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dothraki_shieldmaiden's 2024 Year in Review

all that we intend | rated: E | Word Count: 66,386 | COMPLETE

When Dean Winchester met Castiel Novak in college they were both headed for amazing things: Dean was a rising star in the art world while Cas was a promising medical student. Now, thirteen years and one marriage later, none of those dreams have come true. Cas works twelve hour shifts as a nurse while Dean works as a mechanic, his art supplies wasting away in a dusty room. With his marriage to Cas on rocky ground, Dean starts to feel like he made a mistake all those years ago. A chance encounter and a hasty wish land Dean in another world -- one where his art career is skyrocketing him to fame and fortune... And one where he never married Cas. Now Dean has to make a decision -- whether to go back to Cas and his mundane life, or whether to stay... and lose Cas forever.

the light and the sword | rated: M | Word Count: 40,820 | COMPLETE

The neighboring kingdoms of Haven and Lawrence have been at war since anyone can remember. Lawrence has their soldiers, but Haven has their mages--deadly magic wielders capable of reducing entire armies to dust. Dean wakes up from one such slaughter to find that he is one of only two survivors. The only survivor is a Haven soldier named Emmanuel Allen. Attempting to regain a little honor and advantage, Dean takes Emmanuel hostage and begins the long walk back to Lawrence. On the way, he and Emmanuel bond, and Dean struggles with his blooming attraction to Emmanuel. He knows it can never be: he is from Lawrence, and Emmanuel's people are his enemies. But Dean still wonders--what would it be like, if he and Emmanuel could be together? On the way to Lawrence, betrayals will cut to the quick, truths will be revealed, and the fabric holding Dean's world together will be torn apart.

stripes (old habits die screaming) | rated: E | Word Count: 12,343 | COMPLETE

When Amara defeats Chuck and the Winchesters, she takes on Rowena as a new pet. Too bad Rowena likes to bite the hand that feeds. Too bad that Amara enjoys punishing Rowena for her infractions. Too bad Rowena kind of likes it.

to serve man | rated: E | Word Count: 64,597 | COMPLETE

Castiel Novak has spent the whole of his life languishing amongst the other workers of Sandover Bridge & Iron Company and has no reason to believe that he won't spend the rest of his life languishing there as well. That is, until he receives a strange promotion from his boss, Zachariah: to work underneath the newest Director of Marketing, Dean Smith, and report back on his doings and mindset. If Castiel does this, there will be rewards beyond his wildest dreams. Castiel accepts the offer, but before long, he finds himself falling underneath Dean Smith's spell. Suddenly, obedience is a loaded word, with Castiel wondering who deserves it, and how deep he is willing to fall in order to give it. His loyalties are tested, but when a strange, otherworldly entity begins haunting the halls of Sandover, both Castiel and Dean need to decide what life they ultimately want to lead.

work song | rated: E | Word Count: 95,568 | COMPLETE

Two years ago, Dean Winchester's life came crashing to a halt when his boyfriend, Castiel Novak, died in a tragic accident. After painstakingly putting his life back together, Dean goes on a vacation with his best friend, where he sees a face he never thought he would see again. Now reunited, Castiel tells Dean the truth about his past and the reason for his disappearance. However, all is not well--Dean cannot move past Cas' betrayal and lies, and the ghosts from Cas' past refuse to remain there. With danger looming, Dean and Cas start on a mission of revenge and justice, but they're badly outnumbered. With the hurt of the past colliding with the fragile promise of the future, Dean and Castiel need to learn how to create a new path--or else risk being lost forever.

double-talk gets through | rated: E | Word Count: 17,816 | COMPLETE

After Cassie learns about the supernatural, there’s no way she can stay in her quiet town. Determined to unravel the secrets about the supernatural, she joins with Jo Harvelle. The only problem is, Jo doesn’t seem to want her around. At all. A shapeshifter case will not only bring Cassie closer with the supernatural world than she ever wanted to be, but it will also bring her closer with Jo (finally).

