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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Trade deals are old news. As a professional hockey player in the NHL, it shouldn’t matter.
Until it does.
The Sioux Falls Golden Halos is the newest expansion team. With a clear shot at the playoffs, and his friends as teammates, all is good—great, actually.
Then Benny’s shipped off. And Castiel Novak shows up.
Novak has a reputation and Dean hates him on sight. Coming from the Detroit Red Wings, out with an injury for putting a teammate in the hospital doesn’t sit well with them, especially with the upcoming first round, where tensions run high and, more than anything, they need to stick together.
Resentment poisons their team, and with every passing day, Dean’s hopes of winning, and their tight-knit family, start to crumble before his eyes.
Dean needs to decide: his best friend or new love? Loyalty to his team or to himself? Either way, he loses something.
He needs to make his choice before they hit the ice or he just might lose it all.
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Castiel Novak has haunted his family's estate for 150 years, awaiting the return of his lost love. Upon their reunion, Dean Winchester learns of his past reincarnation. After the night of Castiel's resurrection, the two try to find out why they've been given a second chance. The answers may be hidden in the forgotten memories of Dean's former life - but sometimes the truth is better left buried.
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- Part 2 of A Ghost Story
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As starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals and at the top of his game, Dean Winchester is making headlines. His curveball sends batters back to the dugout before they know what hits them, but if you ask Dean, the real secret to his success isn’t in the pitches he throws but in the man standing behind the plate, his catcher, Castiel Novak.
While in college and training for the big leagues, Dean never expected that a chance encounter with a one-night-stand would end up changing the course of his career, but Cas has never stopped surprising him. They’re the perfect match, both on and off the field, facing down everything from shitty fathers to the MLB draft. Everything they do, they do it together. So when Dean takes the mound with twenty-seven outs and a perfect game on the horizon, he knows Cas is in it with him.
Baseball is a language of love, and for Dean Winchester and Castiel Novak, it always has been.
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Castiel needs to learn how to keep the bathmat dry to spare Dean's socks.
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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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High School AU. Castiel Novak has a dirty dream about the captain of the baseball team, Dean Winchester. Dean has a dirty dream about the nerdy Novak boy who hangs around the art room a lot. Castiel becomes Dean’s tutor, and the two soon learn that keeping their relationship platonic is harder than they thought. As their relationship develops, the two have to fight to overcome their problems while doing everything they can to stay together. Rated Explicit for sexual scenes
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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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Dean Winchester only moved back to KU to help pay for Sam's law degree. What he wasn't expecting, was to find that Sam had made a few new friends since he'd last visited. And one in particular caught his attention: a certain awkward law student turned bartender with insane eyes and a habit of staring.
A Destiel college AU
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Castiel has been working on his dissertation for 10 years, which is twice as long as most. Given an ultimatum – finish by the following spring or be kicked out of the program – Castiel feels certain that he’s going to fail and allow his amazing future to slip away. But maybe he doesn’t want that future anymore. Or maybe he’s just depressed. Castiel isn’t sure anymore. But what he is certain about is that one of the new grad students in the department is something special, and Castiel is shocked when Dean seems to feel the same about him.
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The characters finally break free from their abusive owners.
I wrote this in response to the finale scripts being released.