#I was just so overcome with my love for cas I forgot to write the correct episode lmao

[choruscas]

memories

based on 12x11 when dean loses his memory.

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Dean doesn't remember crushing on the trench-coated angel, but he did.

It was all a blur to him. Each memory slowly faded away, until Sam reminded him that they had an angel as a best friend. He was so surprised by that statement and wouldn't stop talking about him. The whole angel info and angel mojo was such a brand new thing to him, that he wanted to look and research more. He asked Sam millions of questions and his younger brother would simply reply with a few words.

"Ooh, what does he look like? Is he like seven feet tall and like a guardian angel?" Dean chuckled, he pat Sam's arm with the back of his hand. "No, no, no. He's like that one angel guy... God, what's his name? He's based off of that detective-"

"Constantine?" Sam rolled his eyes for approximately the forty-seventh time.

Dean snapped his fingers, the slight memory of him watching the show coming back to him. "Yes! Great job. Constantine. I bet he looks like him, but tougher." Dean chuckled.

Sam rolled his eyes as they continued trekking through the dark woods. He got annoyed with the whole witching situation, and how Dean got hexed by some random witch. Dean claimed he had no idea what had happened, and that everything that had happened that night was a whirr of white. Dean had tried to convince him he'll be fine, but trying to name different objects was difficult, even naming all the members of Bon Jovi circa 1983 was extremely hard. He couldn't even remember the name of a lamp, calling it a 'light stick' instead.

Before they went to the woods, Sam had called Rowena for help, asking her what they would have to do. She simply replied they had to kill the witch that had roofied him. Dean was even surprised that witches even existed, let alone monsters, ghosts and demons. Dean kept asking Sam questions which annoyed him even more, with each question and each sentence, the younger one got more irritated and the older one was losing his memory.

Dean's best friend was an angel! Isn't that insane? Wow, a messenger of God. Wait, did God even exist? Dean couldn't remember, but he knew that angel's were good, and they were friends with one, so all angels were good, right?

When they got back at the hotel, Dean was exhausted. He wanted to just lay down and continue forgetting about the bad things in the world. But the forgotten memory of the angel kept bugging him, he wanted to remember who he was, but he couldn't. He didn't even know what his name was, nor who he was. All that he knew was that he was an angel, which he guessed was good.

Dean practically jumped on the bed, and as he landed, the bed shook with force. He crossed his arms over his stomach and tried to sleep as Sam was sitting on the desk, writing something down with a pen and paper. Dean looked up in the sky and counted sheep, he counted up to nine but forgot what was next, he shook his head and laid it down to try to sleep, using a different method.

Damn, was sleeping always this hard? Dean had to have remembered how to sleep. It was easy. Just close your eyes and bam, easier done than said. Or was it, easier said than done? That didn't matter. What mattered was Dean's beauty sleep that he couldn't seem to get.

Sam had finished writing and he went on his phone, texting somebody to ask for help. Dean could hear the beeping and chiming of the phone and he slightly grunted to try to get himself to sleep. None of the methods worked which made him mad, sleeping was supposed to be easy and the highlight of his whole day.

A flutter of wings made Dean snap his eyes open.

"Sam, you called?" the man asked, who was all of the sudden standing in the middle of the room, looking at his brother and gesturing his arms outward. His voice was deep and he sounded angry.

"God, Cas. Thank you for coming." Sam replied, looking up at... Cas.

Sam stood up, putting his phone down on the counter and he hugged the angel. Dean was still laying down on the bed, watching the both of them intently. The man who had just fucking zapped himself in the middle of the room surprised Dean greatly. He was wearing a long, light tan trench coat that was wrinkled in the back. And when he turned back around to look at Dean, he saw his face and the rest of his body.

Damn! He was smoking hot. His hair was dark and ravenous, sticking out in different places as if he just woke up. He had painted azure blue eyes that stared at Dean with keenness. He tilted his head, his slight tan skin shined through the daylight of the blinds that were covering the window. Dean's eyes slowly faded down to his chest, and he was wearing a blue striped tie that wasn't fixed correctly, and it was lopsided.

Dean licked his lips looking at the smokin' hot man. Phew! Good lord, he was a cutie. And Dean couldn't stop staring at him.

"Hello, Dean." the angel said contently.

Oh shit! He knew his name, too!

Dean felt like he knew the man, but he couldn't quite get his finger on it. The angel was standing awkwardly in the middle of the room, and Dean stood up, walking toward him. The guy was so fucking familiar but all Dean could remember last was that he got some ice from a machine, and then other than that, nothing. He knew his own name, who Sam was, but that was really it. Then, he couldn't fathom anything else. Everything he ever knew was honestly a blur to him, yet he still told Sam he was fine.

He stood up from the bed, the soft mattress squeaking from the lost weight. Sam was standing in the background, looking very confused, and when Dean looked back at Castiel, the same dumbfounded expression.

"Well, damn." Dean said, opening his mouth a little. He shifted weight to his other foot. The man was numb-fucking gorgeous.

Dean's eyes flickered from the bright eyes down to his plump, pink lips. He still had his head tilted serenely, looking bewildered. Dean had never acted so lustfully around the angel before. There had been times before where their "profound bond" had overcome them, and they had stared with such passion that it seemed like the rest of the world didn't exist, that it had all stopped spinning. Castiel liked Dean, very much so. But he knew that he liked to bottle up emotions, and not tell anybody about them.

