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Cowboys from all over the American West travel to Abilene, Texas, just to get a taste of Dean Winchester, one of the only—and best—male prostitutes out there, and he makes good money from them, too. Unfortunately, most of that money goes toward his family, who he’s not even allowed to see on account of his no-good piece of shit daddy who kicked him out.
When tenderfoot cowboy Castiel rides into town, Dean starts to crave something he hasn’t had in a long while— a real home.
Together, Dean and Castiel have to navigate the inhospitable world of the American West, and discover for themselves what family means, when family pushes you away.
**Previously titled "A Boy Whore From Abilene"**
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15 May 2026
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After a decade-and-a-half of living in each other’s pockets, touring in cramped vans, and writing songs in cheap motel rooms, bandmates Dean Winchester and Castiel Novak have mastered the art of Not Talking About It while letting the music say what they can’t. They’ve spent years blurring the lines between best friends and soulmates, pouring their tangled emotions into tracks that fans scream back at them.
But their latest tour is a different beast. With sold-out venues, media scrutiny, and the suffocating proximity of life on the road, the tension is at a breaking point. As the tour rolls on, resisting the pull becomes impossible. One late night, one too-close-to-the-bone song, and one reckless touch will force them to confront their feelings, risking the band they built for the love they’ve always suppressed.
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- English
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- 66,099
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- 12/12
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01 May 2026
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An exploration of what Supernatural would've been like if Dean Winchester was canonically bisexual from the beginning.
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- 200,820
- Chapters:
- 33/33
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- 2
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06 Apr 2026
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Honestly, Dean doesn't know whether he should be offended, intrigued, or just plain amused. He decides on amused, ‘cause, damn, they are going to make so much bank today.
The weirdo who decided to wear a trench coat to a high-stakes strip billiards game just blinks wide blue eyes at him from across the room.
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- 22,115
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- 2/2
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16 Mar 2026
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Take Off Your Father's Jacket (It Never Fit You Anyway) by Wow_thisiswheremylifeis
Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)
12 Apr 2023
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“It’s okay to be soft, Dean.” Cas murmured, like it was something easy, like Cas knew how to put everything down for a second and just yearn.
Dean didn’t know how to be soft. He’d never been one to cuddle, he’d rather die than use floral smelling lotion on his hands, and he never put sugar in his coffee.
His whole life he’d been rough around the edges and overly masculine to survive. He’d made up for his pretty face and long lashes by wearing a leather jacket that smelled like gunpowder and his father’s whiskey, with pockets that were too, too heavy with sins he’d commit again to keep his brother safe.
How would he even begin to allow himself to want–and reach out for what he wants?
Dean sighed. “I uh–It doesn’t come easy to me.”
Castiel shrugged like he already knew, like Dean wasn’t the one who still wore his Dad’s leather jacket, hoping it was enough, hoping he was enough.
Cas leaned into him, his back to Dean's front. “It’s easier than you think.”Or when Dean’s weird, bee-loving, friend Castiel winds his way into Dean’s bed (even though Dean is not gay), and Dean finds himself wanting things more than ever, wanting things he can’t have, wanting things that he’ll never earn.
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26 Jan 2026
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The Soul Burns Brighter Than The Sun by Wow_thisiswheremylifeis
Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)
22 Jan 2024
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Dean’s sitting at the kitchen table with Sam when his phone rings. Jody’s name flashes across the screen and he considers not picking up. It’s not like Dean doesn’t want to talk to Jody, it's just that he can’t bear talking to anyone these days.
“Hi, Jody,” Sam says.
“Howdy, boys.” She asks them to take over a case. Something about werewolves. Dean doubts they will, Sam hasn’t let him pick up a gun in months, not since their last hunt.
Jody’s voice cuts through the phone. “Alright, if you boys don’t wanna take the case, I’ll see if Castiel will, but I think he’s helping Claire in Colorado–”
Dean doesn’t hear a damn thing after that, and by the looks of it, Sam doesn’t either. For the first time in days, Dean opens his mouth and speaks. “Cas is alive?”
Jody’s voice is quiet on the other end. “He didn’t tell you?”
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- Part 1 of The Soul Burns
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26 Jan 2026
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"Cas is alive," Sam sounds as bewildered now as the first time he said it, however long ago. One minute, ten minutes, an hour. Dean wouldn't know. Time seems to be folding past him in unpredictable bursts. He's not convinced this isn't a dream, actually. No way it can be real.
