#pinefest 2017

Thank you so much to all the wonderful writers and artists who took part in the first annual Dean/Cas Pinefest! 

This challenge has been a pleasure to run, and that’s all thanks to you. Details for the second DCPF Challenge will be announced later this year. 

Until then, if you haven’t already, please take a look through all these amazing fics & artworks below. You can also find the challenge collection here on Ao3!

...And You Can Leave Your Wizard Hat On fic by tikistitch with art by kuwlshadow

Along My Restless Palms fic by @sass-master-stina with art by winchester-reload

Alrighty Aphrodite fic by dreamsfromthebunker with art by thevioletcaptain

Back the Way You Came fic by tellthenight with art by shinychimera

Call to the Bullpen fic by darcydelaney with art by stopwatch

Chasing Life fic by zerostumbleine33 with art by feministcastiel

Colder Weather fic by shannonkind with art by keylimedean 

Forget the Sky fic by loversantiquities with art by guineapwheek

If You Get Lost, You Can Always Be Found fic by winjennster with art by delicirony

Illimitable Isles fic by sandares with art by mycolour

It’s a Long Life to Always Be Longing fic by superhoney with art by entirely-the-wrong-sort

Leave Me in the Mountains fic by carrieosity with art by peanutbutterthenjelly

Longing For Home fic by teacass with art by nonexistenz

Looking for a Sign fic by emwebb17 with art by dragonpressgraphics 

Looking For Group fic by @knittedgauntlets with art by @thebadwolfgoddess  One plus one is less than three (1+1 = <3) fic by shadowcat221b with art by izulkowa

So Much Tangled Thread fic by thevioletcaptain with art by sketchydean

Someone Who’s Feeling For Me fic by ellispark with art by shinychimera

The Exception To Every Rule fic by mittensmorgul with art by horrorfemme

The Ocean Between Us fic by noxsoulmate with art by made-of-stardusts 

Wayward Pines and Buttercream Dahlias fic by microespressos with art by purzelndesbaeumchen

I decided I wanted to make recs, but a little more in-depth, and because of this there may be some slight spoilers.

The Exception to Every Rule (Ao3) by: MittenWraith/ @mittensmorgul

Art by: @horrorfemme1138

Word Count: ~58k Chapters: 16/16

Rating: Mature

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: M/M

Fandom: Supernatural

Relationship: Castiel/Dean Winchester

Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel, Sam Winchester, Jessica Moore, Lisa Braeden, Charlie Bradbury, Bela Talbot, Becky Rosen, Frank Devereaux, Amara (Supernatural), Jody Mills, Anna Milton

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Actor Dean, Bodyguard Castiel, Stalking, Hollywood, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, Sharing a Bed, Dean/Cas Pinefest, POV Alternating

Summary: When Sam was accepted to Stanford, he finally convinced Dean to move to Los Angeles to pursue his acting dreams after sacrificing for four years to support Sam throughout high school. Dean never imagined landing the starring role in a Hollywood blockbuster film franchise, but in just two years he’d gone from obscurity on the Lawrence Community Theater stage to become one of the fastest rising stars in the country. He's adapting pretty well to this new life in the spotlight-- until one unhealthily obsessed fan prompts Dean’s agent to hire a specialist from Seraphim Security to watch over him.Enter Castiel, one of Seraphim’s newest “Angels,” and the only one available to take on Dean’s case a week before Christmas. With Dean’s life on the line, Castiel does his best to maintain a professional distance, but with every passing day they’re both finding themselves making more and more exceptions to their rules.

Thoughts: Ah, bodyguards. I have grown a fondness for stories were one of the boys is a bodyguard, although I do have to admit I am particular to Cas.  This story did not disappoint. Dean as an actor works well here and I am so glad that him and Lisa were able to have a great friendship.  The whole thread with Amara was great and made the suspense work, in what was for the most part a sappy story.  The art was well done and those goats were so cute.

This is the art to @winjennster's fic 

If You Get Lost, You Can Always Be Found

Castiel gets thrown out of the bunker, but when he's lost all hope, he's taken in by an Amish couple. Aided by Charlie, Dean sets out to find Cas, but even if he does, will Cas even want to come back?

Link to FIC --- Link to ART

I really enjoyed Jenn's story, especially that Cas isn't immediately all for coming back to Dean - rightly so, I think, after what Dean did. It's great to see Dean's reaction and the two of them working through it.

