Fic: Zenith (Supernatural)

[anactoria]

Title: Zenith
Author: anactoria
Artist: kuwlshadow
Fandom/Genre: SPN, canon-divergent AU, hurt/comfort
Pairing(s): Dean/Cas
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 33,000
Warnings: Nothing you wouldn’t find in canon.
Summary: AU from 9.06 (“Heaven Can’t Wait”). Still relatively new to humanity, Castiel struggles with both Dean’s confusing behaviour and the loss of his angelic faculties. When a pissed-off witch restores his ability to see the supernatural, the curse seems like a blessing. He can help his friends again – and when Dean’s lies blow up in his face and Sam is once again left hovering between life and death, Cas is happy to be useful. But his abilities keep getting stronger, and they might just be more than a human brain can handle.
Notes: My entry for the deancasbigbang 2015. Phew!
Many thanks to my betas, aerynsun5, amberdreams, and rons_pigwidgeon for all their help. And many, many thanks to the amazing kuwlshadow, who stepped in to pinch-hit when my original artist was forced to drop out, like a DCBB fairy godmother. Please go check out the art masterpost here!

Fic link:AO3
Art link: LJ

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Hugs! And congrats on posting (no thanks to me LOL)

[anactoria.livejournal.com]

Nonono, lots of thanks to you! :D

[kalliel]

This sounds amazing. It will probably take me a few months to get to this (DDD:) but know that I CERTAINLY will!!

[anactoria.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I know what you mean, I'm so behind on stuff I want to read. D:

(But yay, I'm glad you think so!)

[kalliel]

I really enjoyed this! The notion of what it means for an angel to 'see' beings has always entranced me, and I love how many ways this gets inflected throughout this particular story--both in terms of Castiel's sudden lack of this ability, and how that underscores his difficulty as a human (just as much as negotiating every other human thing, in addition to the extreme perplexity that is Dean Winchester); and in terms of the witch's spell. How that weaves into the Gadreel plot works so well here, too. That moment when Castiel shows up at the door and sees Gadreel inside Sam, and its aftermath, is utterly heartrending.

Really lovely work, and wonderful Castiel insights, frustrations, yearnings, and passions. <33

[anactoria.livejournal.com]

The notion of what it means for an angel to 'see' beings has always entranced me

YES, me too! And I'm really glad it worked for you here. Thanks for reading, bb! ♥

[aerynsun5.livejournal.com]

Loved the story! And so fun to read it first!

[anactoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you! <333 You were a great help.

[aerynsun5.livejournal.com]

Don't know about that, but I enjoyed myself!

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

I started this last night - downloaded from AO3 - and I'm already gripped! You write Castiel so well!

[anactoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you! <33 I'm glad you're liking it so far. :D