If you don't mind self-recs and WIPs, I've got a massive fic that goes AU after the end of season 5 and takes only some elements of episode 6.01 into account. It's a Destiel and has Cas going to Dean a few weeks after the end of 5.22.
Unexpected Destinies (http://otp-destiel.livejournal.com/571.html): They thought It was over. They thought they'd averted the Apocalypse. They thought they'd won. They were wrong...
Basically it starts with Sam and Samuel showing up at Lisa's to save Dean from the djinn and finding that he's not there and hasn't been for a very long time.

I would never mind self-rec's! But I think I have read some chapters of your story before and it was a bit too much on the Sam bashing side for me, to be honest. But I'll give it another try!

Thanks for the rec!

Some people have said that to me, but I've had far more comments saying that people were pleased not to see Sam's faults magically written of as well so it might be a point of view thing.
All I can say is:
1) The early parts of this fic were written during the beginning of season 6, so while it's AU, that was the Sam most heavily influencing me at the time.
2) I'm not someone who ignores all of the times that Sam has walked out on his brother, shot him or who pretends that Sam's Heaven was anything other than, as Dean pointed out, completely free of Dean (and John).
3) Now that I'm this far into the fic I'm comfortable saying that, just like in season 6, there's more going on than meets the eye. If that something will be enough for you in the end or not I can't say.
What I can say is that past the initial 20 or so chapters the fic gets more heavily into non-Sam stuff and that is where the Destiel area comes more heavily into play and dealing with preventing the Apocalypse from restarting and Lucifer conquering all. I just needed to deal with the fact that Sam had abandoned Dean at Lisa's for a year before Dean could move on to the other stuff.
In the end it's your call. All I can say is that I've got people who have been following from the beginning and that was well over a year ago now.
Other characters include: Michael, Raphael, Bobby, Samuel Campbell. To a much lesser extent: Crowley, Roy, Walt, Becky, Meg, Chuck...

I'm sorry if I came across as rude, which I would guess from your defensive sounding reply - that was not my intention! As I said, I will give the FF another shot - my problem is, that, while I prefer Dean, I always try to see Sam's POV of things as well, which makes it hard to truly pick a side. But when I accept that you focus on the negative parts of him deliberately, than reading and enjoying shouldn't be that much of a problem.

Again, thanks for the rec - I'm all for epic fics and yours tops almost all I have found so far ^-^

Nope, my bad. I wasn't trying to sound defensive (everyone is free to their opinion after all and I don't take it personally if people don't want to read it because if that, I've definitely got my own no go things when reading fics no matter how good the rest of the fic might be), I was merely trying to be honest and hit the things that have come up before.
Lol, it is a monster of a fic. It was never supposed to be this long, I swear! It just keeps growing on me.

I see - my bad then, for misinterpreting ^-^

Oh no, don't do that! You might jinx your muse away! It is always the best sign, when FFs start to grow on you!

Lol, I don't think that's possible. Altogther (with deleted scenes), I've already written over 400,000 words on this fic. I think the muse is addicted.

Lucky you! Mine's fickle and into the weirdest rare/crack pairings °-°

Well length can be a curse as well, but in this case I'm enjoying it.
Oh, my muse can go there if it wants to. I did a Dean/Death slash fic and the muse is dying to do a Castiel/Dean/Death sequel to it with a side of Dean/Castiel.

LOL Yeah, especially when you're like me, who drifts from one fandom to the next - means I often don't finish what I start - but at least I learned sometime last year miraculously to write OS °-°

Oh! Dean/Death?! No way - link, please?!

OS?
And sure, here, it's Little Deaths (http://otp-destiel.livejournal.com/31788.html). Like I said there may be a sequel or two at some point if I find the time to write them.

OS = One Shot ^-^ Just meant to say that I learned to finish what I start to write like a good girl LOL

Thanks for the link!

Ah, okay. That's good. Most of my stuff is OS with the occasional sequel. UD was different as I wanted the first bit out before 6.02 aired... and here I am :)

U are blindsided in your own hatred towards. He is my favourite character. I say you are a good writer but you are cruel to Sam fan like me. Please keep your Sam bashing in your fic and stop spreading your hate everywhere. It really hurts me to read your comment that you have to make everything Sam do worthless.

By the way the above comment was meant for Otp_destiel. Hah! shipping does put a blindfold on you.

