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the righteous man and his angel

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you’re gonna die. and this? THIS IS WHAT YOU’RE GONNA BECOME.

reeeeeally quick demon!dean sketch!!

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Very excited to share this strange little story. Honestly it’s get more confusing every time I try to explain it so just read it.

“Hello?” A deep voice asks. “I’m looking for Dean Winchester. My name is Castiel Novak.” The man stepping into my office is almost as tall as me and built like a brick shithouse. His eyes are hypnotically blue and if I was the kinda man who gave into romantic whims I could see myself getting lost in those eyes. His hair is dark and wild, like he’s just come from giving a blow job and someone used his hair to steer. He’s ungodly hot and wearing the ugliest outfit I’ve ever seen. I almost wish Tinkerbell was here to make fun of it. Who wears a trench coat anymore? He looks like he walked out of a 40’s mob movie. I can tell immediately that the man is trouble. See, I’ve been in this business long enough to know that the more boring someone looks, the more trouble they bring. And Castiel Novak makes beige look exciting. The guy looks like he gets off to spreadsheets. God, what I wouldn’t give to see what he looks like when he comes… Focus Dean. Focus. I don’t bother to move my boots off the desk as I draw in a lung full of smoke from my cigarette. I ain’t trying to impress anyone. I stare as Castiel pushes open the door to my office, oversized trench coat flapping behind him, looking like filthy sex in the most boring wrapping. He looks adorable as he scowls at the chair in front of my desk. He looks like an angry kitten as he begrudgingly sits down. “Can I help you with something chief?” I draw another drag from my cigarette. “Pretty sure you don’t have an appointment.”

- Winchester: Nightmare Investigator by @bleuzombie, art by @verobatto-messy-art

Available Now On Ao3!

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Artwork I made for the @destielnoirbang ! I worked with @bleuzombie this time and his amazing and exciting noir film story. You need to check it here:

"Winchester: Nightmare Investigator."

Go go and give love and kudos!

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2024 Year in Review

In the Year of Our SPN Obsession 2024, I once again wrote a lot of fic. I hope you enjoyed reading some of it, or that you will check out some of these works now that we're leaving the collective insanity of this year behind. I loved writing every single one of these stories and cherished the opportunity to collaborate with so many incredible artists. Here's to doing it all again in 2025!

Monsters and Men (50,783 words)

Summary: With Dad dead and Azazel out of the picture, Dean has been feeling depressed and directionless. Sam is pushing them from hunt to hunt, but Dean is starting to wonder what it’s all for.

When a shapeshifter case takes them to a small town in North Carolina, life takes a sudden turn for the better. The shapeshifter has been impersonating Castiel Novak, a handsome employee at the local science museum who has Dean thinking unusual thoughts about dating and settling down.

But Dean soon discovers that nothing about this case is straightforward. Getting to the truth will mean challenging his most deeply held assumptions — and discovering the true meaning of love.

With art by @seidenapfel

The Christmas Angel (7,534 words)

Summary: One lonely Christmas, Dean picks up an ornament: a small angel that reminds him of his mother. Over the years, the ornament becomes a fixture of his life, keeping him company through many difficult years.

For Castiel, the ornament takes on its own meaning - a reminder of the sort of life he wants and can never have.

Will the Christmas angel ever get a chance to take its rightful place at the top of a family tree?

With art by @witchy-worm

Code of Silence (56,842 words)

Summary: Hollywood, 1955: LAPD Officer Dean Winchester doesn’t mind throwing a punch or fudging the evidence if it means getting wife beaters and cold-blooded criminals behind bars. That approach doesn’t sit too well with his younger brother and colleague Sam, who’s been making enemies at the LAPD with his straight-laced, by-the-book philosophy.

Between trying to keep up with the job and looking out for his brother, Dean doesn’t have much time for happiness. Not until he meets Castiel, a handsome escort who is everything Dean never knew he wanted. Unfortunately, Castiel is also caught up in a criminal conspiracy that reaches far into the LAPD itself.

