Bound by Fate, Broken by Fire | Dean Winchester

Dean Winchester never believed in happy endings. Hunters didn't get white picket fences, wedding rings, or someone to grow old with. They got scars, nightmares, and bloody farewells. Dean had resigned himself to that fate long ago, die with a gun in his hand, heart walled off and unclaimed.

But destiny has other plans. When Dean discovers he has a soulmate, he's determined not to care. Nothing good ever lasts in his world. Still, when he meets her, when he sees the mark that ties their lives together he feels something he can't shake.

What starts as denial turns into stolen glances, unspoken words, and a slow unraveling of the walls he's built around his heart. But in a life ruled by monsters, death, and sacrifice... can Dean let himself believe in love, or will fate tear them apart before they've even begun?

(A slow burn, soulmate AU filled with tension, tenderness, and the kind of love Dean never thought he'd deserve.)