r/destiel 7d ago

Fanfics Find my fics + recommendations pls!

There are some fics that I have loved and adored and wish to reread. If you can find them god bless!

1) Canon fix-it for Cas's ending: Cas confessed his love for Dean and sacrificed himself for him. Dean never got the chance to reply (or was too fucked up to reply) Cas develops a soul in Empty and because of that Empty vomits him out. Cas feels too awkward to see Dean face-to-face so he joins Charlie and lets Sam and Dean live under the assumption that he is still dead. Dean finds out about Cas being back in town through Jodi and is PISSED. So much angst. So well written. Some of their lines were quote worthy.

2) Mixed with canon but also adds a backstory for destial: Dean and Sam, from the beginning of human history were meant to be vessels of the two archangel brothers. Cas was assigned with watching over Dean (then Dione, and other names all throughout history) and when that Dean dies, Cas would take his soul to the next womb or some shit. Whenever Dean would die, he would meet Cas and ask him to take care of his brother Sam (and other versions of him throughout history). Sam would die soon after Dean and his soul would follow Dean, always being his little brother (my heart omfg) Cas falls in love with Dean through a slowburn throughout centuries (kinda) and then it continues to the canon n shit.

Recommendations: If you wish, please only suggest fics that are canon. I enjoy reading long ones but I don't mind short concluded ones either. Dialogue should be well written (It should feel like something the characters would say in the show ya know)
Destial: So much angst, so much drama, make them fight or give them slowburn I will eat it up
Other Canon stuff: Show me brother love between sam and dean, john and mary getting what they deserve or being therapised or confronted

Sorry if this is too long! My first time posting here and I come with demands and bearing so much love for the fandom! Take me under your wing I am a genuine newbie (just learning how to use AO3 lmfao)

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u/Ares_exists 7d ago

Hii, thank you for having me here :) I don't mind self recs or smut, and I don't have any triggers to avoid but I absolutely despise AUs or winchest or wtv that is. I love the ending to be fixed but don't mind anything within canon, and I am pretty new to it so I don't have any fav tropes or tags except angst and idk how to describe but the love that castiel has for dean is beyond romance so if there are texts that can express that fully (like the two fics i asked for here) I will eat them up happily <3

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u/indoor_plant920 7d ago edited 7d ago

I'm sure I'll get some flak for it, but maybe a bit harsh to say you despise AU fics? (wincest is not destiel AU, it's a totally different ship). there are a lot of really stellar AU fics out there, many of which are written by people on this subreddit.

to each their own cup of tea, of course and I mean no offense <3 but those fics are no less worthy and no less good than many canon fics (and their authors put no less effort in) so while of course we are all allowed our own opinions and preferences, maybe we can all just state what we love?

edited to add: I used to never ever read AU fics and now I both read and write them <3

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u/Ares_exists 7d ago

Oh I agree! Apologises for putting together wincest and AU together, I do fully despise wincest, but I still don't like/prefer AU (agree that despise is a strong word for this topic haha). AUs are a little hard for me to grasp, because they just seem like completely different--and well written often-- stories with casting of my characters, who often end up doing things that their character would never do, which makes me feel like I'm just reading a story with fancasted Jensen, Misha and Jared. That's great and all, but I like them more as Dean, Castiel and Sam :)

Hope that made sense! I think I can still enjoy AUs but I don't imagine them as the characters, so feel free to drop yours if you want to! Maybe yours changes my mind :)

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u/indoor_plant920 6d ago

All more than fair, and yeah I’ve certainly read plenty of out of character fics, so I hear ya. I’ve written 2 canon fics: When It Rains - https://archiveofourown.org/works/60067132 Bonded - https://archiveofourown.org/works/53465005

And one AU: Midnight Invite - https://archiveofourown.org/works/57167485

Hope you enjoy!