Dean + alcohol fic recs (all recent-ish, gen, Dean/Sam, & Dean/Castiel)
I have a place in my heart for fics involving fun, drunk!stoned!boys. But, these are REALLY not that. Angst city, guys! Complete with functional alcoholism in most cases. Fyi.
If you have any other similarly themed recs, (or self-recs), please leave them in the comments to this post so that others can check them out.
Title: Basins and Buckets (for bailing out the flood) [part of the Lightning Strike series]
Author: cards_slash
Tags: daddy issues, substance abuse (alcohol), psychological issues
Characters: Dean, Sam, John
Genre/pairing: Dean/Sam
Rating: R
Word-count: N/A
Spoilers: Assumes you have knowledge of Season 2.
Warnings: violence/language/sexuality
Summary: Dean learned everything he knows from his father.
Reccer’s comments: Out of all of these recs, this one focuses the least on Dean’s drinking, but the way it describes his relationship to alcohol, and how it began, is just perfect. Beyond that, this is an amazingly written, layered look at Dean’s life throughout canon. Oh, and PS, you should totally read the (equally awesome) prequel too: Little Life Raft (you were mine as well). It stands alone, I think, but you shouldn’t miss it.
Title: Together
Author: honeylocusttree
Tags: alcoholism, substance abuse (alcohol), psychological issues
Characters: Dean, Sam, Castiel
Genre/pairing: Gen
Rating: PG (rated by reccer)
Word-count: N/A
Spoilers: Through season 4, at least.
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Original prompt is here, and long. But it boils down to: Alcoholic!Dean and enabler!Sam-n-Cas, plus reality-check.
Reccer’s comments: Hurty but in a nice, subdued way. How the characters react and interact here, in the case of Dean and Sam in particular, says a lot about where they're coming from, how they grew up.
Title: whiskey wracked
Author: puchuupoet
Tags: bed sharing, hugs/cuddling, substance abuse (alcohol), pain (emotional), psychological issues
Characters: Sam, Dean, John
Genre/pairing: Gen
Rating: PG
Word-count: 2500
Spoilers: None. Pre-series.
Warnings: alcoholism, angst
Summary: It's late August, and it's already too hot, even without the weatherman announcing the heat wave rolling through the state.
Reccer’s comments: A snapshot into the boy’s pre-series lives, with a brilliant Sam POV and a Dean that will hurt your heart. The basic storyline is deceptively simple, but there's so much going on here. I loveloveloved it.
Title: moments of clarity
Author: twotiming
Tags: alcoholism, insomnia, substance abuse (alcohol), stress
Characters: Dean, Castiel, Sam
Genre/pairing: Dean/Castiel
Rating: PG-13
Word-count: 1k
Spoilers: set during season 6
Warnings: None
Summary: Dean is an alcoholic, his life sucks, he has to deal with it.
Reccer’s comments: An early season 6 fic that will gut-punch you, this has the kind of lovely, spare writing style that I’m really drawn to.
Title: Achilles’ Last Stand
Author: vie_dangerouse
Tags: alcoholism, alcohol poisoning, substance abuse (alcohol), hospitalization, stress
Characters: Dean, Sam, Castiel
Genre/pairing: Gen
Rating: PG-13 (rated by reccer)
Word-count: N/A
Spoilers: Season 6
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Original prompt is here. It’s less that something’s happened, but more that it hasn’t yet. Dean hasn’t lysed enough of his brain cells yet not to understand that.
Reccer’s comments: The author deals with the subject matter very nicely. This is sad and believable, and just well-done. Castiel is especially excellent.
Other links you may be interested in:
Previous recs under the 'alcoholism' tag at our Delicious rec account. And of course you can check any other related tags there, or here, for more.
If you have any other similarly themed recs, (or self-recs), please leave them in the comments to this post so that others can check them out.
Title: Basins and Buckets (for bailing out the flood) [part of the Lightning Strike series]
Author: cards_slash
Tags: daddy issues, substance abuse (alcohol), psychological issues
Characters: Dean, Sam, John
Genre/pairing: Dean/Sam
Rating: R
Word-count: N/A
Spoilers: Assumes you have knowledge of Season 2.
Warnings: violence/language/sexuality
Summary: Dean learned everything he knows from his father.
Reccer’s comments: Out of all of these recs, this one focuses the least on Dean’s drinking, but the way it describes his relationship to alcohol, and how it began, is just perfect. Beyond that, this is an amazingly written, layered look at Dean’s life throughout canon. Oh, and PS, you should totally read the (equally awesome) prequel too: Little Life Raft (you were mine as well). It stands alone, I think, but you shouldn’t miss it.
Title: Together
Author: honeylocusttree
Tags: alcoholism, substance abuse (alcohol), psychological issues
Characters: Dean, Sam, Castiel
Genre/pairing: Gen
Rating: PG (rated by reccer)
Word-count: N/A
Spoilers: Through season 4, at least.
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Original prompt is here, and long. But it boils down to: Alcoholic!Dean and enabler!Sam-n-Cas, plus reality-check.
Reccer’s comments: Hurty but in a nice, subdued way. How the characters react and interact here, in the case of Dean and Sam in particular, says a lot about where they're coming from, how they grew up.
Title: whiskey wracked
Author: puchuupoet
Tags: bed sharing, hugs/cuddling, substance abuse (alcohol), pain (emotional), psychological issues
Characters: Sam, Dean, John
Genre/pairing: Gen
Rating: PG
Word-count: 2500
Spoilers: None. Pre-series.
Warnings: alcoholism, angst
Summary: It's late August, and it's already too hot, even without the weatherman announcing the heat wave rolling through the state.
Reccer’s comments: A snapshot into the boy’s pre-series lives, with a brilliant Sam POV and a Dean that will hurt your heart. The basic storyline is deceptively simple, but there's so much going on here. I loveloveloved it.
Title: moments of clarity
Author: twotiming
Tags: alcoholism, insomnia, substance abuse (alcohol), stress
Characters: Dean, Castiel, Sam
Genre/pairing: Dean/Castiel
Rating: PG-13
Word-count: 1k
Spoilers: set during season 6
Warnings: None
Summary: Dean is an alcoholic, his life sucks, he has to deal with it.
Reccer’s comments: An early season 6 fic that will gut-punch you, this has the kind of lovely, spare writing style that I’m really drawn to.
Title: Achilles’ Last Stand
Author: vie_dangerouse
Tags: alcoholism, alcohol poisoning, substance abuse (alcohol), hospitalization, stress
Characters: Dean, Sam, Castiel
Genre/pairing: Gen
Rating: PG-13 (rated by reccer)
Word-count: N/A
Spoilers: Season 6
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Original prompt is here. It’s less that something’s happened, but more that it hasn’t yet. Dean hasn’t lysed enough of his brain cells yet not to understand that.
Reccer’s comments: The author deals with the subject matter very nicely. This is sad and believable, and just well-done. Castiel is especially excellent.
Other links you may be interested in:
Previous recs under the 'alcoholism' tag at our Delicious rec account. And of course you can check any other related tags there, or here, for more.