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Dean/Cas Switch Bang Sign-Ups!

It's that time! Sign-ups for the 2025 round of the Dean/Cas Switch Bang are now open. Sign-ups will stay open until March 8th for Authors, and until April 13th for Artists!

As a reminder, the Switch Bang is in regards to Dean and Cas switching roles: they both must be the top and bottom at some in the story written for this bang. They must also be the endgame pairing. So they can be with other people in the fic, but they must be together in the end. Otherwise, the story is yours to command. Canonverse, Endverse, AU? The choice is yours.

Sign up HERE!

Schedule || Rules We can't wait to see what you create!

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Dean/Cas Switch Bang Sign-Ups!

It's that time! Sign-ups for the 2025 round of the Dean/Cas Switch Bang are now open. Sign-ups will stay open until March 8th for Authors, and until April 13th for Artists!

As a reminder, the Switch Bang is in regards to Dean and Cas switching roles: they both must be the top and bottom at some in the story written for this bang. They must also be the endgame pairing. So they can be with other people in the fic, but they must be together in the end. Otherwise, the story is yours to command. Canonverse, Endverse, AU? The choice is yours.

Sign up HERE!

Schedule || Rules We can't wait to see what you create!

chaoticdean, nickelkeep, bleuzombie, and savetheclaypots

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Dean/Cas Switch Bang Rules

Eligibility

• The Dean/Cas Switch Bang is open to participants of all levels of experience. There are no prerequisites in order to sign up. • Judging by the nature of the challenge, you must be at least 18 years old to enter the DCSB. No exceptions will be granted. • Authors must register between February 1st and March 8th to be able to submit a fic to the challenge. • Artists must register between February 1st and April 13th to be eligible to claim a fic during the first round of Art Claims.

General requirements

• All participants must be familiar with the challenge’s rules and requirements, as well as with the schedule. Failure to adhere to these may result in disqualifications from current and future rounds of the challenge. If you have any questions, or need any clarification, please reach out to the mods whenever you need. • All author, artist and team check ins are obligatory. These check-ins are substantial in making sure that everything runs smoothly through the challenge so that it’s enjoyable for every party. • Authors will be required to write a minimum 10,000 word fic and Artists will be required to produce at least two (2) art pieces for this challenge. A banner is not required, as the mods will provide one. • Failure to meet deadlines or check-ins will result in disqualification from the challenge. If you need an extension, please reach out to the mods. • Extensions will be considered depending on the circumstances, and will be granted at the discretion of the mods. • Check-in forms will be available three days before the deadline, draft submission forms will open seven days before the deadline. They will be sent to the email address you provide during registration, so make sure that it’s the correct one. • Author and artist teams will be formed through an anonymous claim process which will take place between April 15th through (possibly) April 25th. You cannot form teams outside of this process, or switch teammates after you’ve been paired up. • No participants may offer services in exchange for payment or solicit donations/tips from other participants. If you do, you will be disqualified and unable to enter the challenge again. • Partners that are paired during Art Claims are required to contact each other within 48 hours after being assigned. Failure to do so, or to keep in contact with each other during the challenge as well as failing to check-in may result in being disqualified from the challenge and its future rounds. • We ask that you communicate regularly and respectfully with your teammates in the spirit of collaboration. Should any issue arise between you and a teammate and you find that you can’t resolve it yourself, please contact the mods as soon as possible so that we can try to mediate and find a solution together. • It is your responsibility to manage your schedule in equipment to meet the deadlines and follow the schedule. If you anticipate being unable to access internet in time to submit a draft or to check-in, it’s your responsibility to reach out to the mods for assistance before the deadline. • All due dates operate on Eastern Standard Time.  Various countdown will be put in place when approaching a deadline or check-ins to make sure that you don’t miss it. • Any participant who engages in racist, homophobic, transphobic, sexist, ableist, or any other discriminatory speech or behavior, including any kind of harassment, will not be tolerated.

ADDITIONAL RULES, INCLUDING AUTHOR AND ARTIST SPECIFIC RULES CAN BE FOUND ON THE BANG'S DISCORD SERVER.

