#destiel fake dating

[found--family]

enough fics about flustered angry dean at first refusing to be in a fake couple with cas for a case bc no homo dude until he begrudgingly obliges bc better him than sam. more fics with dean being eager af about it and playing it off as excitement to work a case with his best bud when really he's looking forward to the chance of getting this crush out of his system like he just needs to kiss cas and grind up on him a bit and then he'll be good. of course during the course of the case and all the pda dean realises his horny crush vibes are actuallly just a facet of a deeper love and oh shit he's in love with cas??? cue cas emerging from the shower in just a towel or the pool in just swim trunks or a swanky venue in a well-fitted af suit-- and dean legit nosebleeds. 

#destiel #thoughts #fic fodder #fake dating #i love the nosebleed!dean emoji on pbd and wish we could use custom emojis like that everywhere

[hauntedpearl]

modern destiel fake dating au where they room together with lisa even after lisa and dean have broken up (because money and also she has a child!!!) and lisa wants to date again and one day she brings a dude home and then she's like like PRETEND YOU'RE GAY @ dean like in that one episode of new girl and they do! but!!! UH OH!! ANYWAY.

#i am literally watching that episode of new girl and i was like this would make a GREAT fake dating au so <33 #posting this headcanon like setting a paper boat onto a river in the rain #BE FREEE #doe is talking again #spn headcanons #destiel

[destieltropecollection]

DESTIEL TROPE COLLECTION 2023 | DAY 31 | Fake Dating

Made up, like my fiancé | @blanketforcas

Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 2,834 Main Tags/Warnings: Fluff, First Kiss, Touch-Starved Dean Winchester, make-up date Summary: Cas and Dean find out how much they like make-up (and each other)

under covers | @demonmary

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 6,588 Main Tags/Warnings: AU: No Supernatural, Federal Agents, Undercover as Married , Co-workers , Flirting , Smut , Older Castiel (Supernatural) Summary: inspired by an episode of NCIS, Dean and Cas go undercover for some good ol' fashioned fake dating.

We were always meant to say goodbye (please don't go) | @readingprofoundbonds

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 8,210 Main Tags/Warnings: Misunderstandings, Second Chances Summary: When Castiel hears that Dean Smith will date anyone who asks him out for exactly one week, he's curious. He tests the waters and sees if 'anyone' will include male co-workers from Accounting.

Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love | @aishitara

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 14,882 Main Tags/Warnings: Idiots to lovers, mutual pining, best friends to lovers, but they were roommates!, pretend relationship, misunderstanding, mild angst with a happy ending. Summary: Dean clears his throat and says, “I have an idea for how to deal with your mom.” He looks away as he takes a long swallow of beer. “But you’re probably not gonna like it.” Castiel grunts. “Tell me anyway. You’ve got one idea more than me.” Huffing a small laugh, Dean says, “Yeah, well, we’ll see.” He looks over at Castiel, lower lip caught between his teeth. “I’ll go with you,” he says earnestly. “To Thanksgiving.” Castiel stares at Dean blankly, not following. “Y’know,” Dean says, suddenly interested in removing the label from his beer. “As your boyfriend.”

swing with you for the fences | @fifthstiel

Rating: Mature Word Count: 27,637 Main Tags/Warnings: canon divergence (season 14), de-aging, kid jack, fake relationship, pining, getting together, case fic Summary: With elementary school parents falling mysteriously ill in Pennsylvania, a little magical aid allows a de-aged Jack and devoted single father Cas to play the perfect bait. However, a misunderstanding shortly after arriving leaves Dean reluctantly saddled with undercover parenthood right along with Cas. Now Dean has to survive the petty drama of suburbia while trying to track down whatever’s responsible for targeting parents in the community - and navigating his feelings about the family he didn’t think he’d ever get to have.

Lavender Pines | @thisisapaige

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 30,609 Main Tags/Warnings: Fake/Pretend Relationship (Platonic Cas & Rowena), Secret Relationship (Sam/Rowena), Idiots to Lovers (Cas/Dean), Case Fic, Post-Episode: s12e11 Regarding Dean Summary: Rowena calls Sam, asking for help. Her former lover, the powerful witch Leon O'Leary, has something of hers and she wants it back. When Sam agrees to help, the last thing he expects is for her to pull out a ring and propose. To Cas. Cas and Rowena move into the wealthy suburb of Lavender Pines and work to become the most well-liked newlywed couple on the block. Sam and Dean support them from the bunker. It’s a milk run of a case. Simple. Easy. It’s not.

