You're right: there are parts of Changing Channels we didn't see.  Like this one, where Dean's wearing a dress, and serving pot roast to Wally and The Beav.

"Of course it's a problem, asshat," Dean said, wobbling dangerously in his high-heeled pumps. "I'm wearing a damn dress. And a string of freaking pearls. How is that not a problem?"CHARACTERS ( Read more... )

An unexpectedly quiet afternoon -- and the chance to grab hold of a bunny I've been tinkering with for a while now.  A nearly-empty road late at night, a speeding Impala, and a sheriff's deputy on her way to ... who knows where.

She's got no jurisdiction here, a long way south of Hibbing, no legitimate reason for stopping that car, no matter how ( Read more... )

Okay, I bagged on Manilow in The Misfits, but I love that line (the title) -- it's from Manilow's "Ships," and I've been wanting to use it forever.  The Muse finally agreed, so there's this:  Dean.  A dream.  An ocean, and a shadow that falls beside his on the sand.

They told him, "You have to be the one to end it."  But he's just one man. And what ( Read more... )

You guys won't object to a double header, right?

I've had this one in process for a while, because I couldn't figure out where to slot it into S5.  So ... just say it belongs in S5 "somewhere."  Sam and Cas, a motel parking lot, and a need to find something that's been lost for a long time.

He'd felt almost relaxed, out here in the cool, rain-washed ( Read more... )

A small interlude -- just boys, the middle of the night, some sacks of supplies.  And a gesture of thanks.

He doesn't move when Dean comes out of the convenience store, a white plastic bag loaded with provisions dangling from each hand.  Sam watches, still and silent, as Dean juggles his purchases so he can get a fist around his car keys.  Then Sam ( Read more... )

This is just a little "What if...?"  Tiny fragment of an idea that's mostly prompted by that scene where Buffy tells Spike that she was happy in that place her friends yanked her out of.

This time, he remembers.  As promised, he remembers.

CHARACTERS:  Sam and Dean
GENRE:  Gen
RATING:  G
SPOILERS:  5.16, Dark Side of the Moon
LENGTH:  264 words

( Surely Heaven Waits For You )

A lot of episodes need a coda, or some filling-in in the middle.  This was the first one I've seen that needed a beginning - because, really, Show?  Why go there if you don't explain?

For the Australians: this is spoilery for the location of 5.17, and for the condition Sam and Dean are in in the opening scene of the episode.  Not spoilery for the ( Read more... )

Sometimes something as simple as a couple of words creates a story.  In this case it's two words:  Town drunk.  From there, a look at Bobby, and loss, through the years.

He ought to be more compassionate, he supposes, but compassion's always been in short supply in the Singer bloodline.  Once in a while he thinks that if his father would just cry, ( Read more... )

In honor of a certain Mr. Winchester's birthday -- there's no cake, but there's angst.  And fruit cocktail.  Coda to 5.11, but not spoilery for that ep.

They say the first step toward solving a problem is admitting you have one.
That's a load of crap.

CHARACTERS:  Dean and Sam
GENRE:  Gen
RATING:  PG
SPOILERS:  A mention of the major event in 5.10 (so, ( Read more... )

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The premise:  After a long, disheartening couple of days on the road, Dean went to bed in a motel.
That's not where he woke up.

"Hello?" he called.  "Anybody?"
His voice echoed a little, but only a little.  The sound of it was enough to make him shudder, and that was just plain wrong.  Him, badass Dean Winchester, scared ( Read more... )