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Masterlist

And that's a wrap! Many, many thanks to all the amazing authors, artists and betas who worked on this year's bang!

Below the cut are all the pieces that were submitted this year, so now's the time to check them out!

You're Fucking Perfect (To Me) by TwinOne with art from nickelkeep (8600 words, T)

Every Thursday Castiel visits Sam’s house, they share a glass or two of good whiskey and a bit of conversation like they’ve done for years. Everything changes the day he smells a new and intriguing scent as soon as he steps inside his friend’s house.

It’s the scent of an omega. Not just any omega, but his true mate.

A story told using the lyrics of the song Fucking Perfect by P!nk as prompts for each chapter.

You Can Keep Your Hat On by Redamber79 with art from PetraAmia (5444 words, E)

When a staff party with Cas' coworkers and boss gets too uncomfortable with unwanted advances on both of them, Dean and Cas ditch the party to go back to their place and celebrate on their own, starting with Dean performing a strip tease for Cas, and ending up in their bedroom.

Steve? Really...Steve? by Hectatess with art from Acaademicqueer (7625 words, M)

When Castiel wanders the empty streets out for revenge, he gets kidnapped. By the Law, no less. Had he been breaking the law so badly? And will he get that revenge?

When FBI-agents Sam and Dean are on an undercover job, they see the spitting image of one of the murdered victims in the case, walking, talking and… committing misdemeanours? Who is this guy, claiming to be Steve Milton? And can he really help them crack this case wide open?

Nice Like by MBQ with art from sidewinder (13700 words, E)

Dean and Benny search for Castiel in Purgatory, but the trio is rife with tensions when they finally "catch up" with the wayward angel.

Inspired by Lord Huron's, Meet Me in the Woods.

Play It Pretty For the World by cactusdragon517 with art from PetraAmaia (10805 words, E)

It's an old story, in the end: Boy meets boy. Boy falls in love. Happily ever after. But how they get there is a different story altogether (after all, what can you expect from rockstars?)

Family Business is in need of a new guitarist and lucky for them, session musician Castiel Novak is available. Guitar in hand and a bag over his shoulder, Castiel arrives in LA with Family Business on the brink of making it big.

Internally, however, is a bit more complex. Dean Winchester, lead singer and older brother, has found himself navigating his brother's growing addiction and their band's impending success.

After tours and traveling the world, they go their separate ways.

Can Dean and Castiel find their way back to each other?

Love From the Other Side by LadyKnightSkye with art from Dmitrievans (9245 words, T)

When Zachariah sends Dean forward into the world after the Apocalypse, instead of running into the National Guard, he runs into a person he thinks is his brother. In relief, he hugs “Sam.” This one choice of affection instead of aggression sets off a chain of events that ripples out from both sides of the Apocalypse.

Only Physical by nickelkeep with art from PetraAmia (4470 words, E)

Cas and Dean have been best friends for as long as Cas can remember. He's always wanted more, and when he and Dean slip into the friends-with-benefits category, he knew he could be satisfied with that. Until he wasn't.

Art for the bang by Rapscallion

I Had Some Time (With You) by songliili with art from Keikakudom (23970 words, E)

It’s 2005 when things go to hell.

Well. They go to hell for everyone except Dean, ‘cause he was ready for it.

Well. He was ready for the apocalypse, not for the gorgeous man who fell into his life, quite literally.

OR

A Destiel rewrite of Bill and Frank’s love story as shown on HBO’s The Last of Us episode 3: Long Long Time that uses elements of both universes.

Unraveling Unrolled by bleuzombie with art from golby-moon (3134 words, M)

A parent’s love should be unconditional. Coming out as trans has really put John’s love to the test.

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Unraveling Unrolled

Author: @bleuzombie

Artist: @golby-moon

Word Count: 3,134

Major Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Tags: trans!Dean, young adult Dean, queer!Dean, punk!Dean, punk!Cas, John Winchester’s A plus parenting, Mary is trying, transphobic language, transphobia, beating, John hits Dean, abuse, domestic violence, domestic Castiel and Dean. 

Summary: A parent’s love should be unconditional. Coming out as trans has really put John’s love to the test.

