#pinefest 2021

[seidenapfel]

2024 in Review

In 2024, I posted 17 fics, ranging from 334 to 27,731 words. Although I feel I joined too many bangs this year, only six fics were bang collabs. Addionally, there were eight art collabs as well. I haven't counted the art pieces, though. However, it probably felt that much because there are nine collabs I'm currently working on for 2025. So, if you like my fics and art, please subscribe to me on AO3 for fics and art, and/or follow me on Tumblr.

Making a List, Checking it Twice (Rated: E | Word Count: 1,369)

Summary: Dean forgets a naughty list in the kitchen. There's only one person/angel who can have found it.

The year started smutty with my first fic for the 12 Days of Smutmas.

Heating Up a Snow Cave (Rated: E | Word Count: 2,907)

Summary: Caught in a blizzard, Cas and Dean have to find a way to warm each other up.

My second fic for the 12 Days of Smutmas.

You Ain't Him (Rated: T | Word Count: 840)

Summary: “Dean?” Dean winced. No. It couldn’t be. His entire body started to tingle as the gravel voice vibrated through him. A voice he thought he would never hear again. This wasn’t happening. He was gone. He was—

A little birthday fic for Dean Winchester.

Books, Pies, and Roommates (Rated: E | Word Count: 27,731)

Summary: Everything seemed easy when Castiel landed a job in Lawrence as a literature professor at KU. He even found a place to stay with his cousin in Topeka. But the daily commute quickly gets on his nerves and he begins looking for a room in town. When he finally lucks out on a house, it comes with a catch. His mysterious landlord/housemate works and lives in Topeka during the week, and will only be at home for the weekend while Castiel is back at his cousin’s to honor a promise he made. When Dean walks into his favorite pie shop, the new sales assistant takes his breath away. Steve is gorgeous, and part of the owner’s family. Dean doesn’t even mind that he picks up Gabriel’s stupid moniker for him. After all, Deano has one syllable more, and Dean will do anything to hear Steve’s voice just a little bit longer. Though, as breathtaking Steve might be, he isn't Angel. If only Dean's book-loving best friend weren't a mystery in himself — a guy who Dean has only met online, but who has slowly taken his heart away. And it seems that Dean isn't alone in his feelings. When the lines blur and fantasies merge three guys into one, disappointment and heartbreak seem to be inevitable.

Pinefest ( @deancaspinefest ) is always one of the highlights of the year and this year @kitshay claimed my fic and created some beautiful pieces. Besides, I had a great time writing this two-person love hexagon.

Maybe not yet, but eventually (Rated: T | Word Count: 1,032)

Summary: Screaming, Dean wakes from a nightmare, trapped inside his memories.

This is the first of several time stamps this year. This one was for my 2021 DCBB fic Maybe not a comedy (according to Jack), but he likes the happy ending that can be read as a standalone.

Setting Sail (Rated: T | Word Count: 334)

Summary: 1805: Nodding at Lieutenant Davies and Midshipman Alfie, and leaving command with Lieutenant Hester, Castiel walks towards his cabin when he sees him.

Another timestamp, this time for my 2022 Regency Big Bang fic Forty Shillings on the Drum. Written for the Tumblr May Trope Mayhem. Can be read as standalone.

Maybe not magnificent, but damn awesome (Rated: T | Word Count: 1,137)

Summary: Movie nights aboard the Impala have become something of a routine after they reunited Sam with his family on Terra. Once a week, Charlie picks some classic movie from back in the days, and their little found family comes together in the living room.

Timestamp number three, once again for my 2021 DCBB fic Maybe not a comedy (according to Jack), but he likes the happy ending. Another entry for the May Trop Mayhem. Should work as standalone.

Filling the Empty Space in My Heart (Rated: T | Word Count: 5,035)

Summary: After Cas let himself be taken by the Empty, Dean's life continues in a blur. Only Jack keeps him going, who has turned himself into an actual four-year-old boy after defeating Chuck and giving up the majority of his powers to stabilise Heaven. However, Dean knows he isn't good enough to raise a nephil. Jack needs his dad. And there might be one way to bring him back. Even if it leads Dean back to Hell, and beyond.

