True As It Can Be by whelvenwings
71,952 words, 34 chapters, published 05/31/2017

Summary: Growing up in a small town in Kansas, Dean learned from a young age that there was only one rule that couldn’t be broken, one place he couldn’t go – through the forest, to the long-abandoned Angel’s Hollow. But when Sam disappears, Dean’s left with no choice but to follow his brother’s tracks through the dangers of the wood; little does he know that the most dangerous creature of all lurks not among the trees, but in the Hollow itself. Dean sets Sam free, at the cost of his own liberty – and, bound by magic, resigns himself to living out the rest of his days in the Hollow, at the mercy of the being within. The angel of Angel’s Hollow, however, has a story – is a prisoner, too, as much as Dean is. Only one thing can free them both – but it is impossible. For, after all: who could ever learn to love a beast?

Oasis by Jasmine Thompson

Lyrics:

Tonight
I feel like
I’m lost in the desert
But you’re my oasis
You found my heart
Tonight
I feel like
I’m lost in the desert
But you’re my oasis
Yeah, you’re my oasis

I am stuck in quicksand
And I am trying not to drown
Fell in deeper this time
And I’m struggling to get out
And doubt creeps into my soul
And now, I found there’s nothing left to hold

Tonight
I feel like
I’m lost in the desert
But you’re my oasis
Yeah, you’re my oasis
Oasis

I thought I’d die, I had no fight, I had given up
Thought I was done, I was savaged by the sun
I thought I’d die, I had no fight, I had turned to dust
When I came to your arms
I knew I would make it through

Tonight
I feel like
I’m lost in the desert
But you’re my oasis
You found my heart

Tonight
I feel like
I’m lost in the desert
But you’re my oasis
Yeah you’re my oasis

Red Right Hand by duckyboos
85,232 words, 20 chapters, published 07/09/2015, part 1 of the Murder Ballads series
WARNING: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Summary: “You’re one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan,
Designed and directed by his red right hand.”

It all starts with the mysterious note left on Dean’s chair.
It all ends with Dean coming to terms not only with what he’s capable of, but how much that knowledge doesn’t bother him.

I’ll Follow You by Shinedown

Lyrics:

If I could find assurance to leave you behind
I know my better half would fade
And all my doubt is a staircase for you
Opened out of this maze
The first step is the one you believe in
The second one might be profound.

I’ll follow you down through the eye of the storm
Don’t worry I’ll keep you warm.
I’ll follow you down while we’re passing through space
I don’t care if we fall from grace
I’ll follow you down

You can have the money and the world
The angels and the pearls
Even trademark the color blue
Just like the tower we never built
In the shadow of all the guilt
When the other hand was pointed at you
Yeah the first step is the one you believe in
And the second one might be profound

I’ll follow you down, through the eye of the storm
Don’t worry I’ll keep you warm.
I’ll follow you down, while we’re passing through space
I don’t care if we fall from grace
I’ll follow you down to wherever forever lies
Without a doubt am on your side
There’s nowhere else that I would rather be
Am not about to comprise, give you up to say goodbye
I’ll guide you through the deep I’ll keep you close to me

I’ll follow you down through the eye of the storm
Don’t worry I’ll keep you warm.
I’ll follow you down while we’re passing through space
I don’t care if we fall from grace
I’ll follow you.

If I could find assurance to leave you behind
I know my better half would fade
I’ll follow you down.

The Prank That Filled the Spank Bank by Bookkbaby
41,295 words, 4 chapters, published 08/22/2012

Summary: It starts with a prank war and a chance meeting at the auto shop Dean works at. (Based off of Almaasi’s prompt: Castiel records audio pornography. Not professionally, or anything – he writes it and then reads it out, and uploads it free to the world. It’s not Dean’s usual type of porn – at all – but there’s something about Castiel’s gravelly, yet somehow smooth and beautiful voice that keeps him hooked.)

(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You by NSYNC

Lyrics:

Can this be true?
Tell me, can this be real?
How can I put into words what I feel?
My life was complete
I thought I was whole
Why do I feel like I’m losing control?

I never thought that love could feel like this
And you’ve changed my world with just one kiss
How can it be that right here with me
There’s an angel?
It’s a miracle

Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it’s true
God must have spent
A little more time
On you
(A little more time, yes he did baby)

In all of creation, all things great and small
You are the one that surpasses them all
More precious than any diamond or pearl
They broke the mold when you came in this world

And I’m trying hard to figure out
Just how I ever did without
The warmth of your smile
The heart of a child
That’s deep inside
Leaves me purified

Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it’s true
God must have spent
A little more time
On you

Never thought that love could feel like this
And you’ve changed my world with just one kiss
How can it be that right here with me
There’s an angel?
It’s a miracle

Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it’s true
God must have spent
A little more time
On you

God must have spent
A little more time, on you
(on you, on you, you, you, oh yeah)
A little more time
On you