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1. In Dark Matters by KelpietheThundergod

   Fandoms: Supernatural  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   26 Mar 2017

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Implied Castiel/Dean Winchester - Relationship
   • Dean Winchester
   • Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Sam Winchester
   • Season/Series 10
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post-Episode: s10e03 Soul Survivor
   • Graphic Violence
   • Mild Gore
   • Dean!whump
   • hurt!Dean
   • Mental Breakdown
   • depression and self-harm (though Dean doesn't call it that)
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Anxiety
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Recovery
   • Angst with a Hopeful Ending
   • background implied Dean/Castiel
   • Dean is good at feelings because that's canon

   Summary

   Canon Divergent after 10x03: Soul Survivor. After being cured, Dean struggles with the emotional pain and the guilt he hadn't been able to feel while he was a demon. He's scared the Mark will take control of him again and deliberately lets himself get injured during cases because he feels like the pain helps him fight the Mark's influence. That doesn't work out indefinitely though, and it's only when Dean finally breaks down under the weight of it all that Sam and Cas notice something is seriously wrong.

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