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Title: I Had Some Time (With You)

Author: songliili | Artist Keikakudom

Rating: Explicit

Word count: 23,970

Tags/warnings: Major Character Death, Inspired by The Last of Us, Episode: s01e03 Long Long Time (The Last of Us), Alternate Universe - Zombie Apocalypse, Survivalist Dean, Recluse Dean Winchester, Teacher Castiel, they both die, but they’re, Old Dean Winchester, Old Castiel, it’s basically, Euthanasia, for cas, Terminally Ill Castiel, Assisted Suicide, and dean follows him, Dean Winchester Dies By Suicide, Suicide by Overdose, Smart Dean Winchester, Closeted Bisexual Dean Winchester, Openly Gay Castiel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester Has Internalized Homophobia, Castiel/Dean Winchester First Kiss, Castiel and Dean Winchester First Meet, Castiel/Dean Winchester First Time Having Sex, blowjob, Rimming, Married Castiel/Dean Winchester, briefly mentioned, Past Benny Lafitte/Dean Winchester, Past Lisa Braeden/Dean Winchester

Summary: 

It’s 2005 when things go to hell.

Well. They go to hell for everyone except Dean, ‘cause he was ready for it.

Well. He was ready for the apocalypse, not for the gorgeous man who fell into his life, quite literally.

OR

A Destiel rewrite of Bill and Frank’s love story as shown on HBO’s The Last of Us episode 3: Long Long Time that uses elements of both universes.

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Only Physical Author: nickelkeep | Artist: PetraAmia Rating: Explicit Word count: 4,470 Tags/warnings: No Major Warnings, Modern AU, Friends with Benefits, Cas and Dean need to use their words, Cas and Dean use their words, Love Confession Summary: 

Cas and Dean have been best friends for as long as Cas can remember. He's always wanted more, and when he and Dean slip into the friends-with-benefits category, he knew he could be satisfied with that.

Until he wasn't.

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Title: Love from the Other Side

Author - LadyKnightSkye

Artist - Dmitrievans 

Rating: Teen

Word Count: 9,245

Tags: Bisexual Dean Winchester, Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Episode 5x04 The End, Endverse, Timey-Whimey Stuff

Summary: When Zachariah sends Dean forward into the world after the Apocalypse, instead of running into the National Guard, he runs into a person he thinks is his brother. In relief, he hugs “Sam.” This one choice of affection instead of aggression sets off a chain of events that ripples out from both sides of the Apocalypse.

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Title: Play It Pretty For The World

Author @cactusdragon517 | @deancodedcastielenby (link)

Rating: Explicit

Word count: 10,805

Tags/warnings: Alternate Universe - Rock Band, 1980s rock band, Cas the session musician, Dean the singer, Sam the bassist, Meg the drummer, Cas the guitarist, Off-screen drug use, 1990s, basically its the movie Rockstar, -slaps roof- this baby can fit so much pining in it, Mutual Pining, the love is requited theyre just idiots, Inspired by Music, Inspired by What You Give by Tesla, Song fic, Bside Mini Bang 2023, Sunset Strip, happy ending (in more ways than one), song: What You Give (Tesla)

Summary:

It's an old story, in the end: Boy meets boy. Boy falls in love. Happily ever after. But how they get there is a different story altogether (after all, what can you expect from rockstars?)

Family Business is in need of a new guitarist and lucky for them, session musician Castiel Novak is available. Guitar in hand and a bag over his shoulder, Castiel arrives in LA with Family Business on the brink of making it big.

Internally, however, is a bit more complex. Dean Winchester, lead singer and older brother, has found himself navigating his brother's growing addiction and their band's impending success.

After tours and traveling the world, they go their separate ways.

Can Dean and Castiel find their way back to each other?

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Title: Nice Like Author: MBQ (@mbqnoyolo) Artist: sidewinder (@hawkland) Rating: Explicit  Word count: 13,700  Tags/warnings: Jealous!Castiel, Love Triangle, Purgatory, Oral Sex, Angst, Mild Gore, POV Multiple Summary:  Dean and Benny search for Castiel in Purgatory, but the trio is rife with tensions when they finally "catch up" with the wayward angel.

Inspired by Lord Huron's, Meet Me in the Woods.

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Steve? Really… Steve?

Author: Hectatess ( @hectatess )

Artist: Acaademicqueer ( @acaademicqueer )

Rating: Mature (Violence, and lots of it)

Word count: 7.625

Tags: GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF VIOLENCE

Alternate Universe, Human Castiel (Supernatural), FBI Agent Dean Winchester, FBI Agent Sam Winchester, Canon-Typical Violence, Gabriel kills someone, Castiel kills someone, No Main Character Death, Minor Character Death, Noir-like story

Summary:

When Castiel wanders the empty streets out for revenge, he gets kidnapped. By the Law, no less. Had he been breaking the law so badly? And will he get that revenge?

When FBI-agents Sam and Dean are on an undercover job, they see the spitting image of one of the murdered victims in the case, walking, talking and… committing misdemeanours? Who is this guy, claiming to be Steve Milton? And can he really help them crack this case wide open?

