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Masterlist!

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The Long and Winding Road (Explicit), written by FriendofCarlotta with art by Gemma

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?

When My Mind Is Wandering (There I Will Go) (Teen and Up), written by rachelindeed with art by hawkland Finale fix-it: In order to save Dean’s life, Cas has to temporarily take him as a vessel. While Dean’s body heals, they decide to explore what a life outside of hunting could look like. On a volunteer trip a few towns over, they are reminded of the beauty of community. And as Cas’s thoughts mix with his own, Dean learns how freeing it can be to see himself through the eyes of someone who loves him.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Teen and Up), written by eyesofatragedy67 with art by witchy-worm

Cas’s deal with the Empty broke Dean’s heart. And no matter what they tried, they couldn’t get him out.

They did manage to take care of Chuck, though, and with him out of the picture, Dean finally hung up his gear and built a life for himself. Or whatever passes for life when the one person you want to share it with most is out of reach.

But Dean’s got his bar, Charlie at his side, and his guitar to keep him company on the nights memories pull him under.

And he hopes against hope that someday Cas will return to him.

Anna, Go to Him (Teen and Up), written by butterflyslinky with art by golby-moon

Dean arrives at a new (but hopefully last) high school, where he meets overachiever Anna. There may be something going on there…if only she would stop talking up this guy called Cas.

Close Your Eyes and I'll Kiss You (Teen and Up), written by tfw_cas with art by golby-moon

Dean Winchester has been secretly in love with his college roommate and best friend Cas for years, but he’s convinced Cas doesn’t feel the same.

When he’s offered a teaching position thousands of miles away, he sees it as an opportunity to be closer to his brother… and maybe give himself some distance from his feelings for Cas. After all, it’s not like they can’t still be friends.

But things go badly when Cas finds out, and Dean’s not sure their friendship is going to survive. And as for his dreams coming true… Well, those are just lyrics, right?

In Matters of Faith (Teen and Up), written by celestial_starlight with art by witchy-worm

After Sam and Dean burn Cas’s body, Dean walks. He leaves Sam with a devil baby he can barely stand to look at and rents a cabin near the field where he spread Cas’s ashes. He prays to Cas day and night, desperate for his faith to mean something. His calls wake Cas and bring him right back to Dean’s doorstep. Dean takes him home, struggling to sort out a rollercoaster of feelings while the three of them figure out how to raise a nephilim child.

Love You With All My Heart (Explicit), written by samanddean76 with art by hexentaenzarin

Dean is an up-and-coming musician, who along with his brother Sam, has finally started to make waves with their band, The Quarrymen. Little does he know that the perfectly innocent Omega sitting in the front row of The Cavern Club, watching him perform with an enchanting smile, is the True Mate he has been longing for his entire life.

Castiel can hardly believe his luck, when he and Gabriel are invited backstage after the show. Once Gabriel slips away with Sam, Castiel is left alone with the incredibly handsome Alpha who spent the entire show singing every single song to him. But the club is raided before they can cement their bond, and Castiel is forced to flee into the night.

Whisked away by an overprotective mother, Castiel doesn’t know if he will ever see Dean again. He seeks solace in writing his poems, and fervently wishes that one day he will be reunited with the man he loves, not knowing that destiny and fate are working to bring the separated mates back together.

Lucy In the Tank With Morons (Explicit), written by queerwerewolf with art by TwinOne

Dean Winchester, a premiere shark biologist at the Georgia Aquarium, who works with their three tiger sharks, never ever expected to find himself enamored with a newly acquired giant Pacific octopus, and more importantly, her exceedingly handsome blue-eyed handler. In a little hide-away beneath the waves, Dean will fall in love in an octopus’s garden.

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Title: Lucy in the Tank with Morons

Author: @queerwolfsstuff

Artist: @twinone1221

Rating: Explicit

Summary: Dean Winchester, a premiere shark biologist at the Georgia Aquarium, who works with their three tiger sharks, never ever expected to find himself enamored with a newly acquired giant Pacific octopus, and more importantly, her exceedingly handsome blue-eyed handler. In a little hide-away beneath the waves, Dean will fall in love in an octopus’s garden.

