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Where’s destiel fic in 2022 (and 2020 & 2021) - Continuing with our tradition to promote destiel fic resources, here’s a follow up to our Destiel fic on tumblr 2018 and Where to find destiel fic on tumblr and AO3, 2019 posts. Feel free to add yours in reblogs and notes! Destiel newbies welcome to the family, we have thriving fic challenges for every season!

Some Destiel fic and art resources on tumblr 

@profoundbondfanfic - a very active destiel fic rec blog with dedicated mod team! Give them a follow and receive daily fic rec posts on your dash. <3

@mixtapebookclub - this is a tumblr blog by lovely people who run podcast about destiel fics. Check out their posts here or visit the main site at  mixtapebookclub.com

@destieltropecollection​ - a tumblr blog dedicated to collecting and posting destiel fic recs sorted by tropes. The twist? All recs are self recs! Check out Destiel Trope Collection 2022 Masterpost to see the bounty. The Submissions to 2023 Trope Collection are open from January to April, 2023.

Suptober Art & Fic Event - for several years in a row amazing @winchester-reload has been running inktober type of event for Supernatural fandom. You can find the collection of 2022 fanart under their #suptober22 tag! Or visit the blog to see previous collections. (some of suptober art can be also found on @destielfanworks blog #suptober tag) Recently, fanfic writers joined the fry and started posting suptober prompt fics. Check out A Collection of Fics from the Suptober 2021 Challenge and Suptober 2022 collection on AO3. 

For your daily dose of destiel fic, art and tumblr knick knacks, check out @fellforthehunter and @yourspecialeyes blogs. Fandom and fic related news can be found at @destielficarchive. 

As a reminder, @destielfanfic is now an archive with limited posting of new content (See this post and this post). We post once a week on Saturdays; @destielfanworks is our side blog for destiel fanart and @destiel-fic-rec-lists is our side blog for destiel fic rec lists created by other fans. 

Destiel fic challenges in 2020, 2021 and 2022 on tumblr and AO3

DeanCas Pinefest (March) - your best place to find all the longing and yearning.  Check out the Dean/Cas Pinefest 2020,  Dean/Cas Pinefest 2021 and Dean/Cas Pinefest 2022 collections or visit @deancaspinefest for their older collections.

Destiel Buzzy Bee Bang (May) - destiel fics and art with bees collected and treasured by @destiel-buzzy-bee-bang and stored at DBB collection.

Bottom Cas Big Bang (May/June/July) - a very special challenge for a very special boy. Check out Bottom Cas Big Bang 2020 collection and Bottom Cas Big Bang 2021 collection or visit @bottomcasbigbang to learn more!

Bottom Cas Reverse Bang (November) - brand new challenge, check out @bottomcasreversebang first offering - Bottom Cas Reverse Bang 2022 collection.

Bottom Dean Big Bang (June/July/August) - a very special challenge for the other boy as well, run by @bottomdeanbigbang. Check out their harvest - Bottom Dean Big Bang 2021 and Bottom Dean Big Bang 2022 collections. 

DeanCas Switch Bang (April/May) - switching is a must in this new challenge by @deancasswitchbang. Check out their DCSB 2022 collection. 

DeanCas Reverse Bang (March/April) - a longtime fandom favorite where art inspires fic. Check out Dean/Cas Reverse Bang 2020,  Dean/Cas Reverse Bang 2021 and Dean/Cas Reverse Bang 2022 collections or visit the blog, @deancasreversebang. 

Dean/Cas Tropefest (May) - this challenge appreciates shorter fics, check out their Dean/Cas Tropefest 2021 Mid-Winter 5k or visit @deancastropefest blog for previous collections.

SPN Media Big Bang (previously SPN Movie Big Bang)  (May) - a challenge for media fusion fics by @spn-mediabigbang. Since the majority of posted fics are destiel, we added this challenge here. Check out SPN Media Big Bang 2020 and SPN Media Big Bang 2021 collections.  SPN Media Big Bang 2023 fic posting started in January, 2023!

DeanCas Happily Ever After Fest (June) - a happy celebration of a happy couple, run by @dchappilyeverafterfest and gathered in DeanCas Happily Ever After Fest 2021 collection.

Destiel Sci-fi & Fantasy Bang (July) - destiel fics with magic and wonders brought to you by @destielscififantasybang. Check out their first collection - Destiel Sci-fi & Fantasy Bang 2022. 

Destiel Harlequin Challenge (July/August) - a fic challenge for cheesy romance novel lovers. Check out Destiel Harlequin Challenge 2020 and Destiel Harlequin Challenge 2021 collections or visit the blog, @destielharlequinchallenge to learn more!

DestielOmegaVerseBigBang (September/October) - check out this special challenge hosted by @destielomegaversebigbang! Three years worth of fics are all in one collection - Destiel Omega Verse Big Bang.

Dean Cas Bang Taylor’s Version (September) - a match made in heaven between destiel fics, art and Taylor Swift’s songs brought to you by @dcbtv​. We all knew it was coming! Check out their very first collection DeanCas Bang (Taylor’s Version) 2022.

