Mixtape Book Club

Welcome to episode thirty of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome author allmystars to discuss fics with the fan-favourite trope: enemies to lovers. Fics include allmystars’s This Cursed Sanctum, The Galaxy’s Most Wanted by saltnhalo, (don’t) stop texting me by feelthe_beat, and Such A Sweet Surprise by lefurlong, among others.

This episode now has a transcript available!

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

Jess (or allmystars) writes Destiel stories on AO3 under allmystars.

Another fic of Jess’s we’ve mentioned in this episode:

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This Cursed Sanctum by allmystars (51:49)
Published for DCBB 2021, 44k words, E

Art by vorador

164 years after the expulsion of the angels from the Seraphim Garden, Dean Winchester has made it his personal mission to destroy every last one of them in any way he can, starting by evacuating the most fragile of their future followers.

The children.

But when a mission goes wrong and Sammy is kidnapped, Dean finds himself at the gates of the legend garden, then inside its walls, once said to kill anyone who comes near enough to know where they are.

As Dean comes to explore his new prison, and gets to know the Angel keeper, he finds that maybe not all angels are quite so wicked.

Will Dean find his way out if this cursed sanctum? Or will it kill him before he gets the chance?

Maybe he’ll discover it’s not so cursed at all?

The Galaxy’s Most Wanted by saltnhalo (10:05)
Published 2018, 10k words, E

Dean had been the one always up to mischief, running around with his father’s broken laser pistol and constantly getting into places he shouldn’t have been. Sam, in comparison, always seemed to be the smart, studious one – until he reprogrammed the AI in their neighbours’ house to play ‘Happy Birthday’ at the loudest possible volume while keeping all the doors and windows firmly locked. It had taken two experts seven hours to undo the coding that Sam had managed to integrate into the house’s programming.

So, yes. They had been exceptional even from the beginning. And when John Winchester crossed one too many people, his sons inherited his beloved ship, and took to the cosmos doing what they knew best: stealing.

And they were damn good at it too. Almost unrivalled, across their own galaxy and even those neighbouring.

Almost.

(don’t) stop texting me by feelthe_beat (30:20)
Published 2021, 96k words, E

Castiel Novak is relatively happy living his solitary life as a Starbucks Barista. He lives alone with a cat named Hamburger, and he has one (1) emotional support friend, Gabriel.

Unfortunately, he is plagued by the fact that some guy (see: a random hot dude named ‘Dean’) is giving out Castiel’s phone number as his own. And he’s been doing it for months.

So, of course, when Castiel’s at work and a hot stranger gives him his own phone number for the Starbucks Rewards Program… well… it doesn’t go well.

Such A Sweet Surprise by lefurlong (18:30)
Published 2022, 17k words, M

“The ten-course menu starts off as an immensely promising and curiously understated list. There are hardly any details to the ingredients, leaving one to wonder what Head Chef Winchester is up to.

Not much, as it turns out.”

“What!” Dean’s shout echoes through the kitchen. It’s deadly silent; no one speaks. No one responds to him, that’s for sure, because he’d probably lodge his favorite knife in someone’s eyeball.

He’ll show Novak. He’s going to personally invite the guy back for another round. And this time, Dean’s not going to screw up a single dish.

It is so on.

Other Enemies to Lovers Fics (1:11:40)

Thanks to all our friends in PB Discord for being so generous with recommendations!

Other links

What’s your favorite enemies to lovers fic? Please let us know, we’d love to hear from you!

Our intro music is “Angel with a Shotgun” by The Cab, arranged by Ellen.

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Welcome to episode twenty-nine of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome author tricia_16 to discuss fics where either Dean and/or Cas are royalty. Fics include tricia_16’s King of My Heart, Of Stone and Trees by anyrei and queerwerewolf, and A Midsummer Night in Las Vegas by whelvenwings, among others.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode, here.

Tricia writes mainly AU Destiel stories. You can find them AO3 under tricia_16.

Tricia’s other fics we’ve mentioned in this episode:

A More Profound Con will be held online on March 12, from 1 PM EST. Registration is free! Find out more information at amoreprofoundcon.org. Fan creators including authors, artists and meta writers will be discussing their creations for our favourite ship.