Tags: Mentions of Tiger Sharks, AU - Modern Setting, Aquarium AU, Shark Biologist Dean Winchester, Teuthologist Castiel a.k.a. Octopus Biologist, Fluff, Love at First Sight, Coworkers to Lovers, Original Octopus Character, Matchmaker Octopus, In an Octopus’s Garden

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Title: Love You With All My Heart

Author: @samanddean76

Artist: @hexentaenzerin

Rating: Explicit

Summary: Dean is an up-and-coming musician, who along with his brother Sam, has finally started to make waves with their band, The Quarrymen. Little does he know that the perfectly innocent Omega sitting in the front row of The Cavern Club, watching him perform with an enchanting smile, is the True Mate he has been longing for his entire life.

Castiel can hardly believe his luck, when he and Gabriel are invited backstage after the show. Once Gabriel slips away with Sam, Castiel is left alone with the incredibly handsome Alpha who spent the entire show singing every single song to him. But the club is raided before they can cement their bond, and Castiel is forced to flee into the night.

Whisked away by an overprotective mother, Castiel doesn’t know if he will ever see Dean again. He seeks solace in writing his poems, and fervently wishes that one day he will be reunited with the man he loves, not knowing that destiny and fate are working to bring the separated mates back together.

Tags: Background Sam/Gabriel, Alpha Dean Winchester, Omega Castiel Novak, A/B/O AU, True Mates, Rock Band, Poet, Separated by Fate, Reunited by Destiny

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Title: In Matters of Faith

Author: celestial_starlight

Artist: @witchy-worm

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: After Sam and Dean burn Cas’s body, Dean walks. He leaves Sam with a devil baby he can barely stand to look at and rents a cabin near the field where he spread Cas’s ashes. He prays to Cas day and night, desperate for his faith to mean something. His calls wake Cas and bring him right back to Dean’s doorstep. Dean takes him home, struggling to sort out a rollercoaster of feelings while the three of them figure out how to raise a nephilim child.

Tags: Major Character Death, Dean grieving, Dean praying to Cas, Cas is Dean’s faith, Cas confesses to Dean, Cas sacrifices himself to save Dean, Dean resurrects Cas, Dean and Cas being dads, baby Jack

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Title: Close Your Eyes and I’ll Kiss You

Author: @punk-is-notdead

Artist: @golby-moon

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: Dean Winchester has been secretly in love with his college roommate and best friend Cas for years, but he’s convinced Cas doesn’t feel the same.

When he’s offered a teaching position thousands of miles away, he sees it as an opportunity to be closer to his brother… and maybe give himself some distance from his feelings for Cas. After all, it’s not like they can’t still be friends.

But things go badly when Cas finds out, and Dean’s not sure their friendship is going to survive. And as for his dreams coming true… Well, those are just lyrics, right?

Tags: Sam Winchester/Eileen Leahy, Charlie Bradbury/Jo Harvelle, Mutual Pining, Misunderstandings, Idiots In Love, Mild Angst, Everyone Knows Dean and Cas Are In Love Except Dean and Cas Past Dean/Benny, Dean Winchester Can Sing In This Fic, Karaoke, Castiel/Dean Winchester First Kiss

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Title: Anna, Go to Him

Author: @butterflyslinky

Artist: @golby-moon

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: Dean arrives at a new (but hopefully last) high school, where he meets overachiever Anna. There may be something going on there…if only she would stop talking up this guy called Cas.

Tags: Anna/Charlie, One-sided Anna/Dean, High School AU, Gaming, Misunderstandings, School Dance, Fluff

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Title: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Author: @eyesofatragedy67

Artist: @witchy-worm

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: Cas’s deal with the Empty broke Dean’s heart. And no matter what they tried, they couldn’t get him out.

