Title: Life Is Not A Piece Of Cake (Unless You’re Fucking Dean Winchester)
Written for: @rosemoonweaver‘s fic-o-ween
Rating: T
Words: 4911
Ships: Castiel/Inias, Castiel/Dean Winchester, Castiel/Inias/Dean Winchester
Characters: Castiel, Inias, Dean Winchester, Claire Novak, Jody Mills,
Tags: food, baking, alcohol, accidents, enemies to friends to lovers, grumpy Castiel, enemies to friends to lovers, graphic depictions of culinary mishaps,
Prompt:
Character A is in charge of bringing
snacks for their child’s “fall festival” at the
school/daycare/activity (such as scouts or soccer or whatever). It
would be easy to just pick up soft cookies and a bag of candy at the
store, but last year their archrival carved a cake to look like a
real pumpkin and they’ve been insufferable about it ever since.
Character A decides to make their own special fall treats for the
kids and it’s definitely going to be better than their rivals. The
only problem? They’re a disaster in the kitchen.Summary:
Castiel hates Dean Winchester. Not only is the man frustratingly perfect
he can bake amazing cakes that look like they belong on one of those
cooking shows. This year Castiel’s going to show Dean up. He’s going to
bake the best desserts for his daughter’s Girl Scout party and Dean is
going to be so impressed. Only Castiel is a disaster in the kitchen.AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/12774135
Under normal circumstances Castiel
supposes that he and Dean Winchester could have been friends. However
these are not normal circumstances. Then last year Dean walked in
with that fucking perfect cake shaped like a jack-o-lantern. Castiel
probably would have enjoyed the cake too if it hadn’t shamed the
cookies he’d brought from the nearby bakery. Yah the kids loved the
cookies but the fact remained that Castiel had not baked them with
his own two hands. And despite being devastatingly handsome and
frustratingly friendly Dean was also apparently gifted in the baking
department.As if those few tidbits about Dean’s
life aren’t frustrating enough it seems that every new piece of
information Castiel learns paints Dean as even more of Disney Prince.
He’s a widower and owns his own business. He put his little brother
through law school. Although many of the single mothers both of the
Girl Scouts and of the kids at school are constantly asking Dean out
he politely declines them. He’s just so frustratingly kind. And
handsome. Way too handsome for a single father who works full time.
Castiel is married and shares the responsibility of raising his
daughter with an amazing husband and he still feels
like he hasn’t slept a full night in over a decade. His daughter’s
only 7.Earlier that fall when Castiel had
run into Jody Mills he’d probably looked like a man possessed when
he all but begged her to schedule him and Dean to both bring treats
to the Halloween party. The Girl Scout troop leader had eyed him
warily but when he’d volunteered to do extra work for every Girl
Scout cookie drive she’d agreed. Who was she to refuse free help.Now he has a plan and he’s going
to show Dean up. He’s been working on it all year. His husband
thinks he’s being a bit too serious about this but what does Inias
know? Dean is just so aggravatingly perfect at everything and all
Castiel wants to do is knock him down a peg.
Tag: deancasinias
FanFic Writer Appreciation Meme
I was tagged by @purgatoan to do a fic rec meme, created by @frozen-delight, in honor of Fic Writer Appreciation Day. Thanks so much!
Tagging: @maliciouslycreative @mrsgabrieltrickster @braezenkitty @trisscar368 @destielonfire @jemariel @wanderingcas @deadlykittenkay @intotheruins @pherryt
Under the cut, because it’s really long.
1. AN OLD FIC (POSTED AT LEAST THREE YEARS AGO)
Broadway Musical by Griftings (destiel)
This is one of my favorite fics of all time. It’s got a lot of kudos so I don’t rec it a lot, but it kills me every single time. What I really love is the way that the voices of the angels, God, and Jimmy Novak are presented in the fic. The form of the story is a big part of what sells the fic for me. And it’s funny as hell, so that’s a bonus.
2. A NEW FIC (POSTED WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS)
Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right) by @samanddeaninpanties (winjimstiel + benny)
Cas and Jimmy are sexy tattoo artists, Sam gets off on pain and Dean is having a really hard time dealing with it. Need I say more? Seriously, it’s an awesome fic and I adore it. There will never be enough winjimstiel for my needs, but this one hits a lot of great notes.
