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nickelkeep · 9 months
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Hoziernatural Art Masterpost#2
I did another art for the Hoziernatural Bang! The amazing @banshee1013 wrote a lovely fic based on Hozier's song Movement, and @rauko-is-a-free-elf Seriously, if you want Dancers Cas and Dean, I recommend it!
Art for A Call To Motion (Fic Here)
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frosthexe · 2 months
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Hidden Language - chevrolangels - Supernatural [Archive of Our Own]
Las Alas Academy. A formidable-looking place, all brick building and ivy climbing the walls, nestled in the heart of the city. To be accepted is a pipe dream, to succeed is a miracle. When Naomi Alas left the National Ballet, amidst much gossip and whispered rumors, she walked out with her head held high, and started her own school the next year. Within five years it was one of the most prestigious names in the country, hell—any kid with a pair of ballet shoes and a teacher worth their salt instilled in them the hope of one day walking the hallowed halls of Alas.
So why was Dean here again?
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Castiel supposes life could be a lot worse. He’s finally got out of ballet, he hasn’t got kicked out of his apartment yet, and oh, yeah—he’s got a competition coming up that’s his entire future on a plate.
The last thing he needs is a distraction.
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insanesonofabitch · 5 months
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You know, as a (kind of) new fan, I barely know shit about the full spn experience of watching shit unfold in real time—which obviously took years. When I was scrolling through Nov 5th tag, destielgate and all that, I found a fairly huge amount of people shitting on Andrew Dabb, especially for writing the finale. And I got curious about this infamous writer guy, like what else did he write?
Then I went to Google and saw that he wrote What’s Up Tiger Mommy. Then Hunteri Heroici. Clip Show. Road Trip. Bloodlines??? Stairway to Heaven?????? The Things We Left Behind????????
The Prisoner???????????
All Along The Watchtower?????????????
Lost & Found??????????????????
Like obviously, none of these episodes are perfect. But these includes HUGE destiel scenes—like pivotal moments that greatly affects the relationship and it’s development and how the audience view it. And so much of these are obviously, blatantly romantic. As explicit as it can be. Like the direct canon couple parallels? At least THREE times? You’re telling me this man is responsible for The Lovers Quarrel ft. Suffering Sam in season 8? “I’ll watch over you”? The Dean/Cas - David/Violet parallel???? Cas’ deleted personal heaven???? “Don’t lose it over one man”????? Cas giving up his Angel army for one guy?????? The Dinner Date?????? The Sam/Jess - Dean/Cas - Claire/Kaia parallel??????? The climax of Cain/Colette - Dean/Cas Mark of Cain plot line??????? “You know, I always thought I could be a good dancer if I wanted to be”???????? The PURGATORY REUNION?????????? The start of THE FUCKING WIDOWER ARC?????????????
The Fucking. Widower. Arc. The stark contrast between that and Cas being barely mentioned in 15x19 and 15x20???????? Listen—and I’m just spitballing here—but what if this guy isn’t the fucking problem. You cannot convince me that someone who wrote all that, who contributed to all that, does not fucking see it…
…oh my fucking god. What the fuck were in those omitted scenes?
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clairenatural · 6 months
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hey sorry to ask you but what is the destiel lamppost thing? if u know what it is
Hi anon!!! I wasn't ignoring you I just wanted to be able to sit down and type out the lore.
So "why lamp"/the destiel lamp thing starts with 15x10, The Heroes' Journey, in which Dean and Sam are stripped of the luck/protections that being written as protagonists gives them by Chuck (very meta) and Dean ends up needing cavities filled.
Garth gives him laughing gas for the procedure, during which Dean has a dream of a black and white 50s style dance sequence. It takes place in the bunker and while initially it's Dean dancing with Garth, eventually Garth leaves and Dean runs over to pick up a lamp from the corner of the room to dance with. Here's the whole thing:
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But once it's Dean and the lamp, the dance becomes markedly more romantic - he's dancing with the lamp as a partner, not like the tap dancing he and Garth do side-by-side.
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Also important to note that they're dancing to "Let's Misbehave," which is about sex and also was written by Cole Porter, who was gay. This is a really good breakdown of the dance itself, the significance of the song and Cole Porter and its connections to old queer Hollywood.
At the end of the episode, Dean sees Bess and Garth dancing in their living room through the window and says "You know, I always thought I could be a good dancer if I wanted to be."
This is pretty clearly associating the dream sequence, and Dean dancing with a lamp, as about Dean longing for a partner and therefore the lamp as a stand-in for that partner.
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NOW. Meta was written as soon as this episode aired with people linking the lamp to Cas, and there has continued to be much better meta than I can write here - this one is in-depth and connects it to themes across the seasons and Dean's years-long character arc. "Cas is Lamp" even has its own superwiki page.
But besides all the normal meta deancas reasons and the fact that this comes at a time when Dean's character arc had been building both to him wanting to settle down with someone AND that someone being Cas (this is the episode right after The Trap and Dean's "I should have stopped you/of course I forgive you" prayer), Cas (and angels broadly) is associated with light and lamps throughout the series, perhaps most iconically in 4x16.
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So, after 15x18, "the lamp thing" was something frequently cited and that we held onto as another thing they'd dropped alluding to (nay, ensuring - because they'd surely somehow have to wrap up Dean's own arc of wanting a partner to settle down with) a happy deancas endgame where Cas is rescued and they live happily ever after.
And then. 15x20 happened. And "why lamp" took off as part of a long list of "if they were just never going to mention Cas again, let alone resolve the confession or this very key part of Dean's story arc of wanting to settle down, why did they include [long list of things that make no sense with the ending we got]." Why lamp has become shorthand for a long list of missing links and loose ends and things that just don't add up. If deancas wasn't going to be the happy endgame, then why lamp. Why did they drop so many clues and work up to a very clear resolution for Dean's character arc if they were just going to drop it. Why lamp. It's one of those things that will haunt us because we will never get an answer. Okay grandma, let's get you to bed. But why lamp.
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DESTIEL TROPE COLLECTION 2023 | DAY 4 | Mutual Pining
Open Mic Night | @blessyourhondahurley
Rating: General Word Count: 1,357 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe Summary: Cas works at a bookstore. Dean wants to impress him.
