SPN DCBB14: Worlds That Never Were (masterpost)
Title: Worlds That Never Were [ Dean/Cas Big Bang 2014]
Artist: swordofthehost { art masterpost}
Beta: balder12
Rating: NC-17
Pairing/Characters: Dean/Castiel, Sam, Lucifer, Michael, Chuck, Risa, Balthazar, Daphne/Castiel, Zachariah, Benny, Charlie, Chastity/Castiel, Hannah, Crowley, Cain, Raphael, Abaddon
Genre: Mutant AU, sci-fi, action, angst, romance, established relationship, sexual content, first!time, bottom!Cas, wing!kink, dystopic with a happy ending
Warnings: multiple character deaths across multiple parallel universes, minor het, prostitution, non-linear narrative
Word Count: 29.7k
Summary: In a dystopic world where mutants fight each other for power and control, those with the ability to manipulate other mutants powers are sought after and hunted as a means to change the course of the war. When Dean loses everyone hes ever known and loved, he finds himself in a parallel universe, where his loved ones are alive, but the world is much, much worse. What happened to make the Castiel of this world so different? Did he ever love Dean at all? And can Dean find what they once had again?
A/N: VERY loosely inspired by themes from the X-men movies, cartoons, and comics... without resembling any of them lol. It's more like an homage to some of my favorite seasons and Dean/Cas moments from the show :)
Disclaimer: Supernatural and X-men don't belong to me, nor do I get paid for any of this.
prologue ~ chapter 1 ~ chapter 2 ~ chapter 3 ~ chapter 4 ~ chapter 5 ~ epilogue
also at A03 ~ and at FF.net ~ tumblr tag
Author's Thanks: First off, I want to thank my beta balder12, for doing such a spectacular job, as always. And especially for accommodating my hectic schedule this year and working so quickly. I doubly appreciate it! And there will be Sevin rewards as usual too ;)
Another thanks to kiltsocks for putting up with my whining in the early days of writing this fic, and helping me pep myself up to work on it. Writing has been hard this year, I needed all the help I could get lol.
And finally, huge thanks to my artist swordofthehost, for being so cooperative and open to ideas, and fleshing them out so quickly! Wow! And I was really lucky that her muse was in the mood to experiment with comic-style art, for one thing because X-men was originally a comic and it just seemed a perfect fit, but also because what she came up with is so beautiful! Please go check it out!
