#sabriel fluff friday

[arialerendeair]

To be called out SO directly…

Just recently published my 75th (!!!) work on AO3, and it got me wondering…

[aterimber]

Description: Sam goes to his first school dance.

Prompt: Punch Day

Teen!Chesters, Sabriel, Fluff

Words: 1,044

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After hours at The Wendigo: Coffee & Cinnamon Buns

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/PhUlwk1 by finnza Hello! Hello?....Hello. Welcome to the first part of an unspecified amount of chapters regarding my first like, real fanfic. It's a healthy mix of Destiel, Sabriel, and cinnamon buns. There's gonna be a lot of fluff. Some mutual pining (obviously). Some hurt/comfort. Some mystery element that I'm still figuring out. Playing all the best Supernatural references. Have fun! And pray with me that I won't burn out on this like, tomorrow. Words: 2279, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Gabriel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Castiel's Trenchcoat (Supernatural), Sam Winchester Relationships: Gabriel/Sam Winchester, Castiel/Dean Winchester Additional Tags: Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Bakery and Coffee Shop, Sam Winchester Ships Castiel/Dean Winchester, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Sabriel Fluff Friday (Supernatural) read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/PhUlwk1

[sabrielflufffriday]

SFF: It's Christmas and Sam is sad and missing Gabriel, wishing the Trickster Archangel was alive to enjoy the holiday with him and Dean and Cas, but Gabe is gone, and Sam is depressed and pining. And maybe, maybe he slips out of the bunker on a snowy night to stargaze, and finds Gabe in the middle of making a snow angel, all six of his golden wings on display. And Gabe doesn't know how he's back, but he's there, and he's never leaving his Samshine again!

Sam can’t help sighing a little bit as Dean gives him another look and looks towards the door.  Dean wants a few private moments with Cas, and he couldn’t help it if he didn’t want to go stand outside in the damn snow.  

“You have twenty minutes,” he told Dean, pushing himself up. 

Castiel frowned.  “Sam-”

Sam waved him off and grabbed his jacket off a chair and headed for the door, taking a deep breath.  It wasn’t Cas’ fault that he missed Gabriel like a limb, especially whenever he saw Dean and Cas together.  “It’s fine, Cas, I promise.”  

He caught sight of his brother putting an album into the stereo and holding out his hand to Cas.  They were going to dance.  Another pang hit his heart and he sighed as he closed the door behind him.  Maybe he’d give them a half hour.  

It was cold outside.  And snowing.  There was already a few inches on the ground and so far this was looking like several more were going to be left behind.  Dean would be bitching in the morning, without a doubt.  

He looked up at the stars and couldn’t help smiling a little bit.  He couldn’t help thinking of Gabriel at Christmas.  He was in every story, images of him were in every story, he couldn’t get away from it.  And worse still, he couldn’t get away from those stupid fucking memories of Gabriel when they’d been nothing more than two people having a good night together.  

Sam sighed and pushed his fingers through his hair.  If it hadn’t been for that night, he could have forgotten entirely about Gabriel and let him rest wherever the hell angels went when they died.  But no, of course not.  Of course Gabriel had had to be the best kind of rough with him, had been strong enough to toss him around and had kissed him like he fucking mattered.  

Sam stared at the stars and repeated his usual mantra to himself.  “It didn’t matter.  You didn’t matter.  It was just one more way to distract us.”  He took a deep breath and glanced at his watch.  Had barely been six minutes.  Dammit.  

“You know, you did matter.  Even if I didn’t want you to.”  

Sam slammed his eyes shut and took a hard breath.  It wasn’t Gabriel.  It never was.  No matter how often he heard the voice, it never was him.  He’d heard it too damn often, especially after Lucifer had... He shook his head.  

“What?  You can’t even look at me?” 

Sam spun around, ready to snarl at the vision that wasn’t going to be there and froze at the sight of Gabriel in the snowbank, large golden wings spread out behind him.  His mouth went dry and he slammed his eyes shut, shaking his head and turning away.  “Fuck, now I’m going insane.  You’ve got to be kidding me.”  

“Nah, you’re not insane.  Well, not insane as someone who regularly hunts monsters in the night can be,” Gabriel drawled, flexing his wings to leave an imprint in the snow.  

Sam opened his eyes and glared at Gabriel.  He was still there, still sitting in the snow like he had been there for hours.  “Why the hell are you here?”  

Gabriel shrugged and sat up.  “No idea.  Why?  Do you want me gone?” 

“No,” Sam blurted, his eyes going wide as he stepped closer.  “I don’t, there’s no way that you can be real.  I must be hallucinating.”  