Ladies' Night | @blessyourhondahurley
Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 1,519 Main Tags/Warnings: Wayward Sisters, Truth Spells, Bisexual Dean Winchester, Dean Winchester Wears Panties, First Kiss Summary: Dean comes to Ladies' Night at Jody's, and the ladies put him through the ringer.
The Rainbow Confection | @brainfuzz
Rating: General Word Count: 3,231 Main Tags/Warnings: Homophobic language, no warnings apply Summary: Where Dean owns a LGBT+ friendly coffee shop/café and Castiel is oblivious.
Thy Name is Dumbassery | @spnisthewayoflife
Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 4,314 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Roommates/Housemates, Implied Meg Masters/Castiel - Freeform, Dean is JEALOUS, Castiel & Meg Masters Friendship, Castiel and Dean Winchester Being Idiots, Idiots in Love, Dumbasses, the pair of them, Sassy Meg Masters, Meg Masters Ships Castiel/Dean Winchester, Pining, Mutual Pining, Love Confessions, Friends to Lovers Summary: Dean and Castiel aren't aware that they have been pining after each other for years and that their mutual feelings have remained unspoken. Until Castiel starts avoiding Dean and Dean realizes that he can't imagine his life without Castiel in it. Will they ever tell each other that they are head over heels in love?
Grumpy Angel and the cat (feat.Dean) | @destiel-pirate-in-middleearth
Rating: General Word Count: 6,130 Main Tags/Warnings: Mutual Pining, Jealous Dean Winchester, Sam ships it, Love confession Summary: Dean is getting silent treatment from Castiel because he won't allow Castiel to take a poor abandoned cat home with them because that's the hunter's rule. No pets in the bunkers and for starters Dean hates cats. It's not that he's jealous of that cat getting all of Castiel's affection which he longs for but he hates that monster cat with a stupid face. Or The one where Sam is just done with everyday’s bullshit because his brother is getting a silent treatment from the angel again.
Wings to Dancs | @sunshine-zenith
Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 12,621 Main Tags/Warnings: Normal Human AU, Dancer Cas, past homelessness, minor internally homophobia, implied top Dean/bottom Cas (no smut) Summary: A night of awkward conversations, humiliating moments, and halfhearted attempts at trying to learn to dance for his brother's wedding take a surprising turn for the better for Dean when he realizes he accidentally locked himself out of his car. He and Castiel, the dance instructor he's admired from afar for so long, end up bonding over buried memories of past pain and find themselves dancing towards a brighter future together.
Why did the chicken cross the road? | @whichstiel
Rating: Mature Word Count: 15,007 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate universe - canon divergence, Chickens, South Dakota Summary: Castiel raises show chickens on a small farm, alone after the death of his benefactor and friend. A runaway chicken leads him across the road to Winchester Auto Repair where he must contend with the easy charm of Dean Winchester. A canon divergent story set in rural South Dakota.
Scent-Blind | Destielshipper4Cas (AO3)
Rating: Explicit Word Count: 15,194 Main Tags/Warnings: Mutual Pining, Strangers to Lovers, Paramedic Dean, Temporary Anosmia, Slight Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluff and Smut, Alpha Dean, Omega Cas, Top Dean, Bottom Cas Summary: An accident has left Castiel without a sense of smell. In order to test whether his ability to scent is coming back, he has to regularly (try to) scent an alpha. Just like anything else, paramedic Dean Winchester doesn’t smell like anything to him. Until...
Proverbs 13:12 | @angelcasendgame
Rating: General Word Count: 16,298 Main Tags/Warnings: best friends deancas, stuck in a net, angel cas Summary: “A human and his angel get caught in a net,” Dean says dryly, not seeming to notice how completely still Castiel has gone. “Sounds like a set up to a bad joke. Or a Bible story.” “I can assure you, Dean,” he manages to say, trying desperately not to fixate on Dean's words. “This has never happened in the Bible.” (feat. autumn longing and hope, a game of I spy, hozier and led zepplin, mentions of the mixtape, and most importantly, dean and cas being best friends and helplessly in love with each other)
A Mature Student | @startswitheff
Rating: Explicit Word Count: 22,939 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - College/University, Mechanic Dean Winchester, Professor Castiel (Supernatural), Castiel is Seriously Depraved, College | University Student Dean Winchester, Dirty Thoughts, Masturbation in Shower, Castiel/Dean Winchester First Date, Castiel is a hot mess, First Date, sex on the first date, silver foxes, top!Castiel, bottom!Dean Winchester Summary: Prof. Castiel Novak does not know how to handle the smokin' hot silver fox in his Intro to American History class.
Maybe Next Time | @motherofdragonflies
Rating: Explicit Word Count: 37,134 Main Tags/Warnings: Modern!AU, Musician Dean Winchester, Doctor Castiel, Meet-Cute, Idiots in Love Summary: Dean Winchester agreed to sing at his ex-girlfriend’s wedding for the sole purpose of getting revenge on her for cheating on him. He never expected that he would meet anyone, let alone a man with beautiful blue eyes that Dean can’t stop thinking about. Castiel Novak agreed to attend his colleague’s wedding solely for the networking opportunities. He never expected that he would be instantly captivated by the beautiful singer of the wedding band. Despite being inexplicably drawn together, every time they run into each other they’re interrupted by Dean’s phone. Or Dean’s ex. If she even is his ex. Maybe next time they meet, Dean and Castiel will finally overcome the obstacles that the universe keeps throwing in their path, and find the happiness they didn’t even know they were looking for.
The Very Touch of You Corrupts (WIP) | @labgeek2002
Rating: Mature Word Count: 78,707 Main Tags/Warnings: AU, Detective!Cas, Criminal!Dean, internalized homophobia, implied child abuse Summary: While closing up the biggest career in Detective Castiel Novak's life, bringing down Chicago's notorious Lunguino crime family, everything gets put on hold when he catches Dean Winchester, his childhood crush, breaking the law. Soon after he snaps the cuffs on Dean, Cas' world is turned inside out as he's led down the dark path of organized crime and police corruption. With no one he can trust, will Cas learn to rely on the man who once brought comfort and protection, or will he find betrayal around every corner?
