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    Dean Winchester never expected much from life. His mother abandoned her sons to be raised by their drunk, abusive father. Dean dropped out of school to take care of the family, but they were barely getting by, so when a handsome stranger came along, offering him a way out... Well, even if things weren’t perfect, he wasn’t going to risk losing a good thing.

    So what if Lee was a mean drunk — it wasn’t anything Dean hadn’t seen from his father his whole life. So what if sometimes he was a bit too rough — Dean’s tough, he can take it. And so what, if sometimes things got a bit out of hand when Lee’s friends came around — Lee doesn’t seem to mind. In fact, sometimes he asks Dean to ‘take care of them’. (It was fine. It was all fine.)

    Enter grad student Castiel, who is instantly intrigued by the kind, quiet mechanic with the sad eyes. The more he gets to know Dean, the more he learns about his heartbreaking past and even more heartbreaking present, the more he feels like he’s fallen into something he can’t walk away from.

    Dean doesn’t believe he deserves to be saved, because he never thought to ask. Can Castiel be the one to pull him out of hell?

    Title inspired by: Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

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    04 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 12

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    Sam's always struggled with fast food. Too greasy, too gross, too familiar. But Jess showed him another side to food he'd never had the chance to try.

    And when he leaves with Dean again, he realizes what really happened to him when they were younger, even if it was a few years too late.

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    28 May 2026

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    He throws the car in park and removes the key before leaning forward slightly to rest his forehead on the steering wheel. The car shakes as the kids scramble out of it, slamming the doors closed behind them. Each resulting WHAM sets off fireworks behind Steve’s closed eyelids.

    He just needs a minute. One minute of silence. Then, he’ll go inside to wrangle the kids and clean up before Mrs. Byers gets back.

    A hand lands on his shoulder and he jumps, whipping his head to see who’s touching him. Pain floods over the left side of his head and down through his neck and shoulders. He presses a hand into his left eyebrow, trying to chase the pain away with the pressure.

    Dustin still sits in the passenger seat next to him. His hand tightens on his shoulder, eyes blown wide.

    “Steve, hey, you okay?”

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    What happens to Steve after season 2 ends?

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    26 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 15

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    Dustin thinks Steve abandoned him and that he fucked up their friendship, and Dustin needs him.

    Steve thinks that Dustin hates him and can’t seem to stop loving him, no matter how much anger he feels.

    They both think they lost the other, and they are both incredibly sorry.

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    26 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 69

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    Since the aftermath of Vecna, Eddie's done his best to push Steve away. Steve doesn't know why, but he's resigned to a life without Eddie. That is until Dustin begs him to patch things up with the guy for the sake of his birthday. Steve's sent on a journey to make amends with Eddie, his former friend, who still hasn't told him why he left.

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    "Steve was beginning to regret leaving his pain medication at home.

    He was sitting with Robin, Dustin, and Lucas in a random diner down the road. The topic of conversation was, as it usually was now, Eddie.

    Steve wasn’t really sure why it was so interesting to them. Eddie didn’t like him. That was the entire story."

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    26 May 2026