hepaliendestielrecs

[hepaliendestielrecs]

Chapters: 1/1 Word Count: 4448 Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Fix-It, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Episode: s15e18, Despair, another entry for the Soft Epilogue genre, Domesticity in the Men of Letters Bunker (Supernatural), Domestic Fluff, Fluff, Gardener Castiel (Supernatural), Touch-Starved Dean Winchester, Farmer’s Markets, Human Castiel (Supernatural), Shower Sex, Cuddling & Snuggling, Hugs, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Tenderness, Gentleness, Food as a Metaphor for Love, Healing, Bee-Lover Castiel (Supernatural), Star Trek Fan Dean Winchester, Trauma Recovery, Dean Winchester Deserves to be Happy, Castiel Deserves to be Loved (Supernatural), POV Dean Winchester

Summary: Dean’s died and come back he can’t even remember how many times, but he’s never felt alive like this. 

They got Cas back three months ago today, and Dean wakes up the same way as usual: tangled in at least two of Cas’ limbs and his own fear that this is all a dream. Also as usual, Cas is still asleep, so Dean gently disentangles himself, piles the blankets up around Cas like he’s a nesting bird, and groggily heads to the bathroom. Dean’s lower back pain will have to be proof enough that he’s conscious.

Sam is out running, the masochist, and it’s quiet in the bunker this early. It’s later than Dean usually sleeps, but still barely 7, so he puts on his robe and shuffles to the kitchen to start a pot of coffee. He uses the fancy stuff Sam gets when he goes out of town for his health nut groceries. Dean made fun of him for it, but then Cas lit up like a firework the first time he tried it, so now it’s the only kind they buy. It’s not just molecules anymore because Cas is human now, again; it was the only way they could get him out of the Empty, but he says he doesn’t mind. Actually, he said he was joyful, that to go through human life with Dean was all he could’ve hoped for, plus a bunch of other terrifyingly romantic things that Dean definitely doesn’t deserve and still can’t fully process, so that conversation ended with Dean manfully not-crying, Cas apologizing, and both of them clinging to each other like life rafts. It’s a work in progress.

It’s up! \o/ Thanks to @educatedinyellow and @gravelghosts for their help brainstorming this. <33

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Destiel Vessel Fic Rec

I read two incredible fics lately in which Cas (consensually) uses Dean as a vessel.

diamond star halo by jad @jadstiel - T, 5k

fluff, POV Sam

They're doing that thing again, where Cas is staring at Dean with the intensity of a dog trying to remind his owner that it's past dinner time. Dean's staring right back like the first one to blink is buying the next round. Sam's aware there's a conversation going on that he isn't privy to — and he's used to it, by this point — but it's still rude.

"So, as I was saying," Sam tries to interrupt the resounding silence, "if we can just figure out a — "

"Sure," Dean says, and Sam stutters to a halt, because sure what? "I mean, yeah. Yes. Dude, you don't even have to ask."

I CARRY YOUR HEART (I CARRY IT IN MY HEART) by unicornpoe @danger-and-diatribes - E, 26.5k

spells, mutual pining, h/c, angst, soft

“Take me,” Dean says. He doesn’t have to think about it. “Take me as your vessel, Cas.”

*

or: Cas is cursed into an endless sleep. Dean offers himself up as his vessel while they try to break it.

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Destiel Christmas Fic Rec 🎄🎅🏼❄️

I included a few wintery fics to round it out

❄️ Woven by @majorenglishesquire - Teen, <1k Bunker fic, Fluff

"It's cooling down in the bunker and Cas can't find the blankets."

🎄 All I’m Asking For by Sass_Master @sass-master-stina - Gen, 1.2k First Kiss

Dean follows Cas’s line of sight and oh, okay, so, there’s a sprig of mistletoe dangling innocently above their heads.

❄️ Melting the Way by @bendingsignpost - Teen, 1.7k Snowed In

After a hunt in the winter cold, leaving the motel is going to take more work than usual.

🎄 Where your treasure is. by orange_crushed @robotmango - Teen, 2k Fluff

He blinks the sleep away from his eyes and looks down and finds Castiel kneeling on the floor, holding Dean’s naked foot in both hands, his palm cupped under the heel. He’s still wearing the dorky snowflake sweater Dean bought him as a joke, but now there’s a towel tied around his waist, too; one of the bath sheets from the shower room. Behind him, the television plays an infomercial for holiday bakeware.

“Bwuh?” Dean says.

