Further and Further Out by Cottonmouth. Rated R, Sam/Dean, 42k words. Summary: John never disappeared before the pilot episode, so Dean never went to Stanford to find Sam. Two months later and they discover the demon went after Sam after all… Alternate Reality, graphic wincest in later chapters
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my thoughts: Psychic!catatonic!Sam & devoted!stubborn!Dean finding him and taking care of him?! Uh YES PLEASE. There 's a scene of metaphysical energy that totally reminds me of some of aceofhearts61s ' fic and I loved it! [Soul-healing]

Sure Got a Dirty Mouth by JustineDelarge (AO3). Rated NC-17, Sam/Dean, 374k.Summary: This is NOT just a smutty story. This explains why Wincest is beautiful, loving, and right. Ever wonder how Dean started talking dirty? The genesis is in the way Sam and Dean allow their feelings for each other to become physical. Sam is nearly 17, Dean is nearly 21.This story has dirty talk, all the feels you can handle, infinite love, well-developed original characters, and a rich plot that develops into a nail-biting narrative, with the best kind of hurt/comfort. SPOILERS for seasons 1-6.
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my thoughts: Justine Delarge went shamelessly all-in with some very taboo content with this fic, going so far as to make it clear that God explicitly wanted Sam and Dean together romantically as soulmates. Pretty ballsy stuff. Also a lot of well-written porn. Also villainous John Winchester was great. But really that other part of the story's summary is where Justine got me: "a rich plot that develops into a nail-biting narrative" because she's not lying - it really is. I remember being semi-disappointed this was a WIP but it's not the end of the world. I recommend reading it despite its incomplete status. I also want to credit this story for introducing the concept of a hunter 's sanctuary motel and I 've never been the same since, lol. I 'm in love with that idea and I will never not be in love with that idea. [Soulmates]

Afterimage by paleogymnast. Rated NC-17, Sam/Dean, 27k words. Summary: "If you had it to do over again, and you could change everything, would you?" When all appears lost, Dean Winchester—battered, weary, guilty, and alone—is given the opportunity to travel back in time and live his life over again with the promise that if he makes the one choice he was too afraid to make before, he will be able to change the future, and avoid the loss of everyone he ever loved and everything he fought for. But how? After all, he knows time can 't be changed… But with the help of a mysterious entity, who may or may not be the actual God of Time, Dean discovers time can be rewritten. Armed only with the ghosts of memories from his former life—afterimages of rewritten time—but not really understanding the gift he 's been given, the new Dean, an impossibly young 27-year-old hunter, once again turns to his estranged brother when their father goes missing. But when he takes a chance on forbidden love, will it be the key to saving the universe and averting the apocalypse, or will it only bring about the end even faster
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my thoughts: Holy crap this author 's writing hijacked me the last week of October while I was still trying to churn out a lot of written work). I absolutely loved this story, loved how Dean pressured himself to admit his feelings for Sam during Bugs, how the author described/framed Sam & Dean 's relationship, and plot-wise how information on seasons 4 & 5 filtered into seasons 1-2ish Sam/Dean. It filled me with so much hope & happiness to imagine them besting their destinies like this with the help of Kronos. Also I'm such a sucker for soulmate tropes & loved how paleogymnast let Bobby and Missouri be cool about Sam/Dean. This fic is also rec 'd in my time travel reclist and alt seasons 4 & 5 reclist [Soulmates]