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    Dean doesn't quite seem to realize that Castiel is an ancient and powerful celestial being, God’s fearless weapon, an Angel that has lived through apocalypses and countless tragedies before. Shaped by millions of years of blind obedience, free will could turn out to be his undoing.

    A journey into Castiel's mind, from the day he was created to his encounter with the Winchesters and the events of the Apocalypse. Basically the Bible and Supernatural through Castiel's eyes, until somewhere into season 5 where the story will stray away from canon...

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    20 Sep 2025

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    <3 A must-read for any Castiel fans. Takes the context of Cas's tremendous lifespan and otherworldlyness, and brings it to the canonverse. Masterful character development and depiction of the slow change in heaven to the shady, oppressive place it becomes by the time canon starts.

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    AU: Castiel is on the road (saving people, helping things) when he meets Dean and realizes that his soul is different - and not just because he's the pastor's son.

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    06 Sep 2025

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    Very mysterious beginnings with an uplifting end. <3

    (line with personal resonance for me: “Just because I don’t have your faith doesn’t mean I don’t have any,”)

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    Under the cover of a masquerade ball, Castiel has five nights to recover the key to his people's freedom. The world has changed greatly in the six centuries since their banishment into the void, but the task isn't impossible. Unfortunately for Castiel, this is going to involve talking to people - especially the Knight Prince who has taken an interest in Castiel and his "costume" wings.

    (Destiel Cinderella AU)

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    19 Jul 2025

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    Dean Winchester has spent his whole life cleaning up his father's messes. Now that his little brother, Sam, is settled in California and Bobby's got a handle on the garage, they convinced Dean to finally do something for himself. After a chance encounter at the Air Force recruitment fair Sam dragged him to, Dean got hooked on air traffic control, and he gets stationed at Kansas City Tower for his final leg of training. There, he has to impress his on-job instructor Castiel Novak, the ex-Air Force captain who piqued his interest in ATC in the first place. (And only in ATC. He swears. Those blue eyes and dark hair and stupid hat have nothing to do with it.) If all that wasn't hard enough, just one week into his OJT, Dean gets a call telling him his father is dying and has to move back home to live out his final days-which could be more like years.

    Dean has to decide whether to continue to let his life be defined by his father's mistakes and his misguided obligation to everyone else, or if he's brave enough-and strong enough-to find a life in his own shape.

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    30 May 2025

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    The complexity of loving a shitty, dying parent while simultaneously working past the crap they put on you.

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    When their latest attempt to free Cas from the Empty doesn’t work, Dean finds himself on the other end of an offer from Death. He’ll get Dean into the Empty, and all Dean has to do is to take Cas and leave. It’s perfect, simple, and everything Dean’s wanted for the past year. So, what’s the catch?

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    23 May 2025