🎄 The Most Important Human Experience by ratherbehere @caswouldratherbehere - Explicit, 3.7k First Time, Fluff

Dean wants to celebrate Christmas and Castiel doesn't see the point until Dean lets his reasons slip.

🎄 a covenant of salt by @museaway - Mature, 5.2k Bunker fic, First Kiss, First Time

They didn’t put up a tree on Cas’s first Christmas in the bunker.

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🎄 A Partridge In A Pear Tree by noangelsinthegarrison @aaziraphales - Gen, 5.8k Bunker fic, Human!Cas, Sam Ships It, TFW

“I’ve never had a Christmas before,” Cas says as they make their way back to the makeshift living room, “I’m not entirely sure what it entails.”

Dean grins and slings an arm around Cas’s shoulders, “Well then,” he says, overwhelming fondness spreading out through his veins and solidifying into determination, “I guess I’d better make this the best Christmas ever.”

❄️ bloodflood by orphan_account - Mature, 7k Hurt/Comfort, Case fic

Sam and Dean are hunting a case in the cold Minnesota wilderness when an unexpected friend turns up.

🎄 Start to Make It Better by elizaye @imnotleavinherewithoutyou - Explicit, 8.4k Bunker fic, TFW, hurt/comfort

After the Winchesters stop the trials and the angels fall, Sam, Dean, and Castiel settle down in the bunker and try to recover.

🎄 The Cold of Flesh and Stone by @entanglednow - Explicit, 9.6k

"Maybe I'm sick of spending Christmas elbow deep inside something's intestines, or standing in a grave somewhere in the freezing cold waiting for bones to burn."

🎄 Good Things Do Happen by @trinityofone - Teen, 10.9k Canon AU, Everyone Lives, POV Sam

A Winchester Family Christmas, 2010. AKA, Best zombie Christmas ever!

🎄 The Perks of Being a Human by @relucant - Explicit, 12.4k Fallen Cas, Bunker fic

"Down here!" Dean yelled breathlessly, and Sam gripped the knife tighter; anything strong enough to get into the bunker and get Dean at a disadvantage was bound to be a nasty piece of work.

But when he got to the kitchen he stopped in the doorway with a start, mouth hanging open.

"Uh… Dean?"

"What?" Dean snapped, trying to maneuver the massive Douglas fir through the door. "Jesus, I swear this thing didn't look so big on the lot."

"You… bought a Christmas tree?"

🎄 Peace And Good Luck To All Men by KismetJeska @goosegoblin - Teen, 31.4k Human AU, Humor, Angel Family, No Infidelity

Christmas in the Milton household was difficult enough without the added complication of guests- and if Luke and Gabriel placing bets on who can get with Sam first wasn’t bad enough, then Cas developing a ridiculous crush on his sister’s boyfriend definitely is.

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actually what if post 15x18 dean accepted his sexuality and started thinking of himself as a widower like fully acknowledging that he has gay thoughts and that cas was his emotional partner and he thinks himself into a territory of like. if we both felt romantically for each other….were we dating? if we spent the past 10 years like this are we common law married? so he just starts referring to cas as his like. late partner. he’s having a bittersweet moment trying to verbalize what he couldn’t before because at least he can do this much for cas’ memory? except nobody else knows what he’s doing so they all think that dean and cas have been fucking for years and dean is only now coming clean about it out of guilt or pride or whatever. and then when cas comes back everyone’s like wrow happy couple reunited……this is so sweet…….you can be Together again……..meanwhile dean’s freaking out all over again because now he’s got to put real work into a real relationship and cas is like. Did i miss something.

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I did another thing.

Stitches Supernatural, Cas/Dean, NC-17/explicit Cas copes with being injured as a human, and while he’s still recovering the boys take on a case in New Mexico that isn’t as cut-and-dried as it seems. Same verse/sequel to Sand and Salt.

Doofy bunker domesticity expanded into casefic with hurt/comfort elements. I can’t stop AUing season 9. I mean, really, imagine… if Dean had not made that heinous decision to violate Sam so badly, imagine how different Dean would be after the end of S8, you know? So much of Dean’s descent into poor decisions and being ruled by anger is born from that guilt, from an action he knows is unforgivable. If that single thing had not happened, Dean is so much healthier mentally and the whole dynamic of the group is so much more stable. *sighs*

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Destiel AU Fic Rec

okay, cupid by orange_crushed @robotmango [T, 4.6k]

Human AU, Fluff, Domestic, Humor

"The dating thing?" Dean frowns. "Online dating is for weirdos. Robots. Dudes hanging out in their basements."

