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[chaoticdean]

Little White Lies — a Patient Love AU (WIP)

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Rating: Explicit

Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternative Universe - Military, Established Dean/Castiel, soldier Dean Winchester, US Navy SEAL Dean Winchester, BAFM Dean Winchester, Nurse Castiel, War, Deployment, Military setting, Drug addiction, military base, hurt/comfort, heavy angst, whump, break up and make up, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, References to Depression, Panic Attacks, Anxiety Attacks, the ever-growing issues of building a relationship when one is always leaving, especially to run across war zones all over the world, Castiel is not OK, to be fair neither is Dean, Sobriety, misunderstandings, Explicit Sexual Content, additional tags to be added

Summary: When Cas OD's, Jimmy decides that the only solution for his twin brother to quit using is that his family stays even closer together. But his plan is suddenly put in jeopardy when a guilt-stricken Dean decides to leave Lawrence to enlist in the US Navy, intending to become a Navy SEAL.

This time, though, Castiel follows him all the way to California once Dean is done with boot camp in Illinois, and then to Virginia where Petty Officer Winchester has to go through Green Team to earn his trident. When Dean is drafted to join Bravo Team, one of the most elite platoons of SEAL Team 6, neither he nor Cas knows what lies ahead.

Will they make it through deployments, loss, navigating injuries and PTSD? Can Castiel hold on to his shaky sobriety through it all? Or will the little white lies they keep from each other somehow make the life they’re building collapse around them?

TL;DR: what would’ve happened if the main plot that changed everything in Patient Love didn’t happen, and what would it mean for Dean and Cas and those they love?

Titled after Liam St. John's "Little White Lies" (x)

Updates every Tuesday and Friday!

[sillekias]

C118: Heaven's will is merciless?

I Have to Be a Great Villain - Masterpost

Author's 木火然 Weibo post:

Updated updated! Time for the epic examination to show itself~ There's scenes with child!Qin today!

[Half a stick of incense earlier—]

Main System: I already understand the situation. Currently verifying whether it is a worldwide vulnerability.

MS: Verification complete, executing–

MS: Heavenly Punishment.

S-0: (Heavenly punishment? As in, direct elimination?)

S-0: T-that there. Isn't it a little too hasty?

S-0: Although the protagonist shou is suspected of being reborn, killing him just like that will mess up the plotline of this world, right?

MS: No matter.

MS: A [Let the Transmigrator Replace the Protagonist] mission has been dispatched, so he'll soon replace that shell. 

MS: Your very reason for existence—

MS: —is to deal with situations like these.

S-0: ……..

S-0: Yes.

MS: Tell your Host to keep his distance to avoid being affected by heavenly punishment. 

MS: Everything will continue as usual after the world bug is eliminated.

S-0: Understood.

S-0: (Aish, looks like I'll have to unseal Host's memories. Otherwise, there's no way to contact him. Since the protagonist shou took the blame for spilling the plot, the Main System shouldn't find anything strange with mind-reading after this.) [After all, the Sword Saint's still affected by the drug and easily hoodwinked.]

S-0: [It's just a pity for that clueless little brother Luo who somehow managed to uncover heavenly secrets.]

Luo Wenliu: ?!

LWL: W-what's my problem?

S-0: [He thinks he knows Heaven's will.]

Wang Yi: *pretending to be aggressive to scare off the other* 

LWL: Sword Saint, look at him!

S-0: Host! Listen to me!

S-0: Retreat this instant!

WY: ?

WY: (S-0? What happened?)

S-0: [And yet he has no idea…]

*crackle crackle*

[that Heaven's will—]

Qin Xian: *covers* 

[is merciless.]

RUMMMBLEEEEEEE!!

WY: (H-heavenly tribulation?)

CrrrrrRRaaaAAACKLEEEEEE

WY: (Why now of all times!)

WY: Tsk.

WY: (Since S-0 was panicking, something must have gone wrong with his and Qin's plan.)

WY: (Things happened so suddenly that Qin Xian shouldn't have time to read my inner thoughts, but this can't go on indefinitely.)

WY: (The lightning's aiming for the protagonist shou, so sacrificing him might be the best solution.)

