Distracted By Something Shiny

It's a Supernatural/Firefly Crossover! It's Cas-centric. This is the first time I have ever done a full-on Cas POV. It made for a different writing style than I am used to, trying to capture his voice - but it flowed pretty easily, which is a good sign, I hope.

I'm a firm believer in considering something "General" if it isn't about the romance - but there is an undercurrent of slash - (with all my favorite guys in the same place, it was bound to happen) - and a het romance for Castiel - (if you want to know what it is, it's under Characters/Pairings in the Header Info). The story itself is more about Cas' journey - not quite an angel, not quite a human, and stuck in the Black.

I wrote this halfway through season Five of Supernatural. The Apocalypse hadn't happened yet - so let's say post-horrific-and-angsty-apocalypse AU for all three boys. Firefly timeline is set between the end of the series and the beginning of the movie - (read: no Book, because Book meets Castiel is a whole different story).


Castiel is being swallowed by The Black and losing his Heaven. Also, they’re on the Firefly ship. PG-13. 4,628 words. Totally written for The Guy Cousin, because he deserves Serenity.

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( It had started about three days into their trip. It got worse every day. The farther into the Black they went, the less of Heaven he could feel. It was slipping away from him and Castiel found himself desiring more and more mortal things. )

So, a little angsty for a birthday fic, but menel is The Reigning Champion of Angst Fic - so...here ya' go.

Beta'd by the lovely, liptonrm - thanks, babe!

PG, Gen, Angst, Friendship, Dean & Gabriel, set during the 'missing year' between seasons five and six. 2,713 words.

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( Downtown, at the end of a brick street, sat an old two-screen movie house. )

liptonrm, look, look! Remember twelve years ago when I said I was working on something for you! I finished it! Because I lost all my So You Think You Can Dance episodes and you totally got them for me! So, naturally, I wrote you Dean/Cas fic.

Extra special shout out to menel, for reassuring me that I do not, in fact, suck.

This is not the first Dean/Cas fic I have ever written, but it is the first I have ever posted - which is weird, because they are my SPN OTP of Love.

It's Dean/Cas, with Angel-Turned-Human!Castiel, and some Sam. AU (altered reality), Humor, Romance, Angst(ish) (<--honestly I hate category listings). Castiel is confused about how to be human. Dean is just plain confused. They’ll figure it out. 4,578 words!

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( So, they’d accidentally turned Castiel into a human. It happens. Dean wasn’t going to sweat it too much. )

"Does that say Dean Writes Glee Fan-Fic?" you ask. "Why are you using a Glee icon for a Supernatural story?" you ask.

Yes and that's why.

Um, Dean needs a release from that whole Apocalypse thing. He discovers Glee. And the Internets. And Glee on the Internets.

Dudes! I broke 6,000 words!!
Also, as I was coding this (it took forever, omg!) I noticed that Dean signs his LJ posts with "That is all." Hey! I do that too! Except, weirdly, I wrote this fic before I had ever even had a Livejournal. Huh.

In celebration of both Glee and Supernatural returning to our TVs next week - I give you "United Here, Somehow".

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( Okay, so it’s not like Dean was waiting all summer with bated breath for the premiere of “Glee”. But sometime toward the end of the summer, he saw his first promo pop up when he turned on his laptop to look at porn. )