Cakepocalypse!
Rating: Mature Word Count: 64k Relationship: Castiel/Dean Winchester Characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Gabriel, Charlie Bradbury, Donna Hanscum, Jody Mills, Claire Novak, Jack Kline, Patience Turner, Rowena MacLeod, Mary Winchester, Billie, Naomi (and just... loads more) Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, spn 13.23 Coda Fic, Baker!Dean, TV producer!Cas, Alternate Universe - Reality Show, this is technically 13.23 coda fic and therefore canon, Friends to Lovers, Love Confessions, Cake, soooo much cake
Summary: “What the hell you tryin’ to sell me?” Dean asked, folding his arms across his chest. “Not selling, Deano. Buying. Or at least, renting for the duration of a limited season run,” Gabriel said, as Dean’s frown deepened. “Have you ever dreamed of being a Hollywood superstar?” Dean laughed outright at that and shook his head, turning around to pick up his coffee again. “Man, no way in hell. You got the wrong guy.”
Spoiler alert: He did not have the wrong guy.
I finally wrote a fic where it’s far more practical to just explain the thing than it is to give a preview in the tumblr post, so here goes:
This fic started back in March, when Lizbob made me watch a Netflix show called Nailed It. I'd seen about five minutes of the show when I sent her this message: "How could I fanfic my way through this baking show? or maybe I should just... write fanfic of this…" And about 4k words of chatting and plotting later, I started writing what (to my eternal shock) is essentially a Canon AU 13.23 coda fic... *tears hair and rends garments*
When I began writing, I fully intended this to be my entry into the DCBB this year, but when 13.23 aired, I knew I had to post this as soon as it was done. There's no way I could've sat on this until October/November. And it's clearly done, because here I am posting it. :P
There's further notes at the end, which are FAR more spoilery than these. In the meantime, if you question my tagging this as "Canon Divergent," just remember that Gabriel is a major character in this fic. That's your spoiler of the day. Now enjoy the cakes.
Read it here on AO3
