#dadstiel minibang

[dadstielminibang]

2024 Masterpost

And that's a wrap! The Dadstiel MiniBang is now complete for 2024. Thank you to all of this year's writers, artists, betas, readers and rebloggers.

Here is the master list of stories & art for this round:

Gauged - story by tiamatv; art by leafzelindor (@leafzelindor)

Make a Wish - story by Avonlady (@avonlady42); art by seidenapfel (@seidenapfel)

Shivers - story by Mydestielbabies_67 (@spnisthewayoflife); art by Witchy-Worm (@witchy-worm)

Hand to Hold - story by Raven_Fuchs (@ravenfuchs); art by golby moon (@golby-moon)

Father's Day - story by Nik (@rose-novak1999); art by MercurialKitty (@mercurialkitty)

A Day In The Life Of A Newly Single Dad - story by Hectatess (@hectatess); art by Zissie (@zissie)

Reconstruction - story by dannigee (@okayfinehereiam); art by myimmanence (@myimmanence)

"Can we get a dog?" - story by Trenchcoat_Paradigm (@teeparadigm67); art by rezal (@rezal-art)

Something To Fight For - story by anyrei (@anyreiart); art by aceing-on-the-cake (@aceing-on-the-cake)

Principal Problems - story by bleuzombie (@bleuzombie); art by t.gel210 (@t-angel210)

A Part of Me Shall Still Remain - story by seidenapfel (@seidenapfel), art by TwinOne (@twinone1221)

Freaky Friday - story by MaggieWJV (@randomblog1981); art by Sage (@sagee-sketches)

Always Memorable - story by golby-moon (@golby-moon); art by seidenapfel (@seidenapfel)

The Angel Girl - story by LadyKnightSkye (@ladyknightskye); art by Wiggins_Fae

The Nature of Light - story by FriendofCarlotta (@friendofcarlotta), art by hexentaenzerin (@hexentaenzerin)

Dean Winchester, Professional Cockwarmer - story by ValandraWrites (@valandrawrites); art by Laili (@spn-fanfic-reblog-writes)

Please keep following this blog for news on any future rounds of this event, and thank you again from your mods! @tsujiharu, @haus-seeblick, and @hawkland

[destielfanfic]

from the inbox, #14

It's been some time since I answered some asks from our inbox. Here's some quick answer with links to our Tags Page.

I was wondering if y'all have any time loop recs. Just wondering if there's anything out there in that vein

The first fic that comes to mind is Second Verse, Same as the First by oatmeal_queen. This is a classic Groundhog day fic. We also have #meddling!gabriel tag and some in some fics Gabriel traps Dean and Cas in some other reality. It's not exactly a time loop, but they do realize that something is not right.

The Best Years of Our Lives, My Ass by ireallyhatecornnuts 

Destiel, Actually by bloodism

Trope Springs Eternal by violethaze 

Do you know any fics where cas is a baseball player?

We sure do! Check out our athlete!cas tag and A Fine Line by cloudyjenn!

Hi, is there any recomendations for super hero Dean? (Guess who watches the other kripke show

Check our #superheroes tag! And a quick tag search on AO3 brought up this fic:

one little Soldier Boy, left all alone by Castielslostwings [NC-17, 57,000 word count]

Known to the world as the all-American superhero called "Soldier Boy", Dean was raised by Vought International to be exactly that and nothing more. His life is all fame, fortune, and fucking. Objectively awesome, right up until the moment when he's accosted in an elevator by someone claiming to be his brother, a man who insists that Dean's entire life has been built on a lie, and what happens next changes everything. As if unraveling his true identity while on the run from his former employers—and the closest thing he's ever had to family—isn't enough, Dean's brainwashed best friend (who he is definitely not in love with, thanks) is hot on his trails with marching orders to take him out for good. What's a devilishly handsome superhero with a dick the size of his forearm to do?

Hi, I'm fairly new to the Destielfanfic scene and I wanted help on how to find specific kidfics where Dadstiel and dad!Dean's children are Claire and Jack. Can you help me please 🥹

Welcome to destiel and dadstiel! Fics with Dean and Cas raising their kids, together or separately, are tagged with #kid!fic tag on our blog. Feel free to browse all 10 pages of destiel kidfics, and when you are done with them, check out a brand new fic collection on AO3, Dadstiel Minibang 2024.

Hi! I’ve been hunting for a fic where Cas has chaotic Misha energy. I’ve checked hipster!Cas and fuckup!Cas tags but haven’t found one yet. Any suggestions?

