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1. Freedom is a Length of Rope by decafmusings

   Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   17 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Dean Winchester
   • Angel Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Human Dean Winchester
   • Shibari
   • So much incredibly gratuitous fluff
   • does it count as kinktober if there's no smut in it?
   • set in s9 after Cas falls and turns human
   • Touch-Starved Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Depressed Castiel (Supernatural)
   • this doesn't count as whump because he feels better at the end but he's a sad guy in the beginning
   • this was supposed to just be a kinktober fic but it feels like much more
   • Castiel Loves Dean Winchester
   • Dean Winchester Loves Castiel
   • Neither of them say it yet though
   • Established Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Kind Of
   • kind of improper use of holy oil (it's not what you think)
   • Non-Sexual Kink
   • Non-Sexual Intimacy
   • Dean Winchester Takes Care of Castiel
   • Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond
   • Sleepy Cuddles
   • Upset Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Castiel's Angelic Grace (Supernatural)
   • Not Beta Read

   Summary

   Castiel's grace is too powerful now and Dean finds a new use for holy oil

   -also, alternatively-

   "Freedom is a length of rope. God wants you to hang yourself with it."
   But this rope is covered in holy oil and Dean Winchester just wants to take care of Castiel.

   Series

   • Part 8 of Decaf's Kinktober 2025

   Language:

   English

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