They did manage to take care of Chuck, though, and with him out of the picture, Dean finally hung up his gear and built a life for himself. Or whatever passes for life when the one person you want to share it with most is out of reach.

But Dean’s got his bar, Charlie at his side, and his guitar to keep him company on the nights memories pull him under.

And he hopes against hope that someday Cas will return to him.

Tags: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Dean Winchester & Charlie Bradbury, Dean Winchester & Original Female Character, Past Major Character Death, Temporary Character Death, Canon Divergent After Episode 15x18, Fix It Fic, No Rebar Was Used In the Making of This Fic, The Empty Deal, Songfic, Dean Winchester POV, Non-linear Storytelling, Flashbacks, Nightmare Containing Non-Graphic Suicide, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Dean Winchester Needs a Hug, Dean Winchester/Castiel First Kiss, Cas Gets By With A Little Help From His Friends, Domestic Fluff, Domestic Castiel/Dean Winchester, Loosely Inspired By Across the Universe, Finale What Finale

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Title: When My Mind Is Wandering (There I Will Go)

Author: rachelindeed

Artist: @hawkland

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: Finale fix-it: In order to save Dean’s life, Cas has to temporarily take him as a vessel. While Dean’s body heals, they decide to explore what a life outside of hunting could look like. On a volunteer trip a few towns over, they are reminded of the beauty of community. And as Cas’s thoughts mix with his own, Dean learns how freeing it can be to see himself through the eyes of someone who loves him.

Tags: Castiel/Dean Winchester, minor background Sam Winchester/Eileen Leahy, Consensual Possession, Angelic Possession (Supernatural), Developing Relationship, Romance, Healing, Fix-It, Episode Fix-It: s15e20 Carry On (Supernatural), Post-Finale

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Title: The Long and Winding Road

Author: @friendofcarlotta

Artist: @thestarsmakemedream-art

Rating: Explicit

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?

Tags: Reunion, Second Chance at Love, Getting Back Together, Teacher Dean, Professor Cas

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Title: Lucy in the Tank with Morons

Author: queerwerewolf

Artist: TwinOne

Rating: Explicit

Summary: Dean Winchester, a premiere shark biologist at the Georgia Aquarium, who works with their three tiger sharks, never ever expected to find himself enamored with a newly acquired giant Pacific octopus, and more importantly, her exceedingly handsome blue-eyed handler. In a little hide-away beneath the waves, Dean will fall in love in an octopus’s garden.

Tags: Mentions of Tiger Sharks, AU - Modern Setting, Aquarium AU, Shark Biologist Dean Winchester, Teuthologist Castiel a.k.a. Octopus Biologist, Fluff, Love at First Sight, Coworkers to Lovers, Original Octopus Character, Matchmaker Octopus, In an Octopus’s Garden

Posting on July 3

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Dean skipped every other step as he made his way to the top of the grated floor. He couldn’t help but smile when he found Cas, clad in jeans and a t-shirt, attempting to get Lucy in the smaller, escape proof tank used to house creatures when their real tank was being cleaned.

“Come on, Lucy, I know you missed me, but I’ve got work to do,” Cas said as he tried to pry her tentacles off of his arms. Every time he succeeded, she used another arm to grab Cas.

“Havin’ trouble?” Dean asked with a soft laugh as he approached.

Cas looked relieved and held his tentacle covered arms up. “Can you tell?” Lucy came up with him, clinging onto Cas for dear life from the looks of it.

Dean stepped next to Cas. “Need help?”

“Good luck,” he said with a laugh, as he relaxed his arms.

Dean decided to start with his wrist, gently tugging at the suckers that had rotated to even overlap, making her grip impossibly strong. “Damn, Lucy.” When he managed to pry a few of the suckers from Cas’s wrist, there was a wake of circular bruises where her arm had been wrapped.

“She got you good,” Dean said as he proceeded to pull her off the rest of Cas’s right arm.