Gabriel raised his eyebrows.  “Do you hallucinate me often?” 

Sam scowled at Gabriel.  “Fuck off.”  

Gabriel hummed and settled back into the snowbank.  “Well well well, would you look at that.”  

Sam turned back towards the bunker.  It was just his imagination, and he needed to focus on something else, and then maybe have Cas check him for a concussion or something worse.  

“Sam,” Gabriel called.  “You did mean something.  You did.  A great deal, even.” 

His breath felt stuck in his chest and Sam shook his head again.  This couldn’t be Gabriel.  Gabriel wouldn’t have given a shit about that night.  “Liar,” Sam managed to choke out.  

Gabriel pushed himself up and off the snowbank, his wings disappearing as he strode towards Sam  “You call me a liar?” he asked, his voice reverberating with power.  “You dare...”  

“Oh I dare,” Sam snapped, spinning back around to glare at Gabriel.  The snow started to whip up around him and he took a step back, scowling at Gabriel.  “Stop it!”  

“Oh no,” Gabriel said, laughing.  “You think I’m not real.”  

“I know you’re not real,” Sam snapped back.  “I know Lucifer killed you, I know that he hated doing it.”  

Gabriel’s smile fell and he stared at Sam.  “And how do you know that, Sam?”  

Sam shuddered and took another step back.  “The cage.  I went in with him.  He, well.  He got to have fun with me for a very, very long time.”  

“I’m sorry,” Gabriel said.  “I never wanted that for you.”  

Sam blinked at the apology and watched Gabriel walk closer.  “You’re really here, aren’t you?”  

Gabriel tilted his head and looked at Sam.  “You really did miss me, didn’t you?” 

Sam shrugged a little bit.  “Maybe.”  

“Maybe,” Gabriel scoffed, unable to keep from smiling.  “Well, is maybe enough to invite me into your humble abode for a drink?”  

“Yeah,” Sam said with a nod, looking at the snowbank and the imprint of the wings.  

“Don’t worry,” Gabriel said with a drawl, holding out his hand.  “If you’re good, I’ll pull them out for you again soon.”  

Sam hesitated, but reached out and took Gabriel’s hand.  It was warm and real.  He let out a breath he hadn’t realized he was holding and opened the door to the bunker.  “Cas’ll be glad to see you.” 

Gabriel snickered.  “Depends on your definition of glad.”  

Sam couldn’t help grinning as he held onto Gabriel’s hand, nice and tight.  He wasn’t going to let go this time.  

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Only today it is hosted by me, not @aria-lerendeair. :) However, you may watch me editing an aria/whit femslash sabriel RP, if that tickles your fancy. Or just hang around and chat!

[gabe-killed-me-with-ace-cream]

Never Have I Ever

*Gabes PoV*

Now I was here. The university where I'd spend the next few years. It looked nice. To the right was the campus building and on the left were the dorms, which curently interested me more. Carrying my boxes upstairs to my new home, I wondered how my new roommate would be. I hoped for someone nice and understanding, seeing as otherwise it would be pretty difficult for him to live with me...

When I finally managed to find my dorm number and opened the door, I nearly dropped the box I was holding: I was greeted with the great sight on what appeared to be my new roommates butt. He was bending over to something next to one of the beds, his Plaid shirt riding up, revealing a bit of skin.

With a loud crash my box fell down. Luckily there was nothing breakable in there. My roommate turned around and oh my moose,  he was tall! And... cute... As he rushed towards me, I finally remembered to close my mouth and put on a smirk instead. "Are you alright?! You must be my roommate then. Uhm, hi! I'm Sam. Winchester...", the giant rambled. "Hiya Sammy, 'm Gabriel!", I introduced myself . Sam looked down at me with something, that could only be described as a bitch face, exclaiming: "Don't call me that! It's Sam, not Sammy." Laughing, I winked at him: "Whatever you say, Samsquatch!" He only huffed out an exasperated little sigh, but seemed to accept that nickname. Good, cause there's more to come...

An awkward silence spread out between us, before Sam leaned down to my abbadoned and put it aside. "Sorry, uhm... You probably have more boxes. I'll help you carry them, if you want...", the moose began to ramble again. I cut him short by pointing behind me, saying: "Sure! They're downstairs in the main hall.", turning around and just Walking away.

On the way back up, I made sure to walk behind Sam as much as possible, to get a closer look on that delicious booty...

