Consider this a blanket warning - the boys and most other hunters in my story curse a LOT more than on the show, because I refuse to believe that anyone would yell "Darn" if a monster was chasing them.
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(more or less in chronological order)
Someone to Watch Over Me Word Count: 4300 Characters: Michael, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, briefly Lucifer, John Winchester, Adam Milligan, Zachariah, Naomi, Castiel Rating: PG Warnings: language, near death, canon character deaths For four and a half years, Mary Winchester told her son as she tucked him into bed “Angels are watching over you.”
Really, it was just one.
Little Mama Word Count: 2325 Characters: Bobby Singer, John Winchester, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester Pairings: none/gen Rating: PG Warnings: None The first time Bobby met the Winchester boys, Dean was five and Sammy was just over a year old. Bobby wasn't prepared for how old Dean was.
Monsters Word Count: 665 Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, mentions of John, Bobby, and Mary Rating: PG Warnings: none Five year old Dean realizes that Mommy is never coming back, and he has to keep Sammy safe from monsters. A Thousand Miles Word Count: 2700 Characters: John Winchester, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, mentions of Pastor Jim Rating: PG Warnings: mentions of criminal activity Summary: One of the few things John Winchester was sure of any more was that his kids deserved better than this.
Bloodstains Word Count: 1300 Rating: PG Characters/Pairing: (Gen, Pre-Series, Outsider POV) Dean, Sam, OC Warnings: None other than mentions of canon character death Summary: Hazel teaches her new tenant's young son a few tricks for doing laundry. Divine Intervention Word Count: 1500 Characters: Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, John Winchester Rating: PG Warnings: near death Dean couldn't understand how Sam could believe in angels with all the horrors they had seen over the years.
It was because when they were kids, Sam had (sorta) seen one.
The Great Divide Word Count: 1700 Rating: PG-13 Characters/Pairing: (Gen) Pre-series Dean, Bobby, John, Sam, Travis Warnings: show level violence, hurt Dean Summary: It should have been a simple, run of the mill case. Instead, it was Dean's first double kill, the first time one of the boys was seriously hurt, and the beginning of Sam's rebellion. Shore Leave Word Count: 935 Characters: Dean Winchester, John Winchester, Sam Winchester Pairings: none/gen Rating: PG Warnings: None Fifteen year old Dean gets caught sneaking back in - at 6 pm. It's not what his dad thinks.
Broken Word count: 1665 Genre: Canon-compliant gen, set pre-series Characters: Bobby, John, Dean, Sam Warnings: hurt Dean, show level violence Disclaimer: I don't own anything but if I did I would probably write fanfic about it anyway. Summary: "Well, last time we saw you, I mean, you did threaten to blast him full of buckshot. Cocked the shotgun and everything." "Yeah, well, what can I say? John just has that effect on people." Poughkeepsie Word Count: 5200 Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, briefly John Winchester, Annie, and Pastor Jim Pairings: none/gen Rating: PG Warnings: mentions of child abuse (but no actual abuse of any children committed in this story, unless you count a forced medical exam) The reason "Poughkeepsie" became their code word for "drop everything and run" was because that was the one place Child Protective Services ever caught up with the Winchesters.
A Promise Rating/Warnings: PG for a few ugly words and a very sick and grouchy kid Characters: Sam, Dean Word Count: 3246 Sam Winchester had been thirteen years old the first time he honestly thought he was going to die.
Bad Blood Word Count: 5200 Rating: PG-13 Warnings: Language, Graphic Injury/Illness Characters: Dean Winchester, John Winchester, Sam Winchester Summary: (pre-series) John Winchester had Type A blood. Mary Winchester had Type A blood. So of course, both of their children have it as well, right? John finds out they don't when a hunt goes wrong. Gnosis Characters: Sam, Dean, John, Bobby Rating: R Word-count: 4225 Warnings: hahahaha. Remember when I was upset last week and said to beware of angsty fanfic?[Spoiler (click to open)]demonic possession, attempted rape, references to prostitution that may or may not have happened, violence, strangulation, guns, much angst, slash sort of Never let your partner out of your sight on a hunt, no matter how much he annoys you.
Failure Characters/Pairing: Sam/OFC, John Winchester, Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester Rating: T for language, mentions of drug use Wordcount: ~1000 John regularly tested his sons' skills and abilities. He was rarely satisfied with the results.
Brotherly Love Word Count: 1100 Characters: John Winchester, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester Pairings: none/gen Rating: PG-13 Warnings: language and rude things teenage boys say to one another The first time he was arrested, Sam Winchester was 16. The charge was Grave Desecration. By the time they got to the police station, he was on the verge of committing First Degree Murder.