"You hang out in your basement."

"I have an air hockey table down there,” Dean says, icily.

Like a Parched Land by Las @siterlas [E, 8.7k]

Reverse!verse

Written for the following prompt: "Reverse!verse: Castiel is the Righteous Man and Dean is the angel who drags his ass out of Hell." This is an AU version of episodes 5x01 through 5x03.

Today, your barista ‘verse by orange_crushed @robotmango [T, 13.6k]

Coffee Shop AU, Fluff

"Is that-"

"My number," says Dean, because he's a fucking champion, he's cool, he's collected, he's Captain Smooth of the USS Smoothtania, that's right. He is definitely not leaning against the counter for moral support. Cas doesn't look seduced or impressed, though. He does not look like a dude who just met Captain Smooth and wants to ride the loveboat. He looks puzzled.

more under the cut

Shortskirts ‘Verse by twentysomething [E, 22.4k]

High School AU, College AU

So, they're in high school, and then they're in college, and it's mostly not about Taylor Swift, except when it is.

Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake by Sparseparsley [E, 30.8k]

Human AU, RomCom, Humor, Misunderstandings

Dean is a waiter in a strip club to put his kid brother through school. Castiel is dragged to the club as a part of his sister Anna's bachelorette party. Dean and Cas hit it off, but Dean thinks Cas is the one marrying Anna.

Surprises by @tessalyn, art by @dmsilvisart [E, 32.5k]

College AU, Kid Fic, Fluff, Mutual Pining

Castiel and Dean don't have much in common. Dean plays football; Cas watches nature films. Dean wears jeans and flannel; Cas prefers button-ups and waistcoats. Yet somehow, they become friends. And when Cas' brother suddenly leaves an unexpected surprise on their doorstep, the strength of their friendship, and what they mean to each other, is tested like never before.

All the Way by cadignan @morethanslightly, art by Guu @guuarts [E, 80.9k]

College AU, Slow Burn

Castiel spends the first two weeks of college in much the same way he spent the previous years: alone with his books. He’s fine with it—he enrolled in college to learn, after all. Then in his first chemistry lab, he has the bad luck of being paired with snide, good-for-nothing Ruby, and the further misfortune of sitting behind Dean Winchester, the world’s most beautiful distraction. Ruby catches Castiel staring at Dean and makes him an offer.

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Hidden Gems Destiel Fic Rec

Amazing fics with <10k hits

Woven by MajorEnglishEsquire (@chuckwinchester) [T, <1k]

Bunker Fic, Fluff

"It's cooling down in the bunker and Cas can't find the blankets."

the whole package by @outpastthemoat [G, <1k]

Fluff, Dancing

Castiel is watching Dean’s face when the couples on the dance floor start slow dancing and Dean says suddenly, "I think it’s nice."

Whose Belt Is It Anyway? by Hatteress (@goddammitstacey) [T, 1k]

Season 8, Oblivious, UST

Prompted by the promo to 6.07 - Family Matters. There's a belt. It's not around someone's waist. So whose is it?

The Name Game by @xylodemon [G, 1.1k]

Future Fic, Fluff, Human Cas

"They haven't called my number," Cas complains, glancing around the office.

more under the cut

To Have and To Hold by midnightcastiel (@miraclecastiel) [NR (I’d say Gen), 1.2k]

Fluff, First Kiss, Canon Verse

The wind steals their breath as they approach the graveyard. Dean walks between Cas and Sam, and he is sure that his nose and hands are frost bitten. Dean barely has time to grumble the complaint out loud before he feels Cas’s hand in his, warm and gentle.

Carpooling by @alchemyalice [G, 1.4k]

Crack, Humor, Season 5

This is the worst car ride in the history of ever.

Every Word Is True by Sass_Master (@sass-master-stina) [M, 1.7k]

Rimming, Established Relationship, PWP

“I want to eat you out,” Cas says, low and sincere, a spark of mirth coloring his tone.

Dean sucks in a breath, holds it and lets it out slowly. “Okay.”

stoic minds and bleeding hearts by microcomets (@mishcollin) [G,1.7k]

Fluff, Angst, Fallen Cas

Castiel discovers human memory is limited and sets out to remedy that situation; Dean makes some...interesting discoveries.

Beer Good by @lisztful [T, 1.8k]

Fluff

Dean decides to find out what happens when you get an angel drunk.

