Best Long Supernatural Fanfics
Supernatural fanfics in the 50k–100k range — full novel length without the multi-week commitment. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 25 Long Supernatural Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Supernatural fics — 50,000–100,000 words.
Twist and Shout
by gabriel
What begins as a transforming love between Dean Winchester and Castiel Novak in the summer of 1965 quickly derails into something far more tumultuous when Dean is drafted in the Vietnam War. Though the two both voice their relationship is one where saying goodbye is never a real truth, their story b
a turn of the earth
by microcomets
Dean’s your typical half-orphaned, monster-killing 22-year-old until a trenchcoated stranger crashes into his back windshield one September night, claiming he’s an angel that knows him from the future and that he’s on the run. Frigging fantastic. (Or, in which Castiel gets stuck in Dean’s timeline p
A Room Of One's Own
by NorthernSparrow
All Dean wants is a little privacy. Cas doesn't understand.
How (thanks to Gabriel) Dean and Castiel (accidentally) raised each other (and Sam).
by Vee (Vera_DragonMuse)
In which, Gabriel meddles with the time line and Castiel becomes Dean's angel rather sooner than intended.
Forget-Me-Not Blues
by noangelsinthegarrison
Sam and Jess are getting married and Dean couldn’t be any happier for them. Honestly, they’re kind of disgustingly perfect for each other and Dean’s pretty damn excited about staying with them the week before the wedding. He’s Sam’s best man, of course, and he doesn’t even mind that Jess has her own
In All Your Borrowed Finery
by vanishingact
Dean finds an interesting symbol in Kevin's angel tablet notes and, against Sam's counselling, uses it in the heat of battle with a pair of angelic assassins. Side effects include pain, disorientation, and uncontrollable new appendages for the Winchesters. A disgruntled Castiel and a delighted Gabri
Fumbling in the Dark: Love Advice For the Romantically Impaired
by leonidaslion
True Love really is blind...
The Marriage Misconception
by SareBear69
“Oh yeah, there might have been some small details I forgot to mention about the bond,” Gabriel teased.“What kind of details?” Dean growled uneasily.“Oh just the Holy Matrimony kind,” Gabriel smirked.-When Cas's grace is running out for the second time, the Winchester brothers enlist the help of a c
Blast Into The Past
by MonPetitTresor
The Cage was never meant to hold a human. It was meant for one archangel, not two, and definitely not a human soul. Little by little Sam's soul was being destroyed by the torture the Cage inflicted on it. Lucifer and Michael joined together and, with their combined grace, pieced together Sam Winches
Courting Death
by theproblematique
Sam Winchester lived the first six months of his life in a happy family; the next twelve years as John Winchester's only son, and the last decade as an orphan. He's supposed to die at twenty-two trying to save the woman he loves from a fire, because he doesn't have a brother to pull him back. But th
Written in the Scars on Our Hearts
by elizaye
Dean's... content. He's single, and he'll probably stay that way for the rest of his life. He screwed up his relationship with Cas, fucked up badly enough that no one in their right mind would take him back, and really, Dean's already stupidly lucky that he's allowed to see Ariel at all, let alone h
the divergence of divine law
by darkmillennium
“You pathetic little worm,” Michael snarls, and Adam hopes he looks defiant, jaw tightly clenched as he stares back at the being who was the entire reason he was in this mess. “You presume to know me? Me? You don’t. You’re nothing." And the archangel is smug, for all of a moment, before Adam lean
The Goldenrod Revisions
by aethylas
A rewrite of Supernatural’s final two episodes, expanded into a five episode arc - in which Chuck needs to be defeated, Castiel deserves to be saved, and the characters in this story get a very different ending.
Wings, Rings and Interspecies Flings
by ladyknightanka
The souls of sinners eventually develop callouses that protect them from the worst of the torture in Hell. Adam, unfortunately, has too little of these to count, so he jumps at the chance when Michael offers a solution that could save them both: binding his soul to the archangel's grace. It makes li
When a Lovebird Can't Follow
by MatchaMilkshake
Castiel died, and Dean stopped living. Dean swears to the empty that he will be quiet as long as he can be with Cas. The Empty, enjoying how much pain Dean is in, deny's his request and uses his greif to taunt him. Desperate and delusional, Dean swears to keep his promise. Even after he is thrown ba
Right Kind of Trouble
by AmberXBoone
Castiel Novak has been all over the world, managing pop stars and indie rock bands and 1980s hair metal comebacks. But the rockstar life has caused his personal life to fall apart and he finds himself newly divorced without anyone waiting for him at home. So, one Saturday night, he finally takes up
Editor’s Note: Dean
by FallenEyes23
Dean Winchester knows exactly who he is: a tool for his father, a spare part left behind by his brother, and a hunter destined to die in a nameless ditch. He doesn't get choices, and he definitely doesn't get happy endings. But a fatal car crash on an empty Iowa highway doesn't bring a funeral. Inst
the avalanche (this wanton version)
by kickflaw
It's all Charlie's fault. (Or: Charlie buys Dean panties for his birthday and everything becomes unhinged from then on.)No, Charlie isn't willing to let Dean get away birthday-free like everyone else (ie: Sam and Cas) does. Rather, she gets that steely, determined look about her and declares that sh
(Let Him Suffer) It All Ends The Same Anyway
by Jupiter_Inkwell
After a devastating diagnosis, Sam decides to call his brother, Dean, after not talking for two years. With his best friend, girlfriend, and brother at his side, Sam fights cancer. But not everything ends the way we hope. Castiel has always been seen as an outcast; something of bad luck. The mistrea
Vice Grip
by Lilybob
Some men see a priest to atone for their sins. Some men go to therapy. Dean Winchester prefers sessions with a femdom. Castiel comes back from the Empty. He comes back to Dean, who says "I knew," when Castiel says "I wanted you to know I loved you." Then Castiel leaves. Now separated, and not speaki
Two and a Half Hunters
by Dracoravebird
“Uh… Hey.” Sam’s voice was gentle, his tone soft. “Are you lost?”“No.” The girl shook her head. “I was waiting for you.”Sam’s brows shot up, and he peered over at Dean.Dean gave her a puzzled look, hands in his jacket pockets, brows furrowing. “What do you mean, waiting for us?”“Exactly what I said?
This means Hunting
by Artisticnincompoop
A Supernatural AU of the movie This means war. Where Castiel and Benny are secret agents for a supernatural spy agency and Dean Winchester is an unsuspecting hunter who was talked into downloading a dating app by his friend Charlie.
🩸Don't Drink My Name 🖤
by dreamchangelive
In a city where vampires survive on memory-laced blood, Castiel runs the Red Ledger: a clandestine market built to keep monsters fed without leaving bodies behind. Castiel is a memorivore, a vampire who can read the memories carried in blood. He also carries Veritas, a curse that makes lying impossi
Always With You
by Fenice83
Jack, as God rescues Castiel from the Empty. Sam, Dean, and, Cas become the parents of Claire and Jack. Sam no longer wants a normal life; he wants one with Eileen. After agreeing on retirement, they go on a vacation (honeymoon for Eileen and Sam), and things between Dean and Cas start to resolve sl
Crimson Thread
by Vwin28
A girl who finds herself in confusing situations more than she wants to and this time she's got herself in a situation with the Winchesters.The story follows after the brits take Sam in season 12 and Mary and Dean come home and find his blood but it's not just his blood they find. They find a girl w
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About This List
This list of 25long Supernatural fanfics spans 1,788,283 total words. Kudos range from 4 on the newest entries to 40,924 on the most established. 56% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (17 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Alternate Universe · Slow Burn · Humor · Romantic Comedy.
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