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Wouldn’t It Be Nice |  E  |  74,668

Author: Casloveshisfreckles | Artist: KitShay

Dean Winchester is living his best life. Content and thriving as a private chef in the Hampton’s for a prestigious couple, Chuck and Naomi Novak, and their son Michael. Asked back for his fourth summer in a row, Dean’s more than ready to tackle his daily to-do lists to keep his kitchen stocked and his meals fresh. With a paycheck good enough to cover Sam’s tuition and room and board included, Dean thinks he’s got it made, another easy summer doing what he loves best, cooking.

Until the Novak’s youngest son Castiel shows up and turns everything upside down. Sure, Dean has no trouble navigating a kitchen, but when it comes to a carefree, handsome wild card and matters of the heart, he may lose all sense of direction.

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Pairings: Dean/Cas, Benny/Andrea, Chuck/NaomiWarnings: No Major Warnings

Broken (The Worst is Over Now) by TrenchCoat_Paradigm Rating: Teen and Up Word Count: 45k

Dean almost couldn’t believe it when he saw that huddled body swaddled in a tan trenchcoat sitting in the middle of the dungeon floor. Cas was back. After months of searching, digging through the archives to find a way to drag his ass out of the Empty, they had finally done it. But something was wrong. This wasn’t the Castiel that smiled up at him with a tearful goodbye after revealing his true happiest moment. This was a wild, snarling beast of a man, warped and twisted, feral thanks to the damage of the Empty. A man who would probably rip out Dean’s throat rather than confess his love. Even when Dean breaks through that wild exterior, he discovers that Castiel still thinks he’s trapped in the hell that is the Empty. That nothing around him is real. Dean just has to get through to him.

One thing I will never take for granted is that even almost four years after our show ended, we’re still getting fic. And fix it fic, at that. Four years after the end of Supernatural, and we’re still unsatisfied, and willing to write our own ending, as our beloved Misha Collins told us to do when the show ended. 

Broken (The Worst is Over Now) is another one of those amazing fix-it fics that could easily stand in as a satisfying conclusion to the show, the one we didn’t get in canon. When I tell you I would have ate up an entire season of this idea, I’m not kidding. Dean is a wreck after losing Cas and using all his energy to find a way to bring him home, until his resources run out, along with his will to keep going. Instead, he’s giving in to his depression, until Sam calls in reinforcements. 

February 18, 2024

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Cas and Pug the pig from Be My Forever 🐷

Wouldn't It Be Nice

Author: casloveshisfreckles | Artist: Kit Shay

Posting on Monday April 8 

Dean Winchester is living his best life. Content and thriving as a private chef in the Hampton’s for a prestigious couple, Chuck and Naomi Novak, and their son Michael. Asked back for his fourth summer in a row, Dean’s more than ready to tackle his daily to-do lists to keep his kitchen stocked and his meals fresh. With a paycheck good enough to cover Sam’s tuition and room and board included, Dean thinks he’s got it made, another easy summer doing what he loves best, cooking. Until the Novak’s youngest son Castiel shows up and turns everything upside down. Sure, Dean has no trouble navigating a kitchen, but when it comes to a carefree, handsome wild card and matters of the heart, he may lose all sense of direction.

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Closing Time by Casloveshisfreckles ( @casloveshisfreckles ) Rating: Explicit Word count: 69k

Dean Winchester’s college years felt like the greatest of his life: School came easy, he was the starting first baseman for the KU Jayhawks and he was in love with the smartest, nerdiest, hottest guy in school, who also happened to be his roommate. They were the definition of Relationship Goals. Until they weren’t. Until Cas left. If you asked Castiel Novak why he was back in Lawrence after 10 years, he’d tell you it was because of a great job opportunity. If you knew Castiel, you’d know it was because of Dean Winchester. But Dean had moved on, successfully running his bar, brewing his own beer, tattooed and still the most gorgeous man Castiel had ever laid eyes on. Oh and? He was taken. Dean wants to, but forgiving Cas isn’t easy, and finding their way back to each other after all this time is like searching for a hand in the dark. Sometimes, ten years is ten years too late.

This is one of the most memorable reunion stories that have been permanently inked into my brain! I really experienced a roller coaster of emotions through the well-paced story with chapters seamlessly alternating between a sense of loss and longing between Dean and Cas in the present and fluffy memories of the past showing the friendship between them growing into love. I very much appreciated that we were able to see both of the boys’ points of view from Cas in the present, in which we were privy to his inner fears and emotions by showing up in Dean’s life after ten years, and from Dean in the past, in which the heartache is balanced out with sweet and passionate moments. The flashbacks illustrate the happiness and profound love Dean and Cas have for each other, so we are at a loss trying to figure out what precipitated Cas leaving ten years ago, which will definitely leave you in tears.