King Of My Heart by tricia_16 (5:10)
Published 2020, total 127k words, E

When a fresh-out-of-the-closet Prince Dean is forced into an arranged marriage with the Princess of the Land Of The Angels, he’s sure he’s just signed away any and all hope of ever experiencing true love. But one knock on the castle door changes everything, and with The King and The Queen out of the kingdom and unable to interfere, Dean finds himself falling so hard and so fast for the first time in his life that he forgets to worry about the imminent return of his parents and what that might mean for him…

Of Stone and Trees by anyrei and queerwerewolf (31:35)
Published 2021, 48k words, E

The lands have been rife with demonic rifts, so in an effort to outnumber them, the King of the Druids and the human King decide it is time their kingdoms unite together to fight this foe. And what better way to unite than a wedding? Prince Castiel of the Eski Forest is to be joined with the eldest human Prince, Dean Winchester. Not that either of them are particularly excited about that…

A Midsummer Night in Las Vegas by whelvenwings (41:20)
Published for DCBB 2020, 60k words, E
With art by Deliciousirony

Dean is a Prince, and even in the 21st century he’s expected to make a good match (unfortunately for Castiel, marrying your local librarian and best friend apparently doesn’t count). The announcement of Dean’s upcoming arranged marriage to someone he doesn’t even know hits Castiel hard.

But late in the night during his bachelor party in Las Vegas, Dean leans over to Castiel and asks him a question. Castiel knows he should say no. But the next morning, Dean and Castiel wake up with matching rings on their fingers.

With an international incident only one mistake away, Dean and Castiel begin trying to get an annulment in secret – but slowly realise that neither of them wants to spend the rest of their lives apart.

Listen to our Track 16: Fairytales to hear us chat to whelvenwings about their fic, True As It Can Be.

Other Royalty Fics (55:30)

Thanks to all our friends in PB Discord for being so generous with recommendations!

Other links

What’s your favorite Royalty AU fic? Please let us know, we’d love to hear from you!

Our intro music is “Angel with a Shotgun” by The Cab, arranged by Ellen.

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Welcome to episode twenty-eight of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome back author CBFirestarter to discuss fics involving BDSM (or Bondage, Dominant, Submissive/Sadism, Masochism). Fics include CBFirestarter’s War Wounds, I Wanna Get Outside (Of Me) by emwebb17, Beg Pretty For Me by kittimau, and “Yes, Sir” by Redamber79, among others.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

A transcript is available for this episode.

You can find all of CB’s Destiel works on AO3 under CBFirestarter.

CB’s other BDSM fics include:

War Wounds by CBFirestarter

Published 2019/20, total 77k words, E

Surviving the war had been one of the hardest things Dean had ever done. Coming home from the war is proving to be even harder. Lost and adrift, he feels like he’s drowning. When he happens upon a horse farm looking for help it might just be the lifeline he’s been looking for.

When Cas meets the new farm hand he sees the same injured look in those eyes he’s seen time and again in the horses he’s rescued. Can he break through to Dean the way he has with his horses? Teach him to trust, to surrender, to connect. Can he break down Dean’s defenses without destroying his own? Maybe with a little hope and a little rope they can find a way through together.

I Wanna Get Outside (Of Me) by emwebb17
Published for DCBB 2015, 143k words, E
Art by esper-aroon

Dean is a novice in the dom/sub world asked by his employer as a desperate last resort to be a sub for his recluse of a brother, Castiel. Castiel is a diagnosed OCD suffering from PTSD and agoraphobia, mysophobia, and dystychiphobia. Needless to say—he’s a mess who hasn’t stepped out of his home in literally seven years. The only times Gabriel can see traces of the way his brother used to be is when he feels in control—specifically when he has control over a sub. However, due to his idiosyncrasies and paranoia, keeping a sub around has been impossible. Enter Dean, who’s not a very traditional submissive, to try his hand at subbing for the hermit.

Beg Pretty For Me by kittimau
Published 2020, 5600 words, E

Team Free Will won, Dean and Cas are in love, and all is right with the world.

         “Cas…” His eyes flutter closed, mind slipping into the warm, pleasant haze of that special place, the one that allows him release, relief. Peace. Heart pounding in his chest, he fights the temptation to touch himself through the delicate material because Cas hasn’t told him to yet and he wants to be good.

          “I want to hear you say it, Dean.”

          “Fuck…” He swallows thickly. “Yeah. I-I feel beautiful.”

“Yes, Sir” by Redamber79
Published 2020, 6015 words, E

Dean’s earned himself a spanking, but keeps losing the count. Cas decides it’s time to up the ante for his punishment.

Other BDSM Fics

Thanks to all our friends in PB Discord for being so generous with recommendations!

