outing, Minor Matti Jalo/Maria Villanueva, Texting, Humor, Angst and Humor, Social Media Summary:

When Hayden's FanMail video goes viral, it spreads like wildfire in the hockey world. It comes as a shock to many, but for some players it means they have to vicariously live through their worst nightmare.

Read the now complete fic on AO3.

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Destiel Trope Collection 2026 | Day 30: Wing Fic

Taking Flight | @iamianweareme Rating: Explicit Word Count: 2,343 Main Tags/Warnings: Top Castiel/Bottom Dean, Dom/Sub, Orgasm Delay/Denial, Anal sex, Oral Sex Summary: The prompt asked for a Wing/Strength Kink Destiel fic where Dean encounters Castiel's wings for the first time, and it unlocks some new feelings for both. I hope this fills the prompt and scratches the itch-

faith healer (come put your hands all over me) | @ksoleil7 Rating: Mature Word Count: 8,264 Main Tags/Warnings: One Shot, Fluff, Massage, Wing Fic, Angel Wings, Dean Winchester Can See Castiel's Wings, Half-Human Castiel (Supernatural), Men of Letters Bunker (Supernatural), Non-Explicit Sex, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Hurt Castiel (Supernatural), Getting Together, Emotional Vulnerability, Domesticity in the Men of Letters Bunker (Supernatural), Canon Universe, First Kiss Summary: Cas is half-angel, half sore shoulders after a long hunt. Naturally, Dean offers to help him out.

The Curse of the Fiery Cross | @seidenapfel Rating: Explicit Word Count: 28,057 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Pirate, Golden Age of Piracy, Age of Sail, Angel Castiel (Supernatural), Wings, Treasure Hunting, Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond, Curses, Minor Charlie Bradbury/Jo Harvelle, Semi-Public Sex, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester Summary: Captain Dean Winchester is a myth. Where others commit mutiny to escape the malice of their superiors and become the bane of the Sea and the Crown, Dean stands out. He doesn’t settle for ransacking ships and boarding vessels. Dean retrieves booties. On his search for the biggest treasure known to pirates, Dean locates a piece of the prize: a golden cross. Though, when he touches it, he lifts its curse and frees an angel. They come to an agreement. If Dean helps Castiel to find his way home, the angel will help him uncover the treasure Dean’s heart desires.

Calming the Weather | @seidenapfel Rating: Explicit Word Count: 35,490 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post 15x18 – Despair, the finale never happened, Angel Dean Winchester, Human Castiel (Supernatural), Angel Wings, Repressed Dean, Internalized Homophobia, Fluff and Angst, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Dean Winchester in Denial About Sexuality, Dean Winchester Has Sexuality Realizations, Domestic Castiel/Dean Winchester, Eventual Smut, Kid Jack Kline, Minor Eileen Leahy/Sam Winchester, First Kiss, Castiel and Dean Winchester Use Their Words, Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond, Angelic Grace (Supernatural), Castiel's True Form (Supernatural), Castiel/Dean Winchester Wing Kink, Wing Kink, Mild Smut, Angel Castiel (Supernatural) Summary: Rescued from the Empty, Cas is fully human, and miserable. So, rather than acknowledge what happened in the dungeon, Dean searches for a way to change that. He finds it in a simple spell. The spell gives ordinary humans a limited dose of angelic powers. Too afraid it might harm Cas, Dean tests it on himself. But it backfires. Thanks to a piece of Grace bound to his soul, Dean wakes up fully powered, wings and all. With their roles reversed, it is up to Castiel to teach Dean how to wield angelic powers, and for Dean to share the peaks and lows of humanity with Castiel. Misconceptions come to light as they learn from each other. Meanwhile, a storm is brewing. In order to stop it, Dean not only has to get a hold on his emotions, but he must face a revelation about himself, one he had repressed all his life.

Sacred Things | @farenmaddox Rating: Explicit Word Count: 45,313 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Professor Dean Winchester, Summer Romance, Wing Kink, Body Worship Summary: Dean is something a late bloomer, so it makes sense that he doesn’t start university until he’s already in his late twenties. He’d planned for a business degree, something that will give him a mooring in an unstable life, but an unexplainable encounter during a class trip leads him down a different path. Fifteen years later, history professor Dean Winchester and his best friend Charlie are both fresh off a divorce and heading back to Rome to try to recreate the magic of that long-ago summer. Older, heavier, but probably no wiser, Dean goes back to the strange statue that he’s been obsessing over to tell it how it changed his life. He’s not sure what he expected, but it certainly wasn’t for the statue to reciprocate. Or to ask Dean to show him the pleasures of the city he’s stood sentinel over for centuries.

An unPractical Guide to Angel Care | @xev3n Rating: Explicit Word Count: 131,316 Main Tags/Warnings: Wing Grooming, Wing Oil, Wing Oil as Lube (Supernatural), Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Angst with a Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Protective Dean Winchester, Healing Castiel, Pet Castiel (Supernatural), Angel Castiel (Supernatural), Angel ownership, Alternate Universe, POV Dean Winchester, Dean is a Natural Caregiver, Caretaker Dean Winchester, Emotional Recovery, Found Family, Dean Winchester falling in love, Dean Winchester is ignorant but trying, Touch-Starved Castiel (Supernatural), Past non-con (not Dean/Cas), Past Abuse, Implied/Referenced Sexual Abuse, Domestic Fluff, Nesting, Collars, Suppression devices, Unlearning dehumanization, Ownership, Sharing Clothes, Sharing a Bed, Bottom Dean Winchester, Top Castiel (Supernatural), Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Anal Sex, First Time, Marking, Possessive Castiel (Supernatural), Emotional Sex, Gentle Sex After Trauma, Come Eating, Shower Sex, Happy Ending, Blow Jobs Summary: Dean’s always wanted a supernatural companion. Something strange and maybe a little dangerous - the kind of pet that would make people stop and stare. Now that he’s finally settled into a place of his own, it feels like the right time, but the supernatural creature he ends up taking home isn’t what he imagined. Hidden in the back of the emporium, caged and collared, is an angel with dirt-matted feathers, half-healed bruises, and eyes that burn cold when they finally meet Dean’s. Dean knows he’s in no way prepared for this, but he also knows he can’t just leave him there.

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Destiel Trope Collection 2026 | Day 26: Hurt/Comfort and Whump

There are cameras in the Dungeon | @destiel-wings Rating: General Word Count: 1,368 Main Tags/Warnings: Dean Winchester Needs a Hug, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Canon Compliant, Grief/Mourning, Post-Episode: s15e19 Inherit the Earth Summary: Dean realizes there are cameras in the dungeon and rewatches Castiel's confession on tape. Emotions come to surface.

Need for comfort | @youchangedmedestiel Rating: General Word Count: 1,650 Main Tags/Warnings: Episode Tag: s14e08 Byzantium, Canon Universe, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Dead Jack Kline, Grieving Dean Winchester, Grieving Castiel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester Needs a Hug, Castiel Needs a Hug (Supernatural), Everyone Needs A Hug, Dean Winchester Needs Castiel, Castiel Loves Dean Winchester, First Kiss, Fluff, Literal Sleeping Together, Hopeful Ending, Hurt/Comfort Summary: Jack just died. Sam leaves the kitchen first after their drinking session to mourn Jack together as a family, leaving Dean and Cas alone. They drink a little bit more, just the two of them. Then Cas decides to leave the kitchen, but Dean calls him once he is in the hallway. So he turns around and comes back to Dean.