Inspired by an art piece for the DCRB 2024 where I ended up empty handed, and written for the Profound Bond Gift Exchange as a gift for @thecadenceimperfect. With art by me. I later wrote a smutty timestamp as well called:

A Place to Stay (Rated: E | Word Count: 3,157)

Summary: After getting back from the Empty, Dean’s entire body tingled, too edgy for his skin. He barely paid attention to the others and couldn’t stop fidgeting since he had returned to the library and joined them once again at the table. Cas’ presence was electric, pulling him into its orbit. Dean felt it in every fibre of his being as he slumped down on the chair next to him. Echoes of Grace pulsed through him, and for the first time since Cas pulled that stupid stunt and let himself be swallowed by the Empty, Dean felt alive.

TFW 2.0: Siren Adventures (Rated: E | Word Count: 4,727)

Summary: After Charlie and Sam's plan to save Cas and Dean goes sideways, Charlie doesn't give up. There must be another way. When she finds help in an unsual ally, the future is suddenly starting to look brighter.

My Crack in the Chassis catch ( @crack-in-the-chassis ) for @notreallyaroad 's fic TFW: Just Add Water. At first, I claimed for art, but due to the special kind of bang, we agreed for me to write an alternate ending / fix-it as well.

A Part of Me Shall Still Remain (Rated: T | Word Count: 6,918)

Summary: In 1805 Commander Castiel returns home after long years at sea. The Battle of Trafalgar has left him a broken man. For years, he shuns society and withdraws to his estate, until a scandal involving Sir Castiel’s disgraced cousin and a young noblewoman shakes the ballrooms of London and Bath. It introduces him to a doomed woman, who not only does approve of his deepest secrets, but who also does give birth to a child that will alter the commander’s life forever.

My fic for the Dadstiel Bang ( @dadstielminibang ) with stunning art by @twinone1221. This fic is set in the verse of my 2022 Regency Big Bang fic Forty Shillings on the Drum, but can be read as standalone. I had two other collabs for the Dadstiel Bang, both art.

Everlasting Fall (Rated: E | Word Count: 3,136)

Summary: Tendrils of Grace trickled from Dean’s fingers as his hand ghosted along Castiel’s flank. Gasping, Castiel shivered and Dean smiled. “You like that?” Stripped of their combined Grace for the night, Castiel gives himself over to Dean, ready to be taken apart.

Another timestamp because after demon and angel smut, I wanted to write some Grace kink. Set in my Calming the Weather verse.

That's Purrfect (Rated: T | Word Count: 1,262)

Summary: Castiel would do anything for him. He would level entire civilisations for Dean Winchester, or dress as a cat — it didn’t matter as long as Dean was happy.

Another Halloween fic to add to my annual tradition, and the only fic I managed to write for Suptober this year.

Highly Professional (Rated: E | Word Count: 25,565)

Summary: On his first day of college, Dean feels like a fish out of water. After years of working his ass off with several jobs at once to fund his brother’s studies, his family and friends have decided to pay him back. That’s how he finds himself panicking in the lecture hall. Thankfully, a fellow student distracts him. She promptly becomes a good friend, and Dean has no idea how badly he will need her. The moment he lays eyes on his physics professor, Dean is lost. Castiel Novak seems like the man of his dreams. And when the professor’s son appears from under the podium, several lives take an unsuspected turn.

My fic collab for the DCBB 2024 with wonderful art by @sasanka-27. I started this fic for the Dadstiel Bang, but changed it for the one I ended up with.

Your Own Personal Heaven (Rated: T | Word Count: 3,004)

Summary: After arriving in Heaven, Dean's nursing a beer in the crowded and snowed-in Roadhouse when the door opens and Cas enters. Crowding him, Dean makes out with him in front of everyone present, believing that he is stuck in his personal Heaven and none of it is real.

I haven't shared this Christmas fic on Tumblr before because I was too busy with bang collabs and the holidays. Inspired by a prompt by @macy2me.

It's a Stabby Life (Rated: T | Word Count: 4,370)

Summary: Dean Smith’s life as Director of Sales and Marketing at Sandover seems perfect. If there weren’t the dreams, and his new colleague. When he runs into Castiel and accidentally stabs him with a knife in the cafeteria, the guy walks away as if nothing happened. Maybe it didn’t and Dean is simply overworked. But then it happens again, and again, and Dean’s perfect life slowly falls to pieces.