“I call them octopus hickeys,” Cas said with a laugh, right hand now free and helping Dean with his left.

Dean chuckled in kind. “So, she’s got a crush on you?”

“Something like that,” Cas said.

Then Lucy reached out, wrapping one of her tentacles around Dean’s left wrist. The suckers felt a little squishy and slippery, but they latched onto Dean with ease. “Ma’am,” he said as he proceeded to focus on his own arm.

Cas smiled brightly when Dean grew unsuccessful and a couple other tentacles gripped him higher up his forearm. “She must like the way you taste.”

Lucy had clearly gotten over Cas’s taste and actually dropped her remaining limbs to now latch onto both of Dean’s arms.

“At least I’m too big for her to eat…”

There was a pleasant warmth of color that painted Cas’s cheeks at that comment, and Cas simply chuckled. “This is more her way of getting to know you.”

Well, talk about a great segue. Dean flashed him another smile and said, “Speaking of… Do you have any plans tonight?”

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Title: Love You With All My Heart

Author: SamandDean76

Artist: hexentaenzerin

Rating: Explicit

Summary: The 18-year-old Omega Castiel is taken to The Cavern Club by his 21-year-old Beta brother Gabriel for a night out on the town. There he meets 25-year-old Alpha Dean who performs with his group, The Quarrymen. The newly found True Mates had begun to take things to the next level after the performance, when the club was raided for serving alcohol to an underage Omega. With the help of Sam, the boys get away and make their way back home, but Castiel's mother whisks her sons away to save them from the wicked temptations of the world. Dean is left bereft, and he desperately searches for his lost love, while Castiel struggles to keep both himself and Gabriel alive while in their mother’s nonexistent mercy. But destiny won't let these two remain separated forever, and they finally get to their happily ever after.

Tags: Background Sam/Gabriel, Alpha Dean Winchester, Omega Castiel Novak, A/B/O AU, True Mates, Rock Band, Poet, Separated by Fate, Reunited by Destiny

Posting on July 2

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Castiel found himself following Gabriel once more as they were ushered backstage. They stopped at a door and then the huge Alpha with the dimpled smile who had played bass was sweeping a squealing Gabriel off of his feet and disappearing into the little dressing room. Castiel was taken aback at the sudden abandonment, but then he remembered his own potential Alpha who was waiting for him, so he fell in line with the guide who continued to help escort Castiel deeper into the bowels of the corridors that comprised the mostly unseen portion of the club. The Omega drew to a stop when the Beta did, and within seconds of the sharp knock upon the door, it was flung open, a strong, freckle-covered hand reached out, and Castiel was being pulled inside the room. Snatched up and held tight against a solid wall of muscle as plush lips found his own and every single warning that his mother had ever given him was flying right out of his pretty little head. Because, seriously, how often could Castiel’s dreams come true? And in vivid technicolor, no less.

Castiel discovered that the Alpha smelled amazing, like leather and a gentle spring rain, and Castiel simply couldn’t get enough of it. He buried his nose against the crook of the Alpha’s neck and breathed deep, hardly even noticing that clothes were rapidly being discarded. He was so consumed by the raging fire within his blood that he simply couldn’t see past this moment to the day after, or the month after, or the consequences that might show up in nine months’ time. None of it mattered. The only thing that was of even the slightest import was the Alpha that was now pressing Castiel down into the soft couch cushions, the Alpha whose pale and beautifully freckle-covered skin was being revealed much too slowly for Castiel’s tastes. The growl that emanated from his slender throat was just as much of a shock to him as it was to the Alpha, who finally broke away from the latest kiss long enough to smile down at him. His huge hand cupped Castiel’s delicate jaw while his thumb ran over now kiss swollen lips, and then that deliciously deep voice that he wanted to just drown in was flowing out once more, “Easy, Omega. I’ve got you.”