A Fistful of Soul | @envydean Rating: Explicit Word Count: 1,800 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Case, Hurt/Comfort, Healing Sex, Magical healing fisting, soul searching, Fisting, bottom!Dean, undetermined supernatural soul nibbling being Summary: Dean is unwell after a case, luckily Cas figures out that something is after Dean's soul and goes searching for it.

It came from the gog | @hectatess Rating: Mature Word Count: 3,204 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe, Mountains, Fog, Doctor!Castiel, Hypothermia, Eerie use of music, One Shot Summary: Castiel and his sister are having a well deserved winter break in a mountain-cabin. As they settle in, a thick fog rolls in. Suddenly creepy laughter rings through the pea-soup thick mist. What the hell is out there? Sam has dragged Dean along on a ski trip but Dean isn’t a fan, to put it mildly. He decides to take a walk, mostly at Sam’s insistence again. However: he isn’t really dressed for the cold and the sudden incoming fog doesn’t help at all.

the wilderness, and other assorted death traps | @mittensmorgul Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 3,924 Main Tags/Warnings: Hurt Castiel (Supernatural), Hurt/Comfort, Camping, Fluff Summary: The film crew of Dean's hit archaeology adventure tv show are just about the toughest people he's ever met. That doesn't mean Dean's not also the biggest mother hen any of them have ever met. Especially when it comes to Cas.

Out of Body, Out of Time | @seidenapfel Rating: Explicit Word Count: 7,998 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Psychological Horror, loss of senses, Eldritch Horror, Castiel's True Form (Supernatural), Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Men of Letters Bunker (Supernatural), Mildly Dubious Consent, Tentacle Sex, Angelic Grace-Powered Orgasms (Supernatural), Bottom Dean Winchester Summary: 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.

(un) masked | @kickflaw Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 10,713 Main Tags/Warnings: POV Castiel (Supernatural), Post-Episode AU: s15e19 Inherit the Earth (Supernatural), Not Finale Compliant, Castiel is Saved from the Empty (Supernatural), Hurt Dean Winchester, Human Castiel (Supernatural), Canon-Typical Violence, Miscommunication, Case Fic, Angst with a Happy Ending, Castiel Loves Dean Winchester, Dean Winchester Loves Castiel, but they're idiots about it Summary: You do not walk into the void with a human soul and emerge unaltered. You do not walk into the void with a human soul, period. But Dean did. Worse, Dean did it for Castiel. To rescue him. Out of friendship, fraternity. Out of love. Just—not the right kind. Perhaps it's wrong of him, perhaps it's unfair and petty and all-too-human, but. Castiel resents him for it.

epiales; lamb to the slaughter | @ksoleil7 Rating: Explicit Word Count: 13,053 Main Tags/Warnings: Whumptober, Whumptober 2025, Blood and Gore, Hurt/Comfort, Child Death, Psychological Horror, Hallucinations, Nightmares, Childhood Trauma, John Winchester's A+ Parenting, References to Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, One Shot, POV Dean Winchester, Illusions, Gun Violence, Child Abuse, Human Sacrifice, Dean Winchester Needs a Hug, Whump, Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Introspection, Implied Slash, Pre-Slash, Case Fic Summary: When a hunt for a nightmare creature goes wrong, Dean is forced to face fears he thought he'd buried, and Cas isn't going to let things lie.

Even Broken Things | @whoipretended2b Rating: Mature Word Count: 15,431 Main Tags/Warnings: Mer-Shark Dean Winchester, Statue Castiel (Supernatural), Injured Dean Winchester, Loneliness, Isolation, Near Death Experiences, Bittersweet Ending, Angst with a Bittersweet Ending, Grief/Mourning Summary: Dean learned young to carry what mattered and leave the rest behind. Then he found Cas, and Cas couldn’t be moved. Even so, Dean makes a life from the wreckage and finds beauty even in broken things.

Hell Beckons to Hell | @maxine_1703 Rating: Mature Word Count: 19,073 Main Tags/Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence, possession, blood and gore, hurt/comfort, disabled Dean, chronic pain, post finale, fix it, grief, angst with a happy ending Summary: Dean survives the rebar but is left to deal with a life of disability and chronic pain. The only upside to all of this is that Cas is alive, albeit human—all thanks to Jack. When a mysterious murder has them to jump back into hunting, bringing them face-to-face with a familiar enemy from the past, Dean is forced to confront his feelings for Cas. Cas, on the other hand, has to come to terms with his humanity and the fact that Dean may never truly reciprocate what Cas feels for him.

The Hunter's Oath | @thefandomsinhalor Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 19,895 Main Tags/Warnings: Cabin Fic AU, Fantasy and Supernatural Elements, Celestial Castiel, Profound Bond, Slow Build, Isolation, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Mountains 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.

Red and Black | @junesirius Rating: Mature Word Count: 26,060 Main Tags/Warnings: Canon Divergent, Angst, Monster Castiel, Vampire Dean Winchester, Temporary Character Death, Blood, Suicidal Characters, Morally Ambiguous Characters, Body Horror, Caring Dean Winchester, Eventual Happy Ending Summary: Aren't we all, monsters, in a way? Some crawl out, some hide deep; some drink red, some bleed black. In the pure, relentless monsterland, that's all they have -- being monsters themselves. ------ Died as a vampire and woke up in Purgatory with fangs, Dean has to crawl his way out the ugly way. And Castiel, in order to reach him, has to do something far, far worse -- to himself.

Behind These Plastered Walls | @bunheadkitkat19 Rating: Mature Word Count: 34,328 Main Tags/Warnings: Autistic Castiel, Writer Castiel, Injured Dean Winchester, Flirting, Miscommunication, Healing, past traumas, Mutual Pining, internalized ableism, Slow Burn, is it slow burn if it takes place in a weekmore like they lesbian uhaul but it takes 30k, Vulnerability, First Kiss, First Time, Non-Graphic Smut, content warning for past events in chapter A/N, Getting Together, First Impressions, Cuddling & Snuggling, Sexual Tension, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, neurodivergence, Undiagnosed Autism, POV Castiel Summary: Author Castiel Novak’s comfortable routine gets completely disrupted when he spots that his neighbor has fallen off his roof. His neighbor with gorgeous green eyes and a smile that always stirs a flutter in his chest. His neighbor of three years, who he always became inexplicably tongue-tied around that he never got a chance to even trade names with. His neighbor, probably the only other person on their street that lives alone and so rarely has guests over, and seemingly none who are from around. Worried that the man Castiel’s been pining over has no one else to take care of him, Castiel follows him to the hospital and is ready to put everything in his admittedly less than eventful life on hold to ensure the man’s safety. But Dean Winchester isn’t what Castiel expects, and Castiel can’t tell if this disruption will put his career at jeopardy if he fails to meet the upcoming deadline for his next book, or if it’s somehow exactly what he needs.

Forget Me Not | @maxine-1703 Rating: Mature Word Count: 38,742 Main Tags/Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence, alcoholism, aphasia, selective mutism, sign language, established Dean Winchester/Castiel, amnesiac!Castiel, missing persons, disability, angst with a happy ending Summary: A month after Jack goes missing, Dean and Cas are in a huge fight. That night, Cas walks out of their home and vanishes without a trace. Dean spends the year searching for his husband and son, only for Cas to turn up suddenly one night, gravely injured. As Dean cares for Cas, he ends up discovering parts of Cas’s past that he never knew existed, leading him to question everything about his husband and the life they built together.