It wasn't healthy, but it was what Dean did. But now, since Dean had forgotten to hide, forgotten to bottle them up, he felt like he could be free to do anything. And so he did, by doing this very thing.

Dean reached his hand and pulled on Castiel's tie, tugging him closer until both of their chests touched. Cas grunted in confusion, furrowing his eyebrows together. Dean smirked, looking lustfully at the angel, their faces about three inches away from each other.

"Son of a bitch..." Dean muttered, "where have you been all my life?"

Sam was standing aside, his jaw dropped. He looked at Dean, then at Cas, then at Dean, then back at Cas. He was so surprised at what Dean had just said. It was like a cat took his tongue and scratched it up, put it in a blender and shoved it back in his mouth, he was that speechless.

Cas looked down at their feet that were almost touching, his face blossoming with blushes. He didn't know what to say, until Dean planted a small peck on Castiel's cheek. Chills ran from Castiel's face down to his spine and he jerked his head up, looking at the Dean who had just pecked him on his left cheek.

"Oh my god!" Sam literally shrieked.

Dean had just kissed an angel. Castiel. His guardian angel for the past decade, his crush for the past decade. Cas backed up, getting out of Dean's grip as he cupped his face with his hand. Dean didn't have a reaction, just a glowing blush. Dean had no idea that he had just kissed him, and that it was not the greatest thing. Well, it certainly wasn't a bad thing for Castiel, but once Dean gets his memory back, he'll be so mad at himself he won't know what to do.

"Dean." Cas spoke out, practically shaking with nervousness. None of them knew what to do. Dean was clueless, Castiel, feeling a frisson of excitement was taking tiny steps back, and Sam was in the corner, debating on whether he should record this breathtaking moment or not.

"Dean you kissed me!" the angel spat out, still fucking flabbergasted.

"I know." Dean replied.

"You kissed me." Castiel repeated, then he smiled. He felt a feeling he hadn't felt in a while.

Castiel had feelings for Dean ever since he raised him out of perdition. He saw his pure soul, and saw how perfect he was. When he first met him, he had this schoolgirl crush on Dean. Yet, throughout the years, his crush grew into intent love. He fell in love with Dean, just watching him. He felt like he didn't belong in the Winchester group, but he still imagined a day where Dean actually liked Cas.

Yet, this whole time, Dean felt the same thing. Cas lunged himself forward, putting his arms around Dean and kissed him so passionately that Dean almost fell backwards onto the foot of the bed, almost hurting himself from the impact. Dean melted into the kiss immediately, feeling the taste of his plump lips, and they were even better than what Dean had imagined they felt like.

Sam almost widened his eyes so hard they almost fell out of his sockets. He was watching his older brother and his close angel friend practically inhaling each other's breath. He was horrified, yet he fucking knew it. He knew Dean was bisexual! He knew the angel was gay, too, though.

Hell to the fucking yeah.

"GET A ROOM!" Sam booed through his hands, laughing at his dumbass joke. Yet no one laughed with him, damn.

But they didn't listen. Dean was grabbing fistfuls of Cas' trench coat, trying to pull him in as close as he could. And they did exactly that. Sam just shook his head, got the keys to the Impala and left the motel room, letting the door shut on its own. Sam went into the Impala and started the ignition, he looked at the window where the blinds weren't shut all the way and saw that they both reached the bed together.

Oh boy. Sam was gonna come back much later, just in case.

It went on for about... who knows how long. Not long enough, apparently, because they weren't stopping. Cas' hands eventually found themselves underneath Dean's shirt, trying to unbuckle his belt. Dean shrugged off Castiel's trench coat, letting it fall to the floor. Dean honestly had no idea what was going on, but he loved it. Castiel did too, every single second. They both knew that the day would come, it would've had to have just happened in the heat of the moment, where both of their emotions were vulnerable and spiraled out of control.

After they made out for approximately two centuries, they had to stop because Dean was tired. Lazy ass. They were laying next to each other on the bed, the mattress heaving beneath them because of the over-maximized weight limit the bed could support. Dean was holding Cas' soft hand, rubbing circles on his thumb.

"Are you glad this happened, Dean?" the former asked, looking over at the blond man. He was laying down next to him, his hand extended upward, behind his neck, while his other hand was still softly gripping Cas' hand.

"Yeah I did." he replied, breathing out and smiling. "But who is Dean?"

#destiel #deancas #oneshot #ficlet

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Halloween Fics

Trick or Treating may be close to illegal this year, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t enjoy spooky season by living vicariously through everyone’s favourite couple.

This Means War by thepinupchemist on AO3. (8,664 words).

Tags: Zombie Apocalypse, Horror, Humor, Bottom Dean, Top Castiel, Halloween, Barely Legal, Human Castiel, Teenage Castiel, Teenage Sam, Canonical Character Death.

My Rating: 5 stars.

Description: It should have been a normal day. Instead, Castiel finds out zombies are real, discovers some things he never knew about his best friend Sam and Sam's way-too-good-looking brother Dean, almost dies, wields a chainsaw, and loses his virginity. Kind of in that order.

Notes: Okay, that was adorable and hilarious and like the most in-character fic I have ever read? I don’t know how to describe it, it was kind of creepy.

