Destiel AU, vol.7 - Soulmates and Blind Dates
Destiel AU, vol. 7 - Soulmates and Blind Dates. There are many ways how to your sweetheart, and Dean and Cas are ready for the challenge. See more soulmate AU fics on our #bonded tag, and fics about datin on the #courtship tag.
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I. They are soulmates. Or are they?
By Any Other Name by everandanon [T, 6,800 word count] #college au, #pining!dean, #pining!cas
Dean's never shown the name on his wrist to anyone, insisting he wants nothing to do with his soulmate - but when Sam gets a glimpse and tracks down the man who is, Cas must accept, once and for all, that he and Dean simply aren't meant to be.
Meet Cute by GatesKeeper [M, 10,500 word count] #long distance, #friends to lovers
In a world where the first words your soulmate will say to you get inscribed on your wrist at 16, knowing if you've met "the one" should be easy. But when is Dean Winchester's life ever that? Because the thing is, it's the first words they say to you face-to-face that count--not over text message or video chat or any of the ways he's been communicating with Cas since they met online. The night before they are supposed to see each other in-person for the first time, his mind won't shut off--too busy retracing the four words on his skin over and over again that read, "What you got there?" It didn’t sound like something Cas would say—nor did the child-like scrawl it was written in look like he imagined Cas’s handwriting. But how could it possibly be anybody else?
Not the Fire but the Spark by goldenraeofsun [NC-17, 30,320 word count] #bonded, #tattoo, #pining!dean, #pining!cas, #jimmy, #claire, #artist!dean, #!samother (saileen)
Dean refused to look up his soulmate. His parents ran into each other by chance. Karen stopped by Bobby’s garage after her car unexpectedly broke down. Sam got seated next to Eileen on a plane, and he spent two hours miming conversation before she admitted she read lips. Was it stupid for Dean to hold out for a story like that? Probably. But he doesn’t regret his decision - not until Castiel Novak wanders into his tattoo parlor, asking about a cover up for his soulmark.
(You Make Me Feel) Like I Am Whole Again by FriendofCarlotta [NC-17, 5,800 word count] past #!deanother, past #megstiel,
Dean's relationship with his soulmate was a complete failure. Going to group therapy was supposed to help him move on, but Dean hates every minute of it - until a blue-eyed, gravel-voiced newcomer joins the sessions. As Dean learns more about Cas and his own soulmate troubles, he realizes it just might be worth giving love another chance.
II. Blind Dates are hard.
Biological Imperatives (Or Not) by tiamatv [NC-17, 29,000 word count] #abo, #charlie, #matchmaking, #teacher!cas
If Charlie’s going to bribe, threaten, cajole, or otherwise guilt Dean into one date with this beta friend of hers, well, fine. He'll give the guy just one date, that's the deal. Then Dean can walk away and go back to being the badass beta he is: geeking a little, baking a lot, and not dating the Awkward Professor. He just wishes everyone else’s goddamned presentation hormones would stop interrupting.
Dean Winchester and the Patron Saint of Blind Dates by goldenraeofsun [T, 18,000 word count] #bartender!cas, #matchmaking, #charlie, #!samruby, #pining!dean, #pining!cas
Dean Winchester's friends are a bunch of traitors. So he had a bad breakup two years ago and hasn't gotten back on the horse. Their intervention - a series of blind dates - can't be the solution. But if this'll get his friends to stop, Dean can choke down over-priced spaghetti, make forced conversation, and drink whatever random cocktail the blue-eyed weirdo bartender makes for him next. At least Cas has his back. One nod from Dean, and he'll swoop down from behind the bar and make excuses for Dean to bail. It would be a perfect system - except Dean can't stop trading knowing looks with Cas and focus on his damn dates instead.
III. Meet Cute stories with a twist
Profound meetings series by duckyboos [T/M, 16,200 word count, 13 stand alone oneshots so far]
No matter the universe, these two idiots always find each other.
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