SPN FIC - Out Behind the Barn

[ficwriter1966]

The hunt's over; the spirit's been dispatched.  It's time to leave.  But there's something out behind the barn -- something that prompts thoughts of peace and quiet, and pumpkins, and a chance to breathe.

CHARACTERS:  Sam and Dean
GENRE:  Gen
RATING:  PG
SPOILERS:  None
LENGTH: 1393 words

Comments

[morganslady]

Their ponderings are so sad.. Wondering what life could have been.

[ficwriter1966]

I'm looking at it as...you can always daydream. It keeps you going, sometimes... :)

[roseficke]

That was lovely....I was totally relaxed by the end....humming along with Dean. :))

[ficwriter1966]

Awesome! The pie will be ready shortly... :)

[ruby_jelly]

I think you aim to cause tears! Phooey!

[ficwriter1966]

Depends on your point of view... :)

[adinarj]

"Has it occurred to you that I want that for you, too?"

No, I don't think it has. Dean is... Sam is always a child to Dean. Not in the bad way--not always. In this case, it's about Sam relaxing and getting a break. Dean never thinks about himself, except in regards to "fun moments." Like pie, and the giant slinky, and things like that. He never allows himself to think of the future, because every time he does, it's too good to be true.

(Of course they both get that whole meet-someone-relax-and-fish thing, at Thompson Lake, but that's really beside the point.)

Kind of surprised Dean let them leave without taking at least a small stash!

Also, this is a very vivid image:
Pastor Jim took them to a pumpkin patch once, Sam recalls.

He chose one he could barely wrap his arms around.

Cried when he couldn't lift it.

[ficwriter1966]

You never know - Dean *did* have his hands in his pockets... \O/

Glad you enjoyed it! I started with this image of Dean stumbling across those plants and being all "WHOA...!" and it just puttered along from there.

[tsuki_no_bara]

this is so calm and peaceful and wistful and sad, that they each want this sweet, gentle, normal life for the other, and what are the chances they'll ever have it? i love how they kind of argue about staying - dean's all "pot!" and "peace and quiet!" and "pumpkins!" and sam's all "dea!" i love that pot gives sam a migraine, and that dean wants to plant pumpkins so local kids can pick them, and that sam finally concedes that yeah, it might be a good life. and then they leave anyway.

>>"And… what? Bake pies in your spare time?"<<

POT PIES. heee.

[ficwriter1966]

Pot pies! There ya go!

I think in a life like this, when everything's dark and nasty, even a few minutes of peace and quiet can be a welcome relief. That interlude on the porch could be just what they needed - until the next fugly comes along!