The first of two fics for @deancas-stabfest. @arlington-chamber-of-gay claimed it an created beautiful pieces for the stabs. I had never written Dean Smith before, so this was really fun.

Gonna Find Out Who's Naughty or Nice (Rated: T | Word Count: 8,859)

Summary: During a case involving an entire coven of witches, Dean tries on a Santa hat. Nothing seems wrong, until he can’t remove the hat. Jingles start following his every step while his body changes. Slowly at first, then faster and faster, until he can’t hide it any longer from Sam and Castiel: Dean is transforming into Santa, and there seems to be no way back.

My Stabfest collab number two is the last fic for this year. This time, I claimed a wonderful art piece by @masoenart. It was the second collab with @masoena this year after our collab for the Midam Bang during the summer where our roles were reversed. One reader called this fic Christmas horror. I just had a lot of fun writing it.

Art Collabs

(you find the links to the fics when you follow the links to the art, either on AO3 or Tumblr)

Destiel Pinefest 2024: Art for 'Given to Fly' by MittenWraith, colalb with @mittensmorgul [art on Tumblr]

Bottom Cas Big Bang 2023/2024: Art for 'Raising Kids, Finding Love, the Family Business' by Mydestielbabies_67, collab with @spnisthewayoflife [art on Tumblr]

Dadstiel Mini Bang 2024: Art for 'Make a Wish' by Avonlady, collab with @avonlady42 [art on Tumblr]

Art for 'Always Memorable' by golbygloom, collab with @golby-moon [art on Tumblr]

Crack in the Chassis 2024: Art for 'TFW: Just Add Water' by notreallyaroad, collab with @notreallyaroad [art on Tumblr]

Midam Bang 2024: Art for 'Breaking Light — A Future Earned' by Masoena, collab with @masoena [art on Tumblr]

DCBB 2024: Art for 'Marriage of Heaven, Hell & Humanity' by draechaeli, collab with @draechaeli [art on Tumblr]

Stabfest 2024: Art for 'Monsters and Men' by FriendofCarlotta, collab with @friendofcarlotta [art on Tumblr]

Over the summer, I also posted several sketches I drew in my sketchbook.

And I posted some photos taken at PurCon which ended up my most shared posts of the year.

[mittensmorgul]

2024 in Mittens Fic

It’s once again time for the annual accounting of things I have written! This year's stats are pretty deceptive, since i posted over 266k words to ao3 across five works. Unfortunately one of them is my SPNGeorg podcast notes (which i've all but abandoned for now, also unfortunately... unless you're excited that this means my brain wants to focus on writing fic more than podcast notes...) hopefully that bodes well for 2025 (for which I already have 42k written that will post in this year's upcoming pinefest!)

SO. If you take away the podcast notes, at over 180k... this has been my smallest fic year ever, at 85,721 words posted.

For reference, past year end summaries can be found here:

2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | the closest thing I have to a 2015 wrap up post is the lil bit of text at the bottom of 2016′s post… even though my two most popular fics were from 2015 lololol

Ignoring the SPNGeorg podcast notes, that still leaves me with FOUR posted fics from this year, which is way better than none! :D

First up was my Dean/Cas Pinefest fic, Given to Fly (60,952 words, rated E) (and while you're there, check out all the other incredible Pinefest 2024 works!). It's a modern AU, with Dean and Cas in the Navy and a very season seven vibe (in case you enjoy watching Dick Roman get his comeuppance in addition to destiel pining).

Next up was a fic I started with the intention of submitting to the DCBB but yet again missed the draft deadline. Loose Ends (20,763 words, rated T) is technically part 3 of my Evergreen series that began with one working part back in 2023, but can be read as a standalone. It's a post-Chuck world, Dean and Cas are together, and a fairy case leads them down a rabbit hole of fanfiction of Chuck's Supernatural series, and some major revelations about their own past.

(almost entirely) Sweet Sixteenth (982 words, rated T) is a short and sweet destielversary fic, also loosely set in the Evergreen 'verse. A camping trip goes very wrong.

Merry Beachmas (3024 words, rated T) is also set in Evergreen, my annual holiday fic. Wherein the entire gang decides that since Chuck is gone, they need to start making up their own holidays to celebrate. Once again, things go slightly awry. (and if you're still in a holly jolly mood and just want more destiel holiday fluff, i now have a decade worth of it right here)

And that's it for this year! Sadly! But again, I already have nearly half of this year's total ready to go for next year, so hopefully there will be much, much more to come!

