#mixtape 2018

Title: McMansion Hell Author: mittensmorgul (mittenwraith on ao3) Wordcount: 21k Rating: T Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester Content Warnings: None Tags: Christmas Fluff, Case Fic, First Kiss, Love Confessions, Pie, self-aware and fondly judgmental fourth wall-breaking narrator, truly deplorable architecture and questionable landscaping choices, Crack Treated Seriously

It’s a few weeks before Christmas, and all seems relatively quiet in the bunker. Sam is preoccupied with kitten videos on youtube, and Dean and Cas have been tap dancing around each other with a slightly more holly-jolly theme than usual. As Dean teaches Cas the true meaning of Christmas pie, Sam finds them a case just brimming with holiday cheer– a ghost with his own highly individual style who doesn’t deal well with critics. Let’s watch as they all learn their lessons, with fondly exasperated commentary from a slightly frazzled narrator who shares your pine-scented pain.

Title: Cancelled

Author: Violethaze

Artist: Aceriee

Wordcount: 7716 words

Rating: Explicit

Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester

Fic Link:  ao3

Art Link:  ao3    tumblr

Summary: 

Flight DL8121 MCI-OAK *CANCELLED*

Dean whipped his head up. The man across the way was absorbed in a book. “Are you going to Oakland?”

“Yes.”

Dean waved his phone at him. “Did they just cancel our flight?”

The man dug his phone out of his jacket pocket. Frowning at it, he said. “It would appear so.”

Dean had prepared for every eventuality, including his likely death as the plane tumbled out of the sky. Every eventuality except one, apparently. “What the fuck.” If the man was alarmed by his language, he didn’t show it. Dean’s voice rose. “What do we do now?”

Title: The Prince Switch Author: teacass Wordcount: 12k Rating: T Pairing(s): Dean/Cas, Jimmy/Amelia Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

Castiel couldn’t see much in the dark, but there was a silhouette of a tall person standing in the room opposite of his. Judging from the depth of the voice, it must have been Dean Winchester, Jimmy’s best friend, sous chef, and co-owner of the bakery. “Hello, Dean,” Castiel whispered. Even he heard it sounded way too official and too much like his princely self, so he quickly corrected. “I mean, hi. It’s just me. Go back to sleep.” “What are you doing up?” Dean asked. Oh, it’s nothing. I just snuck out of the palace in the middle of the night to switch places with your best friend, Castiel thought. “I couldn’t sleep,” Castiel said out loud. “Too excited about the whole competition thing.” __ The Princess Switch Dean/Cas AU. Thank you, Netflix!

We were so excited to bring you Holiday Mixtape for the third year in a row. And even though we got started late, we received 40 fantastic submissions for this round!

This year’s masterlist is under the cut.

Title: How Traditions Begin

Author: surlybobbies (katie)

Summary:

“In that case, do you want to come over on Christmas Eve?”

There was a slightly-too-long pause. When Cas dared to look over, he saw a small furrow between Dean’s brow. He blinked at the road in front of them. “D’you mean me and Sam? Or - just me?”

Cas let the silence hang between them, hoping Dean would understand without putting words to it. They’d been best friends for years, had seen each other through new relationships and bad breakups, but lately Dean had been staying later and leaning closer and speaking softer, and after a while Cas had had to accept that maybe the signs he was receiving weren’t just wishful thinking on his part.

He waited for Dean to figure it out in the silence: he wanted Christmas this year to be for them and no one else.

He saw the exact moment it clicked for Dean: he blinked again at the road and licked his lips and took a very deep, long breath before saying, “Yeah. Okay.”

Word count: 2831

Rating: T

Pairings: Dean/Cas

Content warnings: none

Title: New Queers' Eve

Author: huggybeardean

Word Count: 1586

Rating: T

Pairing(s): Castiel/Dean Winchester

Content Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply. 

Summary: 

Dean Winchester had always had a love/hate relationship with New Year’s Eve. As soon as he was old enough to want a kiss from a girl, that was generally what he got right at 11:59:59pm. Before he even knew what more was, it was just a sweet peck on the cheek or, if he was lucky, the lips. Once Dean got a little bit older, he was always lucky enough to score more than a peck, and, oftentimes, more than a kiss. All of that… well, that was the love part of the relationship.

As soon as Dean was old enough to want to kiss girls, he also found himself wanting to kiss boys. In the 6th grade, it was Aaron Bass. In high school, Donnie Jones. But despite that desire, no matter what, he always found himself at family-run celebrations, high school or college parties, and dive bars on New Year’s Eve, kissing a girl.

This year was going to be different. 

Title: Soon After Christmas

Author: starespressos

Wordcount: 4633

Rating: T

Pairing(s): Castiel/Dean Winchester

Content Warnings: None

Summary: Castiel has been in love with Dean for a while now. After Christmas, he accidentally tells him.