The Road So Far (This Time Around)

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• The Road So Far (This Time Around) by 8_Years_of_Silence

  Fandoms: Supernatural  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  01 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Castiel/Dean Winchester
  • Dean Winchester
  • Sam Winchester
  • Bobby Singer
  • Castiel (Supernatural)
  • Time Travel
  • Timeline AU
  • Back to the beginning
  • Dark themes (but no more than the show has)
  • Minor gore (but no more than the show has)
  • Alternate Timeline (but with just about everything the show has)
  • Destiel - Freeform
  • slowburn
  • we're talking glacial
  • One reader described it as Jane Austen slow
  • Author is verbose AF
  • Come join the party
  • Fix It
  • very long story
  • Season 1 to 5 re-write
  • 150 chapters in and we finally reached Season 3!
  • Untagged Story
  • Untagged Events
  • each chapter has general and trigger warnings

  Summary

  He woke with a jolt, sitting in the Impala on some backroad with Sammy sleeping shotgun. Like always. Only no, not always. They had a bunker now. They had a home. Maybe Dean had finally lost it. That, or Cas pulled one hell of a Hail Mary, because his little brother looked about ten years younger and his phone was saying it was 2005. TIMELINE AU

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  Series

  • Part 1 of The Road So Far (This Time Around)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,051,138

  Chapters:

  157/?

  Collections:

  3

  Comments:

  8,568

  Kudos:

  5,056

  Bookmarks:

  1,341

  Hits:

  300,906

• A Shortcut To the Road So Far (This Time Around) by 8_Years_of_Silence

  Fandoms: Supernatural  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • No category
  • Complete Work

  04 Dec 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

  Summary

  A short, bare-bones recap of the plot, chapter by chapter/arc by arc of the Road So Far (This Time Around), kept up to date as the story continues forward. This is NOT a complete story, nor is it meant to be read as a stand-alone. It is meant only as a refresher for those who have already read The Road So Far (This Time Around) and need a quick re-read. Thanks!

  Series

  • Part 2 of The Road So Far (This Time Around)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  15,501

  Chapters:

  3/3

  Comments:

  12

  Kudos:

  79

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  2,822

• Deleted Scenes: The Road So Far (This Time Around) by 8_Years_of_Silence

  Fandoms: Supernatural  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  07 Apr 2020

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Dean Winchester
  • Sam Winchester
  • Bobby Singer
  • Castiel (Supernatural)

  Summary

  One shots from the story, The Road So Far (This Time Around) that were not included in the final edit for one reason or another. Ratings range from K-T, all genres, all characters. Chapter 5: A certain marine is home from his most recent tour and spots a man on the local news that he’s been searchingly for for a long, long time.

  Series

  • Part 3 of The Road So Far (This Time Around)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  15,864

  Chapters:

  11/?

  Comments:

  45

  Kudos:

  197

  Bookmarks:

  18

  Hits:

  5,455