Living the Dream
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester/Eileen Leahy
Wordcount: 16,115
Rating: Mature
Warnings: canon-typical violence, language, multiple suicide attempts (kinda but not really)
Tags: Canon 'verse, case fic, djinn fic, angst, Dean POV
Notes: Written for the SPN Case Fic Bang on tumblr. Many thanks to the mods for running this fantastic challenge. The fucking mind-blowing art was done by amberdreams. And, of course, many thanks to my betas, yugokitari, GeekPrincess, and Areiton.
Summary:
Djinn are nothing new to Dean. He’s been in this situation before, except this time, he knows it’s a hallucination. Here, monsters are nearly extinct, loved ones are alive again, and there’s a new generation of hunters in training. Everything is perfect, but perfect isn’t something Dean’s comfortable with. He sees Sam’s smile and feels Cas’s touch, and thinks of the eerie visions of another reality, one where he dangles helplessly in the dark, a ready meal for his captors. He’s determined to escape from the dream, because it’s a lie. It’s not real. Or is it?
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