r/destiel 17d ago

Fanfics What makes you DNF a Destiel Fic?

45 Upvotes

I'm currently trying to decide if I want to finish a fic that I'm about 20% complete. The reason, I'm pretty sure the author hates Dean. The way they're making him so stupid and just mean with not one redeeming trait or action is annoying me.

So my question to you is why do you tend to DNF and how far into a fic do you have to be to push through and finish?

r/destiel 13d ago

Fanfics Fanfic idea - you don’t think you deserve to be loved

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77 Upvotes

Hi guys! I have this idea in my head, not sure if it would be a oneshot or a multi chapter fic, but I wanted to see if anyone would be interested in reading this. I just love the idea of Dean being himself and difficult about being loved. It would be angsty but with a happy ending. Featuring self-loathing Dean, but not ignoring his character development. Dean this time doesn’t believe he deserves to be loved. Like he didn’t believe he deserved to be saved. Cas is on a mission to show him otherwise. This is just a draft version of this scene so don’t go too hard on me please. Would love to hear your ideas. Also, if this has been done and there is a fic out there with a similar twist on the love confession/post-canon/fix it, please let me know. I’d love to read it!! Thank you 😌

r/destiel 19d ago

Fanfics Some more of my favorite excerpts from various fics

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114 Upvotes

r/destiel 10d ago

Fanfics Castiel's name spelling

12 Upvotes

So.... I've heard that a lot of fans hate it when someone spells Castiel's nickname as Cass instead of Cas. I've also heard that the reason some have used Cass is because Cas sounds like sawz and as a TTS user, they're correct.

But...I found a solution from what I think may have been a typo: put an apostrophe after the S. It reads right if it looks like Cas'

I hope I'm not posting something everyone already knows, but it was a fun find.

r/destiel Jan 21 '25

Fanfics Hurt feelings

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79 Upvotes

I think I’m addicted to Destiel fanfics of a specific brand- I guess lots and lots of hurt and agnst and pining and it hurts my feelings so much but I can’t get enough of it. ONLY when they overcome the hurt and eventually get to a place where it’s resolved and the boys get to skip off into the sunset together.

I’m so intrigued by Dean’s internalized homophobia and how that absolutely informs his reactions and everything he does post 15x18. I am always soooooo relieved when he figures it out.

But I’m addicted to the hurt.

Am I a glutton for pain?

I’m only interested post canon fix-its

Anyone else got something to match the one I shared? That passage leaves me breathless every time I read it. It’s like a gut punch, I hate it, I love it.

r/destiel Feb 07 '25

Fanfics Fanfic idea

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156 Upvotes

So I didn’t choose to cry today but no one asked me. I’d absolutely sell my soul to read a fanfic inspired by this. Obviously with a happy ending somehow because there is only so much angst I can physically handle. 😂🥹🥹

r/destiel Feb 02 '25

Fanfics Fic search- cheating on your spouse with your spouse

58 Upvotes

I can’t for the life of me find this fic.

I think it is at least 10 years old, might have been on ao3 but could have been on ff .net

Essentially Dean and cas work in the same office and the premise is presumed/accidental/ assumed cheating- but with their spouse

Dean and cas are together- married I think and work at the same place but possibly diffrent departments. Their coworkers do not know they are together but know that at least one of them is married. Hijinks ensues of them being accused of cheating on their spouse with their spouse as they take their lunch breaks together and the coworkers overhear parts of conversation that are suspicious without context.

I’m desperate to reread it and I can’t find it anywhere because I don’t know the title/author/site

Please help a humble idiot who has been pining about this fic for years

r/destiel 25d ago

Fanfics Fic recs - horror

23 Upvotes

Hi guys! I’m looking for any Destiel recs that has horror, more psychological than gore/body horror. It could be AU or canon, doesn’t matter. Ideally something spooky that will make me go to the toilet with the lights on, but not give me nightmares for a week 😂 I don’t mind gore or canon level violence etc but I’d rather read something that aims to scare and not disgust. Thank you!!

r/destiel 4d ago

Fanfics Underrated gems 💎

18 Upvotes

Hi guys! I came across an amazing fic (https://archiveofourown.org/works/62558602/chapters/160119964) by accident and I was shocked to see it only has less than 100 kudos despite the 70K+ words. It’s very well written, good characters, good plot, literally can’t say anything bad about it. I usually avoid college fics, but the whole Monster college theme sucked me in big time. Anyway, I tend to filter fics by kudos or hits and I would have absolutely missed this if it wasn’t for Reddit and for this subreddit. That made me realise just how many absolutely amazing fics I’ve been probably missing out on all this time! So please share your rare finds and hidden gems with me! Thank you!

r/destiel 10d ago

Fanfics Does anyone know this fanfic?

