Rufina

Hey there fellow D:BH/Reed900 fans!

As everyone of us has their own favorite fanfic of all time, this here above is mine for Reed900!! It is written by the awesome  @curlyhairedone​  and they did such a wonderful job at characterisations and building up our boys’ relationship with a perfect amount of humour, sarcasm, fluff and feels - it is so very soft and sweet and awkward! ♥

And I just wanted to do some fanart for it!

I know it is messy and simple and I can’t compete with all those ♥ awesome artists ♥ out here! But I’m practising and perhaps some other fans of this fic might like it! :) So, here’s 1 page of doodles for every one of the first 10 chapters!

DESTIEL TROPE COLLECTION 2026 | MASTERLIST

Thank you to everyone who participated this year. There was a total of 295 fics submitted across the tropes which is so great to see the number up higher again! Please remember to comment and kudos on the fics you read! Happy Reading!

"The little bird still can't bear to look at me, can she?" The Hound released her. "You were glad enough to see my face when the mob had you, though. Remember?"

Sansa remembered all too well...the Hound leapt at them, his sword a blur of steel that trailed a red mist as it swung. When they broke and ran before him he had laughed, his terrible burned face for a moment transformed.

Yes, i know that quote and the fact that you can see how much Sandor was destroyed in the mind and the spirit when he said it.

"Don't lie," he growled. "I hate liars. I hate gutless frauds even worse. Go on, do it." When Arya did not move, he said, "I killed your butcher's boy. I cut him near in half, and laughed about it after." He made a queer sound, and it took her a moment to realize he was sobbing. "And the little bird, your pretty sister, I stood there in my white cloak and let them beat her. I took the bloody song, she never gave it. I meant to take her too. I should have. I should have fucked her bloody and ripped her heart out before leaving her for that dwarf." (A Storm of Swords - Arya XIII)

Sandor was sobbing AND NOT FOR THE PAIN. He was in the same painfull conditions when he said that he did not care for the little butcher's boy, he growled but he did not cry. Its for Sansa that he cried, he never once pretended to be a better man that he was nor he pretend to no being guilty and wrong for that attraction that he has for Sansa, instead he compare make Sansa cry to a sin equal if not worse than kill a boy. He even compare saving Sansa to his only reediming quality and he romanticize her as she does for him :

"Because I hacked your little friend in two? I've killed a lot more than him, I promise you. You think that makes me some monster. Well, maybe it does, but I saved your sister's life too. The day the mob pulled her off her horse, I cut through them and brought her back to the castle, else she would have gotten what Lollys Stokeworth got. And she sang for me. You didn't know that, did you? Your sister sang me a sweet little song." (A Storm of Swords - Arya IX)

Sandor is not a perfect prince, none is in that books and Sansa knows it better than anyone since perfect prince Joffrey revealed himself for the monster that he is, but Sandor showed to deeply care about Sansa and to perceive his wrong actions against her as his biggest sin. Sandor's intentions werent pue but if he wanted to rape her he would, he restrain himself because he knows he deeply care about Sansa and he devoted to her enough to try at least to change. Its more evident if you compare how Sandor react to Sansa's refuse in opposition to Tyrion :

His mouth jerked as if she had slapped him. "Never?" Her neck was so tight she could scarcely nod. "Why," he said, "that is why the gods made whores for imps like me." (A Storm of Swords - Sansa III)

The room was too dark for her to see him, but she could feel the stickiness of the blood, and a wetness that was not blood. "Little bird," he said once more, his voice raw and harsh as steel on stone. Then he rose from the bed. Sansa heard cloth ripping, followed by the softer sound of retreating footsteps. (A Clash of Kings - Sansa VII)

Sansa had to openly reject Tyrion to get him away form her and even then he is frustrated as if he was misreated, Sandor get away from her because he felt ashamed. We can see that both are aware of their attraction but Sandor is ashamed.

"You look almost a woman...face, teats, and you're taller too, almost [..] Do you like wine, little bird? True wine? A flagon of sour red, dark as blood, all a man needs. Or a woman." He laughed, shook his head. "Drunk as a dog, damn me. You come now. Back to your cage, little bird. I'll take you there. Keep you safe for the king." The Hound gave her a push, oddly gentle, and followed her down the steps.  (A Clash of Kings - Sansa II)

Tyrion had commanded Sansa to wear a sleeping shift as well. I want her, he realized. I want Winterfell, yes, but I want her as well, child or woman or whatever she is. I want to comfort her. I want to hear her laugh. I want her to come to me willingly, to bring me her joys and her sorrows and her lust. (A Storm of Swords - Tyrion IV)