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Dean/Cas Switch Bang Schedule

2025 ROUND SCHEDULE

FEBRUARY 1ST: Sign-ups open MARCH 8TH: Author sign-ups close APRIL 10TH-13TH: Rough draft and claims information due APRIL 13TH: Artist sign-ups close APRIL 10TH: Final day for authors to drop out without penalties APRIL 15TH: Fic gallery will be made available to artists ahead of claims APRIL 24TH: First round of Art Claims open at 10AM EST. If any fics remain, a second round for registered artists will open at 9PM EST. APRIL 25TH: Public Art Claim open at 10AM EST. If any fics remain, registered artists will be able to claim another fic, and artists who missed the initial sign-up window can request access to claim a fic. APRIL 28TH: Authors must share their most up-to-date draft with their artist by 11:59PM today. MAY 1ST: Mandatory team check-in: paired artist and author teams must have communicated and discussed posting availability, and alerted the mods to any issue. MAY 11TH: Posting schedule released and shared with participants via email JUNE 1ST: Artists check-in: progress update, art plans or sketches due. / Authors check-in: final titles, summaries & promo teaser excerpt due. JUNE 3RD: Promo posts go live on Tumblr & Twitter JUNE 15TH: Artists check-in: progress update, finale drafts due. / Authors check-in: Final fic drafts due JUNE 23RD-JULY 6TH: Open Posting

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DCSB 2025!

Guess who's back?!

We know it's been a while, but real life is a thing. And if the mods are distracted, how can we be the best mods for you?

That said, sign ups for the third? Third. Yes, THIRD! round of the DeanCas Switch Bang will be opening on February 1st!

Keep an eye on this space, our brand new shiny bsky account, and our bird account for additional info, including the schedule and rules, starting tomorrow!

We've missed you, and we can't wait to see what you all do with this round of the bang!

<3, chaoticdean, nickelkeep, bleuzombie, and savetheclaypots

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Taste of Home

TITLE: Taste of Home AUTHOR: MishamigoHunk (@myguardianangel-ina-trenchcoat​) ARTIST: Tallula03 (@alicetallula​)

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PAIRINGS: Dean/Castiel MAJOR ARCHIVE WARNINGS: N/A

TAGS: Strangers to not quite lovers to professionals to lovers, Tinder, Professor Castiel (Supernatural), Older Student Dean Winchester, Idiots in Love, Minor Character Death, John Winchester’s A+ Parenting, Trauma, References to Sex Work, UST, Smamford, Stanford Sam, Brief Homelessness, Dean is.. well. Dean, Divorcee Cas, Panty Kink, sex toy, Eventual Smut, All the M/M sex tags, Dub-con elements, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Bottom Castiel/Top Dean Winchester, discovering sexuality, Surprise! Cas is bi!, DCSB

SUMMARY: 

Castiel Novak is a professor at the local college who decides to download Tinder.Dean Winchester is a soon-to-be student at the same college, though neither find that out until after the date…

Join these two idiots on a journey as they battle trauma, homelessness, (supposedly) unrequited love and eventual happiness.

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a lilac sky

TITLE: a lilac sky AUTHOR: dothraki_shieldmaiden (@dothwrites​) ARTIST: BoeyBite (@boeybite​) 

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PAIRINGS: Dean Winchester/Castiel, background Donna Hanscum/Jody Mills, background Sam Winchester/Jessica Moore MAJOR ARCHIVE WARNINGS: N/A TAGS: Barista!Castiel, Genderqueer!Castiel, Gender Questioning Dean, Crossdressing, Panties, Semi-Public Sex

SUMMARY: ‘Bisexual’ is an identity that Dean Winchester is only just becoming comfortable with when he meets Castiel Novak. Fortunately, Cas is hot, smart, and enthralling enough to make Dean forget all about panicking over dating his first man.Dating Cas, however, forces Dean to confront his own identity and fears in ways he never anticipated.