Four Words Word Count: 1000 Characters: Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, John Winchester Pairings: none/gen Rating: PG-13 Warnings: language, the night Sam leaves for Stanford (and yes that should totally be a warning) Dean's whole world was crumbling around him, but four words would have made everything right.
The Eighteenth Day Word Count: 2000 Characters: Dean Winchester, John Winchester Pairings: none/gen Rating: PG-13 Warnings: language, alcoholism, suicide attempt The reason why Dean stayed with John instead of following Sam to Stanford.
Coping Skills Word Count: 1133 Characters: Dean Winchester, John Winchester, Kate Milligan Pairings: none/gen Rating: PG-13 Warnings: language, self-destructive behavior, alcoholism After Sam leaves for Stanford, Dean is spiraling out of control and John's heart is breaking watching him. Just because you can't find the words to say what you're feeling doesn't mean you don't feel those things.
So Close, No Matter How Far Word Count: 4000 Characters: Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, briefly John Winchester and Pastor Jim Pairings: none/gen Rating: PG-13 Warnings: language, angst Sam spent nearly 19 years wishing for the chance to be "normal". When he finally gets it, he spends the next year wondering if he's made the biggest mistake of his life. For as much as he hated the hunting lifestyle, he never dreamed it would be so hard to leave behind. He's not the only one having trouble letting go.
Two Years Gone Word Count: 2400 Characters: Bobby Singer, Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, John Winchester Pairings: none/gen Rating: PG-13 Warnings: discussion of injuries In the Pilot, Sam has been away at school for four years, but he and Dean say they haven't seen each other in two years. This is what happened the time Sam saw his family while he was at Stanford.
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The Family Jewels Word Count: 1500 Characters: Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, Jessica Moore Pairings: Sam/Jess Rating: PG-13 Warnings: language, angst You can't just break into someone's house in the middle of the night and hit on his girlfriend and expect him to drop everything to go with you on a quest to find someone he doesn't even like. But one thing convinced Sam to do exactly that. The Pilot, from Sam's POV.
The Return of the Prodigal Son Word Count: 900 Rating: PG-13 Characters/Pairing: (Gen) (Outsider POV) Ellen, Jed, Travis, mentions of Winchester Warnings: none, other than show typical mentions of violence Summary: Some nights, the books don't balance and the dishwasher breaks and Jo's new boyfriend drops a whole case of beer and some shellshocked hunter pulls a gun on someone's cell phone and Ellen wonders why she keeps this place open. But then she wouldn't know much about what's going on in the hunting world if she didn't. The Ballad of the Purple Dog Shirt Characters: Sam, Jess, Dean, John Genre/pairing: mentions of Sam/Jess Rating: T Word-count: 2222 Warnings: canon character deaths, grief Sam's story of mourning the loss of a future that never happened with a girl who won't have one, and his return to saving people, hunting things, the family business.
Resurrection Word count: 1200 Rating: PG-13 Characters/Pairing: Gen, Outsider POV, Pete, Irv Franklin, mentions of the Winchesters and Bobby Warnings: none other than mentions of show typical violence Summary: Two guys walk into a bar. The interesting part is that one of them is dead and the other is missing and rumored to be dead. Rule Number One Word Count: 817 Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Walt, Roy Rating: R Warnings: violence, the boys' dark roots are showing Walt and Roy forgot Winchester Rule Number One. Dean wasn't going to let them get away with that. Coda to s05e16 Dark Side of the Moon.
Winchester Rules Word Count: 737 Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Bobby Singer, Walt, Roy Rating: R Warnings: violence, the boys' dark roots are showing The Winchesters aren't the only ones who believe in Rule Number One. Alternate version of Rule Number One. Coda to s05e16 Dark Side of the Moon.
Emancipation Word Count: 833 Genre: Gen, semi-canon compliant post Season 5 Characters: Sam, Adam, Lucifer, Michael,[Spoiler (click to open)] Gabriel Warnings: None Summary: The mission to rescue Sam Winchester from The Cage did not go as planned.
Going Through the Motions Word Count: 1360 Characters: Dean/Lisa. Dean Winchester, Lisa Braeden, Ben Braeden, mentions of Sam Winchester Rating: PG Warnings: mention of canon character death He's living Sam's dream - the apple pie life in the suburbs, complete with the woman and kid. He just wishes it felt like his dream. Set between seasons 5 & 6.
