HUNTER'S FILE

BASICS

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Dean Winchester was born to Mary and John Winchester on January 24th, 1979. four years later, he had a brother ; his name is sam. As far as Dean can remember, they were one happy family, until something came after them. on November 2nd, 1983, Mary Winchester was killed by a DEMON. John was left alone to bring up his children on the road while in search of the monster that killed his wife. John raised his children to hunt monsters and spirits. they learned that by doing so, they saved people — they became heroes. Dean grew up knowing that the FAMILY BUSINESS was inevitable for him, in spite of the brief teenage rebellion of his. He had hopes and dreams, but all of that didn’t matter ; he was destined to be a hunter. By the time Dean became an adult, John gave him his car, the 1967 chevy impala. Dean has always loved that car and cherished it ever since. it was the only home he’d known. While his brother ran off to go to college — refusing to accept the path that their father had paved for them — Dean stayed with his father. They took long hunting trips together, but at times the two worked on their own. One day, John left without saying a word and didn’t return any of Dean’s calls. alarmed by his father’s absence, the eldest son sought out for help from his brother. Together, they drove across the country, hunting monsters while in search of their father. all the time they spent looking for him, the Winchester brothers realized that they were stronger together — ‛ we made a hell of a team. ’ The Winchesters have experienced a lot of loss, grief, separation and pain, but at the end of the day, they’ve stayed together as a FAMILY and kept fighting the good fight. Apart from all the bad they’ve been through and continue to live through daily, they’ve come to acknowledge the strength that comes with depending on one another and always looking after each other. — ‛ we’re brothers, and no matter how bad it gets, that doesn’t change. ’

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TIMELINE

#after school special — pre-series 1.0
while their father is out hunting, dean and his younger brother, sam, are constantly enrolled into different schools. dean is the troublemaker of the class who always finds ways to interrupt the lesson and annoy the teachers. he tries to keep the tough guy facade, though once people get to know him better, it’s easy to spot his soft side. for early teen years, he’s quite confident and sociable, though, sometimes he gets shy around girls. for late teen years, he's more confident and bold. [ fc's: dylan everett (age: 14-15) / peyton meyer (age 16-17) ] — headcanon#devil's trap — s1
dean is on the road, hunting with sam, while the two brothers are looking for their father, john. dean is a skilled and narrow-minded hunter, obedient to his absent father who knows little about demons and how to exorcise them. he mainly hunts ghosts and vampires. he shoots first, asks questions later. [ age: 26-27 ] — click for season aesthetic#no rest for the wicked — s3
on the road, hunting with sam as many monsters as they possibly can. dean has one year to live due to the deal he has made with a demon to save his brother. he shows no fear, although he is terrified of the fate he has chosen for himself. ironically, he appears to be more alive than ever as he tries his best to live life to the fullest, in order to leave good memories for himself and his brother behind. he remains the narrow-minded hunter, who shoots first, asks questions later. [ age: 28-29 ] — click for season aesthetic#the song remains the same — s5
the winchesters are on the road, hunting monsters and demons, while also battling against heaven and hell. the brothers are going through a rough time trusting one another. however, they stay together, in order to fight together. dean knows how to kill angels, and doesn't hesitate to do so. he aims first, and asks questions later. [ age: 30-31 ] — click for season aesthetic#survival of the fittest — s7
dean is on the road, hunting leviathan and other monsters with sam. he and sam are america’s most wanted serial killers after being framed by two leviathan. eventually, dean finds himself in purgatory, hunting down monsters for a whole year. dean is broken over the loss of his surrogate father. he grows more and more tired of the job, although he carries on the family business. [ age: 32-33 ]#strairway to heaven — s9
dean is on the road, hunting with sam, while trying to kill abaddon and metatron, as both of them are trying to take over the world. dean is very protective over sam, after almost losing him, and making a dangerous choice for his brother. later on, dean possesses the mark of cain on his right arm, but he is in control of the mark's bloodlust. [ age: 34-35 ]#out of the darkness and into the fire — s11
on the road, hunting with sam, trying to figure out how to stop the darkness from destroying the world. dean and sam are seeking all the help they can get in order to stop her. dean is afraid of the hold she has on him, and struggles to face her. the brothers are slowly getting back to being a team and fighting against evil together. [ age: 36-37 ]#war of the worlds — s13
sam and dean are on the road hunting, while looking for a way to save their mom from the alternate world. dean is extremely distrustful of the newborn nephil, jack, as he sees him as a potential threat to the world due to his biological connection to lucifer. reluctantly, he tries to accept him as part of the family. [ age: 36-37 ]#welcome to the end — s15
sam and dean are on the road hunting while facing god's plan. despite their relentless efforts to challenge their own destiny, they catch themselves losing hope. nonetheless, they continue to hunt and save people, because their job is the only thing that keeps them going. [ age: 40-41 ]