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Dust in the Wind

Dust in the WindAuthor: ValandraWrites (@valandrawrites​)Artist: AggieDoll

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Pairings: Dean Winchester/CastielMajor Archive Warnings: No Major WarningsTags: Alternate Universe - Actors, Cowboys & Cowgirls, Queer Castiel, Weird Castiel, Dean Winchester Has Sexuality Realizations, Protective Dean Winchester, Dean Winchester Hurts Castiel, Happy Ending, Charlie Bradbury & Castiel & Dean Winchester Friendship, John Winchester Being an Asshole 

Summary:

Dean Winchester has announced his next full-length feature film, Dust in the Wind, will be a Cowboy Romance. This Indie-Film is a departure from the twice-voted “America’s Sexist Man” action star who has so far been typecast as the next in Clint Eastwood’s line of Western heartthrobs.

The biggest shock, though, is that Winchester’s on-screen love interest is rumored to be a man. That’s right, this rated R Indie film starring Dean Winchester as the leading man – or one of the leading men – is said to be raw and real and “explicitly gay,” according to a source who has read the script.

Now the question is… just who will be cast in the role of Winchester’s love interest?

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The Housemate

Title: The Housemate Author: Trenchcoat_Paradigm (@geeksheek89) Artist: Squirrelofcelestialintent (@squirrelofcelestialintent​)

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Major Archive Warnings: None Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Clairvoyant, Haunted House, Real Estate Agent Castiel, Ghost Dean, Mutual Pining, Eventual Smut, Voyeurism, Possessed Dildo, “I swear if you buy this place I’m so gonna Swayze the shit you!”

Summary: The old Singer farmhouse has been listed with his father’s real estate company for the past 2 years, and Castiel couldn’t fathom why the place never sold. That was until he was tasked with selling the place and quickly discovered that it wasn’t just dry rot haunting the halls.

Whenever someone thinks of ghosts, they always draw the same image of a bygone era. Something that would resemble a ‘Lady in grey’ in a long flowing dress, wandering the halls of old forgotten manor houses. Never someone who looked strikingly similar to one’s age, and equally, never someone with such a high level of sass.

Dean was vulgar, annoying, and an insatiable flirt who had no interest in leaving what was once his home. He would drive Castiel up the wall, so much so that he regularly thought about tossing a handful of salt into his face, just for a moment of peace and quiet. But he was also charming, kind-hearted, and had a smile that could light up a room. Paired with his bright emerald green eyes and infectious laugh made his handsome face look more alive than Castiel had ever felt.

Castiel had never intended to buy the old farmhouse, but he’s a firm believer in things happening for a reason. He just never imagined to save a ghost would be the reason.

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Soul Like a Freight Train

TITLE: Soul Like a Freight Train AUTHOR: LadyKnightSkye (@ladyknightskye​) ARTIST: LadyRandomBox (@ladyrandombox​​)

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PAIRINGS: Castiel/Dean MAJOR ARCHIVE WARNINGS: None Apply TAGS: Demon Dean Winchester, Witch Castiel, Alternate Universe - Magic, Implied Mpreg, Fluff and Smut, Smut, Crossdressing, Crossdressing Castiel, Anal Sex, Switching, Lucifer is Called Nick (Supernatural), Nice Lucifer (Supernatural), Good Parent John Winchester, Fluffy Ending

SUMMARY:

In the magical town of Witchhaven, Castiel Novak has given up on dating. He’s too big, too weird. He also has a coterie of loving family that want the best for him, including one Nick Kline - who just happens to be Satan himself.

Enter Dean Winchester - a Noble Demon hunter looking for a mate of his own. From the moment they meet the sparks fly. Dean doesn’t mind that Cas likes wearing dresses or can kick his ass or sometimes goes into hours-long trances. His soul is beautiful, and Dean is determined to woo him with all of the tricks his father taught him.

Fluff and love (okay and some sex) ensue.

