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Summary:
“Where did you say Castiel got it again?”
“I don’t know, he didn’t have time to explain,” Sam answered with an apprehensive tone, never moving his eyes from where they were staring.
The whole room grew dark, an ever changing silhouette casting its shadow on the wall in front of them. An animal-like screech interrupted them, leaving them transfixed in their place, watching the previously fluffy bunny turn into a demon.
This was so not the way Sam or Rowena wanted to spend their afternoon.
Summary: The dagger had seemed inconspicuous enough - until it wasn’t.
When Sam and Rowena find themselves bound together by an ancient curse, tethered by magic that neither can break alone, they are thrown into a different plane of existence. In front of them lies a series of trials that are about to test their resolve, strength and perseverance.
But with every step closer to freedom, the pressure rises - and so do their buried feelings. Forced to stay within six feet of each other, Sam and Rowena can’t run from the truth for long.
With ancient magic, dangerous secrets, and emotions spiraling out of control, they must decide: will they break the curse, or will the curse break them before they can get to the end?
Summary: The dagger had seemed inconspicuous enough - until it wasn’t. When Sam and Rowena find themselves bound together by an ancient curse, tethered by magic that neither can break alone, they are thrown into a different plane of existence. In front of them lies a series of trials that are about to test their resolve, strength and perseverance. But with every step closer to freedom, the pressure rises - and so do their buried feelings. Forced to stay within six feet of each other, Sam and Rowena can’t run from the truth for long. With ancient magic, dangerous secrets, and emotions spiraling out of control, they must decide: will they break the curse, or will the curse break them before they can get to the end?
Excerpt:
The air around them crackled to life. The pale blue glow coming from the engraved runes on the blade surged to life with an almost blinding light. It shimmered with an otherworldly energy, growing in the space between them, spiraling outward in luminous tendrils that snaked around them in intricate patterns only to intertwine with each other.
“Are you doing this?”
“I’m not doing anything,” Rowena answered as she watched, transfixed by the light now shifting between shades of rich blue to radiant violet, finally settling on a golden hue.
The warm feeling spreading in his chest had Sam looking down. A thin tether emerged from each of their chests, twining itself together from the energy still crackling around them. His eyes widened as it grew longer and longer, drawn to Rowena’s tether.
He held his breath, eyes flickering down to meet hers. There was barely any space left between the two ends of their threads.
The air stilled around them. They held their breath, waiting.
The unforgiving waves pushed him further under, arms and legs flailing wildly.
In his panic, he made the mistake of trying to breathe. To scream. All it got him was a mouthful of water and a burning in his lungs.
DeanCas HorrorFest presents:
A Word in the Mists
Author: Hiding Amaranth
Artist: lamiasage
Rating: M
Word Count: 23,968
Tags&Warnings:
Canon-Adjacent AU, Ship at Sea setting, Case Fic, Monster Hunt, Mystery, Suspense, pre-relationship Dean/Castiel, Dean & Jo, Isolated from the Outside World, Castiel and Dean Save Each Other, Sarcasm, Angst, Canon-Level Depictions of Blood and Violence, Minor Character Deaths (not TFW), Brief Hints of Suicidal Thoughts, Fear of Drowning
Summary:
Mist as far as the eye can see. A gloomy ocean that seems to swallow up the sunlight like broken dreams. An old, rusty ship that creaks with every inch of movement. And a crew that could compete in an award for grumpiest people alive.
Dean really hates pretty much everything about this case, and would love nothing more than to call it quits and turn this ship around—if there wasn't the little issue of the disappearance of thousands of people across ten different ships on the open sea.
Saving lives is what he does… though he has to question if he isn't doing more harm than good when the disappearances begin on his own ship—and he still hasn't even figured out what kind of monster they're dealing with.
Preview:
Nothingness devoured the horizon. Dean glanced back over his shoulder, but the wafts of mist were too thick to see anything beyond the ship's railing. A chill crept over his skin at the realization that he couldn't even make out the other end of the ship itself. The chain of friendly, orange lights hung across the deck didn't stand a chance, its brightness swallowed up effortlessly by the blanket of fog. It was a mirror to the way this blasted mission seemed to soak all happiness out of him.