To expose the department’s corruption and save Castiel, Dean and Sam will have to put aside their differences — and reckon with a dark secret in their family’s past.

With art by @rezal-art

Taking Our Time (12,453 words)

Summary: It took getting into Heaven for Dean and Cas to finally express their feelings.

Or did it? When Jack frees all the deserving and penitent angels from the Empty, Uriel reveals that there’s a significant gap in Dean and Cas’ memory: the first time they found their way to each other. It happened all the way back in 2009, when Dean was fresh from Hell and Cas was just beginning to have doubts.

When Uriel returns those missing memories, Dean and Cas have some reckoning to do.

Based on art by @witchy-worm

This Impossible Happiness (50,548 words)

Summary: In one universe, Dean Winchester is pushing thirty. He’s just danced at his little brother’s wedding, he likes his job at the garage, and he goes on the occasional hunt with friends and family. He’s also desperately lonely for someone to share his life with. One day, he finds a mysterious package outside his door. It contains a news clipping about an urban legend that just might be real, and a book by Professor Castiel Novak, who happens to specialize in that same urban legend.

In another universe, Castiel Novak’s roadside motel is slowly dying, its business hollowed out by the interstate system. Dean Winchester, the man who asked him to run away together years ago, is only a painful regret these days. Until the day a mysterious letter Castiel doesn’t remember writing brings Dean back to his doorstep.

Out there in the multiverse, a man and an angel look for each other in all the wrong places. In the meantime, they might as well help a few other versions of themselves figure things out.

With art by @hawkland

Dean and Castiel vs. Evil (31,451 words)

Summary: Castiel is trying to survive a camping trip in the Appalachians with his annoying fraternity brothers. At a nearby cabin, Dean is trying to clean up the remains of his and Sam’s recent vamp hunt. Both Dean and Castiel wouldn’t mind exploring their mutual attraction.

But there’s a problem: due to a series of misunderstandings, Castiel’s friends are convinced that Dean and Sam are serial killers. The fact that Castiel's friends keep dying in increasingly grisly ways doesn't help matters. Is there really a killer on the loose? And will Dean and Cas ever manage to score some alone time?

Based on art by @xfancyfranart

The Dean Show (96,919 words)

Summary: Since birth, Dean Smith has been the star of a TV show, surrounded by actors pretending to be his friends and family — but he doesn’t know it. When actor Castiel Novak is cast as Dean’s new best friend, the two fall in love, and events quickly spiral out of control.

Desperate to free Dean, Castiel enters into an alliance with Dean's real family and a few other behind-the-scenes supporters. But will The Dean Show’s creator, Chuck Shurley, ever let his protagonist go?

The Nature of Light (28,271 words)

Summary: Castiel belongs to a brotherhood of monks that worships the Light, a powerful deity standing in opposition to the Darkness. All his life, Castiel has been taught that witches worship the Darkness and are therefore the brotherhood’s natural enemies. Never mind the fact that the only witch Castiel has ever met is Dean Winchester, who was kind to Castiel when he needed help and has been the subject of Castiel’s most carefully hidden dreams ever since.

One day, a foundling child turns up on the brotherhood’s doorstep and is entrusted to Castiel’s care. When the child, Jack, begins to display signs of magical powers, Castiel knows what he must do: leave the brotherhood behind and trust that Dean will help him once more.

With art by @hexentaenzerin

Cas in Toyland (8,738 words)

Summary: Castiel is the shield. He is the guardian. He’s a ten-inch crocheted doll living with the Creator (also known as “Becky” or “Mom” or “hot stuff” depending on who addresses her) and her family.

When Castiel’s owner, Becky Junior, claims that Castiel is lonely and asks her mother for a Dean doll to keep him company, Castiel can barely contain his excitement. He’s always wanted to meet the man who seems so intriguing in the Supernatural books.

But when Dean actually joins Becky Junior’s collection of toys, getting alone time with him proves quite difficult ��� thanks to Dean’s well-meaning brother Sam and a pair of Dalek dolls intent on causing constant havoc.