#soldier in leather — pre-series 2.0
sam and dean are growing up to be hunters like their father. dean is trying to pick up after john and learn everything there is to know about hunting. he has recently dropped out of high school, in order to focus more on hunting and saving people. alternatively, sam is already in college, while dean is carrying on the family business with his father. sometimes he can be found hunting on his own. dean is the obedient son, obsessed with hunting monsters and saving people.
[ fc: jensen ackles (early years) ; age: 20-25 ] — click for season aesthetic#born under a bad sign — s2
on the road, hunting with sam, while trying to deal with the fact that their father is dead. dean soon discovers that he's the one responsible for john dying, and he blames himself. the winchesters both get an anti-possession tattoo on their chest to keep demons away after a tragedy that happened to sam. dean is remains a narrow-minded hunter who knows how to exorcise as well as kill demons. he is trying his best to protect his brother more than ever. he shoots first, asks questions later. [ age: 27-28 ] — click for season aesthetic#on the head of a pin — s4
dean is back from the dead and on the road, hunting. he is broken and scarred from the hell he had suffered for four months, although he appears to be completely fine. he encounters angels for the first time and has a very complicated relationship with his brother. he has trouble trusting him due to certain choices that he had made during the time when dean was gone, but he still cares about him and wants the best for him. dean is a little rusty, but still good at hunting. [ age: 29-30 ] — click for season aesthetic#let it bleed — s6
dean lives a happy, normal life with lisa and ben, until sam surpringly comes back from the dead. eventually, he gets back on the road, hunting with him, while he feels devastated for leaving the perfect apple-pie life that he had always dreamed of behind. the winchesters have trouble trusting castiel, due to his odd behavior. dean is quite tired and rusty, but still a skilled hunter, who aims first, and asks questions later. [ age: 31-32 ]#torn and frayed — s8
dean is back on the road, hunting with sam, after spending an entire year in purgatory. the two brothers, with the help of the prophet, kevin, attempt to close the gates of hell, in order to lock away all the demons on earth. they discover the bunker and live there, after spending their entire life in motel rooms. due to the brotherhood he had developed with the vampire, benny, in purgatory, dean grows more open-minded about monsters, and realizes that not all of them are evil. [ age: 33-34 ]#the things we left behind — s10
dean is a recently cured demon who is back on the road, hunting with sam, while still bearing the mark of cain. dean becomes very dangerous and can get angry rather quickly. dean is currently very murderous, and he needs to be approached with caution. there may be instances where he can lose control over the mark, and harm without intending to. [ age: 35-36 ]#keep calm and carry on — s12
on the road, hunting with sam and slowly adapting to the idea of their mother coming back from the dead. the brothers encounter the british men of letters and, while they choose to work with them due to their highly advanced ways to hunt, they don't fully trust them. [ age: 37-38 ]#damaged goods — s14
sam and dean are on the road hunting, sometimes with jack or cas. taking place after michael's possession of dean, the winchester is struggling in dealing with the haunting memories of that experience. the only thing he looks forward to is finding michael and putting a stop to him before destroying the world. [ age: 39-40 ]#nothing ever really ends — post-series
#spn spoilers . with their newfound freedom, sam and dean get to live the rest of their lives however they choose to. this falls into two versions: [version o1 ]: dean renovates bobby's property and opens the SINGER AUTO repair shop. moreover, he chooses to devote his time and energy to being a father to his kids. after spending many years desperately trying to keep them safe, he finally gets the chance to just be there for them. he wants to set things right by them and raise them to be the best that they can be, as he lets them choose who they want to be. whether he is a single father or he is settled down with someone who understands the life, dean is still by his brother’s side. [ age: early 40's ] — click for season aesthetic

