Bonus Round 0.5

[centrumlumina]

It’s the same old story you’ve heard a thousand times...

Welcome to our first real bonus round – now a week earlier to get everyone kicked off! For this round, the theme is fandom tropes, clichés and formulas.

If you have an idea for something you’d like to see, please leave a trope, the characters involved and any other details as a PROMPT below. Then read through everyone else’s prompts, and leave a FILL for any which catch your eye. They need not be long, but please put a little effort in – if anyone starts spamming this post for points, we’ll be able to tell.

You should place PROMPT/FILL, your current team affiliation and a brief summary in the comment title. For instance, a comment thread could run as follows.

PROMPT: Dean & Cas, purgatory fic (Team Castiel/Dean)
I’d like to see Dean and Castiel stuck in purgatory together.

FILL: Video, Blood Brother (Team Carver/Edlund)
Dean and Cas travel through purgatory with a vampire.

You will be awarded five points per prompt for the first five prompts you leave. The first three fills posted for each prompt will receive 15 points, the next three 10 points, and the next three 5 points. Prompts with ten or more fills will no longer receive fill points.

You can post prompts or fills for any ship this round, including gen/platonic ones (which should be indicated with an & symbol as above). However, you may not fill your own prompt. We also encourage people not to fill prompts from their teammates, although the points will not be deducted if you do.

Since this bonus round isn’t entirely scheduled, it will be running parallel to Bonus Rounds 0 and 1 – that is to say, BR0 is still open! This extra round will end when the first main round prompt is released.

Remember, Team Chuck can participate in bonus rounds, and if you change teams, points earned will transfer with you until the main round one prompt is released. Entry to bonus rounds is individual, and every team member enters separately.

Edit: If a fill is NSFW, please indicate this in the comment title or at the top of the comment.

Edit: This round is now closed. It will remain open for fills if you wish to post them, but no further points will be awarded.

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PROMPT: Castiel/Sam, cuddling for warmth (Team Jess/Sam)

[lorettafryingpan]

As Castiel's Grace starts to fade, he has a hard time regulating his body temperature and gets cold very easily, so he starts gravitating towards anyone particularly warm. Sam is that person.

FILL: Castiel/Sam, cuddling for warmth (Team Castiel/Lucifer)

[pandalianxx]

At first, it wasn’t anything particularly noticeable. Castiel would blow onto his hands, rubbing them together, but it was autumn and the temperature was lowering. Sometimes, he would tuck himself into his coat, making himself look smaller than he really was. Other times he’d sit with his legs propped up against his chest, as if he was hiding from something.

It was only when, after a particularly bad hunt including a few demons and a burning warehouse did Sam realize something was wrong with Castiel.

When they had gotten back to their motel room, bloodied, but uninjured, Sam found that Cas’s skin was cold as ice. Even after his trench coat was singed and blackened from the fire, he remained shivering and pale, lips tinged with a hint of blue.

So Sam grew worried. He would push him onto the bed, wrapping him in a blanket and buying him hot drinks on his runs to get their food. Dean would watch, unsure of how to help and unwilling to provide direct comfort to the angel.

It became evident that blankets and warm drinks weren’t enough. Even as he was buried under several layers, shivers ran up and down Castiel’s spine, raking his body with violent force. Though he still functioned properly during hunts, the falling angel would be left a quivering mess any other time.

Unconsciously, Cas would start to move towards Sam. He’d sit close to him at the diners or he’d lean over a fraction when they were researching for a hunt. Though they were subtle inclinations, they were noticeable after a while and soon became a habit.

“Uh, Cas? Personal space, please?”

Castiel whipped his head up, wide blue eyes staring at Sam. After a moment, he nodded, shifting back so that he was seated correctly on side half of the couch. There was only a single blanket on him at the moment, pooling around his shoulders.

A shiver from the angel shook the couch, making Sam glance over at the angel. The smaller man peeked at him guiltily, arms wrapped tight around his knees.

Sam sighed, wrapping an arm around Castiel’s shoulders and bringing his shivering frame to his own. His hand rubbed up the dark-haired man’s arm, letting the smaller male lean into his warm body.

“Sam?”

“Yeah?”

“I’m cold.”

“I know, Cas. I don’t know what else to do.” He brought the dark-haired man closer to him, smiling slightly when the angel clung on to him, not unlike a new-born baby. Castiel nuzzled his face into Sam’s shoulder, clinging onto the warm that came from that younger Winchester. Sam pressed his lips to the angel’s hair, bringing the angel towards his body until the falling angel was seated on his lap.

“Sam?” Their bodies shifted until Sam’s elbows were leaning against the armrest, Cas leaning over him. Blue eyes stared down at green, fingers curled into the younger Winchester’s shirt. An arm sneaked around the dark-haired man’s waist, bringing him so that he propped up against Sam’s body, legs straddling him.

“Yeah, Cas?” he murmured, their foreheads resting against each other’s. Cold skin leaned against warm as their lips slowly inched closer together.

“You make me feel warm.”