SPN Fic: The Black Cord

[dotfic]

The black cord
Castiel, Lucifer, Dean, Meg (slight Dean/Castiel) | PG | 2,100 words | coda for 7x17

a/n: Written for the lovely murron's birthday. Thanks to mclittlebitch for her help, and to zatnikatel for the beta read. Title is from Jane Hirschfeld. This fic also makes use of lines from William Blake.

Summary: There are ways to shout down the devil.

Comments

[embroiderama]

This is really lovely. Dean handing over his music--perfect!

[dotfic]

Thank you! ♥ I really wanted Dean to give Castiel something that implied Dean would be back, to entrust something to him. So glad you liked it!

[zatnikatel]

"We're alike," he says again. "You're the width of a thin gold thread away from me.

Heart of the matter: of all that Lucifer could say or do to "torture" Cas, I think that would hit hardest because it's so true… it makes me think of you're just a man… and isn't that exactly what Lucifer thought?

This is wonderful… you write in such a composed way and it works so well because it's almost reflective of Cas's own composure, but then underneath there's this creeping menace that speaks of Lucifer niggling away. And Dean shows up, and there is a lot of hope there… but even so, I get to the end of this and Cas may well be heartened and strengthened by knowing Dean is there and cares for him but - I still can't help feeling that he might not be strong enough. ;_;

[dotfic]

Poor Cas, yeah. I've been thinking about that for a few seasons now and actual Lucifer as well as hallucination Lucifer would of course use that. Since I'm taking this as imaginary Lucifer whose behavior is influenced by who is having the hallucination, it was interesting to me to have Lucifer play that card, all of Castiel's worst fears

[harper47]

Awww,what a beautiful ending. I really enjoyed that.

[dotfic]

Thank you, I'm delighted you liked it! I admit I'm enjoying this situation a bit too much, because aauggh, no, it's horrific, sorry Castiel! But it seemed like an opportunity to explore his strength as well as his fears, and the ending was the first part of the fic that popped into my head and I wanted to end on hope and have Dean say outright how much he still believes in Castiel and roots for him. *sniffle*

[monteseverus]

This is perfect! And Dean,please we need this.

[dotfic]

That sentiment seemed to be there in the episode itself, conveyed in various ways, but I love the idea of Dean saying that exact line to Cas and flipping on their first earthly meeting. It's such a horrific situation and he and Dean have been estranged, so I thought of what it would mean for Dean to say that outright and how Cas can hear that more than anything else. So glad you liked it!

[squeemonster]

This was gorgeous and so in-character it hurt.

I love your writing style so very much. <333

[dotfic]

Thank you, honey! ♥ So glad you liked what I did here!