ALTERNATE

#huntercorp pays well — huntercorp au
[ version o1 ]: dean winchester is the son of john winchester, founder of huntercorp — an international hunting company that saves people by stopping monsters all over the world. he grew up learning everything about the family business and working his way into becoming one of the hunter leaders in his father's company, alongside his brother. [ age: from early twenties up to mid-thirties ][ version o2 ]: dean winchester ( currently under the alias, dean harrison ) comes from an alternate reality where he is a hunter at huntercorp, a global organization of monster hunters led by wealthy father. back in his world, he was practically a celebrity. when his own world gets destroyed, he and his brother, sam, manage to escape to another reality. his father’s whereabouts remain unknown, despite the fact that all three went through the same rift. now, he is currently travelling the world, exploring the notable differences and trying to survive without the comfort of his own wealth. meanwhile, he may stumble across people that may mistake him for the other dean and try to play along with it for the sake of survival. [ age: 30-40 / headcanon list ]#the end is near — 2014!apocalypse
the verse is based on the episode ‘the end.’ playing both 2014!dean as a leader of an army of soldiers that fight croatoan (people with a virus that changes them into something inhuman who cannot be stopped unless they're killed) while hunting down lucifer, and 2009!dean who is sent to the future to witness the end of the world. [ age: 30 / 35 ]#what is and what should never be — normal life
normal life verse loosely based on episode 2.20. dean grew up in a normal household with his father, john, his mother, mary, and his brother, sam. he works at a garage, lives at his own apartment and possibly has a girlfriend. his brother is happily engaged to jessica moore and he gets to spend time with him whenever they can. they do not get to hang out as much as they used to, but they do get along. [ age: 20s-30s ]#what made us think we were wise — college
au verse in which both mary and john winchester are alive, and raise their kids in a normal, healthy environment. dean graduates high school, and he’s sent off to college after his parents insist, while sam is still in high school. he majors in fire science firefighting, he hardly attends classes, but he tries to keep up with his coursework. [ age: 20-22 / headcanon list ]

#soul survivor — demon dean
takes place after the season 9 finale and before episode 3 of season 10. when dean dies he comes back as a knight of hell. while his brother is desperately searching for him, dean is hanging out with crowley while drinking and killing. he has shut off his emotions and embraced the mark's bloodthirst. he has no tolerence for anyone standing on his way. he is dangerous ; proceed with caution. [ age: 35 ]#on the cleanse — dean smith
this verse is based on the episode ‘it’s a terrible life’. dean smith is a director of sales and marketing on a big company. he is the son of bobby singer and ellen harvelle, as well as a brother to jo. he neither has any knowledge of the supernatural nor is he a hunter. [ age: 30 ]#folsom prison blues — normal life 2.0
dean grew up in a normal household, brought up by both parents alongside his younger brother. despite his normal upbringing, the eldest brother had always been a bit of a troublemaker. he’d skip school so many times before eventually dropping out ; he’d never get along with any kind of authority, including the police ; and he’d always end up picking up fights with people for the hell of it. soon after his eighteenth birthday, he moved out of his family home to get away from the pressure of being a good son. he took up small jobs around town, stayed in trashy apartments and generally lived life on the run. from robbery and assault, dean’s new charge changed his life for the worst: he was framed with murder of the first degree. although he knew the people responsible for it ( ghosts of the past whom he had wronged along the way ), he didn’t have enough evidence to present to the police and clear out his name — and, even if he did, he would still end up in jail for his other charges. while he remains detached from his family, he tries to contact them during desperate times. meanwhile, he is currently trying to survive, weary of whom to trust, as he never stays in the same place for too long. [ age: 20s-30s ]

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CROSSOVER

#never meet your heroes — the boys
eaised by john winchester, a marine who oftentimes fought next to superheroes, dean grew up with the idea that superheroes were good — he even felt honored to be related to one of the greatest ( soldier boy, his grandfather whom he’d never got to meet ). it wasn’t until he was old enough ( around 14 y/o ) that john revealed to him that supes weren’t the good guys that dean had idolized. next to several atrocities witnessed by john himself on the field as well as rumors he’d heard about soldier boy, too, his father also revealed to him that mary’s death was in the hands of a superhero, as well. and so, dean developed an obsession with taking down supes with the belief that hunting them was the only way to ensure the safety of the human race. nowadays, dean hunts low-life, no-name supes; he’s never dared to go after the big guys ( aka the seven or vought ). while it is the ultimate goal, he has yet to find the right people to help him. currently, he is in search of them as well as a good execution plan. [ age: 30s ]#what is a multiplied skin without a soul — dark angel
verse follows the spn events that took place before and during season 1. when he was only five years old, dean was kidnapped by members of manticore – an organization that created genetically modified superior soldiers – and had his DNA used to create the transgenic twins, X5-493 ( ben ) and X5-494 ( alec ). the method of using human DNA to create them was later abandoned by the committee, as kidnapping children from their homes was risky. growing up, dean's only memories of the event are merely through his father’s eyes, who had spent hours searching for his boy, only to see him back to the motel room safe and sound the next morning. over the years, john got obsessed with figuring out what happened to dean that night, while also in search of his wife’s killer. when manticore was made known to the public, john began hunting down transgenics who posed a threat to the human race, while also training his sons to do the same. one of them, X5-493 ( ben ), was a serial killer and was discovered by dean himself. shocked to find out that he wasn’t a shape-shifter using his face but a transgenic who looked just like him, dean tried to hunt him down to get answers. without knowing that X5-452 ( max ) had already killed him, dean took it upon himself to find out what happened by visiting seattle and going undercover. [ age: 25 ]#when the hour is darkest he shall fight — disney
dean was a poor orphan who lost his family at a young age. he grew up in the village, raising his brother and himself by stealing food and hunting animals in the forest. in his twenties, he became one of the best huntsmen in the village. when word spread, the evil queen sought him out and brought him to her palace, offering him a large amount of money that would benefit him and his family, in exchange to kill snow white and bring back her heart. dean had never killed a person before, but with the information he was given, he was led to believe that snow white deserved to die and, hence, he accepted the offer. he tracked down the girl and realized that he had been lied to by the queen, that snow white was innocent. refusing to obey the queen, dean killed a deer, took out its heart and offered that instead to the evil queen. the queen didn’t realize the truth until dean was already gone with the money. he kept some of it to himself, the rest, he gave to his brother. now, he is currently on the run, afraid that one day the evil queen will find him and punish him. [ age: early 30s ]

