Whether you loved the series finale of Supernatural or not, there are definitely some things that need to be fixed, added, tweaked, or just completely ignored. From Dean buying a farm to Destiel happening over and over again, here are 10 Supernatural fix-it fics/post finale AU’s that you can read over on Archive of Our Own aka the best fanfiction website out there!
Want to read the first #Supernatural fix-it fic post we put together? Check it out HERE!
1. Tender Are the Motions by orions
Summary: Cas’ nose scrunches up when he laughs. It takes years for Dean to notice this.
Dean and Cas settle into retirement together.
Why you should read it: Dean and Castiel are free to feel what they want to while being surrounded by tons of domestic fluff, growth, and a home of their own with a garden. Bonus for Sam and Eileen living their best hunter lives together and Sam and Dean bonding as brothers!
2. What Do You Want? by charlietango
Summary: Dean needs some answers from Castiel. Castiel tells Dean what he wants.
Why you should read it: Dean takes concrete steps to finally express to Castiel how he feels. Bonus for them taking a trip to the Grand Canyon, first kisses, and Castiel beaming at Dean.
3. Bureocracy Saves the Day (Or how Dean Winchester charmed his way into godhood by accident) by luxshine
Summary: Dean was sure he was dying. He had a hole in his chest that was holding up together just thanks to the rebar that had created it.
And yet, no Reaper in sight. He was still painfully breathing, still hearing Sam cry over his not-dead body.
What was going on?
Why you should read it: LOVE the throwbacks to every god or deity they’ve met along the way and the influence that Dean has had on the world. Also there’s a squirrel altar and Destiel happens cuz love.
4. A Little Bit of Hope Returned by remanth
Summary: When the hunt goes wrong, Dean thinks it’s the end for him. Until Sam prays to Jack and Jack sends some help
Why you should read it: Dean gets an opportunity to finally speak his truth and Cas puts absolutely no pressure on him as his hunter reveals it all. Plus, talk of being together forever.
5. The 1 by NicNack4U
Summary:
“And if my wishes came true
It would’ve been you
In my defense, I have none
For never leaving well enough alone
But it would’ve been fun
If you would’ve been the one.” – “the 1”, Taylor Swift (album: folklore).
Why you should read it: Dean contemplates how cute he and Cas could’ve been, there’s a pie festival, and the reunion we all know we desperately want to read over and over. Also Castiel gardens, because that’s something we love now.
6. Starting the Living Again by slashy (slash_y)
Summary: “Listen,” Dean says, steeling himself. “I’m not ready to talk about what you said. But, there’s one thing I have to tell you.” He sets down his coffee and takes the deepest breath he can. He still can’t make himself look at Castiel. “There’s one thing you said that I have to…you said the one thing you want, you can’t ever have.”
Another pause. Fuck, he doesn’t understand why this is so hard. Dean’s killed just about every monster kind known to man; he’s punched Hitler and God. He’s been to Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory. He’s been to alternate universes, faced off against deities from all over the globe. But he can’t look Castiel in the eyes and tell him…tell him….
He thinks, though, that just maybe he can start to show him.
“Nobody ever said you can’t have it,” he whispers. And then he takes Castiel’s hand into his own, and holds it.
Why you should read it: Dean is allowed the time to process his feelings for Castiel with help from Sam, who asks the tough questions that Dean needs to answer. Also Sam and Eileen are cute AF and help Dean start to picture a life with Castiel. PLUS DESTIEL HAND HOLDING.
7. International Harvester by alpacasandravens
Summary: Dean didn’t know what to do, after. He had never thought there would be an after, not for him. There would be for Sammy, he’d make damn sure of that. But for him? He had always known, with a solemn certainty deep in his chest, that he would die young and he would go down swinging. He’d told Sam that, ages ago, back before there were angels and when demons were above their pay grade. But he has to do something, so he buys a farm.
Why you should read it: Dean becomes a farmer, human Castiel is a thing, and they’re both idiots in love. Oh, and there’s a cat that doesn’t like Dean.
