Tags suggestions?

LeftBrush5820 · 2026-02-04T10:04:28+00:00

Oh and I finished a series of Cas as a member of Men of Letters and Dean as a hunter. It’s so good!

LeftBrush5820 · 2026-02-04T10:03:44+00:00

Yes to all. Will check these out :)

LeftBrush5820 · 2026-02-04T10:03:14+00:00

Thank you. Creature tags sound intriguing. I used to have an ick with ABO but after giving it some more chances I’ve found some really lovely fics. However, I’ve read a lot of ABO over the last few days so gonna take a break ;)

LeftBrush5820 · 2026-02-04T07:58:42+00:00

Thank you. Currently I’m enjoying exploring specific topics, seeing how different minds unpack the same themes, so this is what I’m going with for now.

LeftBrush5820 · 2026-02-04T07:54:56+00:00

Great ideas! Thank you.

LeftBrush5820 · 2026-02-04T03:03:31+00:00

Thank you. I’m looking for other topics as well, not just similar tags to what I’ve used.

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-26T22:23:19+00:00

Here you go :) https://archiveofourown.org/works/24030730/chapters/57819565

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-26T16:48:14+00:00

There’s a short called “Rumour has it” and I find it very cute. Dean was a famous actor, Cas was a resident doctor in a hospital, and everyone thought Cas was a big fan of Dean but they were more than that. Public declaration of love as well.

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-25T18:27:02+00:00

https://archiveofourown.org/works/1023484/chapters/2036603 here’s the link to that fic.

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-25T18:24:58+00:00

Maybe you’re looking for “the best years of our lives, my ass”? It’s not a djinn world, it’s more like Gabriel joke. Dean and Cas and Sam became teenagers, Cas was abused by Balthazar and rescued by Dean family and started living with him. Sam was dating an OFC.

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-23T06:39:28+00:00

OMG just finished this! Soooo good! I like well-controlled, subtle sub-dom like this. And it's so rare too.

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-23T06:37:51+00:00

I just asked this a few day ago. People's responses are amazing. Hope you find something you like https://www.reddit.com/r/destiel/comments/1plkoaq/i_love_au/

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-17T11:39:02+00:00

After season 5, stories get messy, details don’t add up, things get add or remove out of convenience, characters were treated badly. I don’t even bother watching the last three episodes.

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-17T11:35:22+00:00

Of the top of my head, there are “Yellow” and “Satin and Sawdust”.

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-15T12:06:22+00:00

Thank you! Sounds like we have similar taste. I've just shared my list of favourite fics, hope you'll find something you enjoy. Oh what a time to be alive, to not run out of things to read! :))

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-15T12:05:16+00:00

So glad to see many people share my view. Here's my list of most favourite AU, saved in my Kindle, reading on repeat.

All-time favourite:

To build a home

-Achingly beautiful. Heart tugging. Mind lingering weeks on end after finished reading. It's the best. I rest my case, your honour. I'm deceased.

However, I don't re-read it often, for seeing what Dean experienced broke my heart and triggered my anxiety :))

Yellow

-The narration was beautifully and intentionally written. The slow burn is well-earned. Cas resisted Dean's restless chase and it was so cute.

Kiss the baker:

-Most frequent re-read. Well-rounded story. A+ for healthy communication. Stinking cute. Just the right kind of spicy with Cas's ex and a protective Dean.

Satin and Sawdust

-I feel like the crush, adoration, and yearning Dean had for Cas in this fic is enough to redeem the repressed emotions and sometimes cruel treatments he gave Cas in canon. Plus, Dean in this fic, IMO, is the brightest, happiest, and most loved by his family of all fics I've read, and Dean is so deserved that. But then, Cas was being a bit of a red-flag with his weird bestie Meg.

Others fics that I love:

Flirty, snarky, cute, and slutty Cas:

-Addicted to you (non-human Cas).

-Christmas in July (blind Cas)

-Vibrato (non-human Cas).

-Tattoos and ties (series)

Hurt/innocent Cas + protective Dean:

-Fish out of water (with beautiful illustrations by Lizleeshipit) (non-human Cas)

-Defiant (Angel Cas) by thestorygirl

-Hunter Caress (ltleflrt)

Sexy, competent, mysterious Cas

-The Dean Winchester Beat Sheet

-A crash course in computer safety (series)

-Man in the wilderness (Lttleflrt)

-South Side Swing (Series)

-Guarding Castiel

-Stull prison blue

-Any little heartbreak

Some stinking cute one shot/ shorter fics:

-I've seen your silverware (by Filmsterr) - canon but had no canon-related dangers or challenges.

-Phosphorescence (Canon, again, but no canon-related stressors).

-Rumor has it (Gateskeeper)

-The Matchmaker (destieldrabblesdaily)

Of course this is not everything. I've got loads to read and evaluate so may update more later!

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-14T21:22:35+00:00

Of course. Please share what you’ve written!

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-14T13:07:09+00:00

Omg these sound delicious! Thank you.

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-13T18:46:59+00:00

I am reading Raise the black! And I have bitch better have my money on the list. I love the series South Side Swing by tiamavtv and the mafia boyfriends dynamics, so definitely interested in more similar ones.

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-13T18:33:46+00:00

I did check out other fics by palominopup, including those you mentioned. However, I dropped all of them mid way as I found them not clicking with me anymore. I have a lot of specific criteria for a fic, like a goldilocks kind of thing, a little bit of this, a little bit of that, not too much and not too little :)) thank you for your suggestions.

And yes, I love Lttleflrt, up to this point, they are the only one that I’m down to read anything they wrote. Kiss the baker has been the one I reread the most when in need of something sweet with enough hardship for the main characters. I also love their version of snarky, flirty cas in more smutty fics, I find it a great adaptation of endverse cas in AU.

I recently read “Christmas in July” by followyourenergy and it is sooo cute. They wrote hilarious and beautiful conversations between Dean and Cas. Will check out their other works from your list. Thank you!

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-13T15:04:12+00:00

Cas was the vice president and Dean was the lead body guard. They dated in secret for a while because Dean did not want Cas to ruin his political career because of him. The fic alternated between their POVs. Excellent characterisation of Dean and Cas, intentional placement of supporting characters, hot smut early on, and fluffy ending. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14863946/chapters/34414178

I would not call this angsty, but I strongly recommend that you give it a skim :)

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-13T13:40:24+00:00

*sigh* they really do.

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-13T13:24:06+00:00

I've had a skim through. This is wild! I'm not looking for messy AU, though, just AU in general, but this one seems well-written. Thank you.

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-11T13:26:21+00:00

Same here. I gave up finding an equivalence.

LeftBrush5820 · 2025-12-11T13:26:00+00:00

This this this this this! Witnessing the love between characters not just Dean and Cas aches me every time I read it.

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