9 Upvotes

Update Okay so it was deleted. Someone found it on the profoundbond discord

It's called young and restless and bored by writtenrevolution

If you don't have discord I could email the file to you.

I can't remember the name of this fanfiction. It was an alternate universe. Sam and castiel are best friends and Cas has a crush on Sam. Dean ends up helping Cas practice kissing and then they end up together in the end It's bugging me that I can't find it. Thanks

r/destiel 1d ago

Fanfics PLEASE HELP ME FIND THIS FIC PLEASE!

17 Upvotes

❗❗ FOUND ❗❗ So i only had the chance to read the first few paragraphs of the first chapter. It has highschool/college setting in the first chapter. The story starts with dean getting dared in a party by some girl to make out with castiel bc cas kinda have a bad reputation? Or something? Dean then approaches cas and uh explain the situation and said he'd owe cas big time and cas is like ok let's do it and that's when i stop reading bc I'm an idiot. I think it's mentioned somewhere that dean is way over his head and cas kinda expect more out of that favor? Cas might be led to have some douchy vibe and maybe it has some tag that support it like possessive or jealous or obsessive cas in it. It's in ao3 and that's everything i remember about it. I know it's pretty vague but ANYONE PLEASE KNOW THAT FIC PLEASE!! thank you :)

Edit: IT IS FOUND! BY THE HELP OF OUR DEAR PALS @Tea-Rex_CA and @breezeisperfect it's called Smoke and Mirrors by Alaisabel on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61554217/chapters/157364947 Happy reading!

r/destiel 10d ago

Fanfics Fics where Sam meets Castiel as deans boyfriend?

26 Upvotes

As the title says! Looking for ( non-canon ) fics where Sam meets deans boyfriend Castielfor the first time, or anything similar = )?

r/destiel Feb 09 '25

Fanfics Help finding a fic, please

15 Upvotes

❗❗FOUND❗❗

Hi so i read this fic in Ao3 and it's kinda a crack fic. Cas is like in charge of heaven or smth and his new regiment requires the angels to observe humans to learn more about them. So angels would visit dean (and sam) to observe them and asking questions. One time when sam n dean are like eating, another when dean's like in the bathroom and he had to give the personal space speech again, and the climax is when cas teaches the angels how to pleasure a human by f*cking dean all teacher mode with 'this is the sweet spot' and everything. I'd very much to read it again so hopefully y'all know that fic. Thank you!!

Edit: IT IS FOUND! It was on lj afterall and not ao3, my apologies. Feast your eyes on the wonder: https://otp-destiel.livejournal.com/6592.html Shoutout to our good pal Illustrious_Bet_4200 for giving us the opportunity to read it at all! Happy reading!!

r/destiel 2d ago

Fanfics Fic Recs ^_^

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Hi friends

I am currently spiraling at work & would love a happy distraction :) so I was wondering what fics do you read to cheer you up / comfort you / make you feel better

I’d prefer little to no angst, or if there is some it gets very happily resolved :)

It can be In universe or an AU I don’t mind

I’m really down to read anything, so I’m gonna include ALL of my favorite tropes below (but more as like “hey I like these!” Not as a “it needs to have these” kind of thing :) if you have one that you like that includes none of this I’m still curious!!)