Finding You In Every Sign | @casblackfeathers
Rating: Explicit Word Count: 99,407 Main Tags/Warnings: coffee shop au, flower shop au, language of flowers, Deaf!Castiel, American Sign Language, Deaf Characters, bottom Dean/top Castiel, bottom Castiel/top Dean, mutual pining, fluff, angst with a happy ending, slow burn, hurt Dean, hurt and comfort, miscommunication Summary: Castiel was content with the constant flow of his life. He had his brother Gabriel, had his coffee shop and the weekly book club meetings as well as a small but solid group of friends. If there was one thing his hateful family had taught him, it was how fast things could go wrong if he let too many variables shape his life. So when he met Dean, a gradual regular at his shop, Castiel knew he was trouble, because Dean was like a comet, beautiful but beyond reach. Ever since his father died, there wasn’t a single constant in Dean’s life. Moving on, never stopping, never getting attached to one thing for too long had made him a drifter for the past seven years. Being the only hearing person in his family hadn’t been easy with a father like John Winchester, so as soon as Dean saw an escape, he took it. Settling down to open his flower shop was anything but easy, especially when he met the elusive deaf owner of the coffee shop next door. The more he discovered about Cas, the louder the voice in the back of his head whispered that maybe Castiel was the person finally worth staying for. And maybe, just maybe, Dean was willing to listen now.
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sunshine-zenith · 4 months
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In honor of Dean Winchester’s birthday (and to have an excuse to bring attention to some of these fics again), here’s a handful of my (destiel heavy) Dean POV fics
“Got That Something” — A lifetime of needing to jump from sleep to total awareness and surviving on an average of four hours a night prevent him from just turning over and dropping off again, but he doesn’t mind. Not when he gets to wake up to Cas sleeping beside him.
Rated G, 798 words, married fluff, post canon/canon divergent from 15x19
“Heavenly” — Cas has been avoiding Dean in heaven, despite Dean's best efforts to find some information on the guy.
Rated T, 2.5K+ words, canon compliant within 15x20, grief, humor, dumbasses to lovers, Dean Winchester uses his words
“Let Me Drive My Car Into Your Heart” — Dean loved his Baby, fact. He also loved his Angel.
Rated T, 3.5k+ words, fluff and humor, unsafe driving, brief butt touching
“Drag Can Bee For Everyone” — As Dean helps set up for the all age drag show his partner will be part of, he reminisces on how lucky he feels to have them in his life
Rated G, 2.5K+ words, Modern/Normal Human AU, Artist Dean, dad Dean, married fluff, nonbinary Cas
“Wings to Dance” — A night of awkward conversations, humiliating moments, and halfhearted attempts at trying to learn to dance for his brother's wedding take a surprising turn for the better for Dean when he realizes he accidentally locked himself out of his car. He and Castiel, the dance instructor he's admired from afar for so long, end up bonding over buried memories of past pain and find themselves dancing towards a brighter future together
Rated T, 12.5k+words, RomCom, Modern/Normal Human AU, humor, fluff, minor angst, Comfortably Bisexual Dean, references to biphobia/homophobia, references to past homelessness, Dancer Cas
“Flight Back to You” — Dean's exhausted, wracked with strange dreams that bring back memories of a teenage fling he had years ago. While on the way to check out a potential case with his brother, his exhaustion catches up with him, nearly sending both him and Sam over a cliff's ledge. Luckily, a familiar face from Dean's past comes at the perfect moment to provide them shelter for the night. The thing is, as it turns out, they actually have a lot more history than Dean initially remembers. And all three of them apparently have a lot more feathers than Dean is comfortable with.
Rated G, 11.5k+ words, Wings AU, Reincarnation, Comfortably bisexual Dean Winchester, minor Jimmy/Dean and Michael/Castiel, references to minor character death and divorce
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happilyfeatherafter · 3 months
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Happilyfeatherafter’s ficrec Fridays
Welcome back to a new week of fics that I’ve read and loved recently.
If you missed last week’s you can find my previous rec lists here for more!
23 February 2024
A Call To Motion by @banshee1013 (art by @nickelkeep) is a delightful dancer fic from the @hoziernaturalevents mini bang! After becoming mesmerised by modern dance when passing by the studio on his way to work, Dean becomes Rowena's protege student. She tells him about an opportunity at a dance company in Kansas City, alongside Castiel Shurley, the man who's audition for the Paul Taylor Dance Company in New York inspired him to pursue his new-found passion. Cas is going through his own turmoil, having been cheated on by his former lover Ishim. With no one to dance his love inspired duet with, he's left adrift. But that all changes when Dean dances into the picture. So much great tension, camaraderie and the love inherit in a shared passion for dance. I adored it.
Mourning Doves by abstractthinking (@cascigarette) for @destielvalentinesexchange: 'The mourning dove symbolizes spirituality, hope, peace, freedom, and love. Some believe they are messages from angels.' This is a really sweet, quiet in the best way little valentine's one shot. Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and Dean wants to make it special for Cas. He's not really gone in for Valentine's Day before, but he's ready to fully embrace the romance of the occasion. Cas is somewhat befuddled by the need to manufacture romance, when their lives are already inherently romantic when in each other's company. Together they find a gentle balance of appreciation.
We Are Either Here Or Not Here by @hufflepuffdean (art by @armellin) is a 2017 @deancasbigbang fic post-12x23, in which Mary brings an AU!Cas back to a mourning Dean. Castiel is stubborn, judgmental, infuriating - and the best shot Dean has at getting Cas back. The conversations start as Dean’s last hope, but they soon turn into his version of catharsis. When Cas does find his way back, he comes along with stories of his own. I love the way this fic takes a possible spin on season 13 canon, leaning into the ensemble cast, and through it all keeping such a wonderful thread of yearning between Dean and Cas as they set out on a journey to forgive and better understand each other, between the universes.
The Day in the Palm of Our Hands by tabaqui - A DeanVictor fic! I'm normally a total otp fic girlie, but I love the possibilities inherent in Dean and Victor Henriksen's early seasons storyline dynamics, and what could have been had we got to keep him. Their chemistry is so great. So here's that story. Victor can't shake the supernatural world, and turns to Dean and Sam to learn hunter 101. Along the way his and Dean's heated eye contact trips into something more. A lovely glimpse at a possible canon timeline divergence circa season 3.
