Destiel Trope Collection 2019 Day 8: Childhood Friends
Chalk and Chainmail | @lemonsorbae Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 33910 Main Tags and Warnings: HS!AU, Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Pining, Flashbacks, Anxiety Disorder, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Childhood Friends Summary: As pre-teens their friendship may have been short lived - a couple of months to be exact - but that doesn’t mean either of them ever stopped thinking about one another. With the way things ended, though, putting the past in the past might not be so easy.
a kiss on the hand | @breathingdestiel Rating: General Word Count: 1271 Main Tags and Warnings: hs!au, friends to lovers Summary: When they were children, Dean always kissed Cas’s hand when apologizing, but now they are teenagers and Cas is stupidly in love with his best friend.
A Postcard for Castiel | @almaasi Rating: General Word Count: 4763 Main Tags and Warnings: Alternate Universe, Fluff, Love Letters, Kid Fic, Kid Dean, Caring Dean, Kid Castiel, Autistic Castiel, Bullied Castiel, Bullying, Dean Has a Crush on Castiel Summary: The teacher assigns a buddy to all the children in her first-grade class. Everyone writes their buddy a postcard, giving them a compliment. Dean is supposed to write something for Castiel, the mysterious autistic kid in the corner – but he doesn’t hand anything in. Does he have nothing to say? Or does he have too much to say? p.S. will you Be my Boyfrend ?
Hand In Hand | @breathingdestiel Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 3575 Main Tags and Warnings: hs!au, best friends to lovers, growing up together Summary: “I have a proposal you won’t be able to refuse,” Cas said. “What?” Dean croaked as his eyebrows shot up. “Be my friend.”
Breaking Free | @pherryt Rating: Mature Word Count: 9297 Main Tags and Warnings: highschool, Coming Out, forced to hide, conservative families, Blackmail, Implied Frottage, Implied Beatings, Running Away, cas and dean are the same age but not yet 18, angst with happy ending, Healing, Spying, Secret Plans, Letters, First Kiss Summary: Cas and Dean have been planning their escape from their families and the overly conservative christian community they’ve lived in for a very long time. One of the things that makes it bearable has been having each other to lean on. What makes it worse is they’ve both been hiding how they really feel about each other (even from each other) to keep things - and their plans - from getting complicated. Of course they slip up, they’re found out, and things go to hell from there, making it all the more imperative they get out.
Raising Hell in a Hotel | @almaasi Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 29069 Main Tags and Warnings: Alternate Universe - Human, Kid Fic, Fluff and Angst, Romance, Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending, Kid Castiel, Smart Castiel, Thief Castiel, Kid Dean, Smart Dean, Dean Likes Pink, Dean in Makeup, Crossdressing Dean, Poverty, Child Neglect, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Abused Castiel, Moving In Together, Sharing a Bed, Halloween, First Kiss, Underage Kissing, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Bisexual Mary, Kid Sam Summary: Castiel is a bad influence on Dean. Okay, they’re only six years old – but when they join forces, they’re Mary Winchester’s idea of a parenting nightmare. In theory, Dean and Cas live in hotel rooms opposite each other. But in actuality, Castiel lives with Dean. Shares his clothes, his food, his bed. That sort of thing. Dean might like the colour pink more than society says he should, and Cas has the same problem with petty crime, but there’s one attribute they have in common: neither take well to being apart.
The Boy From Next Door | @peanutbutterjelly-pie Rating: General Word Count: 3042 Main Tags and Warnings: Alternate Universe, Fluff, Growing Up Together, Falling In Love Summary: Dean meets the boy from next door for the first time when he’s ten years old.
For Better Or Worse | @babybluecas Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 1497 Main Tags and Warnings: mentions of physical abuse, minor injuries, alternative universe, hurt/comfort Summary: When they first meet, Cas saves Dean from school bullies. Over the years, their friendship only grows stronger.
Pretty Panties and the Pool Shark | @almaasi Rating: General Word Count: 6534 Main Tags and Warnings: Kid Fic, Kid Castiel, Kid Dean Winchester, Fluff, Alternate Universe - School, Alternate Universe - Human, 2000s, Childhood Friends, First Kiss, Swimming Pools, Diving, Sharks, Overcoming Fear, Lies, Bullying, Bullied Castiel, Smart Castiel, Autistic Castiel, Supportive Dean, Smart Dean, Dean in Panties, Amara is Castiel’s Aunt, Teacher Billie, Gender-Neutral Pronouns, Gender-Neutral Billie Summary: Castiel is beginning to understand how deceitful his fellow ten-year-olds can be. All the other boys in his swim class keep trying to convince him that there’s a live shark in the pool. And now Dean’s claiming that the panties in his bag belong to his sister, when Castiel knows for a fact that Dean doesn’t have a sister. Castiel is sick of being lied to. But, once Dean reveals a few truths, perhaps they can find a way to make sure the other kids’ teasing comes back to bite them - so to speak.
Marshmalloween | @almaasi Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 33169 Main Tags and Warnings: Alternate Universe - Human, Teen Fiction, Adventure, Southern Gothic, Spooky Fluff, Halloween, Samhain, Camping, Ghosts, Will-O-The-Wisp, Teen Sam, Friendship, Childhood Friends, Spin the Bottle, First Kiss, Making Out, Coming Untouched, Magic, Hunting, Bisexual Dean, Fake Character Death, Sam Lives Summary: In an attempt to be the world’s coolest guardian, Dean takes his seventeen-year old brother Sam and all his friends to a ‘haunted’ swamp for Halloween night. Even if the ghost stories are a load of baloney, at least the alligators are real. Dean is unexpectedly reunited with his childhood friend (and crush) Castiel, kickstarting a fun night of Halloween antics - marshmallow toasting, bottle spinning, kiss exchanging, and spooky storytelling around the campfire. But when Sam and his dog both go missing, Dean realises the stories his mother once told him are all true. Monsters are real. And unless Dean, Cas, and all of Sam’s friends can figure out how to bring Sam back, he might be lost forever.
