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Another Kind of Memory
Author: FriendofCarlotta | Artist: Aggiedoll
Posting on Wednesday March 20
Since a traumatic incident six years ago, Castiel Novak’s face has been disfigured by a scar. He’s resigned himself to being someone people can barely stand to look at, let alone love.
Except his heart doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. When Dean Winchester takes over the convenience store down the street from Castiel’s bookshop, Castiel falls helplessly in love with his new neighbor.
To make matters worse, Castiel’s sister Anna is also interested in Dean. Believing that Dean could never love him, Castiel decides to help Anna win his heart instead.
Keep reading for a sneak preview!
“Hey,” Dean says. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you. Just… wanted to say hi.”
“Oh. Hi,” Castiel says, one hand fluttering nervously down his face and across his hair in an attempt to ensure he’s looking presentable. The tips of his fingers catch on the ugly, jagged ridge of his scar, and he remembers that “presentable” stopped being an option six years ago. He clears his throat and arranges his face in the polite mask of a consummate customer service professional. “Anything I can help you find?”
“Um.” Dean looks uncertain now, as though it’s a question he wasn’t expecting — despite the fact that it’s easily the most predictable question one could be asked in a bookshop. “I don’t know. I was just gonna browse, I guess.”
This is the point in a customer interaction where Castiel would usually withdraw, because “I’m just browsing” is universal bookstore code for “leave me the fuck alone.” But Dean doesn’t give any sign of wanting to walk away. Instead, he simply hovers in front of Castiel’s armchair, eyes gliding aimlessly (and somewhat helplessly) across the shelves to his right.
“What sort of things do you like to read?” Castiel finds himself asking, because it’s impossible not to take pity on a grown man who is capable of looking so bashfully lost.
“Anything,” Dean says. One of his hands flies to the back of his neck, rubbing at it. There’s something terribly endearing about the gesture — perhaps the fact that it makes him look like a boy who’s been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
Belatedly, it occurs to Castiel that it’s his turn to speak. His prolonged silence appears to have made Dean nervous, because he’s speaking again, a little too quickly to be altogether natural. “I know that sounds stupid. Like those people who say they like all kinds of music — which I don’t, by the way, just to be clear. Big classic rock fan. Zeppelin, the Stones. Metallica too, which I guess is classic rock these days and fuck, that’s kind of depressing. But, yeah. Anyway. Pretty much anything. Love Vonnegut and Kerouac, but I’ve read just about all their stuff. I’ll read sci-fi, horror, mysteries… actually, I guess I should say I read all kinds of fiction. Non-fiction kinda puts me right to sleep. My brother, Sammy, he’s a big fan though. Crazy about true crime for some reason.” Dean blows out a heavy breath. He abruptly seems to realize he’s scratching at his neck and lowers his arm back down, fingers twitching as if unsure what to do with themselves now. “You probably didn’t need to know all that, huh?”
“No, this is helpful,” Castiel says, getting up. “I’ll show you the layout of the store so you can see which shelves you might be most interested in.”
Somehow, Dean’s shyness makes him feel more at ease. When he first laid eyes on Dean, he thought someone as handsome as Dean must be a smooth and confident conversationalist. But he doesn’t seem to be, and somehow, that makes it easier for Castiel to hold up his own end of the conversation.
Or maybe it’s just that Dean doesn’t know how to talk to someone like Castiel. He wouldn’t be the first one.
(continue reading on Ao3 on Wednesday March 20)
#destiel#deancas#destiel fic#deancas fic#destiel art#deancas art#pinefest 2024#pinefest previews#2024 Dean/Cas Pinefest#author: FriendofCarlotta#artist: Aggiedoll#Inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac#Love Letters#Misunderstandings
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Art Masterpost: I'll Follow You Into the Dark
Story by: FriendofCarlotta (@friendofcarlotta)
Art by: sidewinder (@hawkland)
It's exciting to get to post on the opening day of the @deancasreversebang this year, and collaborating with @friendofcarlotta, no less! I've been so eager to share this work; the main art piece is one that I did in an absolute frenzy of inspiration, and I was really pleased with how it came out. It's one of my favorites that I've done in a while and the story FriendofCarlotta wrote to go with it is *chef's kiss* all that I could have asked for!
