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What starts as an ordinary, miserable day for Castiel—bullied by his brother and struggling to fit in—takes a nightmarish turn. Injured, enslaved, and sold to the obscenely wealthy Luther Shrike, he resigns himself to a life of silent obedience. But within Shrike’s household, among fellow captives who refuse to be broken, Castiel finds something unexpected: a family.
Meanwhile, Dean Winchester’s world is shrinking. His mother is dying, the bills are piling up, and every option has run dry. When his friend Kevin offhandedly mentions that his rich boss recently acquired an angel, Dean latches onto the only thing that still makes sense—hope. If there’s even a chance this creature can heal his mom, he has to try.
But nothing goes according to plan. A single desperate choice throws Castiel and Dean’s lives into chaos, binding their fates in ways neither of them could have imagined. And now, with powerful forces closing in, freedom may come at a cost neither of them is ready to pay.
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The Weight of Leaving, the Cost of Coming Back by TheFoxTells for sunlitcandles
Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)
24 Feb 2025
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“…Are you mad about the cereal?” Cas says, voice cautious.
Dean barks out something that might’ve been a laugh in another life. Right now, it’s just bitter. He drags a hand down his face, then runs both hands through his hair, tugging at the roots. The room feels too small. The air too thick.
The room is silent for a beat.
Then Dean’s voice cracks, raw and disbelieving: "Who wouldn’t be angry that you ate all my cereal and faked your goddamn death for three years?!" He throws up his hands, nearly knocking over the salt shaker. "I thought you were dead! Do you even get what that did to me?"
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Across a Table, Across a Lifetime by TheFoxTells for carryonmywaywardshadowhunter
Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)
20 Sep 2024
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The candle on the table flickered in the slight draft from the door, casting a warm, dancing glow over his face. Castiel had been staring at that flame for what felt like an eternity, its light mocking his failed attempt at a normal evening. He sighed, glancing at his phone once more—still nothing. The person he was supposed to meet had now stood him up for over an hour, the creeping realization settling in that this date wasn’t happening.
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Washing Dollar Bills by TheFoxTells for Count_Wanderlust
Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)
27 Feb 2023
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Bank robbers fleeing as soon as they see him. An old love re-appearing.
A major decision.
This day has been nothing like Dean would've expected it to be when he got up that morning.
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"And you're sure this is a real love potion?" Dean inquires. Skeptically, he looks at the narrow, corked round glass in which the slightly green shimmering liquid floats.
Rowena tries her best to look as horrified as possible. A plucked eyebrow quirks upward.
"Of course! Are you doubting my abilities?"
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Things are going well for Dean: he's landed the biggest design job of his architectural career and is about to get final approval on the project despite how difficult the development company, personified by Castiel Novak, has made it. It's not bad for a moody omega...except things are also going terribly for Dean because he has to get in a plane and fly to a meeting, and course ends up in heat a few hours before. Luckily, Castiel is there to help and both men discover the good that can come when nothing goes quite as intended.
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22 Sep 2025
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At Stanford University, omega Dean Winchester and alpha Castiel Novak are complete and utter strangers. Dean’s on the ground’s crew, and Castiel is pursuing his PhD in literature. Under normal circumstances, their paths would never cross.
But when they both agree to participate in an unusual case study observing alphas and omegas—the thesis project of anthropology major Charlie Bradbury—they find themselves alone and face to face. For hours each week.
The catch? They’re forbidden to speak a word to each other, despite sharing an obvious and immediate crush. One might even call it true-mate level.
Oh, this is gonna be torture.
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20 Sep 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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15 Sep 2025
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As a kid, Dean’s dreams were pretty straightforward: food, a roof over his head, and maybe – if he really let himself dream big – a family that wouldn’t kick him out the second he became more trouble than he was worth. College? Not on his radar. Suddenly he’s here, though – on a football scholarship and faced with the possibility that this time he might get to stay.
For someone more well-adjusted it would be a dream come true. For Dean it’s a nightmare of desperately keeping up appearances while he’s drowning in other people’s expectations.
At least until a game of Truth or Dare sends him face-first into the arms of Castiel Novak. Senior. Resident (ex-)drug dealer. Obnoxious literature major. Heavily tattooed and everything Dean is trying to leave behind.
Dean needs a favor and Castiel is all too willing to deliver. Unfortunately the offer comes with strings attached that go well beyond the fake relationship that Castiel asks for in return.
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14 Sep 2025
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It’s been a while since Castiel last went to a bar. Especially a random one. He’s an introvert, capital I, and not much of a party animal for one, and two, it’s exhausting to be around straight people.
But he goes, and he meets one handsome stranger.Cas looks at him. They’re roughly the same height but the guy looks a little younger than Cas. “Not my type,” Cas says, about the female bartender.
The guy bites his lower lip as he studies Cas. “What is your type?” he asks then.
Cas doesn’t know where the guy is going with this but Cas hates talking to straight guys and the best way to make them go away is by scaring them with the gay, so that’s what he does.
He looks straight into the stranger’s eye, and dead serious, says: “You.”
Instead of backing off, the stranger smiles. "Lucky me."Series
- Part 1 of A Crash-Course in Casual
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