I also adored how perfectly Cas fit into Dean’s family and found people who welcomed him into their lives before Cas left. Everyone in their lives were so well characterized, enriching what we learn about Dean’s life and how they treated Cas as a member of their family. Some of the scenes I enjoyed greatly were Jo threatening Cas to defend Dean, protective Sam and his strong relationship with his brother, and Charlie being the ultimate best friend to Dean. Particularly lovely was Ellen and Bobby as parents to Dean and Sam, I also could not stop laughing at how hysterical and fitting Balthazar was portrayed, and he quickly became someone I absolutely adored. However, a warning to potential readers that in the present Dean is dating Aaron, but we get the impression that their relationship is on shaky ground and nothing explicit is described between them. I did feel a bit sorry for Aaron knowing that he could not hold a candle to Cas in Dean’s perspective.

Drops in the Ocean by GlitterinChaos (@glitterinchaos) Rating: Explicit Word Count: 149k

With a storm surge on the horizon, Dean Winchester needs to get home, but he can’t ignore the feeling in his gut urging him to turn around. The awkward, hoodie-clad homeless man has already disappeared from his rearview mirror yet something draws Dean back. Maybe it’s the fact that the guy looks lost in more ways than one, or maybe it’s something behind those intense, ocean blue eyes, but either way, Dean can’t leave the guy stranded in the impending downpour. Castiel Novak is running away from his problems. Far away. It’s a decision that made sense at the time, but with his resources running low, no place to stay, and the sky about to rain down on his head, he’s beginning to rethink his life choices. All seems lost until a green eyed local offers him a place to stay dry for the night. This chance meeting between two strangers shifts the course of both their lives in a way that neither could’ve ever expected, and as they struggle to deal with the secrets of their past while navigating their relationship into the future, they come to find that maybe together they’re the perfect storm.

First off, I have to issue a fair warning when it comes to this fic. You will get sucked in and there is a very high risk that you will end up binging this all in one sitting. Like, one very long, start the fic before bed and end up finishing it with the sun rising, type of sitting… you know—the best kind. This is the type of fic you read over, the type you read when you should probably be working, the kind that stays on your mind long after you’ve finished it. 

Drops in the Ocean truly has everything you could love. Dean is incredible in this fic, especially if caretaker!Dean is your thing. He’s relentless in his pursuit to help Cas and give him a place to stay, and you’re rooting for him the entire time, because Cas… well Cas is reluctant and even resistant at times, despite how desperately he wants someone to trust. Cas is in a really hard spot in this fic, and if your heart went out to Season 9 Cas, then this is definitely the fic for you. 

☆ 1k follower celebration ☆

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Be My Forever by Casloveshisfreckles (@casloveshisfreckles) Rating: Explicit Word count: 150k

When he receives word of the sudden passing of his Uncle Chuck, the man who raised him and his twin brother, Jimmy, Castiel finds himself uprooting his quiet, uneventful life in Washington and moving back to New York. Faced with the shadows of his past and the tattered remains of his uncle’s bookshop that he desperately wants to restore, Castiel seeks solace in the company of his feisty niece, Claire, and his best friend, Pug, the miniature pig. Pug has an attitude fit to match his fashion sense, so it’s no wonder that they soon become the talk of the neighborhood. Then comes Dean Winchester - a man as vibrant as his ever-changing hair color. Pug wastes no time expressing his love for Dean, but it’s not quite that simple for a human. Navigating his new and often rocky road that is his life in New York, Castiel soon realizes that things always seem brighter when Dean is around, and he doesn’t appear to be going anywhere. Is Dean really the answer to everything? Can he be the rainbow after the storm that Castiel has needed for so long? Pug thinks so.

This fic has every single piece of awesomeness in it you could possibly want.  Intellectual Castiel with family drama (twin Jimmy is so not a winner) but a close relationship with his troubled but awesome niece.  Dean has an everchanging rainbow of hair colors and a little pet walking business (and yes, he walks Cas’ pet pig).

Castiel struggles to find his way in the new life he is making in New York, but with the help of his niece and the eccentric bike messenger/pet walker Dean, he settles in, working to reinvent his uncle's bookstore and himself.