Fic: Watching

[ghostfour]

Title: Watching
Author: ghost4
Rating: M
Warnings: Rating for Language (the boys do like to curse.)
Disclaimer: I do not own Supernatural. It does, however, own me. This work is a non-profit, amateur effort not intended to infringe on the rights of any copyright holder.
Summary: Post ELAC: Bobby and Dean have a chat. Bobby moved to grab the kid, but

Comments

[sendintheklowns]

You're not nearly as hard on John as others and I still stand by the idea that he loved those boys to pieces but that didn't necessarily make him a shining example of single parenthood.

There's so much good in this fic, I don't know where to begin. Sam imploding, Dean exploding and Bobby's steadying hand, trying to guide them both.

I think this is just a superb character study of the brothers grieving. And the ending is nicely understated...no pounding of chests or screaming matches. Just the brothers acting like brothers again which is my all time favorite. *hugs*

[ghostfour]

*hugs back* Yeah, I miss the brothers. I can put up with the angels and the plot holes and the recconing if I could have the brothers back. *sigh*

Thanks for the kind words and the beta. :) you are awesome!

[faye_dartmouth]

Wow. You are amazing. I love your depth and insight here--and I love the voices of your characters. They sound so true.

And man, Dean could use this talk again in S4--he doesn't seem to remember it at all!

Lovely piece here. I do love your work.

[ghostfour]

LOL. Yeah... Dean never does seem to learn. ;)

I was going through a file of old docs and found this one, complete except for the ending. It was the fact that it seemed to fit S4 so well that gave me the ending. To think, I thought the boys relationship was getting rocky in S2. *rolls eyes at self*

Thank you so much for the kind words :) I feel doubly complemented because I love your stories so much. :)

[annj_g80]

Don't know what else to say except great job (again). You're doing the dynamics between the character exceptionally well and their voices are spot on.

[ghostfour]

Wow. :) Thanks. :) I always feel like I'm writing the boys too dark, but I'm glad that it works for you. :)

Thanks again for the wonderful comments. I'm becoming addicted to reviews. LOL.

[randomstasis]

prettyprettypretty- ;)
John had his own problems, and scared as he was, I think both boys needed to know what John knew, not just Dean, ouch! But Dean needed somebody to tell him what he already knew about Sam, too.
And Sam needed to feel it.
(bobby's so smart!)

[ghostfour]

Sorry for the late reply

and, yeah... John telling Dean what little he did, and giving no explanation, and telling Sam *nothing*...It's possibly the worst thing John could have done. To both of them.

At the same time, it was soo in character for John. He'd been on his own so long, and protecting the boys from knowing what he knew.

And, yeah, Dean needed someone to tell him that it just didn't matter. Because I truly think that was the beginning of the break between the two boys. After all, how can you trust someone who might go 'bad'? How can you love someone you might have to kill?

So, yeah, Dean needed someone to tell him that he could love Sam anyway.

Thanks for the review! so glad you enjoyed it :)