Right? No way Cas would do that to them. To him.
Not after what he said. Not ever.
Right?
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- Part 1 of Horror Vacui 'verse
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- 183,302
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- 39/39
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26 Jan 2026
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Hiatus fic set after the S11 finale. Dean's alive, Sam's alive, they're going to get Cas from wherever he got zapped to, and everything's finally gonna be all right. Dean's on top of the world.
A little voice in the back of his head is whispering "It's never that easy," but Dean ignores it.
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- 352,388
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- 53/53
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24 Jan 2026
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Dean and Cas are close. Inseparable, even. Anyone who knows them would tell you that much. They met in freshman year, been roommates and teammates and everything in between since then, and Dean’s thinking it’s just that — the not living together anymore thing — but it’s been a little weird between them since they made the move off campus and back home to Sioux Falls. Cas must be feeling it too because it’s not three days later that he’s signing them both up for the local rugby team, which, given how messy their last season turned out, is probably a bad idea. Cas needs it, though, and Dean needs Cas, and so even though it is a really bad idea, he’s gonna do it anyway. Game on.
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- 15/15
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14 Jan 2026
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No matter how difficult he can be, Dean loves his son. Raising him alone after his mother died hasn't been easy, but with the support of his family and friends, Dean has made it work. Now that Ben is starting kindergarten, Dean hopes that he can finally relax a little, but the challenges Ben faces at school make Dean realize that their struggles are just beginning. When Ben is assigned a new support teacher, Dean finds that Ben isn't the only Winchester who has a problem dealing with change.
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- Part 1 of I'll be the one, if you want me to
- Language:
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- 250,194
- Chapters:
- 36/36
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- 3
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07 Jan 2026
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Dean is the proud and happy owner of Ramble On, a coffeeshop that he built and now runs with the help of two of his best friends. Bit too popular with the hipster crowd maybe, but if they like his coffee and his tunes, then they can't be all bad. They also don't complain when he serves them hungover, which, score.
Castiel works for Heaven, a corporate line of coffeeshops that all look identical, sound identical, and make coffee so terrible that he's surprised God himself hasn't popped down to say, "really?" He's stuck there though. Which he could cope with, if not for the locals who are all completely insane, including the furious proprietor who just happens to be right across the road.
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- 103,274
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- 46/46
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01 Jan 2026
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Chuck is gone, Jack is dead, and Cas has left the bunker. All that remains for Dean is hunting, but even that backfires when he’s hit by a witch’s curse. The curse has him traveling through Cas’ past, doomed to witness his worst moments without being able to help.
By sheer luck, Dean finds a way to communicate with Cas, leaving him notes across time in an effort to make up for past mistakes and let Cas know he’s loved and valued. But will it be enough to change things for the better between them and end the curse that’s keeping Dean trapped?
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- 36,086
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- 16/16
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Bookmarked by imaginaryprotagonist
01 Jan 2026
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Kinda How to Train Your Dragon meets Monsters University. If, you know, there was more Gay Stuff.
Welcome to Prospero College! A safe haven for Monsters to further their education!
Dean's a thoroughly reluctant undercover hunter, tasked with bringing back info or bodies, whichever comes first. Should be easy, right?
A story about our actions, our nature, and the distance between the two.
Dean knows what he is.
A Dragon.
He has a Dragon across the hall from him, possibly one of the last fucking ones in existence. And he just pissed it off so badly he doubts it’ll even look at him again.
His dad was going to kill him.
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- English
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- 203,290
- Chapters:
- 57/57
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- 6
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31 Dec 2025
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Castiel never expected to see Dean again after all this time, but he can't say he's mad about it when Dean looks this beautiful under a haze of neon lights. No words he's written about Dean over the years could compare. Something about Dean just seems different now, and Cas can't help but want to close the distance, to learn more about the enigma of Dean Winchester.
But Castiel has changed as well, his words and appearance gaining edge and confidence, and the walls he's built to protect his soft underbelly have grown tall.
Dean's been falling in love with the emo queer kid for as long as he can remember, and he regrets losing touch with him for years after being profoundly bonded, so now he's working to try and get him back. If only it were that simple. Does Cas want to know the person Dean is now?
