#Artist: comfycowboy

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Stay In My Arms (If You Dare)  |  Explicit  |  66,490

Author: FollowingButterflies/achillestiel

Artist: comfycowboy

Grammy award-winning singer/actor Dean Winchester is on top of the world. His latest role has him tipped for an Oscar nomination and his life is damn good, thank you very much. That all comes crashing down after a series of death threats forces his manager, Bobby Singer, to hire a bodyguard. Bobby knows just the man for the job. Castiel Krushnic, former CIA field agent and the only person Bobby would trust to protect Dean.

Tensions are high and personalities clash from the first meeting, with Dean unwilling to change his lifestyle and Cas just wanting to do the job in peace. A series of events turns the pair into reluctant friends while both try to ignore their growing attraction for each other.

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Pairings: Dean/Cas, (Dean/Lee),(Cas/Balthazar),(Claire Novak/Krissy Chambers)

Warnings: No Warnings Apply

Tags: Enemies to Lovers, Bodyguard AU, Famous Dean

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“True Colours” - Wednesday, July 19

Author: angelofthequeers ( @angelofthequeers ) Artist:  comfycowboy ( @casarts​ ) Rating: Explicit Featured characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Kelly Kline, Jack Kline Featured relationships:  Castiel/Dean Winchester (primary) Sam Winchester/Eileen Leahy (background, mostly hinted at) Length: 50,000 - 60,000 words Tags: Castiel possessing Dean Winchester, Baby Jack Kline, Season/Series 12 Summary:  When something goes wrong on a hunt and Castiel is exorcised from his vessel, there's only one option to save him: saying yes. And of course Dean's going to say yes and let Castiel in. That's his best friend.He just didn't account for the whole "seeing each other's thoughts and feelings" part of possession. Oops. Excerpt:

“Cas,” he croaks. In response, Castiel lights up his grace, just enough that Dean should feel a pleasant warmth throughout his body, and he’s rewarded with Dean whipping his head around to stare over his shoulder at Sam and Mary, who look to be a mix of despairing and puzzled.

Hello, Dean.

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Clearest Blue

Author: Elayna Mae Darcy

Artist: comfycowboy

Rating: Teen

Pairings: Dean/Cas, Cas/Lee, Charlie/Cassie, Sam/Eileen

Length: 50743

Warnings: No Warnings Needed

Tags: Dean Winchester's bisexual awakening, dean and cas use their words, heartstopper, soft destiel, teenage dean/cas, high school AU, idiots in love

Summary: Destiel, but make it HEARTSTOPPER. Cas Collins is a piano playing nerd with the best best friends a guy could ask for. Dean Winchester is the popular star of the swim team who lives with his Uncle Bobby after fleeing a dark past. But now the two are seated next to each other in homeroom after Cas switches classes, and their fast friendship begins to slowly bloom into something deeper. A dual POV contemporary love story, this is a soft fic about finding first love & figuring out who you are when everyone around you expects you to be someone else. And while Cas helps Dean discover his bisexuality, Dean in turn helps Cas learn it's just as important to love yourself first.

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Title: Behind the Curtain Author: @ofmd-alsaurus​ Artist: @comfycowboy Characters: Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet Relationship(s): Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Rating: Explicit Additional Tags: Canon Universe, Sharing a Room, Masturbation, UST, Resolved Sexual Tension, Come Eating, Mutual Masturbation, Blow Jobs, Foreskin Play, First Kiss, First Time, Fluff, Humor, Smut, Porn With Plot, Porn with Feelings Warnings: N/A Summary:

Ed is in love with Stede. Ed is also sharing a bedroom with Stede. This is fine! (Ed is 99% sure it’s fine, anyway.)

Wordcount: 11,172

Behind the Curtain by alsaurus

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stay in my arms (if you dare)

Author: FollowingButterflies | Artist: comfycowboy Posting on Thursday March 2

Grammy award-winning singer/actor Dean Winchester is on top of the world. His latest role has him tipped for an Oscar nomination and his life is damn good, thank you very much. That all comes crashing down after a series of death threats forces his manager, Bobby Singer, to hire a bodyguard. Bobby knows just the man for the job. Castiel Krushnic, former CIA field agent and the only person Bobby would trust to protect Dean. Tensions are high and personalities clash from the first meeting, with Dean unwilling to change his lifestyle and Cas just wanting to do the job in peace. A series of events turns the pair into reluctant friends while both try to ignore their growing attraction for each other. 

Keep reading for a sneak preview!