last christmas | rated: E | Word Count: 27,861 | WIP

A few weeks ago, after a huge fight, Dean and Castiel decided to end their four year relationship. It's a bad time for Dean all over, not the least because he and Cas can't agree on who gets to keep their apartment. They're caught in the Cold War of the Apartment, where Cas wakes Dean up every morning with mediocre pop Christmas hits. The Cold War of the Apartment reaches a brief detente when Dean gets a call from his mother: Mary is feeling lonely thanks to her recent divorce from John, and this year, she wants all her children to come home for Christmas. Unfortunately for Dean, Castiel is included in that list. Dean reaches an agreement with Cas: if Cas comes with him and pretends that they're still in a relationship, Dean will cede the apartment to him. But if Cas lets out that they're not together, or if he leaves early, then Dean gets the apartment. It's not ideal, but it's the best agreement Dean can fathom. Now all Dean has to do is survive two weeks at Christmas, in close proximity to his ex-boyfriend (who he definitely still has feelings for), while dodging well-meaning friends and family. Super easy. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

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dothraki_shieldmaiden's 2023 Year in Review

carving deep blue ripples | rated: E | word count: 85,484 | COMPLETE

With his little brother at Stanford and his father searching out leads on the monster that killed his mother, Dean Winchester is left to hunt alone. It's fun, except in the ways that it really blows. Things start to turn around when he meets Castiel Novak, another hunter. Castiel is aloof and maybe a little too sarcastic, but he's good backup (and pretty easy on the eyes. Not that Dean's looking or anything). After a few hunts, Dean is willing to make his and Castiel's partnership permanent (and he's not exactly averse to adding another component to their partnership either. After all, he's caught Castiel looking at him just as many times as Castiel's caught him looking). But Castiel is hiding a secret, and it's so explosive that it threatens to not only tear them apart, but also tear apart everything Dean believes in.

a lilac sky | rated: E | word count: 46,249 | COMPLETE

'Bisexual' is an identity that Dean Winchester is only just becoming comfortable with when he meets Castiel Novak. Fortunately, Cas is hot, smart, and enthralling enough to make Dean forget all about panicking over dating his first man. Dating Cas, however, forces Dean to confront his own identity and fears in ways he never anticipated.

for the love of a triangle | rated: E | word count: 75,020 | COMPLETE

She’s seventeen years old, with the world in the palm of her hands, but she wants more. Cassie Robinson is hungry, the kind of hungry with teeth, the kind of hungry that hunts down life like a pack of wolves, and she won’t stop until she gets everything. OR Dean, Cassie, and Castiel meet at college and fall in love.

good housekeeping | rated: E | word count: 12,924 | COMPLETE

With a theatrical flourish more suited to Broadway than a one-bedroom apartment, Castiel threw the condom away. “Happy?” he asked sourly. Dean burst out laughing. Castiel looked offended. “You know, this is a very strange night for me,” he said. “I don’t think that anyone’s ever laughed at me before when I’m standing naked in their bedroom.” --- Dean is a neat freak. Cas is a slob. Somehow, they make it work.

what dreams may come | rated: E | word count: 25,845 | COMPLETE

On his mission to gain a fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, Castiel runs into a group of hostile djinn. Their queen proposes a bargain: she will share the fruit with Castiel if Castiel will enter into a bargain with her. An arrangement. A marriage. Castiel agrees, and he is set on a path of realizing his utmost desires and dreams.

last christmas | rated: E | word count: 14,569 | WIP

A few weeks ago, after a huge fight, Dean and Castiel decided to end their three year relationship. It's a bad time for Dean all over, not the least because he and Cas can't agree on who gets to keep their apartment. They're caught in the Cold War of the Apartment, where Cas wakes Dean up every morning with mediocre pop Christmas hits. The Cold War of the Apartment reaches a brief detente when Dean gets a call from his mother: Grandma Deanna isn't doing well, and Mary wants all of her children home for Christmas so that they can say goodbye. Unfortunately for Dean, Castiel is included in that list. Under pressure from Mary to bring Cas home, Dean reaches an agreement with Cas: if Cas comes with him and pretends that they're still in a relationship, Dean will cede the apartment to him. But if Cas lets out that they're not together, or if he leaves early, then Dean gets the apartment. It's not ideal, but it's the best agreement Dean can fathom. Now all Dean has to do is survive two weeks at Christmas, in close proximity to his ex-boyfriend (who he definitely still has feelings for), while dodging well-meaning friends and family. Super easy. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

