Pairing: Dean Winchester x Reader

Summary: Dean enlisted in the hopes to help secure enough money for Sam to be able to go to college. Of course, he didn’t tell Sam. Why would he? Sam would understand, right? Turns out, Sam didn’t get it and is giving Dean the silent treatment for over a year. In Dean’s desperation to reconnect with Sam, Dean reaches out to his brother’s best friend. Little does he know that the hurricane named Y/N will turn out to be the reason he wants to stay alive and go back home for.

Series Warnings: Slow build, slow burn, mention of violence, illness, minor character death, discovering hope, discovering feelings, a journey of reconciliation, a journey of rekindling friendships, friends to lovers, sweet fluff too, eventual smut.