Comments | i_speak_tongue: fic: threadbare

i_speak_tongue

fic: threadbare

Feb 17, 2014 13:34

TITLE: threadbare
RATING: PG 13
GENRE: gen, h/c
SPOILERS: up to 9.13
WORDS: 1817
CHARACTERS: Dean, Cas, Sam

( This is the thing about Dean. He’s fine-or at least he can pretend to be-until he actually has to express himself. That’s when he falls to pieces. That’s when Cas’s heart breaks; as he watches Dean struggle to hold himself together enough to simply put six words together without choking on his own vulnerability. )

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Comments 42

juppschmitz February 18 2014, 07:22:40 UTC

This is so much what I need right now.

I mean the final scenes of the last three episodes got increasingly worse. From "Just go..." via "Brother, what brother?" (paraphrasing) to "you've convinced yourself you're doing more good than bad... But you're not."

I really need show to give us something like what you've written. But, seeing as I can't hold my breath that long, I'll just take your fic.

This is so completely and utterly headcanon for me that I have to be careful not to mention it in thought exchanges with other people as actual canon.

Thank you for sharing!

(And yes, Cas is the original extreme dean girl, lol!

i_speak_tongue February 21 2014, 19:13:36 UTC

I think the show is doomed to disappoint me at this point, considering how excited I am about where they could potentially take Dean's storyline. Fandom never fails to come up with better material for him than the actual writers of the show do.

In the meantime I'll enjoy indulging the minute possibility that something like this might maybe possibly perhaps happen...???

Glad you liked it. Thank you!

catsintheattic February 18 2014, 14:08:04 UTC

That was so hurty in a good way. I almost wish the plotline would go there and make Dean the centre of attention.

i_speak_tongue February 21 2014, 19:14:45 UTC

I absolutely wish it! Thanks so much!

taylorariel February 20 2014, 17:30:14 UTC

Thank You for this. I hated the way the show just passed over this so nonchalantly.

Dean has the Mark of Cain branded on him and Sam just passes it off and so do the writers. Sickening.

Glad Cas was here for Dean. Wouldn't mind if Cas became Dean's sole hunting partner.

i_speak_tongue February 21 2014, 19:16:43 UTC

Yeah, I'm having a hard time writing/imagining Sam as someone to potentially comfort Dean these days, which makes me all kinds of sad. I'm so grateful there's still Cas. Thanks so much for reading!

cassandra333 February 22 2014, 13:44:21 UTC

I just love your writing style and take on the characters so it was like Christmas come early when I found out you'd done a Purge coda. The last scene in that episode just left me in tears...sigh....

With Dean's impressive killing acumen in these past few episodes, I was also wondering if he isn't starting to be affected by the Mark. It's heartbreaking to think of Dean suffering through those changes in the context of what he sees as Sam's rejection. And poor Cas- all his angel powers and he can't easily fix his friend. All he can do is make soup and just listen. Lovely stuff.

Thanks for posting!

(And where can I send bribes to your Muse for a follow up fic? Or two? What can I say? I'm greedy, lol.)

hunenka February 24 2014, 19:33:10 UTC

This healed the wound the last few episodes left in me a little. Thank you.