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While on a hunt, Cas winds up on the receiving end of a gender-swapping spell. He intends to simply wait it out, but Dean has other ideas.
Sam is unimpressed.
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Dean Winchester was once an award winning country music star, but fame came too early. Now, he’s fifteen years sober and owns a ranch in western Texas. He’s happy with his life. He has horses, a nice herd of cattle and so what, if he’s alone. He tells his friends that he’s happily single. Back when he was touring, men and women threw themselves at him – but he knew they only wanted him for his fame.
Cas Novak just won his fifth CMA award. He loves singing, but the touring was getting old. Living in a bus nine months out of the year was slowly destroying his creativity. He hasn’t written anything new in over a year. Then he hears an old song on the radio. He vaguely remembers the handsome singer and wondered whatever happened to him. Before he knew it, he'd written a new song. The only problem was…it was a duet. A duet that could only be sung with a voice like Winchester’s.
After locating the man’s ranch, Cas makes a surprise visit. Will he be able to talk Dean into joining him on stage after all these years? Will the two men find what they’ve been looking for all their lives – someone to share a future with?
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When Sam gets his life together and fucks off to live in a hippy-dippy self-sustainable commune in Costa Rica, Dean never considers following suit. That life isn’t for him. But after years of being away from his brother and withering his own life away at his monotonous, soul-sucking job, Dean finds himself caving to Sammy’s pleas, accepting a job offer he can’t refuse, and boarding a plane to the exotic island.
It’s nothing like Dean could have ever imagined, full of vibrant life and color, foods he’s never heard of, and animals he’s never seen. It’s a tropical paradise… a paradise that becomes a hell of a lot more interesting when a dark haired, blue-eyed commune native catches his eye. After a rather upsetting first meeting with the grumpy stranger, Dean must continue to navigate life on the island, his new career as the school’s music teacher, and the ultimate feat of dislodging his foot from his very big mouth.
With a community of characters as familiar as his brother and as wild as a capuchin monkey with a flair for mischief, Dean will discover that maybe it wasn’t just Sam’s life that needed a reboot.
Still, the question remains; will Dean be able to win over Casa Nova’s most reclusive resident?
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"This came down to the fundamentally different ways they saw the situation. Bobby didn't think angels should be mistreated, but he didn't see them as equals and didn't particularly have a problem with angels being kept as slaves. Dean wanted angels to be free and equal to humans, period."
In which Dean works in angel rescue and Castiel is newly rescued angel with a painful past.
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20 Mar 2026
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Cute! Alas, an epilogue promised but not delivered…
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The Ancient Greek Gods live on - and sometimes, they walk among us.
It's a dark time for the Winchesters. Dean is doing his best to hold what remains of his family together - but his younger brother, Sam, can't move on from the death of the girl he was going to marry, and it seems like there's nothing Dean can do to ease that sadness. Far, far below them, in the Underworld, the blue-eyed Lord of Death - Hades himself - is struggling with his own grief. And more than that - Hades is in trouble. He needs help.
One fateful evening, Hades meets the boys in a night-struck graveyard; he and Dean make a pact that will serve them both. It's a mutually beneficial agreement, nothing more - a little play-acting in return for a single soul. And play-acting is all it is, obviously; Dean and Hades, God of Death, aren't really together. Of course not.
... they just need to convince a Pantheon of Ancient Gods that they could be.
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When Dean, a little lost and a little lonely, finds himself wishing on a star one night, he doesn't expect anything to come of it, and certainly not for the star in question to fall right out of the sky. The very last thing that he could have possibly anticipated is Castiel - winged, angry and looking for the grace that he lost in the fall, so that he can get back to Heaven.
Dean's a little fascinated by Castiel, and Castiel is intrigued by Dean and his seafaring life. But Castiel has to go back to Heaven, and finding the grace has to be his first priority, even though it often seems he would rather put Dean first. But Dean knows it's foolish to hope. After all, a bird may fall in love with a fish - but where would they live?
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Bookmarked by ppendragon
19 Mar 2026
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Lovely, but the question was never answered? I don’t know how they’re going to be together? I guess maybe the author didn’t know either…
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Growing up in a small town in Kansas, Dean learned from a young age that there was only one rule that couldn’t be broken, one place he couldn’t go - through the forest, to the long-abandoned Angel’s Hollow. But when Sam disappears, Dean’s left with no choice but to follow his brother's tracks through the dangers of the wood; little does he know that the most dangerous creature of all lurks not among the trees, but in the Hollow itself. Dean sets Sam free, at the cost of his own liberty - and, bound by magic, resigns himself to living out the rest of his days in the Hollow, at the mercy of the being within. The angel of Angel’s Hollow, however, has a story - is a prisoner, too, as much as Dean is. Only one thing can free them both - but it is impossible. For, after all: who could ever learn to love a beast?