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Title: You Can Keep Your Hat On

Author: Redamber79 (@imbiowaresbitch) | Artist: PetraAmia (@deancodedcastielenby)

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 5444

Tags/Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Alternate Universe - No Supernatural, Established Relationship, Office Party, Non-Consensual Touching, One-Sided Attraction, Inappropriate Behaviour, Dancing, PDAs, Strip Tease, Dean Wears a Cowboy Hat, Dean Wears Panties, Light BDSM, Smut, Spanking, Hair Pulling, Pet Names, Subspace, Aftercare, Enthusiastic Consent, Dom CAs/Sub Dean

Summary: When a staff party with Cas' coworkers and boss gets too uncomfortable with unwanted advances on both of them, Dean and Cas ditch the party to go back to their place and celebrate on their own, starting with Dean performing a strip tease for Cas, and ending up in their bedroom.

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Title: You’re Fucking Perfect (to me)

Author | Artist  

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Word count: 8,600

Tags/warnings: No archive warnings, Omega Dean/Alpha Castiel - Freeform, Past abuse (not between Cas and Dean, )Lawyer Castiel, Lawyer Sam, Pining, Miscommunication, True Mates

Summary:

Every Thursday Castiel visits Sam’s house, they share a glass or two of good whiskey and a bit of conversation like they’ve done for years. Everything changes the day he smells a new and intriguing scent as soon as he steps inside his friend’s house.

It’s the scent of an omega. Not just any omega, but his true mate.

A story told using the lyrics of the song Fucking Perfect by P!nk as prompts for each chapter.

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Title: Unraveling, Unrolled

Author: @bleuzombie

Artist: @golby-moon

Rating: Mature

Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Tags: trans!Dean, young adult Dean, queer!Dean, punk!Dean, punk!Cas, John Winchester's A plus parenting, Mary is trying, transphobic language, transphobia, beating, John hits Dean, abuse, domestic violence, domestic Castiel and Dean.

Posting Date: September 7

Summary: While visiting his parents Mary and John trans man Dean Winchester finally says everything he’s tried to keep inside, pushing the supposed unconditional love of his parents to its breaking point.

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His mom is peeling apples. The once sunny yellow cabinets have faded to sand. The ancient wood floor is chipped in places and the old counters are full of dings and marks from years of use. Dean’s fondest memories of his mom are in the room. She makes a pie once a week. Dean has such happy memories of sitting on the counter in just a pair of shorts, covered in flour “helping” bake.

“Deanna, I mean-,” Mary hangs her head. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Dean. Your name is Dean. I’m trying, baby, it’s just so hard.” Mary has tears in eyes. “All your life you have been my little girl.” She runs her hand through his short, plum colored hair. “I miss her. I feel like I don’t know anything about you anymore.”

“I haven’t changed mom,” Dean says softly. “I just stopped lying.”

“I know, I know,” Mary sighs. She begins to peel the apples, placing them on the cutting board for Dean to chop up for the pie. “It feels like the person I’ve known all these years is gone and there’s this person who looks like her but is so angry and I just don’t know how to let go of her.”

Dean chops the apples in silence. He fights to keep his mouth shut. He doesn’t know if he wants to scream at her for not seeing that he’s always been the one who was here or tell him it was all a joke and he’s sorry. Some days he wants to give up and go back to being that person because it’s easier to hate himself than stand here and let his family hurt him.

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Title: I Had Some Time (With You)

Author: @songliili

Artist: @keikakudom

Rating: Explicit

Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester

Warnings: Major Character Death

Tags: Inspired by The Last of Us, Episode: s01e03 Long Long Time (The Last of Us), The Last of Us Spoilers, (in a way), Croatoan Virus, Alternate Universe - Zombie Apocalypse, Survivalist Dean, Recluse Dean Winchester, (ex), Teacher Castiel, Dean is Bill, Cas is Frank, they both die, but they're, Old Dean Winchester, Old Castiel, it's basically, Euthanasia, for cas, Terminally Ill Castiel, Assisted Suicide, and dean follows him, Dean Winchester Dies By Suicide, Suicide by Overdose, briefly mentioned, Past Benny Lafitte/Dean Winchester, Past Lisa Braeden/Dean Winchester, Smart Dean Winchester, Closeted Bisexual Dean Winchester, Openly Gay Castiel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester Has Internalized Homophobia, Assisted Suicide, Castiel/Dean Winchester First Kiss, Castiel and Dean Winchester First Meet, Castiel/Dean Winchester First Time Having Sex, Blowjob, Married Castiel/Dean Winchester

Posting Date: September 6

Summary: It's 2005 when things go to hell. Well. They go to hell for everyone except Dean, ‘cause he was ready for it. Well. He was ready for the apocalypse, not for the gorgeous man who fell into his life, quite literally. OR a Destiel rewrite of Bill and Frank's love story as shown on HBO's 'The Las of Us episode 3: Long Long Time' that uses elements of both universes.