Those are good tags to look through, but maybe they don't really capture Misha's chaotic energy. But then gain, what does? Check out #2014!cas tag which has non- depressive AU fics where Castiel's characterization was inspired by the endverse Cas. There's also a #snarky!cas tag.

It's hard to capture Misha's chaotic energy through Castiel's character, and it will always be a YMMV kinda thing. Here's a short rec list of some fics that capture at least some of his character better known traits.

And This, Your Living Kiss by opal_bullets (Cas loves poetry)

Castiel Novak: Tomb Raider by emwebb17 (Cas is a daring explorer)

Fearson’s floating cigarette. by orange_crushed (Cas is kind)

Freebies and Oak Trees by violue (unconventional celebrity Cas)

Go Down With This Ship by PorcupineGirl (Cas is self confident)

Lovingly Crafted and Tenderly Packaged by janie_tangerine (Cas is kind and caring)

One White Lie by komodobits (Cas is bad at lying)

Try-Something Tuesday by almaasi (Cas surprises Dean)

The Wish Machine by justkeeponwriting (Cas is selfless)

Destiel fanworks on AO3 - 118,470 (October 12, 2024)

You can find previous From The Inbox posts here.

If you enjoyed the fic, please drop by the archive (AO3) and let the author know with your comments and/or kudos!

[anyreiart]

Dadstiel MiniBang 2024

For @dadstielminibang 2024

I'm so excited to finally post my Dadstiel Fic! It was a tons of fun to write and I hope you guys will like it! Also a million thanks to my best friends, who beta-ed the fic for me and stood at my side, cheering me on! I love you @queerwolfsstuff, @punk-is-notdead and @eyesofatragedy67! You guys rock!

A million kisses and hugs go to my wonderful artist @aceing-on-the-cake who gifted me with beautiful art for this story! It's like they were in my brain and transferred what I wrote into art!! Please visit their masterpost and leave a ton of likes: https://archiveofourown.org/works/58218946

and here:

Something To Fight For

Written by: anyrei

Art by: @aceing-on-the-cake

Tags: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester/Eileen Leahy, OC kid character, Rowena MacLeod, Sam Winchester, Eileen Leahy, Canon Universe, Apocalyptic World, Demons, Canon-Typical Violence, Child trauma, Fluff and Angst, Domestic destiel, Happy Ending, Friends to Lovers, apple pie life as a reward, cuz they deserve it

Summary: When Cas goes to an apocalyptic parallel world to find an ingredient for a spell to cure Sam Winchester from a curse, he finds a little girl is the only survivor in a world dominated by demons. Saving her will start the journey of his own true happiness.

Ao3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/58142587/chapters/148035586

[an-android-in-a-tutu]

Foundling by @bleuzombie

This is my art post for the Dadstiel Minibang! I was paired with @bleuzombie who wrote a wonderful story about fae creature Cas raising Jack, full of sweet moments and overcoming the fear of being other.

This is the banner I came up with, I wanted to lean into the sort of children's book style that sort of emerged when I was playing with the colours on my art piece. I actually spent a stupid amount of time trying to get the names to look right hand lettered but eventually I gave up and just used a text box. I was deeply regretting picking such a long url. Bleu's name fit perfectly but mine always ended up looking like cramped mess.

And here is the piece itself! I was so excited to be able to design a monstery looking Cas and I'm hoping I did it justice. I had a lot of sketches that I played around with before I settled on a concept. This scene is from the beginning of the fic, when Cas finds Jack abandoned outside his cave and decides to keep him.

And some close ups:

I got experimental with the lighting and colours in a way I don't normally, but I felt satisfied with the result. I'm especially proud of baby Jack because I don't usually draw babies and I was sure he was gonna come out looking weird. I looked up so many reference images of tiny hands and feet.

Now that you've listened to me ramble about my contribution, go check out the fic and send the author some love!

Thanks to @dadstielminibang for making this event happen it was a great experience!

[readingprofoundbonds]

Breathless - Dadstiel Minibang Fiction

Artist: ThePlaidFox (@theplaidfox)

Author: iCeDreams (@readingprofoundbonds)

Words: 17,570

Summary:

Castiel loves his son, Jack, more than anything in the world. He works hard to provide for him and give him a loving home. But one morning, he wakes up feeling like he can’t breathe.

OR

A dadstiel story with a dash of Destiel thrown between, where Cas deals with the uncertainty of isolation and a father's love during the time of a pandemic.

