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Title: Winchester 275
Author: mittensmorgul (MittenWraith on AO3)
Artist: whichstiel
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 57k
Pairings: Dean/Cas (Sam/Eileen, Jesse/Cesar, Garth/Bess, other background/implied pairings mentioned)
Warnings:   stuff that happens on farms, canon-typical snarkiness, several bad puns, one instance of non-consensual karaoke, one pool hustle, casual alcohol consumption, stargazing, and cowboy hats (and boots)

Seven years after Sam left the family’s ranch to attend Stanford, Dean’s completely transformed the family’s failing cattle business into a growing horse ranch. Sam’s only got one condition for coming back home after graduation– let him have a shot to build something of his own, the same as Dean’s done. The catch? Sam and Eileen, along with their architect friend Hannah, want to turn a tiny corner of Dean’s slice of heaven into a dude ranch.

The land itself might be heaven on earth, but Dean’s invested his entire life into it. He’d made his peace with being alone, until he meets Hannah’s brother. Castiel is a solar astronomer who is reluctantly coerced into helping his sister charm Sam’s gruff and stubborn brother into saying yes to what has become her dream project. He doesn’t imagine he’d have anything in common with a cowboy, but he finds that Dean’s the one who ends up charming him.

Cas won’t do anything to jeopardize Hannah’s shot at her dream, and Dean is reluctant to put Sam’s homecoming at risk. If only Dean and Cas could keep their distance from one another, maybe they could set aside their attraction for the sake of their siblings’ business plans. The heavens seem to have other plans for them…

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