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Title: In Matters of Faith

Author: celestial_starlight

Artist: witchy-worm

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: After Sam and Dean burn Cas’s body, Dean walks. He leaves Sam with a devil baby he can barely stand to look at and rents a cabin near the field where he spread Cas’s ashes. He prays to Cas day and night, desperate for his faith to mean something. His calls wake Cas and bring him right back to Dean’s doorstep. Dean takes him home, struggling to sort out a rollercoaster of feelings while the three of them figure out how to raise a nephilim child.

Tags: Major Character Death, Dean grieving, Dean praying to Cas, Cas is Dean’s faith, Cas confesses to Dean, Cas sacrifices himself to save Dean, Dean resurrects Cas, Dean and Cas being dads, baby Jack

Posting on July 1

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He wanders the fields outside, his mind replaying the image of Cas’s ashes catching on the wind, glowing in the sun before fading in a flash, returned to the earth and the sky.

Except he didn’t come from there. He came from the stars. He came from a world Dean could never hope to understand, and yet Cas made all kinds of sense. He only wanted to help people, same as him and Sam. What Dean can’t understand is why Cas cared so damn much about him. He went radio silent because he was so desperate to do something good. He healed Dean’s screwed up leg with a touch softer than he gives anyone. It was Dean he was looking at when he told them to go, when he said he’d hold Lucifer off.

Dean shuts his eyes and listens to the wind, feeling it tear past. Sometimes he wishes he had some kind of faith. That stories about sensing someone’s presence weren’t bullshit, or the dead turned to monsters.

Why was he so important to Cas? What did he ever do for him except call him a dumbass and tell him not to do anything stupid? Regret stabs at Dean. Why couldn’t he control his temper? Cas did his best, and goddammit, that was enough. He shuts his eyes and lets out a shaky breath. The pit in his gut yawns wider.

Please, he thinks. Please what? Come back to me. Wherever you are, come back to me.

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Title: Close Your Eyes and I'll Kiss You

Author: tfw_cas

Artist: golby moon

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: Dean Winchester has been secretly in love with his college roommate and best friend Cas for years, but he’s convinced Cas doesn’t feel the same.

When he’s offered a teaching position thousands of miles away, he sees it as an opportunity to be closer to his brother... and maybe give himself some distance from his feelings for Cas. After all, it’s not like they can’t still be friends.

But things go badly when Cas finds out, and Dean's not sure their friendship is going to survive. And as for his dreams coming true... Well, those are just lyrics, right?

Tags: Sam Winchester/Eileen Leahy, Charlie Bradbury/Jo Harvelle, Mutual Pining, Misunderstandings, Idiots In Love, Mild Angst, Everyone Knows Dean and Cas Are In Love Except Dean and Cas Past Dean/Benny, Dean Winchester Can Sing In This Fic, Karaoke, Castiel/Dean Winchester First Kiss

Posting on June 28

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“Oh, hi, Principal Mills, this is Dean Winchester. I'm calling to accept your job offer.”

The words stuck in his throat as he suddenly became aware that the door was open, and Cas was standing there with his hand still on the handle. From the look on his face, he’d obviously heard everything Dean had said.

Dean grimaced at his friend, who walked into the room without a word, sat on his bed, and stared at the floor as Dean continued his conversation with Principal Mills. The rest of the conversation was mercifully short, and once the principal had promised to email Dean all the necessary documents, she ended the call.

Dean put the phone down slowly and cleared his throat. “Hey, Cas, um… sorry you found out like that. I promise, I was gonna tell you next. And y'know… California isn't so far away.”

“California?” Cas gasped out in surprise, and yeah… of course he didn’t know that part yet, did he?

Dean really couldn’t be handling the situation any worse, and he mentally facepalmed as he tried to think of something to say to soften the blow. His brain was being super unhelpful though, and Cas spoke again before he could.

“You don’t owe me anything, Dean.” Cas finally looked at Dean and attempted a smile. It was as unconvincing as his words, and for a second Dean wondered if Sam was right about Cas hoping they could move in together… That was until Cas said something which blew that theory out of the water.