Based on crotchet dolls and with photography by @doctorprofessorsong

Corner House of Horror (6,444 words)

Summary: Dean is doing fine. Sure, the safety record at his place of employment, the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, is pretty bad. Also, he’s starting to suspect his baby daughter is a homicidal maniac. But at least he’s got an amazing, sexy husband, a smart-as-a-whip kid brother and an older daughter whose pranks are pretty damn good. (That time she turned Cas’ hair blue while he slept was hilarious.)

But then people start hearing strange noises inside the corner house on Evergreen Terrace. Soon, it falls to Dean and his family to reveal a dastardly plot by evil power plant owner Dick Roman.

With art by @rezal-art

The Perfect Woman (5,448 words)

Summary: When Daphne Allen discovers that her vanished husband Emmanuel is in fact the angel Castiel and is happily dating a man named Dean Winchester, she decides to take revenge.

Step 1: Create a living replica of Carmen Porter, Dean Winchester’s perfect woman from a past djinn dream. Step 2: Watch Castiel’s relationship with Dean fall apart and dance on its ashes.

What Daphne didn’t consider is that Dean is immune to Carmen’s charms these days — and that Daphne herself is not.

Based on art by @kayliemalinza

The Long and Winding Road (13,230 words)

Summary: 1970: Sixteen years have passed since Dean and Castiel parted ways — separated after years of loving each other quietly and secretly at the boarding school they both attended.

Life took them along two very different paths, with Dean drifting across the country for years while Castiel launched a career in academia at Princeton. But now, a twist of fate is set to reunite them: as teachers at the same school where it all began.

Will they be able to find their way back to each other, or is it too late to start all over again?

With art by @thestarsmakemedream-art

Behind Enemy Lines (30,721 words)

Summary: 1936: Dean Winchester and Lord Castiel Milton have shared a quiet, contented life at Milton Hall ever since they met while flying covert missions together during the Great War.

But when Dean’s brother Sam, a scientist working for the American government, disappears during his honeymoon in Germany, Dean and Castiel take it upon themselves to rescue him and his wife Jess from the clutches of the German secret police.

Along the way, they meet danger, adventure, unexpected friends and an old enemy — all while grappling with the growing darkness of the Nazi regime.

Based on art by @artycee

Bullshit (35,468 words)

Summary: Cas is back from the Empty, and things are fine. Dean told Cas he loves him too, but also that he doesn’t want to be more than friends. (Which is a lie, but seems like the safer choice if he wants to keep Cas for the long haul this time.)

Since things are completely fine, it shouldn’t be an issue for Dean and Cas to investigate a mysterious death together. There’s just one problem: in the course of their investigation, they meet a woman who can tell truth from lies every single time. Will the woman’s apparently impeccable “bullshit detector” pick up on what Dean really wants? And will Dean and Cas be able to find the monster before it kills again?

Based on art by @hawkland

The Manuscript (4,994 words)

Summary: Castiel Novak has spent years trying to unlock the secrets of a manuscript that has baffled even the most accomplished code breakers. When he finally succeeds, he's surprised to find himself suddenly in the company of a very handsome (and very naked) man named Dean, who had been imprisoned in the manuscript for centuries. Now it's up to Castiel to secure Dean's permanent freedom - using some rather... unorthodox methods.

The Prodigal (19,370 words)

Summary: Dean Winchester travels the wide-open country, looking for bounties to collect and doing odd jobs to make ends meet. Usually, he rides with his brother Sam, but they’ve had a falling-out and now Dean’s all by himself — until he meets Cas Novak, a preacher’s son in search of his missing father.

Cas believes his notorious outlaw brother Luke knows something of their father’s disappearance, so he asks Dean’s help in tracking Luke down. Dean figures there’s no harm in helping out, and he might earn himself Luke Novak’s bounty into the bargain.

All Dean needs to do is keep a lid on his growing feelings for Cas.

