#beekeeper!castiel

naked and covered in bees by superhoney Rating: Mature Word Count: 6k

Dean hasn't thought about his old friend Castiel Milton in months. Though they were close in college, they've drifted apart since Cas moved to New York after graduation. But then one little Instagram post brings all of Dean's memories flooding back, and he finds himself wishing he'd had the courage to tell Cas how he really felt about him before he left. God, he's being dramatic about this whole thing. Dean's just going to blame it on the bees.

One thing I love about our Fandom is the never ending number of fics we have, for pretty much in any flavor you're looking for. Genres and all the tropes you can come up with aside, what if you're in the mood to curl up with something meaty, 100k or more, something that will pull you into another world and keep you there? We’ve got a fic for that. Or maybe you're looking for something short and sweet, a quick hit of dopamine before you go about your day, or one to end it.

Naked and covered in bees is one of those fics. Short and sweet, this fic starts with Dean coming across a photo of Cas on Instagram where he is, you guessed it, naked and covered in bees. At this point in their lives, they haven’t spoken for years, drifting apart after graduating college, where Dean harbored a secret crush on his friend. It roars to life when he sees the photo, which he knows he has to ignore, considering Cas lives in New York, while Dean still lives in Kansas. 

Pairing : Beekeeper!Castiel x Reader. Farmer!Sam, Joy (OC) mentioned.

Word count : 963

Written for : @spnaubingo

Square : Free Square

Warnings : Time jump. A bit of anxiety.

Final part of Team for the bees.

SPN AU BINGO Round 2 Masterlist.

Castiel lay asleep on the bed, blankets thrown off because it had been a warm night. Your eyes trailed down his strong back, all the way to the waistband of his boxer shorts before moving back up again, watching it raise and fall with his shallow breaths. Smiling softly, you slipped from the bed, threw on some clothes, and left the room.

You stood at the fence, the oversized work shirt, and cut off jean shorts allowed the slight breeze to cool your skin. You stood there quietly watching one of the cows as she moved slowly, not too far from where you stood. She let out a low moo, and you smiled to yourself. “Tell me about it, Bess.”

Suddenly, there was footsteps behind you, and then the sound of a gun cocking. Turning, you saw Sam, with his shotgun drawn and ready. When he saw your face, the gun lowered and he shook his head at you before coming closer.

“The shotgun?”

“Thought you might be rustlers.”

Buzzed by allmystars (@allmystars-i) Rating: Teen and Up Word Count: 3.3k

When Castiel’s long-time ‘secret’ admirer, Dean Winchester, gives him one-too-many anonymous roses, he decides it’s time to nudge the man into an admission. When Dean Winchester’s neighbour and long-time crush, Castiel, hints at his feelings for Dean, he decides maybe it’s time to cut the crap and ask the man out. With a date that’s sweet as honey and warm as wine, Dean’s wondering why he ever doubted himself in the first place.

Now, I know that the whole Cas and bees thing is born from fanfic and headcanons, but who can deny that it’s probably one of the better ones our fandom has come up with? There are even entire bangs centered around the idea, which is how I found this sweet as honey fic. 

Buzzed is all about bakery/bar owner Cas who owns the shop next to Dean’s flower shop, where, from his roof, he can watch his neighbor nervously pick out the perfect flowers to deliver to him, all under the guise that Castiel has a secret admirer. Cas is extra sweet about it when he gives Dean the nudge he needs to encourage him to make a move. 

Not the Fire but the Spark by goldenraeofsun (@goldenraeofsun) Rating: Explicit Word Count: 30k

Dean refused to look up his soulmate. His parents ran into each other by chance. Karen stopped by Bobby’s garage after her car unexpectedly broke down. Sam got seated next to Eileen on a plane, and he spent two hours miming conversation before she admitted she read lips. Was it stupid for Dean to hold out for a story like that? Probably. But he doesn’t regret his decision - not until Castiel Novak wanders into his tattoo parlor, asking about a cover up for his soulmark.

I first saw a link for this when the author posted about it, adding the tag #ConversationIsMyKink.  Now I don’t know about you, but there was no way I was going to be able to resist at least checking a story out with that dangling out there to tempt me.

Soulmate stories have always been a little difficult for me to swallow.  I personally don’t believe in them (my husband says I’m dead inside and insists we are, in fact, soulmates).  But in the world of fiction and the glorious love is Destiel, I took the leap, and this story of all of them is one of my favorites.  I can’t express strongly enough how much dejected/tattooed Dean and kind vulnerable Cas manage to affect the reader even in a short piece.

In this story, Dean is a moron, so typical Dean.  He manages to make something that should be easy, really fucking hard.  He’s a romantic and a perfectionist, refusing to settle for anything less than a beautiful story about how he meets his one and only.  Of course, that means he’s a sad, depressed pile of plaid over not having a soulmate yet.  All because he’s stubborn.

Just a Little Sweeter by Malmuses (@malmuses) Rating: Teen Word count: 8k

Sam is usually on farmer’s market duty for Two Brothers’ Bakery, leaving Dean to run the store. When Sam gets the flu, Dean steps in and takes over their stall for the day, finally getting a good look at the town’s flourishing artisan market. He expected a lot of vegetables and snotty-looking juice. What he didn’t expect was a blue-eyed honey seller and his barefoot, slightly-too-honest kid.

When Sam gets sick and can’t go to the farmer’s market, Dean goes instead. That’s where he meets adorable, always barefoot Jack who introduces Dean to his father, Cas, by saying “Daddy is alone, but it’s okay because he still has his right hand.” Best meet-cute ever amirite?