Sam found a spell in Golden Time that he used to bring back Eileen. We find out three episodes later in The Trap that the spell was planted by Chuck so that he could give Sam something to lose to make him lose hope, to completely break his spirit.
Dean and Castiel go on a wild goose chase to Purgatory the same episode, looking for a Leviathan blossom for the spell to trap Chuck. but we find out in 17-Unity that there never was any way to trap him, the spell was something Chuck made up for the story. Continuity errors be damned, the only logical conclusion is that he wanted Dean and Castiel go to purgatory.
Chuck wanted Dean and Castiel in Purgatory, where Dean feels his emotions purely and can express himself. Dean prays to Castiel (which Jensen called Dean's confession) then goes to tell Castiel something. If Dean told Cas he loved him, Castiel would have gone to the empty, completely breaking Dean's spirit in a perfect same-episode-parallel to Eileen and Sam.
But he didn't. He didn't because Castiel stopped him.
Castiel broke the narrative, Castiel broke Chuck's narrative, again. And that is why Chuck is so completely pissed at Castiel in Unity.
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DESTIEL TROPE COLLECTION 2023 | DAY 22 | Domestic
hope chest | @hauntedpearl
Rating: General
Word Count: 1,075
Main Tags/Warnings: Domestic, Retrospective, Dean POV
Summary: There’s this bowl in his kitchen.
It’s a cheap little thing — cost him barely a buck and some change — he’d found tossed in the back of a thrift store in Ohio. And it’s ugly, too. Got this ridiculous, colourful, loopy pattern on it almost as if someone gave a preeschooler free reign of a paintbrush and left them to it. A chip in the rim, like the last owner had chucked it at the wall when the fruit punch inside wasn’t quite to his taste.
It’s — Well. You get the idea.
Or;
Dean buys a bowl and it’s kind of like his hope chest!
Blueberry Pancakes | @curlynerd
Rating: General
Word Count: 1,335
Main Tags/Warnings: Dean Winchester Cooks, Found Family, Dean Winchester-centric
Summary: Dean Winchester hates mornings. And yet, he still wakes up early every day.
ataraxia | @envydean
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 1,618
Main Tags/Warnings: Eating out, Masseuse!Cas, Massage, Sexy Massage, Established Relationship, Dean has a very good time, Top!Cas, bottom!Dean, Blow Jobs, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot
Summary: ataraxia: Tranquillity of mind; absence of mental disturbance.
Dean’s aching from work so Cas uses his skills for the perfect solution
fine | @demonmary
Rating: General
Word Count: 2,071
Main Tags/Warnings: Established Relationship, Domestic Disputes, Domestic Fluff, Angst with a Happy Ending
Summary: Castiel didn’t seem to hold back any of the venom from biting into his words, and the intended sting found its mark. Sometimes they argued until the most casual of words became so harsh they felt more like fists being thrown, and Dean was not one to let someone get the last hit, proverbial or not.
Goodnight, Moon | @heller-castiel
Rating: No Rating
Word Count: 2,753
Main Tags/Warnings: Fluff, Asexual Dean Winchester, Married Castiel/Dean Winchester, Human Castiel, Kid Jack
Summary: Cas shifts in his arms, turning to face Dean, and just as Cas wants to hold him, Dean is ready to be held in return. Their left arms reach across their chests where they are pressed together, and they do not clasp hands but rest the backs of them against each other, and Dean’s right arm falls to rest on Cas’s hip just as Cas’s right falls to Dean’s hip, and together they let their foreheads rest on each other’s.
Or, Cas has insomnia sometimes. Dean brings him back to bed.
Fowl Play | @blessyourhondahurley
Rating: General
Word Count: 2,900
Main Tags/Warnings: Established Castiel/Dean Winchester, Domestic Fluff, Panic Attack, Castiel and Dean Winchester are Jack’s Parents
Summary: Dean and Cas buy a farm.
five times where dean gets spoiled with love and affection like he deserves, and cas revels in having what he’s always wanted | @devastatingly-handsome-friend
Rating: Teen & Up
Word Count: 4,767
Main Tags/Warnings: Established Castiel/Dean Winchester, Truth Spells, Witch Sam Winchester, BAMF Castiel, Protective Castiel
Summary: Five instances of domestic, established destiel living a peaceful life together.
