Angel Baby / by VioletHyena (R)

Title:  Angel Baby
Author: VioletHyena 
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean, Sam/Gabriel
Genre: AU
Length: Medium (Words: 19,258 and counting)
Warnings: mpreg, possible chance for triggering based on Castiel's perceptions and moods, WIP (may contain things that ought to be warned about posted after this review)

Author's Summary:
The Winchesters find out that angels do not reproduce the same way as humans. Castiel explains that his vessel is not pregnant, his grace is simply splitting to make a new angel. But, even the best laid plans sometimes go awry, especially when Heaven is involved. When the Apocalypse is nigh and Castiel is running out of grace, Dean takes it upon himself to take care of Castiel and the new angel and ends up learning how much the angel means to him. Sam on the other hand, must make amends with his own angel.

Review:
This fic is dark but the promised romances and the tenacious devotion Dean shows for Castiel (as well as the author's self-confessed dislike of sad endings) suggests things will get better for the characters over the course of the story.  I really like this fic - I haven't come across anything quite like it before (whether that's because it's unique or simply because I don't read mpreg and so wouldn't have seen others, I don't know).  It's very well-written, but very dark too (it really does bear mentioning again - you thought Castiel was messed up post-Purgatory?  That Cas has nothing on this one).  Regular updates are also a bonus with this story - I eagerly await each Thursday when the new chapters are posted.  As a Gabriel fan-girl, I'm particularly looking forward to the story getting around to fulfilling its Gabriel Lives tag and seeing how Gabriel fits in to this plot.

Angel Baby (on AO3)