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18 Mar 2026
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Now this is literature. Holy crap! If all retellings were like this we’d be in business. Perfect call backs but still making it a unique story. Gorgeous!
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Dean Winchester's life changed forever the night a demon appeared in his brother's nursery and killed his father.
As a hunter Mary is determined to protect her sons from the evil she has run from her whole life - the same evil that took John. But Dean also trusts his protection to the angel in a trench coat he talks to in his dreams. Through years of tribulation and uncertainty, the Winchesters (plus a corgi that might be magic and an angel that may not be real) must fight monsters, demons, and even fate itself to survive as a family.
Or: The one where Mary lives, Cas is there, and nothing and everything changes.
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- Part 1 of Let It Be Verse
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Castiel, a former soldier, has worked for the Company his entire life. They've been good to him, providing clothes, shelter and new body parts whenever necessary. Now the Company's gearing up for a space exploration voyage, and Castiel's volunteered for the research team. During the preparation period, he meets Dean Winchester, who makes Castiel wonder about the things he's missed out on.
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After his twin's death and a hospital mix-up eccentric artist Castiel is left with his brother Jimmy's identity and responsible for Claire, Jimmy's young daughter. Afraid of losing his niece if social services learns of the name-switch, Cas & Claire move to a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. A town full of Winchesters, nosy ones. Things spiral out of control.
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- Part 1 of Secondhand Saints
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Bookmarked by ppendragon
27 Feb 2026
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Author with voice. Quirky and thoughtful, beautiful prose.
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Las Alas Academy. A formidable-looking place, all brick building and ivy climbing the walls, nestled in the heart of the city. To be accepted is a pipe dream, to succeed is a miracle. When Naomi Alas left the National Ballet, amidst much gossip and whispered rumors, she walked out with her head held high, and started her own school the next year. Within five years it was one of the most prestigious names in the country, hell—any kid with a pair of ballet shoes and a teacher worth their salt instilled in them the hope of one day walking the hallowed halls of Alas.
So why was Dean here again?
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Castiel supposes life could be a lot worse. He’s finally got out of ballet, he hasn’t got kicked out of his apartment yet, and oh, yeah—he’s got a competition coming up that’s his entire future on a plate.The last thing he needs is a distraction.
A DCBB 2015 Fic
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Bookmarked by ppendragon
24 Feb 2026
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Beautiful. But falling action? Time stamps? Anything…
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Dean Winchester is fresh out of Purgatory along with every other Tom, Dick and Wendigo that called the cesspool home. As the monsters lay waste to the Earth and eat anything they can get their hands on, Dean sets out to find his only remaining family so that they can hunker down and fight the assholes head on. He doesn’t mean to stumble upon Castiel Novak and his adorable twins in the middle of the apocalypse and he sure as hell doesn’t mean to offer them a ride to wherever they are trying to get to. But the world is a dangerous place now and he’s always been a sucker for blue eyes and cute kids. So he’ll help them out and just hope it doesn’t get him or them killed in the process.
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Lieutenant Commander Dean Winchester was coming home after fourteen years with his two year old baby in tow. He'd left the town of Winchester Bay after his father caught him and his best friend/lover together. He ran from his father, from the town and from Cas. Now, he's back. The Novak brothers warned Dean to stay away from Cas, but in a town the size of Winchester Bay, how could he do that...no matter how hard he wanted to. A rescue at sea starts a series of events that brings the men together again, but the years took their toll on any love they once shared.
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- Part 1 of Winchester Bay
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Bookmarked by ppendragon
20 Feb 2026
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Big fan of coast guard, light house, fisherfolk vibes.
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Sam is tired of hearing his brother whine about not being able to get a date, but a gay man in a small Southern town doesn’t have a whole lot of choices. Sam wishes Dean would move to a big city, he could write anywhere – couldn’t he? But no, Dean refuses to leave his little brother, even if said brother is thirty-four, married and expecting his first child. Without Dean’s knowledge, Sam enters him in the contest to win a cruise.
Dean is livid when he is informed he has won a trip to the Caribbean…on a fuckin’ cruise ship. Dean doesn’t like planes or boats – they can fall out of the sky or sink to the murky depths. Besides he was on a deadline for his next book. His publisher was starting to get impatient. Gay romance wasn’t easy to write when your love life sucked balls. Reluctantly, he packed his bags and decided to make the best of it.