Once Upon A Time in a Disney Store by noxsoulmate on AO3. (23,237 words).

Tags: Disney, Castiel Works in a Store, Uncle Dean, Mary is Dean’s Niece, Fluff, Adorable, Awkwardness, The Little Mermaid, Christmas Fluff, Meddling Kids, Halloween, Halloween Costumes, Marriage Proposal, Prince Dean, Prince Castiel, Weddings, Ice Skating.

My Rating: 5 stars.

Description: When Castiel Novak gets sick and loses his voice for a few days, he comes up with a clever trick to explain his lost voice to the kids in the Disney Store he works at. One little Mary Winchester, however, takes his note too serious and promptly starts a quest for his prince. Will her charming uncle be able to break the curse and be his one true love?

Notes: This is - by far - the fluffiest fic I have ever read. Mary is adorable (and generally I find kids really annoying!). Dean and Cas are adorable. Even the minor characters are written brilliantly. I love it!

Crazy Hex Girlfriend by whichstiel on AO3. (10,890 words).

Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending, Light Angst, Cowboy Dean, Cowboy Castiel, Halloween, Case Fic, Season 12, Witches, Monsters.

My Rating: 5 stars.

Description: Dean and Castiel infiltrate an extravagant couples-only Halloween party at the invitation of the party’s host who has been receiving mysterious threats. They patrol the party for hex bags and dark altars, interview suspects, and Dean happily scores a lot of free food. He just wishes he could score with Cas.

Notes: I love a case fic and I love a pretend relationship, so this was the perfect fic for me! It’s also about where I’m up to in the series (I just finished watching Dean kill Hitler) which was weird but also kind of nice.

Mister Scarecrow Hates Halloween by Carrieosity on AO3. (3,118 words).

Tags: High School AU, Fluff and Humor, Halloween Costumes, Humor, Fluff, Jock Dean, Shy Castiel, Caring Dean, First Kiss.

My Rating: 4 stars.

Description: Castiel hates Halloween, so being roped into working in costume at a pumpkin patch has him seething in misery. And now, of all things, the object of his unrequited crush is walking toward him, and Cas is praying the costume will hide him just a bit longer.

Notes: Now this is the Halloween vibes I was going for! A bit creepy (and not in the Halloween sense) if you think about it too hard, so...don’t. Also I forgot who Krissy was. To be fair, she was only in 2 episodes. I had to google her.

Something Icky This Way Comes by almaasi on AO3. (21,588 words).

Tags: Human AU, Paranormal Investigators, Halloween, Day of the Dead, Fluff, Romance, Case Fic, Adventure, Team Free Will, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Misunderstandings, Miscommunication, Lonely Dean, Scientist Castiel, Lonely Castiel, Virgin Castiel, Cats, Rabbits, Ectoplasm.

My Rating: 4 stars.

Description: Charlie Bradbury is a professional investigator of supernatural happenings, and Dean Winchester is her work partner and best friend, currently bunking in their office. Requiring insight for a particularly bizarre case on the night before Halloween, they call their go-to FBI lab guy, Castiel – who Dean hates. Totally and completely despises. And yet somehow they’ve always gotten along perfectly well in the heat of the moment. Anyway, there’s an ectoplasm-producing rabbit high on catnip floating around the office, and the creature’s predicament really needs to be addressed, or Charlie’s Halloween party will have to be cancelled. And nobody wants that. Least of all, Cas.

Notes: Aw, this was so cute! It was kind of like Ghostbusters, but with a rabbit instead of a marshmallow man and all your fave SPN characters.

akasha by quillquiver on AO3. (14,155 words).

Tags: Romance, Witch Castiel, Hunter Dean, Monster of the Week, John Winchester’s A+ Parenting, Sam Winchester at Stanford, Fallen Angel Castiel, Halloween, Witchcraft, Pre-series Adjacent.

My Rating: 3 stars.

Description: Five years ago, an angel fell off the coast of Cannon Beach, Oregon. Dean’s coming off a vamp nest in Boise when he gets the call on his Other Other Cell: two dead, definitely his kinda thing. But when he arrives in town, what originally looks like a cut-and-dry case soon turns up more questions than it does answers: What kind of monster uses medical equipment to exsanguinate its victims? Why is this monster here in the first place? And what the hell is up with the witch at the end of the street?

Notes: Okay, this was kinda cute. Cas just seemed a little OOC, but it wasn’t too bad, and apart from the fact there wasn’t much Halloween stuff, it was actually quite cool! I am a sucker for a djinn, too, even if it was only actually there for about five minutes.

Hocus Pocus by thepopeisdope on AO3. (4,622 words).

Tags: Alternate Universe, Witch Castiel, Hunter Dean Winchester, Post-Break Up, Witch Dean Winchester, Halloween.

My Rating: 3 stars.

Description: Halloween season is always a hassle. It has its charms, of course, and no one can deny that it’s great for Hocus Pocus’ sales, but that doesn’t mean that Castiel has to like it overall. Not everything is about his shop. And currently, he very much does not like it. The fact that his ex then decides to show up unannounced is the icing on top of an already rough day.

Notes: Charlie is an absolute mood in this, and now I want to see Cas in a witch hat. That picture must exist somewhere, right?

For a Scarf in October by almaasi on AO3. (1,687 words).