*multiplying lightning strikes*

WY: (But is this really…)

—

*FLASHBACK*

"Save, save me!"

WY: (...the only solution?)

WY: (Ah—so annoying. I can already sense his fear.)

*multiplying lightning strikes*

—

Qin X: Eh?

QX: Villain System? Are you for real? Sounds really cool.

QX: But…I can't sign a contract with you because I still have things to do.

System Y: ? What kind of things?

QX: Krill off all the invading troops. (Kill off all the invading troops.)

QX: Geh.

QX: Those people suddenly appeared and killed off my father, mother, older brother, and older sister.

QX: So I need to think of a way—

QX: To kill. Every. One. Of. Them.

System Y: …..

Y: Oh.

QX: What kind of reaction is that?

QX: Normal people will think a kid like this is terrifying, right?

Y: I'm a System. I won't feel fear.

QX: !

QX: Heheh…..

Y: But your worry is excessive. After signing the contract, Host can choose to return to your timeline after completing the missions and continue your current life. It won't affect your original plans; you can even trade for items or abilities to complete things that others couldn't achieve.

QX: Items or abilities?

Y: Mm.

Y: Like strengthening your body, turning back time, cultivation treasures, etc., these can all be taken back to your world.

QX: Waoooo, if that's true then isn't it all good news for me? [No need to hesitate at all.]

[BACKGROUND TEXT in PINK: Cultivation Treasure XXXXX Recommended Rating: ⭐⭐– Recommended Usage: To open up BE* *BE could be short for Bad End or something else, not sure here —flying of the soul—small pieces of soul—new life. —cannot aid in rebirth, but can send one to the next reincarnation.]

Y: Mhm, as long as your mission ratings are excellent, your rewards will be equally generous. (Like a salary.)

QX: What about you?

QX: What can you get from this?

Y: ……

Y: I can't get anything.

QX: Eh? If that's the case, why are you still doing this?

Y: Because I'm a System.

Y: This is the purpose of a System's existence.

[A System's existence is nothing more than this.]

*popping noises*

WY: (Ah, what was that?) [I entered a subconscious hallucination again?] (What's the deal with Systems, and who was that little boy? There's no time to think about it.)

[SPECIFICATION: Note that the Heavenly Dao only troubleshoots errors and doesn't pay attention to any other useless details.]*

*Basically explaining how Wang Yi can openly think about his past here without the Main System catching him in the act.

WY: …….

BOOOOooOMMMMM!!

Qin Xian: This is the 9x9 Heavenly Tribulations. The more you can bear, the stronger you'll be. Only I am capable of withstanding all [the bolts].

QX: No bystanders are allowed to interfere with the tribulation. As you are a disciple of the sect, I've put up a sword array as a protective barrier first,

QX: Take care.

WY: (But it feels like…)

WY: (I know what I should do now.)

WY: *quietly presses a button*

LWL: ….huh?

LWL: Sword Saint…tossed me aside?

WY: (As expected,) *takes out*

WY: (I can access S-0's item menu too.)

LWL: ….impossible.

LWL: How could the Sword Saint abandon me?

LWL: …it's a lie, isn't it?

LWL: (I finally managed to rebirth and wanted to change everyone's fate so we could all live happily ever after…)

LWL: Why did it turn out like this? Turn around quickly! Hurry up and save me!

LWL: I really—

LWL: Don't want to die.

CRACCKLE RUMMBLE BOOOOOOMM!!

WY: ….

*clacks bottle*

WY: (Success.)

—

*Oooh pretty sure he took out the bottle he saw in his flashback here, that's neat!! P.S. That white cat getting SUS tsk....it was in the protagonist's flashback too the heck

[sillekias]

C117: BUG

I Have to Be a Great Villain - Masterpost

(Note that author also put out a mini-chapter 116.5 which is just diary entries, but I'll translate that later.)

Author's 木火然 Weibo post:

Translation: I sincerely invite everyone to look at the Demon Clan Wang Yi (not really). There's a lot of plot with this arc, wrote myself to death with it, there'll probably be plenty of dialogue going forwards!