Maybe coming up here had been a mistake. He'd hoped the fresh air would help him clear his head—that it could ease some of the tension that had stubbornly settled in his shoulders ever since he'd set foot on the Fate's Whisper. Instead, all he'd achieved by stepping out on the deck was that the tight knot of worry somewhere deep in his chest solidified.
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The Apocalypse is nigh, and the Prophecy is false.
My fic for the Dean/Cas Reverse Bang 2024 that I've been pouring my heart and soul into for the last few months.
Art by Aggiedoll
Castiel POV
"So…," Dean bridged the gap of their sudden silence. "What's on your bucket list?"
"What?" Castiel asked, wondering what would happen if he simply gave in to his fingers' itching desire to reach out and slide over Dean's arm. Now that he'd gotten another brief taste of it, the urge to feel, to sense, to touch was so much harder to rein in, lighting up the nerves in fingertips that were his alone again after all the time he'd spent locked into his own mind without any control over this body.
"Not in general," Dean clarified nothing whatsoever. "I sure hope you ain't gonna kick the bucket any time soon. Or, like, at all. I just mean while we're here."
Castiel had to admit that standing so close to Dean really impacted his ability to focus, celestial being or not. He could only make half a sense out of this string of words. If he didn't know any better, he'd think Dean was covering some kind of nervousness with the way he kept interrupting himself by adding more sentences. Only that there was no discernible thing for him to be nervous about. There was nothing but them and the open sea.
Dean POV
The frog chirped and hopped away with one long leap. Running on intuition more than any logical reasoning, Dean pushed aside the fern that the animal had disappeared behind, uncovering an opening in the ground. He pulled out his phone and activated the flashlight, shining down into what seemed to be a steep, narrow tunnel leading down into pitch black.
He hated narrow fucking tunnels. A small part of his brain still seemed to be functional enough to have his phone send Sam his coordinates with a brief 'Just in case'. Then he stowed the device back in his pocket and covered his face in his hands, dreading what came next.
Cas, he reminded himself. He was doing this to get Cas back.
Words: 32,679
Rating: Explicit
Tags: Canon Universe, Post-Season 11, Beach Vacation, Fantasy Adventure, Humor, Angst with Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fallen Angel Castiel, Castiel's True Form, Mutual Pining, Idiots in Love, Dean in Denial, Dean Makes Up Excuses for Touch, Castiel Uses Sarcasm, Slow Burn, Castiel Goes Missing, Castiel and Dean Save Each Other
Your recent artwork of Sam and Rowena doing magic together made me discover your blog, and... god, I'm so in love with your art and your style!! I wish I had the words to adequately describe how much I loved that Sam and Rowena artwork in specific, but... just. Words are failing me. You have no idea how much I'm craving art of these two, especially while doing magic. And yours was soooo beautiful, the characters were PERFECT up to the smallest detail, and the background, and the shiny glow of the magic, and just... aaaah!
I... have long harbored a weird art wish that I haven't been able to find anywhere in the fandom. Though maybe I'm just not looking in the right places, I don't know. Since you're taking requests and you're someone who enjoys drawing gen art and who embraces all characters, I figured maybe the idea would spark your enthusiasm as well.
So, as a huge Rowena fan who very much adores her character development and the way she became a part of the team, I crave a visual representation of her being part of the team in a fight, like a Team Free Will 3.0. (I always wished she had participated in the actual fight against the gorgon in 14x14, not just in the preparation. And I LOVED her fighting together with Sam and Dean in the final showdown against the witches in 13x12. That really gave me a taste for how cool it would be to see them team up for fights more!) I would soooooo love to see all of Sam, Dean, Cas, Rowena, and Jack being in some kind of fight together, where each of them uses their specific talents to benefit the group somehow. Just each of them doing their thing, or maybe even some of them doing teamwork within the group. Whatever speaks to you and you're in the mood to draw. Or, alternatively, if combat poses are too hard to draw, they could also all just be doing something else like research or training or a magic ritual, or even just spending time together, or whatever else you might come up with.
