"You taught me the difference between life and mindless existence. For that, Dean, I will always be in your debt. If there's a chance you can be saved, however small, I'm going to try." [After killing Cain, Dean's sanity slips away. Desperate to save him, Castiel seeks out Crowley to make a dangerous trade. Post-Executioner's Song.] [Dark Dean, Badass Cas, Sam & Charlie friendship]

The demons tired of constantly being killed by a certain angel, plot revenge and set out to kill. Unfortunately for Castiel, he's that certain angel. After getting critically injured, Sam and Dean do their best to patch up their angel. Fluff/ TFW love. No slash :3

Post-season 11 AU. The world is saved; everything should be good. But apparently surviving is the easy part, and the Winchesters are about to realize that the fight to save their best friend has only just begun. Cas recovery fic.

8x21 AU-Returning to the Winchesters after having run away with the Angel Tablet, Cas helps Dean in their hunt for Metatron while Sam is suffering side effects from the Trials. Unfortunately, Naomi finds them first and will stop at nothing to get the Tablet even if it means killing Cas and Dean to do so. MAJOR Cas!whump No Slash

When Dean goes to sell his soul at the crossroads to bring Sam back, someone else steps in to negotiate the deal. Cas did get a sign and it sent him off into the past to change things. AU from The Man Who Would be King and All Hell Breaks Loose.

The Winchesters have seen their share of weird…but finding themselves saddled with a fledgling angel definitely takes the cake. Kid!Cas

How exactly DID Castiel raise Sam from the Cage? If he flew in to get him, how did he get back out, when even Lucifer himself can't? There IS a way, but a toll must be paid... not that Lucifer is about to just let them go. Post-season 5 AU (Sam gets to keep his soul) Sam!whump, Cas!whump, H/C

Post 8x23 AU. After the fall Dean realizes he's not trying teach Castiel to be human for purely selfless reasons; he hopes to gain something from it, too.

AU Dean/Cas. Years ago, Dean Winchester was the detective who put serial killer Castiel Goodwin behind bars. Last spring, Cas was proven innocent and his conviction overturned. Neither could've predicted the way their lives would intertwine... Now Complete. Ch. 33 UPDATE: This story has been temporarily removed, see last chapter for details.

Sam and Dean take on what seems to be a simple case of a local sea monster, only to discover something ancient and nasty taking over a small Oregon town. The problem is, they're trapped with no idea how to fight the creeping menace, which is getting to them too. (Circa season 5.)

Castiel wakes up on the side of the road after setting the Leviathans loose. The angel soon realizes he's been sent back to Earth for a reason: Dean's being held captive by a group of vampires. But will saving Dean cure Cas of his guilty conscience? Hurt/comforting Dean, mentally unstable/comforting Sam, and BAMF/hurt/comforting/guilty Castiel.

AU 5x8 Gabriel has the Winchesters right where he wants them…until a vengeful pagan goddess hijacks his pocket dimension. Now the infamous Trickster/archangel will need the boys' help if they're all going to get out of TV land alive.

"He's in there somewhere, Dean. He has to be." But what if he wasn't? What if the Cas they knew was gone forever? AU to 8x17 "Goodbye Stranger" Angst-fest.

Sam and Dean are working a case in Wyoming, but are distracted by news of a dangerous angel called "Castiel" who they can't remember ever having heard of before. The name seems a little bit familiar, but neither of the boys is sure why. Canon-divergent from 9/09, takes place the following fall. Case fic, amnesia, no slash, friendship/family, angst. NO CRIT PLEASE, thanks

Castiel Novak was one of the best agents the FBI had ever had. His new case, however, was almost too much to handle even for him. With the arrival of Dean Winchester, a demon, he realized that his world wasn't as black and white as he had thought. Destiel. AU. FBI agent!Castiel, demon!Dean Winchester.

Castiel Novak, runaway, manages to find the wrong guy to pickpocket: a rogue angel of the Lord. The angel tells him that he can keep the world from ending, but only if he is willing to return to the family he ran away from and face off against angels and demons, including his angel's own righteously pissed off older brother. Reverse!verse AU, cover image by dollarformyname.

Castiel woke in a strange hotel, without his memories and with the angels' voices in his head, constantly speaking of two brothers - the Winchesters. Castiel quickly befriends the two, and would do anything to stay by their sides, even lying about his origins. But Castiel realizes that Dean also has something to hide, and his secret may be deadlier than they ever imagined.