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It’s late morning and Dean is working on one of the fire-throwing traps that lately has been malfunctioning, when the alarm blares in the bunker because one of the hole traps triggered it. Annoyed, because that means that he has to haul up an infected corpse and he’s really not in the mood, Dean picks his favorite rifle, and walks out of the bunker to kill the son of a bitch.

The incriminated trap is only a five minute walk on the North-East side of camp, and close to that gate as well. At least the asshole had the decency to not make Dean walk for too long out of his safe haven. He shuts off the electricity running through the fence and unlocks the gate to go outside, then locks it behind him.

Dean cocks the rifle and raises it to aim before getting to the hole’s edge, when he hears a desperate voice yelling “Wait! I’m not infected!”

Confused, Dean walks the remaining three steps to see who the intruder is.

To be fair, he doesn’t look infected, no. He just looks like the most beautiful man Dean has ever seen. Dark unruly hair with a little bit of gray at his temples and in his long beard, so he’s probably in his 40s or early 50s. Despite the shadow at the bottom of the hole, the man's blue eyes are shining, adorned by crow’s feet, and the laugh lines in his face are still visible under the beard. There’s also a small wrinkle on his forehead just between his eyes. The past three years surely have given the man multiple reasons to furrow.

After two seconds of stunned silence, Dean wears his angry mask, scowling at the stranger from behind the rifle’s viewfinder. It’s not because he wants to see the man’s eyes better, shut up.

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Title: Only Physical

Author: @nickelkeep

Artist: @rapscallion

Rating: Explicit

Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: AU - Modern Setting, Friends with Benefits, Idiots to Lovers, Cas and Dean need to use their words, Team Everyone Switches Forever

Posting Date: September 5

Summary: Cas and Dean have been best friends for as long as Cas can remember. He's always wanted more, and when he and Dean slip into the friends with benefits category, he knew he could be satisfied with that. Until he wasn't.

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Cas sighed as he unlocked the door to his apartment. He didn’t need to look out the peephole to know who was on the other side. He steeled himself, determined to make sure that this was the time he asked those three little words that tickled at the back of his mind: What are we?

“Hey, Sunshine.” Dean’s smile was blinding as Cas pulled the door open. He stepped inside, almost as though he owned the place, kicking off his boots and setting them neatly next to the door.

Just like always.

“How was your day, Dean?” Cas shut the door and stared at it for a moment before looking over at Dean. His best friend was hanging up his well-worn, well-loved weather jacket on a hook that Cas left open for him.

Just like always.

“It was awesome, actually. Had a ‘67 Shelby GT500 in the shop today.” Dean’s smile grew broader as he started talking about his work. “She wasn’t grey, so I can’t call her Eleanor, but she was this sleek as hell pearl white, with blue stripes. I think her owner was trying to copy the Super Snake.”

Cas just nodded as he locked the door. He snuck a glance toward his room, silently hoping that Dean wouldn’t make a beeline back there. “Eleanor is the name of the car from that heist movie, right?”

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Title: Love From the Other Side

Author: @ladyknightskye

Artist: @dimitirievans

Rating: Teen and Up

Pairings: Lucifer/Dean Winchester

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Alternate Universe; Episode 5x04 The End; Endverse; Timey-Whimey Stuff; Bisexual Dean Winchester;

Posting Date: September 4

Summary: When Zachariah sends Dean forward into the world after the Apocalypse, instead of running into the National Guard, he runs into a person he thinks is Sam. In relief, he hugs “Sam.” This one choice of affection instead of aggression sets off a chain of events that ripples out from both sides of the Apocalypse.

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His breath punched from his lungs in harsh pants.

Must go faster. Can’t let them get me.

The grunts and snarls from behind him were closing in, and Dean knew that he didn’t have a lot of time. He turned a corner, a flash of white out of the corner of his eye. He looked up, and nearly shouted in joy. He knew nothing except that flash of a familiar face, and he aimed for it.

He had to get to Sammy.

Had to tell him to run.

He flung out his arms, slamming into his big little brother with a breathless laugh. “Sammy!”

