Destiel Fanfiction as a Coping Mechanism

Falling

Author: @whoipretended2b

Artist: @szlez

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 9,670

Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester

Content Warnings: None

Tags: BDSM, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean, Dom Castiel/Sub Dean, Collars, Cockcage, subspace, idiots in love, post-hell Dean Winchester, Praise Kink, Angel grace

Summary: Fresh out of Hell, Dean Winchester accidentally prays to Castiel in the middle of a bad BDSM scene.

Castiel comes when Dean calls. And when Dean admits he can’t trust anyone enough to let go, Castiel offers to be his Dom. After all, he has the strength and control Dean needs and he can hear Dean’s prayers. He can stop before Dean has to ask.

It should work.

But the more they scene together, the harder it becomes for Castiel to get Dean to surrender to subspace.

Castiel knows he is doing something wrong.

He just doesn’t know what.

Sneak Peek: Dean let himself into the room. Sam was gone, but the bed was messy and his laptop was open, screen still aglow. Dean checked his phone and rolled his eyes. He sat on the bed that was still made. He did nothing else. He did not relax on the bed and he did not turn on the TV.

“You are—” Castiel began but stopped. “You should drink water.”

Dean snorted, but he pushed up, went to the tiny counter, and filled up one of the plastic cups. He drank it in three long swallows, throat working as he did so. Why was watching Dean drink so appealing?

“Can you explain it?”

Dean set the cup down and made eye contact in the mirror. “Explain what? I told you.”

“You said you like being tied,” Castiel said. “That you like letting someone else… ‘run the show’. These are mechanics, not meaning. I want to understand why.”

“You really don’t do small talk.” Dean drummed his fingers on the counter. “My head is quiet, when it’s good.”

Castiel nodded.

“When it’s good, I got nothing to worry about. Guy says to put my hands behind my back, I put ‘em there. Tells me not to move, I don’t move. That’s it. No monsters. No seals. Just… doing what I’m told. All the noise…” He tapped his temple. “Goes away.”

“And tonight the noise… got louder instead?”

Dean rolled his eyes and faced him. “Got a real talent for the obvious, you know that?”

He rubbed his hand over his face, left his palm over his eyes for a moment, then dropped it. “So. Congratulations. Now you know why your righteous-ass soldier of the Lord spent his Friday night in a dungeon with a safe word.”

“I could help you,” Castiel said.

I Put A Spell On You

Author: @friendofcarlotta

Artist: @jellyvolcano

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 8,539

Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester

Content Warnings: None

Tags: Dom Castiel, Sub Dean Winchester, Bondage, Magical Restraints, Sounding

Summary: They say love is the most powerful force in the universe. Dean figures a convincing case can be made that it’s actually boredom.

Boredom is what first led him to hook up with his colleague Cas, and boredom is what led Cas to start experimenting with magic. So apparently, Cas can now conjure magical restraints. (Yeah, this was news to Dean as well.) Might as well try them out, right? What could possibly go wrong?

Sneak Peek: “I was calling upon the powers of darkness,” Cas says.

“Okay, that…” Dean goes to close the door behind himself, because a demon summoning is probably not the kind of thing they should be discussing with the door open. “Um. Why?”

Cas grimaces, like this is something he was hoping wouldn’t come up. “I was going to tell you this, but I was never sure how to bring it up. Essentially, I’ve been dabbling in magic.”

“Magic,” Dean repeats, in a tone that is absolutely not a squeak. “Okay. Right. That’s… yeah.”

“It’s real,” Cas says, getting a little defensive as he blows out his candles one by one and closes the massive, leather-bound tome that Dean only now notices has been lying open in front of him. “I’ve been doing a few spells. Nothing too crazy. It was really just a way to pass the time.”

“Uh-huh.” Dean takes a seat in the middle of Cas’ hallway, there being no chairs he can reach without moving further into the room. Moving further into the room would mean potentially disrupting this chalk setup Cas has going on, and Dean might be a skeptic when it comes to anything remotely supernatural, but he’s not going to be responsible for putting a foot on the wrong chalk squiggle and accidentally triggering the apocalypse.

