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Everything Castiel is, everything he’s made of, is hitched to a thin golden string attached to Dean Winchester’s soul, tugging him closer, begging him to let them collide.
He recalls Aristophanes’ story of creation; the one in which humans were split in two as a divine punishment, forever in search of their other half.
Cas is not human, but he understands the sentiment.
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In which Dean is finally in a world without impending catastrophe, but it's also a world without Cas. He spends all day fighting not to think about it, and at night, his sleep is haunted by grief.But then his dreams start to feel more and more real, and no grave can hold Cas down.
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27 Apr 2026
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Following Chuck's defeat and Jack's vanishing act, Dean Winchester leaves everything behind and takes off running. With freedom comes the fresh hell of grief and the finality of it. But, of course, life has a sense of humor.
Running quickly turns into fatherhood, quickly turns into a cabin in the mountains, quickly turns into dealing with all the rising pain and trauma and grief that he's been holding back. But maybe it'll all end up alright. After all, he's got a baby Jack to take care of, a cabin to fix up, and the relentless urge to sing his troubles away. In a way, it's a life he's dreamed of, mundane and slow with a kid a parent could only dream of and the security of a roof over his head.
Dean's realized that there's just one thing missing. There's always been just one thing missing from it all.
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25 Feb 2026
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Dean is alone. Heartbroken. Trying desperately to hold himself together. But he's slipping.
Castiel wakes in The Empty. He needs to get back. Whatever the cost.
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- Part 1 of I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
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22 Dec 2025
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In 1942, the City of New York banned pinball games.
For newly returned WWII veteran (and avid pinball player) Castiel Novak, it's just one more thing that's been taken from him. He finds a place of refuge at the Village Laundromat, an establishment run by best friends Charlie Bradbury and Dean Winchester. The illegal pinball arcade in the laundromat's back room soon becomes a second home for Castiel.
Over the ensuing decades, it also becomes the place where Castiel falls in love, grows old, and witnesses changes he never even dared to imagine.
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18 Dec 2025
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Dean Winchester and Castiel Novak used to be inseparable. Not just high school best friends, but the kind of soul-deep, ride-or-die connection fueled through their mutual love for music that felt like it could outlast anything. Near the end of their senior year, though, something happened that irrevocably broke them apart.
Ten years later, Dean owns a cozy little record store in downtown Lawrence, Kansas, has a dog he'd die for, and hasn't seen or heard from Cas since graduation. He’s made peace with the silence. Or so he thinks, until a familiar figure moves into the long-vacant house across the street.
Castiel Novak has spent the last ten years flying standby and building a life he can live with. It's not glamorous, but it's stable: quiet nights, early flights, and a cat who doesn’t ask too many questions. When he moves back to his hometown to be closer to family, he’s not expecting the past to be waiting for him at the end of the driveway.
Especially not in the shape of Dean Winchester.
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Titled after lyrics from "Suzie Chapstick" by Green Day (x)
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27 Oct 2025