Supernatural Fic: Lullaby for a Stormy Night

[xaara]

Title: Lullaby for a Stormy Night
Author: xaara
Rating: R, gen
Timeline: Post-Devil's Trap (spoilers for all of season 1)
Characters: Dean, Jess
Summary: The day they release him, he walks out without looking back.
Warnings: Major character death

Comments

[belleimani]

Oh this is beautiful.
Poor Dean.

[xaara]

Thank you. :)

[belleimani]

You're welcome!

[tsuki_no_bara]

so sam sent her - why? to give dean some company? some closure? so he could say he loves him, he's sorry he had to die? so he could say goodbye? i love the details about jess, that the alarm clock numbers flicker when she's telling dean about the accident, tapes dissolve into static in the car, she becomes more and more human the longer she and dean are together. (that's clear even before you mention it - the first time he touches her his fingers cramp from how cold she is, but later when she kisses him, her lips are cool but not cold. she's already warming up.) i love her final words, that sam just wants dean to be happy, and he should get a hold of diana and get back to work. (and i love that dean does keep working and keeps making notes in the journal. do not seek help from local witches unless prepared to lose eyebrows. heh. would have problems explaining return. bought truck....sam was working through diana first, to get dean to a place where jess could get to him. oh, nice, i like that. :> twisty. still wrenching

[xaara]

to give dean some company? some closure? so he could say he loves him, he's sorry he had to die? so he could say goodbye?

All of the above, none of the above. Because if your death doesn't make sense, then maybe the afterlife doesn't either. Because it takes time to learn the ropes when your world shifts, and Jess is someone at least somewhat familiar to both of them.

Thank you for your response.

[phantomas]

Beautiful aftermath, so 'scarcely' written and the more intense for it. Edn and beginning, and I like that Dean needs a little help from Sam before he can go on a tad more serenely.

Thank you.

[xaara]

I'm very much a believer in Hemingway's iceberg theory about what should and should not be included in a piece of writing, though of course I can't hope ever to become as good as he was. Brilliant man, there.

Thank you for stopping in to comment. :)

[quellefromage]

Oh, so excited to see a new story by you and this didn't disapoint. Beautiful, funny, sad, and hopeful, all at once. Really, really lovely. Thanks for sharing once again.

[xaara]

You're welcome. ;)

Seriously, thanks for leaving the comment--it's always nice to hear back.

[purpleposi]

Love it. Jess's esoteric afterlife, Dean's pain and loss - both very well portrayed in beautiful prose. Thanks.

[xaara]

Thanks for reading and commenting. :)