How I would want Destiel becoming canon at the end of season 15 (rec included)
The other day I was talking with my friend about how the writers should make Destiel canon at the end of season 15 (I’m not even thinking about the possibility that they wouldn’t make Destiel canon when the series is coming to an end). Personally, I wouldn’t want anything too over the top, like some crazy sex scene or anything. We spent a great amount of time by thinking about different possibilities, and then it occurred to us. The perfect, ideal way to make Destiel canon would be to show some ‘six years later’ time jump at the end of the last episode, obviously after the Winchesters and Cas have saved the world and they are all alive, and Dean has asked Cas not to leave but to stick around (yes, that moment is like the gif above), and then, there’s a little girl who runs in like ‘daddy, daddy’ and both Dean and Cas are like ‘yeah?’. And then, there is Dean picking the kid up in his arms, followed by some cuddling, and then he passes the kid to Cas before leaving to do something with Sam (because of course, we need to have Sam in the final scene).
How perfect is that scenario? All Destiel-haters (I can’t believe that someone still doesn’t see it) can think that it’s just the Winchesters and Cas raising a kid together because they are bromancing and they wanted to stick together and they just basically do all kind of stuff together, but we would know the truth. No big kissing scenes or anything too over the top, just Dean and Cas being Dean and Cas, Sam being Sam, and then this domestic thing with the kid. The boys getting their happily ever after in their own way.
So, here’s my perfect Destiel becoming canon scene. Humour me, what would be yours? How would you write Destiel becoming canon, or do you think it will become canon at the end of the series at all? (To be honest, I’m not picky about how they make it canon, I just need it to become canon. I think we have waited long enough. We have voted Dean and Cas to be the best TV couple (and made them win) enough, made Supernatural even bigger thing than it was before we started shipping Destiel like FedEx and we have been very, very loyal. I think we really deserve it.)
I put together a simple list of daddy!Destiel fics. It was harder than I thought because I wanted to focus on fics which don’t have mpreg, mating or any AU settings. I wasn’t really thinking it would be this hard, but here you go. Hope you enjoy these. – Admin J
Title: Braver Than You Believe
Admin J’s notes: Alright, I wasn’t trying to look for angst fics, but the angst happened. Ignore the angst and focus on the happy part and this will fit.
Summary: AU where Dean and Cas have gotten over their unresolved tension, and have since married and adopted a child.
Title: A Day In Each Year
Author: sonofabitch_awesome
Rating: General Audiences
Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★ ★
Admin J’s notes: I liked this, except I didn’t like the angel Cas that much. Forgive me my pickiness but I want a fallen Cas. Also, a little too much drama, but I’ll give it a solid four stars anyway.
Summary: Castiel and Dean's daughter Dessie is turning a year old already. Series following Dessie growing up.
Author: emis1967shinyblackbae
Rating: General Audiences
Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★
Admin J’s notes: I’ve got only one question: why didn’t they tell Sam before getting the kid?
Summary: As our favorite duo decides to adopt the prettiest little baby girl, Dean’s insecurities hinder him from seeing that he’ll be a fantastic father. Cas must help his husband realize his true potential as a father so that they both can do right for this new member of their family.
Rating: General Audiences
Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★
Admin J’s notes: This is adorable, but unfortunately it’s probably an AU story. Not sure though, no one confirmed it, so I’m adding it anyway. I’m feeling rebellious like that. I was imagining it as if it would be happening in the Supernatural universe :’D
Summary: Dean and Castiel raise a daughter together.
Author: teamfreewill_girl
Rating: General Audiences
Admin J’s notes: I was excepting goof fluff but unfortunately, the quality wasn’t good. In case you’re not so picky, you can give this a go. Otherwise, maybe don’t.
Summary: How Dean and Castiel got their daughter and what bedtime ritual they had to develop for Freya to sleep properly.
Title: It was a normal Sunday
Rating: General Audiences
Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Admin J’s notes: This fic is exactly what I was looking for. This. Right here.
Summary: Dean Winchester really couldn't as more of his life.
Title: silence in the dead of night (i think we've got a shot this time)
Rating: General Audiences
Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★ ★
Admin J’s notes: This is a super adorable fic. I love the protective Cas and sign language, but something in the characters was slightly off, and therefore I took one star away. When it comes to non-AU fics, I’m a bit picky with the characters. I’m alright with slightly out of character stuff in AU fics, but when the story is based on the Supernatural universe, I would like to have the very IC characters.
Summary: Dean and Castiel have waited thirteen friggin' months for their kid.
They aren't going to let anything stop them this time.
Title: Baby's First Pumpkin
Author: allthebeautifulthings9828
Rating: General Audiences
Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Admin J’s notes: This fic is probably my favourite daddy!Destiel fic ever and I’m so happy it fits into this rec.
Summary: Seven years after the angels were cast out of Heaven, the Winchester brothers finally have their own little families. Sam has two children and a third on the way. It took Dean and Castiel a while but they finally adopted their own baby girl, Mary Joanna. And since it's her first Halloween, Dean is bound and determined to do it right even though she's only four-months-old. The brothers take their kids to the pumpkin patch.
Title: Timestamp One: Baby Makes Three
Rating: General Audiences
Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★ ★
Admin J’s notes: I’m not sure if this really deserves four out of five, but the mental image of pod-smoking Gabriel who apparently lives at Dean and Cas’ raised the points. Also, this is an AU fic, but I only realized it when I had read half of the fic. Don’t think about the AU twist, alright? We all can imagine Gabriel smoking pod at Dean and Cas’ place in the show, so ignore some names that make it very AU and focus on the daddy part.
Summary: After years and years, Castiel and Dean finally take their first steps on the never-ending road of parenthood.
Author: casdoms (moffwithhishead)
Rating: General Audiences
Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★
Admin J’s notes: I like the basic idea of this fic very much with Dean telling a sugar-coated version of their life to the kids, but then, something didn’t work. Also, can we talk about the fact that the author decided to use Jensen’s kid’s name for one of the kids? Not cool. I don’t like it when the authors are being pulled into the fanfiction world. Let’s keep them out of it, could we?
Summary: "So, the sisters went back to hunting dragons and bad guys and saving people," Dean looks at Cas with a slightly sad smile. "And even though they were both scared of what might happen, they kept going and they kept fighting the good fight."
"Were they super heroes?" Mary mumbles tiredly, her eyes drooping further.
Dean huffs a laugh and reaches up to run a hand through her hair, "To some people they were, baby. But they didn't think so. They just wanted to help, to stop other people from being hurt like their family had been."
