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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When Sam finds out a secrect about his brother's longtime boyfriend he decides to confront him on his own.
There's just one little problem.....
It's the wrong secret.
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The one where Sam thinks he knows a secret, Cas is really confused, and Dean has no idea why everyone is acting so weird.
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This is the story the Winchester brothers, and Castiel, who are all just starting out in life. The three have been raised in a wealthy lifestyle and travel in the same affluent social circles. But, until a chance meeting at a fundraising event, they’ve never actually gotten to know each other. On the night they meet, Dean and Cas are plunged into a difficult situation that will change all of their lives… the first in a chain of compromising positions that will affect them and the people they care about.
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- Part 1 of Compromising Positions
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“They are the lost, but us? We’re the forgotten.”
It had been just over a year since the virus took hold, bringing with it death and chaos. Wandering meant survival, each stop bringing vital resources -- water, food, or ammo. Life was a challenge, but it was one that Castiel was determined to succeed at. The day he ran across a small farm in Kansas was just another stop on his travels, another place to replenish his supplies. He wasn’t staying...
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Castiel Novak has a few secrets: He drinks orange juice straight from the container. He writes heartfelt fan fiction. And he’s in love with his best friend, Dean Winchester.
He’s not sure how to tell him, but he figures fanfic might be a good place to start.
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Dean enjoys his life in Southern California. He loves his job, has his family close by, and has some pretty awesome friends. There’s nothing in his life to complain about, so why does he feel like something is still missing?
That something comes into focus when Dean meets a dark haired, blue eyed stranger on the beach and is left feeling off kilter after their encounter. What follows is a series of random circumstances in which Dean and Castiel keep finding each other in the same place at the same time, and Dean can’t help but feel drawn in by everything that is Cas… and that’s how the dreams start.
He can’t explain it, but he dreams about Castiel often, in different time periods and of different versions of him - it’s always Cas, but it’s not always his Cas - and when the dreams begin to feel like intense deja vu, he’s not sure what to think.
But all it takes is for one dream to change everything, to force Dean to ask himself the questions he’s been avoiding. One dream will have him wondering what it all means.
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Dean’s plans for the future have always been pipe dreams and bravado. He kind of abstractly wanted to live through this - whatever Cas or Sam thinks or accuses him of, he didn’t want to die; he just expected to.
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Dean’s life is pretty fucking good right now. It’s Christmas Eve, his almost-daughter is newly in love, and he gets to harmlessly flirt with his favorite customer. Only then, said patron of his bar turns out to be more than Dean bargained for, and suddenly things go a lot deeper. Now Dean has to ask himself whether he’s ready to explore the new possibilities.
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“Bring him back,” Dean choked, directing his voice to the sky. “You were wrong, what I need is Cas. It’s always been him. Please, I’ve never asked you for anything, but I need-”
His voice gave out, and his fingers curled involuntarily into the still warm fabric of Cas’ shirt.
“Come back.”
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A romantic’s take on Benny’s POV as they scour Purgatory for Castiel, and a little after they find him. I’m sorry, the plot bunny made me. Obligatory gore, it is Purgatory after all, and warm-fuzzies through the eyes of a vampire who’s more human than he liked to believe. R.I.P Benny, Destiel, fluff, one-shot.
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Cas is having a bad day. He burned his bagel, missed his ride to work and had to run to the hospital in the pouring rain, and then witnessed his attending accidentally kill a patient during a routine surgery. Now he might be on the hook for his boss’s mistake, but was it really a mistake, or is he the next target of Dr. Nick Morningstar’s sick mind games?Dean is also having a bad day. His brother nearly set his kitchen on fire, he’s training a new apprentice in his tattoo shop, and then he gets a mysterious call that Sam needs a ride to the hospital after a freak accident in the pouring rain left him with an injured shoulder. A chance encounter at the hospital leads Dean and Cas to each other after a decade of coincidences and premonitions, and suddenly their worst day might become the foundation for all of their best. A story of choice and destiny, and the power of found family, foretold through uncanny tattoos.
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- Part 1 of Wild Wild Life