Destiel Fic Rec List

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This is a list of destiel fics that I've read and love!

This fic rec list is in alphabetical order. If a summary doesn't exist for a series, the summary of the first fic in the series was used.

Any recently added fics will be indicated with a star (*) beside its name.

I'm slowly migrating my original destiel fic rec over from tumblr and updating it at the same time so this list is definitely not complete!

Last update: Dec 8, 2018

A Beginner's Guide to Communing with the Dead by suspiciousflashlight

Maybe it's the little girl whose disappearance turned into a murder, and whose murder turned into a cold case, and who has now apparently decided to move in with him. Maybe it's the unacceptable hole left in his life when his dumb best friend and partner in (the prevention of) crime decided to go and get himself killed. Maybe it's his brother, whose high-profile career and fantastic girlfriend and first-child-on-the-way are steadily leaving Dean in the dust. Pick one. Pick all of them. The why doesn't matter so much as the what, and the what is this: Dean is pretty sure he's going completely, certifiably insane. Sure, he hasn't started wearing all his clothes inside out, and he still showers on a regular basis (anyways, that's not crazy, just a little eccentric); but there's no getting around the fact that he just threw away his life, his career, and his reputation by dragging out his mom's old necromancy book and summoning a Class A Forbidden Entity to his attic. A cranky one, too. With horrendous bed-head.

a certain light by flightagain

Castiel works at the Gas-n-Sip. There are half-price nachos and flickering lights, there are office-workers and werewolves stopping by for snacks. Dean is a frequent customer, and his office might be haunted.

A Crash Course in Someone Else's History by Annie D (scaramouche)

Castiel is captured inside a trapping circle of holy oil set by Dean and Sam Winchester. The brothers call him "Cas", claiming that he has amnesia and that he is obligated to help them take down Crowley to atone for his betrayal of them. It's the strangest story Castiel's ever heard, and one he doesn't have time for because he's only just raised Dean from Hell and has work to get back to.

A Dream of Flight by triedunture

Cas starts visiting Dean in his dreams with astonishing regularity.

A Judicious Application of Free Will by Annie D (scaramouche)

Dean lives the simple life in Lawrence, running the family business at Winchester Hardware. When Castiel moves into the neighborhood, they strike up a friendship that has the chance to become something more. But before that can run its course, the secrets of Castiel's past catch up with them both, and their whole world changes.

A Million Ways to Go by ChasingRabbits

Castiel Novak is a preacher's son living in a world of black and white. Pragmatic and dutiful, he doesn't understand why anybody would want to make waves.

Then the Winchesters move in down the street. Soon many of the skeletons in the Novak family's closet are exposed, and as the family faces them, Castiel begins to understand that there are many ways to see the world and so many more ways to live than what he's been told.

Ad Astra - latin ; "to the stars" by nhixxie

One day Cas says, "Stars died for you, Dean Winchester", against ruffled hair perched atop sun kissed skin and sleepy eyes.

Dean stirs, moving to spread his palms against the contour of Cas' back, tips of fingers languidly strumming the indentations of his spine. One, two, three, four, he counts, the closest he could get to scientifically studying the anatomy of the human body.

"Is this some physics crap again?" He frowns with eyes closed.

Cas smiles softly. "Far from it."

Dean's fingers play at the base of his back, ninth thoracic vertebrae, Cas notes.

"Then tell me about it."

All Things New Again series by sullymygoodname

The one where Cas is an ex-Army surgeon and Dean is training to be a paramedic.

New Heaven Over a Brand New Sky: Reconnecting, as Sam had insisted on calling it, with the brother you haven't seen or spoken to in almost four years is somewhat of a... It's awkward as fuck, is what it is.

New Promise In This Night: There's a reason they tell the story of their very first meeting, rather than how they truly met. This is the story of how they saved each other. (prequel)

Always the End of the World series by Annie D (scaramouche) 

The status quo is this: Dean is the popular captain of the football team, and Castiel is the off-kilter nobody who doesn't so much as breathe the same air as Dean. Then senior year happens and the status quo is shot to smithereens.

That's Pretty Nice Timing: AU of the series

An Affair in Edge City series by Annie D (scaramouche) 

Dean is a superhero, Castiel is a reporter.

Après series by imogenbynight

When the angels stop falling and Castiel makes his way out of the trees, he finds himself alone and oceans away from the Winchesters. For once, Dean flies to him.

Arrangement by Bookkbaby

"Were you ever going to tell me how you feel about me?"

Aschenflügel by liadan14

Loosely based on Grimm's Cinderella. Once upon a time, a merchant's wife gave birth to a little boy named Castiel, who was perfect in all ways, right down to the beautiful black wings sprouting out of his back. However, in a country still fighting the phobia of human-to-animal shapeshifters, not everyone agrees, and when his mother dies, Castiel is left at the hands of his stepfather Zachariah, who doesn't condone non-human traits despite being part-bird himself. And then there's Dean, the only friend Castiel has in the world, who thinks Castiel's wings are awesome, but is hiding a few problems of his own.

Asunder by rageprufrock

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. (Matthew 19:6)

Bring It On Home by thecouchcarrot

Dean the Sales Rep just moved into the neighborhood, and his neighbor is a definitely crazy shut-in.

