#smart!dean

Dean: I’m gonna make up a creature to use as a baseline in this case. Here’s the assumptions I’m working with.

FBI Angel spying on the Winchesters, tearing out their heavenly hair and accidentally blowing up a diner with their true voice: how the hell does he know all this

Dean & Sam | 7x12 “Time After Time”

Bonus:

11x21 || 14x19

And This, Your Living Kiss by opal_bullets Rating: T Word Count: 57,000 Summary: Only a very few people in the world know that the celebrated and reclusive poet Jack Allen is just Kansas mechanic Dean Winchester, a high school dropout with a few bucks to his name. Not that it matters anymore; life has left him so wrung out he never wants to pick up another pen.Until, that is, a string of coincidences leads Dean to auditing a poetry course with one Dr. Castiel Novak. The professor is wildly intelligent, devastatingly handsome...and just so happens to be academia's foremost expert on the poetry of Jack Allen. 

Here’s is a very captivating story about poet Dean. The fic touches upon some of the major milestones on the road to become a poet - Dean’s teenage years and discovery of poetry, his actual poems (!), his empty and bitter years after the first success, and finally, his return to creative writing. The main plot itself doesn’t stray too far from familiar beats of your usual destiel AU - deadbeat drunkard widower John, caring family friends the Singers, Dean working hard to give some sense of a normal life to Sam while failing at school himself, Dean’s friendship with Charlie. And yet, by adding Dean's budding interest in poetry which is supported by his teacher Missouri, the story gains uniquely emotional vibe. 

Destiel fics with a focus on the art and craft of poetry (or writing in general) are few and far between; even less so with Dean as the creator. I believe this is one of the reasons why this fic shines so brightly. Dean is just so fascinating here! That being said, as much as I enjoyed flashbacks to Dean’s teenage years and his warm relationship with Sam, Eileen and their adopted son Jack in present days, my favorite parts were all the meetings between English Literature professor Castiel Novak and his auditing student, Dean Winchester. The college class debates about different poetry styles were a joy to read, and also very educational, I must say. After one particularly heavy class discussion, Dean finally confronts his complex feelings about his dead father. With a help of serious introspection, soul baring talk with Sam and some whiskey, the brothers finally arrive at the well needed closure. Just what Dean and Sam deserve in order to rebuild their lives. For Dean, his new life just may include a certain blue eyed professor. Them's the breaks!

A DeanCas Pinefest 2019 fic 

Fanworks inspired by this fanfic at destielfanworks

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Suggested further reading (links go to our reviews)

The Complete Works of Emmanuel Allen by violue - read it for reverse scenario - Cas is Dean’s favorite novelist, and Dean has no idea.

Play It All Night Long by janie_tangerine - Dean and Cas discuss Bob Dylan’s song and grow closer together 

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When we first saw an EMF meter in the show, it was in 1.04 "Phantom Traveler", and Sam didn't know what Dean was holding in his hands. And we learned that Dean made his EMF meter himself, out of a busted-up Walkman.

So either Dean did a second EMF meter when he did the one he owns in 1.04 or some time after. Or he showed Sam how to make one out of a busted-up Walkman.

Maybe Dean did a second EMF meter for John since he was hunting solo/ without Dean at some point.

Maybe Dean did a second one after John abandoned him, before going to California to see Sam and ask him to find Dad with him, in case he comes back with him, into the family business.

Bonus: Dean being proud of himself because his EMF meter is homemade and he IS the one who made it.

2/2 has because he totally has googled “I like a dude but I’m straight” or some shit like that. Oooooor maybe he hasn’t because we all know how fucking smart Dean is. Not school smart but you know … life smart. People smart. He knows that there are different sexualities and I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t give a rats ass about who somebody likes as long as they’re not monsters or fucking assholes. He has actual stuff to worry about like the end of the world, multiple times.

Still the same anon that swears too much and probably came across very rude towards fanfic writers. I’m sorry, I’m not angry about people writing the stuff that I described, I’ve enjoyed a lot of fics where Sam explains sexuality stuff to Dean, but I’m craving some Dean ‘I know my shit’ Winchester bc I’ve a desperate bisexual phase again. (Yo. 10.000 MAJOR bonus points and a billion kudos if it has some Sam/Eileen or just Sam&Eileen mention or moment in it too ;)) love your blog, you’re awesome!

Oh dear, that’s one hell of a long ask, I don’t even know where to begin ^^’

First of all, thank you so much for liking my blog, you’re really sweet for saying that <33

And sorry, I haven’t written something like you described with Dean coming out to Charlie. The only thing I’ve written with an actual “coming out” theme is this one, which I think you already know if you’re the same anon :))

But some stories I can recommend:

These Violent Delights by Persephoneshadow

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? by bellacatbee

His Partner in Crime by glassclosetcastiel

In Which Dean Frogs Up by almaasi

I’d also recommend to check out THIS and THIS - there you can find a bunch of stories about bisexual!/bicurious!dean, coming out etc. :D

I hope you find something there and of course all my followers are welcome to add their fics/recs as well ^^

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