Arms, strong arms, wrapped around him. They squeezed him back, the embrace curiously warm yet cold. Cold like the breath that fanned over his cheek. Something within in Dean also froze, realizing that he heard hisses of rage coming from the figures around them, the figures with jet black eyes and the suddenly still Croatoan zombies at the edges of the weird little coterie. “I’m not Sammy,” the man in his arms said, and gentle fingers swiped across his forehead.

Dean knew no more.

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Title: Play It Pretty For The World

Author: MayQueen517

Artist: @deancodedcastielenby

Rating: Explicit

Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester

Warnings: Off screen drug use (by non main character)

Tags: Rock band AU, 1980s music AU, sunset strip, musician Cas, musician Dean, musician Sam, musician Meg, 1980s, 1990s, romance, the love is requited they're just dumbasses, mostly off screen drug addiction (not a main character), happy ending (in more ways than one)

Posting Date: September 1

Summary: It's an old story, in the end: Boy meets boy. Boy falls in love. Happily ever after. But how they get there is a different story altogether (after all, what can you expect from rockstars?) Family Business is in need of a new guitarist and lucky for them, session musician Castiel Novak is available. Guitar in hand and a bag over his shoulder, Castiel arrives in LA with Family Business on the brink of making it big. Internally, however, is a bit more complex. Dean Winchester, lead singer and older brother, has found himself navigating his brother's growing addiction and their band's impending success. After tours and traveling the world, they go their separate ways. Can Dean and Castiel find their way back to each other?

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California, 1986 There's a crowd at the Whisky, spilling out of the club like a knocked over bottle of beer. Music winds in and out of the laughter, discordant and jangling as someone tunes a guitar. There's a haphazard crash and more laughter as Castiel pushes his way inside.

He pushes his hand through his hair, flipping it over and out of his face. He looks around the bar, pushing past people and apologizing for his bag and guitar case. Spilled alcohol and cigarette smoke is an oddly welcome scent after the urine and body odor that permeated the bus he'd arrived on.

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Oregon, 1996

He thinks of winter tours and prank wars and the familiar scrawl of Cas’ handwriting as they traded song lyrics and notes, pulling them together in the songs that defined Dean’s life.

He sits in the chair and puts them to the side, focusing on the contracts as if they can wipe the feeling of the heavy paper on his fingertips away. Dean works on trying to forget all the things about Cas that he remembers; the things he fell in love with.

It’s something he can say to himself now, five years later.

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Title: Meet Me In the Woods

Author: @MBQ

Artist: @sidewinder

Rating: Explicit

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Castiel, Dean Winchester/Benny LaFitte

Warnings: Angst, typical violence

Tags: oral sex

Posting Date: August 31

Summary: Dean joins up with Benny in Purgatory, but Cas is still out of reach and never seems to come any closer as Dean and Benny slash their way through the grimy underbelly of Monsterland. When Dean and Benny finally catch up to runaway angel...things get "complicated."

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He started out running and afraid. Then mad. And now he was scared. Running scared again, but not for himself. For Cas. He needed to see him again. He couldn’t. He wouldn’t. We’re in this together. And when he nearly took Benny’s head off? At least it was somebody. Maybe somebody who could help, because he was running thin. Then that damn vamp smiled with his bloodied teeth.

"Howdy, Soldier," the vamp smirked, “Ya gonna hafta really hack with that maw, huh?" He smiled and Dean faltered. The other monsters were similarly cavalier, but Benny didn't seem to take it personally and it gave Dean pause. The vamp’s baby blues shown like jewels even in the pitiless dark of Purgatory. Dean jerked the vamp’s head aside in annoyance and stepped back. He tried to tell himself he shouldn’t trust anyone–especially this guy, but he had a hard time convincing himself.

"You know your way around this shithole?" Dean asked crudely. Benny had looked the man up and down. He rubbed his neck and chuckled.

"What the hell is a human doing in God’s armpit?" he asked.

"Don't smash Dick," Dean spat angrily, “Save yerself a trip,” he waved his weapon around, “To God’s armpit.” He stalked past the vamp who was almost a victim two seconds earlier. The vamp didn't know whether to laugh or be offended. So, he fell in step behind the only human in Purgatory. He didn’t know if the human had shown him a mercy or if he had just subjugated himself to a mad man. He didn’t really care. Dean sniffed and wiped his grubby sleeve across his face.

“Thanks for saving me first. Sorry for almost killing you second,” Dean muttered. Benny did laugh at that.

“The odds just seemed shitty, two against one. Don’t accuse me of any kindness, though. Kindness will get you killed ‘round these parts,” Benny drawled. Dean scoffed, “Not much different from my life topside.” He shrugged.