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Soul Like a Freight Train

TITLE: Soul Like a Freight Train AUTHOR: LadyKnightSkye (@ladyknightskye​) ARTIST: LadyRandomBox (@ladyrandombox​​)

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PAIRINGS: Castiel/Dean MAJOR ARCHIVE WARNINGS: None Apply TAGS: Demon Dean Winchester, Witch Castiel, Alternate Universe - Magic, Implied Mpreg, Fluff and Smut, Smut, Crossdressing, Crossdressing Castiel, Anal Sex, Switching, Lucifer is Called Nick (Supernatural), Nice Lucifer (Supernatural), Good Parent John Winchester, Fluffy Ending

SUMMARY:

In the magical town of Witchhaven, Castiel Novak has given up on dating. He’s too big, too weird. He also has a coterie of loving family that want the best for him, including one Nick Kline - who just happens to be Satan himself.

Enter Dean Winchester - a Noble Demon hunter looking for a mate of his own. From the moment they meet the sparks fly. Dean doesn’t mind that Cas likes wearing dresses or can kick his ass or sometimes goes into hours-long trances. His soul is beautiful, and Dean is determined to woo him with all of the tricks his father taught him.

Fluff and love (okay and some sex) ensue.

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TITLE: Your Dreams Are My Reality AUTHOR: seidenapfel (@seidenapfel) ARTIST: Sailorsallyart (@sailorsallyart)

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PAIRINGS: Dean/Cas MAJOR ARCHIVE WARNINGS: N/A TAGS: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Episode: s15e11 The Gamblers (Supernatural), Alternate Timelines, Post-Episode: s15e20 Carry On (Supernatural), Angst and Fluff and Smut, Idiots in Love, Castiel and Dean Winchester Use Their Words, Angel Wings, Angelic Grace-Powered Orgasms (Supernatural), Castiel’s True Form (Supernatural), Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond, Shower Sex, Anal Sex

SUMMARY:

“When are you finally gonna tell him?”Sam’s words hit home. Dean starts to wonder and watches Cas. Paying closer attention, he sees things, little hints that give him hope and make him bolder.But when he finally flirts with Cas and receives reciprocation, he panics and flees. Cas finds him hiding in the bathroom. With the door between them, they begin to talk. Cas mentions a promise Dean once made: He wouldn’t die a virgin.When they finally seal the deal, it’s too good to be true. Cas is fully powered, and happy.It’s a dream, or isn’t it?

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We Shall Not Overcome

TITLE: We Shall Not Overcome AUTHOR: Chaoticdean (@chaoticdean​)  ARTIST: PetraAmia (@deancodedcastielenby​)

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PAIRINGS: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Benny Lafitte & Dean Winchester, Balthazar & Castiel (Supernatural)MAJOR ARCHIVE WARNINGS: No Archive Warnings ApplyTAGS: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Football | Soccer, Football | Soccer Player Dean Winchester, Football | Soccer Player Castiel (Supernatural), Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid CF, Homophobia, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Slurs, Coming Out, Secret Relationship, Enemies to Lovers, (even if it’s fake), Established Castiel/Dean Winchester, Healthy Relationships, Homophobia in football, Explicit Sexual Content, Bottom Castiel/Top Dean Winchester, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, author is a card carrying member of, team everyone switches forever, Dean/Cas Switch Bang 2023

SUMMARY:

Castiel Novak and Dean Winchester have virtually nothing in common: they’re both from different countries (Cas would argue that Canada and the US aren’t that different but Dean begs to differ), they come from wildly different types of families, and where Castiel excelled at school Dean failed. When it comes to their social skills they’re also diametrically opposed: Dean is outgoing, funny and easy-going; Castiel is more of an introvert who likes books and still has to see any Star Wars movie.

In real life though, Castiel Novak and Dean Winchester are both professional soccer players with the same position in concurrent teams.

It would be complicated enough as it is, but Dean and Cas have also been a couple for several years, hiding their relationship from the public and homophobia in the world of soccer while living in Europe away from their families.

Can they make it through another season without cracking? (now updated with the link to the art!)