How to Muse a Guy in 10 Ways | @niks-fics Rating: Explicit Word Count: 38,973 Main Tags/Warnings: Top Castiel/Bottom Dean, Hurt Castiel, Pianist Castiel, Muse Dean, Music AU, Hurt/Comfort, Healing and Recovery, Magic Summary: Dean Winchester loves inspiring the creative output of mankind. Sure, being an entry-level muse mostly means guiding kindergarteners' imaginations and coaxing burnt-out artists back toward their work, but that’s fine. He’s sure he’ll get promoted eventually. Castiel Novak breathed music his whole life — until an accident stole what had once felt effortless. Now he’s skirting around a piano he still loves and pretending that the quiet, careful world he’s constructed for himself is enough. And it is — until Dean shows up, bringing with him bad jokes, unexpected kindness, and the unsettling sense that something in Castiel is being gently, deliberately nudged awake.

Gracefully Yours, Always | @thefandomsinhalor Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 39,811 Main Tags/Warnings: Canon Divergence, Episode S09E10, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Temporary Blindness, Hurt Castiel, Hurt Dean, Angelic Grace, Researching Sam Summary: As Dean hopelessly waits for Gadreel and Crowley to be expelled from Sam’s body, he and Castiel are unexpectedly ambushed by the exiled angel Malachi and the remainder of his soldiers, seeking retribution for what Castiel has done to his faction. Because Castiel gets gravely injured in the fight, Dean resists the urge to isolate himself, and instead returns to the bunker with his friend and Sam, determined to put an end to the fallen angel madness, and also, perhaps, try to understand why, after everything he’s done, Castiel still stands by his side.

Copper Roses | @teeparadigm67 Rating: Explicit Word Count: 45,938 Main Tags/Warnings: Hanahaki Disease, Love Confessions, Curses Breaking, Magic, Graphic Depictions of Illness, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst, First Time, Sick Dean Winchester, Caregiving, Happy Ending, Skipable Smut. Summary: Dean is sick. Has been sick for a few days – ever since they came off their last hunt – and all looks hopelessly bleak as more blood-soaked petals clog his airways. Hanahaki disease is a deadly curse that sees flowers grow and bloom inside a person whose heart is filled with a romantic love for another and the only way to cure it is to have that love returned to them. But Dean is adamant that this person doesn’t love him back and he refuses to speak their name. If Castiel’s words would impact his condition he would say them loud and proud every day, but that's impossible. There is no way Dean could be in love with a broken-fallen angel. He wishes he was the one who contracted the wretched curse just to take away Dean’s burden, he can't stand watching the man he loves wither and die right before his eyes and will do whatever it takes to see Dean get that cure, even if it means breaking his own heart in the process.

Angel Black Death | @junesirius Rating: General Word Count: 66,469 Main Tags/Warnings: S12 Canon Divergent, Temporary Character Death, Main Character Near Death Experience, Graphic Depictions of Illness, Grace-Soul Bonding, Eventual Happy Ending, Profound Bond, Emotional Repression, Angst, Mutual Pining, Self-Sacrifices, Caring Dean Winchester Summary: Right after the Darkness leaves, when they think the world is finally at peace, angels start dying massively from an unprecedented, deadly, and contagious disease, which they call Angel Black Death, and Heaven is crumbling down, endangering the Earth and the whole world again. The solution they find is "the Brightest Light", which leads to their worst and only plan so far -- reaching out to Michael and Lucifer for help. What could possibly go wrong? (Or, in which Castiel needs help, and Dean is desperate to save him. During which they run into so many surprising old faces. All the family and friends are there to help, whatever form they're in. For once, the boys don't have to save the world alone.)

Sail Free | @florianniss Rating: Explicit Word Count: 66,819 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Canon, No Jack Kline, Explicit Sexual Content, Terminal Illnesses, No MCD, Dying Castiel (Supernatural), Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Mutual Pining, Castiel is Saved from the Empty (Supernatural), Dean Winchester is Not Okay, Wishes, Road Trips in the Impala (Supernatural), Slow Burn, Healing Sex, Medical Jargon, Sad with a Happy Ending Summary: Cas senses the moment the dynamic shifts. It's oddly freeing, emboldening. He's overcome by the urge to do something daring. Not taking one's pills daring. Ignoring a fatal disease daring. Exposing scars daring. Kissing Dean daring.

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Destiel Trope Collection 2026 | Day 24: Everyone Knows But Them

imaginaryprotagonist | @imaginaryprotagonist Rating: Mature Word Count: 4,266 Main Tags/Warnings: Friends to Lovers, POV Others, Mutual Pining, Idiots in Love, Jealousy, Implied Smut Summary: Dean and Cas are best friends and roommates. They’re also in love with each other, and the only people who can’t see that are themselves. Their friends and family can’t take it anymore, conspiring to get them to admit their feelings at Charlie’s annual summer barbecue.

Will you be my Valentine | @krexhatespushups-blog Rating: Explicit Word Count: 15,147 Main Tags/Warnings: Teacher Dean Winchester, Librarian Castiel, Fluff, idiots in love, Castiel and Dean need to use their words, Dean has a crush on Castiel, Dean loves a man in a sweater vest, Charlie can't deal with these idiots, everyone knows but them, Summary: Dean is a kindergarten teacher at NorthStar Elementary, Cas is the new librarian and Dean is head over heels. He doesn't make the best first impression and tries to make up for it with coffees and baked goods. Watch Dean fall over himself while convincing himself that Cas doesn't feel the same way. Caught in the middle of these idiots is Charlie. Will they ever realize they both feel the same way?

Whatever Makes you Happy | @krexhatespushups-blog Rating: Explicit Word Count: 27,629 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Unverse-coffee shop, Songwriter! Dean, Coffee shop owner! Castiel, Dean Winchester has self-worth issues, Mutual Pining, if there were anymore pining it would be setting a forest, Dean Winchester POV, EVERYONE KNOWS except Dean, First Kiss, destiel endgame, show burn, but once they get started they can't stop Summary: An aspiring songwriter, Dean Winchester spends his days in the local coffee shop, which just happens to be run by the most gorgeous man he has ever seen, Castiel Novak. This gorgeous man becomes his muse, songs flow out of Dean’s pen with the speed of a rushing river. Unfortunately, just like getting his songs heard, Castiel is just another thing Dean can’t have. He’s had his heart broken by a straight guy before and he can’t go through that again. Thankfully, Dean meets Lee Webb who is an amazing singer, AND he’s actually interested in Dean. Will Dean stay with the man who’s a sure thing or will he risk everything for whatever makes him happy?

Dean Winchester and the Belly Button Piercing | @teeparadigm67 Rating: Explicit Word Count: 34,800 Main Tags/Warnings: Canon Divergence, Castiel/Dean Winchester First Kiss, Canon-Typical Violence, Past Dean Winchester/Original Female Character(s), Pierced Dean Winchester, Fluff and Smut, Flirty Dean Winchester, Openly Bisexual Dean Winchester, Castiel doesn't understand flirting, Idiots in Love. Summary: Dean Winchester was 23 when he got his belly button pierced. It was during a time in his life when everything felt like it was in turmoil (long before he even really knew what his life being in turmoil truly meant). He never intended to go out and get any piercings—his father would have never allowed it. For 20-something years it had been his best-kept secret… that was until one fateful night when a hunt went wrong and his best friend had to swoop in and help patch him up, catching an eyeful of his elusive secret. Castiel’s infatuation with his best friend took a dangerous turn that night (not that he wasn’t already treading treacherous waters with his feelings towards the man). He had already known that Dean had a piercing, but he had no idea it was still functional, and equally had no idea that a piece of jewellery, Dean’s own slice of quiet rebellion, would have such a profound effect on him. Now Castiel can’t help but want him and his fading grace is doing very little in hiding his… indiscretions. The idea of it slowly drove him insane. And what makes it worse… Castiel was certain Dean was doing it on purpose.