Ao3 fic link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49357423

Tumblr art link: https://www.tumblr.com/theplaidfox/725667377424039936/art-masterpost-breathless

[dadstielminibang]

Jack Be Nimble

Author: Redamber79 (@imbiowaresbitch) Artist: Eggchef (@eggchef) Rating: Teen and Up Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Featured characters: Castiel, Jack Kline, Dean Winchester, Emma Winchester Featured relationships: Cas/Dean, past April/Cas, mentioned Lee/Dean Length: 7,105 words Tags:  Trans Jack, mentioned conversion therapy, mentioned transphobia, past attempted suicide, healing, teen Jack, matchmaker Jack, trans Dean

Summary:  Castiel is a divorced single father to his son, Jack. Both of them are healing from the trauma Jack's mother put them through with her refusal to accept Jack for who he is. One healing step for Jack is getting rid of the prom dress he never wanted.

Another of Jack's goals is to try to get his dad to stop worrying about him and stop putting his life on hold. So when they bump into a friend of his from school and her dad, it might just be fate.

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[dadstielminibang]

The Single Dad's Guide to Dating a Spy

Author: FriendofCarlotta (@friendofcarlotta) Artist: Dimitri Evans (@dimitrirmy) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Featured characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester, Claire Novak, Kelly Kline, Meg Masters, Jack Kline, Nick/Lucifer Featured relationships: Dean/Cas, past Cas/Nick Length: 29,534 words Tags:  Romantic Comedy, Kid Fic, Single Parent Castiel, Government Agent Dean Winchester, Castiel is Claire Novak's Parent, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Dom/sub Undertones

Summary: 

Single father Castiel Novak feels stuck in his dead-end job and the mindless routine of parenting. Everything changes when an early-morning grocery run throws him into the path of Dean Winchester, a government agent whose mission is tangled up with — of all things — Castiel’s dating history.

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[dadstielminibang]

From Zero to Family

Author: seidenapfel (@seidenapfel) Artist: Ephemera (@ephemerastardust) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Featured characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester, Jack Kline, Sam Winchester, Background & Cameo Characters Featured relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester Length: 11,773 words Tags:  Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Friends to Lovers, Baby Jack Kline, Fluff and Angst, Eventual (Mild) Smut, Marriage Proposal, Wedding Fluff, Dean Winchester is Good With Children

Summary:  Everything has happened so fast. Castiel’s whole life has changed irrevocably. Just a week ago, he was single. A very lonely single, with a boring life and a boring job, who was helplessly, and hopelessly in love with his best friend—has been, for years.

Now, Castiel not only has a baby to take care of but also has a boyfriend. A boyfriend who asks him to move in with him. And so, from one day to the next, they all live together—Jack, Castiel, and Dean—like a real family.

But it all seems too good to be true. It can't be real, or can it?

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[dadstielminibang]

One in a Million Chance

Author: MalicMalic (@malicmalic) Artist: Rezal (@rezal-art) Rating: Teen and Up Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Featured characters: Jack Kline, Castiel Novak, Dean Winchester Featured relationships: Castiel/Dean Length: 12,830 words Tags:  AU-Human, Kid fic, Selective Mutism, a form of ADHD, Single Parent Castiel, Dean/Cas first kiss, cuddling, very little angst.

Summary:  Dean's been working for Davies Financial Services for 2 years and he knows exactly two things about his CFO: his last name is Novak and according to him, Dean can't do anything right. One day, it all culminates and Dean is convinced he's going to get fired. While walking home that day, he runs into a blonde boy that flips his world upside down. Dean realizes that everything is not as it seems.

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[dadstielminibang]

Little Lights Shining

Author: Followsthebees (@follows-the-bees) Artist: fluffsnake (@fluffsnake) Rating: Teen and Up Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Featured characters:  Castiel, Claire Novak, Dean Winchester Featured relationships: Castiel & Claire Novak, Dean Winchester & Claire Novak, Castiel/Dean Winchester Length: 27.974 words Tags:  Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, pillow fort, light angst, fluff, growing up, coming out, vignettes of Claire growing up

Summary:  What started out as a desperate attempt to soothe his inconsolable baby girl’s cries became a fulcrum around which Claire and Castiel Novak's lives revolved.

Follow father and daughter through a series of vignettes interwoven in the fabric of the blanket fort he built for her — a sheltering place for the formative moments of Castiel's and Claire’s relationship that expands to make room for their growing family as time goes by.

