The Lesser Known Destiel Fics Collection
Welcome to the most underrated collection on AO3!! Every fic in this collection is something someone out there feels should have more views, more kudos, more comments, more love and recognition! That's our aim--connect discerning Destiel readers trying to find more diamonds in the rough to enjoy. So many surveys aim to catalog our "favorites" and "top" fics, and those are great! But let's face it, some real gems are being missed out on this way!
Enter: Us! Being a "Lesser Known Fic" is an honor. Someone loves your story so much, they want more of the world to read it!! However, if you would like your fic removed, please just message @caslostwings on Twitter or @castielslostwings on tumblr! Recs may also be submitted this way between rounds.
Fic recs are typically collected via Twitter "Rounds." The first was held in early April of 2021, and another will happen soon. You can see the original tweets by searching the hashtag #lesserknownfics.
As of now, the collection is closed, but it may be opened in the future. More recs will definitely be added!
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“What do you remember, Cas?” he asked.
Cas paused; “Us.”
His face was conflicted as he said this, as if it was too hollow a word to contain the story behind it.
“Dean,” he said, slowly. "We were together.”
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Jack uses the last of his power to close Heaven and Hell, leaving Castiel a choice, stay human or remain in heaven forever. Castiel chooses to fall, become human and stay on Earth with Sam and Dean. Together, they decide to retire from hunting, Sam heading back to Stanford, and Dean and Cas moving to the idyllic town of Waldport, Oregon. There they start their new lives together, Dean building a house for them, Cas curating his place in humanity, and the two of them slowly finding their way to express the love for each other they've been holding back for so many years.
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Sam just wants Dean to relax. They deserve a break from the hunting life, so he’s booked a cruise. Dean’s less than happy about this, but when he meets the mysterious and suave marine biologist Castiel Milton, things begin looking up. And perking up. Unfortunately though, Dean’s a Winchester, and something always has to go wrong. Will a rash of on-ship break-ins ruin their fun?
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Dean hates his boss, after they attempted to date but failed miserably. But when Castiel suddenly has to go back to Russia because his visa expired, Dean finds himself in a very awkward situation, because Castiel blackmails him to marry him. To make it worse someone from the immigration department is already hot on their trail and they have to show off their fake relationship at the ninetieth birthday of Dean’s grandma.
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People seem to keep assuming that Cas and Dean are together, and Cas has no idea why.
Written for the Destiel Smut Bingo 2018. Square fill: coming untouched.
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- Part 13 of Destiel Smut Bingo 2018
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Castiel has been working on his dissertation for 10 years, which is twice as long as most. Given an ultimatum – finish by the following spring or be kicked out of the program – Castiel feels certain that he’s going to fail and allow his amazing future to slip away. But maybe he doesn’t want that future anymore. Or maybe he’s just depressed. Castiel isn’t sure anymore. But what he is certain about is that one of the new grad students in the department is something special, and Castiel is shocked when Dean seems to feel the same about him.
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Dean Winchester works with fragments, pieces of cut glass that he uses to create shining, translucent works of art. When he is commissioned to work on a large piece for a local church, he enlists the help of Castiel Novak, a third year art student who is eager to create and find his place in the world.
As the artists spend a summer living together and creating art out of fragments, will they come together to learn that they are two parts of a larger whole themselves?
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When a freak storm overtakes the Lebanon, and Dean is knocked overboard, he's considered lost at sea. That is, until Dean wakes up onshore, with the bluest eyes he had ever seen watching over him.
In a matter of days, Dean's world is turned upside down. He's falling in love with the man who saved him. A stranger appears, demanding his hand in marriage.
And Dean's pretty sure that bird just called him a Dumbass.
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- Part 1 of Nickel's Story Time Series Vol. 2
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The One is America's #1 dating show!
Twenty contestants will spend six weeks competing in tasks, to show the American public they should be picked to marry the suitor.
Over the six weeks, they'll be voted down till just The One remains...Dean Winchester is this year's suitor. A 34 year old firefighter from Kansas he isn't entirely sure why he applied to a dating show where he has to get married at the end.
Especially since he'll never have met (or seen) anything about his future lawfully wedded whatever.
But just who will be voted The One?
(Alternate POV's, unbeted, already written)
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- Part 1 of The One
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Dean Winchester is a journalism major planning to coast his last year by mostly just sticking to writing the campus newspaper's daily horoscopes, and he almost succeeds.
Enter Castiel Novak, captain of the soccer team, and his next interview appointment.
It's obvious from the start that there's something between them, but things don't quite go as Dean first hopes, and he ends up learning a lot more about Castiel than he ever planned on - luckily for him.