The Shape of Things to Come

[sparrow_lately]

I may or may not have gotten OCDannoyed with how much of a mess this was as-is, so...I cleaned it up and put it here. Also, I put that missing transition scene back so the story actually makes sense. Yay, me. Watch me try to copy the way other people post such things and hopefully it'll all turn out just fine. Hopefully.

Title: The Shape of Things

Comments

[judith_88_g]

Poor Dean! You did a fantastic job portraying his panic attack and the description of Purgatory was very visceral. A very gripping read!

[judith_88_g]

Also, your tags crack me up *grins*

[sparrow_lately]

Thank you so much, both for your kind feedback and for the tag-appreciation! ;)

[prufrock_26]

The love I bear you at this moment cannot be expressed in human words. So, *hugs to the point of near-suffocation*

My day has been several grotesque flavors of shitty, so in search of some good old-fashioned cathartic reading I went back to the meme to read this story. And here I find that you've reposted it in an expanded version, and I never even knew. I don't know whether to be saddened that I missed it for so long, or that I'm getting to read it now, exactly when I need it.

I love this even more than the first time around. It's intense and unsettling and painful and so goddamn comforting, you have no idea. And the transition parts are wonderful: Dean is so, so heartbreaking throughout this, but the vulnerability and the embarrassing loss of confidence that come out so strongly here are...oh, perfect. I remain totally and utterly in love with Jody's role in this fic, because she is awesome and wondrous and I love that Dean can talk to her, at least in small doses

[sparrow_lately]

Where's that gif of David Tennant going "stand still, cuz I'm gonna hug you" when I need it?

I'm glad you like it. I still think the prompt was a stroke of total genius. I'm sorry your day was shitty, dear, but I'm glad I was able to help, even a bit. (And your lovely comment did much to make me feel better about this stupid cold.)

[rince1wind]

This was really just right, what I thought it must have been like for so long, hunted, in Purgatory, and returning "topside." Really perfectly articulated.