It is never too late for Unattached Drifters Christmas! Hereās a small collection of canon verse and AU fics with Dean and Cas facing the most romantic/ the most commercial sham day of the year. All fics are first time recs on the blog.Ā
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I. Canon Dean and Cas go on a date <3
Chick-Flick Moment by insominiaĀ [Gen, 6,000 word count] #established relationship
Dean wants to do something nice for Cas, but what do you get an angel of the lord to show your appreciation? Enter: Sam, with the great idea of āhow about you ask him if thereās anything he wants?ā Which is fine until Cas says, āI want a chick-flick moment.āĀ But Dean said heād do anything and he intends to deliver.
coup de foudre by mishcollinĀ [Gen, 3,000 word count] #established relationship
Itās Valentineās Day. Not that Dean cares.
keep the lovelight glowing by vaudelinĀ [T, 4,000 word count]Ā
āItās unusual to see a diner so festive,ā Cas says once theyāre seated, his gaze swaying around the dimly-lit room.Ā Dean shrugs. āThese kinds of places live and die on the fifties vibe. Itās practically law they have checkerboard floors.āĀ Though heās staring at his screen, Dean catches Casā head tilt in his peripheral. āThat isnātāthe streamers, Dean. The balloons.ā His hand comes up from the table, curving toward the aisle.Ā And that⦠Dean shakes his head, like heās imagining it. He glares at his phone, swipes to the calendar just to be sure.
Nothing More by hollyblue2 [T, 700 word count]
The words sit in Deanās messaging app, waiting to be sent. One hand is wrapped around a glass of whiskey and the other hovering over the send button.Ā Happy Valentineās Day
Tea ānā Angel by VeraBAdlerĀ [Gen, 2,000 word count] #established relationship
Dean takes himself out of his comfort zone for Cas. It turns out to be delicious out there.
II. AU Dean and Cas finally sort out their feelings
Kinda Like a Taylor Swift Song by lemonsorbae [Gen, 1,700 word count] #coworkers
Everything was fine, and then Castiel walked into his life and now somehow Deanās life ended up kinda like a Taylor Swift song.
Matchmaker by K_K_TiBal [Gen, 4,200 word count] #high school
Every year for Valentineās Day, Castielās high school offers a matchmaking fundraiser service that tells each person which student theyāre most compatible with.Ā Heterosexual results only, of course.Ā Enter: Charlie Bradbury with a brilliant idea to switch names on their Matchmaker quiz so that theyāll both get the result they want.Ā Nothing could possibly go wrong.
Silly Love Songs by youaresunlight [T, 3,100 word count] #high school
Every year, for Valentineās Day, the Lawrence High School Choir sells sing-o-grams for their incredibly popular, annual fundraiser. Sam is a freshman who sings alto in the choir; his brother is a senior with a crush on his best friend. So when February 14th comes around once again, Sam is more than willing to play the messenger.
Unattached Drifter Christmas? by PilDoor [N/R, 2,900 word count] #college, #love hate
Deanās pretty sick of the know-it-all Asshole Psych Major in his lit class, and no, the fighting over penis envy in old classics isnāt Deanās very mature way of handling a crush. It isnāt.
yesterdayās roses by museaway [M, 4,550 word count] #shop au
It was not how Castiel had envisioned their first real conversation would go, but then heād never thought heād trade a thriving legal career in Chicago for a job in his brotherās flower shop in Kansas, either.
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