Tags: Scarves, Fluff, Brotherly Bonding, Halloween, Metrosexual Dean Winchester, POV Sam Winchester.

My Rating: 3 stars.

Description: A scarf is just a scarf, right? (Sam and Dean take a pointless journey through the Halloween-decked aisles of Target.)

Notes: Aw, who doesn’t love a little bit of Dean overcoming social norms, especially in a spooky season setting!

Kiss or Treat by destieldrabblesdaily on AO3. (946 words).

Tags: High School AU, First Kiss, Fluff, Halloween.

My Rating: 3 stars.

Description: Castiel has been dutifully handing out Halloween candy all night, entertaining the many kids ringing the Novak house's doorbell, but he's in for a big surprise when the bell rings once more and it's his crush Dean Winchester suddenly standing there on his front porch...

Notes: A fairly cute little oneshot, with Dean being an adorable big brother, as usual.

Oi, Gigantor drop the candy! by hoveringcat9 on AO3. (4,413 words).

Tags: Halloween, Halloween Costumes, Party, Alternate Universe - Human, Gabriel Loves Candy, Doctor Castiel, Paramedic Dean, Fluff, Caring John Winchester, Hurt Sam Winchester, Protective Dean Winchester, Insecure Gabriel, Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, First Kiss, First Meetings.

My Rating: 2 stars.

Description: Sam had pretty much given up on finding his soulmate, he definitely didn't expect it to go down like this.

Notes: The idea was fine, but as you can probably tell from the title and description, the writing was fairly terrible. It is also mostly Sabriel focused, but Destiel is there in the background.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this treat, and a happy Halloween to you all!

#halloween #destiel #spn #supernatural #fanfic #ficrec

[castielscarma]

SPN completed my hero's journey: I started out a Cas girl, went a bitter Cas stan in the "dark night of the soul" only to end up as a bitter Dean stan in my "new equilibrium". It's funny how so many bitter Cas stans now mainly tweet about Dean's terrible fate. Bobo's writing was just THAT powerful. 15x20 is so anticlimatic, it's like they forgot to give their heroes real obstacles to overcome, and instead plasterted their way with piles of dog sh*t for them to step into (one that ki*led Dean)

I don’t really understand bitter stans... or maybe it is that I don’t understand staning... (but that is not this post). I hope the people that are mad about Dean are mad because it doesn’t make sense on a narrative level... like at all. Dean’s journey didn’t get completed ( i.e. not just mad that Dean didn’t get to say i love you back, and trust me, I’m mad about that but also that Dean didn’t get to fulfill his journey. It was actively destroyed). And 15x20 (as any finale shouldn’t be about) isn’t about obstacles being overcome... it’s about threads being interwoven, things being resolved, arcs coming to completion. And that didn’t happen. That’s what made it not only anti-climatic but downright regressive imo.

#anonymous #ask castielscarma a question #15x20 just no #narrative themes #and #character progression #were just erased #network fuckery

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You ask for prompts and I'm here again to seek new content to read: 3. How often do/can they see each other (due to living on different planets, having stressful jobs, etc) with Gashir (/Garakshir) 🤩🤩

 Eyyyyy. I am just gonna… casually fold into this… a little trans-Bashir as a treat…. because it’s trans day of visibility!!! Also I hc Cardassians as intersex, in the sense of they as a species don’t call themselves intersex, but their genders are far more loosely determined at birth, because there’s not really sexual dimorphism (or rather, there is, but it’s so many different factors that it’s not classified) and then gendering comes later in life depending on what role they’re supposed to play in society ahem – different post to make!

Also Garak has a tail in this, also casually.. also this got longer than intended… oops?

—– Letter Analysis ——

1.

Their lives have a sort of normality that many families in this day and age exist with. Space travel, careers that necessitate being off-planet for long stretches at a time, the struggles of being a representative for entire planets or systems, all of this isn’t out of the ordinary.

Still, it takes them a little while to adjust, if only because they spent so long not getting it together that now that they have, well, they want to savour it. On the flip-side their relationship functions much better than so many who enter into partnerships of some kind without fully considering the difficulties of spending so much time apart and inevitably crumble.

Because of all that time they know, without a doubt, that their lives are entwined for good, regardless of how much of it they spend without one another’s physical company.

They fall into letter-writing naturally. After all, they had been doing the same before, why stop now.  

2.

It has become something of a competition at this point: who can write the longest letter. Thus far, Julian is winning and Elim is still in the process of reading his when they see one another again. He pretends to be blasé about it, but Julian can read him easily these days. He wonders at the time when he couldn’t and can’t really picture it.

While Elim is giving him a back-handed compliment at the way he’s managed to fold three words worth of content into whole paragraphs, Julian realises that he’s never known anyone as well as he knows Elim. And every detail of himself is known in turn. From the scars of his chest surgery that he purposefully kept, to the ridges at the base of Elim’s tail, it feels like everything about them was perfectly made for the other.

It’s strange, how many tiny moments are filled with love, they both learn.

(After Elim sends him a letter of 3000 pages, Julian simply answers: You win).

3.

They consider what it would be like to have a family with the way their lives are run. Elim generally lives on Cardassia unless his diplomatic duties take him elsewhere, while Julian is hopping from emergency to medical find to distress call to conference.

Still, they approach the matter on the premise that it will happen. Their letters during these years follow a trajectory of thought with little variation, as they can’t actually be together for the discussion.

