The Laundromat | Mature | 20,385 words
Author: one_more_offbeat_anthem Artist: kireadraws
Cas Milton is really good at managing things.
He managed being abandoned as a child and then placed in an abusive home. He managed his adoptive father going to prison when his aunt and godmother finally surfaced. And now, at twenty-five, he’s managing going to college and while working the graveyard shift at Chaney’s 24-Hour Laundromat in the icy town of Leadville, Colorado.
Life is manageable until one night a man covered in blood shows up at the laundromat, and instead of calling the police, Cas decides to handle it himself. Except this guy, one Dean Winchester, can’t exactly be handled. Against all odds, he and Cas form an unsteady friendship, and for once, Cas has someone to talk to about everything he’s managing.
The only problem?
Cas doesn’t really know who Dean is. And as it turns out, he doesn’t really know himself, either.
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Pairings: Dean/Cas
Warnings: Mentions of child abuse, canon-typical violence