Uh, excuse me but I was explaining something about my fic, to someone who had made a comment on it, so I had ever right to post a reply.
Second, this is not hating or bashing, but me explaining my opinion, which I'm perfectly entitled to. Just as you are perfectly entitled to yours and I would never bar you from voicing it, especially not when it's somewhere where it makes sense for it to appear. If you randomly posted it somewhere completely out of context I might find it odd. The only person 'hating' or 'bashing' someone here is you for trying to shut up people who don't share your opinion of a character.
There are different views on every character, deal with it and move on. If you don't like someone's point of view, then don't read it. If you note, you'll see that I explained how Sam was in my fic and then left it up to neverminetohold to decide whether to read it or not. I've in no way forced my opinion on her or expressed it out of context. You have no grounds for complaint.

Have you read Above and Below? http://murron.livejournal.com/194201.html

Summary: After the events of Caged Heat Dean, Sam and Cas climb into Hell to get Sam’s soul. While they pass from one infernal circle to the next, Dean struggles with his mistrust of soulless Sam and the shadow of his own past in the Pit. In addition, there’s the matter of Cas who’s come to mean more to Dean than he wants to admit. Fighting against Hell spawn and fallen angels, passing through burned cities and salt deserts, Dean believes in the success of their mission until their luck runs out and Hell threatens to swallow Cas whole.

and The Law of Conservation of Energy http://peroxide-fic.livejournal.com/208487.html

Summary: The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one state into another. And what is grace, if not energy? In order to win the war in Heaven, Castiel and the Winchesters embark on a cross-country quest to find the scattered shards of Gabriel’s grace in the hopes that its remaining power will be enough to defeat Raphael before he and Crowley can open the door to Purgatory.


Both were written for this year's Dean/Cas Big Bang and are absolutely amazing.

OMG! *glomps*

Thank you SO much for rec'ing "The Law of Conversation of Energy"! That was exactly what I needed to get out of my funk!

The prologue alone is so much like my head-canon, using that pivotal moment and all else I had hoped and dreamed for - it's almost creepy °-°

You're awesome!

I'm so glad I could help. There are so many wonderful stories in this fandom, and I'm always a little excited when I find a fic that just fits perfectly with the mood that I'm in that day.

You're right! Truly, there are so many amazing writers for SPN in general and Dean/Cas in particular out there, it makes my head spin and inner fangirl squee with glee ^-^

And "Law" really got me out of my half-depressive funk. Now all that the canon has to do is bring Cas back ^.^

Try this one, it's a season 6 story that goes AU and it's really good -

http://profanebond.livejournal.com/8685.html

If your looking for season 7 AU you should try Redemption Road, it's great, written by a lot of really good D/C writers and its up to 11 chapters so far.

http://spn-redemption.livejournal.com/787.html

Thank you so much! *nabs links*

Funny that - I just found "Redemption Road" by accident ^.^

I don't know if you're still looking, but if you are, perhaps you'd like to try "To Err Is Human, To Forgive, Divine" by strangenessandcharm: http://strangenessandcharm.dreamwidth.org/116198.html

It's post-season 6 but was written before 7, so no leviathans etc. It has a Cas gone human, a vengeful Crowley, and loads of problems ;) It's not exactly a fluffy fic as it spends a lot of time on Sam and Dean trying to figure out how (and if) to forgive Cas, but it does fit your criteria and the author is really very good. If you don't know any of her stuff, take a look at "It's the Fall that Kills You" and "Hole in Your Soul" from the Superheroes verse, they're my all-time favourite Destiel fics.

Also, if you don't mind a drabble, perhaps you might be interested in "Tracks In the Snow" which is also set between seasons 6 and 7 and which would be a shameless self-rec ;)
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7746931/1/Tracks_in_the_Snow

Hope I'm telling you anything new here ;)

I'm certainly still looking - there wasn't as much feedback so far as I had hoped, so thank you for more rec's! Nope, those are new to me... although strangenssandcharm... maybe not - but I'll look right now! *nabs*

Edited 2012-01-29 06:38 pm (UTC)

A Myth of Inerrancy: http://takadainmate.livejournal.com/154146.html
is the best Godstiel fix-it fic out there, IMO. Gen/preslash.

Thank you for the rec! That one was sooo sweet, now I want to hug everyone! ^.^

I hope you dont mind self recs. Its a gen one shot, but its a redo of the very end of season 6 and the beginning of season 7. While its got Cas making up with both brothers, its mostly Dean with a hint of Sam.

http://brokennwings.livejournal.com/790.html

I would never mind self recs - I'm guilty of doing them myself LOL Thank you for the link! *nabs*

lol your welcome :DD I hope you enjoy it!