#destiel trope collection #destiel trope collection 2023 #destiel #fanfic #fake dating #day 31

[deancaspinefest]

Faking It?

Author: GhoulsnHalos | Artist: king-of-moose

Posting on Saturday April 13 

Actor Dean Winchester's career has hit a roadblock and the offers for a juicy lead or series regular role have dried up. In contrast, Castiel Novak's acting career is struggling to get off the ground. Despite critical acclaim for his latest part as the angelic lead in an upcoming urban fantasy show, offers aren't flooding in. What happens when the pair agree to their managers' scheme of a three-month fake relationship to push them both further into the media spotlight? It is only three months of public appearances together pretending to fall in love in front of the cameras, right? They’re both actors. They play at make-believe for a living. It can’t be that hard to pull off, can it? Besides, what could possibly go wrong?

Keep reading for a sneak preview!

“Speaking of the next three months, have you seen the schedule the Sasquatch and the Demon made?”

“It appears designed to put as in front of as many cameras and gossip columnists as possible, while subtly making use of those times when one or other of us already has something scheduled. It’s well-researched.” Dean lifts his eyes skyward.

“That’ll be my brother—the king of research and best-prepared boy scout that never was. Has its uses, so I shouldn’t complain. Don’t tell him that.”

“Why would I? There are parties on there,” Castiel says unable to keep the unease out of his voice as he makes the non sequitur. “Beginning next week.”

“Right. Not a fan. Cozy nights on the couch in pjs, I got it. Don’t worry, I’ll be with you, Sunshine. I’m certain I can show you a good time.”

For a second, Castiel thinks the million-dollar, boxer-dropping grin that follows is for him. Then reality hits again.

“Thank you.”

He doesn’t know what else to say without making an even bigger assbutt of himself than he already has.

An unrecognizable emotion flashes across Dean’s features.

“Besides, we don’t have to do what they’ve scheduled all the time. We’re big boys, we can do whatever we like.”

“True. But they’ve gone to so much trouble pulling—”

Dean holds his hand up to stop Castiel talking.

“Maybe my offer isn’t so altruistic as it came across. Look, if either of is uncomfortable with what’s been planned, then chances are that’s going to come across in our, um, performance?” Dean sounds hesitant about using that word, eyes darting around the room. “We won’t have a second, third, or fourth take at any of these things, unlike in our day-job.” Castiel has barely registered that he’s had the thought before he’s blurting it out. “We could meet up for breakfast early next week before I start the promotional tour, go through the list and iron out any kinks, so to speak.” Dean stares at him. “You asking me out on a proper date, eh, Cas?”

(continue reading on Ao3 on Saturday April 13)

#destiel #deancas #destiel fic #deancas fic #destiel art #deancas art #pinefest 2024 #pinefest previews #2024 Dean/Cas Pinefest #author: GhoulsnHalos #artist: king-of-moose #Fake Dating #Misunderstandings #Idiots falling in love

[castielsfics]

more views. more money. by herbivoredinosaur 36k E upon realizing that gay/straight porn is a thing, dean decides that there’s no harm in fooling around with his gay roommate for some extra cash

#destiel fic #25k #rated E #college au #pure smut #fake dating #<not actually but there's elements of that in the whole - is it real? are they just faking? #dom/sub #< not heavily #i adore dean 'it's not gay to get your dick sucked' winchester

[angelsdean]

plagued with too many fic ideas i'll never write (bc it takes me like 2.5 yrs to write a long fic RIP)