After All That’s Been Said and Done by imogenbynight (@thevioletcaptain) [T, 1.9k]

Season 9

He's been in love for three years. Has known it for at least two. He wonders what it would be like to just blurt it out like these kids do. He might have faced the devil without breaking a sweat, but the thought of putting himself on the line like that makes his stomach clench and his palms clammy.

untouched & intact by microcomets (@mishcollin) [T, 1.9k]

Fallen Cas, Season 8 coda

After Castiel falls from heaven, he figures he has two options. He can find Dean Winchester, or he can get spectacularly drunk.

He opts for the latter.

Full Circle by Winter_of_our_Discontent (@bamfinacuddlyjumper) [M, 2k]

First Kiss, UST, Fluff, First Time

“C’mon," Dean said, "You gotta try pie, Cas, it’s like… the whole point of being human.”

Sam rolled his eyes. “Right, Dean. Forget the collected works of Shakespeare. The Taj Mahal. Baked goods are way more important.”

Dean didn’t look up from where he was delicately shaving curls of vanilla ice cream off the frozen block and onto the plates with a fragile plastic spoon. “Dude, talk to me when Hamlet comes in a delicious flaky buttery crust.”

Break the Walls Between Us by @remmyme [E, 2k]

PWP, First Time

Dean rapidly blinks away his confusion. “You want me to…what?”

The Coat by petramacneary [G, 2.4k]

Fluff, Team Free Will, Season 5, Canon Divergent

Cas' coat gets ruined during a hunt, and Dean goes to buy him a new one. Featuring Team Free Will trying to be as normal as possible.

to boldly (kinda sorta) go by microcomets (@mishcollin) [T, 2.7k]

Fluff, Fallen Cas, Team Free Will, Charlie Bradbury, Post-season 8

That one where Team Free Will and Charlie cosplay as Star Trek characters. Post-season 8.

because i could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me by microcomets (@mishcollin) [T, 3.2k]

Fallen Cas, Fluff, Angst

Castiel dies and is given a choice.

Stars Fall On by @mithrilwren [T, 3.5k]

Domestic, Sam & Cas Friendship

Sam doesn’t know what to say. He doesn’t even know why Cas is here, lying on the dirty floor surrounded by tools and muttering around faulty wiring.

“Need a hand?”

Like Fields of Grain by feyjewels [T, 5.6k]

Fluff, Angst, Domestic, Canon Divergent, Post-Canon, Fix-it

Warning: Major Character Death

“It’s not about deserving, Cas,” Dean had said, half-whispered in the middle of the night a few short months after they had begun to share the bed they laid in. “It’s… fuck, well I don’t know what it’s about. But people don’t get what they deserve, not most of the time.”

Castiel frowned, furrowing his brows. “They should,” he grumbled.

the run and go by microcomets (@mishcollin) [T, 2.7k]

Fluff, Fallen Cas, Domestic

Cas makes a list. Dean is Yoda, and Sam is unimpressed.

Home by imogenbynight (@thevioletcaptain) [T, 6.9k]

Angst, Fluff, Season 8

It's late October, Hell is still open for business, and they haven't heard a thing from Kevin since April.

Castiel, either--not that Dean hasn't been trying to do something about that.

He hasn't prayed this much since Purgatory.

bloodflood by orphan_account [M, 7k]

Hurt/Comfort, Case fic

Sam and Dean are hunting a case in the cold Minnesota wilderness when an unexpected friend turns up.

Good Things Do Happen by @trinityofone [T, 11k]

Canon Divergent, Post-Season 5, Everyone Lives AU, Christmas, Sam POV

Yes this is a Christmas fic and I was planning on saving them all for a Christmas rec list later in the year, but I was gobsmacked when I saw this only had 7500 hits because in my mind it’s a CLASSIC. 100 of those hits are probably me.

A Winchester Family Christmas, 2010. AKA, Best zombie Christmas ever!

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This Isn't Where We Intended To Be by @porcupine-girl [E, 14.1k]

Bunker fic, Season 10, Canon Divergent

Fallen Cas, Meddling Sam

Cas POV

Pining

Biting, Light Bondage, First Time

Fallen, Castiel struggles to figure out where he fits in the human world—and in Dean's life.

Dean's arms tighten around him, Dean's body is flush against his back, Dean's face burrows into his neck. Castiel leans his head against Dean's lightly, and for a moment, they just breathe together. He can hear everything that Dean isn't saying.

And then Dean's head shifts, and Castiel gasps as he feels lips moving against his neck. Dean showers him with soft kisses, down the side of his neck, across the back, behind his ear and against his jaw.