~time skip~ *Third Person PoV*

Later that evening the two boys were sitting in their dorm room. Sam sat on his bed, reading a book, while Gabe sat on the floor in front of his bed and listened to music. Suddenly he yanked his headphones out of his ears, the motion catching Sams eye. "Samsquatch, I've got a great idea! Let's play Never Have I Ever!", he proclaimed. Sam slowly put his book aside and looked over at his smaller roommate. "Just to get to know eachother better...", Gabriel added shrugging and patted the empty space in front of him. Sam slid off his bed, resting his back against the bed frame, and watched Gabe produce a bag with little paper cards from literally nowhere. "You planned this, didn't you?", he asked suspicious, but with a small smile . Gabe smirked back, saying: "Maybe... Now shut up and let, ask the first question." Holding his hands up, Sam watched him rumage around and finally pull one card out. "O.k. let's see... Never Have I Ever... be in handcuffs. Ohh, off to a great start!", he exclaimed, then added, "Honestly, I have." Sam shook his head no. "I haven't. My turn." He pulled card from the bag, Gabriel held out to him, and read it out loud: "Never Have I Ever been arrested? Well, that's another no for me, what about you?" Gabe grinned, wriggling his eyebrows a bit as he said: "Me neither, Samsquach..." It took Sam a while to figure out why he was grinning like this: "Then why were you in... You know what?! I'm not even gonna ask! Next question!" Gabes grin only widened at that and he waggled his eyebrows again, while he pulled the next card from he bag. "Never Have I Ever gotten into a fight.", he read and added reluctantly, "That'd be a yes on my side..." Sam nodded and replied: "Yeah, same here... Had to defend a friend from some bullies... May I, uhm, ask for your story?" To this Gabriel let out a shaky breath and laid his head back against his mattress. The Winchester added carefully: "You don't have to tell me, if you don't want to. It's alright..." Gabe shook his head and sakd: "No. No it's just... It's dangerous terrain... Some guy gave me shit for being pansexual and I lashed out..." He lifted his head back up to look into Sams eyes, searching for a reaction. "Oh, wow... That- That guy was dick!", was the only thing he said to that. Gabe actually looked surprised, when he asked: "Really?! You're not gonna say anything? No shit to of questions?" Now Sam shook his head, laughing a bit: "None at all. Listen, Gabe, my own brother is bi and I- Well let's just say, that I don't really care, who you love...! Continuing on..." And so he grabbed yet another card, while Gabriel was still awestruck, that this hottie of a moose was also so accepting. Only thing better would be, if he was also into guys, but how likely was that?!

He only realized, he'd been staring the whole time, when Sam snapped his fingers right in front of his face. "Uhh, yes, what was the question?", Gabe asked confused. Sam laughed slightly and repeated: "I said, Never Have I Ever laughed so hard, I cried. Also, I definitely have..." Gabe laughed as well, before replying: "Yeah, same goes for me! My turn! Uhm... Never Have I Ever told someone how I feel about them in a song?" Folding the paper and putting it away, he looked at Sam expectantly. He shook his head, saying: "Nope, I haven't. I can't sing, I sound like crap..."Though I certainly wouldn't mind, if someone did this for me..., he added in his mind. Gabriel huffed out a laugh. "I'm sure you can sing great!" "What about you?", Sam asked, trying to encourage his roommate, "Have you ever confessed your undying love for someone in a song?" A little uncomfortable, Gabe shuffled around in his seat, before saying: "Noooo... But I did write a song about how much I hate my brother Michael once..." Nearly inaudible he added: "I still wrote a love song too..." Sam pretended he didn't hear that and pulled the next question from the bag: "Alright, Never Have I Ever made out with someone in school... Of course I have. Who hasn't?!" Gabe looked down, blushing a bit as he answered: "I haven't..." Reading the next card, his blush only deepened. Taking it out of Gabriels hand and reading it himself, Sam grinned. "Never Have I Ever had a crush on a straight person... Well, I had...", he laughed. Looking over at Gabriel, who sheepishly looked up at him, he added: "Am I allowed to ask?" The smaller boy furiously shook his bright red head at this, which only made Sam laugh more. "I'll just take that as a yes then..." Gabe glared at him as he pushed the bag with the paper cards over to Sam, who picked the next one out. "N-No?!", he sputtered, upon reading it. Now Gabe was curious. "What is it?", he asked, leaning forward slightly. "Never Have I Ever kissed another guy.", Sam read and then covered his face with his hands. Gabriel grinned, then proclaimed: "I'm offended! Of course I have, what are you thinking of me, Samsquatch?!" Glancing through his fingers, Sam watched as the cute, golden-haired boy fished out the next card. When he looked back up, Sam got caught in his deep, whiskey-colored eyes for a second, before he remembered to focus on the question. Gabe put on a mischievous grin as he said: "Looks like this the last one, we'll have to make up our own after that... So, Never Have I Ever climbed out of the window during hide and seek... Oh, come on?! Who hasn't done that at least once as a kid?" Sam laughed: "Yeah, right?! And then climbed into your neighbours flat and hid in their bathroom?" "I don't even need to be a kid to do that...!", Gabriel winked, and added, "And then had sex on their table?" Now it was Sams turn to blush furiously, shouting: "NO!" As Gabriel only giggled, Sam nodded and added, still bright red: "So that's how you wanna play, huh? Alright then: Never Have I Ever had a wet dream abaout a close friend..." Gabriel stopped laughing and looked him dead in the eye. "I haven't, have you?" Sam only bit his lip and looked to the side, avoiding the mischievous gaze of the other boy. Gabe smirked knowingly and continued: "Alrighty then... Never Have I Ever... texted someone a nude selfie? I know, I haven't." If possible, Sams blush became even darker as he murmured: "Not... Yet..."