I feel kind of bad even requesting this, and if you don't want to do this, that's 100% perfectly fine, because it must be a lot of effort to draw. I'm honestly not expecting you to say yes, but I figured there's no harm in asking (at least so I hope, haha). Please only do this if it sounds like something you'd actually enjoy creating, not like something that would stress you out.
If you decide drawing so many characters at once is too complicated, that's completely understandable. Rest assured, you've gained a new follower and I will definitely still squeal over every new piece of SPN art you produce. <3
hii I'm glad you like my art thanks for the heartfelt comment, love that you love it <333 It literally isn't trouble at all, request whatever you want (i have liked all requests I've received, and the only one I haven't been able to do wasn't because of the request per se but because it requires permission from another artist...if i do receive it i'll do it!). if at any point any request was trouble i'd answer it saying why can't i do it or something, but so far that hasn't happened.
this took a while because well, battle poses + many characters = chaos, so it ended up probably a bit more static than you wanted it to be. they're more going into battle than battling, i guess
and yes dragons because I LOVE DRAGONS and spn did them so dirty. I might repost this as a dragon series, or try a comic. hope you like it even tho there's a bit too much going on ;;
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may or may not be for a youtube video i may or may not get round to making but … what’s everyone’s fave bryony corrigan mmni moments ??? u can message me or send them as an ask or reply or reblog hehe …
I think the reason why my favorite Mischief Movie Night In dynamic (so far) is Bryony Corrigan and Henry Shields is because on their own, they are normal levels of chaotic, but TOGETHER they produce some of the most cursed MMNI moments. They quite literally make each other worse lmao
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🚨 Spoiler warning for seasons 2-7.
🚨 Trigger warning for canon-typical violence.
🎵 Music: "Warrior Princess" by David Chappell (feat. Julie Elven) David Chappell on Youtube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp
This video was created for chapter 22 of my fanfic Empty Earth.
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Empty Earth Chapter 21 is online on AO3!
This is the story's first full-chapter Rowena POV, and I'm excited to share it with you all! <3
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Empty Earth
Words: 93,625 so far, Chapters: 21/?
Relationships: Dean/Cas, Sam/Rowena,
Jack & Dean, Crowley & Jack
POV: Alternating
(Dean, Sam, Jack, Castiel, Rowena, Crowley, Naomi, HunterCorp Dean, Michael, Kevin, Balthazar)
Tags: Post-15x18, Fix-It, Epic, Plotty, Action/Adventure, Apocalypse, Slow Burn, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with Happy Ending, Empty Rescue, Protective Dean, Angel True Forms, Consensual Possession, Enochian, Magic, Witch Sam, Queen Rowena, Rebellion in Hell, Samwena First Kiss, Destiel Being Chaotic
Summary: After Castiel's confession, Dean carries a spark of hope telling him this can't be the end. This spark is the strongest weapon for Dean, Sam and Jack in this final war. The enemy is God. The battlefield is an Earth devoid of humans, a Hell in rebellion against its queen, and a Heaven betrayed by its creator. And the stakes are everything and everyone they have ever cared about.
Read Empty Earth on AO3!
Excerpt from Chapter 21 under the cut
The knowledge that she didn't even have her magic to fall back on if something went awry this time was a grasp of coldness in her neck. These corridors matched the ones from her memory far too closely for comfort, whispering of how helpless she'd been during the frenzied run for her life back then. How she was even more helpless now, without her powers. Nobody had made any attempt to disarm her, and she was glad for it, lifting the angel blade a little higher in a semblance of safety.
She sensed a lingering gaze on her and looked up from her morose thoughts to be met with Sam's eyes, softening at whatever he'd seen on her face. It should probably worry her how proficient he'd gotten at reading her—that she'd even allowed anyone close enough to be able to. But when dimples appeared on his cheeks in the shadow of a smile, she couldn't find it in herself to listen to that worry.
This—this thing between them was new territory for her. Loath as she was to admit ignorance, she didn't have the slightest idea how to handle it. After the centuries she'd lived, there weren't all that many things left that still had the ability to throw her for a loop like this.
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