They sit like that in complete silence for a minute, while Dean tries to figure out how to politely show an interest in his friend-and-occasional-fuck-buddy’s new hobby or possible mental breakdown.

“So… what, uh, were you calling on the, uh…” Dean rolls his wrist in the universal gesture for "whatever you said."

“Powers of darkness,” Cas supplies, helpful as ever.

“Yeah, those. What were you calling on them for?”

Cas squirms a little. The movement smudges one of the chalk lines, so maybe that’s actually fine. Still, Dean glances into the corners of the room in case of ominously gathering shadows.

“I was trying to get a raise.”

Author: FriendofCarlotta || @friendofcarlotta Artist: szlez || @szlez

Rating: Explicit Archive Warnings: Descriptions of Dead Bodies, Vomiting, Mentions of Suicide, Child Death, Temporary MCD Word count: 36k Tags: Inspired by The Ring, Established Relationship, Alternate Angel Lore

Summary:

Never open an email attachment from an unknown sender. It’s a good rule to live by. Investigative reporter Castiel Novak breaks it anyway, accidentally exposing himself to disturbing video footage that kills anyone who watches it within seven days. When his husband Dean watches the footage too, a race against time begins. Can Castiel save them both before their seven days are up?

Do you like your Destiel on the filthier side? Do you like only a garnish of plot with your porn? Do you like a possessive, obsessed Cas? Do you like a whumpish Dean who just needs a little bit of encouragement? 😈

Do you maybe just want to learn How to Keep a Happy Marital Home (While Sleeping With Your Husband's Brother)?

Because hooboy, do @xev3n and me have the fic for you!

We just finished writing our beautiful, unhinged second born and we're SO proud to send it off into the world! Featuring the infamous tag 'Dean Winchester's Five Star Michelin-Rated Hole' as invented by the one and only Xev3n 😏

Please, come join us on this feral rollercoaster 😌 Satisfaction guaranteed ;)

Full image on Bluesky

No ai was used in the making of this piece. Program: Sketchbook Pro ✏️

Post 6 faceless pictures ✨ Thanks @tinylilemrys for the tag!

First we have the best herbal candy for soare throats I have ever found !!!

A Beijing moon cake I got from a student

My sister's dog 💙

A little horse ornament I got as a gift from a student

A tabouleh I made and that was exxxxxcellent!!

A little painted cat I came across in the street.

First picture is the little park inside the Münster in Bonn, Germany.

Second picture are some of my mangas and BL novels on my second desk in my office where I have enough space for art

The third picture is the Gracht in Amsterdam

The fourth picture is the International Theater in Amsterdam where I watched "Brecht's First Play" with Jin Shijia

The fifth picture is me prepping perilla leaves vor kimchi

the sixth pcture is the shadow of my dog

First picture is of a bumper sticker I need to find, of a car parked outside of the Tacoma Haunted Farmer's Market

Picture 2 is of my tonkatsu ramen from my favorite ramen place in Tacoma; Zen

Picture 3 is of the orchid I killed two years ago, and then was taught by a professional gardener how to bring back to life, with the first new blooms!

Picture 4 is of my WFH workspace. Yes I'm an adult.

Picture 5 is of my Pan Pride nails for Pride Month this year!

And Picture 6 is of the grave of one of the founding nuns of the hospital I work at.

1. A postcard I sent to my BFF Tobi this week

2. I put up more rainbow flags after the Berlin CSD incident

3. A pic Omi's former neighbor sent me this week to let me know she is taking care of her orchid after she passed last year

4. A fidget spinner Tobi gifted last sunday

5. Kätzchen's washed bowl and what she got that day

6. Gardening people that work toooooo close next to my little car... - please dont scratch the paint! 🤞🏻

1. Skeleton model I saw

2. Pride tattoo my 8 year old cousin picked for me

3 Shark cake I made years ago and am still proud of

4. The dog’s cheese that she’s fashioned into a shiv

5. My record player

6. A (fake) blood covered arm signed by Chuck Palahniuk

1) A luna moth spotted in my yard.