"Not yet?", Gabe repeated surprised, "Do you plan on doing that?" Sam let his gaze flicker over him and uttered: "Maybe..." Raising his eyebrows, Gabe wondered: "Oh, really? And... what would that lucky person have to do, to receive such a picture?" Now it was Sams turn to smirk and wink at the blushing boy. "Not much... Maybe a song, written by a cute little blonde, about feelings and undying love?"

[leatafandom]

Hi hun

A summer prompt of Sabriel & Destiel for a Bar AU please and thank you.

My original idea was Gabe and Cas run the bar, with cas as a chef and gabe as the drinks extrindaniare

But feel free to take it as you like. <3

Thank you so much for sending me this ask and being so understanding and patient. The muse had too many ideas, but! the third time was the charm! I did keep the versions of this I scrapped so maybe I’ll make some more Bar AUs in the future we’ll see. Since the fic ended up being over 9k I just did the first section here since it felt so long, but the full version is up on my Ao3. I hope you enjoy this love and it's kinda sorta what you had in mind. Happy Reading ❤️

Written for Summer Prompt # 17: Drenched from a Summer Storm + Bar AU + Sabriel and Destiel  

Rated M, full version available here

Tags: alcohol, dirty cocktails, so much sexual humor, fluff getting together, background Midam, flirting, brotherly teasing, socially awkward Castiel, shared love languages, sexual innuendos

Summary: It started with the best burger Dean had ever tasted and didn't stop at just one dirty cocktail.

Snipping from Burgers and Dirty Cocktails

"And one Screaming Orgasm."

Both of the Winchesters stared in confusion and shock at the tall shot glass the waitress placed beside Sam's pint of beer and their shared appetizer.

"Really, man, you ordered a shot?"

"No." Sam glared across the table at his older brother's surprised and narrowed eyes. "I didn't order this," he said, looking back up at their waitress, pointing at the glass. "I just ordered two beers and onion rings." He finished motioning towards the beers and basket.

"I know," she replied, her voice filled with laughter. "The bartender made it especially for you." She jerked her head at the short blonde man behind the bar as he shook a drink with a wide grin at the customer on the stool in front of him. "Gabe always sends cute guys drinks." She looked back at them with an amused smile and a shrug of her left shoulder. "I'll be back to take your orders," she added, giving Sam another once over.

Sam sat gobsmacked before looking back at the tempting drink. He hadn't done shots since he was in college and Jess would drag him to parties. Dean's eyes narrowed on the laughing blonde as he tossed the cocktail shaker and caught it with a skilled flare. Dean huffed out a disbelieving breath, turning his head back to Sam's unsure expression as his little brother eyed the tall shot.

The bar and grill had become Dean's favorite place to come on Friday nights after finishing his shift at the garage. Within a few visits, he had fallen in love with the burgers and steaks the chef made, starting to stick to always ordering the chef's special. He'd come here more than a few times before he had suggested it to his brother, wanting to share the place with Sam after falling in love with the chef's unique take on grilling. His eyes looked over the vodka shot, his lips twisting, not having had a chance to try a cocktail yet. He'd heard everything Gabriel made was supposed to be a match for the quality meals Castiel made in the kitchen.

"He's never made me a drink," Dean grumbled, shifting in his seat. "If you're not gonna drink it," Dean pointed at the Screaming Orgasm. "I am. His drinks are supposed to be legendary."

