Coming soon for the @destielaureversebb:
“Dean Winchester's Guide to the Appalachian Trail”
Author: quiettewandering / @wanderingcas
Artist: sidewinder / @hawkland
Rating: Mature
Archive warnings: None
Length: 32,000 words
Tags: Alternative Universe with Supernatural Elements, John Winchester’s A+ Parenting, Canon-Typical Violence, Sexy Times in the Woods, Hurt/Comfort
Relationships: Dean/Castiel
In the wake of his father’s sudden death, Dean makes the impulsive decision to hike the Appalachian Trail in hopes that it will disconnect him from the world and his grief. However, soon after Dean meets the mysterious Castiel on the trail, hikers begin to disappear, and as Dean hikes more and more miles, it becomes clear that something lurks deep in the woods—an evil whose true nature Dean and Castiel must unravel before it’s too late.
Dean slowly looks up. Someone is standing above him, his face shadowed by the sun that’s just behind the crown of his head.
“Oh, yeah,” Dean says, half his face still in the moss, “fucking peachy.”
For a moment, the man stands there, seeming to be at a loss. “I can help you up,” he offers, but the words sound unsure. Like he can’t tell what Dean even needs. Come to think of it, actually, his voice is nice—deep like the gravel that Dean’s face-first in.
“Nah,” Dean says. “I’m just gonna lie here.”
Dean grunts an affirmative into the moss.
The man sighs. “I assume you’re trying to summit the mountain.”
One hand grips his arm, the other his backpack. With a yelp, Dean’s hauled up to his knees in one fell swoop. “Hey!” he snaps.
The man, unruffled, takes a step back. “You can’t keep lying there. You need to make camp on the summit before it gets dark. The temperatures are too cold for you to be out here without any sort of shelter.”
Dean rubs his arm and glares. Now that he’s out of the sunlight, he can see that the man’s face is about as nice as his voice: a cut jaw, bright blue eyes, dark tousled hair. He’s not wearing hiking clothes and is in a trench coat, of all things. And... dress shoes. This guy is even less prepared than Dean, which is saying something.
“You work at the lodge or something?” Dean asks.
“No,” the man says. He offers no other explanation.
Posting date: February 18, 2026
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