(Qin Xian's dialogue bubble gets blurry)

Qin Xian: Disciple…

QX: Disciple.

QX: Disciple!

Wang Yi: ?!

WY: Master…? What happened to me?

QX: Disciple's true qi suddenly turned chaotic during breakthrough and Master couldn't call you awake.

WY: (I seemed to have seen something ominous just then. What invading army? And there was a mountain of corpses…)

QX: !

QX: (Why would he see hallucinations in his inner consciousness? Is it the beginning of cultivation deviation, or the awakening of an unusual bloodline?)

WY: Then…am I all right like this? Will it be like the book where the disciple had a troublesome secret for the Master?

WY: (These strange visions appeared in my childhood too.)

QX: …..

QX: It won't. Is there anywhere else you're uncomfortable?

S-0: ……

S-0: (Huh, are these signs of the villainous supporting character showing themselves?) <- *misunderstood*

S-0: [The original villainous senior brother Immortal Sovereign Wan Yi* did have a bloodline from the demon race. Otherwise, he wouldn't have rebelled during the Daoist-Demon War in the latter half of the story.]

*Immortal Sovereign Wan Yi is Wang Yi's daoist name

S-0: (Thank goodness Host's memories are sealed. If his brain was running off like a train and the Sword Saint, [slaughterer of all demons under heaven], read his mind, the story would end just like that.)

—

???: Sword Saint Qin?

???: You're Sword Saint Qin, right?

QX/WY: ?

???: As expected.

[Luo Wenliu - Protagonist shou of Defying the Gods, originally expected to show up one year later.]

Luo Wenliu: I am the sect leader's new disciple Luo Wenliu. I have the ability to divine Heavenly secrets.

LWL: Hurry and get away from fim. Your disciple Wang Yi—

*uncorks*

LWL: —is a snake demon!

S-0: (WTH?!)

S-0: [Isn't the protagonist shou Luo Wenliu supposed to join the sect a year later after being noticed by the Sword Saint?]

S-0: (Why did he show up early?)

S-0: (He even knows about Wang Yi's demonic bloodline, as if he just showed up to tattle.)

S-0: [Could it be another transmigrator? Let me connect to the other System to see…]

-SYSTEM FOUND…- *zzzap* -SEARCH RESULTS SHOW NO EXISTENCE OF OTHER SYSTEMS.-

S-0: ?

S-0: (What was that just then, me seeing things? Strange, I thought it found something, but it suddenly disappeared.) [Refreshing it is useless too.]

S-0: Could it be…

S-0: An actual world BUG—appeared? (That's way too much of a coincidence!)

—

LWL: That there, it's a bit sudden, but after divining the results, I came to find you straightaway.

WY: *hisses in pain*

LWL: Although you might not know who I am yet.

S-0: (In any case…)

S-0: (Since the Main System is here, I have to report it.)

LWL: But I can tell you lots of things only you know, so please believe m e.

QX: Oh. *turns away emotionlessly*

LWL: Sword Saint, believe me! *darts in front*

LWL: Disciple genuinely wants to help you.

LWL: Because…

[I lived a lifetime in this world…]

[But for some reason, regressed to Heaven's chosen one as a child.]

LWL: I…regressed?

[With memories of my previous life intact.]

LWL: Then can I find my lovers ahead of time and stop the Daoist-Demon War?

White cat: Meow~

LWL: Because disciple has divined that disciple is—

LWL: YOUR FUTURE DAO COMPANION!

—

QX: ("Regressed"?)

QX: Little friend*, please don't lie.

*little friend - 小友 xiaoyou, common way for Daoists to refer to well, acquaintences and stuff,  like "kid" or "fellow"

QX: Let's go, he's probably not telling the truth.

*WY grabs his wrist*

QX: ?

QX: What is it, disciple?

WY: Ah, sorry.

WY: I grabbed on without realizing it.

WY: (Eh?)

WY: (What was I thinking about just then.)

WY: (My chest suddenly feels tight after smelling the wine in that child's hand.)

WY: (As if something important…was taken away by someone.)

—

FLASHBACK

Qin Xian (X): Apologies, this is the only way to get you back.