A Halloween curse turns people into their costumes, including an unsuspecting Dean. Now Sam and Cas have to find a way to break the spell before the ensuing chaos brings an untimely end to Team Free Will. Set in S5. #3 of the Catch Me When I Fall verse

A hunt goes awry when a dream eating monster begins stalking Dean with nightmares of Hell. But then the beast sinks its teeth into Cas, trapping the angel in a dream world of his own darkest memories from the Pit. Can Sam and Dean save him before the creature devours his entire essence? Or will the journey into their worst fears be the undoing of them all? #2 Catch Me When I Fall

Castiel should have known the warehouse was a trap. Mid-season 5 interlude. Warnings for torture. Hurt!Castiel.

The war is going badly. The war is always going badly, and Castiel is looking for refuge anywhere he can find it. destiel with some background sambriel

"Cas," Sam says, looking horror-struck. "You can't be alone on Christmas." [Alternate Universe - Canon, Stanford Era, Pining, Christmas, Bobby's House, Traditions Food, Families of Choice, Brothers Being Brothers Being Brothers, Tiny Bit of Action/Adventure, tiny bit of gore, Much More Holiday Schmoop, Sleepy Kisses, Cuddling & Snuggling, Sastiel Big Bang 2013]

Dean Winchester was raised to be a hero, fighting alongside his father to protect the innocents of Lawrence City. Was he ever glad his old man wasn't alive to see him now. A Supernatural superhero AU. Dean/Castiel with appearances by Sam, Balthazar, Uriel, Gabriel & Alastair. Violence & minor character death

The world is full of creatures that prey on humans. It is up to 'Hunters' to fight against the dark. Lucky Hunters rely on the help of angels they have bound to their service. Sam and Dean may be good Hunters, but they have yet to capture an angel. One day, Sam finds an angel and seizes the opportunity to bind the angel to himself. Little did they know what they were getting into.

Dean, Sam, and a human Cas investigate an old amusement park connected with a series of gruesome deaths. Set in season 9, so spoilers for all aired episodes. No pairings. NO SLASH. Rated T for gore and probable future language. Now complete

Beelzebub has been dormant for many years, but with Lucifer in his cage once more and the self-proclaimed King of Hell preoccupied with Purgatory, he sees a chance to have some fun once again. Possessing Dean Winchester is easy enough, but he wasn't counting on the band of angels that come to the hunter's rescue. demon!Dean, destiel

Destiel AU: To pay for his brother's medicine, Dean Winchester turns to a life of petty crime. But when he holds hostage Castiel Novak, son of a millionaire, and they're holed up together for days on end, suddenly he's in way over his head - and he likes it.

Castiel: All powerful Angel of the Lord. Soldier of Heaven. Warrior of free will... Itty bitty little body. Those friggin' witches are at it again.

Castiel discovers the hard way that he has a new weakness. Sam and Dean show him that it doesn't have to be all bad. Dean/Sam/Cas OT3, hurt/comfort, slash sexytimes, threesome

After the Fall, Castiel makes a life for himself, cloaked in the kindness of strangers and is determined not to be found. However, a run in with an old and unorthodox demon hurls him back into the Winchester's lives and face to face with his own past.

After the apocalypse doesn't happen, Dean goes back to Bobby's house alone. He burned Bobby's body in the field. There wasn't enough of Cas left to burn or bury, and Sam was gone. After a few weeks of drinking and researching, Dean's ready to finally off himself and join his whole family, but a discount easter card and a sudden reappearance save him. Eventual Destiel. Human!Cas.

Are you there God? Its me, Castiel. Castiel is still searching, still coming up blank when Zachariah and 'the persuaders' catch up to him. Allegiance is a funny thing, it can get you killed if you don't pick the right side... rated for violence, no slash

[Team Free Will] Heaven doesn't have weather. Castiel experiences Earth's weather for the first time. COMPLETED.

Five times Castiel showed up when it wasn't an emergency, and one time it really, really was.

When Castiel finds himself human Michael keeps him locked up hoping that he might be of use against the Winchesters. When Lucifer attacks Michael he finds Castiel beneath the rubble from the battle. Bringing Castiel with him but finds Castiel's memory of him has been skewed from heaven's influence yet Castiel slowly comes to realize that not everything he's been told has been true

Dean tries to teach Cas how to live, starting with the basics, eating. More specifically, eating pie. Then slowly, they move on, showing Cas how to be human. And maybe sooner or later (probably later, if Cas has a say) he will understand how to make it on Earth as a lowly human being.