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hoziernaturalevents · 2 months
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Hoziernatural Recs: Destiel
Sign-ups for the 2024 round of the Hoziernatural Multi-Ship Bang are open, and people will soon be working to create a whole new batch of Hoziernatural content! However, for those of you who would like something to read between now and posting, we have some recs to fill that need 💚
Everything listed below is Destiel, but if you're a person of varied taste, then check out our Wincest, Rare Pair, and Gen/Character Study rec lists!
A Call to Motion by @banshee1013 with art by @nickelkeep
Beta: @rauko-creates
Hozier Song: Movement
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 22,019
Pairing/s: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Dorothy Baum/Charlie Bradbury, Gabriel/Rowena MacLeod, Jessica Moore/Sam Winchester
Warnings: None
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Dance, Modern Dance AU, Dancer Castiel, Dancer Dean, College Student Sam, Strangers to Lovers
Summary:
After seeing Sam safely accepted to the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Dean finally feels like he can start pursuing his own dream - which just so happens to be Modern Dance after having passed by the studio on his way to work. Then his instructor, Rowena, tells him about an opportunity at a dance company in Kansas City, which he discovers is run by Gabriel Shurley - brother to Castiel Shurley, the man who's audition for the Paul Taylor Dance Company in New York inspired him to pursue his new-found passion.
Castiel Shurley is adrift - moving to Kansas City with his brother to help run their cousin Balthazar Angeles' dance company after a falling out with his Artistic Director - and lover - in New York. The dance company is a wonderful, talented group, but Castiel found his love for dance shattered along with his heart.
That is, until a green-eyed, bow-legged, incredibly gifted novice dancer appears for auditions, and Castiel feels the urge to dance - and love - return to him.
Angel in the Shortwave by @columbocas with art by @squirrelofcelestialintent
Beta: @squirrelofcelestialintent
Hozier Song: Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 5,123
Pairing/s: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence
Additional Tags: Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Castiel is Saved from the Empty, Time Travel, Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Sex Worker Dean Winchester, Patricide, Canon Universe
Summary: Castiel escapes the empty into a parallel universe. There he meets a young Dean turning tricks. Post-The Winchester's Dean searches for Cas.
Be Like the Love that Discovered the Sin by @grim-work with art by @deancodedcastielenby
Beta: @sky-is-torn
Hozier Song: Be
Rating: Teen & Up
Word Count: 5,100
Pairing/s: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Warnings: None
Additional Tags: Awkward Flirting, Angst, Kissing, Falling in Love, Dean Winchester has PTSD, s5e3 Free to Be You and Me
Summary:
Once, in Tennessee, when he was in middle school, someone told Dean he was a child of God.
During “Free to Be You and Me,” Dean and Cas talk without doing much talking, and try to invent something new.
honey you're familiar (like my mirror...) by @deaniewithalittleweanie
Hozier Song: From Eden
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 10,953
Pairing/s: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Minor Rowena MacLeod/Sam Winchester
Warnings: Mentions of Body Horror, Canon-Typical Violence
Additional Tags: Body Swap, Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Behavior, Castiel Bears the Mark of Cain, Smut, Dark Crack, Angst, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Season 10, Nightmares, Wings, Every possible angle on a body swap fic all in one, Tone Shift, Bottoming from the Top, Masturbation
Summary: While desperate for a cure for the Mark of Cain, Dean wakes up in a dark alley no longer in his own skin. Now occupying Castiel's body, he has to grapple with being an angel and no longer having control over the Mark. Meanwhile, Castiel now has to learn to control the rage that comes with bearing the Mark in a body that is already at its breaking point with it. Dean can feel everything Castiel used to feel and vice versa, making the chemistry between the two of them all the more volatile.
Mad Dog Caged by @mbqnoyolo with art by @squirrelofcelestialintent
Beta: @ididitallofitforyou
Hozier Song: Like Real People Do
Rating: Teen and Up
Word Count: 5,527
Pairing/s: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Warnings: None
Additional Tags: PTSD, hallucinations, nightmares, first kiss, post attack dog spell, hurt!Cas, homemaker!Dean
Summary: Dean and Cas are recovering in the Bunker while Sam puts as much distance as he can between himself and the brooding men. The Attack Dog spell has Castiel lurching from reality to hallucinations and Dean struggles with trying to care for him despite his own terrifying flashbacks of Amara, the Mark and Purgatory.
Nothing Fucks With My Baby by @rauko-creates
Hozier Song: NFWMB
Rating: Teen & Up
Word Count: 620
Pairing/s: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Warnings: Canon-Typical Violence
Additional Tags: Protective Castiel, BAMF Castiel, BAMF Dean Winchester, Murder Husbands, Hunter Husbands, Established Relationship, Canon Universe
Summary: I was feeling an intense need to listen to Hozier's NFWMB on repeat while writing about Cas smiting the shit out of everything in the way to get to Dean and slaughtering everything that dared to lay a hand on him. Not that Dean's a damsel in distress in this situation; he's actually holding his own just fine. Cas is just intense.
Remember Me, Love, When I'm Reborn by @lazarus-rose with art by @deancodedcastielenby
Beta: @very-offkey-kazoo
Hozier Song: Shrike
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 46,251
Pairing/s: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Warnings: Canon-Typical Violence, Character Death
Additional Tags: Parallel Universes, Post-Canon, Post-The Winchesters, Angst With A Happy Ending
Summary: In some ways, Dean thought his death would solve things. He thought it would give him a chance for a happy life in Heaven surrounded by his family, but he was wrong. So he decides to take a ride in his Baby and find that missing piece that keeps him from being happy. Almost everywhere he goes, there is one constant – Castiel. He sees his angel, over and over, finding him in different worlds with different versions of Dean and then watching over him from afar.
Back on Earth, Dean didn’t have the words for the feelings inside him, but his afterlife might just provide him with the strength and wisdom to hold on to true happiness when he finds it.