Sam chuckled, pulling the drink closer to him. "You're jealous he doesn't think you're cute," Sam snarked before knocking it back to Dean's displeasure.

"Yeah. I am jealous that I don't get a free shot hand-made by Gabe." Dean gruffed while Sam savored the shot to spite him. "Dude makes the best drinks."

Sam nearly groaned at the well-balanced drink, barely hearing Dean's complaint. "Oh my god, that's good." His eyes fell closed at the wash of almond and coffee liqueur that balanced the vodka, savoring the drink.

"Don't rub it in, ass," Dean grumbled, grabbing a handful of onion rings.

Unlike his brother Sam had stopped drinking the odd cocktail and shot after college, but he'd never had anything near as smooth as that. "Shit," He cursed looking at the now empty glass in slight awe causing Dean's eyes to roll and steal more rings. "Hey!"

"Shut up. I get the rings. Now I wanna order a shot," Dean grumbled, not looking forward to placing that order. The older man grimaced, looking back at the bar and sitting up more in their booth. "He is exactly your type. Short, funny, cute, and blonde," he commented, shoving another onion ring in his mouth as he watched the bartender.

"Whatever, the burgers better be as good as that shot," Sam grumbled, shoving an onion ring into his mouth before Dean ate them all, still turning through the menu while resisting the urge to turn and look at the flirting bartender.

Regardless of Dean's urging throughout their delicious meal, Sam didn't go up to the bar and talk to the bartender. He had to admit he ended up loving the burger almost as much as the shot the blonde had made him and it didn't take much to convince Sam to make the family-owned bar and grill their new spot for their weekly dinner meetup, flirty and possibly cute bartender or not.

On their way out, after finishing the dessert Dean swore they had to order too, Sam couldn't resist taking a long look around the bar and at Gabriel. He smiled, swallowing slightly at the sight of the short blonde that oozed energy. Sam nearly tripped, when Gabriel caught him and winked with a wide leering grin. The brunette had cleared his throat and offered a small wave, tilting his head down in an attempt to hide his embarrassment and block out his brother's snickers behind him.

full version available here

[janimoon]

ARIA WRITING STREAM!

Since Ao3 is Down...

(For another couple of hours anyways…)

Anyone interested in some writing being livestreamed on the Dreamling Discord?

I used to do this all of the time, but curious if this is something people would still enjoy watching!

[negans-lucille-tblr]

Bee’s 7Ks of the Week Writing Challenge

I’m so overwhelmed that I’ve hit 7000 followers 🥺 I don’t even have words, thank you so much. I never dreamed of having this many followers. Thank you, I love you all 🥺🥰

You know I like to create a challenge inspired by the number of followers for the milestone, so I’ve come up with one centred around the 7 days of the week! 

How to Play:

Below you’ll find a list of ten prompts for every day of the week. Each day has a different theme. 

To build your fic you can only pick ONE prompt from each day - (with the exception of Monday and Wednesday because I’m a slut and I wanna read all the gang bangs and orgies you can think of ;) )

You don’t have to pick a prompt from every single day, but you must pick from a minimum of THREE days. 

Once you’ve “built” your fic, drop me an ask and let me know you’ll be participating. You don’t have to give me every prompt you’ve chosen if you don’t want to, but if you could let me know the Character(s) you’ve selected that would be cool!

To make sure I have time to read every entry, I’m capping this challenge at 30 spaces. 

More below the cut...

Other Rules:

As this is a followers celebration it would be nice if you were following me :)

You can write for SPN, TWD, Walker or Marvel, or a crossover if you so wish.

You can write for any of the characters/actors listed in Monday and Wednesday

Threesomes/Moresomes are welcome and can include m/m and/or f/f (this girl is Polyamorous and bisexual, so go wild)

Your fic can be reader insert (Female or Male) or a ship of your choosing - Preferably in 2nd or 3rd Person narrative. The exception to this rule being Destiel and Sabriel as I don’t read for these pairings.

Your fic can be any genre or mix of - Dark is A-Okay (and even encouraged) as long as you tag/warn accordingly. Write whatever your heart desires - but please no toilet stuff or underage/ageplay as I don’t read those.

There is no minimum word count but the maximum is 3K, and please use a keep reading tab if it is over 500 words or I won’t reblog it!

Tag me in your work and use the hashtag #bees7ksoftheweekchallenge in the first 5 tags.

If I’ve not read and reblogged your entry within 3 days please message me the link as dumblr sucks at telling me things :)

I will be posting the masterlist for this challenge on the 1st June 2021 so please have posted by then if you want to be added to it :) 

Most importantly…have fun!

