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1. what is love but a kind of creature waiting to be unbound? by aliceboleyn

   Fandoms: Supernatural  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   27 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Dean Winchester
   • Castiel (Supernatural)
   • John Winchester
   • Missouri Moseley
   • Sam Winchester
   • Bobby Singer
   • Past Child Abuse
   • it's vaguely hinted but still
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • dean is fresh out of hell so things get a little dark in his head pretty often
   • Dean Winchester Character Study
   • Dean Winchester is Sam Winchester's Parent
   • POV Dean Winchester
   • POV Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Bad Parent John Winchester
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Possession
   • Trauma
   • a reality where dean doesn't die in 1x22 so john makes no deal
   • but dean still makes a deal to save sam's life because hell someone must
   • Fingers in My Mouth Friday (Supernatural)

   Summary

   “Of course I’ll come.” Cas said plainly, like meeting John Winchester was the most undemanding thing Dean could ask of him.
   Only then, he was able to bring himself to meet Castiel’s gaze, calm in a way that untethered him from whatever humanity he harbored within him.
   “You won’t like him much.”
   Cas chuckled, no longer staring at Dean with unsettling intensity, but still close enough for Dean to feel his breath against the crook of his neck.
   “A chance to practice the human art of lying,” he said, as a crooked smile bloomed from his lips and his humanity came flooding back.

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