You're Invited, Maid of Honor | @seidenapfel Rating: Explicit Word Count: 39,347 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Weddings, Wedding Planning, Mutual Pining, Repressed Dean, Closeted Character, Coming Out, Love at First Sight, Alcohol, Drunk Dean Winchester, Partial Memory Loss, Hangover, Oblivious Dean Winchester, Oblivious Castiel (Supernatural), Fluff and Angst, Fluff, Idiots in Love, Everyone Ships Castiel/Dean Winchester, First Time, Anal Sex, Bottom Dean Winchester, Past Cassie Robinson/Dean Winchester, Past Lisa Braeden/Dean Winchester, Past Donna Hanscum/Dean Winchester, Minor Eileen Leahy/Sam Winchester, Minor Ellen Harvelle/Bobby Singer, Past Charlie Bradbury/Meg Masters, Minor Charlie Bradbury/Gilda, Minor Benny Lafitte/Dean Winchester, Minor Donna Hanscum/Jody Mills, Past Balthazar/Castiel (Supernatural), Enemies to Lovers Summary: Time flies, and suddenly a deal is up. A stupid deal Dean once made with his best friend. If neither of them is married ten years later to the day, they're going to tie the knot — with each other. As Dean is slowly getting used to the thought of marrying Jo Harvelle, a letter arrives on his doorstep and his entire world turns upside down. The wedding invitation leaves no room for doubt: Someone else is going to marry Jo. Still in shock, Dean agrees to be her Maid of Honor. It’s his only chance to sabotage the wedding and prevent it from happening. Yet, he doesn’t anticipate Jo’s fiancé. Castiel Novak is everything Dean isn’t. He steals Dean’s breath from the very first moment. Dean can’t compete. Worse, Dean comes to the sudden realization that he probably isn’t as straight as he has always made himself believe.

A Snowball’s Chance | @bunheadkitkat19 Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 44,165 Main Tags/Warnings: Idiots in Love, Dean Winchester is Bad at Feelings, Dean Winchester is Bad at Flirting, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, kitten adoption, Cat Owner Castiel, Domestic Team Free Will, Domesticity in the Men of Letters Bunker, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Getting Together, First Kiss, Love Confessions, Mutual Pining, Castiel and Dean Winchester Being Idiots, Everyone Ships Castiel/Dean Winchester, Coming Out, Bisexual Dean Winchester, Queerplatonic Relationships, mild miscommunication, Bets & Wagers Summary: The world has finally stopped ending. Castiel is in love with Dean. Dean is head over heels for Castiel. What more could it possibly take for these two idiots to finally stop dancing around each other? Several more months, an ill-conceived bet, a chaotic (and almost thoroughly unhelpful) group chat, a sexuality crisis, and almost the end of Sam’s sanity, apparently. Oh, and also a kitten!

Playing Hard to Get | @salamitsunami1 Rating: Explicit Word Count: 97,921 Main Tags/Warnings: Top!Castiel/Bottom!Dean Winchester, Stanford Era, Jock Castiel, Jock Dean Winchester, Best Friends to Lovers, Angst with a Happy Ending Summary: Dean and Cas are close. Inseparable, even. Anyone who knows them would tell you that much. They met in freshman year, been roommates and teammates and everything in between since then, and Dean’s thinking it’s just that — the not living together anymore thing — but it’s been a little weird between them since they made the move off campus and back home to Sioux Falls. Cas must be feeling it too because it’s not three days later that he’s signing them both up for the local rugby team, which, given how messy their last season turned out, is probably a bad idea. Cas needs it, though, and Dean needs Cas, and so even though it is a really bad idea, he’s gonna do it anyway. Game on.

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Welcome to Pit & Paradise

Welcome to Pit & Paradise by seidenapfel | @seidenapfel Rating: Mature Word Count: 11k

When Claire calls, asking for help to hunt a shifter in an LGBT+ resort, Dean and Cas suddenly find themselves as husbands on their honeymoon. Forced to play a couple, Dean and Cas both have to face their hidden dreams and feelings. It’s all fake, or isn’t it?

I’m back this week bringing you all another canon-divergent fic that I couldn’t get enough of, especially as a big fan of Season 12 and all the juicy character development it brought with it. This story takes place after Dean and Sam’s falling out with Mary because they’re discovered she’s been working with the Men of Letters. Dean’s in a downward spiral, and all he can think to do is take on a case as a distraction. 

Luckily one presents itself. The only catch is, him and Cas have to pose as a couple. Sure Dean can send Cas instead, but something about that doesn’t sit right with him, and in this fic, Dean’s tired of pretending he doesn’t know why. 

The only spoiler I’ll share is its because he’s in love with the angel too. You’ll have to read the rest to find out how they navigate this and how good they are at selling their cover to the other guests. I have to commend the characterization in this fic too because its very much in canon for all of the characters that show up. You won’t regret this read! 

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Destiel Trope Collection 2026 | Day 22: Soulmate

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: “Soulmarks,” this Cas says, as though Dean should already know and it’s some kind of monumental chore to remind him, “appear on your body in your native language.” Dean’s breath catches. “For you, that’s English,” this Cas says. “But for me… Enochian.” He traces his fingers across the mark on his arm and then looks up at Dean, and his eyes are—intense. "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 — of his entire village even — 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 — everyone — 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 Dean’s life – 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 again—however many lifetimes it takes. He goes on an odyssey through time, slowly losing hope, losing faith, but never once forgetting his and Dekanos’ story. In the present day, despite all secret hopes that life would offer something more, Dean Winchester has resigned himself to his mundanity. He’s thirty, living at home, working in his dad’s garage; he has no illusions about being or having anything more. But while at his brother’s 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 soulmate’s song. Most people were thrilled to hear theirs, but Dean was less than ecstatic. Being Deaf in a world where soul’s bonds were based on music meant he didn’t 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 hadn’t 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. ⋆⋆⋆⋆ 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 life—memories of someone he couldn’t possibly be. As he uncovers the reality behind the visions, Dean stumbles upon the impossible truth: he was violently murdered in his past life—and worse—he was not alone. The same crime took someone else that night—Cas 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 Cas’s death. Thankfully, he has Castiel Novak, Cas’s handsome-yet-nerdy doppelgänger to help him with it. Inspired by the Shah Rukh Khan movie: Om Shanti Om

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Game-Changing Reflections by seidenapfel

3402 words (Chapter 5) // Teen and Up // No archive warnings apply Fandom: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types

Relationships: Troy Barrett/Harris Drover, Kip Grady/Scott Hunter, Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Eric Bennett/Kyle Swift, Ryan Price/Fabian Salah

Tags: Canon Compliant, Book 6: The Long Game (Game Changers), Accidental Outing, Fluff and Angst, Panic Attacks, Outing, Minor Matti Jalo/Maria Villanueva, Texting, Humor, Angst and Humor Summary:

When Hayden's FanMail video goes viral, it spreads like wildfire in the hockey world. It comes as a shock to many, but for some players it means they have to vicariously live through their worst nightmare.