(aka "Free to Be You and Me," rewritten as a Western)

With art by aggiedoll

Master of Spells (26,274 words)

Summary: 1955: Man of Letters Castiel Novak is assigned to discover what killed the agents previously stationed at a remote chapterhouse in Lebanon, Kansas. It feels like a punishment at first, but it doesn’t turn out that way when Castiel meets Dean Winchester, the other Man of Letters investigating the case.

As the two of them settle into the underground bunker to conduct their investigation, Castiel finds himself growing closer and closer to Dean. But he soon realizes there is something else in the chapterhouse with them... and it's out for blood.

With art by @spn-fanfic-reblog-writes

The Angel Next Door (and the Zombie Squirrel) (9,264 words)

Summary: Dean’s life is fine. He might get a little lonely sometimes, but that’s to be expected when you’re a single guy in your forties. But then a new neighbor moves in next door — an extremely hot, blue-eyed neighbor who seems to be some kind of magnet for bizarre and miraculous events. (Listen, that squirrel was dead. Dean’s sure of it.)

Will Dean solve the mystery of the man next door?

Based on art by @jollyrolls

Another Kind of Memory (45,173 words)

Summary: Since a traumatic incident six years ago, Castiel Novak’s face has been disfigured by a scar. He’s resigned himself to being someone people can barely stand to look at, let alone love.

Except his heart doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. When Dean Winchester takes over the convenience store down the street from Castiel’s bookshop, Castiel falls helplessly in love with his new neighbor.

To make matters worse, Castiel’s sister Anna is also interested in Dean. Believing that Dean could never love him, Castiel decides to help Anna win his heart instead.

With art by aggiedoll

I'll Follow You Into the Dark (15,008 words)

Summary: It’s been months since the Empty took Cas, and Dean is no closer to finding a way to get him back. Until he realizes something: humans can’t get into the Empty. But demons can.

Based on art by @hawkland

Fortunate Son (154,980 words)

(Yes, this was in last year's recap, but it finished posting in 2024, so I'm counting it again.)

Summary: The year is 1966, the place is Kansas, and Dean Winchester and Castiel Novak are falling in love. But with Castiel under the thumb of his conservative parents and Dean set to ship out to Vietnam, there is no possible future for them.

As Castiel’s life turns upside down and the hell of Vietnam threatens to swallow Dean’s soul, it will take everything they have to find their way back to each other. But some things are worth waiting — and fighting — for.

With art by @basketcasebetty

Baby (It's Cold Outside) (5,932 words)

Summary: Dean has asked Cas over for a homemade dinner, hoping the evening might turn into something more. Cas is concerned that if he spends the night, people will talk. But with a snowstorm raging outside, Dean might just be able to persuade him to linger.

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My art masterpost for Monster and Men by @friendofcarlotta. It's an amazing fic, so go and read it if you haven't done so, and I had an awesome time working with FriendofCarlotta.

It's my second of three collabs for this year's round of @deancas-stabfest.

The art can also be found on AO3.

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One of my favorite things about the SPN fandom is that so many of us looked at Dean and refuse to accept that he’s a cis man. Dean’s a butch lesbian, Dean’s a trans man, Dean’s non binary, Dean’s agender. Dean’s far too gender to be a cis man.

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Art year in review - 2024

It's that time of year again - time to look back on all the art I completed and posted in the past year and boy howdy is it a lot. 117 individual paintings! That's definitely a record. Between bang collaborations, pieces done specifically for conventions/requests, and a handful of commissions I sure stayed busy. Maybe a little too busy, lol. Like last year, I've put together a video review of them all along with a list of masterposts below (there are a few convention "mementos" sprinkled in toward the end of the video as well.)