I'd really better get on that, because my To Be Written list has continued to grow despite my best efforts to actually corral the thing...

Thanks again to everyone who’s read, kudos’ed, commented, reblogged, liked, rec’ed, and enjoyed anything I’ve written in the last year. I love you all. <3 See you in 2025!

[kayrosebee]

May 20, 2021

140/365

World Bee Day🐝

💙

Cas from the pinefest-

Standing Where the Lightning Strikes by @casloveshisfreckles

[ladyrandombox]

Pinefest post 2.0 but for DarkHeartInTheSky aka Castielsdisciple! I loved her fic for many reasons one being because it involves events from season 12 which is one of my favs! Link, sum, tags, etc below:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30883340/chapters/76257185?view_adult=true

[thevioletcaptain]

As part of this year’s @deancaspinefest, I created art for @andimeantittosting's gorgeous fake-married casefic, The Last Resort!

This is the second time I've created art for one of Lindsay's fics, and it was just as wonderful as the last time. Every time I went back to read the scenes I was illustrating, I'd get pulled back into the story and didn't stop until the end.

You can find the masterpost here on the Pinefest Blog, read the fic here on Ao3, and see the full-resolution art here on DeviantArt!

Please consider reblogging the masterpost so that more people can enjoy this excellent fic 💜

[dmsilvisart]

Surprises - Art Masterpost

From the Badger Herald, February 7th, 2018:

Sigma Zeta Gets a Baby Brother: UW fraternity adopts its youngest member in history By Jesse Cuevas, Staff Writer

Dean Winchester didn’t expect to start the semester as a part-time dad, but when his friend unexpectedly became guardian to a newborn baby, he and his fraternity brothers didn’t hesitate. They immediately converted their spare room into a nursery and invited Castiel Novak and his nephew Jack to stay with them.

“Cas has a single dorm,” Winchester, a senior and kicker for the UW Badgers football team, explained. “We thought, ‘There’s no way in hell he’s gonna be able to raise a kid in that tiny space.’ Then one of us went, 'We’ve got tons of room. Why doesn’t he just move in here?’ So that’s what we did.”

1 0f 2 @deancaspinefest collabs I’ve been part of this year.

This story is so cute yall!

College age Dean and Cas, their fraternity and family helping them raise baby Jack and finding out they love each other along the way.  It’s really.....*sigh* so cute.  I love the family and friends dynamics in this, the fraternity brothers make me laugh a good bit.  I really liked how Tess showed how difficult raising a baby can be on a person (people)  oh by the worked with the amazing @tessalyn​ on this, they were very patient with me getting back into things and getting through things while we worked on this.

I felt out of practice drawing this one, it’s been awhile.I think it shows, but that’s the artist’s mind for you. I used my usual, prismacolor markers and photoshop backgrounds.

READ IT HERE

[koryandrart]

Deeper Than All Roses 

Author: Kekinkawaii | Artist: Koryandr

They really were beautiful, Castiel thought as he stared at the pile of wolfsbane held cupped in his palms. Lightly curling tops, and a deep, rich purple. The colour of kings, of royals.

Click to Read on Ao3

My art contribution to this year's Pinefest 2021! @deancaspinefest. This beautiful fic was written by Kekinkawaii and I literally could not wait to make art for this beautiful fic as soon as I read the summary I was inspired. Please go give it a read!

[girlinthemirrorbluenight-library]

Here's my art for this year's @deancaspinefest check out the awesome fic here.

[seidenapfel]

Bang & Fandom Event Fic & Art Masterpost

2024 is for me the fourth year of participating in SPN bangs (and fandom events). I'm usually pretty good at remembering the bangs I wrote fic for, but the list has gotten too long to remember them all — especially after I started to participate as an artist as well. I decided to list them sorted by year. Since I'm planning to update this post regularly in the future I put the entire list behind a read more. At the end of this post is a list with the Tumblr accounts of all the bangs. Some of them are on hiatus, but many are still active and might be looking for participants.