Prompts...

MONDAY - Man Crush Monday 

Dean Winchester / Jensen Ackles 

Sam Winchester / Cordell Walker ( / Duke)  / Jared Padalecki 

John Winchester / Negan / Jeffrey Dean Morgan 

Benny Laffitte / Ty Olsen 

Alex Calvert (but not Jack) 

Damon Salvatore / Ian Somerholder 

Bucky Barnes / Sebastian Stan

Steve Rogers / Ransom / Chris Evans 

Thor / Chris Hemsworth 

Tom Holland (but not Peter Parker) 

TUESDAY - Two for Tuesdays

Fluff & Angst (Flangst) 

Smut and Angst (Smangst) 

Smut and Fluff 

Enemies to Lovers 

Best Friends to Lovers

Enemies to Friends 

Lovers to Enemies

Lovers to Friends

Hurt and Comfort

Fuck or Die

WEDNESDAY - Woman Crush Wednesday 

Charlie Bradbury / Felicia Day

Jo Harvelle / Alona Tal 

Ruby (1 or 2) / Katie Cassidy / Gen Padalecki 

Anael / Danneel Ackles

Donna Hascombe / Brianna Buckmaster 

Claire Novak / Kathryn Newton 

Micki Ramirez / Lindsey Morgan

Wanda Maximoff / Elizabeth Olsen

Carol Denver / Brie Larson 

Natasha Romanoff / Scarlet Johansson 

THURSDAY - Throwback Thursday 

2000s

1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

1950s

1940s

1920s

1800s

1700s

FRIDAY - Thank God it's Friday 

Girls Night In 

Going out to a bar

Going on a date 

Movie night 

Going on Vacation 

Game night 

House party

Work Function

Karaoke bar

Drive-In Movies 

SATURDAY - Saturday Night at the Movies 

There's only one bed  

Body Swap (eg Freaky Friday) 

Grand declaration of love 

The makeover 

The Dating bet 

Love Triangle 

Unlikely romance 

"I almost lost you" 

The Hero gets the girl

The Best Friend gets the girl 

SUNDAY - Sinful Sunday 

Size Kink

Degradation / Humiliation

Praise Kink

Cock warming

Daddy Kink

Public Sex

Group Sex

Bisexual Male

Sloppy Seconds

CNC 

[arialerendeair]

Where did Sabriel Fluff Friday Go?

Hello everyone!

You might have noticed the completely unannounced (and unintentional) hiatus that SFF has been going through.  

This is completely due to work and other factors impacting my real life and nothing to do with not being involved in the fandom.  (I’ve barely been on Tumblr, or Ao3, let alone Livestream.)  

So with all of that being said, HI I’M STILL HERE, I STILL LOVE YOU ALL AND SFF IS STILL SO VERY ABSOLUTELY A THING.  

However, I’ve come to an fork in the road.  Down one road leads livestream, and down another is...well.  I don’t quite know yet.  Livestream has decided to move to paid accounts only, which gives me two options.  Either $99 a month, or $500 a year.  

I’ll be looking for an alternate service that will allow me to stream and chat with you all and I might try out a few as we go through the next few weeks.  

I’m still here, I am still ALL OVER SFF, and I am going to come back in a more official fashion in the very short future.  <3  

SEND ME SFF ASKS, PLEASE????  <3  

-Aria

[aterimber]

What better way to end Dean’s birthday (and your weekend) than with some Destiel fluff?

You can read the FULL stories of all these (and more!) by signing up for my Patreon, where I post NEW stories EVERY two weeks! (Next fic is coming Friday, and is Sabriel taking care of Destiel’s kids, and is pretty darn cute, if I do say so myself 😅 )

[arialerendeair]

And this is why exchanges and Ship Weeks are so bloody important.

Keeping those going - keeping those a habit, finding a way to use them to revitalize things - they make a massive difference in maintaining the fandom.

People also need to realize that there is a difference between (to borrow a phrase from sports) the fair weather crowd for a fandom, and the long term crowd for the fandom.

The fair weather crowd is the height of the frenzy - when you have all the casual folks mildly interested. They might peek at a fic, or join a discord, but they are not active fandom members. There are a LOT of them at the height of a new fandom gaining frenzy - but they die off quick.

The remaining crowd, the long term crowd, there are quite a few less of them, but they are WILDLY passionate. And just because there are LESS doesn’t mean the fandom is dying. And here, l’ll prove it.

See that spike?