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dothraki_shieldmaiden's 2022 Year in Review

i shall believe | rated: E | Word count: 80,745 | COMPLETE

Castiel Novak is a down-to-earth businessman. Most of the time. His romantic side has him secretly dreaming of Mr Right, a family, and happy ever after. Dean Winchester is a single father who doesn’t believe in happy families anymore. In order to keep his son safe and happy, he would sell his soul, but as a sadistic Dom takes an interest in him, he sells his body instead. A shared session at a BDSM club leaves Castiel intrigued and soon he finds himself willing to do anything in his power to heal the wounds that life has left on Dean’s soul. When he realizes that the very thing Dean dreads the most might just be what he needs, Castiel sets out on a mission - but maybe it’s just not in his power to save Dean. Will Dean be able to battle the demons that haunt him and find the happy ever after Castiel has dreamed up for them?

many the miles | rated: E | Word count: 61,220 | COMPLETE

After Dean's little brother moves to Stanford, leaving him behind in their hometown of Lawrence, Kansas, Dean feels untethered. The obvious solution is to go on semi-regular trips to see Sam. The problem is that the drive to Stanford is long, and Dean's not quite as young as he used to be. Pushing through isn't really an option. Enter The Carriage House, an Airbnb located halfway between Lawrence and Palo Alto. The price is right and the location is perfect. There's just one snag, and that comes in the form of Castiel Novak, the owner of The Carriage House. Castiel is smart, funny, and one of the hottest guys Dean's ever seen. Unfortunately, he's taken. Nevertheless, Dean and Castiel embark on a friendship that spans the miles between them. As their friendship deepens, Dean realizes that Cas is everything he wants, but the persistent question nags him: what if he's not everything Cas wants?

stability | rated: E | Word count: 17,991 | COMPLETE

Benny and Castiel have played this game so many times, with so many different rules. By now, Benny thinks that he could predict every one of Castiel’s moves. It’s led to a comfortable balance between the three of them, where there are no surprises. He relies on that rhythm, but tonight… Tonight, something’s different.

another night on mars | rated: E | Word count: 54,482 | COMPLETE

The first time Dean Winchester met Castiel Novak, he thought the alpha was the biggest asshole he'd ever met. No blockers, awkward, with outdated opinions on almost everything? The second time didn't go much better.

Whiskey & November | co-written with @friendofcarlotta | rated: E | Word count: 188,236 | COMPLETE

There is a place in L.A. where the richest of the rich can make their dreams come true. For an outrageous sum, they can hire an “angel” who is programmed to be exactly what they need: a stripper, a scientist, a temporary boyfriend. Most people don’t choose to question who the angels are, or where they came from. Sam Winchester is not most people. His brother Dean went missing in L.A. two years ago, and Sam has spent all that time trying to track him down. The trail leads him to a shadowy organization known as “Heaven” that coerces people into giving up their identities and personalities so they can be reprogrammed for Heaven’s purposes. Inside Heaven, trouble is brewing: two of the angels, Whiskey and November, are beginning to break through their programming. As they fall for each other and fight to remember who they are, they discover that they have an ally already working to bring down Heaven from within.

empty places | rated: M | Word count: 71,871 | COMPLETE

There’s something outside the house. Something is moving outside the house, moving inside the house. Maybe moving inside him. Something is outside the house, and it wants in. After tragedy derails his life, Castiel Novak needs to escape. He flees to Lawrence, Kansas, where he answers Dean Winchester’s ad for a roommate. There, he tries to mend the shattered pieces of his life. But as he starts to become closer with Dean, Castiel finds that escape isn’t so easy. The past doesn’t want to be left behind, and there’s something inside the house. Something hungry. And it won’t be appeased until it has him.

o weary traveler | rated: E | Word count: 107,436 | COMPLETE

Still reeling from the death of his father, Dean Winchester has one goal: make it home to Lawrence, where his kingdom and the rest of his life are waiting for him. His task is made infinitely more difficult when he shipwrecks on a mysterious island. When his crew and then his brother disappears, Dean enters into a deal with the island's mysterious inhabitant, Castiel, to keep them safe. The catch? He can never leave. Bound by his deal, Dean has no choice but to get to know Castiel, and what he finds is surprising. Castiel is kinder than he originally thought, even though he's harboring his own secrets and guilt. Dean needs to return to Lawrence, but he finds himself reluctant to leave Castiel behind. Meanwhile, Castiel knows that the kindest thing to do for Dean is to let him go, regardless of his own feelings towards him. As their relationship deepens into friendship and then something more, Dean and Castiel face both outside dangers as well as their own doubts. Can Castiel find it within himself to let Dean leave? Can Dean find it within himself to go? Or can these two create their own destiny?

