Aida Ronan's Stranger Things Fics - Master List

its “thighs rubbing together under ya sundress” season

i think the reason inside is so damn good and feels so much more relevant (and will likely hold up better) than any other covid-era media is that it's really about how pandemic-induced quarantine only reveals how isolated we all are normally. like a few songs:

problematic: any stupid or insensitive thing we do can now be archived and dragged up even decades later rather than being relegated to embarrassing memories

sexting: technology grants us entirely new realms of communication but can easily suck the intimacy out of them

all eyes on me: kind of a continuation of make happy's can't handle this, about the warring need and resentment for attention and how social media encourages us to perform constantly

how the world works: with nothing else to do we can hyper-focus on injustice, which thanks to global internet we know more about than ever and can't escape thinking about

30: aging, especially hitting an "adult" milestone like turning 30, inherently isolates you from "the youth" and therefore from the nexus of pop culture

white woman's instagram: social media is a facade. we cling to the beautiful, the aesthetic, the detached, bc the alternative is a crippling vulnerability that can be off-putting or uncomfortable

facetime with my mom: call it a reach but this song really reminds me of watsky's "wounded healer" about how stark the contrast is between understanding your parents and realizing they will never understand you. "and that's the deepest talk we've ever had" okay

that funny feeling: kind of a combo of everything above. capitalism, climate change, political unrest, physical quarantine, emotional isolation, performance, loneliness. "the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all"

covid quarantine was revealing, is sort of his thesis. it uncovered a lot of layers about what we put ourselves through every day in an attempt to not be alone w ourselves and it feels incredibly naked and melancholy. for me personally it made me realize problems i didn't even know i had, and i think that's true for a lot of people. bo you are a genius

Destiel AU, vol.5 - Do It For Science!

Destiel AU, vol.5 - Do It For Science! Or do it for money, but there’s no try. When Dean and Cas are faced with a challenge, they do their best to wing it.

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I. Dean and Cas winging those pesky couple studies

For Science! by pm_lo [NC-17, 21,600 word count]

Selected transcripts and supporting materials from Dr. Castiel Williams and Dean Winchester’s seminal study on physiological and psychological sexual response by gender designation.

Married for a Week by jessjessthebest [T, 11,600 word count]

“It wasn’t until he was standing at a fake altar in front of a fake priest clasping hands with Castiel Novak that Dean thought he may have made a terrible mistake.” Or the one where Dean and Cas get fake married. FOR SCIENCE! (Inspired by this video)

A Study in Fake by sternchencas [T, 5,000 word count] (#fluff, #roommates, #pining!cas, #pining!dean)

Although Dean has a job, he’s always looking for some extra money, so he’s bummed out when he can’t take part in a lucrative couples study at the local college. At least until Castiel Novak steps into his life out of nowhere and a throwaway joke turns into a serious relationship. Well, a fake one, but nobody needs to know that, right?

Do It For Science by robotsnchicks [NC-17, 5,000 word count] (#fluff, #college, #roommates, #bottom!dean, #friends to lovers)

When Dean finds an ad offering to pay $500 to committed couples willing to test and review condoms, it seems almost too good to be true. The only catch is that Dean’s been without a partner for a while now. When he convinces his roommate Cas to pretend to be his boyfriend it seems like a perfect solution, but he soon realizes that he may be in over his head.

Love Lab by youaresunlight [M, 5,400 word count] (#fluff, #college, #roommates, #pining!cas, #pining!dean, #friends to lovers)

When Dean sees the flyer for a research study offering $75 to participants, he doesn’t think twice before signing him and Cas up. The problem, of course, is that it’s a romantic couples study and while Cas is his roommate and best friend, they are very much not in a relationship.

When You Say Nothing at All by TrenchcoatBaby [NC-17, 36,000 word count] (#fluff, #a/b/o, #bonded, #teacher!cas, #pining!cas, #pining!dean, #charlie, #!megstiel)

At Stanford University, omega Dean Winchester and alpha Castiel Novak are complete and utter strangers. Dean’s on the ground’s crew, and Castiel is pursuing his PhD in literature. Under normal circumstances, their paths would never cross. But when they both agree to participate in an unusual case study observing alphas and omegas—the thesis project of anthropology major Charlie Bradbury—they find themselves alone and face to face. For hours each week. The catch? They’re forbidden to speak a word to each other, despite sharing an obvious and immediate crush. One might even call it true-mate level. Oh, this is gonna be torture.

II. Science lite - tips from magazines!

Just To Make You See by youaresunlight [T, 4,000 word count]

“I’ve been reading,” Cas explains, lifting his coat to reach for something inside. It’s another magazine but not one about nature or economics. It’s a GQ with a suave male celebrity gracing the cover. “There’s an article in here that gives advice to those who are ‘seeking to escape the friend zone.’”

the half marriage by jhoom [T, 2,100 word count] (#fluff, #college, #roommates, #friends to lovers)

Thursdays are spent with Castiel trying to study, and Dean trying to distract him from studying. Today’s weapon of choice: an internet article on the ‘10 Types of Odd Friendships You’re Probably Part Of.’

Ways to Drive Him Wild by FagurFiskur [NC-17, 6,000 word count] (#coworkers, #major age difference, #pining!dean, #pining!cas, bottom!dean)

After Dean tells his much-older boyfriend Castiel about his inexperience with men, he’s dismayed to find that Cas now keeps him at an arm’s length. Sitting down and talking about it is clearly out of the question, so when Dean goes to Jo for advice she suggests the next best thing: seduction tips from Cosmopolitan.

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Her hair red as fire

Her eyes bright as gold

A queen lies beneath

The forest of old

Czytaj dalej

“It’s often unhealthy to hyper-analyze your sexuality to the point where how you experience it changes where you belong. This is why the idea that broader terms are somehow more restrictive is baffling. Continuously breaking labels down and creating terminology for each facet of one’s identity shrinks communities until it’s just one person convinced that they’re the only one who relates to their experiences. It isolates people and ignores the importance of individuality within a collective identity.”

On Hyperpersonalized Sexual Identity

I’ve just discovered my new favorite painter, Vittorio Reggianini - those smarter than myself probably already know of him as an Italian painter from the 1800s who made satin look even satiny-er than satin. I just cannot get over how much he loved painting women who were NOT. HAVING. A. MAN’S. SHIT. 

But there was one hottie that everyone seemed to like, and I can’t blame them…

Vittorio knows what the ladies like. 

it won’t be like what you imagined. maybe you get the road trip to the beach with coffee in your hand and the radio playing, maybe you don’t. but happy shows up. it’s in a 2 AM game of jenga with your new college friends. it’s curling up for another marathon of netflix. it’s meeting the person who will be your best man at the wedding. it’s 4:45pm in the library when the girl in the study coral across from you quietly whispers “i’m going to set everything on fire” and then turns to you and asks if you wanna take a break for dinner (say yes, she’s very nice and you both need a moment away from the stress). it’s the mornings they have omelettes and in good books and in a puddle that looks cool. it’s sometimes picturesque, but more often it’s full-belly laughter at stupid things on the floor of your friend’s house while in the background someone is debating the best way to win settlers of catan. 

i know it gets dark early now and the tired is setting in and everything sort of feels blank and hazy and you want to spend ages staring at walls thinking of nothing

but happiness will find a way in. it will be small moments. look for them.

“Beep beep, bitch. You’re gay”

Good morning, Who are we cancelling today?