Broadway Musical by Griftings 

This is the day that marked the Holy and Blessed Union of Dean Winchester and Jo Harvelle. 

The merging of prominent bloodlines is always a grand occurrence, but breeding pedigree hunter families like Winchester and Harvelle is something to be rejoiced. It is also something to be meticulously planned, which thankfully the Host is very good at.

Or, the romantic comedy where Dean Winchester and Jo Harvelle are destined to get married, Castiel is given the task of playing matchmaker and fails terribly, the entire Heavenly Host becomes a sitcom audience, God warns against male pregnancy, and Jimmy Novak is incredibly unimpressed with angels in general.

By Some Unseen Light by melo

Theo's just a delinquent teen laying down new roots in Lawrence, Kansas, and he quickly finds himself in trouble with the man rumoured to be a murderer, Dean Plant. Theo spends the summer helping to fix the property he damaged and seeing a side of the man hidden from public view. Yet the more Theo learns, the less he understands about Dean, himself, and his family. And all the while teens are going missing.

Castiel, Genie of the Ring by TardisIsTheOnlyWayToTravel

So it was a really cool ring, okay? It wasn't like Dean knew that it came with a grumpy guy in a trenchcoat bound to grant Dean's every wish.

Castiel's Guide to Wooing a Winchester by exmanhater

Castiel has never doubted that he was meant for Dean. Getting Dean to see it proved another matter entirely.

Chuck 'Verse series by maskedfangirl

Chuck Shurley undertakes an unexpected road trip, introduces a fallen angel to WalMart and McDonald's shakes, and learns that if he wants a happy ending to his prophecies, he's gonna have to make it up himself.

Clear as a Bell by charcoalcas

It's September 18th, an anniversary Dean and Castiel have never celebrated. They've never really talked about that day either. Castiel has also never gotten sick before. It's a big day of firsts.

Convenient Husbands by Annie D (scaramouche)

"It's only temporary, right?" Dean says. "Just until you're healed up, and then we'll never have to see each other again. So what do you say, Castiel, do you want to marry me or not?"

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Crossroads State by Mercy

Castiel has a nice predictable structured life teaching high school, even if he happens to be overqualified for it. Then this guy moves in around the corner and literally knocks him on his ass.

Dean Doesn't Listen to Eurythmics by Annie D (scaramouche)

Dean and Castiel share a bed. It starts out platonic, and then becomes something else.

Don't Forget the Experience Points by Annie D (scaramouche)

It's because Dean was an awesome brother that he took such an interest in Sam's new friend. No, really. What happened afterwards was mostly an accident.

Equinox by luchia

In which Castiel is the weird time-traveling freak who just might be the love of Dean Winchester's life.

Ever Welcome by charcoalcas

Cas is dying and thinks Dean is dead. He asks Hannah for one last hour.

Faith and Deeds by teh_helenables

The Miltons own a haphazard produce store, and Mary Winchester is their most frequent customer.

Family Business by luchia

Mafia prince Dean meets a weird guy named Castiel while working off his multiple parking tickets' community service at the Taft Ave Soup Kitchen. (And there's torture and PTSD and mystery and stuff.)

Fearson's floating cigarette. by orange_crushed

"That son of a bitch," Dean says. He strangles the handful of french fries he's been holding, and one by one their warm, helpless, potato-y insides crumble over the tops of his fingers. He feels a brief burst of irrational, almost homicidal rage. "That floppy bow-tie wearing son of a bitch." Dean is gonna kill Jimmy Wonderman. He's gonna shove a never-ending string of scarves down his throat. He's gonna make him eat balloon animals until he floats off into space.

Frowning Your Way Through Love by plirio

AU. Sam's best friend is a quiet guy called Castiel. Dean is possibly in love with him. But all the guy does is frown at Dean. It sucks.

Give All My Secrets Away by morganoconner

When Castiel needs to stay with Dean while the hunter is vulnerable and unable to defend himself, he doesn't expect it to end with confessions Dean doesn't mean to give.

Have Love, Will Travel by squeemonster

Castiel Novak is a reclusive writer with a childhood so tragic it's left him terrified to leave his home--until his overbearing brother, Gabriel, drags him out for a night on the town full of booze and strip clubs, and he encounters Dean Winchester, a mesmerizing and mysterious stripper with secrets of his own. Both men find themselves inexplicably drawn to each other, and soon Dean's private dances for Castiel become much more, as both men confess their troubles and find solace in each other's company. But neither can seem to find the courage to take their relationship further than the intimacy of the club's VIP Room--and just when Dean's own brother gives him the excuse he needs to finally admit his feelings, Dean discovers something that brings it all crumbling down. Will they find a way past their demons and their trust issues, and back to each other?

He Came in Through the Bedroom Window by betts

Close to every day of every summer, Cas climbs into Dean's room immediately after he wakes up.

Here Open The Gates by takadainmate

Death watches Dean Winchester. After eons of existence the feeling of something different, something original, is a novelty.

Impossibly, We've Already Caught Fire (Original Track) by holyhael

After a fire ravages his apartment, nurse Dean Winchester moves in with his best friend.