Catatonia

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A Broken Spoke (But the Wheel Still Turns) by Niightmoves

NC-17, Complete, ~85,000, Sam/Dean & unrequited Dean/Castiel

- "Metatron cast out the angels, then the demons tried to take over. Maybe God just decided to wipe the slate clean and start over."

In a broken-down world, Sam Winchester finds himself where he's always belonged, on the road with Dean. But this time, he's the one taking care of his brother, a shadow of his former self. Sam and Dean's epic love story fuels this tale of survival, hope and redemption. An exciting survival epic as well as a riveting love story, two brothers defy Heaven, Hell and everything in between to stay together and take care of the few survivors and each another in a bleak post-apocalyptic future that they'll make their own. AU after Season 8 finale

A City of Dust by carpe_verba

R, Complete, ~5,900, Dean/Castiel

- When Team Free Will find a way to prevent Michael and Lucifer's showdown, the cost is high; Sam's dead, Dean's catatonic and Castiel and Bobby are left to pick up the pieces. Dean/Castiel, AU for the very end of S5.

Dictionary for a Dead Language by britomart_is

NC-17, Complete, ~22,000, Sam/Dean

- Under mysterious circumstances bitterly disputed by the historians, Sam Winchester said yes to Lucifer. Three years later, Lucifer is gone and the familiar landscape that the Winchesters once traversed is a burnt-out ruin of its former self — not to mention the damage done to Lucifer's vessel. Trapped in a grotesque parody of domestic bliss with a brother he no longer recognizes, a shell-shocked Dean has no reason to believe that happy endings exist for men like the Winchesters.

Empty Husks And Fragile Hopes by sychononny

R, Complete, ~3,000

- Sam's not sure when he's ever seen his brother lie so still. All his life, Dean's been restless, prone to action - sometimes even without thinking. That's the Dean he knows.

But Dean hasn't shifted to get comfortable since Sam set him down on the bed: his hand still caught awkwardly half-under him...

Ghost Dance by omphalos

NC-17, Complete, ~51,000, Dean/Castiel

- In post-apocalyptic isolation, Castiel nurses Dean back to something like his former self, but will a time come when Dean's recovered --and rediscovered-- too much?

The Way Back by rainylemons

PG-13, Complete, ~35,000

- AU in which Dean gets between Lucifer and Cas, preventing Castiel’s death and eventual return to full-blooded angelhood. In the following months, a mostly human Cas gets a job at Taco Bell, Dean recovers from wounds given to him by Lucifer, and a silent, shell-shocked Sam wanders in from the cold.