Two weeks after Team Free Will saves the world a final time, Dean's not doing so hot. An encounter with the kind pawn shop owner in Lebanon leads him to take up playing the guitar again to cope with losing Cas, something he hasn't done since he was sixteen and living at Sonny's Boys' Home. This kicks off a series of events which includes Claire arriving at the bunker looking for answers on Cas's death and which ultimately leads to Dean finding himself in possession of Orpheus's original lyre. Armed with the power of music and love and with Claire hot on his heels, Dean sets off on an epic quest to save his beloved from the Empty's clutches, Hadestown-style. Can they defy the power of the narrative one final time, or will Dean succumb like Orpheus before him?

Orpheus's original lyre, you say?

Aside// I'm laughing at them SO much, because when John strains his arm, Mary goes all sparkly-eyed WHAT IS THIS FEELING OMG

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Anyway, over in my season 5 headcanon-land, Dean keeps taunting and lecturing Cas about how in real fights, anything goes, and you have to fight dirty—and Cas is just rolling his eyes, because if anyone knows that, it's Cas.

Anyway, TL;DR: Dean, Mr. Junior Wrestling Champion himself, does get Cas in the armbar.

And

it takes Cas a very long time to figure this out btw. he likes having the opportunity to be around Dean even if it means carrying messages or giving bad news that makes Dean mad

then giving them all manners of stick and saying "BASH THE PINATA GO"

People were doing their top 9 Instagram photos they’ve taken of the year. I barely use my Instagram account, so instead have my top 9 fics I’ve written in 2016! (Sorted by hits anyway, idk maybe sorting by kudos would have made more sense.)