#i really don't like mia being dean's therapist bc holy shit... sitting down with this dude who wanted you dead and refuses to believe that

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Self-indulgent and more realistic for a lasting happy ending fix-it fic entirely for me

There is the mirror of Dean raising Cas from the Empty after Jack opens a portal, the cost of doing this is Jack giving up godhood by releasing all of his power into the universe, though he does retain his power as a nephil. In releasing that power it restores the wings of the remaining angels and revives all of the angels who have died since s4 so we do get Anna, Uriel and our full complement of archangels back (Look. I miss Gabriel and I think Raphael was done dirty. Michael and Adam should get to be together. Maybe they put Lucifer in a ma'lak box.) Also Crowley is revived because I like Crowley and he deserved to have a redemption arc and a good ending. Probably some other demons are revived as well but mostly I just want Crowley back.

So Dean raises Cas and has a whole reciprocal confession but also they agree to take time apart to deal with their shit. This doesn't mean that they don't see each other at all, Cas just moves out and Jack goes with him. I like the idea of them going back to the town in Golden Time and basically having a shared custody arrangement where Jack spends some time with Dean and Sam but lives with Cas.

Dean gets into therapy but not with Mia though he does contact her and she refers him to another therapist who knows about the supernatural. I like to think there's actually a small community of therapists who are aware of the supernatural and all know each other. Most of them are supernatural creatures but some are humans with creature relatives/have some sort of experience with the supernatural but didn't decide to get all murder happy about it.

Cas doesn't get into therapy because what he's dealing with is on such a cosmic level that a human therapist wouldn't really be able to offer what he needs. I think he probably chills out with Anna, Metatron and Gabriel because they Get It but in different ways and they all sort of talk through their shit together like an angelic support group. Raphael and MichaelAdam probably join in occasionally too. Also Jack has made it so that angels can taste things and not just molecules so they're working their way through the "best of [food]" lists and do shit like fly from the PNW to some tiny restaurant in Ulaanbaatar to pick up food and bring it back for group.

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Without Chuck there is a huge drop off in supernatural shit. Sam actually takes up the position as a leader within the hunter community and Dean ends up mostly retired, partially the result of very frequent therapy sessions. Thought: the therapist he is seeing is in Iowa and after a particularly brutal session about Winchester Codependency he ends up moving to be closer to his therapist/put space between him and Sam. Also Iowa conveniently puts him roughly center to Sam, Jody & Donna and Garth. (Jody and Donna don't get married but they do wear matching rings.)

Sam and Eileen also initially take some space where she is living in the actual town of Lebanon while Dean is still at the bunker and when he moves out, Sam moves in with Eileen a little while later. They have less shit to sort out but still I think would take it a little slow at first and Eileen's apartment is very much her apartment before Sam moves in. Maybe when they move in together they find a new place. Actually yeah definitely that.

Dean and Cas have essentially no contact outside of texting and occasional call for a month or two and see each other in person for the first time a week after Dean moves out of the bunker because Garth insists on having a housewarming party. Jack has been dropping by every other Saturday or something to do stereotypical Dad and Son things like fishing and learning to drive and fix Baby since moving out with Cas. They start doing family outings with the three of them like going to museum, botanical gardens, farmer's market etc. All stuff that's in totally neutral locations and just sort of rebuilding their relationship to be healthy and solid which takes like. A year of them building up to seeing each other more and talking out their shit (probably a couple of joint sessions the therapist is expecting to be on a more cosmic scale based on what Dean has said and it literally just ends up being couples' reconciliation counseling).

Anyway after like a year and change Dean ends up moving in with Cas and Jack and is able to go to weekly virtual sessions with his therapist and monthly in person. Maybe it is still weekly and Cas or Jack fly him over. At this point Dean is pretty much fully retired but does take up the Bobby-esque position of manning phones to verify fake aliases for hunters.

Literally just get Dean a shit ton of therapy and Cas needs the support of people who can understand at least pieces of what he's been through and validate him and to not have to be around for Dean working through his own shit. Give everyone room to grieve and grow into healthier people otherwise they're all going to drag each other down into the grave.

#i really don't like mia being dean's therapist bc holy shit... sitting down with this dude who wanted you dead and refuses to believe that #you are not doing any harm and are guilty purely bc of something you were born as and had no control over? #no. she refers him to someone else. #EVERYONE gets to have a soft ending and resolution to their trauma without harming others in MY self-indulgent fix-it fic #destiel #spn #fic idea #mbp writes #finale fix it