Chapter 5 (of 6) on AO3: Ryan and Fabian

Chapter 1: Harris and Troy Chapter 2: Scott and Kip Chapter 3: Eric and Kyle Chapter 4: Intermission

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Destiel Trope Collection 2026 | Day 21: Omegaverse

Mate For Life | @seidenapfel Rating: Explicit Word Count: 2,269 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Case Fic, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Castiel (Supernatural), Omega Dean Winchester, Alpha Castiel/Omega Dean Winchester, Mating Bites, Mating Cycles/In Heat, First Time, Witches, True Mates, Castiel and Dean Winchester Use Their Words, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester Summary: t's the last room they have to check. But of course, everything goes wrong. The witch's trap is triggered, and when Dean wakes up, everything has changed. Of all things, Cas' eyes flare red.

Tied Down | @an-android-in-a-tutu Rating: Explicit Word Count: 2,472 Main Tags/Warnings: Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Cas, Beta Dean, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Consensual Non-Consent, Painful Sex, Under-negotiated Kink, Dubious Consent, Summary: Dean wants, needs and must take Cas' knot.

Bibliosmia (WIP) | @friendofcarlotta Rating: Explicit Word Count: 11,797 Main Tags/Warnings: Alpha/Omega, Mpreg, Secret Pregnancy, Librarian Cas, Alpha Cas, Huntercorp Dean, Omega Dean, Top Cas/Bottom Dean, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Pregnancy Kink, Breeding Kink Summary: Castiel Novak lives a quiet, well-ordered life - until the day he notices the most appealing omega scent he's ever encountered, lingering in the stacks of his library. The fact that he can never seem to find the omega themself drives him almost to distraction. When he accidentally catches a homeless drifter named Dean sneaking into the library after hours and identifies him as the elusive omega, there's no stopping the attraction between them. Dean Winchester is good at keeping secrets. When he realizes that his passionate encounter with a gorgeous alpha librarian has left him pregnant, it becomes just one more secret he can't afford to tell.

Call Him Alpha | @bethmints Rating: Explicit Word Count: 19,874 Main Tags/Warnings: Dubious Consent, Omegaverse, Mating Cycles/In Rut, Alpha Castiel, Beta Dean WInchester, Dom Dean Winchester, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Dirty Talk, Light Dom/sub, Manipulation, Dubious Morality, AU - Mob, Dark Comedy, Brief Mentions of Suicide/Torture/Sexual Assault Summary: Castiel Novak is an accountant, kind of. He’s the numbers guy for notorious mobster Fergus “Crowley” MacLeod. When Castiel decides he wants out of organized crime, Crowley reacts entirely appropriately... by imprisoning Castiel in his basement. Dean Winchester is a beta, totally immune to alpha and omega pheromones. He’s also quite used to dealing with alpha bullshit, thank you very much, because he’s married to Crowley. (It’s a formality, though—they only fucked a couple of times.) Naturally, beta Dean gets roped into kidnapped-alpha-babysitting-duty, all while Castiel—rightly convinced he’s going to be executed soon—wrestles with his mortality. He’s wasted all of his human potential cooking the books for a criminal, when he could have been cooking the books for... a charity, or something. When he unexpectedly goes into rut while imprisoned, Dean offers to throw him a bone... for a price.

Castiel’s Guide to an Accidental Courting | @siaicefics Rating: Explicit Word Count: 27,466 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Everyone is an Angel and have visible wings, Alpha Castiel/Omega Dean Winchester, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Romantic Comedy, Fantasy, Light Angst, Misunderstandings, Courting Rituals, Wing Kink, Wing Grooming, Mutual Pining, Didn't Know They Were Dating, Mating Rituals, Chase, Knotting, First Time, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Castiel Has Self-Worth Issues, Unrequited Michael/Dean, Past Bullying, Animal Death (in the past), Happy Ending Summary: Castiel had long since given up hope of participating in the Courting Season. No one would like to mate a clumsy Alpha with black wings, a loner who preferred to spend his free time gardening, studying animals and carving in wood, instead of doing some commanding job. So, why even bother? He had his patients, nature and his peace of mind. That’s all he ever needed. And if sometimes he wished for his friend to reciprocate his feelings… Well, that’s his little secret. But why did Dean suddenly start invading his personal space? And why did he keep looking at him like that? Dean, as the Omega son of the leader of the earthly angels’ flock, is expected to attend every Courting Season that happens in Heaven. Four times a year, every year, he has to say ‘no’ to random suitors (or a very stubborn one) because the only Alpha he wants can't take the damn hint. But oh, why is Cas presenting his wings to him? Is it finally happening?! Or, A story about one idiot who thinks he’s being courted, and the other idiot who isn’t courting him at all.

Yes, I Do (WIP) | @emmevic Rating: Mature Word Count: 42,417 Main Tags/Warnings: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Castiel/Omega, alternative universe, Toddler Jack Kline, idiots to lovers, Sick Sam Winchester, Alpha Castiel (Supernatural), Omega Dean Winchester, Charlie Bradbury, Crowley (Supernatural), Angst, Marriage of Convenience, Fake Marriage, Fake/Pretend Relationship Summary: “You should really find an alpha.” Dean’s munching and almost chokes when his long-time best friend says that on the phone. She’s out of her mind, isn’t she? She must be kidding. He casts a glance to Sammy, who, half asleep, is crashing on the couch, and goes straight to the kitchen. His brother doesn’t need to be jerked awake because Charlie lacks common sense. The poor bastard already has cancer. “Wanna repeat that?” and that is a threat.  Dean needs money for his brother's chemo. Among the many things he can't do taking out a loan is one of them. (Being an omega sucks). Castiel is trying to adopt an orphan. Among the few things he can't do adopting a kid is one of them. (Being an alpha doesn't suck, but in this particular instance doesn't help either).

One Man's Trash | @iamianwearewme Rating: Explicit Word Count: 45,706 Main Tags/Warnings: Omega Castiel/Alpha Dean, AU- Werewolves, Au-Law Enforcement, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Werewolves in Heat, Mpreg, Torture, Graphic Violence, Substance Abuse, Psychological torture, Non-consensual Body modification, Rape/NonCon. Summary: Castiel Novak was the first Omega to be accepted to the Lupine Police Academy, and had to work twice as hard as anyone else to prove himself. He is working a drug bust when everything goes wrong, and he finds himself captured by the Morningstar brothers, drug kingpins whose newest product, Moondust, has wreaked havoc in the werewolf community. He is able to escape months later, and gives birth to his captors pups alone in the woods, before being found by rookie cop Dean Winchester. Dean admires the haggard man who has been through so much, but Castiel is too full of self-loathing to allow anyone to love him. When Castiel insists on putting himself in the line of fire as bait for the Morningstars, can Dean stay behind and allow him to take his own risks?

Fire In The Sky | @rockmusicplays Rating: Mature Word Count: 53,343 Main Tags/Warnings: Alpha Castiel/Omega Dean Winchester, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Season 9 Fix-It, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Mpreg, Implied/Reference Child Abuse, Implied/Reference Underage Sex Work, Pinning Sickness, Angst With A Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, John Winchester's A+ Parenting, Non-Graphic Childbirth Summary: The angels are trapped on Earth and out for blood, and saving Sam means Dean has no way of protecting a now human Cas. Biology buys the fallen angel a few more days in the bunker, but creates a new set of complications. Nothing stays secret forever, and nowhere is safe for the omega or the pup he's carrying. Outnumbered and outgunned, it's only a matter of time before Dean finally loses everything.

