Dean Winchester is Dead, Long Live Dean Winchester dimeliora | Unrated | Warnings or other notes. Dean wakes up to wage a war he's not equipped to fight.Set, technically, about five minutes before the end of the season nine finale. No spoilers for season ten. Dean’s journey is amazing and cathartic, at least for us!
you are my little kite tekuates | General Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply/Pre-Canon/Pining. He stares at himself in the mirror. Dean used to be able to see himself, but now he just sees pieces; his crooked nose, his eyes, his mouth, twisted up. He can’t make the parts resolve into the whole. Not anymore. Lovely subtle touches make this story, set just pre-series, throb with Dean’s own loss.
The New York Story frozen_delight | Mature | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings To Sam it was always The New York Story. Angsty goodness with great backstory (both about John and about the history of Sam/Dean) and a continuation of Dean’s pigheaded insistence on self-sacrifice.
Out of the Woodsselecasharp | Mature | No Archive Warnings Apply Summary: After Flint, the boys decide to go on one of their regular hunts in rural Ohio. But there's something else out there in the woods, stalking Dean, and for Sam, saving him means facing down the complicated mess of emotions sitting between them. Very enjoyable monsters (well, for the reader anyway) and lovely longing and mutual confessions.