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1. Strings by AmberXBoone, corrupt_touch (AmberXBoone)

   Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)  

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

   25 Feb 2023

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Castiel/Dean Winchester
   • Dean Winchester
   • Castiel (Supernatural)
   • Post-Episode: s14e08 Byzantium (Supernatural)
   • Episode: s14e08 Byzantium (Supernatural)
   • Episode: s14e09 The Spear (Supernatural)
   • Castiel's deal with the empty
   • Dean Winchester Loves Castiel
   • Castiel Loves Dean Winchester
   • Angst
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • POV Dean Winchester
   • Explicit Language

   Summary

   Takes place immediately after Episode 14x8 (Byzantium), after Castiel makes the Deal with the Empty. Castiel and Dean have had a long, undefined physical relationship that is more to both of them than they'll let themselves say. But in the wake of Castiel's deal he's hesitant about being with Dean, because he's afraid any moment of happiness will drag him away into the void - but Dean has no idea, and is left struggling with why Castiel seems so distant from him.

   Title comes from Dean's line in 14x9 (The Spear): "We got -- We got Jack back. When was the last time we had a big, no-strings-attached win like that? "

   (Part of a series that explores a "between canon" relationship between Dean and Castiel)

   Series

   • Part 20 of Toward Despair

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