flourishing in subterfuge

Title: Five Times Dean Does the Wrong Thing

Disclaimer: Not mine.

A/N: This is another old one that may or may not have been beta'ed (I honestly can't remember!). I did give it a read before posting, so hopefully there aren't too many mistakes. It's a series of snapshots with spoilers from S1-S5.

Summary: Dean believes Rory's the best thing that ever happened to him, and maybe that's something he'll never doubt, even if he really should.

Title: No Good Deed

A/N: I wrote this SO long ago. It's been years. But it's not doing any good on my computer, so I'm finally going to post it. It's a missing scene to the ep with Dean's bachelor party because darn it, that ep always breaks my heart. Beta'ed by geminigrl11  so long ago that I doubt she even remembers it :)  As a note, this isn't really part of the redemptive!Dean verse, though it's not incompatible with it.

Disclaimer: Not mine.

Summary: So maybe that's why when Dean says Rory's name at his bachelor's party, it hits Luke like a ton of bricks. Because this is Dean's bachelor's party, the party the night before his wedding. His wedding to a girl who wasn't Rory.

A/N: One more chapter of preparation before the big night. Hopefully Rory's slow torture is worth the read :)

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Title: The Ever-Growing Itch

Disclaimer: Not mine.

A/N: There's really not a good way to preface this fic except to say it started out as a very innocent idea. So how it became what it was, well--LOL, you'll just have to see for yourself. I try to keep most of my stuff at a PG-13/T level because of personal preferences I have, but this one doesn't quite fall into that category as far as I can tell. For getting an R/M rating, it's actually kind of mild, but that's just the way it is. My main warning is this: this fic is about sex. There's not a lot of it going on, but it is discussed frequently and is the driving force behind the fic.

A/N 2: This is part of the redemptive!Dean verse, taking place a few months after Sometimes You Do. Having read that fic in particular will be helpful to understanding some of this fic, and the Dean we see in this fic is very much the Dean that's developed over the course of the verse. Much love and thanks to geminigrl11  who beta'ed this one for me (even when I completely embarrassed her by the content in it). Also thanks to sendintheklowns  who perpetually gets me to keep writing. Most of what I do is entirely her fault these days. Also, for those who are curious, this is a four part fic.

Summary: Rory liked to talk, but after a month of dating? She was a little talked out. More than a little talked out. So talked out, she might take a pledge of muteness if she could just get Dean to scratch her ever-growing itch.

A/N: Review replies are behind but if I didn't post now, I'd be late, so I'll do replies this weekend. As for this chapter, major plot point ahead. And Madbyme, your speculation a bit ago was uncanny--you'll see :) Thanks all!  Previous stuff here.