MASTERPOST: Fear The Sunless Lands
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Sam/Dean, brief Dean/OCs (background Ruby/Lenore)
Rating: NC-17 -- Word count: 42,000
Warnings: AU, vampire!Dean, angst, blood-drinking, violence, gore, dub-con, rimming
Notes: Written for the 2012 spn_j2_bigbang
Summary: Hunters live in a world of blood and darkness, so when Dean gets turned into a vampire, not much changes for the Winchester brothers. Well, except for being on the lam from a Hunter’s Guild that wants them dead, sneaking around the world of seedy underground monster bars and sketchy voodoo practitioners in search of a fabled ‘cure’ and the little fact that Dean can’t seem to stop himself from molesting his brother when he feeds (and sometimes when he doesn’t). But as the lines between what they were raised to be and what they are get blurrier, Sam and Dean will have to decide how high a price they are willing to pay for a life in the light and what they’re willing to do for one another.
Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Art Masterpost -- AO3 -- PDF by dawnmyst
Thanks:
I owe so many people for their help on this fic. First of all, thanks to fiercelynormal for reading through this way back in the beginning when I wasn’t sure if I could pull it all together and helping me work out some of the wrinkles.
Thanks as well to my fantastic beta, larenoz, who helped me figure out what the heck I was actually trying to say and to marciaelena who helped make up for the fact that, apparently, I can't type.
Of course I can’t forget the amazing art heard_the_owl created to go along with the story - she did such a wonderful job, guys, I can't even say enough good stuff; go give her all the love!
And as always, a big debt of gratitude also goes to all of my twitter pals and flisties who cheered me on and listened to me bitch about this thing for the last six months - I promise to be much more fun in the coming days ;) Without y'all this fic wouldn't exist.
Finally, a sincere thank you to the spn_j2_bigbang mods for undertaking the insanity that allows us to enjoy all the wonderful fic and art that BB brings!
A/N:
For the purposes of this fic, I’ve messed around with some of the vampire lore a bit - there are pieces of the SPN vamps in there as well as some more classical vampire tropes and some random stuff I just made up because I wanted to. I’m asking y’all to just go with me on it.
Likewise, with the Hunter’s Guild, I’m making up my own rules. I have a bit of the political system worked out in my head, but I think everything you really need to know in terms of the fic is spelled out within it, so hopefully there won’t be any confusion.
I know a very limited amount about voodoo and apologize for any inaccuracies. No offense is meant.
A couple of terms for the curious (these aren’t essential to the fic, but I know some, like me, have to know the specifics so I’ll save you from looking them up): Bokor - a voodoo sorcerer who operates for hire, a practitioner willing to perform either dark or light magics. Bunyip - a creature of Aboriginal folklore, said to live in swamps, creaks, riverbeds and other watersources. There’s very little consensus of what one looks like, aside from large and dark colored, but they are considered fearsome.
Pairing: Sam/Dean, brief Dean/OCs (background Ruby/Lenore)
Rating: NC-17 -- Word count: 42,000
Warnings: AU, vampire!Dean, angst, blood-drinking, violence, gore, dub-con, rimming
Notes: Written for the 2012 spn_j2_bigbang
Summary: Hunters live in a world of blood and darkness, so when Dean gets turned into a vampire, not much changes for the Winchester brothers. Well, except for being on the lam from a Hunter’s Guild that wants them dead, sneaking around the world of seedy underground monster bars and sketchy voodoo practitioners in search of a fabled ‘cure’ and the little fact that Dean can’t seem to stop himself from molesting his brother when he feeds (and sometimes when he doesn’t). But as the lines between what they were raised to be and what they are get blurrier, Sam and Dean will have to decide how high a price they are willing to pay for a life in the light and what they’re willing to do for one another.
Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Art Masterpost -- AO3 -- PDF by dawnmyst
Thanks:
I owe so many people for their help on this fic. First of all, thanks to fiercelynormal for reading through this way back in the beginning when I wasn’t sure if I could pull it all together and helping me work out some of the wrinkles.
Thanks as well to my fantastic beta, larenoz, who helped me figure out what the heck I was actually trying to say and to marciaelena who helped make up for the fact that, apparently, I can't type.
Of course I can’t forget the amazing art heard_the_owl created to go along with the story - she did such a wonderful job, guys, I can't even say enough good stuff; go give her all the love!
And as always, a big debt of gratitude also goes to all of my twitter pals and flisties who cheered me on and listened to me bitch about this thing for the last six months - I promise to be much more fun in the coming days ;) Without y'all this fic wouldn't exist.
Finally, a sincere thank you to the spn_j2_bigbang mods for undertaking the insanity that allows us to enjoy all the wonderful fic and art that BB brings!
A/N:
For the purposes of this fic, I’ve messed around with some of the vampire lore a bit - there are pieces of the SPN vamps in there as well as some more classical vampire tropes and some random stuff I just made up because I wanted to. I’m asking y’all to just go with me on it.
Likewise, with the Hunter’s Guild, I’m making up my own rules. I have a bit of the political system worked out in my head, but I think everything you really need to know in terms of the fic is spelled out within it, so hopefully there won’t be any confusion.
I know a very limited amount about voodoo and apologize for any inaccuracies. No offense is meant.
A couple of terms for the curious (these aren’t essential to the fic, but I know some, like me, have to know the specifics so I’ll save you from looking them up): Bokor - a voodoo sorcerer who operates for hire, a practitioner willing to perform either dark or light magics. Bunyip - a creature of Aboriginal folklore, said to live in swamps, creaks, riverbeds and other watersources. There’s very little consensus of what one looks like, aside from large and dark colored, but they are considered fearsome.