Benny Lafitte/Dean Winchester

Benny Lafitte/Dean Winchester, also known as Denny, is the slash pairing of Benny Lafitte and Dean Winchester in Supernatural fandom.
==Canon==
Dean and Benny meet when Dan and Castiel are accidentally sent to Purgatory at the end of season 7. Dean and Benny develop a mutual partnership and then friendship during their time together in Purgatory. At the beginning of season 8 Dean returns to earth and brings Benny's soul with him, and performs a spell so he can return Benny to his body. They maintain their friendship throughout the season, even though Dean tries to distance himself, because of Sam's mistrust of Benny. Dean kills Benny, with his permission, so that Benny can return to Purgatory and help Sam and Bobby. Benny was supposed to return with Sam, but instead stays behind to fight the leviathans, giving Sam a chance to escape. 
==Fandom==
===Common Tropes in Fanworks===
*Purgatory: because Dean was there for almost a year, but we only saw a small fraction of his time there, many writers will explore what his time there, with Benny, was like 
*Benny Lives: Benny does not die at the end of season 8, or is resurrected 
*All Human AU: where Benny is not a vampire, perhaps he was never a vampire, or somehow cured of vampirism 
*Sex Positions: usually Dean is written as a bottom and Benny as the top
*Past relationship: sometimes their relationship is characterized in the past tense, often as a stepping stone to the Dean/Cas relationship
*Threesome or Poly: this is almost always with Castiel, in fanworks they are sometimes referred to as Team Purgatory, because of their collective time there
===Challenges===
*DeanBenny Big Bang
*Dean/Benny Week
==Fanworks==
===Fan Art===
*Blood Brothers by mysteriousharu
*SPN - BennyDean by emmiesensei
* by billyrusso
* by themcnobody
* by thebisfor
===Fanfiction===
*The Road Always Leads to Home by anarchycox 
*Dear John by kototyph 
*Beignets by assbuttsinlove 
*Remember this Regret too by worldturtling 
===Graphics and Gif Sets===
* graphic by envydean
* gif set by ynjin
==Example Art Gallery==
File:Waterlow.png|alt=illustration of Dean hand cupping Benny's chin|Art by dustyjournal, created for the 2015 DeanBenny Big Bang fic Waterlow
File:Cloud Age.png|alt=illustration of Dean and Benny being naked and in bed together and embracing, sheets cover their lower halves|Art by suchacat for the fic Cloud Age, created for the 2014 DeanBenny Big Bang
File:A candle in the storm.png|alt=illustration of shirtless Dean and Benny kneeling on a bed and embracing|Art by androbeaurepaire for the fic A candle in the storm, created as part of the 2016 DeanBenny Big Bang
File:Show Me Your Teeth.jpg|alt=illustration of Dean and Benny leaning their foreheads against each other, Benny has his hand on Dean's neck|Art by dmsilvisart created for Show Me Your Teeth, as part of the Things That Go Bump In The Night Bang 
==Archive and Links==
*Benny Lafitte/Dean Winchester tag at Archive of Our Own
*Dean + Benny at FanFiction.net
*Tumblr Tags: deanbenny, dean x benny
*The U.S.S. Denny (LiveJournal community)
==Resources==
*Denny page at the Supernatural Wiki
Category:Slash PairingsCategory:Supernatural Relationships