Destiel Fanfic From the outside Castiel Novak looks like a regular guy: a good job, two teenage kids, a nice house and a crappy car he’s way too attached to.
But there’s one thing no one knows about him: that, over twenty years ago, he used to live next to none other than Dean Winchester – back then a brash and loud-mouthed boy and nowadays a huge movie star and Hollywood’s sweetheart.
Castiel never bothered to tell anyone about his childhood friend because frankly, who would believe him? Probably even Dean himself already forgot about his former awkward and weird neighbor, so Castiel seriously doesn’t see any point in mentioning the whole thing ever.
But then an interview on national TV happens where Dean reveals way more about his past than ever before … and Castiel - as well as the rest of the world - suddenly realizes that he left a much bigger impact on Dean’s life than he originally thought. Words:203515 complete
This was surreal. Like so the opposite to canon, where Dean is known by literally no one, and here he can't even go grosery shopping, (Well he is known by monsters, angels, demons, God and Death, but he wasn't America's Sweetheart). It was sweet, and fun, with a great trama that admitedly I saw coming but just because it was really solid and tied up everything smoothly. Loved the ending, loved the letter, their friendship, I actually didn't read the firsts chapters, just had an overlook, I'd had enough of dean and cas being miserable, wasn't really in the mood for more. But this was really nice