Tag analysis

This chart was created by scraping all Castiel/Dean Winchester fic metadata where the tags included either “BDSM” and or “Dom/sub”, then wrangling them to account for differences in the tags (eg the Dom Castiel count includes Dom Castiel, Dom Cas, Dominant Castiel, Dom!Cas, etc).

Mouse over the bars to see which tag it represents. You can click the “Full Screen”button in the bottom right corner to see the full chart. (Ellen is a Tableau novice but enjoying mucking around with it)

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What’s your favorite BDSM fic? Please let us know, we’d love to hear from you!

Our intro music is “Angel with a Shotgun” by The Cab, arranged by Ellen.

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Welcome to episode twenty-seven of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal attempt to fill up your marked-for-later with a list of fics they enjoyed reading in 2021, but haven’t mentioned on the podcast yet (or have been mentioned but made such an impression they need to be mentioned again).

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far in previous episodes.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

Ellen’s nerdy stats mentioned:

From Jan to Dec 2021, there were 13009 Castiel/Dean Winchester fics posted. That’s up from the 9710 fics from the previous year! In fact, that’s the highest count since 2015.

Top tags for this year:

Shout out to Monster of the Week podcast!

What’s your favorite witch & familiar fic? Please let us know, we’d love to hear from you!

Our intro music is “Angel with a Shotgun” by The Cab, arranged by Ellen.

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Welcome to episode twenty-six of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome author Nickelkeep to discuss fics involving Witches and Familiars. Fics include Nickelkeep’s Leviathan series, Mail Order Familiar by Amethystaris and BlueMasquerade, and Familiar Man by bendingsignpost, among others.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

A transcript is available for this episode, here.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

You can find all of nickel’s Destiel works on ao3 under nickelkeep. You can also find them on twitter as nickelkeep.

Another witch/familiar fic we discuss: Something So Magic (5176 words, T)

SPN Quarantine Zine Volume 3 will be available from December 20th, 2021! Make sure to follow on twitter or on tumblr for all the updates.

Leviathans series by nickelkeep
Published 2020, total 19k words, E

Where Angels Fear to Tread (7460 words)

My Heart Above My Head (5995)

Fools Rush In (5726)

Barrow, Alaska has come to be known as the top of the world. People come from far and wide to say that they’ve been as far north as possible without going to the North Pole. Barrow only has one major law that’s strictly enforced. Don’t be outside after the sun goes down.

Cas has lived here his whole life, and now runs the Raven’s Nest, a Bar and Gathering Place for his neighbors. On the last day before the town plummets into darkness for nearly two months, a stranger arrives in his bar, and is unable to find shelter before night falls.

When Cas lets the man stay, things start to change, and despite the dark, there may be a new light.

Mail Order Familiar by Amethystaris and BlueMasquerade
Published for DCBB 2019, 62k words, M
Art by Hitori Alouette

Dean Winchester was a Familiar meant for the wide-open spaces of the frontier. An ad in the paper combined with increasing pressure from his grandfather to sign a contract with a Witch of Samuel’s choice was just the motivation Dean needed to leave the big city behind.

What he expects to find is a year of hard work and rough living cleansing the land of magics that corrupted it centuries ago. What he doesn’t expect is that the Witch waiting for him just might be exactly what he has been looking for his whole life.

Castiel Angelus is cautiously optimistic that the Familiar he’s agreeing to work with, sight unseen, will be a good fit for his power. He’s chosen to work on the frontier in order to escape his demanding family and their unceasing ambitions.

He finds that Dean’s compatibility is beyond his wildest dream. Their bonds, both magical and personal, will be tested to the limits as they encounter the source of the corruption and seek to defeat it, before it’s too late.

Familiar Man by bendingsignpost
Published for DCBB 2021, 65k words, M
Art by Hitori Alouette

For years, Castiel has focused on his medical degree over his magic before ultimately (and quietly) combining the two. As a natural born witch, he has an innate connection to magic.

Or rather, he did.

With that connection strained to the point of breaking without the help of an animal familiar to center him, Castiel’s mojo has all but worn out, and he has yet to find anything close to a match. To top it off, a crossroads demon won’t stop pursuing him for a pact, but Castiel would rather die without magic than sell his soul.

As his connection continues to fizzle out, he uses all but the last dregs of his power to cast a newly crafted spell that should, theoretically, lead him to a suitable familiar. And without enough magic to cast it again, whatever animal he finds is the one he has to keep.