Swan Upon Leda by @kelsstiel with art by @marvfortytwo
Beta: @deaniewithalittleweanie
Hozier Song: Swan Upon Leda
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 174,096
Pairing/s: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Hospital, Kid Fic, Slow Burn, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Happy ending, Minor Character Death, Explicit Sexual Content
Summary: Pediatric Surgery Fellow Dean Winchester meets baby Jack Kline and neuropsychologist Castiel Novak his first week on the job. Dean’s been accused a time or two of caring a little too much in the past and it’s hard not to care about the neurotic adoptive father and his medically needy preemie. After a series of run-ins between the pair, Dean and Cas develop a friendship that everyone else around them suspect more from immediately, though it takes them a little longer to get the memo. When Dean struggles with a particularly devastating patient loss, their mutual understanding of loss and love bring them closer in a way that neither of them could have expected.
The Love, The Dark, The Light, The Flame by @raimykeller with art by @nickelkeep
Beta: @quizasvivamos
Hozier Song: As It Was
Rating: Teen & Up
Word Count: 8,188
Pairing/s: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Angst With A Happy Ending, 15x19 Alternate Ending, Dean Winchester Saves Castiel from the Empty, Homophobic Language, Getting Together, Fix-It, Dean Winchester Has Self-Esteem Issues
Summary:
After Dean, Sam, and Jack defeat Chuck, Jack opens a portal to let Dean try to rescue Castiel from the Empty. The Shadow will let Castiel go on one condition: Dean has to solve a case.
Dean is transported back into his 19-year-old body to hunt whatever monster is killing young, gay teens in San Francisco. But, Dean must face much more than supernatural monsters if he wants to free Castiel from the grip of the Empty and eternal slumber.
Wasteland, Baby! by @deaniewithalittleweanie with art by @deancodedcastielenby
Beta: @wanderingcas
Hozier Song: Wasteland, Baby!
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 46,326
Pairing/s: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Aaron Bass/Dean Winchester
Warnings: Canon-Typical Violence, Drug Use
Additional Tags: Post-finale, Dean Winchester Saves Castiel from The Empty, Endverse (5x04: The End), Endverse!Castiel
Summary:
With his dying breath, Chuck releases the Croatoan virus onto the world the Winchesters just tried to save from him. Fueled by rage, Dean rescues Castiel from The Empty, but the angel comes back with a screw knocked loose and most of his grace depleted. To both of them, Castiel’s confession before his death is best left unspoken of. In a world of destruction, chaos, and death, Dean has resigned himself to being chained by reality for the rest of his days.
That is, until Sam finds a lead on restoring a very weak Jack’s powers. The mission has Dean, Castiel, Jack, and Charlie criss-crossing the continental United States on the hunt for power and a cure for the virus that has destroyed civilization as it once was, all the while trying to repair the broken bonds between all of them.
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dcbtv · 8 months
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So It Goes...
Title: So It Goes…
Author: MostlyAwake13
Artist: Zybynarx
Song: So It Goes…
Posting date: September 30, 2023
Rating: E
Any archive warnings: No warnings
Top 10 main tags:
Bisexual Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
Bisexual Castiel (Supernatural)
bottom!Dean
Top!Cas
Explicit Sexual Content
Alternate Universe - Human
stripper!Cas
bartender!Dean
Flirting
Jealousy
Summary:
Recently moved to San Francisco to be closer to his little brother, Dean takes up a job as a bartender at a club in the Castro called Heaven and Hell. Unlike other clubs in the area, this one features dueling dancers, the Angels and the Demons. An equal opportunity kind of guy, Dean’s happy enough just watching the show. But one of the Angels, a dark-haired, blue-eyed guy with a trench coat, catches his eye. Dean knows better than to get involved with somebody at work, but it seems this Angel has his eye on him as well…
Castiel never imagined he would end up stripping in a bar in the Castro of all places, but for a place called Heaven and Hell it’s not so bad. That is, until a new bartender starts working. Castiel is a professional and has never been tempted by a coworker before, but if this guy keeps watching him like that, he may have to start breaking all of his own rules.
When the two start playing a game of seduction, it’s not quite clear if this is a game they can win. For two men making a living off of flirting with customers, it will take something special to make the pieces fall right into place. But so it goes…
Author tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/nelsonsmynickname
Link to Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50410498/chapters/127365982
Artist tumblr: https://zybynarx.tumblr.com/
Link to Art: https://www.tumblr.com/zybynarx/729940594743558144/here-is-the-last-drawing-i-was-able-to-do-for-the?source=share
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mybrainproblems · 1 year
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look. the levels of "you know, i always thought i could be a good dancer if i wanted to be" in 15x10 are just. so much to me!!
the more i think about s15, the more i see the little callbacks and easter eggs to earlier seasons. (the writers did their homework!) we have what i think is probably the most recognized/cited one, "daddy's blunt instrument" which predates every writer working on s15. i guess arguments could be made for singer but i just don't see him making that sort of contribution to a berens-penned ep. but there are so many other little things and i do think dean's line about thinking he could've been a good dancer is both a metaphor and a callback to 07x16 out with the old.
which like.
it was also something of a metaphor in s7. you have the literal meaning of dean seeing the ballet shoes in s7 and clearly being drawn to them in a way that sam isn't, the references to both black swan and swan lake. (and clearly a knowledge of swan lake given the reference to prince siegfried.) but you also have the metaphorical meaning of the shoes with dean being drawn to something that is perceived to be non-masculine and "delicate" and nothing like hunting. that he wants to have that in some capacity. and then we get a reference back to that in 15x10!! the acknowledgement that he always thought he could be a good dancer if he wanted to be. said with wistfulness! and it's said as they watch garth and bess dancing together. the face he makes when sam jokes he was good at the macarena and totally brushes off what dean is saying. given the lamp. given everything in the episode. yes, it's about dancing and wanting normalcy. it's about settling down and having a life. it's about dancing with someone.
you ask "why lamp?" you fucking know why. and so does andrew dabb.
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also: references to swan lake the ep before cas returns is uh. a lot. this is however an instance where i'm not 100% onboard with it being an intentional destiel thing.
* there is literally nothing delicate about dance/dancers tho, it's literally just perception. i had friends who danced and they were pure muscle and grace. it's wild.