“I also applied for a job at the college.” He gestured around himself to indicate their college. “I’m just waiting to hear back from them.”

“They’d be idiots if they offered it to anyone else,” Dean said, as reassuringly as he could manage, despite the sentiment ringing hollowly to his own ears.

Cas got to his feet and headed back over to the door. He turned around before leaving, and Dean could see that his jaw was clenched, and when he spoke his voice sounded emotionless. “Thank you, and congratulations on your new job. I just remembered I promised to help another student with an assignment, so I should go.”

With that Cas rushed out of the room, leaving Dean staring at the door. His heart felt like someone had stuck a knife in it, but at least he could say he knew exactly where he stood with Cas.

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Title: Anna, Go to Him

Author: butterflyslinky

Artist: golby moon

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: Dean arrives at a new (but hopefully last) high school, where he meets overachiever Anna. There may be something going on there...if only she would stop talking up this guy called Cas.

Tags: Anna/Charlie, One-sided Anna/Dean, High School AU, Gaming, Misunderstandings, School Dance, Fluff

Posting on June 27

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“Hey!”

Dean looked up to see a pretty red-haired girl coming over. She smiled at him and put her tray down across from his. “Hi,” Dean said, a little wrong-footed. He’d known girls before, sure, even briefly had a girlfriend once, but he wasn’t quite sure why this one was sitting down with him.

“I saw you were sitting alone,” she explained as though reading his thoughts. “And thought I should come over.” She held out her hand. “Anna Milton, senior class president.”

Oh, of course. A rah-rah school spirit type. Still, hot. “Dean Winchester,” he said, shaking her hand. No need to be unfriendly, after all.

“I know, Principle Harvelle told me. You just moved here from Texas?”

“Minnesota. Dad’s military, we move a lot.”

“I see. So you’re here for…?”

“The year. Then I graduate and get the hell out.”

“It’s not so bad…why don’t you come to the game on Friday? Get to know people?”

Dean sighed. “Look, Patty Simcox, I know you’re just doing your cheerleader president school spirit job here, but I’m not really interested in making friends right now. I just wanna get through the year so I can go to community college and set up a job.”

He half-hoped that little diatribe might make Anna go away, but it didn’t. She looked at him for a moment, her smile unwavering, then picked up her chocolate milk with a shrug.

“Okay, Danny Zukko, don’t come,” she said. “But your too cool for school bad boy attitude isn’t going to get you very far next year, so why don’t you try not being an asshole and see if it helps?”

Dean stared at her, then laughed. “Yeah, I deserved that,” he admitted. “But I also just don’t care about football.”

“Okay,” Anna said. “What do you care about? Theater, volunteering, music?”

“Um…I play guitar,” Dean said. “Kind of. And I wrestled last year. But I’ve never really been in one place long enough to join any clubs or anything.”

“Well, if there’s anything you want to try, just let me know! We have clubs for everything here, and they’re all great places to meet people!”

“Sure,” Dean said. “Thanks, I guess.” He poked at his food. “Which ones are you in besides student council?”

“4H, Honors Club, student paper, marching band, GSA, and sometimes I go to the gaming club if I have time.” She smiled ruefully. “Which isn’t often.”

“Yeah, sounds like,” Dean said. “When do you sleep?”

“Study hall,” Anna said. “Any of that appeal to you?”

“Not really, no.”

She sighed. “You sound like Cas…he’s also an antisocial drip.”

Dean groaned. “Okay, how’s this–I go to this game, and if I hate it, you let me be antisocial for the rest of the year.”

“Deal,” Anna said. “And if you have fun, you’ll join at least one activity with me.”

“Done.” They shook hands on it, both trying hard not to start giggling. “See you Friday, then.”

“Why don’t you come eat with us?” Anna asked.

“Don’t push it, sweetheart.”

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Title: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Author: eyesofatragedy67

Artist: witchy-worm

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: Cas's deal with the Empty broke Dean's heart. And no matter what they tried, they couldn't get him out.