Other Witch and Familiar Fics

Other links

What’s your favorite witch & familiar fic? Please let us know, we’d love to hear from you!

Our intro music is “Angel with a Shotgun” by The Cab, arranged by Ellen

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Welcome to episode twenty-five of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome back author MandalaRose to discuss fics that rewrite the end of Supernatural. Fics include The End is Where We Begin by MandalaRose, Buffer Time by SundayZenith, and Anamnesis by cenotaphy, among others.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

A warning: this episode contains spoilers for these fics – we do warn before mentioning spoilers.

As always, Mixtape Book Club contains swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own discretion, with attention paid to any little ears that might be nearby!

You may remember MandalaRose from our episode 10, where we discussed her fic Cupcakes and Kittens. You can find all of her Destiel works on ao3 under MandalaRose. You can also find her on twitter as MandalaRose2.

Another fix-it from MandalaRose: New Holiday (6258, E) – post 15×19 holiday fix

The End Is Where We Begin by MandalaRose
Published 2021, 90k words, E

Cas is stuck in The Empty, Chuck has Thanos-snapped everyone they’ve ever known to fuck knows where, and now Jack’s going through some kind of cosmic puberty Dean’s eighth grade health class definitely did not prepare him for. They’ve got two hunters at the end of their rope, a recently-exploded half-angel kid, a witch who just came back from the dead (again), and Billie Mark II, who’s only redeeming quality is that she hasn’t actually killed Dean…yet. Team Free Will 3.0. Here we go.

Another fix-it by MandalaRose: New Holiday (6258 words, E)

Anamnesis by cenotaphy
Published end 2020, 25k words, G

Chuck is depowered, Jack is the new god, and the world is free. Dean and Sam get into the Impala and chase down the miles on an endless highway, and their story is finally, finally their own to follow. At least, that’s what Dean tells himself. But the diners and motels and painted interstate lines are blurring together and the smallest details keep catching at his brain like tiny fishhooks and he can’t quite shake the feeling that not everything is exactly as it should be.

Buffer Time by SundayZenith
Published for DCBB 2021, 42k words, T
Art by Gabester-sketch

When Dean wakes up in his town’s jailcell with a disoriented Cas, he happily roles with it. Sure, he knows he’ll be the laughing stoke of the town for a few days — what deputy locks himself in his own jailhouse? — but as long as Cas is there, things are fine.

Until he realizes his memory is unusually fuzzy. Until Cas starts acting strange and morose. Until he starts having brief flashes of Cas being taken from him by an inky black entity. Until Cas starts talking about plot holes and tropes.

Until he wakes up by a fire in the woods, on a quests to fight a dragon –no wait, in an ambulance, late for his shift as a surgeon– no wait-

Dean’s just trying to figure out why he and Cas keep waking up in different genres and why Cas seems so distant, while Sam works with Eileen, Gabriel, and a few others to do the same on the other side of a laptop.

Other Alternate Ending Fics

Other links

What’s your favorite final fix-it fic? Please let us know, we’d love to hear from you!

Our intro music is “Angel with a Shotgun” by The Cab, arranged by Ellen.

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Welcome to episode twenty-four of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome author unicornpoe to discuss fics involving time travel. Fics include Psalm 40:2 by unicornpoe, Strandlines by aeli_kindara, So Much Tangled Thread by imogenbynight, and Jack to the Future by gothyringwald, among others.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

A warning: This episode contains spoilers for these fics – we do warn before mentioning spoilers.

It contains swearing and discussion of adult topics. It also contains some negative opinions regarding John Winchester (sorry not sorry). Please listen at your own risk.

Eden goes by many different names around the fandom, but you can find all of their Destiel works on ao3 under unicornpoe. You can also find them on twitter as C0WBOYLIKEME.

Eden’s WIP discussed in this ep: gardens of babylon (rated M)

Congratulations to Jeannine, Leah, Rissa, Ana and Maggie! And a great big thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway and spread the word.

Psalm 40:2 by unicornpoe
Published 2021, 45k words, E

“How the fuck do you know my name?” Dean hisses.

The man doesn’t look scared. He is watching Dean like there is nothing else worth watching, lips a little parted, eyes a little soft. And blue. Real blue, like the ocean on a postcard.

The ice spreading down Dean’s spine makes him shiver.

“I suppose you could say I’m your guardian angel,” the man murmurs. His breath fogs pale between them. All of him is unnaturally warm, like Dean’s touching somebody with the sun sewn up beneath their skin. “I have known you, Dean Winchester, for a very long time.”