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ghosthan · 1 year
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destiel supernatural lives in Maine btw their house has weather cedar shingles that they keep meaning to paint increasingly ridiculous colors btw and also there is a rosebush tall enough to be called a tree and a lilac tree on either side of the house. and there is a sense bitch forest to the east of the house, and far enough west into the pines the trees break and there is a corn field where deer and turkey and crowd and rabbits inspect the remnants of the harvest btw and dean has a snow mobile that he's Lowkey scared of decapitating himself with but Cas loves it because Fast. they Christmas shop at the LL Bean outlet. The darkening days and cold may be discouraging to some but Cas's truck has a nice plow attached, and dean winter proofed the house himself and they're well prepared with a supply of seasoned firewood and fireball whiskey (gross but Cas likes the cinnamon so they put it in their hot chocolate at night) and also they're going from apple season to maple season so as soon as they finish tapping their trees and making syrup, there will be the most exquisite cinnamon maple apple pie, and Dean's recipe is so secret he doesn't even write it down (the secret is he melts a handful of Werther's originals right into the maple sauce that glazes the apples) they get snowed in sometimes and treat it like a second honeymoon every other week it happens all winter. they take Jack ice skating, he's like Bambi on ice. CAS has impeccable balance but absolutely no intuitive skill at first, but hes dense and strong and gets good at two man hockey on the pond. dean sometimes plays too but usually he skates alone but turns out he just likes pretending to be a dancer and just kind of doing figure eights and peacefully gliding around. But he DOES devote an ice dance to Cas to an ABBA song like a bird peacocking for his mate. baby stays in the garage literally all winter. Dean smokes joints in his double layer of flannel pajamas and fur lined Crocs (winter slippers in Maine) and polishes the car at night, and Cas's truck is a goddamn monster and the snow tires make it even taller and one day as a prank/gift Dean gets the truck jacked up but Cas likes it and dean realizes they've become rednecks for real this isn't a joke anymore I'm crying.
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hellverse · 1 year
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no because WAIT just imagine dean and cas getting wasted when a pretty dancer girl offers cas to try out pole dancing so he does because hey that does seem fun and dean just loses sense of all reality and sanity
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2022 Summary
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Our very first round of the Bottom Cas Reverse Bang is complete! Thank you everyone for participating and for making this a fun challenge!
Here’s a summary of all the creative collaborations that have been submitted to the challenge in 2022!
Happy browsing! 
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What Were You Dreaming About?
Artist: casarts
Author: Emily 
Rating: Mature  
Wordcount: 6544
Warnings/Tags: Canon Compliant, Fix-It, Angst, Pining, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – PTSD, Dreams, Nightmares, Hell, Naked and Covered In Bees, Purgatory, The Empty, NSFW Art, It's just a naked bum, but still 
 Summary:
Dean was never one for prophetic dreams, in fact, that was more Sammy’s gig. Especially when they were finding out about yellow eyes and demon blood. But as Dean stands here, admiring Castiel, he remembers. He’s dreamed this before.
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The love you left behind
Artist: reafre 
Author: Oriana (peacewhendone / graceonastring)
Rating: Teen and Up 
Wordcount: 22,521
Tags/Warnings:  Post-Canon Fix-It, Dean Winchester Loves Castiel, Castiel/Dean  Winchester First Kiss, Amara as God (Supernatural), Self-Medication,  Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Minor mentions of Dean  picking someone up in a bar 
Summary:
The first time Dean saw him - it - whatever it was, he was three  bottles deep. He’d started with whiskey, then moved to brandy, and was  still working on the vodka.  Don’t mix your liquors, boy, his dad’s voice echoes. Dean  thinks maybe he should’ve listened. Because now he’s staring at a  blurry blob of color: black, tan, blue. It’s a combination that makes  him hone in on it whenever he’s out in public, every time he catches a  glance of it from the corner of his eye. But the owner of the colors is  never the one he’s looking for.
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Wings to Dance
 Artist: stillwinchester 
Author: SundayZenith 
Rating: Teen and Up
Wordcount: 12k
Tags/Warnings: No smut; some sexual humor; normal human au; discussions of homophobia, biphobia, past homelessness, and bad parenting (all past); fluff, humor, angst, hurt/comfort; destiel
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"Like always Dean was caught off guard by how- well. Beautiful the dancer was. The way he moved, the unashamed way he displayed his body, the lines and plains he created when twisting this way or that. Not to mention the unfairly attractive face -- this guy hit all of Dean’s marks for male partners, with his messy hair and pink lips that made Dean think of things that would make a nun blush. The name, Angel Dance Studio, made all too much sense, watching him -- if angels were real, this dancer’s face would surely be the face they wore. Even his eyes, something Dean rarely got to make out, were the most captivating shade of blue, electrifying you and freezing you at once when they suddenly turned on you- Like they were now." -- A night of awkward conversations, humiliating moments, and halfhearted attempts at trying to learn to dance for his brother's wedding take a surprising turn for the better for Dean when he realizes he accidentally locked himself out of his car. He and Castiel, the dance instructor he's admired from afar for so long, end up bonding over buried memories of past pain and find themselves dancing towards a brighter future together.
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Book Ends
Artist: Diminuel 
Author: Setsuna Noroi 
Rating: Teen and Up 
Wordcount: 7891
Tags/Warnings: Castiel Loves Dean Winchester, Top Dean Winchester, Threesome snuggling, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Happier ending than season 15 gave us, Reverse Big Bang Bottom Cas 2022
Summary:
Dean ends up meeting an alternative version of himself from another  world where life seems perfect for this other Dean Winchester, except  the rich man from HunterCorp is missing one very important thing in his  life, Castiel. When this Dean gets smitten by the angel, it's up to the  original Winchester to decide just how he's gonna deal with it. A  fluffier possible end for destiel and Season 15 over all.
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The Very Touch of You 
Artist: jetblackfeeling 
Author: paceprompting 
Rating: Explicit 
Wordcount: 6299
Tags/Warnings: Sex in/on the Impala (Supernatural), honeymoon sex, Married Castiel/Dean Winchester, I know they're married in February, But I made it summer, because why not, Road Head, Oral Sex, Anal Fingering, Praise Kink, Light Dom/sub, Rimming, Overstimulation, Fluff and Crack, they deserve to be happy your honor, BCRB 2022, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, NSFW Art
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Dean and Cas go on their honeymoon and get up to their usual hijinks. As well as some new ones.