Castiel and his business partner, Balthazar, booked the cruise to celebrate the success of their new restaurant. Balthazar said it would be a great place to meet men. Castiel didn’t have time for entanglements with The Delta’s popularity. As head chef, he stayed too busy for a relationship, but maybe some no-strings shipboard sex would be just what the doctor ordered.
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Bookmarked by ppendragon
17 Feb 2026
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Lovely! Good length and great storyline. And HOT.
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Celebrity Chef, Dean Winchester, is the star of Food Network’s Spice of Life. The show runs a contest to see who will get to cook with him on live television. Cas is a budding pastry chef at a small restaurant in Atlanta who is entered into the contest without his knowledge—and he’s not thrilled to be there.
Dean thinks Cas is hot and chooses him as the winner. Impressed with Cas’s skill in the kitchen, Dean tries to get Cas in bed, but Cas isn’t into one-night stands with a celebrity. He returns to Georgia, to his brother’s restaurant, and his dead sister’s daughter.
But Dean can’t get Cas out of his mind. Wooing Cas is harder than he thought though. His niece’s wellbeing is why Cas is reluctant to mess around with Dean, a playboy whose reputation precedes him.
Can the two men overcome their differences? Just when they begin to make progress in letting each other into their lives, Dean’s past comes back to haunt them both. Will their tentative relationship survive?
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Castiel Novak, operative for the CIA, had a price on his head. His boss sent him to a small Southern town to blend in. Suddenly, he was James Milton, a writer for a show on travel. Everything was fine, though boring for the trained assassin, until someone kills the town’s resident beauty queen. The Number One suspect? None other than Castiel, since they’d had a very public argument at the library. Now, he must find out the real killer without blowing his cover.
Ex-Marine, single dad, and current deputy sheriff of Coosa Falls, Alabama, Dean Winchester, was used to the usual traffic tickets and an occasional drunk during football season. Suddenly, he’s faced with a dead beauty queen. Nobody liked Lilith Carrigan, but having a murder in the town was causing quite the uproar. The new guy in town was his prime suspect, but for some reason, Dean didn’t think he was guilty.
With the help of his new friends, Mildred and Frank, Castiel sets out to find the killer. Having an elderly widow and a conspiracy theorist on his side might be a bit much for the operative. And finding himself lusting after the very person that can put him in jail and blow his cover wasn’t the best idea.
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Photographer Dean Winchester returns to Nags Head, North Carolina, to bury his father. The trip brings back memories, some good and some bad. He lived in the keeper’s house of the Pony Island Lighthouse with his father and brother throughout high school. Once he graduated, he took his camera on the road and worked himself up to a well sought after photographer, traveling the world. Coming home wasn’t going to be easy.
Dr. Castiel Novak left the Outer Banks for college and later, medical school. Coming home years later, he set up his practice when the town’s doctor retired. He had fond memories of the beaches, the homes, and the lighthouse.
While the two men had a shared past, time and distance made them strangers. Would they be able to find love again as adults or were their lives destined like ships in the night?
Bookmarked by ppendragon
14 Feb 2026
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Some odd typos but goodness am I obsessed with lighthouses or what?
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Dean is a Kansas farmer who only wants to work his land and care for his infant daughter. With his wife gone and his brother moving on to a life beyond the homestead, Dean finds himself in need of another pair of hands. Castiel, a lonely drifter freshly arrived in town, may prove the solution to Dean’s troubles. Over the course of four seasons, the two men face the everyday challenges of prairie life, and learn to overcome the betrayals of their past to discover a new definition of family.
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When he reached the hatch door he looked through the small window, shining the light from his helmet inside. The cargo area was cleaner than the front of the ship, due to being sealed off from the tear in the hull, and it still held a sizable number of items within. The items floated under nets keeping them tethered to the floor.
“What strange readings?” he asked as he pointed his own tricorder inside.
“Power signatures and –“ she paused, pressing buttons on the screen as if to confirm her assessment, “life signs.”
-----Castiel and crew find something unexpected while recovering an ancient spaceship. Dean and Sam struggle to adjust to life 300 years in the future.
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Dean is a grown-ass man - he can take perfectly good care of himself, thank you very much. Except that sometimes the easier or more fun choices aren't always the right or best ones, and, all right, maybe thinking ahead and working the long game isn't his strongest suit. It's fine! He's fine.
When he meets Castiel, he realizes that flying by the seat of his pants may not be the best way to attract the super-serious (gorgeous, funny, genius) Alpha. Dean's shrink has been telling him he needs to start making "grown-up choices," and if that's what he has to think about in order to make Cas fall for him, then he'll give it a whirl.
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- Part 1 of Choices 'Verse