ext_14267 ([identity profile] laughingacademy.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2011-09-30 05:05 pm
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It’s Always the End of the World Somewhere, by AnnieD (NC-17)

Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean, Castiel/Crowley, refs to Dean/Bela, Sam/Jess
Length: ~21,000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dachinchilla (NOTE: author is no longer updating this journal)
Author Website: http://scaramouche.dreamwidth.org
Warnings: Teenage smoking and drinking [participants are eighteen], mentions of recreational drug use [user is eighteen], brief bullying and homophobia, underage kissing [participants are below sixteen], mention of a student propositioning and being rejected by a teacher.
Why this must be read:

Here’s the author’s summary — The status quo is this: Dean is the popular captain of the football team, and Castiel is the off-kilter nobody who doesn't so much as breathe the same air as Dean. Then senior year happens and the status quo is shot to smithereens. What the synopsis fails to mention is that this is an AU version of 2014!Castiel.

...INORITE?!?
He shuts his door and sure enough, standing right there is Dean Winchester, adorned in his bright red football jacket and with a gorgeous young woman — Talbot, Castiel recalls — hanging on to his arm.

Talbot turns to Castiel sharply. “What are you looking at?”

“Chill, Bela,” Dean says, gaze completely neutral as takes in Castiel in all his frumpy, oversized-clothing glory. “It’s Michael Reeves’ kid brother.”

“Wow, ten points for condescension, Winchester, perfect form,” Castiel says, thrilled at the way Dean’s eyes widen with surprise. Kid brother? Oh please, like Castiel isn’t a senior just like Dean. “You can make a career out of that.”

Bela’s mouth turns into a shocked O. “Hey, you can’t—”

“What, talk to you directly?” Castiel grins lazily, leaning forward just enough that Bela involuntarily backs up against Dean’s side. Her eyes are wide with bewilderment, as if it’s something new to be unnerved by Castiel when he’s made a career out of doing that to just about anyone who crosses his path. Anna calls it his superpower. “You’re right. That’d be insouciant.”

As the above passage shows, the author has done a fantastic job translating the post-apocalyptic junkie sex guru into an disaffected teenager. Watching him doze through class, deflect straight-A twin sister Anna, meet a hilariously acerbic Crowley(!) for makeout sessions, and report to Principal Moseley (!!) after various infractions left me alternately laughing my head off and wishing I could give him a hug and some pie. Fortunately, Dean is there to do the latter (and a lot more — UNF) for me, though not without some hitches along the way...

“It’s Always the End of the World Somewhere” on Dreamwidth and AO3.

Bonus fanart!