Dean wasn't sure what he had been expecting when he met his new bodyguard, probably some bald, suited hulking guy even taller than Sam with the body shape of a nacho chip and the personality of a mossy boulder. Whatever it was that Dean had been anticipating, Krushnic wasn't it. He was shorter than Dean, even if only by an inch or so. He was also more slender than Dean had been expecting, with a slim runner's body but still muscular. Instead of a suit, he wore what looked like a buttery soft leather jacket with the sleeves haphazardly pushed up to the elbows. Dean couldn't help but notice the strong-looking muscles in Krushnic's forearms, both of which were covered in tattoos. Tattoos that Dean was just itching to get a closer look at. Despite his face being half hidden behind aviator sunglasses, Dean had a hunch that Krushnic was one good-looking motherfucker. That hunch was confirmed when Krushinic lowered his sunglasses, finally looking Dean square in the eyes. Brilliant blue eyes, a jawline so sharp it should have been a crime and, holy fuck, lips that made Dean’s brain go into a tailspin of pretty pornographic images. Forget being someone’s bodyguard, this Krushnic guy should have been on the front cover of the artsy music magazines that Claire had piled up in her bedroom. Well shit. This was going to be interesting. Okay, sure. Dean had spent the best part of a decade surrounded by attractive people. He lived in fucking Los Angeles, after all. If he threw a rock down Melrose Avenue, it would probably hit at least three aspiring actors and two models. The whole damn city was filled with attractive people and he’d worked with a fair few of them. Still, he was momentarily struck silent when he met his new bodyguard.  He couldn’t have just had a bald, nacho-looking guy? "Dean, this is Castiel Krushnic,” Bobby said, shooting a rare smile at the walking wet dream currently standing in Dean’s house. Seeing Bobby smile was more of a rarity than seeing him without his trademark baseball cap and it threw Dean for a loop. Seriously, how the fuck did /Bobby/ know this guy? “Krushnic, this is Dean Winchester." "Nice to meet you," Krushnic said in an accent that was a blend of both Russian and American. Jesus fuck, his voice sounded like he gargled with bourbon each morning and smoked a pack a day. It was the kind of voice you'd hear narrating those steamy fantasy romance novels that Charlie claimed she read for the plot and the plot alone. Again, well shit.

 [continue reading on Ao3 on Thursday March 2]

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2023 Angel Bang Masterlist

And it's a wrap! The 2023 SPN Angel Bang is now over and all stories and art have been posted!

Thank you to all our teams to participated and completed the bang for this inaugural round (yes, I hope there will be another one!) Here is the final list of stories & art posted:

Devotion by FriendofCarlotta, Bees

You Promised by anyrei, queerwerewolf, PetraAmia

What We Deserve by butterflyslinky, Klayr

An Act of Humanity by seidenapfel, xfancyfranart

Loki Spake by mukur0, bakh-meliorism

Casifer's Deception by Kinetic-Passion, Keikakudom

A Light Above Descending by Hedderstheowl, enigmaticNeurologist

Plan B by akajed, golby moon

Take Me Out by TheLadyKeira, Dimitri Evans

The Law of Entanglement by AngelEyz4ever, Anyrei

Escaping the Labyrinth by Kyra_maximoff, Slurpy natural

Time Enough for Counting by angelshotgun, kingdumbass 

A Gift of Penance for Your Sins by SwirlyCloud, babyhorseshoecrabe

Apple Pie and the Apocalypse by LadyKnightSkye, sidewinder

circle, broken by autisticandroids, sketcheun

True Colours by angelofthequeers, comfycowboy

What Sacred Games by prettydizzeed, Hectatess

Jack's Angels by MercurialKitty, sidewinder

The Garden's Keeper by Gitten, Dimitri Evans

Birds of a Feather by CathiesCreations, Sketcheun

A Cupid's Work by Redamber79, LadyRandomBox

Earth Angel by Eyes_of_a_Tragedy, tfw_cas, rezal 

Dialogues of the Undead art by spn-fanfic-reblog-writes

doors unlocked and open by sidewinder, fluffsnake

Angel Academy by Crematosis, DoggoJin

Instrumental by Restlesshush, theplaidfox

Heaven is a Place on Earth by ArthursKnight, Bakh_Meliorism

The Angel with the scarred face by Dimitri Evans, Atlas_Pie

Creation Myth by howldean, dustghoul

Ethereal Feathers by Atlas_Pie, seidenapfel

Unraveling the Past by Dk323, As-lost-as-sams-shoe

Wings by Lyconite, Atlas_Pie On a personal note, to everyone who participated as artists, writers, and beta-readers: thank you for being such a great group of angel enthusiasts! And an extra-special thanks to my co-mods @bleuzombie, @deancodedcastielenby and @twinone1221 for all their help. This was my first time organizing and running and bang and while we may have hit some bumps in the road along the way, I'm really proud of all the work that came out of this.

