The Soundtrack And My Accompanying Rambling But Deep Thoughts...
Okay, so this is more of an indulgence than anything else. But I did a soundtrack for this fic, mainly because the damn thing was so freakishly epic and took so incredibly long to write, I had to have some musical inspiration.
First of all the actual theme tune for the fic, and where I got the title:
#1 Crush - Garbage
Then there's all the songs actually mentioned in the fic:
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey (Derek meets Dean for the first time)
Hotel California - The Eagles (Toasting to Derek's first week)
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen (The night everything changed...)
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n Roses (Sam and Dean drive into Savannah)
Come Sail Away - Styx (Sam's 30th birthday party)
Words (Between the Lines of Age) - Neil Young (Derek says goodbye)
Then there are the songs that sort of define the mood of certain parts of the fic (hmm, yes, mainly the sex scenes):
Sexy Boy - Air - I kinda had this in mind every time Derek looked at Dean, as if he was hearing it in his head, I'm sure I stole this from somewhere
Two Rights Make One Wrong - Mogwai - God I love this song! And it was totally the music I imagined playing when Dean and Sam first kissed :)
You Look So Fine - Garbage - No idea why I ended up with 2 Garbage songs, I'm not even that much of a fan. Anyway, this song is totally about obsessive possessive love and in my brain it fit the scene where Sam watches Dean in the bar and afterwards...
Dance Me To The End of Love - Leonard Cohen - Another sex scene! This time the one where Sam and Dean have sex after Sam's 30th birthday party, it's got that epic end of the world love type feel to it. Amazing song.
Exit Music for a Film - Radiohead - Sam and Dean do the ritual, it doesn't quite work out like he'd planned... This song has an amazing atmosphere to it, one of those I never get bored of
Link to soundtrack