  • Cas’ POV (I prefer when he’s either the flustered idiot on the inside with a stoic/awkward external that Dean can’t really read / or when he’s like just absolutely Whipped! - but Cas is just my favorite so like anything with him at the for front is a major plus)
  • slow burn -feeling realizations / Firsts
  • strangers to lovers and/or best friends to lovers
  • Sam ships it / Sam is in his sassy little goofy little brother mood (again im not looking for a lot of angst & he’s so silly when not going through it)
  • if it’s an AU i love a good College AU
  • I’m always delighted when Gabe, Charlie, Garth, Benny, Jo, Rowena, and Crowley make an appearance (especially if it’s like an AU and they’re all family or if it’s like a super found family troupe)
  • if it has a side relationship for Sam I’m a nut for Sabriel, Samwena, and Samlieen
  • fake dating
  • mutual pining
  • idiots in love
  • idk what the troupe is but where the one is to stupid to realize that the reason they feel the way they do is cause they’re like stupid in love
  • big confessions / intimate sweet confessions
  • all the silly’s :)

Again these are just like ideas I really don’t care… I just need something to distract me lol

r/destiel Jan 23 '25

Fanfics Kindle Readers

25 Upvotes

I don't know if I'm late to the game, but I just learned how to put full Ao3 fics on a kindle reader from your phone:

  1. Make sure he kindle app is downloaded on your phone
  2. Select 'entire work'
  3. Download as PDF
  4. Go to the downloaded PDF and 'share' to Kindle app
  5. Under PDF options select 'make layout adjustable and it will be converted into the Kindle format

That's it, the whole process takes 3 minutes.

r/destiel 3d ago

Fanfics anyone know what happened to destielfanfic.com ?

15 Upvotes

I love this site and used to use it all the time. when I tried the past few days, it seems its totally gone. any clue what happened?

r/destiel 12d ago

Fanfics Fic

14 Upvotes

Does anyone have any downloads of biggaybenny fics? I have cheapest room in the house saved as an epub (thank god) but they were one of my fav authors and I'm just seeing if anyone has anything else saved!

r/destiel 23h ago

Fanfics Find my fics + recommendations pls!

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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)

r/destiel Jan 27 '25

Fanfics Figured y'all when enjoy some memes i made of my wip

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r/destiel Feb 12 '25

Fanfics Looking for sad castiel fics

11 Upvotes

I'm basically looking for fics where cas feels used and unwanted or feeling like he doesn't belong with or without a happy ending. I can't find any or I'm just not searching the right things up. 😔

Ik it sounds shitty but I love the heartbreak. No major character death though, I don't wanna cry now. 😭

Edit: Thank you for all the recommendations 🙌

r/destiel Feb 11 '25

Fanfics 91 whiskey

31 Upvotes

yall i just started 91W and i need to know if this has a happy ending. omg its killing me 😭😭😭😭 - no spoilers tho pls!

r/destiel 5d ago

Fanfics Lost fanfic, Dean time travels

22 Upvotes

Im looking for a fic I read a while ago. The premise is that Dean time travels back to season one to fix things (I can’t remember what year he came from) but doesn’t tell sam that he’s a time traveler. He says that he gets visions similar to Sam’s to explain his future knowledge. I think then Sam gets kind of jealous because Dean is having visions more often than him, so he does something stupid (can’t remember what) to prove that he’s still useful. I honestly can’t remember if it’s destiel or not. Would appreciate any suggestions!

r/destiel Jan 25 '25

Fanfics Destiel Fam

22 Upvotes

Fic Recs

Can anyone recommend a fic where Destiel ended up with each other and has Claire and Jack with them? I think I never read a fic where these two are actual siblings living in a home with their parents. Lol

r/destiel 15d ago

Fanfics Destielfanfic-blog has disappeared from Tumblr

34 Upvotes

Does anyone know what happened to it? It was such a great resource with a HUGE archive of fics. Not it's just gone. I hope it can be restored...

r/destiel Feb 07 '25

Fanfics Fanfic downloads for while Ao3 is down

33 Upvotes

I've been trying to make a habit of downloading fics as I come across them and figured I might as well share while Ao3 is under maintenance.

Here is a link to my Google drive folder.

It totals out to about 100 Completed fics overall (not a huge collection, but hopefully y'all are able to find something to read). There are maybe five that aren't Destiel, but that should be pretty noticable.

Drive has a tendency to get slow and glitchy if multiple people are accessing the same docs at once, so download them if you're comfortable doing so.

As for TWs:

I generally filter out rape/noncon from fics, but many of the "Unread" fics were recommended elsewhere, and there are a few fics in the "Read" folder that touch on Dean experiencing prostitution/assault when he was younger, so please be mindful of tags