The genesis of the original art piece was in thinking about how only angels and demons can (supposedly) go to the Empty. If that's the case, then what if Dean chose to "go demon" again in order to rescue Cas?
This is one of my really large pieces (20"x16") so I had a lot of room to play with the details and color - and thankfully I kept good notes so I could match colors when working on the title art piece as well. I feel like I was channeling some of my love for the Venetian masters, especially Tintoretto, with this one in the way I tried to use color and lighting and active poses to make it all very dramatic. Dean's demon wings, too, were done all in one very fortuitous wet-on-wet wash with then just a little highlighting for the spikes.
Now go read the story and give it lots of love and kudos!
#deancasreversebang#dcrb24#sidewinder art#hawkland art#destiel art#dean winchester#castiel#watercolor painting#my art#deancas#author: friendofcarlotta
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I never did a proper masterpost for this fic back when it originally posted, and given discord changing it's linking capabilities for embedding, it's become necessary to share some of my older art again!
If you haven't read this fic by @friendofcarlotta go do it!! It's a wonderful destiel centered re-telling of a classic '50s era film where Dean and Cas find a home with one another while leaving their old ones behind.
Also, if you love either of the two bottom pieces, they're both available on my RB sh0p :)
#author: friendofcarlotta#night bus to new york#destiel fic rec#destiel fanart#deancas fanart#ames art
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@rewritetheages Bang
Title: Master of Spells
Author: FriendofCarlotta @friendofcarlotta
Artist: spn-fanfic-reblog-writes @spn-fanfic-reblog-writes
Rating: E
Warnings: Nightmares (Body Horror)
Tags: Alternate Universe - 1950s, Man of Letters Castiel, Man of Letters Dean Winchester, Magic, Banter, Nightmares, Hallucinations, Happy Ending, Rewrite The Ages 2024
Summary: 1955: Man of Letters Castiel Novak is assigned to discover what killed the agents previously stationed at a remote chapterhouse in Lebanon, Kansas. It feels like a punishment at first, but it doesn’t turn out that way when Castiel meets Dean Winchester, the other Man of Letters investigating the case.
As the two of them settle into the underground bunker to conduct their investigation, Castiel finds himself growing closer and closer to Dean. But he soon realizes there is something else in the chapterhouse with them... and it's out for blood.
#supernatural#dean winchester#castiel#spn#men of letters bunker#destiel#deancas#casdean#rewrite the ages#author: friendofcarlotta#artist:spn-fanfic-reblog-writes#elle em bee
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Title: The Angel Next Door (and the Zombie Squirrel)
Author: FriendofCarlotta (@friendofcarlotta)
Artist: jollyrolls (@jollyrolls)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No archive warnings apply
Tags: Modern AU, Angel Cas, Fluff and Crack, Romantic Comedy, Dead Squirrel (or is it?)
Word count: 9,264
Featured characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel, Sam Winchester
Featured relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Summary:
Dean’s life is fine. He might get a little lonely sometimes, but that’s to be expected when you’re a single guy in your forties. But then a new neighbor moves in next door — an extremely hot, blue-eyed neighbor who seems to be some kind of magnet for bizarre and miraculous events. (Listen, that squirrel was dead. Dean’s sure of it.)
Will Dean solve the mystery of the man next door?