A hunt for a poltergeist goes horribly wrong when Sam and Castiel are trapped together. post 6x19 "Mommy Dearest" hurt/limp!Sam, hurt!Dean

As a fledgling, Castiel had a very big, very interesting family. Each story will stand on its own and will consist of three chapters. Final story's up: All great things come from humble beginnings. Humble beginnings become great things when someone believes in them.

Title means "Brothers at Arms". When Dean gets a call from Castiel in a dream, he and Sam go to the rescue. But when Dean and Cas become injured, will Cas heal in time to save Dean? NO DESTIEL! NO WINCEST! There is only a brother relationship between the three. Castiel whump. Dean whump. VERY worried Sam. Worried Bobby.

By the time Dean came to the water was already up to his chest. Dean/Castiel, slash.

Post Season 8. Castiel is too afraid to go to sleep.

AU end of season 6. Eve won the earth, Raphael won heaven and the Winchesters are nowhere to be found. All is not lost though. There are still those willing to fight to their dying breath to save the souls of the planets' inhabitants. Semi-Human!Cas, Creature!Winchesters, Creature!Bobby

After giving up on the trials, Sam and Dean find Castiel lost, empty, and human. They take him back to the bunker to their broken hunter family. Kevin is livid. Sam is sick. Dean is worried. Yet, all three men find time to teach Castiel something new about being human. They bond through their lessons with Cas. Dean/Castiel. [COMPLETED]

When Dean flunks chemistry his parents arrange for a peer tutor to help bring his grade up. When Dean realizes his tutor is the one person he's been commanded to stay away from, but the one person he wants to be with, he realizes his failing grade is the least of his problems. - Please check my tumblr (PM for url) for more updates re: this story. (Written for DCHE 2013)

AU: Castiel is a drifter adorning cardboard wings who preaches with the aid of narcotics. He travels aimlessly until Dean gives him a place to stay.

After forty years in Hell, Dean's more than willing to accept the offer: become a guardian angel and earn his freedom. But his new ward seems destined to hunt alongside Sam, and there are secrets in Heaven that the angels don't want found out. Dean's going to have to choose between his duty and the people he loves- and to work out just where Castiel fits in.

Luxury is a rare occurrence in a hunter's world. Cas is Sam's luxury. Sassy. Set some time during S6.

Charlie meets a certain someone while en route to a LARPing weekend. Post 8x20

Castiel is at war and he should've heeded Rapheal's warning, what happens when Cas turns up at the motel the Winchesters are staying at bloodly and beaten? Is there a cure for this unknown effect that is happening to Cas or will they lose one of their friends, the one person they would consider family? Hurt!Cas, Worried!Sam and Protective!Dean. No Slash! Sam still has a soul.

Castiel is a boy with a secret, his best friend is a massive wolf who helps him hunt in the woods and support his strange little family. But Castiel doesn't know that his wolf is a man, who also holds a secret. He loves the boy who wears the red cloak. Destiel! Hinted Mpreg. Warnings: Mental abuse. Dark. Inspired by 'Little Red Riding Hood'.

Coda for episode 8x19. After everything is over, Dean needs to hear the voice of a certain angel. "Come on, man. I know you can hear me. Just…let me know you're safe, at least. Just to check in."

Teen AU- Cas is a patient in a mental hospital where Dean is sentenced to community service.

Cas is now human, Dean has given up hunting and the two of them are sharing a flat. The daily struggles of Cas' battles with emotions, mobile phones and Dean forgetting to water the plants. Not to mention the fact that Cas is hopelessly in love with his flatmate.

Fed up of his brother setting him up on terrible dates, Dean appoints Cas as his wingman. Cas only has one condition; he can ask one favour from Dean, and Dean can't refuse. When that favour turns out to be a date, Dean is apprehensive. Misunderstandings, mistakes and misdirected angst ensue, and it's all written on Dean's soul.

One-shot. Destiel. When Cas shows up hurt, Dean wants to do whatever it takes to help him, even when it means they need to get a little intimate...