They discuss pregnancy – both of them are capable of bearing a child, but the time needed (nine earth months for humans, even longer for cardassians) makes it a challenging prospect. Moreover Julian and Elim, each for their own reason, have issues with concepts surrounding an uncontrollable force fundamentally changing their bodies.

It doesn’t take them long to agree that adoption was always the only option. Still there’s the matter of their careers being incompatible with children. Neither of them wants to put a child in harm’s way and both of their careers contain elements of danger. I believe, writes Elim drily and with an underlying sadness that Julian wishes he could heal, that this sixth assassination attempt may contain a sign that a child would not be particularly safe in my company.

4.

The way this resolves itself is oddly perfect for what they need and who they are and comes through both of their continued work with mixed-species war-orphans, who more often than not are homeless, ostrasized and suffering from any number of easily treatable diseases. Garak opens a series of institutions in the name of Ziyal and habitually lends a hand in their various gardens where he befriends a number of the kids.

This plan also works to ground a lot of Julian’s focus in the space of mixed-species research, specifically writing papers on the future of the galaxy needing to see species integration for the sake of these kids as an inevitability as cultures mix and to understand the medical and cultural implications thereof.

Kira and Ro get heavily involved on the Bajoran side of things – in general a bunch of adults from DS9 days come together to give kids a better chance than they had.  

Beyond that though, they come to realise that they’re okay on family. With these kids – many of whom they get to know personally over the years – with Molly and Yoshi O'Brien and Rebecca Sisko getting older and the two of them functioning as uncles, there’s more than enough for them to be getting on with on the children front: Elim and I were very happy to see you all again – Don’t worry, I’ll keep Yoshi safe – we’ll be making a stop at Bajor where Nerys is very excited to see him again –

Their circle is actually a sizeable, cross-galaxy household. They come to realise that it doesn’t matter if your family is someone you can’t see often, what matters is they’re all inhabiting the same space.

5.

They don’t argue often. With the lack of time they have together, what would be the point of raising petty squabbles. There are things like the time Julian forgot about a very important dinner that Elim was a guest of honour at, which opened up a box of the kind of loneliness Elim thought he’d overcome, but it wasn’t about anger or arguing, it was about the two of them figuring out that sometimes this not seeing one another was actually damned hard. It was about asking for forgiveness and receiving it even before the asking. It was about making sure that they wouldn’t let things ever be unsaid, because their time together – comparative to their whole lives – was always going to be so short.

The actual worst long-standing consequence is that Elim and Julian are political celebrities, and so whatever tabloid-equivalent exists publishes one thousand pieces on their apparently irreconcilable relationship. Julian finds himself referred to as everything from a “heartthrob who found he needed more,” to “a cheater who habitually has several affairs at once.”

It’s amazing, remarks Elim in his latest letter, how these kinds of spurious articles are written even today, and how they still don’t seem to know the facts. On that note I hope you have a wonderful time with Data, and Parmak sends his love from my lap - it’s making it very hard to write this.

6.

They’re both twenty years older by now, but things aren’t slowing down with their work by the looks of things. Julian’s work centres more and more on the various groups whose medical needs are considered less valid or even non-medical, because of their social status and who often have medical issues of kinds that don’t come up in normative societies – mixed-species, augments, A.I. (for awhile his standing suffers, when he argues that mechanical needs for A.I. ought to be taught in Starfleet Medical), non-bipedal species, Ex-B’s, Jem'Hadar, clones.

Elim keeps his Carrington Award on the wall for everyone to see. Partly to mess with him – To The Prestigious Winner of the CA – many of his letters begin for several years after, but mostly out of pride.

(In return and with as much love, Julian addresses him as Ambassador and Castellan – the joke evolves as they find ever more flowery titles for one another. Julian wins this one: My Dearest, the Ambassador to the United Federation of planets, Castellan of the Cardassian Union, Blusher when Being Whispered Compliments about the Length of Your Tail, Not-So-Secret Reader of Austen and Pratchett, Seducer of Doctors (No Doubt Currently Spluttering in Denial), Possessor of Biteable Ridges (Blushing Again, I Hope) and of My Heart… this opening continues a further four pages. The letter itself reads: I expect to land on Cardassia within the next three days. Surprise.)

7.

At the end of it all, Julian finally comes to Cardassia for good. Along the way it’s become his home more than any planet, station, starship, or system, for the simple fact that he’s been returning to Elim, and Elim is home.

There’s a strangeness to all the time they have. The walks they take, the languid mornings, the discussions of books they’ve read whilst in each other’s company, it’s all far more surreal than the years spent wanting to see one another again and catching whatever moments they could.

They can’t shake the habit of writing one another letters, even as they’re sitting in the same room. They don’t need to be long or well-formed any more, although occasionally silly competitions spring up, just for fun.

The one Julian’s reading right now, as Elim’s tail languidly curls around his waist, simply says: I am glad that you’re finally home – E

–— The End ——

Submissions for drabbles are now closed, thank you for sending me asks!