That's Dreamling Week compared to my usual blog activity. And I was ONE BLOG, who made a concentrated effort to recirculate a ton of Dreamling content (and I haven't even GOTTEN to the stuff that was created for Dreamling Week - this was just all older stuff!!) post the initial Dreamling frenzy that accompanied the release of Sandman Season 1.

Fandoms only die when there is a lack of content - but it truly only takes a few people making an effort - and the more people that make that effort - the easier it is for a fandom to stay "alive".

Back in 2015/2016 or so, when I started writing Sabriel - it was Season 8 of Supernatural. Gabriel had been dead for 3 seasons. Gone and dusted, no hope of coming back. I didn't particularly want to commit to watching hundreds of episodes of SPN - so I watched the five or so that applied to Sabriel and... started writing.

And didn't stop. For YEARS I pumped a tremendous amount of Sabriel content into the fandom - and it inspired other people to write more. Helped run the Sabriel Big Bang at one point, and other bangs, and hosted Sabriel Fluff Friday for YEARS on livestreams.

(Part of me wonders, regularly, if the surge in Sabriel popularity that accompanied those years is part of the reason that Gabriel was brought back in later seasons. I like to think it was at least partially responsible!)

Hell, even when I stopped writing for the fandom (and took a fandom break, straight up, before I fell into Malec), I still came back to it with the longest story I've ever written, with co-author @to-the-stars-writing that is over 1 million words altogether that is Sabriel and Malec!

Fandoms don't die unless people stop creating and interacting with content. The concentrated effort of about 20 or so people kept me in the Sabriel fandom and creating SCADS of stories for YEARS. That's really all it takes.

The Dreamling fandom (in comparison to Malec) is rather tiny, but holy SHIT is it dedicated. Fandoms don't die as long as there are passionate people - the only thing that happens is the fair weather people, who really weren't IN the fandom, or were only stopping by to wave it as they walked through - aren't there until there's another content drop. (Coincidentally - this is why you should NEVER judge fics by # of hits or kudos - because you will miss dozens of gems that were created after the fair-weather fan surge. I tend to sort by completion, and date released, then read my way back to present day! The "popular" fics will always be there - but don't miss the hidden gems!)

So don't say a fandom is 'dying' when all the fair weather fans move on - because that's simply not true. This is when a fandom is at its best. People are still creating content, still writing, and that, ultimately, is always what matters.

I hate that planned obsolescence is starting to reach fandoms. I hate that fandoms are starting to die after two, three years, I hate that whenever you stop getting content that means the fandom will die and be gone.

I need people to stop trying to brush off old interests as being 'cringe' as soon as you lose interest, or worse: make it seem like it's imoral to like something that they themselves held so dear before.

Fandoms are meant to last for years and years, the moment content stops being created is the moment we truly thrive because we keep creating the content ourselves the way we love it and expand on the things that are already there for us.

I don't care if you lost interest on something, it's fine and normal even, but stop trying to blame and make fun of people who still do love the fandom and the content and the things we can create.

I need people to enjoy fandom again

[ao3feed-destiel]

New Years

Read it on AO3 here!https://ift.tt/2RFWJIC

by AterImber

This years (2019) New Years' fic.

This is the last fic of 2019! I'll begin posting fics again Jan. 17th, and then resume the every 2 weeks on Friday posting schedule. Can't wait that long for new fics? Check out my website and find/rediscover some new (old) favourites: https://ift.tt/2YxMYha

Sassy!Cas, Destiel, Sabriel

Words: 1851, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Supernatural

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Castiel, Gabriel (Supernatural)

Relationships: Destiel, Sabriel - Relationship

Additional Tags: sassy!Cas, New Years, SPN - Freeform, Supernatural - Freeform, Destiel - Freeform, Sabriel - Freeform, Fluff, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Fluff, human!Cas, human!Gabriel

Link: https://ift.tt/2RFWJIC

[ao3feed-destiel-02]

After hours at The Wendigo: Coffee &amp; Cinnamon Buns

After hours at The Wendigo: Coffee & Cinnamon Buns https://ift.tt/GrNzjeS by finnza Hello! Hello?....Hello. Welcome to the first part of an unspecified amount of chapters regarding my first like, real fanfic. It's a healthy mix of Destiel, Sabriel, and cinnamon buns. There's gonna be a lot of fluff. Some mutual pining (obviously). Some hurt/comfort. Some mystery element that I'm still figuring out. Playing all the best Supernatural references. Have fun! And pray with me that I won't burn out on this like, tomorrow. Words: 2279, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Gabriel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Castiel's Trenchcoat (Supernatural), Sam Winchester Relationships: Gabriel/Sam Winchester, Castiel/Dean Winchester Additional Tags: Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Bakery and Coffee Shop, Sam Winchester Ships Castiel/Dean Winchester, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Sabriel Fluff Friday (Supernatural) via AO3 works tagged 'Castiel/Dean Winchester' https://ift.tt/3bszkKy September 18, 2024 at 07:49AM

[asgardianarchangel]

It’s Time...

