BUABS tags (annotated)
A rec list, inspired by a few paragraphs in pdragon76 's fabulous S2 WIP, The Lee
I love post-BUABS fic. The combination of whump and angst is irresistible, and the total lack of show follow-up necessitates fic. So, have some recs, with a few caveats about my own personal taste.
Things I like in a BUABS fic:
1. Hotel field medicine on bullet wounds.
2. Physical and emotional exhaustion.
3. Some acknowledgment of Sam's weeks as demon!killer!Sam
The thing I don't like in a BUABS fic:
1. chick-flick moments, hugging it out, sharing, etc. I love h/c, but of the physical, rather than the verbal variety, thanks very much.
Sam/Dean:
whereupon 's Undertow (Sam/Dean, R): post-BUABS case-fic. I love this fic because 1) I love exhausted!boys, and 2) it has a lot to say about the horrible things Sam probably did. Wincest, but of the mild, and mostly comfort!sex variety.
Gen:
How to Save a Life by EFW: I have this one tagged as field medicine porn--you can imagine how it goes!
Stronger. by Mirrordance: Adds in that other great post-BUABS development, tatoo!fic
leonidaslion 's Complications : The third in a series of episode codas--the first is particularly interesting: Coda
Casefic
katriel1987 's Between the Sand and Stone;
art_savage 's Hear This Prayer for Her
And fic that takes the scenario in some interesting directions:
glassshoe 's Unthinkable: A fascinating take on how unhinging the episode was for Sam.
sadelyrate 's Echoes: possessed!Sam/Dean non-con. Which I can't actually read myself. But I'm including it because it's surprising there aren't more fics like this around.
tolakasa 's Undertow (yes, this one is also called "Undertow"): healer!Dean...
I love post-BUABS fic. The combination of whump and angst is irresistible, and the total lack of show follow-up necessitates fic. So, have some recs, with a few caveats about my own personal taste.
Things I like in a BUABS fic:
1. Hotel field medicine on bullet wounds.
2. Physical and emotional exhaustion.
3. Some acknowledgment of Sam's weeks as demon!killer!Sam
The thing I don't like in a BUABS fic:
1. chick-flick moments, hugging it out, sharing, etc. I love h/c, but of the physical, rather than the verbal variety, thanks very much.
Sam/Dean:
whereupon 's Undertow (Sam/Dean, R): post-BUABS case-fic. I love this fic because 1) I love exhausted!boys, and 2) it has a lot to say about the horrible things Sam probably did. Wincest, but of the mild, and mostly comfort!sex variety.
Gen:
How to Save a Life by EFW: I have this one tagged as field medicine porn--you can imagine how it goes!
Stronger. by Mirrordance: Adds in that other great post-BUABS development, tatoo!fic
leonidaslion 's Complications : The third in a series of episode codas--the first is particularly interesting: Coda
Casefic
katriel1987 's Between the Sand and Stone;
art_savage 's Hear This Prayer for Her
And fic that takes the scenario in some interesting directions:
glassshoe 's Unthinkable: A fascinating take on how unhinging the episode was for Sam.
sadelyrate 's Echoes: possessed!Sam/Dean non-con. Which I can't actually read myself. But I'm including it because it's surprising there aren't more fics like this around.
tolakasa 's Undertow (yes, this one is also called "Undertow"): healer!Dean...