#Julian Bashir #Elim Garak #Garashir #ds9 #st: ds9 #star trek #fanfic #writing

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JessJessTheBest - @saywhatjessie - JessJessTheBest

Forgot all prayers (of joining you)

Dean had forgotten how real and close emotions were when he was here. When he was this close to Cas. When there was nothing between them but time. He wasn’t saying any of this right. His words weren’t working. He couldn’t make his mouth cooperate. But maybe… Or Dean prays to Cas in purgatory. (s15 e08 coda)

Tags: s15 e08 coda, Dean Winchester prays to Castiel, Mild hurt/comfort

SFW

One Hell of a Pilot

He leaned again to get close to the pilot. “This is a rescue. I’m helping you escape.” He took a deep breath, letting it sink in for just a moment that he said those words. That he was doing this. There was no going back. Or Cas is a reformed Stormtrooper, Dean is a rebel pilot, and this is the story of their escape.

Tags: Alternate Universe - Star Wars Setting, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Spoilers, It's literally just the first 36 minutes of TFA, Poe!Dean, Finn!Cas

SFW

The_Madness_Linked_To_A_Hat - @the-madness-linked-to-a-hat - The_Madness_Linked_To_A_Hat

Happy Holidays Cas

Where Dean and Cas follow a seasonal tradition.

Tags: Mistletoe, first kiss, happy holidays SFW

Isangelousdenim - @isangelousdenim - Isangelousdenim

Wishful Drinking

It started with Dean drinking on a case. It escalated to Dean drinking everywhere.

Tags: TW: Suicidal Thoughts, Violent Thoughts & Alcohol Abuse Character Study, Season 15, Heavy Angst

NSFW

Co-written by: Bumocusal

goldenraeofsun - @goldenraeofsun - goldenraeofsun

Head Down, Walk with Reason

As an omega, Castiel is ineligible for the throne after his father dies. When his uncle takes the crown, Metatron's first order of business is to arrange a betrothal with King John for the hand of his firstborn son, the Crown Prince of Terra.

So Castiel flees. His first night on the run, Castiel stumbles into a band of outlaws just at the border. Injured and wary, he has no choice to stay with them. And although he had planned to return to his own kingdom once it was safe, home might not be the place he left, but instead with Dean, their alpha leader that took him in.

Tags: a/b/o, medieval au, royalty au, omega cas, alpha dean, secret identities, angst with a happy ending, castiel and meg friendship NSFW

MaggieMaybe160 - @maggiemaybe160 - MaggieMaybe160

A Thanksgiving Feast

Dean Winchester's dirty prayer before Thanksgiving dinner leads to some shenanigans under the table. Tags: Food Kink. Top Cas/Bottom Dean.

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One Night

An accidental one night stand between Castiel and Dean leads to whispered confessions and miscommunications.

Tags: Internalized Homophobia. John Winchester's A+ Parenting. Angst with a happy ending. NSFW

followyourenergy - followyourenergy

Christmas in July

When Dean Winchester follows a service dog who won’t leave him alone, he finds Cas Novak, passed out in a stairwell with a Christmas tree on top of him. A Christmas tree? In July? Who does that? Turns out that Cas does that. And once he gets to know the snarky, independent, handsome man, Dean can’t help but fall for him. A story about being seen.

Tags: Christmas, fluff and angst, pining, blind Castiel, service dogs, snarky Castiel, sweet Dean, falling in love

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Nickelkeep - @nickelkeep - nickelkeep Pillowfort

Talk to Me Now

It started off simple. An ad on Craig's List: Looking for a Roommate, 700/mo, Utilities included...

Tags: AU - Roommates, idiots to lovers, pranks and practical jokes, misunderstandings, comfortably bisexual dean, queer castiel

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Stuck in the Middle With You

"Fine." Cas slid his right pointer finger into the trap and almost instantly felt the trap snap around their fingers. "That's not right." Dean looked up at Cas. "What did you do?" Cas attempted to pull his finger out of the trap. "I didn't do anything."

Tags: canonverse, cursed object, idiots to lovers, homophobic language, everyone ships dean/cas, love confessions

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What I Thought I Knew

Dean rolls his eyes and turns to go back to the kitchen when his eyes lock on a guy across the room. He has dark, messy hair and eyes that cannot possibly be so blue. He stares for a moment, ripping his eyes away only when he realizes the other guy has caught him staring. Dean blushes and rushes back into the kitchen. Tags: AU - Modern, Strangers to Lovers, One-sided Enemies to Lovers, Objectification, Miscommunication, Dub-con Kiss

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Slice of Your Pie

He pulled up the Casual Encounters section of Craig's List and was surprised to find out how right Gabe was. Many people were offering their services for Thanksgiving company. As he scrolled through the ads, one with an interesting title caught his attention. Alone on Thanksgiving? Want to stop the ‘Why are you still single?’ questions?

Tags: AU - Modern, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Dysfunctional Family, Crush at first sight, pre-Dean/Cas, Homophobic Language, Sexism

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Shiver

"I wouldn't leave it there. I grabbed the most important things and left." Dean shook his head vehemently. "Are you sure?" Sam's face started to crinkle up in an 'I told you so' expression. "Did you really get everything before you ran and asked to crash with your baby brother and his wife?" Dean glared at Sam. "I don't want to go back. It can't be there."