Comments: So soft when they get together 🥺, and the smut is 🔥.

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begging someone to write a fic about Cas randomly giving Dean a variety of different flowers and it’s just Cas trying to communicate his feelings through the language of flowers and Dean is just clueless 

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Surprises | Explicit | 32,492

Author: tessalyn | Artist: dmsilvis

Castiel and Dean don’t have much in common. Dean plays football; Cas watches nature films. Dean wears jeans and flannel; Cas prefers button-ups and waistcoats. Yet somehow, they become friends. And when Cas’ brother suddenly leaves an unexpected surprise on their doorstep, the strength of their friendship, and what they mean to each other, is tested like never before.

Link to fic | Link to art Pairings: Dean/Cas (background Jesse Cuevas/Cesar, past Lucifer/Kelly Kline) Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Infant Neglect and Abandonment, References to Drug Addiction, Homophobic Language Tags: tessalyn, dmsilvis, College/University AU, Jock/Frat Boy Dean, Nerdy Castiel, Kid Fic, Baby Jack Kline, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Dadstiel, Gay Castiel, Bisexual Dean, Mutual Pining, Idiots in Love, Fluff and Smut, Masturbation, Dean in Panties, Non-Penetrative Sex

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Destiel Writer Spotlight: cloudyjenn

@cloudyjenn was one of the first writers I came across in the Destiel fandom, way back in LJ days, and remains a favorite to this day. Their works are now on Ao3.

Some favorites:

How To Romance a Human [Not Rated (I’d say Teen), 4.4k]

Pining, Humor, Crack, Oblivious, Fluff

Castiel consults Cosmopolitan magazine in order to win Dean's heart.

Second Childhood [Gen, 16.3k]

Kid Fic (De-Aged Sam), Spells, Domestic, Fluff, Humor

"Dude, I can't do this whole thing by myself," Dean said with far more desperation leaking into his tone than he liked. It would just be too much to make it through hell and death and Lucifer only to have Castiel bail on him because of a frigging baby.

The Mirror [Mature, 24.5k]

Multiple Universes, Magic Objects, Angst

When Dean touches a strange mirror, he's whisked away to one alternate reality after another and it doesn't take him long to realize the universe is trying to tell him something.

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The Request [Mature, 36.8k]

Guardian Angels AU

When Sam Winchester prays for his brother, Castiel is finally sent on his very first assignment. But what should be a simple love match turns into much more and Castiel finds himself risking everything to ensure the happiness of his extremely frustrating charge.

The Soul Piece [Mature, 132k (WIP)]

Canon AU, Soulmate AU, Starts Pre-Canon, Kid Dean, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Wing Fic

Warning: This is a WIP that hasn’t been updated in years, but it leaves off in a place that makes for a pretty satisfying ending (where canon picks up).

When a human child is born, their soul is shattered into bright gleaming pieces that scatter to the winds.

Cas has never had spent much time with Earth and its inhabitants, but that’s all about to change when he suddenly finds himself in possession of a soulmate piece belonging to a rather unusual human.

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Destiel Bunker Fic Rec

Little to no angst to the best of my memory

Good girl. by orange_crushed @robotmango - Gen, 1.7k

Crack, TFW, Fluff

(In which Team Free Will gets a four-legged mascot.)

Sam drives her to a veterinarian’s office one day, in the stolen car he is now increasingly regarding as his, and she comes back sort of sulky and depressed from having been tricked into getting a series of vaccinations.

“I know the feeling,” Cas says, at floor level with her, while the puppy licks the underside of his wrist and makes sad eyes. “I was once immune to tetanus, but now I am forced to endure booster shots.” He looks over at Sam and Dean, and lowers his voice to a whisper. “They told me they were taking me to the zoo,” he says. He pets her ears. “You will learn to trust again.”

The Heart’s Memory by @imogenbynight - Teen, 2k

Reunion, Season 8, Fluff

After three months trapped in Heaven, Castiel flies to the bunker, and contemplates the nature of love and the human heart.

Exercise by cadignan @morethanslightly - Explicit, 2.1k

Season 8

Dean didn’t even know the bunker had a gym for the first few weeks.

the run and go by microcomets @mishcollin - Teen, 2.7k

Fallen Cas, Domestic, TFW, Fluff

Cas makes a list. Dean is Yoda, and Sam is unimpressed.

Sock it to Me by @domesticadventures and @propinquitous - Gen, 3k

Established Relationship, Fluff

It starts with the bacon socks.

