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[whereupon]

Gasoline
by whereupon
Supernatural: Gen, season three, PG-13, 4,234 words.
They're down a quarter of the year, Dean's giving up, and Sam's not sleeping.

Comments

[borgmama1of5]

I felt every bit of Sam's agony and exhaustion!

And this is a perfect summation of the boys:
"Dean looks back at him just as steadily and Sam swallows hard and sudden against the fact that they are two grown men who right now maybe don't have the strength to get to their feet, to get into bed, much less to fight any kind of war, but who would die trying to prove to each other that that's not true."

[whereupon]

Thank you very much for the lovely note! I'm so glad that you liked this, and perhaps especially that that description worked for you.

[halfshellvenus]

I really liked this, especially Sam's sheer desperation over both Dean's future and Dean's apparent willingness to give up.

And the end has such a nice, quiet, comforting feel-- a perfect moment somehow derived from colliding wills and the legacy of love in an imperfect world.

Lovely!

[whereupon]

I'm delighted that you enjoyed this! Thank you so much for the note, and for the rec, as well.

[de_nugis]

This has so much of the claustrophobia of s3, the sense of being boxed in by a deadline, and I love the way that combines with the timelessness of a motel room and sleep deprivation and Dean's illness and the way panic slows everything down and speeds everything up. And the way that Dean's take care of Sam mandate is at once what feeds Dean's fatalism and the only thing that combats it. Lovely.

[whereupon]

Thank you, very much, for the note! I'm glad that you enjoyed this. They're so good at killing themselves for each other, dying so that the other might live, even as at heart they're basically living for each other -- I'm delighted that that, too, worked for you.

[harrigan]

I've missed your gen!fic... this was so amazing. Your prose always captivates, but this POV was particularly captivating. Makes me wish they'd really have had 22 eps in season 3. This fills a gap - a moment that will always be part of my S6 canon now. Thank you for that!

[whereupon]

Oh, hey, that's so kind of you to say! I'm delighted that this worked for you, especially on a could-be-canon level. Thanks very much for reading, and for the note!

[maypoles]

This really captures that season 3 vibe, and is just beautiful besides. I loved it. <3

[maypoles]

I'm back!

Just letting you know that this has been recced here at hoodie_time. ;)

[whereupon]

Thank you, very much! I'm so glad that you enjoyed this one.

(Oh, gosh, what a beautiful rec! Thank you so much for that, too. <3

And, hey, I've been meaning to ask: I'm not very good at comms, but would like to get better -- would it be okay if I joined hoodie-time?)

[maypoles]

Oh, you're very welcome! Thanks for your awesomeness.

And of course you can join! Yayyyyy. ;D There's open membership, so you can just join, but if there wasn't, I would totally invite you! ♥

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions, any time!