#thinking abt another one. well it isn't a new one. but i'm thinking abt it again and MORE. #actual wips that are in-progress: hey nineteen sequel (postcanon cas time-traveling to various points in dean's life to offer comfort) #and thee divorce arc stanford era time-travel au #fic ideas that are fully outlined: faith dean / gas n sip steve AU #fics ideas bouncing around my head like ping pong balls: #shapeshifter dean AU #black hole angel theory #sequel-prequel to thee divorce arc stanford era time-travel AU #destiel huntercorp AU #video store AU #single dads AU #many more hey nineteen-verse sequels of different times post-canon cas time-travels to #AU i don't know how to describe succinctly for a tumblr tag but basically deancas are both lonely in the woods and fall in love #^ an alternate version of that AU where only dean is lonely in the woods and cas is a lonely scientist in Antarctica and they're pen pals #rock band AU (team free will broke up and now cas is a sad solo artist) #enemies to lovers band AU where dean is a rock star and cas is an undercover journalist sent in to hashtag expose him but they fall in love #AU were canonverse cas rescues another universe's dean from hell bc not all of chucks worlds had a cas in them to rescue him #didn't know they were dating canonverse post empty-rescue AU (aka destiel have a weekly 'date night' but no they don't whaddya mean??) #some form of a fake dating AU #also some form of a two person love triangle AU #both are two of my favorite tropes #anyways there's def more i'm forgetting rn but. i would love to just automatically transfer the movies playing in my head onto the page

[what-if-i-just-did]

Destiel Prompt List 10. Overused AU.

Trigger Warnings: implied arousal, non-graphic making out, mentions of homophobia existing but not like something specific, mentions of fake incest, mentioned alchohol

The Fake Dating Case

Dean slightly cringed as Cas stood as close as he did. Dean was allowing it- Cas probably didn't even realise how well it played into their ruse. Still, to have Cas so close always hurt a little.

You see there was this thing going on at a couple's retreat. It seemed like a ghost, maybe a demon with some humor. Either way, it was just some sightings, and some people acting way weird. No disappearances, no murder, etc. So playing FBI had been out of the picture. The logical option had been to go undercover, but this was a couple's retreat, and none of them really had a hunter girl they could call on. Claire? Jody? Charlie? Nope. None of them wanted to fake-date any of the girls in their life. Luckily, they found out the place wasn't homophobic. That led to Sam proposing the idea that he and Dean should go. Which led to Dean being disgusted because hell no what if something came up and they had to like, pretend to make out or something? Gross. Which led to Cas suggesting he and Dean go, which led to Sam smirking, which led to this.

Dean was right of course. They were found snooping in places they shouldn't be, and they had to pretend to be making out. Well, pretend.... he doesn't think Cas really understands pretend. So, Cas shoved himself at Dean, buried his hands in his hair and absolutely claimed his mouth. Dean let out a surprised yelp, but honestly.. he was quite on board. And so were... other regions of Dean.

The staff member left and Castiel leaned back, apologising in a very flat tone for jumping Dean like that. Something in his eyes made Dean look away though. That had been... everything.

Dean gulped. "It's fine, man. It's... " Dean didn't finish whatever of a sentence that was. Yeah, there's no way he could no-homo his way out of the semi he was beginning to have there. Please just forget about it, Dean furiously thought to his dick. It didn't listen.

Of course eventually they caught the thing. It ended up being something totally else, with a name Dean couldn't pronounce, that fed off of bond. It got a little emotional. It got a little dangerous. The usual. The thing talked about how strong the bond was between Dean and Cas, how deep and meaningful and loving. It was... something. Awkward, maybe? Something in that ballpark. Dean really really wished everything was true. Everything.

He really really hoped it was right about their bond being on both sides. On Cas.. loving him back. Because maybe, just maybe.. he'd work up enough courage to ask one day. (Probably the liquid form honestly)

#destiel #dean winchester #castiel #spn #supernatural #casdean #deancas #dean x castiel #fake dating au #au fanfiction #destiel fanfic

[mixtapebookclub]

Hi there! I don’t know if you take topic recs, but I just started listening and I’m loving it so far! If you haven’t yet (which I didn’t see in my initial scroll but I may have missed it) would you consider doing an episode on Fake dating/fake relationship fics? Those are by far my favorites. Thanks so much!

Hey there! Thanks so much for listening, we appreciate you! We do have an episode on the fake relationship trope, from back in 2020. (It's such a beloved trope, it might even get a revisit one day if we can find enough content to chat about.) http://www.mixtapebookclub.com/2020/11/track-5-fake-relationship/ Enjoy!

#mbc 5 #fake dating #mixtape book club #podfic #destiel

[masakia]

Writing about other medias and ships when you have supernatural brainrot is painful cause everything you write ends up sounding like it's a destiel fanfic.

