Hello! I'm new to Supernatural and Destiel, so apologies in advance if I mess this up. I'm wondering if anyone has ever written a fiction based on/similar to the episode 'I will remember you' from Angel?
Welcome to destiel! If you think that Buffy and Angel had it rough, you’re in for an angst ride of a lifetime with Dean and Castiel. ;)
For those who are not familiar with Buffy/Angel or the plot of “I will remember you” episode (Angel The series, season 1, episode 8) here’s a short, spoilerish summary. Vampire slayer Buffy and vampire Angel are in love, but can’t be together intimately because of a terrible curse. In the episode, the curse is lifted and and they have the best sex ever. Except, there’re consequences and decision is made to return to previous status quo. The price - Angel will always remember their night together while Buffy will forget it.
We don’t know of any destiel fic with this exact premise but there’s plenty of fics that play around with “sudden happy times until one of them forgot everything” trope. At least Buffy and Angel knew that their love is mutual, Dean and Cas never had that luxury. Here’s some fics we think capture this tragedy the best. Canonverse fics will have spoilers for their respective seasons, take care if you’re not up to date with the show.
Fics were Dean and Cas don’t end up together romantically are marked with unhappyish here and their reviews have unhappyish tag.
I. canon verse fics where for some supernatural reason Dean and Cas were suddenly (happy) together, followed by one of them forgetting everything
a place for us (submitted rec) (unhappyish)
Control (unhappyish)
Create the Light
Found In A Land Of Make Believe (unhappyish)
Jubilees (unhappyish)
only if for a night (submitted rec)
The Path of Fireflies
Smells Like Roses
The Story of You and Me
We Are Such Stuff
II. alternate time line or time travel fics where only one remembers their relationship
A Crash Course in Someone Else’s History
a turn of the earth
Cloudbreak (unhappyish)
How A Righteous Man Raises A Rose (kind of?)
Outrun My Gun
Pro Tempore (unhappyish)
This Thing Called Free Will (kind of?)
III. angsty fics with memory loss from our amnesia tag
Muscle Memory
Tethered
To Be Where I Have Been











