Higher Places
No one can ever know Castiel is a shapeshifter. Not King Michael, whose hatred and prejudice are known all across the kingdom. Not Castiel’s apprentices at the royal garden or any others living in the castle. And definitely not his best friend, Dean – especially because he has already met Castiel’s falcon but has no idea it’s actually him in animal form. But then the royal hunt approaches, and Castiel will have to decide whether keeping his secret is more important than the safety of those close to him.
Really excited to finally share the DCRB project I worked on with @teacass! I absolutely loved working on this, and can’t wait for you guys to read this amazing fic. <3
Here’s the DeanCasRB art for the fic Washed Up Souls! @cr-noble-main had to do a pinch hit for it, and she’s done an absolutely wonderful job! She’s been sending me little sneak peeks every once in a while and I’m so excited to read the fic in its entirety. She was absolutely lovely to brainstorm with and a wonder in general, and I’m stoked to share our joint effort.
Behold: my somewhat over the top contribution for this year’s @deancasreversebang!
I was itching to attempt an animated GIF that used light sources in an eerie way. I also really like drawing skulls and faces in profile, and occasionally allowing myself to put down some line-art that doesn’t look like it was cut with a laser. I’m also a sucker for hurt/comfort and weird magical character whump.
DCRB starts with the artists, and then the writers take the images and any accompanying suggestions/tropes/prompts the artist provides and write a fic from it!
Thanks to Jess (thatpeculiarone on AO3) for picking this image out of a very big talent pool. I didn’t provide much direction beyond the image itself, so it's fun to see a fic come to life from such bare bones (pun intended?).
You can read the story here!
Tags: mafioso!Cas, cop!Dean, mutual pining, angst and fluff and smut
Summary: The beautiful city of Valentine is in the grasp of two major crime families, the Angels and the Demons. Caught in between is Dean Winchester; a cop who's driven to bring the criminals down. He hits a major speed bump as one blue eyed Angel shows Dean that the difference between right and wrong is not always easy to see and even harder to live by. With Dean's career and even his life on the line, he has to decide if he's ready to lose everything for love.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Title: Scribere Jussit Amor
Artist: dmsilvisart
Author: nickelkeep
Rating: Teen and up
Pairings: Dean/Cas
Wordcount: 11368
Warnings: No Major Archive Warnings - Past mentions of Canon Violence and Past MCD.
Summary: When a case involving angels pops up, Sam needs a book from Cas’ room and asks Dean to get it. After a quick phone call with Cas, and making sure he has the red book, written purely in Enochian, Dean’s sure the brothers are ready to go.
Except, Sam has now translated Cas’ journal, leaving Dean to face some very harsh truths when it comes to a particular Angel of the Lord.
Title: Anarchy
Artist: @hartlessfiction
Author: @neonbat666
Rating: Explicit
Pairings: DeanCas, destiel
Wordcount: 4863
Tags: Omega Dean, Alpha Castiel, Cage fights, semi-graphic depictions of violence, Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics, Public sex, public claiming, Dystopia
Summary: Dean is a champion. He's so close to winning his freedom in the ring he can taste it. He's two fights away from being granted his Boon when he's scheduled to fight an Alpha nicknamed Angel, and his dreams of freedom are shaken.
Read on A03
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Excerpt under the cut
A thunderous roar ripples through the arena above, the basal mewls and snarls of triumph swallowed by the crowd. The Omega above lost, not all that surprising. Dean never thought Mitch stood a chance, frankly. Strong Omega, but the Need shone too bright in his eyes. Mitch lasted six months before breaking, a commendable length of time.
But it didn’t touch him.
Dean wraps his hands, rolling his left shoulder, then right. His bout was next, his first since his last heat. The Need slept in him like a beast, ready to lash out and consume. He was going on two years down here in the Pits, the longest Omega to ever go without pairing. It was supposed to be an honor to be able to battle for your mate, to have the strongest, most capable be the father of your brood, but it doesn’t feel like one. To Dean, it just feels like another method of control.
“Who is it?” He asks over his shoulder where his floppy-haired brother stares dozy-eyed over one of the vid-screens.
Sam starts, peering closer. ”Castiel. Some transplant from Detroit — Damn, guy has fifteen wins and has never paired off.” Sam whistles low, reaching up to scratch a healing scab on his collarbone. Sam had been paired off a year ago, though not in the Pits and not to an Omega either. For an Alpha as strong-blooded as Sam, that was almost unheard of, but leave it to his baby brother to fly in the face of convention.
“Fifteen and not paired?” Dean snorts, “Something wrong with his knot?” He ignores Sam’s low grunt of revulsion while he finishes getting ready.
His body reads like a roadmap of his two years in the Pits. Healed cuts, gashes, and bites riddling his fit body, but lacking the one that really matters. His neck was pristine, a silent ‘fuck you’ to every Alpha that had tried and failed to claim him.
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This is my reverse bang artwork for @deancasreversebang. I worked with @kradarua on this story and they wrote a wonderful and bittersweet and kinda smutty look into Dean’s mind from it. I love this story.
The first several are all traditional. Hand drawn with color pencil. The last is my very very first digital painting with my new equipment (and it has been sooooo hard not to share since it’s been finished!)
Now, let’s talk about the story quills wrote for the art...
I had no idea how to go about writing anything ancient Egyptian, even though I’ve been obsessed with the culture since I was a wee tot. Quills pulled it off amazingly and without hesitation. She knew EXACTLY what to do, and I’m so very impressed.
