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He’s a (Zoo) Keeper

Author: almaasi
Artist: thedogsled
Rating: NC-17 /  Explicit
Length: 74,500 words
Pairings: Dean/Cas, background Sam/Jess

Summary:

Finding ‘The One’ ain’t Dean deal. As an openly bisexual thirty-something always infatuated with new lovers, he couldn’t possibly settle for just one person. But this truth becomes harder to maintain after a comforting, intimate experience with his roommate on a rough night, when Dean comes to an arrangement with Castiel: whenever Dean’s single, they can fool around with each other, just for fun. No romance required. However, spurred by the frustration of unemployment and a subconscious longing for Dean, Cas takes on a theoretical wedding-planning project, using himself and Dean as the betrothed subjects. Dean works as a zookeeper, so Boston Sanctuary Zoo’s sun-dappled autumn courtyard is the obvious choice of wedding venue. Dean’s willing to help pick the decor, the food, the clothes, the music, and the guest invites, all on a conceptual budget. The date is set when Dean puts down a just-in-case venue deposit, and the guests are invited when Cas sends out some template emails by mistake. It kind of looks like this fake wedding is actually going ahead, in an accidental, too-late-now sort of way. But are Dean and Cas simply too stubborn to hit the brakes, or are they both not-so-secretly hoping it’s real?

Warnings: Dean is in a relationship with a girlfriend while planning his fake wedding with Cas. Cas consents to this repeatedly, but is secretly struggling with it and hiding the truth due to past trauma: an abusive ex-partner cheated on both him and Dean. A couple mentions of Cas experiencing past coercive but non-violent rape, physical abuse, implied PTSD, panic attacks. Themes of pyrophobia, storms, and fire. Unprotected oral sex, consensual drunk sex, other sex stuff (check AO3’s tag box). Dean and Cas both wear lingerie at one point.

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