DeanCas Big Bang (October/November) - the oldest continuously running destiel fic challenge. Check out DCBB 2020, DCBB 2021 and DCBB 2022 collections or visit @deancasbigbang for Master Lists from years before.

DeanCas Horrorfest (October/November) - a new challenge for horror aficionados. Check out their first collection Dean/Cas Horrorfest 2022 or visit @deancashorrorfest for more information. 

Dean/Cas Stab Fest (Fun Sized) (December) - another brand new Bang/Reverse Bang dedicated to little stabbing between friends. Enjoy fics of different sizes from their StabFest 2022 collection or visit @deancas-stabfest to learn more about stabbing. 

Destiel LifeMark Bang (December) - a fun challenge by @destiellifemark that takes inspiration from Hallmark movies. Check out their fics at Destiel LifeMark Bang 2020 collection.

Last but not least, one of a kind, the one and only - The Destiel Fan Survey Favs Collection on AO3 contains almost 2797 fics and 671 bookmarked fics that were chosen by destiel readers in several fic surveys organized by destiel writer @unforth. Check out this vast collection of reader choice fics!

Destiel fanworks on AO3 - 110,109 (January 28, 2023)

Strangers on a Train

Pairing: Destiel Rating: Teen & Up Tags: meet awkward, nurse!Dean, Single Dad Dean, Single Dad Cas, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Fluff, Subways Word Count: 2,167 Summary: One thing Dean's never been able to get the hang of is putting his daughter's hair in braids. That is until he watches a man on his train to work do just the thing he can't. When said man accuses him of staring, instead of malice, a friendship blooms between the two single parents.

Read on AO3 | written for @spnfluffbingo (2018): single parent au

Dean gets the train every morning to the hospital, it saves him from trying to park his precious Impala in the cramped, underground parking lot. He usually ignores everyone, preferring to put in his headphones and turn up Led Zeppelin.

That is until he spots a dark-haired man get on at the next stop, trailing a blonde-haired child behind him. He sits on a spare seat and Dean can’t help but watch as the child steps in front of him and hands him a hairbrush.

The man brushes through the girl’s hair before splitting it in two and plaiting it with quick efficiency. He sits in stunned silence then, not even hearing his favourite track playing from his iPod. He’s jealous, the most he can do with his own daughter's hair is sweep it up in a ponytail and even then it’s messy and Dean finds her kindergarten teacher has redone it at some point during the day.

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When Dean goes to pick up his daughter that evening, he notices that her hair has been done up in a better ponytail than she left with that morning and he shakes his head before getting her belted in the Impala.

The drive home is short and he wants to try plaiting his daughter's hair before dinner.

“Emma? Will you come here a moment?” He calls and waits for her in the lounge, her hairbrush and hair ties laid out.

When Emma bounds into the room and spots the hairbrush she eyes them wearily and scowls at them.

"Don't give me that look, I gotta practice sometime!" Dean scolds teasingly. Emma rolls her eyes, which Dean promptly ignores and waits for her to stand in front of him. "I saw another daddy today putting braids in his daughters hair. Thought I'd give it a try." Emma just nods and remains quiet. 

Dean parts Emma's hair into two just as he'd seen the man on the train do. It's wobbly and one side has more hair than the other. The comb catches a knot and Emma huffs her displeasure.

"Sorry." 

"Why can't Miss Bradbury do it?" Emma asks. She starts to turn her head but Dean sets his hands on either side and keeps her facing forward. 

"Because," Dean says as he splits one half in three. "Part of my job is to make sure you're well cared for and that includes doing your hair." 

Emma's head tugs to one side as he tries to remember how the man's hands moved. 

"Miss Bradbury is gentle!" 

Dean tries to not let the words hurt, but it's hard. He battles through it, starting the braid, and it's going well until it isn't. When he ties off the end it looks messier than he's ever seen Emma's hair. He grumbles under his breath and pulls it out much to Emma's disdain. 

Sam aches all over and it’s a blessing if anything that Miracle follows him around. Dean’s room is... painful. The untidiness makes it feel like Dean is still here, is just down the hallway, and not… gone.

His body freezes when the phone rings. it takes him a few moments to realise it’s coming from Dean’s desk drawer. All the phones are labelled, Dean’s other other phone vibrating away. 

He doesn’t recognise the number and he’s not sure if he wants to pick up, but he does. 

“Hello?” 

“Dean?” Cas. 

“It’s... it’s Sam.” 

“Sam.” Castiel’s voice sounds exasperated.

Sam never thought he’d hear Cas’ voice again and tears leak from his eyes. “Dean... he’s... he’s-” 

“When?”

The lump in Sam’s throat gets thicker thinking about it. “A few days ago.” 

Castiel doesn’t say anything.

He has so many questions for Cas, but he doesn’t know where to start. He sits back down on the trunk at the end of Dean’s bed, Miracle’s head on his thigh. 

“I don’t know what to do,” he admits, and the release of those six words feel good in a way Sam hasn’t in days. 

“Go and find Eileen, Sam. I’ll look after Dean until you get here.”

Sam sniffs and the phone goes dead. 