Dean meets an angel who says he’s from the future. It all gets a lot more complicated from there.

Strandlines by aeli_kindara
Published 2021, 40k words, E

It’s September 18, 2008. Castiel is being deployed to rescue Dean Winchester from Hell.

He lands in Dean Winchester’s motel room in 2003. Things go from there.

together in eternity by mangolipgl0ss
Published 2021, 12k words, M

“And somehow, within the loop, he feels freer than he’s ever felt before. It’s like some of the pressures on him that had existed for so long he didn’t even notice them had eased up and he could just breathe and be more freely. For once, absolutely no one watching him — except maybe Chuck, and fuck that guy. It feels almost like being a demon again, in a weird way. Not the same lack of morals, but a lack of inhibition.

His whole life, he’s always needed to be a certain person. He’s known exactly what lines not to cross, what he was and wasn’t allowed to do. He knew his role in the world, he knew how to move and contort himself to always stay inside of that box. Pretend to be that guy, pretend that it just came naturally in the hopes that one day it would. Straying outside of those lines had never brought anything except punishment. From his dad, from the universe. He’d thought that was just the way of the world, how it went for a guy like him. 

But right now, there are no consequences. Right now, he doesn’t need to be anyone.”

Dean goes to bed the day Cas dies and wakes up trapped in a time loop reliving the same day.

So Much Tangled Thread by imogenbynight
Published for Pinefest 2017, 37k words, E
Art by Sketchydean

In 2008, Dean takes over his late grandfather’s tailor shop in Normal, Illinois, and discovers an old leather flight jacket in the attic. A hand-painted set of wings on the back, the name Novak, and a three-quarters sewn circle of red cotton are the only clues he has to the jacket’s origins, and he enlists his historian brother to help him find the owner.

It doesn’t take long for Sam to trace the jacket to Lieutenant Castiel Novak–a pilot who lived in Dean’s apartment until his mysterious disappearance a few years after WWII–and what little information they find about him is fascinating. The guy was a stone cold badass. A stone cold fox, too, if the grainy old newspaper photo is anything to go by.

It’s to be expected that Dean idly wishes he could have known the man as he closes the annoyingly unfinished circle of thread on the jacket.

Less expected, however, is that wish coming true.

Jack to the Future by gothyringwald
Published 2021, 3800 words, T

When Jack accidentally travels back in time, meeting younger versions of Dean and Cas, Dean learns some things about their future selves that just can’t be true…can they?

Other Time Travel Fics

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What’s your favorite time travel fic? Please let us know, we’d love to hear from you!

Our intro music is “Angel with a Shotgun” by The Cab, arranged by Ellen.

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Welcome to episode twenty-three of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome author opal_bullets to celebrate both 100k Destiel fics on ao3, and our Mixtape anniversary on September 18. We discuss fics where Dean and/or Cas are writers themselves. Fics include And This, Your Living Kiss by opal_bullets, The State of You by TrenchcoatBaby, Cabin by the Lake by CBFirestarter, and The Ocean Between Us by noxsoulmate, among others.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

Thanks to friend of the podcast, Lindywoo, we now have a transcript available for this episode.

A warning: This episode contains swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own risk.

Opal_bullets writes Destiel fics in different genres. Find her on tumblr at asecretvice.tumblr.com, and read all of her works on ao3.

To celebrate both meeting the milestone of 100k published Destiel fics on ao3, plus Mixtape Book Club’s first anniversary, we’re going to give away some presents!

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The more entries you complete, the more chances you have to win! Once the giveaway is complete, five winners will be drawn and contacted by email. First winner to get back to us gets their pick of the prize pool, then on until all prizes are taken.

And This, Your Living Kiss by opal_bullets
Published for Pinefest 2019, 57k words, M
With art by Elliot Draznin

Only a very few people in the world know that the celebrated and reclusive poet Jack Allen is just Kansas mechanic Dean Winchester, a high school dropout with a few bucks to his name. Not that it matters anymore; life has left him so wrung out he never wants to pick up another pen.

Until, that is, a string of coincidences leads Dean to auditing a poetry course with one Dr. Castiel Novak. The professor is wildly intelligent, devastatingly handsome…and just so happens to be academia’s foremost expert on the poetry of Jack Allen.