As has been teased/mentioned before, I will be organizing a Reverse Angels & Demons bang next, the details of which will be announced within the next few weeks. So keep watching this space! Also the @dadstielminibang which I'm co-modding is set to begin posting today, so be sure to follow over there for some wonderful fic & art featuring Castiel as a father figure in both canonverse and AU settings.

Thanks again, from @hawkland

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True Colours

Author: angelofthequeers (@angelofthequeers) Artist: comfycowboy (@comfycowboy) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Featured characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Jack Kline, Kelly Kline, Mary Winchester Featured relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Jack Kline & Dean Winchester, Castiel & Jack Kline, Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester, Castiel & Sam Winchester Length:  58,883 words Tags:  Castiel Possessing Dean Winchester, Consensual Possession, Season/Series 12, Baby Jack Kline, navigating a relationship while sharing a body

Summary:  When something goes wrong on a hunt and Castiel is exorcised from his vessel, there’s only one option to save him: saying yes. And of course Dean’s going to say yes and let Castiel in. That’s his best friend. He just didn’t account for the whole “seeing each other’s thoughts and feelings” part of possession. Oops.

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SPN Angel Bang: Posting Schedule Released

Thank you to all of our writers and artists who has been working hard to bring together what’s going to be an AMAZING collection of new fic this summer! Below is our planned posting schedule. Keep your angel radio tuned in right here, because promo posts will start tomorrow for our first upcoming story.

Date: “Title” Author | Artist July 3: "Devotion" FriendofCarlotta | Bees July 4: "You Promised" anyrei and queerwerewolf | PetraAmia July 5: "What We Deserve" butterflyslinky | Klayr De Gall July 6: "An Act of Humanity" seidenapfel | xfancyfranart July 7: "Loki Spake" mukur0 | bakh_meliorism July 8: "doors unlocked and open" sidewinder | fluffsnake July 9: "Casifer's Deception" Kinetic-Passion | Keikakudom July 10: "Take me out" TheLadyKeira | Dimitri Evans July 11: "A Light Above Descending" Hedderstheowl | enigmaticNeurologist July 12: "Plan B" Akajed | golby-moon July 13: "The Law of Entanglement" AngelEyz4ever | anyrei July 14: "escaping the labyrinth" Kyra_Maximoff | Slurpy Natural July 15: "Time Enough For Counting" angelshotgun | kingdumbass July 16: "A Gift of Penance for Your Sins" Swirlycloud | Babyhorseshoecrabe July 17: "Apple Pie and the Apocalypse" LadyKnightSkye | sidewinder July 18: "circle, broken" autisticandroids | sketcheun July 19: "True Colours" angelofthequeers | comfycowboy July 20: "creation myth" howldean | angel July 21: "What Sacred Game" prettydizzeed | Hectatess July 22: "The angel with the scared face" Dimiti Evans | Atlas_Pie July 23: "Jack's Angels" MercurialKitty | sidewinder July 24: "Ethereal Feathers" Atlas_Pie | seidenapfel July 25: "The Garden’s Keeper" Gitten | Dimitri Evans July 26: "Birds of a Feather" CathiesCreations | sketcheun July 27: "A Cupid's Work" Redamber79 | LadyRandomBox July 28: "Earth Angel" Eyes_of_a_Tragedy, tfw_cas | rezal July 29: "Consumption" Angel | Emmatheslayer July 30: "Dialogues of the Undead" occasionally_always | spn-fanfic-reblog-writes July 31: "How to Break a Colt" myguardianangel-ina-trenchcoat | As-lost-as-sams-shoe August 1: "Wings" Lyconite | Atlas_Pie August 2: "Unraveling the Past" Avalon Silver | As-lost-as-sams-shoe August 3: "Angel Academy" Crematosis | DoggoJin August 4: "Instrumental" Restlesshush | ThePlaidFox August 5: "Heaven is a Place on Earth" ArthursKnight | bakh_meliorism

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Art claims for the 7th annual Dean/Cas Pinefest have officially ended! 31 artists claimed 39 fics written by 41 authors, and we're gonna smooch in every single one of them 💕

Aw look, they're holding hands about it 😌

Posting season will commence on Valentine's Day Dean and Cas' anniversary, and the posting schedule will be made available to participants on December 12th! Make sure to check in with your Pinefest partner ASAP, and happy pining!

Venture under the cut for a full list of this year's teams.