8. Gift by thisispaige
Summary: Dean falls in love with a couch he sees on the side of the road. With two grown men, one angel, the actual God, and a dog coming to movie night, they sure need one.
Everyone falls in love with the couch, too– in more ways than one.
Why you should read it: There’s a sweet dog, bedroom eyes, and first kisses.
9. And I, You by Newts_Loki
Summary: Cas is back, and Dean has something to say.
Why you should read it: At one point, one half of Destiel called the other “boyfriend” and we swooned. Plus first kisses, cheek kisses, and bed kisses.
10. True Happiness by Bom_Bidi_Bom
Summary: Dean is dead. For real this time; not some half-way death, not some sacrifice or as some plan to talk to a Reaper or get an audience with Death. He is dead dead. And he’s happy with it. He is happy. Or he should be happy. Heaven is life… ebbing and flowing; only it’s without the social pressure of life on Earth. There are no bills or jobs; no stress and crime. It’s bliss. Or it should be…
…But it’s not because Dean can’t ignore the one glaring truth; the one thing that is missing.
Cas!
Dean gets to go to Heaven, but he can’t be happy because he can’t stop thinking about the last conversation he had with Cas, before everything went pear-shaped. He needs to find Cas and make things right. He has to tell Cas the truth.
Why you should read it: Dean asks for what he wants and gets it. Plus kissing.
I am late to the Supernatural party, and I absolutely loved the ending! But, as a psychic member of the Fam, I wanted to write something for you Destiel shippers who feel wronged or like something is missing. What Cas did is significant, yet many don’t seem to appreciate how amazing it is, they think he got “punished” for his feelings in the end (of course that would be bad). So let me see if I can help by pointing out the symbolism in the story:
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For me, it has never been about fighting to get gay relationships represented more overtly in the stories I love (though activism is certainly important in my life) but about me loving the intense feelings a story elicits by bringing a significant meaning and purpose to enduring male partnerships, as Ed from the Ghostfacers says: “And all this time you were teaching us about heart and about dedication and about how gay love can pierce through the veil of death and save the day.” That’s not just Castiel-ex-Machina bringing that teaching at the end through his confession of love; that’s the definition of the entire show, at the core, of what the brothers are doing looking for clues of imbalance, decay and ruin, trying to set things right, always together. This is an ancient formula of storytelling, hence its appeal, its parallelism to other shows, and its final alchemical breakdown of the fictional details that make for a kind of “forbidden fruit” tension (they are necessary, because how else would you depict someone who has been there your entire life, in a very real way, without making it look unreal for the audience, meaning like just another ghost or angel?).
The “veil of death” refers to the tilt in the Axis Mundi – originally, Cas told Dean to travel along the Axis in Heaven (which he sees as an asphalt road) and he would find Sam there, then everything would be all right. The series finale shows Sam and Dean reunited on that same bridge. Quote, “a long-forgotten human desire to raise the Earth’s axis back to its rightful position so that we are reconnected again to God.” [Gary Osborn, Axis of God]
This reveals that Cas, beyond the soul-mirroring as a hidden crush on Dean, is actually in love with the bro bond Dean holds on to in his heart, with the way it drives the latter to love and protect others – just like fans use their imagination to “ship” the ideal of people holding on to each other in that significant and essential way. It brings out the Spiritual Light Body, which is not “condemned to the Empty,” it changes everything because it fills the Empty it had previously woken up.
From this symbolic mirroring between Heaven and Earth, both containing the same road, we understand that God is just another name for the Soulmate – other names being Angel, Demon, Ghost, Witch, Vampire (One who flies in Dreams) and so on, the entire Supernatural range. These different creatures representing supernatural abilities cease to wreak havoc when Balance (“peace when you are done”) is achieved, and you have that understanding which allows you to be with your soulmate forever and create any dream from then on (let me just say I am getting a huge kick out of us calling Raziel “Raz” as I’ve always wondered what that was about). And yes, that mirrors ALL relationships with our respective “God.”
“And lastly comes the poem, ‘No hate, no guilt, just love in mind’- re: The Vortex of Lost Souls – this acts as a Signal.” [S. Livingstone, Innuendoes/The Book of Raz]