They did manage to take care of Chuck, though, and with him out of the picture, Dean finally hung up his gear and built a life for himself. Or whatever passes for life when the one person you want to share it with most is out of reach.

But Dean's got his bar, Charlie at his side, and his guitar to keep him company on the nights memories pull him under.

And he hopes against hope that someday Cas will return to him.

Tags: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Dean Winchester & Charlie Bradbury, Dean Winchester & Original Female Character, Past Major Character Death, Temporary Character Death, Canon Divergent After Episode 15x18, Fix It Fic, No Rebar Was Used In the Making of This Fic, The Empty Deal, Songfic, Dean Winchester POV, Non-linear Storytelling, Flashbacks, Nightmare Containing Non-Graphic Suicide, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Dean Winchester Needs a Hug, Dean Winchester/Castiel First Kiss, Cas Gets By With A Little Help From His Friends, Domestic Fluff, Domestic Castiel/Dean Winchester, Loosely Inspired By Across the Universe, Finale What Finale

Posting on June 26

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Arms laden with bags, Dean carefully closes the hood of Baby's trunk and makes his way to the bunker entrance. The lock sticks a little as he turns his key, and he makes a mental note to get some lead shavings so he can loosen it back up.

As he steps inside, he hears laughter echoing off the walls and quietly sets the bags down so he can have a moment to himself, a moment to just enjoy his loved ones taking a well-deserved break after the insanity of Michael and Belphegor and a fucking zombie apocalypse.

He can see Sam's mane of L’oréal commercial hair tossing as he uproariously laughs at something Cas said. Dean doesn't catch it, but whatever it is probably isn't meant to have Sam giggling like the teenage girl he is.

The look on Cas's face is one Dean has a strong affection for. That confused puppy head tilt that is sometimes genuine bafflement, but other times his way of indulging his favorite humans. Dean would give a lot to keep looks like that on Cas's face. Fuck knows he's been the cause of enough sadness and disappointment for the guy. Seeing him happy, at home, is everything to Dean.

But he can't tell Cas that. He can never tell Cas that he wants him to have every ounce of happiness he deserves.

Because he can't lose him. Dean can't lose the goddamn love of his life to happiness. And how fucked up is that?

So he takes these moments as he gets them. He treasures every single fucking smile, every small laugh, every gentle touch… and he doesn't say the words that have been scorching him from the inside for so damn long.

Some day that deal Cas made – the one Dean isn't supposed to know about – is going to come out in the wash, and Dean is going to lose one of the most vitally important people in his life.

But not today, dammit.

Dean smiles down at them, quietly chuckling as Jack walks into the room with a look so similar to Cas's that it's hard to see Lucifer in the kid now.

Leaning on the banister railing, Dean just watches them for a bit. There's nothing perishable in the bags, so there's no reason he can't just sit back and soak in this scene of his chosen family doing normal family shit.

The love he sees there, and the love he's hiding, are weights in his chest that he's not willing to give up. He'll fucking fight for them; he'll blow up the goddamn world if it means he gets to hold onto this.

He swipes away the stupid man tear that’s trailing down his face and focuses on the now. Because moments like this are what keep him going. This ragtag bunch of idiots are his motivation.

He'll be damned if he's gonna lose them. Even if it means he loses a bit of his heart in the process.

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Title: When My Mind Is Wandering (There I Will Go)

Author: rachelindeed

Artist: sidewinder

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: Finale fix-it: In order to save Dean's life, Cas has to temporarily take him as a vessel. While Dean's body heals, they decide to explore what a life outside of hunting could look like. On a volunteer trip a few towns over, they are reminded of the beauty of community. And as Cas's thoughts mix with his own, Dean learns how freeing it can be to see himself through the eyes of someone who loves him.

