But Deadly 'verse: Reverence

[bellatemple]

Title: Reverence
Author: Bella Temple
Category: SPN, AU, Gen, drama
Rating: Teen
Warnings: AU, some language, rewrite of canon
Spoilers: "Faith"
Characters: Sam, Dean, Layla Rourke, OCs
Disclaimer: The characters and basic premise within are property of Warner Bros, Eric Kripke, etc. No money is being made off this work of fiction.
Author's note:

Comments

[roque_clasique]

LOVE this 'verse!
puh-lease for the love of layla, update soooooon.

[bellatemple]

Thanks! Hopefully the next story will make its way to paper in not too long.

[pheebs1]

Ah Layla! Perfect choice to include here - I loved her interactions with Dean. And what a twist that Dan and Mary had powers too, and Dan basically knows everything. Very interesting! I'm thoroughly enjoying this series.

[bellatemple]

I can tell! And speeding right through it, too. . . . ;D

Thanks! I really did struggle a bit with both Dan and Layla. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it.

[pheebs1]

I know! When I find a series I really like, I speed speed speed. I am so 'want to know what happens with this' LOL! :) I will have to go back over and savor it, now I've got to the end of what you've posted so far. Lovely work!

[vesuvianite]

Oh, damn, now Carrie, too? =((

Interesting, though, that Dan and Mary had both been "special children". I wondered how the heck Dan would know to dig up some obituary in Nebraska.

[caffienekitty]

Given that they were Mary's friends and having seen the summary of your most recent segment, I suspected Dan and/or Carrie might be hunters. What I love about this is how fully-developed and rich you make them as characters in this one short piece. I can see their house. I can see the way Dan looks at Carrie, knowing and wanting to protect, and more. The details of his preparations are heart-breaking too, because it's so likely to be futile, and you've got that futility enmeshed in Dan's perspective.

Your re-working of "Faith" is also, again, spectacular. I love how you've made Layla an agent of her own fate. In canon, Layla was almost passive and seemed to be at LaGrange's more because her mother wanted her to be there, humoring her mother with her own final days. I love that you've given her a will in the matter, a perception of what's really happening, and a willingness to fight against what she now realizes is an evil act.

Brilliant. Well done. :-)

(Much as I'd love to read through everything in one sitting, I think I'll save

[bellatemple]

(I suspected as much, and I'm totally willing to be patient. And, yeah, I totally had a moment of "wait a minute. . . ." ;D)

And thank you again. I actually feel that this is one of the weaker pieces of the 'verse, so it's very good to hear what about it managed to work for people, and that Layla's voice, which I totally struggled with, worked well for you.

[keerawa]

Oooh, Mary and Uncle Dan as psychic kids? Nifty! And Mary, in attempting to whammy Dean into not telling anyone how John died, accidentally used too much juice and got him to the point where he didn't talk AT ALL for 20 years? Sheesh. And now Dean can, but won't. And apparently Sam doesn't know that! I feel like exposition-girl.

[bellatemple]

It's an expositiony kind of story.

Thanks!