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Title: There But For The Grace Of You

Author: @ladylilithprime

Artist: @tasteslikemolecules

Pairing: Sastiel

Rating: Teen and Up

Word Count: 7612

Summary: In the wake of sending the Leviathans back to Purgatory, Sam and Dean find themselves playing keep-away with Crowley, with a certain teenaged Prophet of the Lord as the ball and a somewhat damaged seraph in tow. When Charlie sends them to a witch in Virginia who can hopefully help fix the broken bits in Castiel, Sam discovers more than he ever dared hope for with his angel is now within his reach.

Tags/Warnings: Grace Extraction, Enochian-Speaking Sam Winchester, Angelic Marriage, Archangel Cameo, Healthy Communication

AU from the end of season seven, where Castiel and Dean ducked the exploding Dick and Sam prevented Crowley from taking Kevin. Set before season eight, during the "year" that Dean and Castiel no longer spend in Purgatory.

Link to AO3

Title: space(dust) & fine metals Author: @casthewise Artist: @severepaperdragon Rating: E Pairing(s): Castiel/Dean Word Count: 5189 Summary: Castiel wonders, often, if his blue blood is not just as tainted; only a wild thing groomed to tame a wild people would flee. And flee, he did. The ship was called Impala, its purpose mysterious enough for its mechanic-cum-captain to take one look at the offered credits and nod.

 Or,

On their eighteenth anniversary, Dean and Castiel retrace their steps.

Title: Inside Jokes

Author: JessJesstheBest @saywhatjessie​

Artist: @impmakesart​

Rating: T for language

Pairing(s): Dean/Cas

Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

Word Count: 5,909

Summary: 

“Come here,” Dean said, before he could talk himself out of it. Before he could convince himself Cas wouldn’t want to. “Quarantine with me.” Cas’s breath hitched. “What?”

Or after only a couple dates, Dean and Cas decide to quarantine together. Because gays be like

Author Notes: I wrote this fic in April, thinking by the time it posted quarantine would be a funny anecdote. WELL LOOK AT US NOW.

Title: Safe Author: starespressos Artist: Shannon_Kind Rating: M Pairing(s): Castiel/Dean Winchester Warning(s): Internalized acephobia Word Count: 7,500 Summary: When Benny offers to take Dean for a night out, he knows he has to accept. Between blaming himself for being broken and shielding possible partners from inevitable disappointment, he hasn’t had time to be intimate with anyone in a long time.

It turns out hooking up isn’t a thing he’s good at, either. Instead, an angel takes him out for burgers.

Title: Finding a Place to Belong

Author: @karategirl80​

Artist: @flightoftheseraph​

Rating: Teen and up

Parings: Castiel/Sam Winchester/Eileen Dean Winchester/Gabriel (background) Bobby Singer/Ellen Harvelle (background)

Warnings: John Winchester’s A+ Parenting, Polyamory

Word Count: 15520

Summary: Sam and Dean had spent much of their young selkie lives travelling from hotel to hotel with their overly paranoid father, who left the Singer-Harvelle pod when Mary died unexpectedly. After being sheltered from selkie culture for much of their childhood, a chance encounter with Bobby during their travels leads to the brothers returning to the Singer-Harvelle pod–without their father. Follow the brothers’ journey as they learn why their father left and discover where they fit in the Harvelle-Singer pod.

Author: @surlybobbies (katie)

Artist: Blusxa

Rating: T

Pairing(s): deancas

Warning(s): none

Word Count: 6893

Summary: Cas isn’t terribly invested in dating, but when Dean Winchester shows interest, Cas has difficulty turning him down. In the end, Cas agrees to a date only because he knows there won’t be a second one - after all, since when has anyone wanted to date someone who wasn’t interested in sex? (A tale about navigating this world as an asexual individual.)

Author Notes: I wrote this envisioning Cas as demi like me, though he hasn’t yet come to understand his asexuality as being of the demi variety just yet. That being said, it can be read in any number of ways - though there is definitely no sexual content. I hope you all enjoy it!

Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26893630

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