The State of You by TrenchcoatBaby
Published 2018, 101k words, E

Castiel Novak is a New York based, no-nonsense book editor avoiding his southern roots. Dean Winchester is a born-and-raised farmer and budding novelist with a terrible case of writer’s block. When Dean finally admits that he needs help, Castiel is given a plane ticket and a mission: help Dean meet his deadline—by any means necessary.

But what happens when Dean and Castiel are immediately enemies…and immediately attracted to each other? Will they come together and learn from one another? Or will adversity and circumstance keep them apart?

Cabin by the Lake by CBFirestarter
Published 2017, 49k words, E

Dean Winchester has been leasing out his extra cabin up by Moose Head Lake in Maine for many years now. He has grown accustom to the rhythm and predictability of life in the quiet forests of Northern Maine. Something always felt missing though, and heart ache from lost love had pushed Dean to lock himself away. When he suddenly meets the blue eyed writer who is the first tenant of the season, things in Dean’s life get turned upside down, and maybe he is willing to take a chance again, even if it might mean getting hurt.

The Ocean Between Us by noxsoulmate
Published 2017, 27k words, E

Living a hermit life, Dean Winchester didn’t need much. The only things important to him were his position in the business that was once owned by his family, his boat, and his friendship with Castiel, Charlie, and Gabriel. If only there wasn’t a whole ocean between them, then maybe he could even give his feelings for Castiel a chance …

Fics with both Cas and Dean writing

Fics with Cas as a writer

Fics with Dean as a writer

Other links

What’s your favourite crack fic? Please let us know, we’d love to hear from you!

Our intro music is “Angel with a Shotgun” by The Cab, arranged by Ellen .

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Welcome to episode twenty-two of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome author and illustrator PallasPerilous to discuss a range of Crack Destiel fics.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

A warning: This episode contains swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own risk.

PallasPerilous writes hilarious and charming Destiel fics in different genres. Find her in the Profound Bond Discord server, or read all of her work on ao3.

Pallas’ fics we mention in this episode:

Canon(ish) fic

Animals:

Vegetables:

Other miscellaneous crack:

Other fic and podfics

Other links

What’s your favourite crack fic? Please let us know, we’d love to hear from you!

Our intro music is “Angel with a Shotgun” by The Cab, arranged by Ellen

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Welcome to episode twenty-one of the Mixtape Book Club Podcast.

In this episode, Ellen and Mal welcome author Ltleflrt to discuss Dean’s panty kink within Destiel fics. The fics discussed include Satin and Sawdust by Ltleflrt, If the Panties Fit… by Jupiter_James, Pink by museaway, and The Curious Case of Dr. Sexy by hungrydean.

You can find our Mixtape Book Club Ao3 collection here, containing the stories we’ve discussed on the podcast so far.

A warning: This episode contains swearing and discussion of adult topics. Please listen at your own risk.

Ltleflrt, also known as Carrie, writes a variety of Destiel AUs in different genres. Find her on Tumblr, or read all of her work on ao3.

If the Panties Fit… by jupiter_james
Published 2016, 27k words, E

A series of timestamps about Dean first discovering his love of panties, and Castiel’s love of Dean’s love of panties.

Pink by museaway
Published 2015, 7651 words, M
With art by thunderjellyfish

After a chance encounter at Lawrence Laundromat (at 3am, no less), Castiel is enthralled with his memory of a man in dusty jeans and a plain t-shirt with a pair of panties in his laundry basket. So Charlie Bradbury (aka Castiel’s Former Best Friend) places a “missed connections” ad on his behalf, because that’s what friends are for.

The Curious Case of Dr. Sexy by hungrydean
Published 2020, 8650 words, E

Castiel needs to get over his best friend Dean, who is totally straight and out of his league. Charlie helps him by making him talk to the cute lingerie blogger Cas has been eyeing. He finds himself slowly falling for the stranger and hopes that perhaps this guy can get his mind off Dean.

Satin and Sawdust by Ltleflrt
Published 2016, 160k words, E

When Castiel moves out of Jimmy’s house and into his own place for the first time, he saves money on buying a home by investing in a Fixer-Upper. He knows nothing about how to fix the many problems the house has, but he figures he’s smart enough to figure it out. Unfortunately it’s not too long before he learns that he’s way in over his head.

Thankfully his new neighbor Dean is a handyman, and agrees to help him out. He knows Dean has a bit of a crush on him, but he’s not taking advantage of it, really. Dean’s a great guy, and quickly becomes a good friend.

But a flash of satin under Dean’s toolbelt changes everything.

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