*** 2021

DeanCas Happily Ever After Fest 2021 I Call Your Name (23,474 words, Explicit, Canon Universe*) [Tumblr Masterpost]

Suptober 2021 18 fics (27,745 words, General up to Explicit)

DCBB 2021 Maybe not a comedy (according to Jack), but he likes the happy ending (67,602 words, Mature, AU) [Tumblr Masterpost]

*** 2022

Dean/Cas Pinefest 2022 An Angel's Tale (30,175 words, Explicit) [Tumblr Masterpost]

DCRB 2022 Finding You, FInding Home (15,960 words, Explicit, Canon Universe*) [Tumblr Masterpost]

Destiel Sci-fi & Fantasy Bang 2022 Magically Bonded (24,502 words, Explicit, AU) [Tumblr Masterpost]

Suptober 2022 29 fics (38,252 words, General up to Explicit) 4 pieces of art [1, 2, 3, 4]

SPN Regency Bang 2022 Forty Shillings on the Drum (16,169 words, Explicit, AU) [Tumblr Masterpost]

DCBB 2022 Calming the Weather (35,490 words, Explicit, Canon Universe*) [Tumblr Masterpost]

A Very Prompty Christmas - SPN Edition Weathering the (Christmas) Season (37,446 words, Explicit, Canon Universe*)

*** 2023

Dean/Cas Pinefest 2023 Unbeknownst Soul Mate (20,776 words, Explicit, AU) [Tumblr Masterpost]

DCRB 2023 Art for Forged in Thunder by flyingkafka67 (AO3, Tumblr) [Tumblr Masterpost]

DeanCas Switch Bang 2023 Your Dreams Are My Reality (10,883 words, Explicit, Canon Universe*) [Tumblr Masterpost]

SPN Angel Bang 2023 An Act of Humanity (23,527 words, Explicit, Canon Universe*) [Tumblr Masterpost] Art for Etheral Feathers by Atlas_Pie (AO3, Tumblr) [Tumblr Masterpost]

Dadstiel Mini Bang 2023 From Zero to Family (11,773 words, Explicit, AU) [Tumblr Masterpost] Art for Moonlight on the Water, Sunlight in the Sky by nickelkeep (AO3, Tumblr) [Tumblr Masterpost]

Suptober 2023 16 fics (15,501 words, Teen and Up up to Explicit)

SPN Regency Bang 2023 High Time for a Romantic Adventure (12,302 words, Explicit, Canon Universe*) [Tumblr Masterpost] Art for A Little More Time by Tossukka (AO3, Tumblr) [Tumblr Masterpost]

DCBB 2023 Mark of Darkness, Spark of Hope (48,056 words, Explicit, Canon Universe*) [Tumblr Masterpost]

12 Prompts of Christmas - SPN Edition Our Troubles Will Be Miles Away (17,369 words, Explicit, Canon Universe*)

*** 2024

Dean/Cas Pinefest 2024 Books, Pies, and Roommates (27,731 words, Explicit, AU) [Tumblr Masterpost] Art for Given to Fly by MittenWraith (AO3, Tumblr) [Tumblr Masterpost]

Bottom Cas Big Bang 2024 Art for Raising Kids, Finding Love, the Family Business by Mydestielbabies_67 (AO3, Tumblr) [Tumblr Masterpost]

Dadstiel Mini Bang 2024 A Part of Me Shall Still Remain (6,918, Teen and Up, AU) [Tumblr Masterpost] Art for Make a Wish by Avonlady (AO3, Tumblr) [Tumblr Masterpost] Art for Always Memorable by golbygloom (AO3, Tumblr) [Tumblr Masterpost]

Crack in the Chassis 2024 Art for TFW: Just Add Water by notreallyaroad (AO3, Tumblr) [Tumblr Masterpost] TFW 2.0: Siren Adventures (4,727, Explicit, AU) [Tumblr Masterpost]

Midam Bang 2024 Art for Breaking Light — A Future Earned by Masoena (AO3, Tumblr) [Tumblr Masterpost]

DCBB 2024 Highly Professional (25,565, Explicit, AU) [Tumblr Masterpost] Art for Marriage of Heaven, Hell & Humanity by draechaeli (AO3, Tumblr) [Tumblr Masterpost]

Stabfest 2024 It's a Stabby Life (4,270, Teen and Up, Canon Universe*) [Tumblr Masterpost] Gonna Find Out Who’s Naughty or Nice (8,859, Teen and Up, Canon Universe*) [Tumblr Masterpost] Art for Monsters and Men by FriendofCarlotta (AO3, Tumblr) [Tumblr Masterpost]

