I needed to vent.

Man, the SPN main thread is so... just UGH sometimes. There's was a post like "If you woke up and suddenly you were Dean Winchester, what would you do first?" Everyone gave the same safe boring answers about driving Baby and having pie. 😴

A couple of people said some version of "Cas" and one of them was downvoted into the negative! I put them back at zero at least.

I didn't bother calling anyone out or whatever, but in my head I was like, You lot are weak as shit. You can't even handle the mere mention of Dean & Cas in the same sentence without turning into the jeering woman in Princess Bride: RUBBISH FILTH SLIME MUCK BOOOOOOO!

Like, get over it! It's common knowledge that a lot of the audience reads Dean as queer. (And by the by, both Jensen & Misha have now confirmed that they loved each other. So there.) 😡

-end rant-

I specified my search from a previous post, and widened the reins. Anyone have any good pics that commence right after the "breakup"? Preferably where Dean is told to get his crap together and Cas is not so forgiving.

Anyone recoomend a fic where Cas and Sam are exes/ex-friends with benefits/ex-fling?

Bonus: Sam and Cas are still on good terms maybe even besties

Bonus: Jealous Dean of course

Thank you in advance!

Hi! I've been trying to remember the name of this fic for ages but no dice. It's an AU, and it might be a series. Definitely on ao3, and I think I originally saw the rec for it on the destiel fanfic tumblr. What Iknow for sure is that Dean and Cas were in an established relationship, and the fic opens with dean getting a call about Sam ODing and being in the hospital. He'd been in a halfway house, and before that he'd been living with Dean and Cas after Jess died in a fire. Dean/Cas might have been doctors and/or social workers? Not 100% on that one though.

The fic has Dean and Cas going to Cas' parent's house for Hanukkah. It's not Dean's first time as a guest during the holiday. Cas' family is lovely to Dean and help him surprise Cas. There's a hot air balloon ride involved too. I can't remember if it's an established relationship fic or friends to lovers though. It has a happy ending though.

Hi, I am looking for a fic where Dean, Cas and Bobby are in a cabin or maybe it’s Bobby’s house. Cas is very hurt and they are trying to help him, Bobby feeds him medicine, but he is getting worse. Turns out Bobby possessed or something) was feeding Cas demon blood.

I read this years ago and I remember it was so good. Please help me find it again. Thank you!

looking for fic recs where cas lives his own life after for example being kicked out the bunker? endgame destiel of course, but maybe making dean have to work for it. i enjoy castiel living his own life and having other friendships and relationships than just the winchesters. let me know if you know anything that would fit the bill

Maybe it’s because I’m relatively new to the fandom but most fics (especially AUs) I’ve read always have Sam as an extremely background character. I mean he interacts with everyone but not in a influential way. Usually he is just there to diffuse the tension, make jokes or be a destiel shipper lmao. Sometimes he doesn’t exist or is just away for Dean to call from time to time. And you see while Dean and Cas are def my faves, I am still very invested the whole “Dean raised Sam” thing and their codependency.

Soo could you give me AU recs where Sam and Dean’s dynamic is an integral part of the story as an addition to destiel ofc. I especially love when it’s about Dean sacrificing something to give Sam the life he wants and how Dean would center his life around Sam regardless of how much he LOVES Cas and regardless pf what HE wants. Anything about Dean being a parental figure, taking care of Sam, them always being together, overcoming childhood traumas, etc. the fic can have any of those things as an element of plot and I will love it. Even better when Cas adds into their sibling dynamic.

Also, any length is fine. (Though I do think that the bigger the fic is the better;) Any sort of angst is welcomed. I love it when the fic makes readers and characters suffer.

So from what I can recall, it was a fic where we follow Castiel after he leaves the bunker. Dean had just told him that he was the reason everything wrong ever happened to them, so he goes on in search of purpose. He gets a job, starts making friends, even maintains a brotherly relationship with Sam. Then suddenly one day, Dean find him, and tries to bring him back to the bunker; as if what he said to Cas was so easily forgivable.

Cas affirms that it wasn't. So he makes Dean leave.

I remember their being a line that was like, "that's what he looks like when his heart breaks".

Does anyone remember it?

Does anyone know any fics where Dean kills Cas when he has the mark of cain? Only a temporary death though. I just want fics where dean has to go through the guilt and realise how important Cas is to him

Hi, I just got into reading destiel fanfiction so have been really relying on this community for good recs. I just finished Sweet Boy on ao3. It was good and I'm looking for another long fic to read next. I liked that it was an au where their relationship developed with time. I looked at the previous posts on here about long fic recs but didn't see one that particular stood out. If anyone could share any of their fav long au fics with a happy ending and not a lot of angst that would be amazing! It definitely doesn't have to be like the one I just read. Thanks so much in advance.