She covered her breasts with her hands. "I've flowered." "A child," he repeated, "but I want you. Does that frighten you, Sansa?" "Yes." (A Storm of Swords - Sansa III)

Sandor also has a deep devotion to Sansa, so much so that while Jon was totally indifferent to Sansa being forced to marry Tyrion, Sandor was praying to see Sansa killing Tyrion to save herself :

Sansa only knows songs, not spells, and she'd never marry the Imp. The Hound sat on the bench closest to the door. His mouth twitched, but only the burned side. "She ought to dip him in wildfire and cook him. Or tickle him till the moon turns black."  (A Storm of Swords - Arya XIII)

"The little bird flew away, did she? Well, bloody good for her. She shit on the Imp's head and flew off." (A Storm of Swords - Arya XIII)

the second quote is so funny to me, because he was able to answer to Sansa aka the girl that had the whole kingdom calling her a regicide but only cared about Sandor still being on her side :

Destiel Trope Collection 2026 | Day 28: Mutual Pining

I need to say something | @destiel-wings Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 4,861 Main Tags/Warnings: Episode: s15e09 The Trap, Canon Divergence, POV Castiel, Purgatory, Angst and Romance, Dean Winchester Loves Castiel, Dean Winchester Uses Actual Words, Love Confessions, Canon-Typical Violence, Dean Winchester Prays to Castiel, Mutual Pining Summary: What would have happened if Dean had confessed in 15x09 in Purgatory. This is the one where Dean gets to say what he needs to say.

Dance with me | @kikiatthemirror Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 6,597 Main Tags/Warnings: Lampstiel, Lamp? Lamp!, Angst, Happy Ending, Idiots in Love, Mutual Pining, 15x10, Post 15x19, Inspired by Fanart, walking in a dream, POV Dean Winchester, POV Castiel, Dancing Summary: You know the scene of Dean tap dancing in S15? And the beautiful art Jackie did of that scene? Well, this fanfic was born because of these two things. There was something about Jackie's art that spoke to me about the love and pain that Dean and Cas had to deal with, not realizing they could be together. This Fanfic has 5 chapters, with an analysis of different moments from different points of view. And an ending that I partly want to leave in the hands of the reader.

All the times I (almost) | @destiel-wings Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 7,009 Main Tags/Warnings: Love Confessions, Angst and Romance, Abuse of Angel Powers (Supernatural), Memory Magic, Castiel Uses Actual Words (Supernatural), Dean Winchester is Bad at Feelings, Castiel is Bad at Feelings (Supernatural), Idiots in Love, Pining Summary: Castiel confesses, but he can’t bear the look of disbelief on Dean’s face (and dreads his answer too much) so he makes Dean forget... Over and over again.

Good Luck, Babe. | @teeparadigm67 Rating: Mature Word Count: 14,565 Main Tags/Warnings: Friends to Lovers, Mutual Pining, Jealous Dean Winchester, Idiots in Love, Getting Together, Friendship/Love, Summary: Castiel Novak has spent years loving Dean in the quiet spaces between what’s said and what isn’t. He’s learned to live on scraps – shared beds, secret touches. But after another night of giving too much and waking up to nothing, Cas finally draws the line. He can’t do this anymore. He doesn’t want to call it off, but if he won’t call it love, he’ll just go find someone else to call him baby. He's tired of opening his heart to someone who just sees him as an explicit kind of love affair. Dean Winchester never meant to fall in love with his best friend. Sure, he can shoot another shot to try and stop the feeling, but Castiel has always been the one thing that feels real. Still, fear kept his mouth shut and his heart locked up – until he sees someone else’s hand on Cas, someone else leaning in to make him laugh. Jealousy simmers into something sharp and desperate because losing Cas? That would wreck him. But under the glitter and neon lights he’s suddenly standing in the face to face with "I told you so” and starting to realise he may already have. Inspired by: Good luck, Babe! – Chappell Roan

Asterism of an F-Series Ford Pick Up | @disabled-dean Rating: Mature Word Count: 17,398 Main Tags/Warnings: Case Fic, Road Trip, Mutual Pining, PTSD, hell flash backs, touch-starved Dean Winchester, touch-adverse Dean Winchester, sex dreams, nightmares, mild body horror, only one truck bed, star gazing, alternate angel lore, ambiguously set during S12, the truck is a metaphor, dear God is the truck a metaphor Summary: When you've been to hell, desire is isolating and ugly. Or: Cas drives his truck for a case and Dean is exceptionally horny about it “Once on a hunt when he was a teenager, Dean had been caught too close to an explosive when it had gone off. There had been the moment when the projectile hit, and the moment when it had detonated. And just before it had, there had also been a moment when he had believed that maybe it wouldn’t. He had thought about that moment for years, over and over again, until something else had taken its place. And the way that that moment was quiet, the way it was still- that is how this feels. To lie beside Cas in the bed of his truck, their shoulders barely touching.”

