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   Flames and Fiction by InkedCatLady

   Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   11 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Dean Winchester
   • Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Charlie Bradbury
   • Meg Masters
   • POV Dean Winchester
   • POV Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Bookstore Owner Castiel
   • Writer Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Firefighter Dean Winchester
   • Past Castiel/Michael (Supernatural)
   • Meet-Cute
   • Secret Identity
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • John Winchester's A+ Parenting
   • Closeted Dean Winchester
   • Dean Winchester Has Self-Worth Issues
   • Slow Burn
   • Coming Out
   • Sam is mentioned once
   • maybe twice
   • And Then Never Again
   • Castiel Has Religious Trauma (Supernatural)
   • Miscommunication
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Past Drug Use
   • Drug Withdrawal
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Mutual Pining
   • Idiots in Love
   • Strangers to Lovers
   • Minor Character Death
   • Smut
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Oral Sex
   • Frottage
   • Anal Sex
   • First Time
   • First Kiss
   • Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester
   • Anal Fingering
   • Masturbation
   • TW: drug/alcohol relapse
   • TW: mentions of minor character overdosing and dying
   • tw: religious trauma
   • Not Beta Read
   • Light Dom/sub

   Summary

   Dean Winchester is just trying to keep his shit together. Being a firefighter keeps him busy, his friends keep him laughing, and no one asks too many questions.

   That is until the day he walks into a little bookstore and meets Castiel, a man who has plenty secrets of his own, and seems just as weird as the shop he runs.

   Or: A story about finally letting yourself want more, and trying not to run when it actually shows up.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   138,498

   Chapters:

   42/42

   Comments:

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