I’m looking for fics that are soft and warm and fuzzy, but not super corny if that makes sense. Where we get to see the softer emotional/vulnerable side of Dean. With a nice happy satisfying ending. Bonus points if the writing is more philosophical/poetic.

I’m good with any rating, AUs, etc. Preferably no crossovers, I’ve been on this ship for a looong time. Please no Alpha/Omega, just not my cup of tea.

Examples:

Gold in the Edges of Our Vision by SewingNatural

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by chevrolangels

Thanks in advance!

Its a no-hunting Au. I don't remember much from this fic, but I remember Cas is a hospital chaplain and is initially cagey about telling dean (I think he tells him he does "administrative work" at the hospital or something?) Idk why the only thing I can really remember is his job lmao.

99% sure its on AO3, it is NOT that one fic that kept coming up that takes place in a prison

Hey folks, so I’ve been trying to find a fic I read ages ago and after days of searching, finally found the title/author! Only the author deleted their fics and I haven’t been able to locate a copy anywhere!

If anyone would be willing to send it to me (or any or their fics—I remember being fond of many of them, like the football one) I’d be so unbelievably grateful.

Rest assured this is for private use only. I just want to read the fic again. 😭

Hey all I am looking for a fanfic that u read on ao3 about dean who works in a research facility and they capture cas who can transform into a dolphin/sea creature? Deans rescues cas and lives in a shack/caravan on the beach And gabe is a creature to and gets with Sam.

Just have to get this off my chest. Finally got around to reading it after hearing so much about it. Beautifully heartbreaking story but god I feel physically nauseous now. I've managed not to cry since I knew it would be heavy and mentally prepared myself but ugh.

Why do we torture ourselves with this lol. This is not what I read fanfiction for. Now I need copious amounts of fluff with happy endings to make myself feel better.

anyone have any good christmas fic recs? <3 or those kind of vibes

Okay I don't rememeber much from this one and it's lost in the depths of my history. All I know is they go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Ohio and Dean plays Cas "Lover, you should have come over" by Jeff Buckley in the intrument room. Also there is axe throwing, denial, and Cas tries Starbucks.

Okay it's doubtful anyone will know which fic I'm talking about but I read it forever ago and I went through my history but I read so much that it's lost to me. One of the main things I remember is Dean taking Jack to get Christmas stuff because he wants the kid to experience the holiday and they find a little angel ornament that looks like Castiel so they paint it together. They talk about feeling sad together a lot and they get pretty close in this fic.

Cas was a mermaid and had like weird names for everything and he used telepathy and Sam and Dean were researchers who found and kidnapped him but ended up setting him free. Halp! Read it yrs ago

I’m in the mood for shenanigans and had a thought just pop up in my head Anyone know a fic or fics where Cas starts off in a female vessel and for some reason ends up in his current male body?

I read a fic probably in 2018-2019 and i have yet to find it again i need help. It was on Ao3, it was dean and cas. Im pretty sure the title had 1 or 2 words. Basically dean was pleasuring himself and was thinking about cas so hard that right before he came, cas had appeared in front of him. Thats really all i remember since it been so long. please help

Hi. I wanna start reading 91w and after reading twiste and shout, I'm traumatized. So a quick question, will Cas and Dean get together after the war?

I need Cas appreciation fic pls! Or just centered around him. I just keeps thinking about how confused and lost he was when he became a human or how he was so down and didn't know what to say when Dean said he was the reason of all the things that goes wrong around them. It's just all so heartbreaking when I think about him. And I want him happy and appreciated and loved. So can you pls give me that kind of fics. Also I really prefer long fics so I'll be more happy if it's like super long. Cannon is preferred but AU is still appreciated. Thank you so much!

Does anyone here have any recommendations for less-known fics set post-canon? Thanks in advance!

Hi! I just finished reading this fic:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/311222/chapters/498460#workskin

I heard there's a sequel but can't seem to find it?? Does anyone know where I can read it?

Looking for Post-Despair fix-its from Cas's perspective and more focussed on his post-Empty angst than Dean's if anyone knows any? Not that I don't love some Dean angst and POV but there's never enough Cas POV to sate me lol. Especially canonverse. I'd even take Dean POV if it the story mostly focussed on Cas but from his point of view.