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empty places

empty places | rated: M | NOW COMPLETE fic by dothraki_shieldmaiden @dothwrites art by PetraAmia @deancodedcastielenby part of @deancashorrorfest

Tags: Ghosts, Supernatural, Horror, Haunted Houses Warnings: Canon-typical Horror, References to Character Death, Animal Death, Gaslighting Summary: There’s something outside the house. Something is moving outside the house, moving inside the house. Maybe moving inside him. Something is outside the house, and it wants in. After tragedy derails his life, Castiel Novak needs to escape. He flees to Lawrence, Kansas, where he answers Dean Winchester’s ad for a roommate. There, he tries to mend the shattered pieces of his life. But as he starts to become closer with Dean, Castiel finds that escape isn’t so easy. The past doesn’t want to be left behind, and there’s something inside the house. Something hungry. And it won’t be appeased until it has him.

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13 and 20

13. and 20.--Detective AU and Teacher AU

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Castiel represses a sigh as he stands up straight. His spine pops as he subtly stretches out the kinks in his aching body.

He'd thought that he was a reasonably fit man, but bending over and scrubbing at filthy floors and tables every day is playing hell with his lower back.

The bell rings, and Castiel curses under his breath as he moves back against the wall. Less than thirty seconds later, all of the doors near him burst open and a flood of teenagers courses into the hallway.

Castiel's had a lot of unpleasant assignments in his life, but going undercover at Carver Edlund High School is among the worst. He thought that he'd seen some of the worst that humanity had to offer: murderers who cared nothing for the pain of their victims, kidnappers who plunged families into turmoil for years, robbers who were willing to kill just in order to get a few quick bucks. But upon seeing the horror show of the cafeteria after a group of freshmen finished lunch, Castiel has to start reevaluating his list of atrocities.

The tardy bell rings, and Castiel sighs as he steps out in the hall. He rolls his eyes at the debris that the students have left behind and grabs his push broom to start clearing it away.

Going undercover at Carver Edlund wasn't Castiel's first choice of assignments, but with several students ending up in the hospital due to drug overdoses, something drastic had to be done. Castiel's job is simple: gather as much intelligence as he can about where the drugs are coming from. If possible, he's to find the dealer and shut the whole production down.

In theory, it's a good assignment. Success here would mean a potential commendation, maybe a promotion if the operation is big enough. But the reality of the situation is much different. Castiel's been masquerading as a member of the maintenance team for a little over a week, and he's no closer to finding the source of the drugs than he was when he started.

His captain had ultimately decided to send him in as a member of the janitorial staff for access reasons: as a janitor, he has keys to every door. Not even lockers are safe from him. There's no place in the school off-limits to him. Unfortunately, it also means that his opportunities for questioning potential suspects are limited: no high school student wants to have long conversations with the janitor. He's reduced to sweeping around gaggles of kids, hoping that they'll just so happen to let something slip.

His plan hasn't worked. So far, he's learned about the latest TikTok challenge, who's rumored to have slept with who, and who on the football team is getting suspended, but drugs? Either these kids are savvier than he gives them credit for, or they don't know anything.

"Oh, sorry, 'scue me... Oh. Hi, Steve."

It takes Castiel just a second too long to respond to the name. Part of that is because he's still not used to answering to his cover name, and part of that is because he's still not sure how to act around Dean Smith.

He braces himself before he turns around, but that still doesn't prepare him for the sight of Dean Smith leaning against the wall. Looking at him is like looking into the sun, if the sun was in a dingy hallway with flickering florescent lights and questionable stains on the floor. Even with those inauspicious surroundings, however, Dean Smith, with his sandy hair, vibrant eyes, freckles, and bright, crooked grin, stands out.

"Hello, Dean." Castiel allows the hint of a smile to cross his face. He'd called Dean 'Mr. Smith' exactly once before Dean had put a stop to it.

"Oh, no," he said, grimacing in distaste, "I get enough of that from the kids. Just Dean, man." Castiel hadn't argued, and the slightly stuffy Mr. Smith became Dean.

"Another beautiful day cleaning up the debris of the world?" Dean gestures towards the small pile of dirt and dust that Castiel has managed to collect.