#come join the club — winx club
born to a specialist mother ( mary / @ofblackskies ) and a human father ( john ), sam and dean were destined to follow their mother’s path and become specialists by attending the red fountain, the paramilitary prestigious educational institution school at the planet magix . during one of their early missions as specialists, the boys encountered a deceptive person with the intent to harm them . sam ( @sunsymbols ) saw through the illusion and as a result, manifested fairy powers that were unknown to them before . after a year of dean trying to help sam hide his fairy powers from the other specialists, the younger brother decides to switch schools and go to alfea instead, the ancient school for fairies . although upset by the outcome, dean eventually grew supportive of sam’s choice after witnessing him in a battle . sam is a fairy of all-sight .at the age of 19, dean met and hooked up with hanna ( @huntingbound ), a former-fairy-turned-witch from cloud tower which resulted to them having a child together, lily ( @lilyspaintedred ) . hanna dies during a battle . lily grows up and chooses to be a fairy of sunshine and attends alfea . lily is a fairy of sunshine . meanwhile, dean grows to become a leader of specialists’ missions and a trainer to younger specialists at red fountain . [ age: 20s ]years later : dean’s secret powers : dean never doubted himself to be anything other than a specialist, but sam’s newfound nature made him extremely defensive of his stance on the matter . for the longest time, dean has been denying the possibility of him ever being a fairy because he didn’t believe he was one — and he was right : he wasn’t a fairy, but something else … when dean loses lily in battle, he cannot cope with her death . and similar to how sam’s powers manifested, dean’s powers were forced out at the event of his daughter’s death .dean discovers that he is a phoenix, a rare creature in the magical realm, and a rather powerful one . more specifically, he is a phoenix of death who has the power to bring someone back from the dead — as long as he takes another life away . the burden of having to maintain the balance has been taunting him ever since he had succeeded in bringing back his lily by paying the price . dean doesn’t use his powers as often, simply because he cannot take an innocent’s life away to save someone else . he considers his powers to be incredibly selfish, immoral, and overall, a burden . however, he will take action if any of his loved ones get hurt . in the meantime, he remains a specialist and uses his physical skills instead of his magical powers . [ click for visuals ] [ age: 40s ]

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RELATIONS

DISCLAIMER: those listed below are original characters only. they have all contributed to dean's canon and/or my portrayal to some extent. canon muses do impact dean's story of course, however i reserve no exclusivity for them so i will not list any here. mentions of the characters below in interactions are highly encouraged & much appreciated.

NAME: lily winchester-holbrook
RELATION [tag]: daughter
URL: lilyspaintedred
BRIEF OVERVIEW: dean found out that he had a daughter when she was already 15 years old ( during season 9 ), after her mother died in his arms.

NAME: lana collins
RELATION [tag]: unrequited love, childhood friend.
URL: griefnextdoor
BRIEF OVERVIEW: soon after helping lana become part of the hunting community, dean caught feelings that would remain unrequited for a long time.

NAME: sarah miller
RELATION [tag]: rekindled flame.
URL: unbearablyindifferent
BRIEF OVERVIEW: after abruptly ending one of his few serious relationships due to his father's work, dean never thought he would see sarah again so many years later.