#dcbb 2017

The DCBB 2017 Masterlist | 2017 AO3 Collection | Parent AO3 Collection

2017 was a year of new beginnings for the DCBB: new mods, a new platform, and an official Ao3 collection. What felt like a huge task ultimately ended up being an absolute blast because we had some of our fandom’s best talent helping us make it a success! 

Welly welly well then, it’s Friday again! Plus it’s December so I might even have to dig out some holiday fics soon... 

This week’s recommendation is more of a recent addition to the Supernatural fic world and is part of the DeanCas Big Bang 2017! The lovely @tobythewise and I were chatting about this earlier and I think it’s the perfect Friday night read. 

I absolutely adored this story. It’s concise and sweet, packing a powerful punch in less than 30,000 words. It’s a story about heroism, love and recovery, but also considers contemporary events such as mass shootings. I cannot recommend this highly enough. 

Title: Purgatory’s Angel Author: @ltleflrt

Rating: Explicit 

Fandom: Supernatural

Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester 

Summary: 

In an act of heroism Castiel sacrifices one of his wings to save lives. But he isn’t sure he wants to live tethered to the ground, never to dance in the sky again. Two stubborn Winchester brothers have faith that his future isn’t quite so grim, and that flight may be possible someday. Castiel thinks they’re full of shit, but in the face of Dean’s cheerful optimism it’s hard not to believe.

6 chapters, 26779 words. 

Title: Be Tender With Me Now Author: Igotout Artist: Anjika_Flan

Summary:  It had been so long since Cas had left for Grad School. Dean had missed him, painfully so, in the eight years between then and now, although he never acknowledged that that was the root of the aching hole in his life.  Sam tells him that Castiel is coming back and Dean doesn’t quite know what to do. Cas had made it clear that he didn’t feel the same as Dean, that he would never—. Dean couldn’t let himself think about that or he just might lose it. He likes to think he’s done okay for himself, working two part time jobs while permanently single, living at home with his increasingly alcoholic father.  But then he hears about Cas. How Cas has a doctorate, and a nice house on the good side of town. A long-term boyfriend. Dean can’t seem to reconcile the idea of the Cas from before, with the Cas in front of him. It’s complicated by the fact that John is a suspect in the kidnapping of a teenage girl, and Castiel’s partner is a journalist covering the story.  Dean will struggle through it, he supposes. He always does. 

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