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#author: friendofcarlotta#artist: jollyrolls#spn angels & demons reverse bang#spnart#spnfic#destielfic#destielart
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Devotion
Author: FriendofCarlotta ( @friendofcarlotta )
Artist: Bees ( @xiejie-liubo )
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Featured characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel, Naomi, Sam Winchester
Featured relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Length: 29,237 words
Tags: Inspired by The Terminator (1984), Alternate Angel Lore, Mutual Pining, Actor Dean Winchester, Fallen Angel Castiel, Character Death (but no MCD), Top/Bottom Versatile Castiel/Dean Winchester, Happy Ending
Summary:
In a future where Earth has been devastated by angels, the seraph Castiel has rebelled and joined the human resistance led by Dean Winchester. Humanity is on the verge of victory when Dean’s brother Sam learns of the angels’ final, desperate plan: they will send an assassin twenty years into the past — to kill Dean before he can become a threat.
Low on grace, Castiel nevertheless volunteers to travel back in time to save Dean’s life. As he gets to know this younger Dean, his carefully constructed walls come tumbling down, unleashing a love that Castiel has kept a secret for years.
But with an assassin on Dean’s trail, will Dean and Castiel’s future be cut short before it can properly begin?
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The Single Dad's Guide to Dating a Spy
Author: FriendofCarlotta (@friendofcarlotta)
Artist: Dimitri Evans (@dimitrirmy)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Featured characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester, Claire Novak, Kelly Kline, Meg Masters, Jack Kline, Nick/Lucifer
Featured relationships: Dean/Cas, past Cas/Nick
Length: 29,534 words
Tags: Romantic Comedy, Kid Fic, Single Parent Castiel, Government Agent Dean Winchester, Castiel is Claire Novak's Parent, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Dom/sub Undertones
Summary:
Single father Castiel Novak feels stuck in his dead-end job and the mindless routine of parenting. Everything changes when an early-morning grocery run throws him into the path of Dean Winchester, a government agent whose mission is tangled up with — of all things — Castiel’s dating history.
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#dadstiel mini bang masterpost#dadstiel minibang#author: FriendofCarlotta#artist: Dimitri Evans#dadstiel#destiel fic
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Art post for the @spnangelbang 2023.
For this inaugural round, I was paired up with the super awesome @friendofcarlotta who wrote some bangin' angel action inspired by the original Terminator.
Go check Devotion out immediately. It's amazing!
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Posting in April!
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Author: @friendofcarlotta )
Artist: @spn-fanfic-reblog-writes
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: N/A
Tags: Alternate Universe - 1950s, Man of Letters Castiel, Man of Letters Dean Winchester, Magic, Banter, Nightmares, Hallucinations, Happy Ending
Summary: 1955: Man of Letters Castiel Novak is assigned to discover what killed the agents previously stationed at a remote chapterhouse in Lebanon, Kansas. It feels like a punishment at first, but it doesn’t turn out that way when Castiel meets Dean Winchester, the other Man of Letters investigating the case. As the two of them grow closer, they realize that if they want to survive long enough to have a future together, they will have to defeat a danger more insidious than either of them realized.
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Here We May Be Free
TITLE: Here We May Be Free
AUTHOR: FriendofCarlotta
ARTIST: sidewinder
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PAIRINGS: Castiel/Dean Winchester
MAJOR ARCHIVE WARNINGS: N/A
TAGS: Alternate Canon, Mermaid Castiel, Hunter Dean Winchester, Fluff and Angst, Amnesia, Magic, Falling in Love, Wild Horses Being Dicks.
SUMMARY:
When Dean was eleven, he saw something in the ocean: a boy with blue eyes and iridescent scales.
Almost twenty years later, a spontaneous detour after a hunt brings Dean and Sam back to the town where that encounter took place. And Dean can’t shake the feeling that Castiel, the owner of the local Mermaid Museum, looks familiar…
#submission#deancasswitchbang#dcsb#dcsb2023#Here We May Be Free#Author: FriendOfCarlotta#Artist: Sidewinder
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Another Kind of Memory | Explicit | 45,174 Words
Author: FriendofCarlotta | Artist: Aggiedoll
Since a traumatic incident six years ago, Castiel Novak’s face has been disfigured by a scar. He’s resigned himself to being someone people can barely stand to look at, let alone love.
