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sakura_no_miko) wrote2013-05-13 10:57 pm
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- length:20-50k,
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Archived fic rec - Convenient Husbands
Title: Convenient Husbands
Author: Annie D / scaramouche (tumblr)
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Dean/Castiel
Warnings: character injury, kidnapping/imprisonment, explicit sex (gay)
Other notes: big bang entry, alternate universe, mythology, hurt/recovery, magic, bonding, marriage of convenience
Length: 40k
Summary: “It’s only temporary, right?” Dean says. “Just until you’re healed up, and then we’ll never have to see each other again. So what do you say, Castiel, do you want to marry me or not?”
This is another fic that almost passed me by. I read it, thought, well, that was nice, and kept going. It just happens that someone else on my dash rec'ced it, so I went back, and this time I was really into it.
On the one hand, I’ve read a ton of bonding fic. Arranged bondings, accidental bondings, we-hate-each-other-but-we’re-stuck-bondings, perfect soulmates bonding. It’s not that I dislike the concept, but I’ve just read an awful lot of it. I think that’s why I glossed over this one initially.
This fic feels–happy, I guess. Sort of warm and fuzzy. Even watching Dean and Cas fight and get grumpy with each other, even seeing them get attacked by various evil things, even having them almost break up once or twice–it never detracted from the fact that Dean is somewhat less self-loathing here, that living at the Roadhouse with everyone has made him a much better adjusted person, and someone in a good place to help get Castiel back on his feet. This is a recovery fic, but beyond the physical injuries–it’s Castiel recovering his sense of self and his place in a community. So it always feels like things are going good, getting better.
The fic makes me happy, what else can I say?
The opening actually reminds me a bit of Some Kind of Courtship, though that fic is spectacularly dark. Almost a 180 from this one. Still, it’s the same author, so if you want a double dose of happy fluff and dark, bestial possession, these might do you well.
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Originally posted on tumblr on 05/13/13