The Better Part of Valour | @andimeantittosting Rating: Explicit Word Count: 20,098 Main Tags/Warnings: mutual pining, canon-divergent from 15x18, newly human Cas, miscommunication, semi-detailed wound care, top Dean/bottom Cas Summary: Castiel summons the Empty, but it doesn't take him. Instead, the Empty strips him of his grace, leaving him alive but human, and leaving Dean and Cas to face the aftermath of the things they both said in that dungeon.

Some things I still can't tell you | @andimeantittosting Rating: Explicit Word Count: 20,646 Main Tags/Warnings: post 15x18, Cas is saved from the Empty, cursed Dean, sirens, miscommunication Summary: After Cas comes back from the Empty, Dean is determined to show him all the things he can't say. But after their first night together, he wakes to find Cas gone and seemingly determined to stay that way.

The Things We Learn to Live With | @whoipretended2b Rating: Explicit Word Count: 29,324 Main Tags/Warnings: Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Miscommunication, Emotional Constipation, Workplace Relationship, Coworkers, Online Dating, dating apps, Light Angst Summary: Castiel sees his a coworker on a dating app and swipes left to avoid humiliation. Months later, a stray comment outs him to the same coworker, Dean Winchester. As misunderstandings pile up and avoidance becomes its own kind of harm, Castiel is left asking: how much of the life he’s built is peace and how much of it is just practice at staying unseen?

The Waltz of Shilly-Shallying | @thefandomsinhalor Rating: Explicit Word Count: 36,395 Main Tags/Warnings: Veterinarian & Pet Groomer AU, Friends to Lovers, Castiel is Jack Kline's Parent, Slow Burn, Miscommunication, Cas and Dean Need to Use Their Words, Belphegor is Jack's Imaginary Friend, Fluff Summary: Crushing on each other for quite some time, Dean and Castiel both hesitate to make a move. One thinks the feeling isn’t mutual, while the other figures it’s best to focus on his familial duties and remain friends. That is until they find themselves under the mistletoe.

His for the Holidays | @tea-or-die Rating: Explicit Word Count: 42,219 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Like A Gay Hallmark Movie, but not, Neurodivergent Dean Winchester, Friends to Lovers, Oral Sex, Frottage, Anal Sex, Heartache, Angst, Happy Ending, Angst with a Happy Ending, John Winchester Hate Club, Planes, Misunderstandings, Holidays, Christmas, Ice Skating, Fluff, Smut, Alcohol, Drinking, Breakup, Reunions, Anxiety, Panic Attacks Summary: MIT grad Dean Winchester is desperately trying to keep his late father’s garage from sinking, moonlighting as a bartender to pay the bills. He’s helping Ellen out again when his high school crush walks through the doors. Castiel Novak owns a prestigious aviation company, and is only home for the holidays – begrudgingly at that. The last thing he expects when he walks into the small-town bar is to fall in love with the bartender. Heightened emotions and holiday dread bring the two men close together, but will it be enough? Can they really make it last, or is Cas just his for the holidays?

Dear Temporary Neighbour | @thefandomsinhalor Rating: Explicit Word Count: 45,632 Main Tags/Warnings: Neighbours AU, Fluff and Angst, Small Towns, Slow Burn, Lake House, Misunderstandings, Temporary Dean/Ritchie, Temporary Castiel/Daphne Allen Summary: When Dean needs to remind himself how very much engaged his new summer neighbour is, he grows desperate and infuriated with himself for having fallen for him. If only he knew that Castiel has sought refuge at this charming house by the lake to reflect on certain aspects of his life, notably his engagement.

Every Rose Has Its Sword | @gaoshunenjoyer Rating: Explicit Word Count: 55,472 Main Tags/Warnings: Mentions of Myth & Folklore, Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, Fae & Fairies, Inspired by Tam Lin, Fey Dean Winchester, Human Castiel, Shapeshifting, Swords, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Witch Rowena MacLeod, Temporary Imprisonment, Being Bitches to Each Other to Lovers, Knight Dean Winchester, Mutual Pining, Kidnapping (Not between Cas and Dean. Don't panic), blink and you'll miss it Sam Winchester/Eileen Leahy, suuuuuuuper background Michael/Adam Milligan, Fantasy Summary: When Castiel inherits an ancient plot of land in Scotland from his uncle, he leaps at the chance to move as far away from his past as possible. The place is charming even if it has quirks but, best of all, nobody knows anything about him. It’s mostly perfect. The only snag is the patch of woods on the land and the strange way nobody will talk about them. When spite leads Castiel into the Aikenwood despite the warnings, the very last thing he expects to find there is a knight named Dean in a bower full of roses. He’s handsome even if he’s also irritating and, despite himself, Cas is oddly charmed by him. He finds himself drawn back to the wood again and again, but there are stranger powers at work than just a knight and a few roses. A little digging reveals that most who enter the Aikenwood don’t come out again, and Dean isn’t all he appears to be. With their lives and feelings tangling like vines, Castiel soon finds he must do everything he can to save Dean from an impossible fate that threatens to tear them apart forever. But the truth has both roses and thorns, and Cas isn’t sure which he’s going to find if he succeeds…