Do you like dark things?  Do you like to be scared?  

Does the thought of a corrupted character toying with you give you a little thrill?

Want to explore the angst fest that could be finding out a character is no longer themselves, or maybe you’re a fan of some good, old-fashioned Halloween crack?

Then join us in showing some love to the darker side of Supernatural in our Spn Dark Challenge!

All the gory details can be found below the cut.  We hope you’ll find something to inspire you!

GUIDELINES

To join, send an ask with any Supernatural character(s) and a prompt.

All fics must be:

Reader insert (threesomes allowed)

Have a variation of at least one dark character (though you can fix them if you want)  

All fics MUST have:

“Read more” function if over 500 words

Triggers tagged and appropriate warnings

Any NSFW imagery under the cut

Otherwise, anything goes - fluff, smut, horror, gen!fic, crack, angst - hit us with whatever your muse is feeling.

Please tag @asgardianarchangel, @nobodys-baby-now, and @thewhiterabbit42 in all entries and add #spndarkchallenge in the first five tags.

Sign up deadline is October 1st

Fics are due by October 31st

We all know tumblr tags are wonky.  If you post your fic and don’t get a like from us within a few days, shoot us a message.   

PROMPTS

For prompts, we decided to go with something different.  Here is a list of horror movie titles to be used as either the title of your fic or an overall inspiration for it!

The Omen - @meadow-melody (Dark!Lucifer)

When a Stranger Calls - @revwinchester (Leviathan!Sam)

The Night Stalker

The Crazies - @hannahindie (Sam and Dean)

The Hunger

Friday the 13th

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Psycho

The Company of Wolves

Hellraiser - @thewhiterabbit42 (Dark!Sabriel x Reader)

Hellbound

The Lost Boys - @make-evelyn-canonically-gay-brad (Gabriel, Dark Sam/Dean)

The Evil Dead

My Boyfriend’s Back

Idle Hands

Body Snatchers

From Dusk Til Dawn

Misery - @gone-to-fight-the-fairies (Dark!Gabriel)

Army of Darkness

Reincarnation

Martyrs

Inside

The Invitation

The Grudge

They Look Like People 

It Follows - @archangelgabriellives - (Rich and Matt)

We Are What We Are

Thirst

Memento Mori

Pulse

It Comes At Night

The Cabin In The Woods

Let Me In  - @ashes-to-ashes-spideyboy (Dark Sam)

The Wicker Man

Drag Me To Hell

Let The Right One In

Over Your Dead Body @calamitychaos (Dark Gabriel)

Poison For The Fairies

Come Out And Play - @smolstiel (Sam)

The Evil Within @archangelashiah (Dark Gabriel+)

Deathgasm @revwinchester / @impalasutra (Godstiel, MOC!Dean, Soulless Sam, Dark Gabriel)

The Visit

Dark Touch - @archangelgabriellives (Loki, Dark!Gabriel)

The Pact - @wontlookaway (Loki)

When the Lights Went Out

We can’t wait for your sign ups!

[arialerendeair]

To echo what @dorian-they-ao3 is saying - If you want them all lumped together, make a series, darlings. Everything those compilation fics are trying to do works as a series.

There’s no limit to a length of a series, you can put as many fandoms as you like in it, you can add fics before and after the series creation, it’s always there, the series is searchable, you can add other authors to it if you want.

I put all my bingo fics for every fandom into their own series. I have a massive series of “I make Alec Lightwood Immortal” fics all in a series together even though the fics aren’t in the slightest bit related. Back when I was doing ask prompt fills for people, I tossed all those into a series.

And when I say limitless - I’m not kidding. My Immortal Alec series has more than one million words. There is not a limit.

I know it’s tough to sit down and come up with summaries and titles and tags for all of the ficlets. I know. I know that’s the barrier to entry for so many (it’s what keeps me from moving my Sabriel Fluff Friday ficlets over from Tumblr considering how many I have), but it really is so much better for everyone involved.

“this is a compilation of all of my fics from different fandoms—”

Make them separate fics. I’m begging you. I can’t keep scrolling past that one fic with 115 fandoms and 75 chapters of one-sentence drabbles. I can’t.