SPN fic: Master Post - The Sharp Edge of Earth
Title: The Sharp Edge of Earth
Author: dotfic
Characters: Dean, Castiel, Sam, Alastair, Balthazar; various canon human characters and canon and OC angels
Rating: Gen, R (for torture and gore), with some Dean/Castiel UST
Word Count: 29,000
Warnings:( skip) Torture, gore, use of restraints, confinement, suggestiveness that could imply non-con (not involving Dean/Castiel).
Summary: Having sold his soul to save Sam's life, Dean finds himself in Hell at the mercy of the demon Alastair, who is intent on breaking him. But all that Dean was and is, everyone who's had an impact on him, are still a part of Dean, and he won't break easily. As Dean takes refuge in his own mind to escape the torture, angels gather, ordered to undertake an unusual mission: rescue The Righteous Man from Hell. Castiel knows an invasion of Hell will be difficult, but he has no idea how much this mission will demand of him, how wrong the best-laid plans can go - and how much everything is about to change irrevocably. Meanwhile, Dean's defenses and his hope start to fail. He thinks no one is ever coming to save him.
He's wrong.
a/n: Title is from “Euridice” by H.D. One line of dialogue and some fanon are lifted from my prior fics. One line of dialogue was shamelessly stolen from Super 8, and there's a paraphrase from J.R.R. Tolkien. More notes and sources for quotations and lyrics here. Thank you to geckoholic, my first reader and amazing artist, and to smilla02, for their insightful comments and suggestions, to nyoka for the final polishing, and to maerhys. Written for deancasbigbang 2011.
Art by geckoholic.
Art master post & music score.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Epilogue
Notes, citations, & thanks
AO3 | PDF | DW
Author: dotfic
Characters: Dean, Castiel, Sam, Alastair, Balthazar; various canon human characters and canon and OC angels
Rating: Gen, R (for torture and gore), with some Dean/Castiel UST
Word Count: 29,000
Warnings:( skip) Torture, gore, use of restraints, confinement, suggestiveness that could imply non-con (not involving Dean/Castiel).
Summary: Having sold his soul to save Sam's life, Dean finds himself in Hell at the mercy of the demon Alastair, who is intent on breaking him. But all that Dean was and is, everyone who's had an impact on him, are still a part of Dean, and he won't break easily. As Dean takes refuge in his own mind to escape the torture, angels gather, ordered to undertake an unusual mission: rescue The Righteous Man from Hell. Castiel knows an invasion of Hell will be difficult, but he has no idea how much this mission will demand of him, how wrong the best-laid plans can go - and how much everything is about to change irrevocably. Meanwhile, Dean's defenses and his hope start to fail. He thinks no one is ever coming to save him.
He's wrong.
a/n: Title is from “Euridice” by H.D. One line of dialogue and some fanon are lifted from my prior fics. One line of dialogue was shamelessly stolen from Super 8, and there's a paraphrase from J.R.R. Tolkien. More notes and sources for quotations and lyrics here. Thank you to geckoholic, my first reader and amazing artist, and to smilla02, for their insightful comments and suggestions, to nyoka for the final polishing, and to maerhys. Written for deancasbigbang 2011.
Art by geckoholic.
Art master post & music score.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Epilogue
Notes, citations, & thanks
AO3 | PDF | DW