The Only Game I Like to Lose | @tea-or-die Rating: Explicit Word Count: 57,900 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Age Difference, Trans Dean Winchester, Domestic Violence/Abuse (Dean/Lee), lovers reunited, Misunderstandings, CEO Castiel (Supernatural), Mechanic Dean Winchester, Sugar Daddy Castiel (Supernatural), Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst, Happy Ending, Infidelity (Dean cheats WITH Cas not on Cas), Transphobia, Divorce (not Dean/Cas), Vaginal Sex, Oral Sex, Blow Jobs, Cock Warming, Dom/sub Undertones, Unsafe Sex, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester Summary: Deanna needs to pay for her brother while he's at college. Dean is living in buttfuck nowhere with a husband he's growing to resent. Castiel just wants to be a provider.

Effigy | @thevioletcaptain Rating: Mature Word Count: 61,920 Main Tags/Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence, grief, depression, Dean-typical moments of suicidal ideation, temporary character death, consensual but traumatic sexual situation Summary: Drowning in grief after losing Cas to the Empty, a hunt leads Dean to a well-meaning but reckless young witch who has created an ‘umboð’ — a supernaturally animated effigy that takes on the form and memories of a person who has recently passed. Though he and Sam convince the witch to nullify the spell that she’s woven, Dean finds himself weak against the temptation of using the same magic to see Cas one last time. But when the umboð he creates takes its first breath, opening familiar blue eyes that lock with Dean’s just as earnestly as those he’s missed, Dean can’t bring himself to end it after just one conversation. Meanwhile, newly rescued from the Empty, Castiel works to rebuild the afterlife with Jack. But the work of divine creation is draining him in ways he did not expect, and leaving him to question whether he made the right choice in returning to Heaven despite his heart pulling him back to Earth.

Opposites Distract | @gaoshunenjoyer Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 71,472 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Office Workers AU, Accountant Castiel, Officer Worker Dean, Pining, Romantic Comedy, There Was Only One Bed, Road Trips, unnecessarily complicated not-quite-long-distance relationship, Phone Calls & Telephones, Miscommunication, They are both so stupid for each other and they absolutely look it, emoji lover Castiel, Gay Castiel (Supernatural), Bisexual Dean Winchester, Humour Summary: Castiel Novak's life is normal. He works a tolerable job in a downtown office building on the twenty third floor, has exactly two friends, and absolutely no love life to speak of. But despite the drudgery of his work, Castiel loves his job for an unconventional reason - the man in the building next door. He’s everything Castiel ever dreamed of, and will probably never have, because they work in opposite buildings, have never spoken, and have no reason to meet. There’s absolutely nothing to indicate the man might be harbouring a crush of his own in return… Not even when he goes out of his way to share a look with Castiel every day from across the distance that separates them. An incident with the office printer brings Castiel and his mystery man much closer than either of them expected and suddenly it’s obvious there’s only one thing keeping them apart: the fifty feet between their buildings. And fate, of course. It seems that a relationship simply isn’t in the company forecast… but nothing circles back quite like love.

A crack in everything (that's how the light gets in) | @tanis-in-a-trenchcoat Rating: Explicit Word Count: 125,360 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Disco Elysium Fusion, Alternate Universe - Office, Written in the Style of the Game Disco Elysium, Angel/Human Relationships, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Love at First Sight, Lust at First Sight, Mutual Pining, Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond, Fictional Setting Racism, Angel True Forms, Creature Castiel (Supernatural), Self-Sacrificing Castiel (Supernatural) Summary: When angels appeared on Earth, the first thing humans did was use them as weapons against each other, causing the Great War and the Pale, a strange, misty substance that fractures the planet into pieces of isolated matter. A century later, Castiel is an outcast among his fellow angels and humans alike. The only human who will befriend him is Dean, a handyman at the office where they both work. Together, they discover the existence of a Pale Spot that threatens to devour all reality around, and the love they feel for each other just might be the key to stopping it.

He is too infatuated by the angel, crashing so hard.