Tags: AU - Modern with Magic, Witch!Cas, Witch!Dean, Blizzards, Car Accident, Getting Back Together, Angst with a Happy Ending

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Angel

Overcome by a moment of whimsy, Dean walked down the stairs and stepped into the middle of the yard. He looked towards the sky and closed his eyes, letting the snowflakes gently kiss his skin. Tags: Canon Compliant, Fallen!Cas, Snow Angels, Marriage Proposal, Established Dean/Cas, Short and Sweet

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Chandeliers of Hope

"You seriously Christmas themed our D&D game?" Dean rolled his eyes in disbelief. Charlie walked over and patted Dean on the cheek before taking some of the candlesticks out of Cas' arms. "Of course, I did. You said to write what I wanted, I wrote tonight's campaign. It's a one-shot, and it's going to be a lot of fun, I promise." "Gonna hold you to that, Red." Dean pointed at her accusingly before looking and smiling at Cas. "And I'm going to hold you as an accomplice."

Tags: AU - Roommates, Christmas Party, Characters playing D&D, Recreational Marijuana Use, Alcohol Use, Mistletoe Kiss, Cas/Dean First Kiss, Idiots to Lovers

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A Cold, Dark Winter’s Night

Charlie pulled out a small gift bag and handed it out to everyone. "Secret Santa!" Cas rolled his eyes as Charlie came to stand in front of him, gently shaking the bag. He reached in and pulled out a slip of paper, waiting until Charlie moved to the next person. He flipped it open, and butterflies fluttered in his stomach. Dean.

Tags: AU - Roommates, Christmas Fluff, Idiots in Love, Secret Santa, Everyone Ships Dean/Cas

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Twas The Night

“It’s Christmas Eve!” “Uh, yeah.” Dean got up from his bed and walked down the hallway to Emma’s room and leaned against her doorframe. “You gonna tell me something I don’t know, Kiddo?” “We need to get started!” Emma was sitting on her floor with her back to the door. “It’s Cas’ first Christmas with us, and I want to make sure he enjoys it.”

Tags: AU - Modern, Timestamp, Domestic Dean/Cas, Established Dean/Cas, Christmas Fluff, KidFic, Marriage Proposal

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You Make it Feel Like Christmas

"Well, considering I haven't had a chance to go Christmas shopping. How about you?" Sam zipped up his bag and did a second check around the hotel room. "I already took your bag out to the car." Sam crossed the room to the motel door and headed outside. Dean stood in silence for a moment as Sam closed the door behind him. Shopping, on Christmas Eve?

Tags: Canonverse, Last Minute Christmas Shopping, Idiots in Love, Mutual Pining, Light Angst, Happy Ending

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Auld Lang Syne

"She's cute. You ask her out yet?" Dean stabbed his pie with his fork and shoved another bite into his mouth. "Uh, no. Why?" Dean winked. "Means she's available, right?" "No offense Dean, but you don't have a chance. She has standards." Cas took a sip of his tea and looked at his roommate. "Ouch. You wound me, Cas." Dean rested his elbow on the table and his chin on his knuckles. "Bet you I can get Meg to go to the New Year's Ball with me."

Tags: AU - Modern, New Year's Eve, New Year's Kiss, Oblivious Castiel, Eventual Dean/Cas, Dean/Cas First Kiss

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Leafzelindor - @leafzelindor

Artwork for On The Road Again

Artwork done for the DCBB fic "On the Road again" Tags: destiel, fluff, au

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For On The Road Again by @hekate1308​

Artwork for Life is But A Dream

Artwork done for the DCBB fic "Life is but a Dream" Tags: Destiel, AU

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For Life is But A Dream by @crowleyhasfeels​

Jdragon122 - @jdragon122 - Jdragon122 Pillowfort

from stardust to stardust

~ from stardust to stardust ~ The art prize for the lovely gii-heylittleangel ;) who won the Destiel Artists United 500 follower giveaway! They asked for Castiel and wings XD my favorite lol. I was happy to comply <3

Tags: N/A

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Jemariel - @jemariel - jemariel

Human Error

Cas is human now, and things aren't going to plan. (Not that Dean had a plan. Nope. No plans of any kind.) Anyway, what's a Winchester to do when everything he tries seems to blow up in his face? Go hunting. Obviously.

Tags: Human!Castiel, Alternate season 9, Casefic, Only One Bed, Mutual pining, Miscommunication, Sex under the influence of alcohol, Canon-typical violence, Wendigo, Injured Cas

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Sarasaurussex - @sarasaurussex - sarasaurussex

Don’t Mess with Dean’s Alpha

Dean and Castiel are enjoying a relaxing night out, until Cas gets hit on by another Omega.

Tags: Omega Dean x Alpha Cas, Possessive Omega, BAMF Dean, Jealousy, Fluff

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The Wendigo

Dean has a lot of baggage from his childhood. Castiel wants to help, if Dean will let him.

Tags: PTSD trauma, parental abuse trauma, Hurt/Comfort, Injury, Healing, First Kiss, Confessions

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Destiel Christmas Sweaters, Part I

I had some funny Christmas sweater ideas and couldn't resist dressing up the boys. Dean is not amused. Tags: Destiel, Crack, Humor, Christmas

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Destiel Christmas Sweaters, Part II

More ugly Christmas sweaters for the boys ;D Tags: Destiel, Crack, Humor, Christmas

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Miracle on Lebanon Street

The bunker gets an unexpected visitor on Christmas morning, and it’s not Santa! (Contains Destiel and Sabriel)

Tags: Ugly Christmas Sweaters, White Christmas, Gift Giving, Christmas Feast (it’s pie), Mistletoe, Fluff SFW

vaudelin - @vaudelin - vaudelin Pillowfort

of mundane things

“You never told us,” Dean hisses, during a muted conversation carried in the protective depths of the kitchen. “You got hitched to a djinn? Since when?” “I did tell you,” Cas growls back. He slams on the faucet, filling the glass with vigor. “It’s not my fault you weren’t listening.”