Perfectly Broken | @macy2me Rating: Explicit Word Count: 86,994 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Castiel (Supernatural), Omega Dean Winchester, Beta Crowley (Supernatural), Mpreg, Surrogacy, Infidelity, Is it really infidelity if your husband pays you to sleep with them?, Consensual Infidelity, No infidelity between Dean and Cas, Emotional Infidelity, Emotional Manipulation, Gaslighting, Insecure Castiel (Supernatural), Sweet Castiel (Supernatural), No dubious consent, Oral Sex, Rimming, Anal Sex, Knotting, Forbidden Love, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Bottom Castiel/Top Dean Winchester, Switching, Miscommunication, Blackmail, rejection sickness Summary: Castiel and his husband, Crowley enlist the help of rare omega to conceive and carry a child for them. Castiel is hesitant — their relationship is already on the rocks — but unwilling to disappoint his husband yet again, he agrees to spend a weekend with the omega. It’s just sex, right? What could go wrong? Enter Dean. He’s confident and charming, and everything Castiel is not. In a lakeside cabin, away from society and outside distractions, Dean quickly breaks down Castiel’s carefully constructed walls, stirring up emotions he wasn’t prepared for. What starts as an unconventional arrangement, soon turns into something more, forcing Castiel to chose between his heart and the life he has always know.

Imperfect Perfection (series) | @taymarpigeon Rating: Explicit Word Count: 523,253 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe, Alpha Castiel/Omega Dean Winchester, Sex Worker Castiel (Supernatural), Dom Castiel/Sub Dean Winchester, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Soft Castiel/Dean Winchester, Psychologist Dean Winchester, Rough Sex, Mentions of Rape and Non-Con outside of Castiel/Dean Winchester, Heavy Angst, Canon-Typical Violence, BAMF Castiel (Supernatural), Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, sickness and injury, Dubious Consent, Consensual Alpha/Omega chases between Castiel/Dean Winchester, Risk Aware Consensual Kink, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat Summary: Dean has been single for little over thirteen years. Sure he gets around, spreads his wild oats and all that, but at thirty-five he's conceded to give something new a try; which is how he finds himself at Looking Glass Sexual Wellbeing Centre. Castiel can't seem to hold down a long-term relationship, unwilling to mate an Omega and too much for Betas once his rut hits, he gets by though, being a Sexual Caregiver at Looking Glass has its perks after all.

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Destiel Trope Collection 2026 | Day 20: Enemies to Lovers

The Bad Boy and the Professor | @seidenapfel Rating: Explicit Word Count: 12,806 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Figure Skating, Enemies to Lovers, First Kiss, First Time, Bad Parent John Winchester, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Top/Bottom Versatile Summary: Dean Winchester is the Bad Boy of the skating scene. He has never belonged, and it didn’t change when he started to compete against others. Actually, it’s what has made him famous. His style is unusual — self-taught and rough, but the crowd loves him. He likes to provoke, and gives them the show they want. Castiel Milton, on the other hand, is exactly the opposite. Born into money, all he ever cared about was his sport. While his technique is perfect, his robot-like performances and conservative clothing style makes him everything Dean is not. Dean tries to hate Castiel for everything he stands for, but it’s hard, when the guy in question is freaking hot, and the best there is on the ice.

You, On Your Good Days (and all the rest) (WIP) | @flatcokeao3 Rating: Explicit Word Count: 13,101 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Professor Castiel, Construction Worker Dean Winchester, Enemies to Lovers, frenemies to lovers, Bipolar Dean Winchester, rage baiting as flirting, Fluff, Smut, Tattooed Dean Winchester, mention of Past Suicide Attempt Summary: Castiel liked quiet. He liked predictable. You could probably call him boring and not be wrong, but Cas didn't care. He was happy that way. Until one day, his street got torn up as a construction crew moved in, loud and persistent and, as far as Cas was concerned, specifically sent to ruin his life. Especially one construction worker who seemed to take that job personally. Dean had to be boring. He had to be quiet, predictable, and boring. Because those were the pillars of stability. With a bipolar diagnosis and the baggage of everything he blew up on the road to getting it, he knew better than to take the little things for granted. Then, a regular job on a regular street brought C. Novak into his life. C. Novak, who was rude, infuriating, and, unfortunately, smoking hot. Cas and Dean both had to learn to make room for things that mattered, even if they weren't little joys. Even if they could be disruptive. And annoying. And they had to learn to navigate the room that was made for them. Somehow, between the arguments and minor freak-outs, they both had to learn how to make space for something bigger than routine.

Icebreaker | @thefandomsinhalor Rating: Explicit Word Count: 16,557 Main Tags/Warnings: Hockey AU, Trust Issues, Past Trauma, Clothed Sex, Blindfold, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Summary: Unlike the rest of his team, Dean hasn’t warmed up to their newest star hockey player Castiel Novak. Between their unspoken rivalry, and Castiel’s seeming pretentiousness, Dean isn’t 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.

What Have You Done... | @taymarpigeon Rating: Explicit Word Count: 24,742 Main Tags/Warnings: Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Hurt and/or Injury, Canon-Typical Violence, Alternate Universe - Human, Serial Killer Dean Winchester, Murder Husbands, Psychological Drama, Criminal Dean Winchester, Prison, Gallows Humor, Angst, Dialogue Heavy, Touch-Starved Dean Winchester, Homophobic Language, No Sam Winchester, Slow Burn, Eventual Smut Summary: They say there is someone out there for everyone, that only time, tide and distance keep most apart from their intended. It's a beautiful sentiment but there is too much of the analyst and cynic in Jimmy to believe it. Besides, people are vapid, vain and self-important, all things he finds too irritating to ever consider spending more time with them than it takes to get his leg over. Of course, there's an exception to every rule, perhaps serial killer Dean 'The Devil's Tongue' Winchester is his. The real question becomes: will the ever-present shadow of his missing brother Castiel be the stone that brings the whole house down?

Bound by the Hunt | @arduinae Rating: Mature Word Count: 26,510 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, POV alternating, Enemies to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Hunter Dean Winchester, Mage Castiel, Slow Burn, Fade to Black Summary: Dean Winchester has hunted monsters his entire life. One rogue mage shouldn't be a problem. The bounty is generous. The job should be easy. Dean catches him on a cold night and thinks the hard part is over. Castiel Novak doesn't expect mercy. He's made his peace with what's waiting for him in the capital. He hasn't made his peace with his failure at Carver's Hollow, but that's a different kind of sentence. The road to Alderwatch is long. Long enough for Dean to start doubting everything he was sure of. He has hunted things that wanted to kill him, but he's never hunted anything that kept saving his life instead.

Serendipity | @arduinae Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 57,971 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Medieval, Slow Burn, Adventure & Romance, Hurt/Comfort, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Secret Identity, Found Family, Angst with a Happy Ending, POV Alternating, Enemies to Lovers, Reunion, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Dramatic Irony, Identity Porn, Emotional Hurt/Comfort Summary: Ten years ago, Dean lost his brother to an enemy kingdom. Ten years ago, Castiel started visiting a prisoner in the dungeons beneath his king's castle. When they meet during a failed assassination attempt, neither knows how their stories connect. Sometimes the right ally comes from the wrong side. Trust is dangerous when kingdoms are crumbling and family turns against you. But some secrets are worth the risk.