"It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it," Castiel answers.

No doubt his superiors would be screaming if they could see him right now. Zachariah, his Captain, would sneer, You're there to catch drug dealers, Novak, not to play nice with pretty boy teachers, but Zachariah isn't here right now. Plus, it's not like Castiel's making any headway on the drug dealers, so he might as well indulge his crush with a guy who's miles out of his league.

Dean is the kind of good-looking that gets noticed by modeling companies in the line at the cafe. Castiel has found himself wondering, more than once, what a guy like him is doing substitute teaching. It's obvious that Dean is smart, and he doesn't doubt that he could have a job doing whatever he wanted. Still, Dean's being a substitute teacher works out well for him, so he doesn't complain. Not if it means that he can be just a little closer to him.

Maybe if Castiel wasn't undercover and wearing an unflattering jumpsuit with the name 'Steve' stitched across the front pocket. Maybe if he were dressed in his customary suit and had a badge and gun to flash around. Maybe, maybe, maybe.

"Don't talk to me about dirty jobs," Dean says, his voice entirely too low and insinuating for the circumstances. Heat blooms underneath Castiel's collar.

"Well, I'm not sure what else to talk to you about," he confesses. He resents the broom handle in his hands.

Dean shrugs. His smile is still carefree, but there's something else in his eyes when he says, "What about any books that you've read lately? TV shows that you've watched?" His eyes flash to Castiel's, and his tongue flirts with his lower lip as he asks, "Restaurants that you'd like to go to?"

Castiel's heart stutters. For a second, it sounded like... But that can't be right. Dean can't be inviting him out. Guys like Castiel don't go out with guys like Dean. That's just the way the world works. Maybe if he was Detective Castiel Novak, but now when he's Janitor Steve.

He takes a second too long to answer. By the time that he's managed to figure out that Dean is serious, Dean's expression has shuttered. He flashes a painfully fake smile at Castiel. "Hey, man, don't worry about it. I'll catch you later, okay?"

He's turning to go, and fear grabs at Castiel. He knows that if he lets Dean walk away, then everything will change between them. No more jokes, no more stolen conversations in the hallways. They'll become nothing more than vague, uneasy colleagues, at least until Castiel's assignment ends and he disappears forever from Dean's life.

The indignity of his assignment and the frustration of his ineptitude rises in Castiel, and bursts out of him in a quick call. "Dean!"

Dean turns around. Hope flickers in his eyes before he hides it. "Yeah?" he asks. The carefully blank tone in his voice is like a knife twisting in Castiel's chest.

"I like Italian food," Castiel answers. He offers a hesitant smile towards Dean, hoping against hope that Dean will accept his overture.

After a second, Dean's smile spreads slowly across his face, as bright as the sunrise. "Yeah," he says, nodding slowly, "yeah, I think we could do that."

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Dean's heart dances in his chest as he walks away from Steve.

He did it. After weeks of ogling and tentatively flirting, he finally asked out the hot janitor.

Steve is a lot more than a pair of pretty blue eyes and a five o'clock shadow that makes Dean's lip yearn for stubble burn, though. (Though Steve does fill out a jumpsuit better than anyone Dean's ever seen. One day, he was lifting a desk onto the dolly so that it could be moved, and Dean thought his eyes were about to pop out of his skull. Between the thick thighs attempting to pop the seams on his pants, and the biceps rippling, Dean hadn't known where to look.) Steve has a wicked sense of humor, an innate sense of kindness, and he's caught every single one of Dean's literary references (the pop culture ones, not so much. Seriously, who's never seen Indiana Jones?). There's more to Steve than meets the eye, and Dean's itching to peel back the dozens of layers.

He ignores the tiny voice in the back of his head (which sounds like an alarming mix of Sam and Bobby) saying Don't get too involved. This is a temporary thing. Dean frowns and tries to tell the voice to shut the fuck up.

He's only here for as long as it takes him to figure out who's bringing drugs into the school. At the first viable lead, he'll be yanked out, and Dean Smith, substitute teacher, will die, to be replaced by Agent Dean Winchester of the DEA.

