the sword//the shield

i just thought “what is that ‘the very touch of you corrupts’ quote from? wuthering heights?” and then googled it and found out its a destiel thing

Cas knew Dean would keep the colt under his pillow. Sam didn't.

— happy valentine's day @castielafflicted 💕

( in collaboration with @destielvalentineexchange2024 )

Took about 2 hours to finish.

I'm a firm believer that Dean would choose payback if Sam ever interfered to try and get him and Cas together.

Like if Dean found out that Sam had been trying to set them up because he was sick of the longing looks, the sexual tension, and the absolutely unbearable will they/won't they? Oh, Sam would wish for that back. If he thought they were insufferable before, Dean would teach him a new meaning of insufferable.

He'd hold Cas's hand at every opportunity, kiss him loudly and obnoxiously in front of Sam, make a point to use every ridiculous nickname he could possibly think of. Dean's payback for Sam meddling in a situation he had no business being in would be to just make Sam's life a more obnoxious living hell so that he'd wish for times before he meddled.

(Of course, Sam would grin and bear it because in the times when Dean didn't know he was looking, he'd be smiling sweetly with Cas. Because, when Dean didn't know Sam was around the corner, Dean would be calm, comforted, at ease. His over-the-top displays were clearly just meant to be retribution and in all the quiet moments in between, Dean was clearly just happy. So Sam would put up with it and he wouldn't regret it, but by god would he want to smack his head against a wall at least three times a day).

The whole widower arc is absolutely thoroughly fucking insane because what do you mean Dean dropped to his knees by Cas' body when his brother ran to face Lucifer's son????? What do you mean Dean prepared Cas' body for the hunter's funeral ALONE?????? What do you mean Dean spread Cas' ashes by the Windmill because he believed Cas would've loved this place?????? Because what do you mean "and Cas bought it. And you know what that got him? It got'm dead. Now YOU might be able to forget about that. BUT I CAN'T!!!!!!!!" Because what do you mean Dean was FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL SEASON HAPPY when Cas returned to him?????????????

destiel crayons. is this anything.

DESTIEL IN EVERY EPISODE → 4x18 the monster at the end of this book

dean's first prayer to cas

castiel's first rebellion for dean

14, 12/23

some of you are still talking about supernatural. You’re on thin fucking ice.

The supernatural blogs found this post and are reblogging it ironically :/

i have sympathy but also find this funny bc your username exists bc of supernatural

I paused the episode I was watching and I was like oh he looks so pretty I’m gonna show tumblr and then I took a picture of my tv and this happened and now I’m crying

*something about eyes*

"Every word, crystal clear." ↳ 10.18 - BOOK OF THE DAMNED

ok so reunion when

After googling “what to take to a stranger’s birthday party” and reading the top five articles thoroughly, the first two more than once, Castiel has determined that he should either bring candles, wine, or baked goods. 

A candle seems like a good, safe option, but the Walmart candle aisle is overwhelming. How is he supposed to know if Anna’s-friend-Dean likes oaky, woodsy smells versus lavender-linen smells? Castiel likes the one that smells like a waxy apple pie, but who’s to say that opinion is shared? What if he prefers pine, or something called Deep Twilight Mist? Castiel removes the lid for Deep Twilight Mist and smells the cream-colored wax curiously. It smells like the perfume Hael used to spray everywhere when she was eleven. He puts it back on the shelf. 

There’s a candle that smells like cupcakes. It is a birthday party, so perhaps he would like that. Castiel puts it in the blue plastic basket dangling from his arm, then puts it back on the shelf, tilting it so the label is facing perfectly outward. Maybe Anna’s-friend-Dean doesn’t like candles at all. 

Wine. Everyone likes wine. Well, unless Anna’s-friend-Dean is one of those guys who thinks wine is too feminine. Or if he doesn’t drink at all. Or if he drinks too much. Or, perhaps even worse, if he’s some kind of wine connoisseur and will mock Castiel for buying reasonably-priced wine from Walmart and then blacklist Castiel so thoroughly that he will never find a friend in this town. 

Wine and candles are too complex. But everyone likes baked goods. 

Castiel is stopped in the middle of the road, turn signal blinking to indicate that he would like to turn left into his apartment complex, when he realizes that Anna’s-friend-Dean could be diabetic. But the party is at a restaurant that specializes in hamburgers, so probably not. Hopefully not. All Castiel has to do is successfully implement chocolate chip cookies and then melt into the walls at the party. Be pleasant enough company that next time someone has a large event they allow Anna to invite him again. Go to enough social functions that he can claim to have friends and get Anna off his back. Live quietly, working at the Gas-N-Sip and writing papers about the science of Theology and perhaps even going to the library and reading secular fiction.

Castiel has no expectations of finding actual friendship at Anna’s-friend-Dean’s birthday party. Or ever, really. If he ever gets lonely, he can get a cat.

Anna thinks that Castiel and Dean will get along very well. Castiel thinks that living outside of their mother’s influence has made Anna believe in fairytales. Anna has known Castiel his entire life. She knows full well that he has never gotten along very well with anyone. 

Castiel cracks an egg over the batter. Maybe this whole baking thing will impress Anna so much that she’ll stop bothering him about making friends. 

Who knows, maybe these cookies will unlock something else to add to Castiel’s quiet life. He quite likes the idea of baking.

supernatural + plainwater, anne carson