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[dadstielminibang]

The kid is home

Author: MercurialKitty (@mercurialkitty) Artist: SailorSallyArt (@sailorsallyart) Rating: Teen and Up Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Featured characters: Castiel, Jack, Dean, Kelly, Claire Featured relationships: Castiel/Dean, Claire Novak/Kaia Nieves Length: 9,605 words Tags:  Age Regression/De-Aging, Baby Jack Kline

Summary: 

Jack Kline is leaving heaven and coming home to earth, but Jack realizes that he has an opportunity to experience childhood. Cas is anxiously expecting Jack to walk through the door, and is surprised when presented with a baby. Everyone has questions about Jack and Cas' role as Jack's dad -- especially Dean and Claire.

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[dadstielminibang]

Legos, Love & Batman's little Helpers

Author: Liron (@liron-ao3) Artist:  golby moon (@golby-moon) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Featured characters: Castiel, Claire, Jack, Dean, Kelly, Charlie, Gabriel, Rowena, Mother Novak (OC) Featured relationships: Castiel/Dean, Castiel & Claire , Castiel & Jack, Claire & Dean, Jack & Dean, Past Castiel/OMC Length: 22,664 words Tags:  Single Parent Castiel, Omega Castiel/Alpha Dean Winchester, Family Fluff, Family Drama, Family Bonding, Slow Burn (Kinda), True Mates, Caring Dean Winchester

Summary: 

When Castiel's mate dies eight years after their arranged bonding, the omega is sad but not heartbroken. From now on, his life revolves around his pups Claire and Jack, as he tries his best to guide them through their grief and give them a happy childhood. The children are his whole world. Until a green-eyed alpha steps into his life.

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[dadstielminibang]

All These New Beginnings

Author: LadyKnightSkye (@ladyknightskye) Artist:  sidewinder (@hawkland) Rating: Teen and Up Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Featured characters: Castiel, Becky Rosen, Michael, Lucifer, Gabriel, Raphael Featured relationships: Castiel/Becky Rosen; Castiel & Michael & Lucifer & Raphael & Gabriel Length: 10,684 words Tags:  God!Castiel; Canon Divergence; Referenced/Implied Relationships; Referenced/Implied Mind Control; References to Non-Consensual Dating; Chuck Shurley is not God; Sibling Bonding; Good Dad Castiel

Summary:  "Cas, are you God?"

Turns out, yes, yes he is. And now Castiel has to figure out how to undo the damage that's been done to his beloved family and accept this world that he didn't actually build. First, though, he has to find the Usurper who caused all the problems in the first place. That's where Becky Rosen comes in. Turns out, this is the easy part.

Because once everything's back in place . . . what do you do with eternity?

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[follows-the-bees]

My newest story is out!! This was such a joy to write! Claire's childhood summed up in vignettes of the important moments in her life and the people she built a life around. Plus, my childhood dream of having a gigantic pillow fort came true in this story.

Fluffsnake's art is amazing and I could gush about them forever.

Little Lights Shining

Author: Followsthebees (@follows-the-bees) Artist: fluffsnake (@fluffsnake) Rating: Teen and Up Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Featured characters:  Castiel, Claire Novak, Dean Winchester Featured relationships: Castiel & Claire Novak, Dean Winchester & Claire Novak, Castiel/Dean Winchester Length: 27.974 words Tags:  Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, pillow fort, light angst, fluff, growing up, coming out, vignettes of Claire growing up

Summary:  What started out as a desperate attempt to soothe his inconsolable baby girl’s cries became a fulcrum around which Claire and Castiel Novak's lives revolved.

Follow father and daughter through a series of vignettes interwoven in the fabric of the blanket fort he built for her — a sheltering place for the formative moments of Castiel's and Claire’s relationship that expands to make room for their growing family as time goes by.

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[imbiowaresbitch]

I absolutely adore this story, go give it (and the set-up fic!) a read!!

From Zero to Family

Author: seidenapfel (@seidenapfel) Artist: Ephemera (@ephemerastardust) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Featured characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester, Jack Kline, Sam Winchester, Background & Cameo Characters Featured relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester Length: 11,773 words Tags:  Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Friends to Lovers, Baby Jack Kline, Fluff and Angst, Eventual (Mild) Smut, Marriage Proposal, Wedding Fluff, Dean Winchester is Good With Children

Summary:  Everything has happened so fast. Castiel’s whole life has changed irrevocably. Just a week ago, he was single. A very lonely single, with a boring life and a boring job, who was helplessly, and hopelessly in love with his best friend—has been, for years.

Now, Castiel not only has a baby to take care of but also has a boyfriend. A boyfriend who asks him to move in with him. And so, from one day to the next, they all live together—Jack, Castiel, and Dean—like a real family.

But it all seems too good to be true. It can't be real, or can it?

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