Hi everybody, I'm looking for any and all stories that are nice and long (at least 50,000 words) completed and are Dean-centric, with an awesome Dean.
What do I mean about awesome Dean, well he doesn't need to solve all problems or have powers or anything like that(although I definitely won't object to that), just be a really good guy that people around him LIKE and RESPECT. A couple of examples of what I'm wanting are 'To Honour Losses' and 'Wolverines, Wendigos and Winchesters'
I just about live on LiveJournal, so I've probably read most of the LJ epic Dean stories, so I'm hoping for recs from fanfiction.net or AO3 or some other archive.
Okay, now for the nitty gritty, I'll take and love gen, slash(Sam/Dean) or non-explicit het. Crossovers are great, but no(Sam or Dean) sex with canon characters. Bring on the Angels, but absolutely NO Angel sex(my biggest squick). I don't mind if either boy is hurt(although I'd prefer it if that is'nt ALL the story is about), but no permanent death for either Sam or Dean.
Self recs are love. Thank you for your help.
EDIT: I'm getting some really great recs, but I don't think I explained myself properly, although all the fics have a truly awesome Dean in them what I'm really looking for are fics where outsiders or people they just met realize what a GREAT guy Dean is and respect and listen to him, and just generally want to hang around him. It can be a curtain fic, kid fic or case fic, I just want Dean to be appreciated. Thanks again, and I'm sorry if I wasn't clear.