*** 2025

Destiel Shitpost Christmas RB 2024 Fic Art

Angels & Demons 2024/2025 Fic Art

DeanCas AU RB 2024/2025 Fic

Fluffstiel 2024/2025 Fic Art

Pinefest 2025 Fic Art

*canon universe and canon divergence

*** Bangs on Tumblr

@dchappilyeverafterfest (only in 2021) @deancasbigbang @deancaspinefest @deancasreversebang @destielscififantasybang @spnregencybb @deancasswitchbang @spnangelbang @dadstielminibang @bottomcasbigbang @midambang24 @spnbangbang

Other bangs (some of them I signed up for but didn't finish/claim anything, and for some others I considered/am considering signing up)

@spnangelsanddemons-rb @destielaureversebb @spnheadbang @destielnoirbang @spnfemslashbang @deancasanimebang @dcwildwestfest @bottomdeanbigbang

[mittensmorgul]

2023 in Mittens Fic

It's once again time for the annual accounting of things I have written! I think this year's total fic count, at 4, is my lowest ever, but I still managed more words than my two lowest years (peak pandemic, i loathe you still).

For reference, past year end summaries can be found here:

2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | the closest thing I have to a 2015 wrap up post is the lil bit of text at the bottom of 2016′s post… even though my two most popular fics were from 2015 lololol

So I guess my main writing goal for 2024, since I know I will never surpass my 2015 totals, is to just do better than I did in 2023. Here's to more fic!

I managed a Pinefest fic, a fic I started for DCBB but didn't finish by the draft deadline and posted on my own, an annual destielversary fic, and an annual holiday fic. I think that's the bare minimum of what I try to aim for in a year, so even if I'm personally disappointed I didn't get anything else written in addition to that bare minimum, I'm glad I was at least able to hit that goal. Across this year's four posted fics, there's a total of 110,875 words.

Also, again slightly cheating, but since I've mentioned it for the past two years, I'm still making the @spngeorg podcast! In case the millions of words of meta I've written over the years aren't enough, and you want to hear me yell out loud about the show, you can start from the beginning on Spotify or wherever you enjoy podcasts! Or if that sounds daunting, since I just uploaded Episode 138, 7.12 Time After Time, which makes the backlog a lot to catch up on honestly, you're also welcome to just jump in now. Everyone please come yell with me! I swear, if you do start from the beginning, that I get dramatically better at this whole thing as we go on... at least, I think I have. If nothing else, episodes are far more manageably shorter now that I've developed a system. Only took 2 1/2 years, but here we are... :'D

With that business out of the way, let's break down those numbers! Presented in the order they posted:

Dear Western Red Cedar #2409 (63,433 words rated M) Written for @deancaspinefest with gorgeous art by @alexiescherryslurpy, and inspired by this tumblr post that had been plaguing my imagination for several years. It's a two person love triangle with Forest Ranger and secret bestselling author Dean and small town librarian Cas. Heck I want to go reread it just thinking about it now... this is a happy place fic for me.

one working part (40,051 words, rated E) I started this for DCBB, but failed to make the draft deadline, then finished it before posting began anyway... another canon finale fix-it fic, but this one is heavily It's A Wonderful Life flavored and based on a conversation I had with @greywrenn last year. This story picks up at the beginning of 15.19, and then slowly veers more and more from canon, running alongside canon and making rude hand gestures at canon along the way, because they all deserved to have nicer things than canon gave them.

all the time in the world (1,289 words, rated T) This is my annual Destielversary story, short and sweet. It's set immediately after the events of One Working Part, but you don't have to have read that to enjoy this one. Just know Cas is back with Dean, and they've got the rest of their lives stretched out in front of them.

Christmas, Present (6,102 words, rated T) My annual holiday fluff fic, this time set in an AU, since most of my past holiday fic has been canon universe. A Dean/Cas college AU, with Matchmaker Charlie who just wants her friends to be happy already!

And that's my year in fic (unless I manage to post something else in the next 33 hours or so, and lol no that ain't happening...)! As per usual, I've already written more than half of this year's word total for the 2024 Pinefest, which will post in March... or april... heck when is my posting date even... it's coming soon anyway! But it's all written! :'D

Once again, I've still got so many more stories I want to write. Even the To Be Written list has grown again. My idea list long ago surpassed SABLE status, and yet now there's even more on it...

