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1. Public Bookmark 12

   strip the illusion by NotEvenALittle

   Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   14 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Dean Winchester
   • Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Sam Winchester
   • Episode: s08e07 A Little Slice of Kevin (Supernatural)
   • POV Dean Winchester
   • Post-Purgatory Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Apologizing Dean Winchester
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Hugs
   • Crying
   • Apologies
   • First Kiss
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester First Kiss
   • Kneeling
   • Kneeling Dean Winchester
   • Sam Winchester Walks in on Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Kissing
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Title from a Waxahatchee Song
   • Quote: Desperate sloppy needy Dean (Supernatural: Bedtime Stories)
   • Season/Series 08
   • Quote: You don't think you deserve to be saved? (Supernatural)
   • Castiel Deserves to be Saved (Supernatural)
   • Dean Winchester Asks Castiel to Stay

   Summary

   An alternate 8x07, where Dean gets a little more time alone to talk with Cas.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,969

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   12

   Kudos:

   104

   Bookmarks:

   12

   Hits:

   582

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   05 Jun 2026

2. Public Bookmark 10

   the plum tree hung heavy over me by NotEvenALittle

   Fandom Supernatural (TV 2005)

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Series

   28 Feb 2026

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Dean Winchester
   • Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Benny Lafitte
   • Sam Winchester
   • Episode: s06e18 Frontierland (Supernatural)
   • Coda
   • Canon Compliant
   • Anal Sex
   • Anal Fingering
   • Cock Warming
   • Title from a The Mountain Goats Song
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester in Purgatory
   • Purgatory
   • PurGAYtory | The Inherent Homoeroticism of the Purgatory Arc (Supernatural)
   • Dean Winchester Wears Castiel's Trenchcoat
   • Biting
   • Dean Winchester Has Abandonment Issues
   • Episode: s08e08 Hunteri Heroici (Supernatural)
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Blow Jobs
   • Sam Winchester Walks in on Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Castiel and Dean Winchester Need to Use Their Words
   • Suicidal Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Consensual Somnophilia
   • Episode: s11e23 Alpha and Omega (Supernatural)
   • Season/Series 11
   • Oral Sex
   • Sex in/on the Impala (Supernatural)
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Dean Winchester Cries During Sex
   • Episode: s12e19 The Future (Supernatural)
   • Episode: s12e19 The Future - Mixtape Scene (Supernatural)
   • Angst
   • Betrayal
   • Manipulation
   • Episode: s13e05 Advanced Thanatology (Supernatural)
   • Post-Episode: s13e05 Advanced Thanatology (Supernatural)
   • Pre-Episode: s13e06 Tombstone (Supernatural)
   • Episode: s13e06 Tombstone (Supernatural)
   • Season/Series 13
   • 69 (Sex Position)
   • Apologizing Castiel (Supernatural)

   Words:

   18,257

   Works:

   6

   Bookmarks:

   10

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   04 Jun 2026

3. Public Bookmark 24

   i never knew you, you knew me (not like you knew me) by NotEvenALittle for thatflyingace

   Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   09 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Dean Winchester
   • Sam Winchester
   • Mary Winchester
   • John Winchester
   • Apocalypseverse Michael (Supernatural)
   • Episode: s14e13 Lebanon (Supernatural)
   • Post-Episode: s14e13 Lebanon (Supernatural)
   • Spoilers for Episode: s14e13 Lebanon (Supernatural)
   • Season/Series 14
   • Coda
   • Mentioned John Winchester
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst
   • Light Angst
   • Getting Together
   • Quote: The very touch of you corrupts (Supernatural)
   • Kissing
   • Boys Kissing
   • Angel Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Guilt
   • POV Dean Winchester
   • Dean Winchester Has Self-Worth Issues
   • Dean Winchester Has Self-Esteem Issues
   • Dean Winchester is Bad at Feelings
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester First Kiss
   • Castiel and Dean Winchester Use Their Words
   • Dean Winchester Loves Castiel
   • Castiel Loves Dean Winchester
   • Castiel Heals Dean Winchester
   • Castiel Heals Sam Winchester
   • Castiel Heals People (Supernatural)
   • Title from a Fleet Foxes Song
   • Apocalypseverse Michael Possessing Dean Winchester
   • First Kiss
   • Episode: s07e21 Reading is Fundamental (Supernatural)
   • Canon Compliant

   Summary

   At the end of s14e13, when Cas asks 'what happened', Dean answers him. After Cas learns about what transpired in the altered timeline, he and Dean have an important conversation that leads to some significant revelations for Dean.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,935

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   26

   Kudos:

   165

   Bookmarks:

   24

   Hits:

   967

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   04 Jun 2026

4. Public Bookmark 7

   i figured it out (it took too long) by NotEvenALittle

   Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)  

   • General Audiences
   • Major Character Death
   • No category
   • Complete Work

   26 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Dean Winchester
   • Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Sam Winchester
   • Jack Kline
   • POV Dean Winchester
   • Character Study
   • Dean Winchester Character Study
   • Castiel Character Study (Supernatural)
   • Canon Compliant
   • Episode: s13e05 Advanced Thanatology (Supernatural)
   • Introspection
   • Introspective Dean Winchester
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Dead Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Dean Winchester Thinks Castiel is Dead
   • Castiel Dies (Supernatural)
   • Death
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Grieving Dean Winchester
   • Angry Dean Winchester
   • Dean Winchester Has Anger Issues
   • Angst
   • Emotional Hurt
   • Sad Ending
   • Hopeless Dean Winchester
   • Title from a Mal Blum Song
   • Season/Series 13
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicidal Dean Winchester

   Summary

   In 13.05, while he's in Billie's library, Dean finally takes a moment to process all of Castiel's deaths up to his most recent demise, and his own reactions to those deaths. He comes to the conclusion that he's been missing the point for quite some time now.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,651

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   16

   Kudos:

   53

   Bookmarks:

   7

   Hits:

   396

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   04 Jun 2026

5. Public Bookmark 7

   your golden loneliness (heavier than stone) by NotEvenALittle

   Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)  

   • General Audiences
   • Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   22 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Blurry Woman (Supernatural: Carry On)/Sam Winchester
   • Eileen Leahy/Sam Winchester
   • Eileen Leahy & Sam Winchester
   • Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
   • Dean Winchester Jr. (Supernatural: Carry On) & Sam Winchester
   • Sam Winchester
   • Blurry Woman (Supernatural: Carry On)
   • Eileen Leahy
   • Dean Winchester Jr. (Supernatural: Carry On)
   • Episode: s15e20 Carry On (Supernatural)
   • Post-Episode: s15e20 Carry On (Supernatural)
   • Not A Fix-It
   • Angst
   • Regret
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Canon Compliant
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Dead Dean Winchester
   • Depressed Sam Winchester
   • Lonely Sam Winchester
   • Loneliness
   • Sam Winchester Loves Eileen Leahy
   • Eileen Leahy Lives
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • very minor though
   • hardly touched on
   • not even really sam's
   • dean's and we don't even get to know for sure
   • POV Sam Winchester

   Summary

   Dean is dead, and Sam has to figure out what comes next. He's never been very good at that.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   4,075

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   14

   Kudos:

   26

   Bookmarks:

   7

   Hits:

   244

   Bookmarked by skomata

   04 Jun 2026