Title: Hey Brother
Author: essenceofmeanin
WC/Pairing: 1700, Gen.
Notes: This is my last Sweet Charity fic for the wonderful and patient maychorian. She requested Dean and Castiel lighting candles for the dead, country roads and full circles. I hope you like it. Title and inspiration from this song. Thank you as always to my wonderful betas hansbekhart and girlguidejones, as well as tabaqui for all ( Read more... )

Title: Time I Was On My Way (See How They Run Remix)
Author: essenceofmeanin
Original Story: Somebody Calls You, You Answer Quite Slowly by roque_clasique
Pairing: None.
Warnings: Drug use and adult themes.
Summary: Five times Dean gets high. Yes, I finally wrote that John and Dean smoking weed bit that I talked about in All Ripe for Dreamin', and more. In case you guys ( Read more... )

Title: Long Way to Get There
Author: essenceofmeanin
Rating/WC: Mature, gen, 1,800
A/N: This is for the wonderful (and patient!) smilla02 for her Sweet Charity contribution. Her prompt was amnesia, and I’ve written two versions of this idea. One is traditional, one is a little different. This is a riff on the Yellow Woman myth, in which the narrator is kidnapped into ( Read more... )

Title: Give the Devil Some Peace
Author: essenceofmeanin
Rating/WC: PG-13, gen, 1,000
Notes: This is for the wonderful (and patient!) smilla02 for her Sweet Charity contribution. Her prompt was amnesia, and I’ve written two versions of this idea. One is traditional, one is a little different. This is set very shortly before Dean’s deal comes due: Sam is cursed.

( He says, “Hell of a hangover you got there, Sammy, shoulda seen yourself last night... )

Title: Roadside Connection
Author: essenceofmeanin
Rating/Pairing/Word Count: PG, none, 500.
A/N: Happy (belated) birthday, innie_darling! This one's for you. The prompt was "Bittersweet John and Dean - a time when John wanted to say he was proud of Dean, and couldn't spit it out". I hope you like it, and that your birthday was fantastic! Beta'd by girlguidejones.

( They’ve driven far enough south for the roadside to be lined with Joshua trees, spindly oil pumps shimmering in the far off. )

Title: A Quiet Evening at Home
Author: essenceofmeanin
Rating/Pairing: Gen, none
Wordcount: 1,200
Summary: Set mid-s3. The boys run out of easy cash; Sam pays attention to what he's going to miss. Beta'd by girlguidejones, who is made of magic.

( Sam prefers sleeping in the country - less chance of a high beam flashlight rapping on their window with a cop behind it. )

Title: Gumdrops on the Brain
Author: essenceofmeanin
Rating/Pairings: PG, none. Pre-series, Sam POV.
Summary: The Winchesters are in a car accident. Dean’s old enough to be hunting whatever found them alongside their Dad, but Sammy’s too young to know what’s going on.
A/N: This one goes out to minkmix! She gives good muse. As ever this has been beta'd by hansbekhart and girlguidejones, ( Read more... )

Title: Heave Away, Boy (The Every Shade Remix)
Author: essenceofmeanin
Summary: Trouble shows up a lot on Winchester doorsteps. It just usually doesn't shine its shoes.
Rating: Gen, no pairings.
Fandom: Supernatural
Original Story: A Different Shade of Normal by azewewish
Author's Note: This was so much fun to do. Thanks for letting me play in your sandbow, azewewish! Beta ( Read more... )

Title: All Ripe For Dreamin’
Author: essenceofmeanin
Rating/Characters/WC: R for language, Sam & Dean (gen), 1,100
A/N: This story is for minkmix, Dean POV during Sam's nightmares in s1. Sam has bad dreams -- Dean doses him with sleeping pills, and frets.
Beta'd by girlguidejones and hansbekhart.
Disclaimer: The boys belong to the CW.

( “So, this one time, Dad and I were driving along blasting Zeppelin IV. And outta nowhere during Fool in the Rain he turns to me and he says, ‘Dean, that’s the only acceptable use of a steel drum I’ve ever heard.’” )

Title: Fluffy Pink Clouds
Author: essenceofmeaninRating: R for adult substances and language ( Read more... )