Except his heart doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. When Dean Winchester takes over the convenience store down the street from Castiel’s bookshop, Castiel falls helplessly in love with his new neighbor.
To make matters worse, Castiel’s sister Anna is also interested in Dean. Believing that Dean could never love him, Castiel decides to help Anna win his heart instead.
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Pairings: Dean/Cas (Sam/Eileen, Dean/Anna, Charlie/Dorothy, Jesse/Cesar, Carlos/Anna, Donna/Jody, Millie/Ada)
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Tags: Inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac, Small Town AU, Bookstore AU, Love Letters, Misunderstandings
#destiel#deancas#destiel fic#destiel art#deancas fic#deancas art#pinefest 2024#2024 masterpost#masterpost#submission#author: friendofcarlotta#artist: aggiedoll
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Not me crying about this bit. It just always feels so personal, though I wasn't born yet.
(The Leap by FriendofCarlotta)
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This Blade for Hire
Author: @friendofcarlotta
Artist: @xfancyfranart
Rating: E
Word Count: 20,011
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Tags: Alternate Canon, Dean Stabs Cas, Ava Stabs Meg, Bottom Castiel/Top Dean Winchester, Human Cas Endgame
Summary
Dean Winchester is a demon hunter. And even though he doesn’t have fancy demon-slaying powers like Sam and Ava, he’s really fucking good at his job. But then he gets himself all tangled up with an angel named Cas, who’s on the run from Heaven and also in cahoots with a demon.
Let’s just say Dean’s job is about to get a hell of a lot more complicated.
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#deancas stabfest#deancas stab fest#stabfest 2023#dean winchester#castiel#friendofcarlotta#xfancyfranart#stab stab
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DeanCas Wild West Fest 2024
Thank you to all the artists and authors who made this first year of the DeanCas Wild West Fest a success! All twelve of the teams' fics are live and available below and in the in the DCWWF collection.
Keep on the lookout for info regarding next year's Wild West Fest coming this summer!
Over the Wide Plains by allthismusic
Twilight Embers by Celestial_Starlight
Wild Blue Iris by Sunkenfox
Catching a Sleeping Weasel at Crow's Pass by GhoulsnHalos (Morgawse)
Wanted Man by Hexentaenzerin
love is a cowboy by deancaskiss
The Prodigal by FriendofCarlotta
when i saw you all alone against the sky by an_ardent_rain
Posse: One Seraph, One Hunter, One Archangel by Hectatess
Dean West by IncandescentUmbrage
A Love Beyond Boundaries by Mydestielbabies_67
A. fragilis by spirithorse
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“Devotion” - Posting on Monday, July 3
Author: FriendofCarlotta ( @friendofcarlotta )
Artist: Bees ( @xiejie-liubo )
Rating: Explicit
Featured characters: Dean, Cas, Naomi
Featured relationships: Dean/Cas
Length: 29,295 words
Tags: Inspired by The Terminator (1984), Mutual Pining, Actor Dean, Fallen Angel Castiel, Happy Ending
Summary: In a future where Earth has been devastated by angels, the seraph Castiel has rebelled and joined the human resistance led by Dean Winchester. Humanity is on the verge of victory when the angels conceive a final, desperate plan: they will send an assassin twenty years into the past — to kill Dean before he can become a threat. Low on grace, Castiel nevertheless volunteers to travel back in time to save Dean’s life. As he gets to know this younger Dean, his carefully constructed walls come tumbling down, unleashing a love that Castiel has kept a secret for years.
Excerpt:
“You gonna tell me what the hell’s going on now?” Dean asked. The question came out sharp, tension still running like a live wire beneath his skin.
“I’m here to help you. You’ve been targeted for assassination,” Castiel said, and Dean damn near ran Baby off the road and into the lot of a used car dealer. An SUV passed them, honking.