Because of the environment, there are multiple law enforcement agencies working on this case. There's state police, the DEA, and maybe even a few FBI agents sniffing around. It's naive to believe that there aren't other agents working in the school, but he hasn't come across any yet that he knows of. He's not entirely sure; he lets Bobby deal with all of the inter-agency bullshit. He has his mission and his cover, and Bobby, as his handler, can navigate every other pitfall.

Beyond small talk and leading conversations, Dean hasn't tried to get close with anyone. Every smiling face could conceal an undercover agent or a dealer. With suspicion everywhere, it's best not to succumb to temptation.

Which makes his attraction to Steve all the more intriguing.

Just thinking of the other man sets off a series of fireworks in the pit of Dean's belly.

This is probably a terrible idea, doomed to failure, but Dean is going to enjoy the ride while it lasts.

Whistling, he goes back to the classroom and prepares for his next class.

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Writing Year in Review: 2021

It’s time for our annual writing round-up! So here we go!

Keep Your Love Alive | cowritten with @friendofcarlotta | Rated: E | Word Count: 42, 179 | Complete

Summary: Dean gets to spend eternity sharing beers with Bobby on the Roadhouse porch and riding around in his Baby with Sam. He’s at peace… or he feels like he should be. But a few things nag at him: Where is Cas, and everybody else Dean had been hoping to see in Heaven? Why does he feel like he’s stuck in a loop, reliving the same memories over and over again? And who are the strangers wearing Sam’s and Bobby’s faces?

seraph | Rated: M | Word Count: 50, 776 | Complete

Summary: Dean Winchester's life is pretty normal. He loves his car, loves his brother, and loves his job counseling troubled teens. He's also in love with his roommate, Castiel Novak, who's also known as Seraph, the city's Super.

That part is a little less normal.

Between Cas' powers, Dean's inability to communicate his attraction for his roommate, and a sinister new Super in the city, known by the name of Shapeshifter, Dean's life actually isn't that normal at all.

exile | Rated: E | Word Count: 60, 574 | Complete

Summary: Dean Winchester’s life used to be perfect. He spent his days hunting the supernatural beasts of the world with his brother, Sam, and his boyfriend, Cas Novak. Then his brother quit hunting to set up the Men of Letters bunker and Cas decided that he had better things to do, and Dean’s perfect life shattered.

Two years later, Dean moves from hunt to hunt and tries not to remember everything he’s lost. It’s not a great existence, but he’s managing. At least, that’s what he thinks. Then he takes a job at a resort in South Carolina, where he sees a familiar face. Forced to fake a relationship with Cas in order to work the case, Dean has to battle his own emotions as well as suspicious employees, and a growing threat from within the resort. Something evil is there, and it might not wait until Dean and Cas figure out their feelings for each other before it acts.

control | Rated: E | Word Count: 95, 935 | Complete

Summary: Castiel Novak is one of the youngest CEOs of a Fortune 500 company. He's attractive, wealthy, and powerful. He's at the head of the Submissive Rights Movement, and outspoken in his beliefs for equality amongst designations. He's also a submissive whose biology is slowly but surely killing him.

When Castiel's spirals become too much for him to handle, his doctor has a simple solution: hire a Dominant escort. But Castiel has spent his entire adult life proving to himself and the rest of the world that he doesn't need a Dominant's help to function. Using a Dominant would only prove everyone right. Finally convinced to hire the best, Castiel hires Dean Winchester, Dominant escort.

Castiel has spent his entire life proving that he doesn't need a Dominant. But he just might need Dean.

keep getting better | Rated: E | Word Count: 48, 170 | Complete

Summary: Dean Winchester's life is a mess. All of his friends agree. His brother thinks that he's so bad that he nominates Dean for the reality show More than a Makeover. Dean will be their newest star, and for a week, five gay guys are going to come in and tell him everything that he's been doing wrong. Could there be anything more humiliating?

Then the Fab Five show up and smash all of Dean's expectations to smithereens. He wasn't prepared for any of it: the support, the acceptance, but he really wasn't prepared for was his crush on the hair stylist, Castiel Novak. It hits right at a part of himself that Dean hasn't ever dared to accept, but for the first time in his life, he thinks that maybe he could.

Can Dean and the Fab Five manage to turn his life around in only a week?