2) Fall sunrise on an early morning Starbucks run.

3) Berries on a mahonia bush in my yard.

4) Obligatory Torchy's food shot at the first stop on the way to a friend's out-of-town bachelorette weekend.

5) The art side of Seattle's gum wall on my trip to see Frankie last year.

6) Ms. Pearl the Giant Squirrel

Thank you for the tags @bleuzombie and @eyesofatragedy67

1. Some of the cool shells we found on the beach yesterday

2. Rainbow stairs in a bookstore

3. My kid being weird in a gift shop

4. Some of my plants

5. Beads my kid organized because they’re autistic like me 😂

6. The ladybug mural I used as inspiration for my fic The Things We Learn to Live With

I’m in the middle of Expectations by everandanon and I’m wondering if any of you have suggestions for destiel romances in a fantasy setting (maybe with a side of enemies to lovers) because holy shit after this one I’ve realized that it’s not just my cup of tea, it’s the whole fuckin’ kettle. Like I’ve already really enjoyed similar stories like Walk a Broken Line by cheesecakekiss and Untangled by quwarichi but now? It’s a pattern.

Fantasy:

Dragon Hunt by @peanutbutterjelly-pie

To Fall and to Fly by Faster_Than_the_Speed_of_Sound

Cursed Or Not by Ltleflrt (more canon adjacent than fantasy, but still has the elements)

The Curious Case of Cuthbert Sinclair by @ellen-of-oz, @malmuses (canon-ish)

A Collar Of Ivy, A Crown Of Teeth by @xev3n

Clap Your Hands If You Believe by @piscesapplelady35

Magically Bonded by @seidenapfel (have not read, but a fan of the author)

Forgotten by WhoIPretended2Be (self rec, less enemies more general distain)

Non-Fantasy enemies to lovers:

Paging Doctor Novak by Salamitsunami1

For All You Young Hockey Players Out There, Pay Attention by thursdaysfallenangel

Partnered by K_K_TiBal

And since you already like @cheesecakekiss

A Really Great Idea (Mafia romance)

A Profoundly Irritating Bond (all human, store rivals, prank war)

experimented with ma art style

Carry On, Author presents: Written Interview #2: Bethmints!

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In this interview on Ao3, Bethmints discusses the intricacies of her fic, Heaven Came Down, her writing process, and how she got into fanfiction and fandom in the first place!

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ALSO!! Make sure to follow this Tumblr and check out the previous interviews! There is a written interview from @tanis-in-a-trenchcoat about A crack in everything (that's how the light gets in) and a podcast with @whoipretended2b about The Middle!!

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If you could choose only one fic for each of the descriptions below, which ones would they be? (Yes, aside from getting to know authors better, I'm also subtly asking for fic recommendations, play along please 🦖)

•One that broke your heart, but piece it together again.

•One that made you laugh out loud really hard.

•One that changed your perspective on things (you can interpret this any way you want).

•One that broke your heart, but piece it together again.

Come Forth As Gold by fullprice

Post S5E22. Sam jumped into the pit and now Dean has to figure out how to keep living, while also taking care of a newly human Cas who's figuring out how to be human.

•One that made you laugh out loud really hard.

Put That On A T-Shirt by CeliPuff, Ketch22

Dean's girlfriend doesn't like giving blowjobs, so she calls in a favor to her friend Castiel to do it for her. I don't read a ton of funny fics, and usually they have funny moments but aren't *funny* funny, but this one is pretty funny.

•One that changed your perspective on things (you can interpret this any way you want).

Romancing the Exit Sign by anandroidinatutu

The Third Wheel Adds Greater Stability by bitterred

Dean and Castiel were so weird. Sam just wished they would communicate effectively with each other. And with him.