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The Dance 
 Artist: MOEM 
Author: PetraAmia 
Rating: Explicit 
Wordcount: 7686 
Tags/Warnings: Omegaverse, Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Castiel/Omega Dean Winchester, Bottom Castiel/Top Dean Winchester, Mating Bites, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Dancing 
Summary:
Tradition dictates that omegas must Dance for their mates, though what kind of dance is up to them. Dean has trained for ages just to get ready for his first ever dance, his first ever showing as an Omega. Its an eventful evening but will it be everything he wanted, and then some?
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Reparations 
Artist: Diminuel 
Author: raths_kitten 
Rating: Teen and Up 
Wordcount: 14246 
Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe – Royalty, Alternate Universe – Fantasy, Prince Dean Winchester, Castiel and Jimmy Novak are Twins (Supernatural), Romance 
 Summary:
When Dean returns from war to meet the family of the man who has saved his life, he finds Jimmy’s wife dead, his daughter sent to a nunnery and his brother impoverished. Dean will do whatever he can to make their life better - and maybe they might even make his own life better in turn.
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By Invitation Only (aka: Tackling Mt. PDA.) 
 Artist: Blusxa 
Author: Inkblooded_Witch 
Rating: Explicit 
Wordcount: 15820 
Tags/Warnings: Dean/Castiel – Freeform, Sam/eileen – Freeform Top! Dean, Himbo! Dean, Personal Trainer/Dietician! Dean, Bottom! Castiel, Auditor! Castiel, Touch Averse! Castiel, Anxiety over PDA, Domestic Fluff, Smut, BCRB 2022
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The only way Castiel has managed to keep himself together and functioning is by applying order to the chaos around him. He has yet to meet a problem that can’t be sequenced or boxed or logged on a spreadsheet, there is a place for everything and everything better be in its place. The exception to this is his boyfriend, whom he loves dearly, chaos and all. Dean is the exception to a number of rules, for better or worse. But if the man would stop trying to touch him in public, that would be swell.
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i’m your huckleberry 
Artist: casarts 
Author: markofcain 
Rating: Explicit 
Wordcount: 8782 
Tags/Warnings: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Human Castiel, Stripper Castiel, Bottom Castiel/Top Dean Winchester, Anal Sex, Light Bondage, POV Dean Winchester, Apologizing Dean Winchester, Light Dom/sub 
Summary:
One night Dean goes to a strip club after a hunt. He meant to burn off some steam, not to find his angel-turned-human best friend on the stage, shedding layers of his cowboy outfit one by one.
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Pour Me A Memory 
Artist: stillwinchester 
Author: drama_queen77 
Rating: Explicit 
Wordcount: 11801 
Tags/Warnings: Light Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Memory Loss, Bartender Dean Winchester, Post-Season/Series 15, Episode Fix-It: s15e20 Carry On, Dean Winchester Never Died In That Fucking Barn, sam and eileen are married, Pregnant Eileen Leahy, Jack Kline as God, Ruler of Hell Rowena MacLeod, Caring Rowena MacLeod, Castiel is Saved from the Empty (Supernatural), Psychological Torture, Drinking & Talking, Dean Winchester Likes Fruity Drinks Now, Openly Bisexual Dean Winchester, Power Bottom Castiel (Supernatural), Top Dean Winchester, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Making Love, because the author is a sappy-ass bitch, Bottom Castiel/Top Dean Winchester 
Summary:
Jack, Sam, Eileen, and Dean rescue Castiel from the Empty, where he is being tormented by the Shadow as punishment for waking it up. Unfortunately, crossing the barrier between the two dimensions erases all of Dean's memories of Cas. The gang calls Rowena for help, but it turns out Dean and Cas have to work it our for themselves.
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The Treasure of the Seven Seas 
Artist: reafre 
Author: NoaVice 
Rating: Mature 
Wordcount: 14193 
Tags/Warnings: mer!Castiel, human!dean, depictions of blood, Comfort/Angst, John Winchester's A+ Parenting, Bad Parent John Winchester, Happy Ending, Ambiguous/Open Ending, jellyfish!meg, Interspecies Relationship(s), Light Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, POV Dean Winchester, Alternate Universe, Teenagers, No Sex, No Smut, Hurt/Comfort, BCRB2022 
Summary:
After almost drowning, Dean was saved by a merman named Castiel. The friendship they developed hit a wall when Castiel stopped showing up to their meetings. Was his disappearance had something to do with Dean's dad's job as a sea-monsters hunter? And if it was, could Dean act against his deepest wish to get his father's approval, and do something about it?
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A different type of love 
Artist: blusxa 
Author: Angelblade1996 
Rating: General Audiences 
Wordcount: 6772 
Tags/Warnings: Bad Parent John Winchester, Coming Out, High School, Teen Romance 
Summary:
Come join Cas and Dean on their last journey as high school students. Watch Cas’s relationship with Dean go from good to messy to good in the meantime watching them enjoy these last few months of school with their friends. Hope you enjoy the story
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my bloody sword to swing 
Artist: Diminuel 
Author: Zaffre 
Rating: Mature 
Wordcount:  8736
Tags/Warnings: Season/Series 15, Season/Series 15 Spoilers, Alternate Season/Series 15, Alternate Ending, Bottom Cas, Top Dean, Dean Winchester Has Anger Issues, Declarations Of Love, First Kiss, Castiel/Dean Winchester First Kiss, First Time, the sex isn't explicit - more of a rom com sort of thing, Billie ships it kinda    
Summary:
An alternate take on season 15. Belphegor succeeds in capturing the  ghosts, Billie is not a villain, and they defeat Chuck in a different  way.
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Stung by the Queen Bee 
Artist: casarts 
Author: magicaldino 
Rating: Explicit 
Wordcount: 6406
Tags/Warnings: 7x23 bonus scene, canon-divergent, semi-public sex, (very) organic lube, dubcon only in the sense that Cas was just in a mental hospital, anal sex 
Summary:
An innocent commentary on monkeys and lipstick has Dean struggling  with his sexuality. With the impending apocalypse on the horizon, Cas  makes a confession that changes everything.