Tags: Castiel/Dean Winchester, minor background Sam Winchester/Eileen Leahy, Consensual Possession, Angelic Possession (Supernatural), Developing Relationship, Romance, Healing, Fix-It, Episode Fix-It: s15e20 Carry On (Supernatural), Post-Finale

Posting on June 25

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It wasn't just senses, emotions, and words that flowed back and forth: memories joined the tango, too. Dean could always tell which were Cas's by the hyper-focused detail. Angelic memories weren't tied to the data limits of human brains, so they held onto everything like fancy honking celestial IMAX cameras. When Dean remembered some conversation they'd had years ago, it was the normal kind of approximation where he could paraphrase some key things said, tell you if there'd been rain or sun, maybe grasp a general image of how Cas had looked in the moment. Meanwhile, Cas could still count the raindrops on the driver's side window, still see the tiny shadows on Dean's face as his eyelashes caught the light.

It was kind of funny seeing himself that way, but honestly, not as freaky as he might have expected. Sure, the fact that Cas had perfect recall and instant replay on every stupid thing that'd ever come out of his mouth was not ideal. But Dean had been prepared for something a little more…acid rock? Psychedelic? Far out? He’d kind of figured he wouldn't be getting out of this without staring down the gullet of his own soul. And it's not that he'd wanted to look at that mess on the regular, but just once might have been cool. Just to know.

Turned out, though, that 'seeing' souls was a matter of multi-dimensional fusion, and Cas couldn't plug Dean's eyes into that. It'd be like trying to teach his ears to taste or his nose to hear.

"OK. But what's it look like, anyhow?" he asked Cas. "My soul?" It was late, very late, on their last night at the hospital. Physical therapy had been its usual unpleasant cocktail of boredom and misery. The headache radiating back-to-front across his skull was screaming at him to bust out, get drunk, just move. But going home felt like starting the timer back up on figuring out his life, and he wasn't ready for that either. So he brought it up because he could, and he was curious. Maybe you could call it fishing for compliments, too; so sue him.

He'd had a rotten day, but Cas thought he was beautiful. They were living in each other’s thoughts, there was no hiding that. Whatever Cas saw in his soul, Dean was betting it'd be just a bit poetic. Stars, fireworks, snow on a mountainside; vague grandeur, the type of stuff somebody might print for a calendar.

But Cas was lost for words. He did his best to find Dean an answer; focused for sincere, silent minutes on crafting some apt description or honest comparison. Dean felt him shiver—a tiny, charged, silvery thing. But in the end, a little helpless, he only said:

It looks like you.

[destielbeatlesminibang]

Title: The Long and Winding Road

Author: FriendofCarlotta

Artist: thestarsmakemedream

Rating: Explicit

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?

Tags: Reunion, Second Chance at Love, Getting Back Together, Teacher Dean, Professor Cas

Posting on June 24

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It’s just a door, really. A perfectly ordinary-looking door — dark and heavy wood with a brass knob worn smooth by frequent handling.

And yet the door, once closely examined, carries the imprints of memories within it — haunted by the ghosts of the many who have stepped across its threshold to meet their fate. There are scuff marks on the frame from uncountable numbers of satchels scraped along it as their young owners made their exit from the room within — triumphant or aggrieved, depending on the nature of the conversation they’d just escaped. In winter, Castiel remembers, the floor in front of that threshold would always be covered in muddy, slushy shoe prints left by boys waiting to have their tremulous knocking answered.

But, as it isn’t winter now, there are no prints in evidence. Instead, the door’s wood seems swollen with the heat of summer, expanded to more fully occupy its frame. It’s probably going to stick in that frame a little, Castiel thinks, whenever he finally gathers the courage to open it and step through.

Of course, it’s possible that the door is just a fucking door and Castiel is stalling.

As a matter of fact, there can be no doubt that he is. Because for all his rhapsodizing about the door’s scuffed frame and swollen wood, its real significance lies in the plaque mounted on it — at eye height for an adult male of average size, but towering above the heads of many of the young boys who come here, to their teacher’s office, for guidance or reprimand.

The plaque, winking at Castiel in polished-brass innocence, reads "D. Winchester."