There were so many good scenes to choose from, but I was immediately taken with the visuals of the beehives on the hill, with autumn colours all around. I also wanted to do the scene where Cas sends Dean away on the porch, but in the end I kind of mixed the two scenes - artistic license lol

Leave Me in the Mountains by Carrieosity

Art by Peanutbutterthenjelly

for Pinefest 2017

Title: Along My Restless Palms

Author: Sass-Master

Artist: Winchester-Reload

Rating: Explicit

Length: 28k

Pairings: Dean/Cas

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Canonverse, Dreams, UST, Pining

Ever since Cas started staying in the bunker, Dean’s been having these crazy dreams—dreams that feature him and Cas in absurd, tawdry scenarios like something out of a filthy paperback. Dean chalks it up to exhaustion, or some monster messing with his head, anything to ignore the real cause: Cas in his personal space, in various states of undress, and, wow, way more muscular than Dean would’ve expected.

But if it’s just physical lust that’s the cause, then that’s an easy fix, right? No big deal. There’s definitely nothing else that his subconscious is trying to tell him. Absolutely not.

I decided I wanted to make recs, but a little more in-depth, and because of this there may be some slight spoilers.

If You Get Lost, You Can Always Be Found (Ao3) by: @winjennster

Art by:  @delicirony

Word Count: ~25k  Chapters: 8/8

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Category: M/M

Fandom: Supernatural

Relationship: Castiel/Dean Winchester

Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel, Sam Winchester, Charlie Bradbury, Ezekiel | Gadreel, Hannah (Supernatural), Original Characters, Kevin Tran

Additional Tags: Dean/Cas Pinefest 2017, Awesome Charlie, Charlie Ships It, Road Trips, 9.03 mention, April Kelly mention, Bottom Dean, Frottage, Blow Jobs, severe abuse of enochian, gadreel!sam, Men of Letters Bunker, Castiel in the Bunker, i don't break the car for once, I hate tagging, Canon Compliant, sort of, still hate tagging, so much pining, Pining, Mutual Pining, Domestic Dean Winchester

Summary: Days after I’m No Angel, Castiel finds himself exiled from the safety of the bunker. The money Dean gives him runs out all too soon. Luck, or perhaps divine providence, lands him on the Amish farm of Jacob and Lydia Bieler. The Bielers take Cas in. Despite the Amish’s general distrust of outsiders - Englischers - the strange man who can understand their language and isn’t afraid of hard work seems a natural fit amongst them. Castiel thinks he might just go ahead and stay - the farm seems like a good place to heal his broken heart, and maybe forget who broke it.Meanwhile, Dean finds himself so wracked with guilt, he can’t stand to see his own face in the mirror. He doesn't know what's worse; the fact that he threw Cas away or that Sam’s unwillingly - and unwittingly - possessed by an angel. Charlie comes for a visit and decides to stay, and it takes her no time at all to call Dean on his bullshit. With her help and encouragement and a plan to deal with the angel in Sam later, Dean and Charlie set out to find Cas and bring him home. But when they find him, Dean’s surprised that Cas doesn’t want to come home, leaving Dean to face some difficult truths about himself - and how he feels about Castiel.

Thoughts: I was waiting for this story ever since  I learned about it and it was so worth it.  First off, Jacob and Lydia Bieler are the nicest, most awesome people ever and I just want to give them hugs and tell them thank you for being nice to Cas.  Like seriously, such wonderful OCs. Oh this story gave me so many emotions and it made me so conflicted.  I totally supported Cas’s decision to potential stay with them, but my heart was so upset.  Thank goodness for Charile, she was so awesome in this story and without her giving Dean a metaphorical kick in the pants he probably would have moped forever.  And Cas and bees!  The ending was so sweet and brought a little tear to my eye.  The art was beautiful and the trees are gorgeous.

Title: Longing For Home

Author: teacass

Artist: nonexistenz 

Rating: E

Length: 48k

Pairings: Dean/Cas (Sam/Eileen)

Warnings: canon divergent, canon-typical violence

Dean rarely visits the bunker. He knows Sam’s got enough people to spend time with in there, even though they’re all just a bunch of librarians. But then a hunt goes wrong, Dean breaks a leg, and is forced to stay with his brother and all his new research buddies while he recuperates. Soon it turns out it wouldn’t be half as bad if it weren’t for Sam’s constant nagging, all the boring nerd duties they put him on, and the annoyingly good-looking new guy who seems to know exactly how to get under Dean’s skin.

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A story diverging after season 2 in which Sam doesn’t get stabbed and instead moves into the bunker to become a modern Man of Letters, Dean doesn’t sell his soul for him but continues to hunt, while Cas is not an angel but still pulls Dean out of hell. Not literally, though.