“What the fuck? Why? I haven’t done anything.”
“Not yet, but you will. Twenty years from now, you’re a formidable general, commanding an army that’s on the verge of victory in a war against angels. I’m one of your lieutenants. The angel who was sent to assassinate you is…” A beat of hesitation, so short it was barely noticeable. “Naomi. Seraph first class. Same as me, but unlike me, she’s at full power, so—”
Dean hit the brakes, pulling to an abrupt stop and drawing outraged honks from two cars just behind him. “Get out.”
Castiel gaped at him, caught halfway through whatever batshit thing he’d been about to say next. “What?”
“Get the fuck out of my car.”
Instead of doing as he was told, Castiel crossed his arms and glared. “No.”
This, Dean could deal with: confrontation. Aggression. Something real to push back against. “The hell do you mean, ‘no’? How about I fucking make you?”
Castiel turned his eyes toward Baby’s ceiling, as if looking for help up there. “I know this is difficult to understand, Dean, but I need you to have faith that what I’m telling you is the truth.”
“Right.” Dean lunged forward, fisting a hand in Castiel’s shirt.
He pulled back his other arm and threw a punch.
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2023 SPN Bang Bang Masterlist
On behalf of the mods, thank you to all the writers, artists and betas who helped make this bang possible. We had Twenty-Two fics this year and there's something for everyone.
Thank you as well to everyone who boosted, read, kudos'ed and commented.
Here's the masterlist of all of the fics. You can also click here for the 2023 SPN Bang Bang collection on A03.
Trick Shot
Author: tiamatv
Artist: keziahrain
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Roses are my favorite flower
Author: DimitriEvans
Artist: BlackKityy
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Dared You To Kiss Me
Author: angelshotgun
Artist: Kinetic-Passion
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Talk Dirty to Me
Author: ElsaSigyn
Artist: bluewolven
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Wolves Rush In
Author: anyrei and queerwerewolf
Artist: Hectatess
Masterpost | Fic | Art
The Last Night
Author: FriendofCarlotta
Artist: xfancyfranart
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Invasive Species
Author: Tossukka
Artist: hexentaenzerin
Masterpost | Fic | Art
In a Flash
Author: Redamber79
Artist: PetraAmia
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Prayer to a False God
Author: K_A_Mindin
Artist: Sketch gaytedlasso
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Under Lock & Key
Author: Trenchcoat_Paradigm
Artist: szlez
Masterpost | Fic | Art
No Vacancy
Author: AmberXBoone
Artist: DimitriEvans
Masterpost | Fic | Art
A Funny Thing Called Fate
Author: S1nging_Y0u_S0ftly (@king4aday)
Artist: PetraAmia
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Last Night on Earth
Author: butterflyslinky
Artist: sidewinder
Masterpost | Fic | Art
The Main Attraction
Author: SakuraKitty
Artist: hexentaenzerin
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Feast
Author: themauvesoul
Artist: BasketcaseBetty
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Take Me Down
Author: GhoulsnHalos
Artist: keziahrain
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Just the Right One
Author: Hectatess
Artist: acaademicqueer
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Nativity in Black
Author: LadyKnightSkye
Artist: demonicsoulmates-art
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Uncaged Heat
Author: Eyes_of_a_Tragedy & tfw_cas
Artist: ariasune
Masterpost | Fic | Art
A bed of thorny flowers
Author: michaelmilligan
Artist: PetraAmia
Masterpost | Fic | Art
Boy Leave Your Boots by the Bed
Author: an_ardent_rain
Artist: DimitriEvans
Masterpost | Fic | Art
you are not your own (1 corinthians 6:19)
Author: howldean
Artist: SoloArcana
Masterpost | Fic | Art
#spn bang bang 2023#spn fic recs#spn fic#supernatural fanfic#supernatural#spn#spn bang#spn fanfic#spn bang bang#spn fanworks#spn art#supernatural fanfiction#spn fanfiction#supernatural fic
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