You’re already home and you don’t even know it | @norahastuff
Rating: Teen & Up
Word Count: 5,470
Main Tags/Warnings: Dean and Cas in the bunker, nebulously post canon, Cas is something between angel and human
Summary: Dean gives Cas a ring. It doesn’t mean anything, though. Except it does. Of course it does.
It might take some jewellery, a run-in with a siren and some good old fashioned conversation, but maybe, just maybe, they’ll figure things out.
Learning | @deans-gayboy
Rating: Teen & Up
Word Count: 6,133
Main Tags/Warnings: Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Panic Attack, Autistic Meltdown, Autistic Jack Kline, Autistic Castiel, References to Canon, Mental Health Discussions
Summary: Jack is panting, his face pale and his hands shaking, tapping against his leg repeatedly, his eyes darting around the room. His hair is all over the place and there’s a red spot on his forehead, making Dean rush over without even thinking, wiping at Jack’s forehead with his sleeve.
“Jack,” Dean says, desperately trying to keep panic from his voice, “Jack, can you tell me what happened? What’s going on?” Dean’s scared, shit, he’s so fucking scared. Jack can’t die, or at least not from physical wounds, so then what was happening? Why can’t Jack look at him, his eyes darting around the room to everywhere except Dean?
Little Darlings, Here Comes The Sun | @sunshine-zenith
Rating: General
Word Count: 11,408
Main Tags/Warnings: Married Dean and Cas, Dads Dean and Cas, Musician Dean, Dancer Cas, Normal Human AU, Flashbacks, Fluff
Summary: When Dean and Cas just can’t get their kids to go down for the night, they decide to tell them the story of how they met thanks to a YouTube video.
Forsaken Soldier | @valandrawrites
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 21,404
Main Tags/Warnings: Cabin Fic, Wilderness Survival, Former Military Dean Winchester, Marine Corps Dean Winchester, Dean Winchester Has PTSD, Feral Behavior, Selectively Mute Castiel, Fallen Angel Castiel, Wild Animals Shouldn’t Be This Cute, Castiel Does Not Understand Boundaries, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Military Backstory
Summary: Dean did not adjust well to civilian life, so against his brother’s advice and carrying a shit ton of baggage, he made his way far off-grid to try and collect his thoughts. Rufus’ cabin was set in an idyllic location, even if it was a two-day hike through the woods to get there. Dean never imagined he’d encounter a strange, curious creature covered in mud that kept leaving fish at his door for breakfast. It couldn’t be a person, could it? How could anyone survive the harsh Montana winters without shelter or… clothes. Because whatever this animal was, it was definitely naked and had the bluest eyes Dean’s ever seen.
Amazing Art by @Solstheim - seriously, I can’t imagine having this kind of talent. I’m in awe and so incredibly thankful to them for being willing to take my barely comprehendible notes and turn them into exquisite art. If you don’t read the story, at least scroll thru for the art. It’s worth it.
Part of the Bottom Dean Big Bang 2022
For the Love of Jack | @destielsuperfan
Rating: General
Word Count: 22,496
Main Tags/Warnings: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Castiel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Jack Kline, Sam Winchester, Gabriel (Supernatural), Michael (Supernatural), Hannah (Supernatural), Lisa Braeden, Ben Braeden, Miracle the Dog (Supernatural), John Winchester, Bobby Singer, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Domestic Castiel/Dean Winchester, Human Castiel (Supernatural)Father Figures, Castiel is Jack Kline’s Parent, Baby Jack Kline, Castiel Loves Dean Winchester, Single Parent Castiel (Supernatural), Young Sam Winchester, Teacher Castiel (Supernatural)Mechanic Dean Winchester, Human Gabriel (Supernatural), Domestic Fluff, Happy Ending, God | Chuck Shurley is Castiel’s Parent, Short & Sweet, Feel-good, very little angst
Summary: Castiel is a “functioning-single father” who is trying his best to raise his energetic and happy toddler, Jack. Dean is the anxious yet macho big brother returning home to escape the past behind him. These two meet and though it seems they come from different backgrounds, they grow close. Watch as these two grow in their relationship and close past ones all while trying to raise a toddler.
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