I'm pretty sure this was an abandoned WIP but its an AU, I think pre-series or Stanford!era (or at least Sam is at Stanford), and Dean is called out to help some hunters with a case. It takes place in the desert and Dean is called because he knows Enochian really well. There's like rings around something, and each ring has Enochian guarding it. At one point Dean manages to get through a ring but it brings up (bad) memories; other hunters take bets on who can go farthest (whose the toughest); one of the hunters was Gordon. Anyway as they get closer to the center Dean starts to remember this guy Castiel, whose the love of his life. At some point they get through the rings and Zachariah was the one keeping him trapped (in a cave or below ground?) I remember the place floods but Dean and Cas get out and they end up in the hospital. When Dean wakes up - I think he has the burn on his shoulder and is extremely tired but is otherwise ok - he pushes to get to Cas's room and an OMC hunter tells the doctors to let him.

Other random parts I remember: there was another hunter about Dean's age who Dean used to have a crush on but he's married, and one scene (chapter?) is from his POV thinking about this and that he cares a lot about Dean. (Who I think was called - or he called Dean - Slick or Ace or Lucky.) During the story we find out Dean is in charge of making fake IDs for hunters (this OMC could have been better at it if he had more patience.) (I think he also had an extra insurance card that Cas uses?) I also remember - there may have been two hospital stays - but the OMC is calling all these hunters out (Bobby, Rufus, Jo, Ellen, OCs, etc) to help him rescue Cas and Dean - with his low self-esteem - expresses surprise and the OMC is like "duh, of course, if you love Cas we want to help." (Dean may have tried to call Sam for help and didn't get an answer right before this.) OMC was also worried about this Cas guy being good enough for Dean.

Not 100% sure but I think it was on A03.

Thank you so much for any help!

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