FIC: Hold and Lean

[mariahlee]

Title: Hold and Lean
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: some self-harm
Genre: Gen
Word Count: around 3,000
Spoilers: Set sometime after 7x10.
Summary: Dean gets hit with an insomnia curse, and Sam can’t do anything but watch.
Notes: Written for this prompt for the hoodie_time challenge. So much love to jaimeykay for all of her help. You’re kind of unbelievable. ♥ I hope you like

Comments

[tcs1121]

That was excellent. Hurt in more ways than fatigue, heartbreaking and almost too painful to read.

Nicely, nicely done!

[mariahlee]

Thank you so much; that means a lot to me! ♥

[adrenalineshots]

Brilliantly written! The slow but steady downfall of Dean's lack of sleep was really well paced and the ending... you just tore me into pieces. I loved it!

[mariahlee]

I'm so so glad you enjoyed it; it makes me feel all fuzzy inside, hehe. Much love! <3

[jackfan2]

By Thursday, I swear, I nearly had to tap out of this one. By Friday, I was too invested to leave them alone. By Saturday, I was holding Sam's hand and hoping this would end soon and knowing I couldn't stop reading and by Sunday I seriously cried.

The ending was just the greatest thing ever. Dean worried and freaked when he couldn't sleep. Dean staring wide-eyed at Sam as he climbed into bed with him. God. Boys! *hugs them both*

Powerfully written, tangible and terrifying and ooh, so lonely and sad. God, I could just feel Sam's heartache at watching day by day as Dean's mental facilities and then his physical body were ravaged by this curse. How he struggled to stay for Dean and stay with Dean, just be there for him... I haven't cried reading a fic in a long time.

A truly touching and brilliantly written fic. KUDOS!

[mariahlee]

Oh wow, thank you so much for this comment! I'm a little blown away! This is my first real foray into writing fanfic so you don't know how much this means to me, really. Thank you so much for reading and letting me know what you thought! <3333

[borgmama1of5]

This hurt to read (I mean that in a good way.)

[mariahlee]

Thank you! :)

[belatress]

This reminds me of jaimeykay's style, as each word was like a punch to the stomach. Good punches, if they exist! Why have you been hiding so long? This is unbelievably fantastic. My own muscles almost hurt. Before this I couldn't even begin to imagine what it would be like to not be able to sleep for a week, but now I have a pretty good idea. Wonderful job, truly.

[mariahlee]

Ahhh, thank you! I honestly tried to emulate her style because I love it so much; I may have re-read a few of her pieces to get a good feel for it. So hearing that makes me really happy :) Thank you sooooo much!