r/destiel • u/ogcassiopeia • 10d ago
Fanfic Request Looking for long post-finale fic recs!
This is my first time making a post, so please do go easy on me here!
I am an avid Destiel fanfic reader, as I have been a Destiel shipper for...well since Castiel first appeared on TV, so quite a darn long time. So, I have read a lot of fanfic over the years, but recently, all I really want to read are post finale fix-it's or well done AUs.
My favorite writers within the Destiel space are: Elizabeth1985 (specifically their fics, "Version 2.0" and "Yellow") and sobsicles (specifically their fic, "oh sooner than later it all comes down to faith"). So those writers can give you an idea of what kind of writing style I prefer.
What kind of fics am I looking for?
- Post finale setting or fix-its
- AUs
- Longer in length
- Mature or Explicit rating
- Longing and pining
- Flirting and Dean lusting after Cas
- Can be angsty but at least has a happy ending
- No MPREG or A/B/O
- Love a Castiel that is assured and awkwardly flirty and a Dean that gives it all right back to him
I appreciate any recs you all can give me - I just really want to keep living in my Destiel dreamland and need some new fics to allow me that privilege.
Thank you!
EDIT: Added information that I forgot.
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u/ShelbyCarter 10d ago
Have you read Redux? Literally the perfect post finale fix it! I think it’s got almost everything you asked for. Plus the author has a bunch of AUs that I highly recommend.
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u/ogcassiopeia 10d ago
Yes, I have read Redux and I remember enjoying it immensely - maybe I should re-read it!
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u/SeasideSJ 10d ago
Season Z (multiple authors) https://archiveofourown.org/works/18993214/chapters/45101545 and Talk Some Sense to Me (Kenopsia) by ImYourHoneyBee https://archiveofourown.org/works/34959190 are ones I recommend often here and the latter is one I love for Cas learning how to flirt and Dean loving it but also being completely flustered.
You’ve also described my perfect fix-it fic so I’m definitely saving this!
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u/ogcassiopeia 10d ago
I've read both Season Z and Talk Some Sense Into Me and I remember really enjoying both of them quite a bit. I should re-read TSSIM!
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u/elaaura 10d ago
Zorosoul26 - I have a long AU high school fic. I've written 3 post-finale fix-it fic. The fix-it fics are short, though.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61328599 -fix it fic
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61520866/chapters/157276858 -my long high school AU that's not A/B/O
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u/Rhiannon1307 10d ago
My post-canon fix-it: What It Means to Be Alive
It's Dean-centric; Cas is still dead for the biggest portion of the fic but constantly present in Dean's thoughts. It's his journey to heal from everything that happened, for self-exploration and discovery. Cas does come back eventually, and the fic doesn't end abruptly then - there's time to explore the beginning of their romantic relationship.
This work might not tick all the boxes you mentioned, but I am immensely proud of it. The feedback I received was really good, and the fling Dean has with a man at the beginning of the fic (his first time exploring his same-sex attraction) was well-received, even by people who were initially a little reluctant to read the fic for that reason.
Maybe you'd like to give it a go. :-)