#spn #destiel #writing is hard #like I just wanna write a cute fake dating au for my dumb boys in the silly hero anime #but no #the scene of their first kiss had to come out sounding like a destiel scene #they haunt me #i will never know peace

[michaelmilligan]

Helloooo! For the wip thing, how about sabriel fake dating? :)

Hi!! So Sabriel fake dating is pretty much what the title says - Sam and Gabriel pretend to be dating. For completely logical, altruistic reasons, of course. 😌

There's also Saileen in this story, because ultimately my agenda is always Sabrieleena polycule endgame.

Have a snippet of the beginning:

“You're dating who?!” Dean asks, sounding like someone just insulted Baby, or said that cake is better than pie.

“Gabriel.” Sam gestures to the angel next to him, who has been smiling smugly ever since they agreed to do this.

“'Sup, future bro-in-law,” Gabriel says. When Sam glares at him, his grin just widens. “Yeah, Sammy and I are a thing now, better get used to it.”

“Don't call me that,” Sam mutters.

“And why would you-” Dean gestures to Gabriel, then to Sam. “No, why would you-” Finally, he looks to Cas helplessly, who has been frowning all this time.

“What about Eileen?” he asks, very seriously.

“Oh, it's fine. We're on a, you know, a break. Of sorts. Don't worry about it.” Sam can feel himself starting to sweat. Damnit. He pretty much lies professionally, why is this so hard?

“A break?” Dean seems concerned, but he doesn't say anything more, just glares at Gabriel.

“Congratulations?” Adam says from the table, where he's still playing UNO with Michael. They barely looked up at Sam and Gabriel when they announced they had something to say, and he doesn't look at all bothered by the fact that Sam is supposedly dating the brother of the archangel who is possessing him.

Michael frowns at his cards, then puts one on the pile in the middle.

“Another reverse card?? You have got to be cheating,” Adam complains, grinning when Michael glares at him.

“I don't cheat,” Michael informs him. “... much.”

Adam rolls his eyes, but he's still smiling. It's almost cute, the way the two interact as if they've known each other for years. (Which, okay, at this point they have, even if you don't count how time works in the cage.) The thing is, that's all they're doing – playing games, watching movies, smiling at each other dopily. Sam has never even seen them hold hands, much less kiss, even though there is clearly something between them.

Same for Cas and Dean, really. Even after beating God and getting actual free will, those two are still dancing around each other. Somehow, Sam always thought that once all the obstacles were removed, especially once it wasn't Chuck's story anymore, they would figure it out quickly. But instead it's worse now. Cas seems to be keeping a distance from all of them while he waits for Jack to return from Heaven, and Dean has been throwing himself into hunt after hunt, even though he used to talk about retiring after all the God stuff was over.

And that's exactly why Sam is doing this. Maybe if his brothers see that it's possible to date an angel, they'll finally get their shit together and start doing it themselves.

#Sam is going to get such a good grade at being a brother #He's being soooo selfless lol #It's not that he wants to smooch Gabriel of course. Haha. Why would you think that... #Sabriel #Destiel #Midam #Quick writing #Fake dating #Michael definitely cheats at playing cards that guy is ruthless #I'm still debating with myself if Mary should be in this

[samsrowena]

this is so fucking funny

#from a destiel/samwena fic where sam and cas/dean and rowena fake date alskdjfld #fic lb

[im-some-lionheart]

forget fake dating au. I need the fake marriage to get buzz on a cruise au

#no bc Destiel would slay this #Destiel #Destiel au #Imagine your otp #fake dating #Fake dating au

[hauntedpearl]

in MY stupid say yes to the dress AU, TLC is queerbaiting with consultant dean winchester and designer/senior consultant castiel novak (?) because it's getting them the hits but they can't stand each other irl until they end up working on the saileen wedding together — where they get more involved than just picking out a dress, obviously — and then it's like. oh. i can't stand you because i wanna fuck you. huh. anyways.