3. A FIC YOU WISH HAD GOTTEN MORE ATTENTION (LESS THAN 50 KUDOS ON AO3 OR LESS THAN 30 COMMENTS ON LJ)
Feed Your Eldritch Monsters Regularly, Kids by @trisscar368 (WIP) (Gen)
This is my new favorite headcanon about the bunker. Apparently, it’s alive and hungry and creates lots of inconveniences for Sam and Dean and confuses poor Cas. Check it out, it’s funny as hell.
4. A GENFIC
Made Manifest by @schmerzerling
This fic made me cry, okay! Like a little weepy baby! It’s painful but happy and it hurts but it’s great and I just wanna wrap myself up in it. It’s ftm!Dean and it literally does kill me because it’s just too good for its own good.
5. A FIC FOCUSED ON A FEMALE CHARACTER
if your mom doesn’t teach you by 8sword (Claire/Emma)
I had never considered Claire and Emma as a pairing before this but I really love it. Claire’s kind of an asshole but it fits her character and Emma actually has a character and personality. It’s a really good little femslash fic.
6. A FIC WHICH MADE YOU SEE A CHARACTER IN A NEW LIGHT
Changes in Lattitudes by @winjennster (wincestiel)
Not so much a change in perspective for me but more of a “huh, I really like Sam and Cas together”. Like, I really appreciate that Cas doesn’t give a rats ass about social taboos, that Sam is a total sneaky bastard, and that Dean is….Dean. (You know what I mean.) But yeah, I think this one was the first fic that gave me a chance to see Sam and Cas teaming up and being awesome and wicked and I freaking loved it.
7. A FIC WHICH MADE YOU SHIP SOMETHING
Pitchers and Catchers by @unforth-ninawaters (deanjimstiel)
Not only did this fic make me ship a thing, it threw me into this wild tailspin of multishipping. (Deanjimstiel is a gateway ship, I’m tellin’ ya.) I think this has probably been most people’s introduction to Dean/Cas/Jimmy and for good reason. The conflict is amazing, the baseball is a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed how the characters grew. There was only one thing I ever was like “yeah, sure, never gonna happen” about it, but then I was proven completely wrong and I should eat my hat. (I’m not spoiling it, but you’ll know it when you see it.) Read it. It’s been highly influential in the DCJ fandom and is also a damn good fic.
(Also, it took me forever to realize the title was a gay sex joke…shut up.)
8. A FIC WHICH INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE
Tell Me the One by wallmakerrelict (dean/cas/inias)
This one really makes me want to write an endverse fic but I know I won’t be able to do it with the atmosphere this one has. The way the word is presented is just tragic and beautiful and oppressive and sad and I love it. I’d like to be able to write something like this (and I’ve tried with dean/cas/inias/sam) but this one just… idk, it sticks with me.
9. A FIC WITH A PARTICULARLY MEMORABLE LINE
Put Up Your Dukes by saltyfeathers (destiel)
“Okay,” he announces. “I’ve figured it out. Cas, are you ready to witness the reading comprehension my teachers in school never thought I had?”
“Those teachers obviously didn’t give you the chance you des-”
“Okay here we go. So, it’s a metaphor. Like the bath tub.”
“The bath tub is a metaphor?” Cas asks. “When did that happen?”
“A while ago, don’t worry about it. Anyway, about the hidebehinds. Well, what do they do?”
Cas just looks at him.
“Hide,” Dean prompts, raising his brows pointedly. “And what did I do after the- uh-” he glances at Sam, who he did ask not to listen, but still. There are some things he’s still maybe not ready to talk about when in mixed company, and The Thing That Happened In The Gym is one of them. “The thing?” he finishes. “I hid. Like, literally. Behind walls and everything. Even at the time I knew how pathetic it was.”
“So… you’re the hidebehinds in this metaphor?” Cas asks.
That’s all I’m gonna say because it just gets worse/funnier from there and I don’t want to spoil it.
10. FREE CATEGORY
I’m gonna use this as an opportunity to give a shout out to @pherryt and @deadlykittenkay . @pherryt is currently writing a work called Order of Protection that’s marvelous and you should check it out and @deadlykittenkay wrote a fic called What Happens in Hawaii that painted a beautiful picture of the island and provided a wonderful dose of fluff.
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