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Until I Found You 
Artist: Blusxa 
Author: CasslessChaps 
Rating: Explicit 
Wordcount: 7360
Tags/Warnings: Light Angst, Fluff and Smut, Porn with Feelings, Meet-Ugly, Hurt/Comfort, Bartender Dean Winchester, POV Alternating, Alternate Universe- No Supernatural, Canon-Typical Violence, Minor Violence Minor Injuries, Gun Violence, it's not described in detail, Mild Blood, Bottom Castiel/Top Dean Winchester, Bottom Cas Reverse Bang 2022 (Supernatural) 
 Summary:
“You gonna fix me all up?” Dean teased, “Damn, at least buy a guy dinner first. Actually…” Dean looked as if he was debating something before he opened his mouth again, “Let me buy you dinner and I’ll let you play doctor on me all you want.” “Don’t make this dirty,” Cas warned. ——————————— Dean owed money to the wrong people. When he didn’t pay up, he got jumped in the alley behind the bar he worked at. A beautiful stranger saw what happened and showed him more kindness than anyone before. That man was named Cas and their connection was instantaneous. The night then took a surprising turn from Cas tending to Dean’s injuries to something a little… less innocent.
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For the Love of Pie 
Artist: Stillwinchester 
Author: LuluDLR 
Rating: Teen and Up 
Wordcount:  6948
Tags/Warnings: Baker Dean Winchester, YouTuber Castiel 
 Summary:
Castiel has a comfortable life. He has a sucessful cooking channel on Youtube, a nice house, and a blooming garden. What more could he ask for? His answer comes when he has to unexpectantly face the handsome stranger who lives next door for stealing his pie and compleatly embarsing him in his latest video by doing so.
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The Calendar
Artist: hitori-alouette 
Author: HCMichele 
 Rating: Teen and Up 
Wordcount: 7906 
Tags/Warnings: AU - Modern Setting, Kid Fic, Librarian Castiel, Firefighter Dean Winchester, Single Parent Dean Winchester, Fluff and Humor, Getting Together. 
Summary:
When one looks at Castiel Novak, the director of the Kansas State Library, they don’t expect that shy, reserved guy to hang pictures of half-naked men in his office. Except that he does. And it’s not just any men. It’s Dean Winchester, the hottest firefighter (the irony wasn’t lost on him) to ever pose for steamy Calendar shots, and the only thing that gets him through the daily hardships of his job. It would be truly a terrible thing if Castiel’s favorite child in the children’s reading sessions at the library, who’s also Dean’s six year old son, somehow saw that.
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loveofastarvingdog · 11 months
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ten line challenge 💪
tagged by @littlebitofdiaz hiii beloved <3
Rules: Share the first line of your last ten published works or as many as you are able to and see if there are any patterns!
Simple as a Weathervane (destiel) They're about halfway through summer when Dean first brings it up.
Sunrise with the Dealers and the Dancers (buddie) Buck should've seen it coming, is the thing.
From the Mud of my Body, I Create You (destiel) Dean's not so unsettled, anymore.
Gold in the Edges of Our Vision (destiel) The sun's warm in an unpleasant, sticky sorta way.
Don't Make Me Say It (What Would I Even Say?) (buddie) Okay, so when Eddie said he remembered the initial impact, remembered thinking “this is the last moment of my life,” remembered waking up… Well, okay, so he might have lied.
Brand New Things and Second Lives (destiel) The road here is a mix of gravel and old asphalt, not cracked so much as crumbling into itself; All at once auto-cannibalism and returning to the earth's welcoming body.
I Don't Hide My Love; I Don't Cover It Up (destiel) Dean's hands are dry where they curl absently over the steering wheel, Winter across the western States biting in deeper than he expected.
lovely to just lay here with you (destiel) Dean’s lying with his hand on Cas’ hip.
Lullabies and other Love Stories (destiel) See, the thing is, Dean knows his voice ain't worth shit.
I Spread Forth My Hands Unto Thee (destiel) The sky has bloomed open into a lovely blue spread by the time Castiel cracks his eyes open, one sleep-stuck eyelid at a time.
Not sure there's a theme here, aside for the fact that i'm a big fan of short sentences to start fics <3
tagging @faithdeans @saintedcastiel @heller-castiel @pinknatural and frankly anyone who writes fic and follows me <3
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angelsdean · 2 years
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ok pasting my tags from this post into it’s own post because i need to really talk about this now like. dean's reaction to seeing Bess and Garth dance with each other in their kitchen is to say, “you know i always thought i could be a good dancer if i wanted to be” and...and something i’m only JUST realizing as i type this is that he doesn’t say “could have been” he says “i could be, if i wanted to” he’s realizing !!! he’s realizing he could have that !! in the episode where god has checked out of the building he realizes for the first time that...if he wants something, he can have it. there’s nothing stopping him from having it. 
and THEN. sam says, “you were awesome at the macarena.” past tense. like there’s no future. no room for change. and then, so my tags. 
#ok but this metaphor like. he wanted to dance for real he wanted to dance from the heart he wanted to feel the music and let it move him#and Sam says. well you were really great at dancing this one dance that is just pre-set moves and following instructions#like !!!!! SCREAMING BITING KILLIING#he just wanted to be in love and have this simple life#and it’s like. welp u were able to do a good imitation u were able to follow simple steps ok#which is like. all his mediocre and failed attempts at normal relationships. his time w Lisa just going thru the motions#when what he really wanted was someone (Cas) to just sway with and dance spontaneously with in their living room !!!!
it’s like. he just wants to dance with somebody. dancing is the domestic, dancing is love, dancing is the life he wants. and he thinks, maybe i could.....and sam says, well, you tried once and were ok at following that dance with the pre-set moves. which also.....in a narrative all about choice and free will and breaking out of the narrative that’s trying to dictate their every move...saying you were good at the dance that tells you exactly what to do is...well. and on top of THAT he says it DISMISSIVELY (unaware little brother sammy strikes again) 
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and dean frowns :( “dick” yea sammy why >:( 
anyways so, his dancing dream. he first learns the steps from garth (garth who has the domestic life he wants), he starts off modeling garth. but then he breaks free and does his own thing !!!! and then he dances with LAMP (CAS). and then he’s dancing for himself. it’s his dance now. and that’s what he wants !!! that’s his dream. his own life, his life w/ someone he loves, his own dance. him making all the moves now. 
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