#im a genius #it's fake dating w/o fake dating and enemies to lovers w/o stakes #NY FAVOURITE KIND OF ROMCOM FIC #the day i stop making HCs and start writing them it's over for you bitches #been bingeing say yes to the dress lately so ofc. this is what i thjnk of #doe is talking again #spn headcanons #destiel

[deancaspinefest]

Something in the Air

Author: one_more_offbeat_anthem | Artist: Solstheim Posting on Wednesday March 1

Two months ago, Castiel graduated from the University of Illinois-Chicago with a degree in English Literature, and he’s moved on to greener pastures in Boston for graduate school. Well, sort of. His best friend Dean had the idea to take a ten-day trip back to Chicago with their friends Jo, Charlie, and Meg for one final hurrah before they all start their real, grown-up lives. It’s going to be the perfect final week, rife with riding Cas’s beloved “L” train, visiting all their favorite museums, and having a couple of final nights at their go-to karaoke bar. But as Cas is riding the train from Boston to Chicago, Dean, who arrived a day early, informs him that he’s run into his ex, Abby, and may or may not have accidentally told her that he’s in a relationship…with Cas. That lie would already be bad enough if it weren’t for the fact that Dean and Abby’s month-long tryst (that ended with Abby revealing that she already had a boyfriend and dumping Dean) nearly destroyed Dean and Cas’s friendship. Not to mention, Cas may or may not be in love with Dean. 

Keep reading for a sneak preview!

Amtrak’s Lake Shore Limited rolled into Union Station at about nine-thirty the next morning. Cas had slept intermittently, the rocking of the train doing its best to lull him into slumber. The biggest roadblocks had been the other people on the train, followed by Dean’s text messages. The man himself was supposed to meet Cas at the station, despite the fact that Cas knew Chicago just as well as any of them and could take the Elevated himself to Ravenswood, where the AirBnB was. As a big fan of trains, Cas was also a big fan of the Elevated, or the L, as it was called, and he would be lying if he said that Boston didn’t interest him for graduate school in part because Boston had a Metro and it happened to have color-coded trains–the trains themselves were the color of the lines. So Cas found himself, with his backpack and his blue roller-suitcase, standing by one of the station entrances, waiting for Dean. People pushed past him on either side, going about their own days, aware of him for only a fleeting moment. Cas felt like he was returning home, but everything had been moved an inch to the left. He’d managed, in his four years at UI-Chicago, to make the Windy City small. He’d carved out his place, made up his own traditions in memories, spent hours in the library and even more hours riding the L around with a book in his lap. Moving to Boston over the summer in preparation for beginning his master’s degree in twentieth-century literature (the admissions team had been dazzled by his honors thesis on T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland) had been a good thing, but now, coming back to Chicago, he felt just a bit…off. This is where Dean would laugh and tell him he was being too nostalgic. “You’re being nostalgic, aren’t you?” Dean somehow managed to materialize in front of him, emerging from the crowd, looking the same as he always did.

 [continue reading on Ao3 on Wednesday March 1]

#Destiel Fic #Destiel Art #Destiel Fanworks #DeanCas Fic #DeanCas Art #DeanCas Fanworks #Pinefest Previews #2023 Dean/Cas Pinefest #Author: one_more_offbeat_anthem #Artist: Solstheim #Friends to lovers #road trip #fake dating

[castielsfics]

love bites by malmuses 34k E castiel’s cat brings home vampire!dean in bat form and cas helps him heal

#destiel fic #25k #rated E #misc au #vamp dean #coffee shop au #< sort of - cas works in a cafe/restaurant #fake dating #< briefly #this was SO CUTE #cas was so sweet taking care of dean #and dean falling for him but stuck in bat form lol #he does get to be human again - don't worry

[queermania]

i think an episode of supernatural (2005) where dean and cas do the whole fake dating thing would be incredibly disappointing. that’s just not a concept that would translate well to the actual show. it would either be wildly out of character or just make it seem like they’re not pathetically in requited-but-they’re-both-too-stupid-to-realize-it-and-think-it’s-unrequited love with each other because it wouldn’t actually be resolved with them getting together. if you want a destiel fake dating episode the only reasonable option is castiel fake dating someone else right in front of dean’s salad. he would be pissed the whole time but he wouldn’t be able to say why and the show would never explain it and the GA and the bronlies would insist it was because of [insert bullshit reason here] but everyone with eyes and a little bit of love in their heart would Know it’s because he’s jealous. everyone else (except sam who continues to be oblivious) would smirk knowingly and the monster of the week would make an incredibly homophobic but hilarious comment. the coda fic for the episode would be top tier.

#deancas #mp