Bang Collaborations:

Diplomatic Measures - story by @ladylilithprime for the @spnproshipbang

A Stairway to Heaven - story by @atwojay for the @spnproshipbang

The Prince of Elysia - story by @butterflyslinky for the @reversefantasyspnbang

Seguila Sempre, Guidarti Saprá - story by Amputation for the @reversefantasyspnbang

Bleeding the Divine - story by @celestialstarlight27 for the @reversefantasyspnbang

One Drop, when What You Need is the Ocean - story by @baileys101 for the @deancaspinefest

I'll Follow You Into the Dark - story by @friendofcarlotta for the @deancasreversebang

Lost in Colours - story by ryuosen for the @deancasreversebang

Fall For Me - story by @rathskitten for the @deancasreversebang

If Only You Return To Me - story by @arlington-chamber-of-gay for the @deancaspinefest

Sunflowers & Pussywillows - story by @mbqnoyolo for the @spnangelsanddemons-rb

The Mortal Angel and the Devil's Prisoner - story by @avalonsilver for the @spnangelsanddemons-rb

not him/not her/not me - story by @autisticandroids for the @spnangelsanddemons-rb

Bullshit! - story by @friendofcarlotta for the @cdrcrossoverbang

Walk Away: I Will Follow - story by @mercurialkitty for the @spnangelsanddemons-rb

Let Hands Do What Lips Do - story by @entropic-saudade for the @cdrcrossoverbang

The Diner at the Ass-End of the Universe - story by @butterflyslinky for the @cdrcrossoverbang

when my mind is wandering (there i will go) - story by @educatedinyellow for the @destielbeatlesminibang

Dark Magic - story by @father-salmon for the @spnfemslashbang

Attrition - story by @bookwymofthenorth for the @bottomcasbigbang

Shut Up and Drive - story by @mothmanhamlet for @crack-in-the-chassis

The Right Kind of Company - story by Tossukka for the @destielomegaversebigbang

Herbicidal - story by @redleavesinthewind for the @deancashorrorfest

Drive - story by @tragidean for the @deancasbigbang

Maw - story by @thisisapaige for the @deancashorrorfest

This Impossible Happiness - story by @friendofcarlotta for the @deancasbigbang

Soup Mates - story by @baileys101 for the @destielsoulmatebang

Natural Born Sinner - story by GhoulsnHalos for the @spnbangbang

Potentially Joy - story by @diminuel for the @deancasbigbang

Those Eyes Like Fire - story bu @ladyknightskye for the @spnbangbang

Werewolf and the Vamp - story by @queerwolf79 for the @spnbangbang

The Crystal Wielder - story by @avalonsilver for the @spnrareshipbang

Other art:

Dadstiel MiniBang logo art Ed/Stede (OFMD) commission for @deandraws Duos & Ships Kickstarter Dean/Cas Big Bang 2024 logo Billie Naomi Amenadiel Mazikeen Sam Carter (SG-1) Team Free Will (Heaven reunion) John Winchester Dean and Sam: Fare Thee Well Happy Birthday, Misha! (Cas portrait) Amara The Alpha Vampire Dean/Cas - The Night Comes Down Like Heaven Yes, Master Dmitri - commission for @avonlady42

Thank you to all the wonderful writers I worked with this year, to all the bang moderators, and everyone else who has supported & encouraged my madness over the past twelve months! Here's to 2025, where I've already got more than a few pieces in the queue ready to go (even as I keep promising myself I need to cut down a bit on taking on too many projects!)

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Whoa, hold on a second. I know the both of you guys.

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what if sam just thinks that salt burns everyone a little bit

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I remember watching Supernatural for the first time and feeling bad for sexualizing Castiel because he’s an angel and also my best friend

And then all at once I understood why Dean Winchester is the way he is. And it made the line ‘the very touch of you corrupts’ hit so hard. Just look at how both Dean and Cas react here…

If they had only loved themselves as much as they loved eachother

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okay man we get it you’re being tested by god

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Actually the reason why we never saw Bobby and John interact is because Bobby would’ve beat the shit out of John on the spot.

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love him

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Part 3 of "Back the Future Us" AU Future Dean already knows what's gonna happen. He can't change it, so he's going to enjoy the time he has with the past version of his husband. He's gonna take the opportunity to give past Castiel all the care and love he should've given him years ago. Castiel is confused by how openly affectionate Dean becomes in the future

Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3

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“Aftermath” Part 2

Part 1

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