Devil's Due | @entropic-saudade Rating: Explicit Word Count: 79,364 Main Tags/Warnings: Inspired By Daredevil (TV), Blind Castiel, Lawyer Castiel, Vigilante Castiel, Vigilante Dean Winchester, Enemies to Lovers, Vigilante Husbands, Organized Crime, Corruption, Legal Drama, Minor Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, Temporary/Presumed Character Death, Injury, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Implied/Referenced Torture, Slow Burn, Happy Ending Summary: After being blinded as a boy in an act of heroism, Castiel Novak was left with some extra-sensory abilities — abilities which make his lawyer-by-day, vigilante-by-night lifestyle not just possible, but necessary. Known as “the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen” to some, and an avenging angel by others, Castiel has worked hard to balance his two lives while keeping his identity a secret. Sending the criminal kingpin of New York City’s underbelly to prison without killing anyone or blowing his cover was no small feat, but he did — because he believes in God, and he believes in the justice system. But when another vigilante enters the scene, taking justice into his own hands and threatening to upend everything he’s worked for, Castiel struggles to keep the faith. Even more so when the Kingpin is released from prison and rigs the justice system to his own favor, all but raising the war flag against vigilantes and superheroes. As it turns out, he and “The Punisher,” Dean Winchester, may have more in common than Cas would like to admit. Over the years, they pull apart and come together, finally working through their hatred and seemingly clashing ideologies to bring the Kingpin down.

Psycho Crazy (series) | @taymarpigeon Rating: Explicit Word Count: 90,830 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe, Murder Husbands, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, KidnappingImplied/Referenced Homophobia, Russian Castiel (Supernatural), Jealous Castiel (Supernatural), Animal Death, Torture, Fight Sex, Smut, Dom Dean Winchester, Sub Castiel (Supernatural), Implied/Referenced Suicide, Heavy Angst, Blood and Injury, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Additional Warnings Apply Summary: Dean's just a boy, and Castiel is just a psycho. What could possibly go wrong?

Walk a Broken Line | @cheesecakekiss Rating: Explicit Word Count: 203,290 Main Tags/Warnings: Enemies to Lovers, AU - Fantasy, AU - College, Hunter Dean, Dragon Castiel, Abusive John Winchester, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Torture, Angst With a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Wing Kink, There Was Only One Bed, Possessive/Protective Castiel Summary: Kinda How to Train Your Dragon meets Monsters University. If, you know, there was more Gay Stuff. Welcome to Prospero College! A safe haven for Monsters to further their education! Dean's a thoroughly reluctant undercover hunter, tasked with bringing back info or bodies, whichever comes first. Should be easy, right? A story about our actions, our nature, and the distance between the two. Dean knows what he is. A Dragon. He has a Dragon across the hall from him, possibly one of the last fucking ones in existence. And he just pissed it off so badly he doubts it’ll even look at him again. His dad was going to kill him.

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Game-Changing Reflections by seidenapfel

523 words (Chapter 4) // Teen and Up // No archive warnings apply Fandom: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types

Relationships: Troy Barrett/Harris Drover, Kip Grady/Scott Hunter, Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Eric Bennett/Kyle Swift, Ryan Price/Fabian Salah

Tags: Canon Compliant, Book 6: The Long Game (Game Changers), Accidental Outing, Fluff and Angst, Panic Attacks, Outing, Minor Matti Jalo/Maria Villanueva, Texting, Humor Summary:

When Hayden's FanMail video goes viral, it spreads like wildfire in the hockey world. It comes as a shock to many, but for some players it means they have to vicariously live through their worst nightmare.

Chapter 4 (of 6) on AO3: Intermission

Chapter 1: Harris and Troy Chapter 2: Scott and Kip Chapter 3: Eric and Kyle

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Destiel Trope Collection 2026 | Day 16: Roommates

Helping Hand | @ampbwrites Rating: Explicit Word Count: 5,595 Main Tags/Warnings: roommates, alternate universe - college/university, masturbation interruptus, masturbation assistance, Dean Winchester Has a Bisexual Awakening, Castiel/Dean Winchester First Kiss Summary: Dean's having a little trouble, well, getting there. Lucky for him, his roommate Castiel offers a friendly, helping hand.

My Roommate Is A Vampire (WIP) | @xev3n Rating: Explicit Word Count: 10,835 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - College/University, Vampire Castiel (Supernatural), Human Dean Winchester, Roommates, Dean Winchester in Denial About Sexuality, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Sharing a Bed, Feeding Kink, Blood Drinking, Possessive Castiel (Supernatural), Explicit Sexual Content, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Top Castiel (Supernatural), Bottom Dean Winchester, Dean Winchester's Five Star Michelin-Rated Hole, BAMF Castiel, Dean 'Mattress Fucker' Winchester Summary: Dean Winchester never expected to end up living with someone like Castiel - quiet, hard to read, handsome in a way Dean can't look at for too long, and oh yeah, a vampire. Dean knows he's the awkward one; the nerd with too many textbooks and not enough (or any) friends. While Cas seems to move though the world like it yields for him. Their living arrangement is simple: Cas provides the room; Dean provides the blood. Everything else between them is far less simple, especially the way Dean pretends he doesn't wait for Cas' lips on him, or the way Cas is always watching him from across the room. Living with a vampire isn't the weird part. Wanting him is.

Home Is Where Your Heart Is | @adromelke Rating: Explicit Word Count: 20,116 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe Modern Setting, Policeman Castiel, Homeless Dean Winchester, Mutual Pining, Domestic Fluff, The Impala, Humor, Smut, Tickling, Masturbation, Blow Jobs, Top Castiel, Bottom Dean Winchester Summary: After a bad break up, Dean is forced to live in his beloved Impala while working his ass off to get back to the respectable life of home owners. After getting an unexpected offer he moves in with police officer Castiel, unleashing a totally shocking amount of pining and domestic fluff on the authors’s(hey, that’s me)mind.

All In | @tea-or-die Rating: Explicit Word Count: 23,690 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Roommates/Housemates, Roommates, oh my god they were roommates, Dean Winchester Tells Bad Jokes, Dad Jokes, Dean Winchester Uses Pet Names, Weed User Castiel (Supernatural), Recreational Drug Use, Dean Winchester's Love Language is Cooking, Pining, Mutual Pining, College | University Student Castiel (Supernatural), College | University Student Dean Winchester, Headaches & Migraines, Shotgunning, Autistic Castiel (Supernatural), Demisexual Castiel (Supernatural), Demiromantic Castiel (Supernatural), Gift Giving, Idiots in Love, They're In Love and Don't Know It, shameless flirting, Jealous Castiel (Supernatural), Insufferable Fondness, Masturbation, First Kiss, Getting Together, Love Confessions, First Time, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Unsafe Sex, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester Summary: Castiel is straight. Sure, he likes to count Dean's freckles, and his favourite books are queer, but Cas himself? Straight as a board...right?

Books, Pies, and Roommates | @seidenapfel Rating: Explicit Word Count: 27,731 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Two Person Love Triangle, Idiots in Love, Professor Castiel (Supernatural), Professor Dean Winchester, Mechanic Dean Winchester, Bakery Shop Owner Gabriel (Supernatural), Friends to Lovers, blink and you miss a minor mention of Rowena MacLoad/Sam Winchester, Fluff and Humor, Fluff and Smut, Misunderstandings, Mutual Pining Summary: Everything seemed easy when Castiel landed a job in Lawrence as a literature professor at KU. He even found a place to stay with his cousin in Topeka. But the daily commute quickly gets on his nerves and he begins looking for a room in town. When he finally lucks out on a house, it comes with a catch. His mysterious landlord/housemate works and lives in Topeka during the week, and will only be at home for the weekend while Castiel is back at his cousin’s to honor a promise he made. When Dean walks into his favorite pie shop, the new sales assistant takes his breath away. Steve is gorgeous, and part of the owner’s family. Dean doesn’t even mind that he picks up Gabriel’s stupid moniker for him. After all, Deano has one syllable more, and Dean will do anything to hear Steve’s voice just a little bit longer. Though, as breathtaking Steve might be, he isn't Angel. If only Dean's book-loving best friend weren't a mystery in himself — a guy who Dean has only met online, but who has slowly taken his heart away. And it seems that Dean isn't alone in his feelings. When the lines blur and fantasies merge three guys into one, disappointment and heartbreak seem to be inevitable.