Set in Season 5. Castiel and Dean are ambushed by a group of angels trying to kill Castiel, who is cut off from Heaven and joined the Winchesters. I am in no way affiliated with CW writers, crew and publishers. So, I am brand new to fanfics, hope it doesnt suck too bad; feedback is welcomed. COMPLETE!

AU. The one where they have superpowers, and it gets worse from there. Dean/Castiel.

Nothing dies in Purgatory, but they are forever finding corpses.

AU: The newly-created angel Castiel fell from Heaven right into Dean Winchester's backyard. Into his pool, to be precise. And then he decided to stay. (rated T for language)

After a failed suicide attempt Castiel Novak is persuaded to visit the prisoners of Newgate prison by his pious older brother Michael. Castiel finds himself drawn to one of the inmates, the enigmatic Dean Winchester. Dean appears equally fascinated with Castiel. Is Dean all he seems, or is Castiel the victim of an elaborate con? Historical AU.

There are some things Castiel hasn't told Dean, and there are some things he doesn't need to. (Alternate Universe - Federal Agents, Magical Realism, Dean is a G-Man, Castiel is a Mole, Sam Doesn't Know What's Happening, But He Does Know It's Way Too Early For This Shit, Victor is Unamused, The Angels are Birds, The Big Reveal)

Remember when Cas was SCARY sexy, like the beginning of S4? Set after 7.17, Cas has been press-ganged into healing cancer patients for the Leviathans. Rated for Destiel slash.

For some unknown reason Castiel keeps on sprouting new angel wings at the most inconvenient of times. Wing!Fic, season 5 AU, crack.

Destiel, w/ a side of unrequited Sam/Cas. Dean is in his final year of high school and Sam is starting his first. Things are meant to take the easy route but the arrival of the Novak family will end up making their town famous. Full summary and triggers inside/ Warnings: homophobia, bullying, sexual child abuse, drug use, victim blaming, etc. (RE-PUBLISHED IN FULL JULY 19th 2013)

Kitty!Cas fic. Cas searches for help from Dean, Bobby and Sam as he finds himself in a less than comfortable situation... and body. R&R please

Castiel's bag seems to acquire trash and scraps and receipts. It takes a while for Dean to understand what they mean.

When a curse renders Castiel all but human, it forces Dean to see the angel in a new light and to find that he may like the angel more than he lets on.

AU- Sam's a ghost who's trying to save the world one person at a time and Dean's the only one who can see him. Somehow, this becomes a lot more complicated than it sounds. Dean/Cas slash.

CAS-T13L is a simple service unit, obeying without question. Then one day he meets a Bounty Hunter named Dean, and the two of them realize that nothing in this world is simple. Inspired by Skydoll comics. Destiel, Sabriel. M/M

The Winchesters and Cas head to San Antonio, the most haunted city in the US, after a phone call from an acquaintance of their father's. What kind of monster is killing homeless people and leaving body parts in a downtown park? "Before the Fall" 'Verse: newly mortal Cas in an alternate Season 7, no Leviathan. Established Destiel with fully developed episodic plot and new monsters.

It's the last act of a fledgling wrathful god, as a penitent Castiel throws himself from Heaven and into mortality, ripping himself from his Grace. Now, the brothers are hunted by Heaven and Hell and looking for that Grace before Crowley or the Angels can go nuclear in their war. Published daily. Set between seasons 6 and 7, no Leviathan, eventual Destiel, now Complete.

DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ALL OF SEASON 5 UNLESS YOU'RE COOL WITH SPOILERS! STOP RIGHT HERE! DO NOT READ THE REST OF THE SUMMARY! STOP! RIGHT NOW! Imagine a world where Sam had never thought of saying yes to Lucifer and jumping in. A world where one little idea never popped into the younger Winchester's head. In this world, Castiel is all but powerless.

The news came blaring through Castiel's mind: the Winchesters were dead. Knowing they were coming back was all well and good, but this was their chance to find out where God was, and Castiel had to tell them about the garden. "Dark Side of the Moon" Cas POV. Angst, angel whump, Cas&Bobby friendship, and hurt/comfort. No slash. Chapt 1/5.

The world is ending. Maybe. If it ever gets around to it . The team that's supposed to save it? One vessel of Michael who can't stop lusting after his kind-of-human best friend, one vessel of Lucifer determined to better the world via feminism, health food, and docu-dramas, and one fallen angel who still can't turn the shower on without help. Yeah. Mid-season 5, Destiel.