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Title: Missionary Man

Author: AmberXBoone (@amberxboone​)

Artist: Tallula03 (@alicetallula​)

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Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence Tags: Murder Husbands, AU (no Supernatural), Lawyer Castiel, neuroscientist Dean WInchester, rock band Dean Winchester, anal sex, oral sex, shower sex,  References to gun violence, stabbings, gore, references to domestic violence, unsafe sex, blood covered sex, drug use/drug use reference

Summary: Castiel Novak, Esq. is a struggling Manhattan attorney who has made one too many mistakes at work. In order to make up for it, partners Chuck Shurley and Zachariah Adler task him with killing the star witness in the firm’s biggest trial, a fraud case against Niveus Pharmaceuticals. That witness is disgraced whistleblower neuroscientist Dean Winchester, who has been playing rock star since being fired from his job. But after stalking Dean in the bars and clubs where his band plays, Castiel winds up in Dean’s bed instead, and the two decide to take out the people after them to save themselves.

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Second Weekend of June

TITLE: Second Weekend of June AUTHOR: Tossukka (@sitruunavohveli​) ARTIST: DimitriRmy (@dimitrirmy​)

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PAIRINGS: Dean/Castiel, side Sam/Eileen MAJOR ARCHIVE WARNINGS: No Archive Warnings Apply TAGS: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe – Human, Strangers to Lovers, Anonymous Sex, Hidden identity, Weddings, Best Man Dean Winchester, Man of Honor Castiel, One Night Stands, Stag Nights & Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Party, Semi-Public Sex, Identity Reveal, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Humor

SUMMARY:

It’s a tale as old as time. Two men meet, give each other fake names, and have a one night stand. It’s fun and uncomplicated, and they never expect to meet again. They’re both keeping busy planning a wedding among other things anyway, Dean as the best man to Sam, Castiel as the man of honor to his best friend Eileen.

Except then they do meet again and start developing feelings for each other.

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Variance

TITLE: Variance AUTHOR: Tiamatv ARTIST: Sketcheun (@crispr-cas​)

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PAIRINGS: Castiel/Dean Winchester MAJOR ARCHIVE WARNINGS: N/A TAGS: Alternate Universe - Creatures & Monsters; Lawyer Castiel; Baker Dean Winchester; Dating; Contracts; Misunderstandings; Self-Worth Issues; Strangers to Lovers; Fluff and Smut; Top/Bottom Versatile Castiel/Dean Winchester

SUMMARY: Castiel might work with kitsune, demons, fae and incubi, but he’s content to be just what he is: reliable, responsible, and wholly human (well, with a few paltry drops of angel blood, or so his workplace pre-screening informed him).

Some might say he’s boring. Saying “Yes” when the cute bakery owner asks him out on a date—for no apparent reason other than that Castiel is there—isn’t reliable or responsible. It’s impulsive.

Letting the cute bakery owner seduce Castiel in the back seat of his ’67 Chevy Impala is definitely impulsive.

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A Kiss of Magic

TITLE: A Kiss of Magic AUTHOR: casblackfeathers (@casblackfeathers) ARTIST: CrzyDemona (@crzydemona)

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PAIRINGS: Dean Winchester/Castiel, Sam Winchester/Jessica Moore, John Winchester/Mary Winchester MAJOR ARCHIVE WARNINGS: N/A TAGS: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Alternate Universe - Magic, Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale, True Love's Kiss, Dragons, Angel Castiel (Supernatural), Prince Dean Winchester, Cursed Dean Winchester, Witch Curses, Animal Transformation, Nine-Tailed Fox, Spells & Enchantments, Fluff, Domestic, Mutual Pining, Two Person Love Triangle, Angst with a Happy Ending, Smut, Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Bottom Castiel/Top Dean Winchester, Switching

SUMMARY: In a world full of dragons, angels, and witches, the fact that Dean has been cursed from birth isn’t that unusual. But fulfilling his duties as a prince when every night he turns into a golden nine-tailed fox isn’t always easy.

At least when he’s corresponding with Cas, an angel from the neighboring kingdom, he can be himself; no curses, no duties as the firstborn son of King John Winchester, and no shadow of his own self-doubts darkening his life.

He has loved Castiel for years, and each letter they traded was like a tune making his heart beat at a happy rhythm.

There is only one catch, Castiel doesn’t know he has been corresponding with Dean all this time, and in an effort to strengthen their realms’ alliance, he’s set to meet and marry Dean’s brother in a month. That's how long Dean has to change the path of their lives.