Author: butterflyslinky Artist: PetraAmia

Author: FriendofCarlotta Artist: xfancyfranart

Author: Taymarpigeon Artist: Kenzie/Dean

Author: NEG85 Artist: Flora Gois

Author: andimeantittosting Artist: Da yuk

Author: electric_dragons Artist: Ephemera

Author: LadyKnightSkye Artist: Ephemera

Author: LoversAntiquities Artist: sidewinder

Author: SomethingBlue42 Artist: Solstheim

Author: bexgowen Artist: PetraAmia

Author: abi cosmos Artist: Aggiedoll

Author: powersuitup Artist: Birdie

Author: allthismusic Artist: lotrspnfangirl

Author: followyourenergy Artist: PetraAmia

Author: WinchesterPooja Artist: _gloomyinks

Author: hisbrokenrainbowwings Artist: galakitty

Author: FollowingButterflies Artist: comfycowboy

Author: TessEtc Artist: girlinthemirrorbluenight

Author: Followsthebees Artist: wigglebox

Author: Rex _Writes & deathbysandblk Artist: Henri

Author: one_more_offbeat_anthem Artist: Solstheim

Author: fallenangelandpie Artist: PallasPerilous

Author: Fanboi214 Artist: imogenbynight

Author: seidenapfel Artist: theheartchoice

Author: Hectatess Artist: Nioell

Author: bsmith0708 Artist: certainwonder

Author: Jean Pilgrim Artist: Alexiescherryslurpy

Author: Desirae Artist: dolgoyangi

Author: thisisapaige Artist: nickelkeep

Author: prosopopeya & marbleflan Artist: Alexiescherryslurpy

Author: dothraki_shieldmaiden Artist: kingdumbass

Author: Carter Artist: Solstheim

Author: MBQ Artist: lotrspnfangirl

Author: Mittens Artist: Alexiescherryslurpy

Author: Kinetic_Passion Artist: lotrspnfangirl

Author: starlingcas Artist: sidewinder

Author: TwinOne! Artist: lotrfangirlspn

Author: Tossukka Artist: Aggiedoll

Author: PetraAmia Artist: Solstheim

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Title: Clearest Blue

Author: Elayna Mae Darcy

Artist: comfycowboy

Rating: Teen

Pairings: Dean/Cas, Cas/Lee, Cassie/Charlie, Sam/Eileen

Length: 46000

Warnings: Depression, anxiety, suicide ideation, bullying, instances of homophobia, mentions of past child abuse

Tags: idiots in love, why are they like this, mutual pining, friends to lovers, bi dean winchester, slow burn, angst with a happy ending, they are just little guys, destiel fluff

Posting Date: October 10, 2022

Summary: Destiel, but make it HEARTSTOPPER. Cas Collins is a piano playing nerd with the best best friends a guy could ask for. Dean Winchester is the popular star of the swim team who lives with his Uncle Bobby after fleeing a dark past. But now the two are seated next to each other in homeroom after Cas switches classes, and their fast friendship begins to slowly bloom into something deeper. A dual POV contemporary love story, this is a soft fic about finding first love & figuring out who you are when everyone around you expects you to be someone else. And while Cas helps Dean discover his bisexuality, Dean in turn helps Cas learn it's just as important to love yourself first.

Excerpt: Dean comes up and sits beside me on the piano bench while the rest of the band are getting set up. I show him how to plonk out a simple tune, but the way he smiles when he manages to repeat it melts everything inside me. “I’m really happy you’re here,” I say to him.  “Really? Cause you tried to talk me out of it like a dozen times.” “Only because I didn’t want to make you come if you didn’t want to.” “Cas, when are you going to get it?” “Get what?” “That I’m choosing you. That spending time with you is always the best part of my day.” I look down at the ivory keys, my hand resting near his. And like the night we first kissed, he inches his pinky towards mine for the softest touch.  But I pull my hand away, “I’m just worried if people see us together all the time they might suspect something. And I just… I don’t want you to go through that. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone, but especially not you.” He pauses, eyes searching the room. I can’t tell what he’s thinking, which is becoming a pretty common thing. He’s got such depth to him, but that he barely lets anyone see. Dean has a face and a smile that would make most people mistake him for just a fun, easy going beach read. But the more I get to know him, the more I realize that Dean Winchester is Tolstoy. He’s Kerouac. He is Mr. Darcy, afraid of all the ways others might judge him, when beneath the surface he is nothing but simmering passion and ardent softness. When he touches me, I’m his Lizzie, falling so slowly and deeply in love with him that the thought of not being near him feels like it would be nothing but hazy darkness.  My life without Dean would be empty.  “I’ve been… I’ve been doing some research. About bisexuality…” he whispers.  And in this moment, I dare to hope. “I think that could definitely be me. I think—” He’s cut off by our band instructor, “Has anyone seen Charlie and Cassie? We’re about to let in the audience!” And with whatever Dean was going to say left hanging on the tip of his tongue, the two of us jump up to go find our missing friends.

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