It's five pages, and two thousand words longer than it was last year. this just gets worse every year :'D

But that means I'll never run out of things to write, and that's always something to celebrate!

Thanks again to everyone who’s read, kudos’ed, commented, reblogged, liked, rec’ed, and enjoyed anything I’ve written in the last year. I love you all. <3 See you in 2024!

[kuwlshadow]

Title: Coming Up Short

Author: Misha McCarthy

Author: @kuwlshadow

Fandom: Supernatural

Pairing: Dean Winchester/Castiel

Summary: It was your run-of-the-mill witch hunt. A few leftover hex bags, some missing kids, and an annoying brother yelling about research. Except, Kevin and Sam (and technically Ezekiel) were slowly decaying over some old books in the bunker, and Cas was right down the road, barely talking to him when he stopped in at the gas station.

Dean just wanted to start making things right.

Maybe that plan was set back a bit when one of the stray hex bags activated in his room. ... Maybe it was set back more when they realized that, while Dean was shrunk down to a couple inches tall, doing *anything* is a pretty terrible idea. But if they can somehow make it work, he's determined to do right by Cas.

[deancaspinefest]

Congratulations to all the wonderful authors and artists who took part in the fifth annual Dean/Cas Pinefest!

This year, thirty-one teams brought us a total 1,282,653 words of fic and 137 pieces of original art. We're so proud of all our authors and artists for what they achieved in another difficult year, and we're thrilled to be able to share their work with you all!

Under the cut, you'll find links to every masterpost from the 2021 Pinefest, or you can check out the collection on Ao3. Remember to let the authors and artists know how much you enjoyed their creations with a like, kudos, or best of all, a reblog or comment.

Don’t know how to put all your feelings into words? That’s fine! We’ve never met an artist or author who doesn’t appreciate every keysmash or flailing gif response they receive.

(And yes, we’ll be back for a sixth Pinefest! An official announcement for the 2022 round will come in July--follow us @deancaspinefest on Tumblr or here on Twitter to make sure you don't miss out!)

Dean Winchester and the Stolen Tupperware

The Last Resort

I’d Cross The Stars For You

When We Were Young

The Heart Won’t Lie

Surprises

Desert Rituals

The Hunter and The Wildcat

Side Effects

Killing in the Name Of

Deeper Than All Roses

Renovating Hotels and Hearts

Apartment 15

Murder Ballads

Exile

And If Thou Wilt, Remember

Coming Up Short

Standing Where the Lightning Strikes

God’s Exiles

The Natural Sequel of an Unnatural Beginning

All This and Heaven Too

The Space Between

With You ‘Til the End

Placements, Trusts, and Evaluations

a lesson in blue (it’s in his eyes)

More Than One Ace to Play

By Your Side

Before Our After

It's the End of the World (As We Know It)

Remembrance of It

Ex-HunterCorps-Machina

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2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

[kayrosebee]

April 28, 2021

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I wasn't lying when I said I made a lot of art for the deancas pinefest!

The fic is: Standing Where the Lightning Strikes by @casloveshisfreckles on ao3. All my art is embedded in the fic- go check it out!

💙💚

[peanutbutterjelly-pie]

Oh.my gosh!!! May i be tagged in the stolen Tupperware please?

Hey, dear 😁

I think you accidentally misunderstood something there, “Dean Winchester and the Stolen Tupperware” is by the talented @malmuses and it’s already finished, you can read the whole thing HERE!

I haven’t come around to reading it yet myself unfortunately, but I can’t wait to make it my special date tonight 🤗

I hope you have fun with it!!

[thevioletcaptain]

As part of this year’s @deancaspinefest, I created art for bodyandsoul’s beautiful canon-divergent fic, With You 'Til the End!

This was a joy to read & illustrate, and I just wish I'd been able to draw more. You'll find the masterpost here* on the Pinefest Blog, read the fic here* on Ao3, and see the full-resolution art here on DeviantArt!

Please consider reblogging the masterpost so that more people can enjoy bodyandsoul's lovely fic 💜

[mistofstars]

Phew, I'm celebrating

because I finished my Destiel AU tonight <3

41k, twice as much as I had initially planned hahaha.

will be posted for the Dean Cas Pinefest 2021 in April!