The Winchester Breakfast Special | @thefandomsinhalor Rating: Explicit Word Count: 33,603 Main Tags/Warnings: Roommates AU, Pining, Injured Dean, Misunderstandings, Dean and Castiel needs to use their words, Summary: Watching Dean cook breakfast after a long night of steamy passion is something Castiel gets to witness on nearly every Sunday morning. The only problem is that the meal in question is never cooked for him: He’s just the roommate.

You Held It In Your Hands | @mittensmorgul Rating: Mature Word Count: 73,255 Main Tags/Warnings: POV Dean Winchester, Eventual Smut, Fluff, Demisexual Castiel (Supernatural), Mention of Past Dean/Others, i worked in hospitals and nothing about this is remotely realistic, think of this as the dr sexy au, that's the level of realism i was shooting for you brilliant coward, Castiel and Dean Winchester Use Their Words, Light Angst, More like melodrama, Comfortably Bisexual Dean Winchester Summary: Working in Emergency Medicine was a grueling specialty, but the new residents in Grace Memorial's ER were in for a special kind of torment. Dean had grabbed a seat at random at the new residents' orientation and felt his luck change for the better. His charming seatmate was remarkably also his new roommate and department partner for the next four years. He'd never expected to find everything he'd never known he needed when he'd arrived in Miami. Two weeks into their new lives, Dean couldn't help but wonder if Cas might feel the same way, but at the rate they were going they might never have a chance to find out. A maliciously orchestrated series of scheduling snafus seemed surgically crafted to keep Dean and Cas from ever seeing each other again. With a shot at happiness now just out of reach, and a seemingly impossible assignment to unmask the scandal at the heart of their troubles, Dean starts leaving long personal letters for his new friend to find every night, pouring out secrets he'd never shared with another soul. To his surprise, Cas writes back.

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A Captive to Love

A Captive to Love by seidenapfel Rating: Explicit Word Count: 5k

“Everyone 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,” 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 wasn’t a choice.

I know it’s not everyone’s favorite storyline, but to me, there’s just something about Dean when he had the Mark of Cain. The look into this unhinged part of him, the part Dean has to fight to keep locked inside, a part of him that scares him and everyone around him, as it should. During this storyline, we see everyone tread lightly and try not to underestimate Dean, everyone except for Cas. And this fic takes a dive into what that might look like if the show ever gave us what we deserve. 

In this story, Cas confronts Dean after he slaughters the Styne family, except in this version, Cas uses another method to stop Dean. I don’t want to spoil to much, so all I’ll say is that if you’re interested in Supernatural’s version of a fairytale kiss, than this is definitely a story you’re going to want to check out. I found it to be a much more satisfying way for Cas to help Dean through his struggles with the mark and I have a feeling that even if you’re not a big fan of it, you’ll still be happy with the way this author decided to take the story instead. Don’t miss it! 

[seidenapfel]

Game-Changing Reflections by seidenapfel

2,826 words (Chapter 3) // Teen and Up // No archive warnings apply Fandom: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types

Relationships: Troy Barrett/Harris Drover, Kip Grady/Scott Hunter, Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Eric Bennett/Kyle Swift, Ryan Price/Fabian Salah Tags: Canon Compliant, Book 6: The Long Game (Game Changers), Accidental Outing, Fluff and Angst, Panic Attacks, Outing, Minor Matti Jalo/Maria Villanueva Summary:

When Hayden's FanMail video goes viral, it spreads like wildfire in the hockey world. It comes as a shock to many, but for some players it means they have to vicariously live through their worst nightmare.

Chapter 3 (of 5) on AO3: Eric and Kyle

Chapter 1: Harris and Troy Chapter 2: Scott and Kip

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Voting ended onMay 17

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Destiel Trope Collection 2026 | Day 13: Coffeeshop AU

It's Kinda Familiar | @seidenapfel Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 2,983 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Witch Dean Winchester, Repressed Dean Winchester, Witch's Familiar Castiel (Supernatural), Creature Castiel (Supernatural), Coffee Shop Owner Castiel (Supernatural), Fluff, Allergies, Dean Winchester Has a Cat Allergy, Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond Summary: It must have been a week since the cat appeared on his patio for the first time. The little sneak tried to break in every night, but Dean had avoided that nightmare scenario so far. He would have happily invited the little fuzzball inside to keep him company, but his stupid allergies prevented it. Dean entered the newly opened coffee shop downtown. Taking in a deep breath, he inhaled the notes of coffee and freshly baked pastries. It was heavenly, until he couldn’t smell anything at all. “Are you okay?” the stranger asked. The name tag on his chest indicated that he must work here. Castiel Dean read, but he barely noticed any of it, because, right in front of him, stood the most intriguing man he had ever laid eyes on. Tall, dark, and freaking handsome.

The Rainbow Confection | @brainfuzz Rating: General Word Count: 3,231 Main Tags/Warnings: Castiel/Dean Winchester Dean Winchester Castiel (Supernatural) Krissy Chambers Charlie Bradbury Fluff Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés Coffee Shop Owner Dean Winchester Homophobic Language Summary: Where Dean owns a coffee shop/café and Castiel is oblivious.

Sweetest | @flatcokeao3 Rating: General Word Count: 4,080 Main Tags/Warnings: Baker Dean Winchester, Tattoo Artist Castiel, Fluff, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés Summary: Dean didn’t expect much when a tattoo shop opened across the street. He definitely didn't expect the heavily tattooed, ridiculously handsome, and sort of awkward owner to become one of his most loyal customers. Between coffee orders and lingering conversations, Dean starts to wonder if maybe they could be more.

Hallowed Grounds | @darcydelaney Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 10,389 Main Tags/Warnings: Cafe owner Castiel, supportive Dean, anxious Castiel, third places, Castiel POV, established relationship, low stakes, minimal angst Summary: Hallowed Grounds has been a labor of love since Castiel first opened it, offering the neighborhood a place to relax, have fun, and build friendships in the form of a cafe. When coffee conglomerate The Coliseum moves in across the street, Castiel’s anxieties about being run out of business come to a head, and it’s up to his boyfriend, Dean, to remind him just how special Hallowed Grounds—and Castiel himself—really is to the community. A little story about supportive boyfriends, the power of impromptu date nights, and the joy of third places.

Grounded | @arduinae Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 40,025 Main Tags/Warnings: Slow Burn, Case Fic, Hunter Dean Winchester, Human Castiel (Supernatural), Angst with a Happy Ending, POV Alternating, Mutual Pining, Getting Together, Mystery, Meet-Cute, Found Family Summary: Dean expected his temporary garage job in small-town nowhere to be simple. Fix cars, avoid monsters, take a break for a few weeks. Instead, he finds himself drawn to the enigmatic café owner next door. When people start dying in ways that don't add up, Dean's hunter instincts kick in whether he likes it or not. Apparently, he's terrible at staying uninvolved.