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1. The Need to Hold You by RandomGreenery

   Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)  

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

   28 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Castiel & Dean Winchester
   • Dean Winchester
   • Sam Winchester
   • Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Bobby Singer (Supernatural)
   • Crowley (Supernatural)
   • Gabriel (Supernatural)
   • Touch-Starved Dean Winchester
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Heavy Angst
   • Abandonment Issues
   • Domestic Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Domestic Team Free Will (Supernatural)
   • Protective Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Crowley Has Feelings (Supernatural)
   • Established Relationship
   • Soft
   • Panic Attacks
   • Anchor Castiel
   • emotional breakdown
   • Soft destiel
   • Bet gone wrong
   • physical affection
   • "I’m Not Leaving”
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Softness
   • How Do I Tag
   • emotional distress
   • Panic Attack
   • Crying
   • Past Character Death (Referenced)
   • trauma aftermath
   • Everyone Needs Therapy
   • Touch-Deprived Dean Winchester

   Summary

   A harmless bet challenges Dean to go twenty-four hours without touching Cas.

   Dean doesn’t realize how much he relies on Cas’s presence to stay steady until it’s gone- and everything he’s ever lost comes crashing back.

   Cas refuses to let him fall alone

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