Those Who Favor Fire | cowritten with @friendofcarlotta | Rated: E | Word Count: 221, 849 | Complete

Summary: Dean Winchester is looking for his father. Castiel Harvelle is looking for revenge. Sam Winchester and Jessica Moore are the perfect couple… unless you count the secrets they’re keeping from each other. One night, these four lives collide, and nothing will ever be the same.

the origin of love | Rated: E | Word Count: 121, 751 | Complete

Summary: Having a soulmate isn't always a good thing. Castiel Novak knew, from the age of four, that he had a soulmate. He could feel every bit of pain that his soulmate experienced--every injury, every hurt, every disappointment his soulmate suffered, he felt. By the time he's eighteen, Castiel has felt the pain beyond his imagining, and he's left with the simple question: why does his soulmate hate him so?

Dean Winchester never wanted a soulmate. He grew up watching how the loss of his soulmate destroyed his father. Unfortunately, when he's four years old, he finds himself saddled with one. He spends his teenage years desperate to deny even the smallest comfort from his soulmate.When tragedy strikes, Castiel sets off on a mission of revenge that will send his life crashing into Dean's. 

Determined to defy fate, the two separate, only to come back together, only to separate again. But when a demon deal threatens not only Dean's life but Castiel's, the two have to connect in order to save each other, themselves, and maybe, while they're at it, the world.

i shall believe | Rated: E | Word Count: 62, 505 | WIP: 12/14 

Summary: Castiel Novak is a down-to-earth businessman. Most of the time. His romantic side has him secretly dreaming of Mr Right, a family, and happy ever after.

Dean Winchester is a single father who doesn’t believe in happy families anymore. In order to keep his son safe and happy, he would sell his soul, but as a sadistic Dom takes an interest in him, he sells his body instead.

A shared session at a BDSM club leaves Castiel intrigued and soon he finds himself willing to do anything in his power to heal the wounds that life has left on Dean’s soul. When he realizes that the very thing Dean dreads the most might just be what he needs, Castiel sets out on a mission - but maybe it’s just not in his power to save Dean. Will Dean be able to battle the demons that haunt him and find the happy ever after Castiel has dreamed up for them?

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empty places

empty places | rated: M | read part one of fifteen here posts saturday/tuesday/thursday

Summary: There’s something outside the house. Something is moving outside the house, moving inside the house. Maybe moving inside him. Something is outside the house, and it wants in. After tragedy derails his life, Castiel Novak needs to escape. He flees to Lawrence, Kansas, where he answers Dean Winchester’s ad for a roommate. There, he tries to mend the shattered pieces of his life. But as he starts to become closer with Dean, Castiel finds that escape isn’t so easy. The past doesn’t want to be left behind, and there’s something inside the house. Something hungry. And it won’t be appeased until it has him.

preview of chapter one underneath the cut!

Castiel starts down the walkway, noticing the bits of brown grass creeping through the stones. He looks towards the flowers, noting the ones that are starting to wilt, brown encroaching on the edges of their petals. He knows that the decay is just the natural progression of the seasons, but it still strikes an ominous note.

Castiel blinks hard, shaking his head to clear it. Those kinds of intrusive thoughts have been a problem since… Well. Since. Sometimes, he wonders if maybe getting therapy wouldn’t have been a good idea after all. 

The sharp rap of his knuckles on the door erases that thought. Castiel frowns. He really should pay more attention to what he’s doing. Ever since the accident, he’s had a tendency to zone out — he’ll find himself walking in unfamiliar places without a clue of how he got there. He’s certain that the doctors would call it head trauma. He calls it punishment. 

No answer comes from within, and Castiel knocks again, relishing in the slight sting that comes from his knuckles striking the wood. He’s grown to enjoy these tiny sparks of life. After the accident, when everything was hazy, he wondered if he would ever feel anything again. The first time he stubbed his toe, he almost cried — not from the pain, but just because it felt so wonderful to feel anything. 

After another long silence, Castiel raises his hand to knock again, but he’s interrupted by the creak of hinges. The door slowly opens, revealing the most perfect man Castiel has ever seen. 

He’s tall, with sandy blond hair. Freckles are dotted across the bridge of his nose and cheeks like a painter flicked a brush in his direction. His eyebrows, two streaks of gold on his fair skin, draw together, and his perfect mouth drops open in a look of naked shock. Wariness replaces surprise in the blink of an eye, leaving Castiel feeling wrong-footed and almost vaguely guilty. 

It stands to reason that the most perfect specimen of humanity took an almost immediate dislike to him.