Season 7 rewrite. After releasing Leviathan, Castiel is pulled from the reservoir fully human. With only the men he betrayed to rely on, Castiel does anything he can to redeem himself, especially to Dean.

AU. Castiel's a hunter. Dean is a demon. It's the Apocalypse and things never seem to go according to plan. Especially when you're playing cat and mouse with a demon. Dean/Cas. We're earning our M rating today. Just warning you. It's Destiel. You know what that means.

AU When Gabriel is hired as a new host for a dating show, Cas has no choice but to follow his brother along as part of the camera crew. Forced at the last minute to be a contestant, he is shocked when Dean Winchester continually refuses to eliminate him.

When it struck Castiel, it dropped him out of the sky. He set down the first place he could find. He stood in a field in Switzerland, swaying on his feet and staring down at his body, dazed by what it had just done. mpreg

Dean and Castiel haven't seen or heard from each other in ten years. How will they react to the choices they've made since those two months they spent together in 1957? Rated M, y'all, in case you didn't notice.

Frederick Fowles stalks and eventually kidnaps Castiel, a shy used bookstore owner in a small town. Frederick feels connected to Castiel and his lonely existence. Little does he know, Castiel wasn't always alone. Warnings: non-con, stalking, torture, captivity

AU Based on Alice: Castiel was your average college student, until his boyfriend suggests meeting the family. But things go south and he finds himself in an entirely different world... Dean/Castiel

A story about dysfunctional angel families and father issues. Team Free Will and Gabriel are looking for a way to stop the devil, but Lucifer has his own dark agenda involving the horsemen. And why is the devil so interested in Castiel?

Castiel and his mother move to Louisiana for his mother's new job: a great opportunity for Mrs. Novak to be a lady's companion. The only problem is: The Winchesters are weird and even weirder things happen around them. M for a multitude of reasons.

Angels are feared creatures; dark, evil beings who hate all humankind and swore to destroy them all. It's been three years since they arrived, and they're winning the war. But all is not as it seems, and not all angels are bad. AU Dean/Castiel

Destiel, Hell changes people, Dean is no exception... **slight kink**

Sherlock AU. Castiel is the world's only consulting detective and he is on a case - one that might prove dangerous for everyone. Sassyexchange2012. Sam/Castiel.

AKA Dean Winchester's Guide to the Universe. When the Earth as a collective is let go, Balthazar hitches a lift and takes his ape-descendant friend with him. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy plot-steal. Corporate!Dean, Stoner!Cas, Dean/Cas, Sam/Gabe.

The story of a strange, torn man found at the edge of the municipal water supply and how he copes with his rebuilding the life he's forgotten.

Zachariah wants Dean to say yes to Michael, and Lucifer has a plan of his own to speed up the coming Apocalypse. But Team Free Will hasn't played its last card yet... Sam, Dean, Bobby and Castiel, with plenty of action, angst and whump, but no slash.

Total AU. The Winchester Family Business is private investigation and Cas is a detective that works for them. With Dean's life in jeopardy, Sam comes home from Stanford to help solve the case before he, Dean, and Cas are all put to rest. No slash.

Multi-chapter Dean/Cas AU. Dean the Sales Rep just moved into the neighborhood, and his neighbor is a definitely crazy shut-in. Ch. 30: "I'm not lovely. Knitted tea cozies are lovely." Now complete.

Castiel is a small town priest with a mysterious past. One ill-fated evening he prays for an end to his loneliness. He's heard, but not by Heaven. Dean Winchester is a demon from Hell and he hails the call. But not everything is as it seems. M-gore&porn

While hunting a windego, Sam, Dean and Castiel fall into NCIS custody. Established Dean/Cas

Cas is being hunted by a mysterious creature that hurts him and hides in Sam's and Dean's motel room for a bit. Dean wants to help him, but doesn't know how. Some hurt!Cas and eventually Destiel. Rated T to be safe.

-Slash. Dean/Cas. Slightly alternate S5 ending.- Castiel, now stuck as a human, is perfectly equipped to fall completely apart now that his glory days are over. Clueless but well-meaning Dean Winchester is on the case. Oneshot, written for a prompt.

Just because your fallen, doesn't mean you can't fight demon crime. Disclaimer: 'Supernatural' belongs to Eric Kripke/CW. This derivative work is written for love not money. A/N: AU in that Cas is fallen in S4. Thanks to lilykep for catching that!