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Baby is perfect as she always is, as Dean slips behind the wheel. A moment of grief washes over him. Sam’s not here, and neither is Cas. Bobby said time worked differently, but didn’t elaborate. Until then, he drives. 

The roads are unfamiliar, but it’s one long open road. Trees, mountains, lakes and rivers all pass by and the fuel gauge never goes below full. He winds up a mountainside, slow hairpin bends, the roar of Baby and a gentle breeze coming through the window. 

There’s a lookout point ahead and something tells him to stop there. There’s no rush here. 

Baby grumbles to a stop and he cuts off the engine. Stepping out, Dean straightens his jacket and smiles. The view is incredible, in all his years he hasn’t seen anything like it. 

Dean closes his eyes. For a moment back then, he really thought he’d get the chance to grow old with someone, that his hunting life would come to an end eventually leaving him and Sam to really be free. 

“You’re free here.” 

Dean turns at the sound of the voice and stops dead. 

Cas.

“Hello, Dean.” 

“Cas.” Dean’s voice nearly breaks but then he’s striding forward and taking the angel in his arms. “Never thought I’d see you again.”

“I’m here.” Castiel hugs him back, holding him tight. One thing comes to Dean’s mind but he doesn’t want to let go just yet. “I meant it.”

Summary: When their first morning together is everything Dean ever hoped for. And at the same time so very different from what he expected.

Word Count: 879

Written for the @writersofdestiel​ Weekly Words challenge

When Dean wakes up he finds Cas sitting on the end of the bed.

An instant smile flickers over his features as he notices the angel still being sans any clothes apart from a pair of flimsy boxer shorts which reveal more than they cover up. Cas obviously didn't make any effort whatsoever to get dressed anytime soon and Dean surely doesn't mind the view in the slightest.

He feels warmth spreading in his chest when he recalls the night before, how they finally acted on all those pent-up feelings that's been simmering and broiling between them for years, how they started with a soft kiss on the couch right in the middle of their movie marathon, spurred into action by a series of completely ridiculous discussions about love and romantic relationships due to that horrible rom-com they had been watching, and how that gentle make-out session eventually grew into something passionate and frenzy. Soon enough they stumbled into Dean's room, lost all their clothes and had their utterly wicked ways with each other all night long.

Dean can't help grinning brightly at the memory.

He senses contentment within himself like never before in his life as he watches Cas silently for a while. His tanned skin, the flex of his muscles, his broad shoulders, the look of concentration on his face as he fixes his eyes on whatever he's doing with his hands.

“Whatcha doing there, Cas?” Dean wonders, his words still a little slurred from sleep.

Cas doesn't even flinch by the sudden break of silence, his keen angel senses probably told him about Dean's waking status by the second the hunter drifted into consciousness. Instead he merely smiles and turns a bit so that Dean catches a glimpse of a shirt in his lap and thread and needle as well as a small button in his hands.

“You destroyed my shirt last night,” Cas explains easily. “And I can't very well walk around button-less.”

It was a few days past Valentine’s when Dean’s gag gift for Cas arrived. Not entirely meant as a gag gift, though they hardly needed help spicing things up in the bedroom, or any other room in the house for that matter. But as Dean unpacked the erotic dice set and inspected each side, a slow warmth bloomed in his core at some of the suggestions. One white die had an action, the second had a body part, and the third, a red die with white lettering, gave you a place to act out the fantasy. Rolling them across the counter, he grinned as the combination of “Lick my cock on the couch” came up. 

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Read the rest on AO3.

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X. You have always comforted yourself with the thought that in some place and some time, the both of you are happy. There is a world where there was no apocalyptic aspect to your meeting, where you got to learn each other in quiet moments and in careful touches. There is a world where neither of you has ever died. There is a world where you told him you loved him the moment you realized it. There are worlds where he might even say it back.

None of those worlds are yours, and all of those worlds are gone. There are no dreams left here.

IX. Your hand bleeds. It has bled since the moment you first touched him. You have always been happy to bleed for him.

A new event is coming this weekend! The Writers of Destiel server is proud to announce the second Drabble Chain event, open to anyone and everyone! You don’t have to be in the server to participate, as we’re running two chains simultaneously: one in our server, and one here on tumblr.

HOW IT WORKS:

One of the admins will start you off. We’ll post ten prompts below on Friday 16th April.

Then anyone can tap in! Choose one of the prompts, quickly write a drabble, and replace the prompt you chose with one of your own.

Post your drabble and then the updated prompt list below the previous person. Be quick! This is a live challenge and there’s a chance someone might steal the prompt you have your eye on.

You can tap in as many times as you want, just be sure to give everyone else a chance. There'll also be a separate chain in our server if you'd like to join in both places! Link at the bottom of the post!

The chain will end at 11:59 PM GMT on Sunday 18th April.

THE DETAILS:

There’s no word count limit, but bear in mind that each prompt can only be filled once. When it’s gone, it’s gone!

We’re opening this to all themes, but please remember to tag appropriately.

Post your drabble and the updated prompt list below a ‘read more’ cut. This could end up a long post, so the only visible text above the cut should be the prompt you chose, relevant warnings, and a line or two of your drabble.