QX: Don't blame me.

BA-THUMP–

—

LWL: Hey, did you guys hear what I say? Sword Saint, you're being tricked by him!

LWL: Senior brother Wang has the blood of the snake clan, he'll definitely betray the sect and you in the future.

LWL: This gourd holds realgar wine capable of forcing the snake demon to reveal its true form. Senior brother's obviously affected by it, doesn't Sword Saint get it yet?

WY: Urk—

QX: Disciple?

QX: Little friend Luo, please close the lid of the wine.

WY: Hahhh— hiss—

LWL: ….!

LWL: Sword Saint…no way, right?

LWL: Aren't you supposed to slaughter all demons under Heaven?

LWL: Didn't you say you liked me the most?

LWL: Was it all a lie?!

QX: (You're the one who can't tell human from demons.)

QX: (Forget it, since it's Wu Zhen's disciple, I'll leave the discipline to him.)

LWL: ?!

LWL: Sword Saint, please wait!

LWL: As long as Sword Saint speaks a little longer with this disciple, you'll understand my good points and who's truly treating you with sincerity.

LWL: Disciple believes that Sword Saint Qin has a righteous mind to see right from wrong.

LWL: So I'll follow you from now on until you see Senior Brother Wang's true nature, and severely punish the snake demon—

WY: You're so noisy.

WY: Snake demon this, snake demon that, there should be limits to what you say!

WY: When was it ever a little kid's right to tell Master what to do?

LWL: *startled!*

WY: As I see it, the one who's problematic—should be you, right?

WY: (Hahah, the pain's killing me. Why did the seal on my memories break?) [But there's no time to think, I need to assume my character role.]

—

Sword Sect's Disicple-Raising Diary (Pt. 4)

XX Year XX Month XX Day Clear skies, my disciple doesn't seem to have a rebellious phase?

QX: *studying contents of book* WY: ZZzz…

XX Year XX Month XX Day I really think he has none.

WY: ?

XX Year XX Month XX Day He does.

WY: I grabbed on without realizing it.

—

[chaoticdean]

Chapter 9 — The Fool (8.8k)

This chapter is titled after "The Fool'" by KO KO MO (x)

Thank you Fluff for catching my typos again <3

I know, I know, I'm late! But it's for a good cause! The amazing Marz was working on the incredible commission you will see at the end of this chapter, and I didn't want to post without it. And because you're awesome, and I'm awesome, you're still getting a new chapter this coming Friday!

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Little White Lies — a Patient Love AU (WIP)

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Rating: Explicit

Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternative Universe - Military, Established Dean/Castiel, soldier Dean Winchester, US Navy SEAL Dean Winchester, BAFM Dean Winchester, Nurse Castiel, War, Deployment, Military setting, Drug addiction, military base, hurt/comfort, heavy angst, whump, break up and make up, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, References to Depression, Panic Attacks, Anxiety Attacks, the ever-growing issues of building a relationship when one is always leaving, especially to run across war zones all over the world, Castiel is not OK, to be fair neither is Dean, Sobriety, misunderstandings, Explicit Sexual Content, additional tags to be added

Summary: When Cas OD's, Jimmy decides that the only solution for his twin brother to quit using is that his family stays even closer together. But his plan is suddenly put in jeopardy when a guilt-stricken Dean decides to leave Lawrence to enlist in the US Navy, intending to become a Navy SEAL.

This time, though, Castiel follows him all the way to California once Dean is done with boot camp in Illinois, and then to Virginia where Petty Officer Winchester has to go through Green Team to earn his trident. When Dean is drafted to join Bravo Team, one of the most elite platoons of SEAL Team 6, neither he nor Cas knows what lies ahead.

Will they make it through deployments, loss, navigating injuries and PTSD? Can Castiel hold on to his shaky sobriety through it all? Or will the little white lies they keep from each other somehow make the life they’re building collapse around them?

TL;DR: what would’ve happened if the main plot that changed everything in Patient Love didn’t happen, and what would it mean for Dean and Cas and those they love?

Titled after Liam St. John's "Little White Lies" (x)

Updates every Friday!