You Can't Always Get What You Want

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So, I've been frittering away at this story for a while now (for, umm--3 1/2 years), and have just posted the final chapters. It's a story set after Dean's demon cure in Soul Survivor, and began in my head as a little bit of speculation about how the Mark would interact with the Samulet (if it were to suddenly reappear in the story). Somehow my little vignette has turned into a multi-chapter adventure, and I have had fun writing myself into and out of corners. Along the way, there's some angst, some soul-searching, some adaptation of folklore, some hurt/comfort, some music, and maybe some brotherly humor, too. I hope you like the ride, too!

The completed story owes something to Neil Gaiman and something to growing up driving around back roads across the Great Plains and up to the mountains. Like Sam, the setting for this fic was a landmark in my childhood, something seen from a distance while my family traveled cross-country to visit relatives back East. I have taken a few liberties with the location (there aren't any campgrounds that close, for example) but I tried to keep the feel of the place intact. One of the best things about the show is its road, how it embraces all of America and its many local legends, rather than a single location. More than anything else, this idea was my inspiration.

Here's the fic on FF.Net or AO3