(or, SWS: Socks Without Story)

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Winchester 12 GA by Firebog @brainsforbabyjesus - Gen, 3.3k

Fallen Cas, Proposal, Fluff

Dean plays another game of are we dating or do we just fuck sometimes? The game goes like this, drink a bottle of beer for every maybe-date he’s been on with Cas and drink a double shot for every time they’ve fucked.

Dean’s not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that he’s been stumbling drunk for the last four days.

suddenly all at once by @xylodemon - Mature, 3.5k

Future Fic, Fallen Cas, Humor, First Time

Dean falls in love on a Thursday.

Cas and Chill by @xylodemon - Mature, 3.7k

Season 11

The one where Dean comes home and they watch TV.

Quintet by Anythingtoasted - Mature, 3.7k

Fallen Cas, Fluff, 5+1 Things

based loosely around the 'five times' structure, but not really. fluffy as hell.

Every Time A Bell Rings by @kototyph - Explicit, 5k

5+1 Things, Wings, P/rn With Plot, Fluff

Five times Castiel got Dean dirty, and one time Dean returned the favor.

Come Home by @whelvenwings - Gen, 6.3k

Domestic, TFW, Fluff

Click click click click.

Dean smiled as he entered the bunker’s library to hear the familiar sounds of Cas knitting, the steady rhythmic soundtrack to every single morning. In his hands he held a pair of mugs, and the scent of coffee curled up into the air, exotifying the musty scent of old books and dust-thick shelves. Dean had splashed out last time he went to the store, and bought a special Colombian blend.

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Dean, Castiel, and Sam have lived happily in the bunker together for a while, when they happen upon an old abandoned house. It doesn't look promising at first, but with some love and hard work - and some paint fights, from Dean and Cas - it starts to look like somewhere they could stay: a permanent home, with light through the windows and herbs in the kitchen.

To Know by @imogenbynight - Explicit, 7k

Fallen Cas, Post Season 9, Fluff

Dean tells Castiel not to open the box on top of his dresser while they're away. He doesn't, exactly. But he still sees what's inside.

Rock of Ages by Winter_of_our_Discontent @bamfinacuddlyjumper - Teen, 7.4k

Oblivious, Sam Knows

It starts because they need a rock. Not, of course, just any rock, but apparently this particular critter needs an Aztec-style obsidian-and-jade dagger right through its human-teeth-and-eyeball-eating heart to actually kill it.

In which Cas gets a ring, and Dean (finally) gets a clue.

Aim and Ignite by @wincechesters - Mature, 10.3k

Pining, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Post Season 8 AU, TFW, Fluff

After the angels fall and Cas loses his grace, and with Sam still recovering from the toll taken on his body by the trials, Dean starts a prank war as a way to lighten the mood in the bunker and alleviate his boredom. It might just have some unexpected consequences.

Tales from the Bunker of Domesticity by @teaandjumpers - Mature, 17k

Domestic, Season 8, Fluff

Moments of domesticity between Dean and Cas (and occasionally Sam) in the Men of Letters bunker. Essentially, this is a story about the boys building a home together.

When you have a future by Firebog @brainsforbabyjesus - Teen, 17.6k

Fallen Cas, Accidental Relationship, Found Family, Fluff

Sam closes Hell. Castiel closes Heaven. The heroes save the day. There's no Heaven or Hell waiting to cause the next big disaster. There's no more end of the world. There's only a squirmy feeling in his chest that feels a lot like freedom. So, now what?

(Things I promise you in this fic: dog poetry, rabbits, and fluff)

I Been Blind by @jemariel - Explicit, 22.3k

Fallen Cas, P/rn with Feelings

Castiel is in love with humanity. At least, so long as he's not the one experiencing it.

A lighthearted smutty romp wherein Dean helps Cas navigate the tricky minefield of human needs.

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“Y’all are sweet,” she says, and nods to indicate him and Cas. “Is he your—are you all together?”

Dean’s still contemplating how to answer this without saying something offensive—he never has figured out a polite way to say “no homo”—when Cas answers for him. Cas doesn’t even look up from his plate, his mouth full of baklava and some stray flakes of phyllo dough sticking to his lips when he says, “Yes.”

Dean feels more than sees Sam go very still across the table, forkful of salad and grilled chicken poised in midair.

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In which Cas is human and doesn’t understand basic concepts like: clothing, Mythbusters, moisturizer, and Greek food. Dean is…Dean and doesn’t understand basic concepts like: boyfriends, language, how to tell your friend that he’s a walking miracle, and when not to quip.