Can they let each other in one more time to try?
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- English
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- 35,019
- Chapters:
- 6/6
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30 Dec 2025
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Getting blindfolded and blown by a random dude his girlfriend knew didn’t exactly sound like an ideal Sunday for Dean, until it actually happened.
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- 15/15
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21 Dec 2025
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A Curse of Obedience is cast on Dean. Dean finds himself forced to obey every “order” given to him (very literally). Worse, the witch made sure that he can’t even tip off Sam or Cas with what’s going on. Will either of them figure it out? Or will Dean be stuck doing what they say (even if it isn’t what they mean)?
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- 43,165
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- 14/14
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- 217
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25 Nov 2025
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Castiel’s father is dying.
As a registered nurse, he’s the obvious choice out of the four Novak boys to uproot his entire life to care for him, despite the fact that Castiel hasn’t spoken to his father in nearly 20 years. So he’s stuck living in rural Kansas with a cranky former pastor and a car that won’t run. Luckily the best mechanic in town takes interest in the broken-down classic, even convinces the old man to restore it. And that’s not the only thing Dean Winchester takes interest in.
Except in Lebanon there are things you just don’t do and Dean knows the rules. You wave at your neighbor, your butt is in the pew on Sunday and boys DO NOT kiss other boys. Castiel can’t be with a guy who’s still in the closet and Dean can’t convince Castiel that it’s safer that way.
That’s just how it is in Lebanon.
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- Part 1 of In Lebanon Verse
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- 25/25
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29 Aug 2025
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Between his fraught relationship with his sister and his tenuous place at his band's music label, Cas needs a distraction. He finds it in Dean, who's having his own issues with his brother's recovery from substance abuse and pressure from his dad (and band manager). After a stress-relieving one-night stand, Cas and Dean part on less than friendly terms, happy to never see each other again.
Months later, they find themselves back in close quarters as their rock bands tour together. With their negative first impressions behind them, Dean and Cas bond quickly, and with the allure of a convenient hook up, they fall into a secret friends-with-benefits relationship.
It's the perfect solution, until it's not. After all, Dean has a womanizing reputation to maintain, and Cas has been burned by closeted guys before.
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- English
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- 42,994
- Chapters:
- 10/10
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22 Jul 2025
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Dean Winchester has spent his whole life cleaning up his father's messes. Now that his little brother, Sam, is settled in California and Bobby's got a handle on the garage, they convinced Dean to finally do something for himself. After a chance encounter at the Air Force recruitment fair Sam dragged him to, Dean got hooked on air traffic control, and he gets stationed at Kansas City Tower for his final leg of training. There, he has to impress his on-job instructor Castiel Novak, the ex-Air Force captain who piqued his interest in ATC in the first place. (And only in ATC. He swears. Those blue eyes and dark hair and stupid hat have nothing to do with it.) If all that wasn't hard enough, just one week into his OJT, Dean gets a call telling him his father is dying and has to move back home to live out his final days-which could be more like years.
Dean has to decide whether to continue to let his life be defined by his father's mistakes and his misguided obligation to everyone else, or if he's brave enough-and strong enough-to find a life in his own shape.
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- Part 1 of a life in your shape
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- 173,104
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- 25/25
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17 Jun 2025
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Just west of the town Porthgwarra, Cornwall, Robert Singer’s farm lies, a mess of ravaged land gaping out onto a fretting sea. Robert's orphaned godson, Dean Winchester, is named sole beneficiary of the farm - and though he hasn't seen his godfather in fifteen years, he travels across the Atlantic with his brother and half brother to care for Singer in his old age and tend to the farm. All of them hope to leave behind the squalor and famine of their old life.
What Dean meets is the bird-infested home of a widowed eccentric, and a new shepherd whom he can neither stand nor see any use for - stoic, rude and conceited, Dean plans to fire the mysterious and wandering Mr Novak the moment he comes into legal possession of the farm. But upon the shepherd's offer to teach him the trade, in anticipation of Dean replacing the man himself, Dean finds in the wild and roaming man a steadiness and certainty his own life has never yet contained. And one day Dean will have to ask, not tell, the shepherd to stay.
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- Part 1 of Singing in the Dark
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 194,175
- Chapters:
- 31/31
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20 May 2025