Father Figure Word count: 750 Genre: Canon-compliant gen, set in the year between Seasons 5 & 6 Characters: Dean, Ben, Lisa, vague mentions of Dean/Lisa Warnings: None Summary: Dean kept telling himself that the answer didn't matter - he would love Ben whether the boy was Dean's biological child or not. But part of him just had to know whether he was the last Winchester. A Little White Lie Characters/Pairing: Soulless Sam, Lisa Braeden, mentions of Dean/Lisa Rating: T Wordcount: 720 Lisa told Dean to go hunt with Sam and come home to her and Ben when he could. He thought she was the most understanding woman ever. He had no idea why she actually made that offer.
Legal Guardian Characters: Sam, Dean, Jody Mills Genre/pairing: gen Rating: PG Word-count: @ 3K Spoilers: thru mid Season 7 Warnings: hurt/sick boys She told herself it was ridiculous, that they had killed things she didn't even know existed. They didn't need her to watch out for them. But she drives out to Rufus' cabin on her days off, to keep an eye on Bobby's boys.
The Outsider Word Count: 3k Characters: Benny Lafitte, Dean Winchester, Castiel Rating: PG Warnings: none First there was a vampire. Then there was a vampire and a human. Then there was a vampire, a human, and an angel. Somewhere along the line, they became a team. And then they weren't. Team Purgatory, from Benny's POV. Revenge Word Count: 320 Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Pairings: none Rating: G Warnings: none Being brothers means a deep bond, having a person who will always have your back when the chips are down, a person who knows you better than you know yourself sometimes, a person who will fight Heaven and Hell for you. And sometimes you do stupid things just to irritate each other just because you can.
Amends Rating/Warnings: gen, alcohol consumption by adults Characters: Crowley, Dean Word Count: 789 Summary: A moment of alcohol induced introspection. Coda to Road Trip s09e10
Death is the Next Beginning Characters: Kevin Tran, Ash, Bobby Singer, Ellen Harvelle, Jo Harvelle, Pamela Barnes, Rufus Turner Genre/pairing: gen Rating: PG Word-count: 1250 Spoilers: thru s09e09 Holy Terror Warnings: None (this works as a one shot, but I may continue it one day) Hunters don't die. They go to Heaven and regroup. And then the Prophet of the Lord meets The Smartest Guy to Ever Sleep on a Pool Table, and with a little help from The Best Dead Hunters to Wear Plaid, Operation Take Back Heaven is on.
Really Brothers Word Count: 250 Characters: Jody Mills, Sam Winchester Pairings: none/gen Rating: PG Warnings: None No one had ever actually explained it to Jody.
Scar Tissue Word Count: 1266 Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester Pairings: none/gen Rating: teen Warnings: references to Sam's prior possessions, violence committed at those times, and attempted non-con toward Jo (and Sam by extension), as well as vague spoilers for S09e17, Mother's Little Helper.
The tension in the bunker has to break at some point.
Put Not Asunder Word Count: 675 Rating: PG Characters/Pairing: (Gen) Sam, Castiel, Hannah, mentions of Demon!Dean Summary: Missing scene from S10E02, where Cas tries to talk Sam out of going after Dean one handed, and Hannah explains how serious Heaven is about things you say in a church.
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Broken Pieces Word Count: 12.8k Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel, Bobby Singer, Ben Braden, Garth, Chuck, mentions of Sam Winchester, Rufus Turner, Jo Harvelle, Ellen Harvelle, Lisa Braeden, Tim, Reggie, and other hunters. Pairings: Dean/Castiel, brief Dean/OFC, brief Castiel/OFC Rating: M
End!Verse - how they went from the fallout with Sam in 2009 to where Past!Dean found them in 2014. How Dean broke, Cas fell, and they spiraled downward, hurting each other because they didn't know how to stop. How good people died, friends became family, and family became the enemy. What happened to the trenchcoat. How they ended up at Chitaqua. Why Baby was rusting and Dean tried to say yes to Michael.
Angel Unaware Word Count: 17.7k Pairings: none Rating: PG-13 Warnings: Season 9 spoilers, blood, gore, frank discussion of physical injuries, vomiting, canon typical ghost on boys whumpage, and a few naughty words. And alternating POV.
Summary: Goes AU in Season 9, Episode 9 - Sam feels great after the trials - a little too great maybe, because he gets hurt on a routine hunt and doesn't realize it. When Dean has to kidnap him from the hospital after strange things start happening, Sam starts putting together all the little moments that haven't made sense over the past few weeks and quickly comes to the wrong conclusion.
Rubicon Word Count: 666 LOL Rating: PG-13 Characters/Pairing: (Gen) Michael, Lucifer, Adam, mentions of the Winchesters and Death Warnings: one sentence mention of gore and body horror Summary: The Mark is a Lock and a Key. AKA - How Season 10 would have ended if it was up to me which obviously, it wasn't.