Tags: Alternate Season/Series 14, dream walking, Dean in Castiel's Dream, Getting Together

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a tale that can’t be told

Black leather and oil scent the air around him, a welcome change from antiseptics. Impala, Castiel thinks. Baby. Except he’s not allowed to call her that. A flash of brown panelling slides through his memory, rattling on a rusted truck bed with wood for bed rails. Outside the car, the brothers are quietly arguing. Castiel cranes to listen, but he only picks out a partial phrase from Sam: Since when was he losing his powers? The snippet from Dean is even more troubling: Is Chuck fucking with us by giving him a factory reset?

Tags: Alternate Season/Series 15, Castiel Losing His Powers, Human Castiel, Memory Loss, Dean's Top 13 Zepp Traxx Mixtape, Castiel's Missing Brown Truck, Getting Together, Sharing a Bed, Hopeful Ending

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low voices in the library (are appreciated)

Sam moved, though in which direction Dean couldn’t yet tell. Not the library, Dean mentally begged. He didn’t want to deal with the scene Sam was about to stumble into, let alone its know-it-all aftermath. Tags: Library Sex, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Semi-Public Sex

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a handful of seeds

Dean paused in his chopping. He swiped the green pepper chunks into a neat pile on the cutting board. He was running out of excuses to make. Weakly, he asked, “Where would I even keep a garden?” Cas, sensing victory, rose up in height. “Behind the bunker entrance, in the patch of earth lined by mulberry bushes.” Dean cursed, caught out. “Why’d you even bother to ask, if you already knew?” Softening, Cas gave a small smile. “I’d like to add to it, if that’s okay.”

Tags: Mary Winchester Feels, Gardens & Gardening, Domestic Fluff

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LanaSerra - @lanaserra​ - LanaSerra  &  Spandwiches  - @spandwiches - spandwiches

300cc

300 Complementary Characters: a forum on Kansas City University’s student website. You can write whatever you want, but it has to be 300 characters or less. Dean is crushing hard on Sam’s TA, but it feels different than it has before; it feels like he needs to do it properly, to have a grand declaration and to prove that romance isn’t dead. What better way to profess his feelings than posting a poem on 300cc? Castiel is torn. There’s no mistaking the poem is for him, but who could be posting them? Despite being very tempted by the very attractive new light and sound engineer that will be working on the play he has written, Castiel can’t ignore the feeling that he and the anonymous Poet are meant to be together. A comedy of errors, mutual pining, and erotic poetry.

Tags: college-au, two person love triangle, explicit poetry, fluff, the boys fail to use their words while using ALL of their words, consent is sexy, POV switching, explicit, minor Sam/Eileen

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MittensMorgul - @mittensmorgul​ - MittensWraith

This Must Be The Place

Seven years after their profound meeting, Cas knows he's exactly where he was always meant to be. (a sequel to Lifetime Piling Up, but can be read as a standalone)

Tags: Doctor Castiel/Tattoo Artist Dean, Established Relationship, Marriage Proposal, Fluff

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On This Night

Something goes terribly wrong while hunting a djinn. Newly-human Cas had never considered what the effects of djinn poison could be for a human, and struggles to remember why everything seems just so slightly off when he wakes up back at the cabin he and Dean had been staying in during the hunt. The cabin has been transformed with holiday decorations, and Cas wonders just how long he'd been unconscious. Only when he tries to get answers from Dean, reality comes crashing back in on them both, in the best of all possible ways. Tags: Canon case fic, Christmas Fluff, snowed in, first kiss, POV Castiel, djinn dreams

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firefly124 - @firefly124-writing​ - firefly124

Making It Up as We Go

Dean’s not entirely sure what he’s looking at, but he’s almost sure it’s a message from Chuck.

Tags: mentions of past (temporary) MCD, spoilers through SPN 15x06

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Something Bright to Dispel the Gloom

A road trip to Salina had sounded like a good idea when Dean had suggested it. Cas hadn’t been back for long, though, and this was shaping up to be the world’s most awkward road trip ever.

Tags: spoilers through SPN 15x07

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Crumblin’ Down

Dean’s feeling nostalgic. Cas is mystified. Sam is oblivious.

Tags: spoilers through SPN 15x07

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Overdue Explanations are Overdue

If Dean thought this day had been a rollercoaster ride before, he didn’t know what to compare it to now.

Tags: spoilers through SPN 15x07, reference to past (temporary) MCD

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Faith, Hope, and Maybe Something Else

Castiel figured he’d probably just ensured that the Empty would never come for him.

Tags: spoilers through SPN 15x07, reference to canon character deaths

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The Choices We Make

Castiel takes a moment to reflect on the choices he has made as well as those others have made, and is presented with a new one to consider.

Tags: spoilers through SPN 15x07

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Wargurl - @wargurl83​ - wargurl83

Christmas in the Bunker

Join TFW as they discover a little bit of the magic of the season. Tags: Cannon-Divergent, holiday shenanigans

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