rec search #5: original character and/or outsider POV fic recs (gen, Dean/OFC, and Dean/OMC)
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Title: Palo Alto
Author: annonwrite
Tags: fever, flu
Characters: Sam, Dean, Mr. & Mrs. Moore
Genre/pairing: Gen, h/c, fluff
Rating: PG
Word-count: 3,236
Spoilers: Season 1
Warnings: None
Summary: The boys stop in Palo Alto for some healing for both of them.
Reccer’s comments: The OCs in this fic are the characters of Mr. And Mrs. Moore, who we never got a chance to meet onscreen. I liked how the author brought them alive. A good look at s1!Sam’s headspace, plus everyone taking care of sick!Dean, awww.
Title: Defining Normal
Author: Baroqy
Tags: counseling/therapy, hell/post-hell issues, injury, mental illness, PTSD, psychological trauma, physical assault/abuse
Characters: Dean, Sam, Bobby, OCs
Genre/pairing: Gen. Angst and whumping and humor. So it's a mixed bag.
Rating: PG-13
Word-count: 55,250
Spoilers: Takes place near the end of season 4.
Warnings: PTSD
Summary: Bobby's plan to give Sam and Dean a simple, probably-not-a-possession job turns ugly.
Reccer’s comments: This was a basic, fun casefile that all the sudden turned into a very cool, psychologically interesting story. The main OC is an old friend of Bobby’s, who just so happens to be a psychologist, and I promise that she’s not a Mary-Sue. I liked the way she fit into the Winchester’s world, and I thought the presentation of PTSD was well-done.
Title: Strangers in Gilead
Author: corvus_imbrifer
Tags: amnesia/memory loss
Characters: Dean, Sam, OCs
Genre/pairing: Gen with some het (Dean/OFC & Sam/OFC), AU, period piece
Rating: N/A
Word-count: 40,000+
Spoilers: N/A
Warnings: N/A
Summary: The rider arched his back in a deep stretch and rolled his head in lazy circles. Been on the trail for a while. Youngish, she judged, a creature of shimmering heat and dust. Second stranger come to Gilead this week.
Reccer’s comments: There are strangers in Gilead. A tall, well-kept man named Ben Cartwright, very probably a Pinkerton-Man, though he never confirmed it, and a green-eyed, sweet-talking, scruffy traveller named William Carlyle. What they want, how they came here - why they came? Nobody know, least of all Miss Rose and her girls from the saloon.
This is the PERFECT western-story for Dean and Sam. Intriguing, mysterious, action-packed and full of evil and strangeness, not forgetting a loveable, believable heroine and lovely OCs. This is more than worth the read! (Also, I have it tagged as hurtDean, but I can't remember what happens. So there could be a gunshot-wound or something...)
Title: Crazy Train
Author: etrix @ etrix_lists
Tags: depression, exhaustion, hell/post hell issues, nightmares, psychological damage, psychological issues
Characters: Dean, Sam, Bobby, Castiel, OC
Genre/pairing: Dean/OFC
Rating: NC-17
Word-count: 43,000
Spoilers: Spoilers for up to 5.14, My Bloody Valentine.
Warnings: Angst, drama, bdsm (incl knife-play), humour, language, m/f, OC, descriptions of torture, violence. Relationships forged in hell, physical and emotional conditioning, much-darker-than-on-the-show!Dean. Dean as a torturer, and the OC as a masochist.
Summary: They’d tried running; always moving, chasing one hunt after another, but it didn’t help so they decided to stand still for a while. Even standing still doesn’t help them run from their past.
Reccer’s comments: Reading the warnings to this fic, I wasn’t sure this would be my thing, but I really loved it. I’ve read A LOT of post-hell Dean! fics and this one is original and different and uncomfortable in the awesomest of ways. But yes, please do read the warnings.
Title: The Accompanist
Author: gretazreta
Tags: grief, injury, psychological issues
Characters: Dean, OCs, Sam, John
Genre/pairing: pre-series, Dean/OMC
Rating: R
Word-count: 40,000
Spoilers: None
Warnings: AU. Adult concepts.
Summary: Dean learned to play the piano at his mother’s knee. Now, fifteen years after her death, his talent for music is a secret he keeps from everybody, especially his father. Stuck in a small town for the rest of the school year, looking after a brother who’s growing apart from him and training for a future of hunting that he’s not sure that he wants, Dean finds an unlikely confidant in an elderly Jewish man who’s haunted by his own secrets. It’s a year of firsts, hunting alone and falling in love, but when a monster from the tragic past starts wreaking havoc on the people of the town, Dean must come to terms with his own fears and desires in order to save the people he cares about the most.
Reccer’s comments: This is a casefile, a coming of age story, a romance (usually not at all my thing) an AU, and all of these things are brilliantly rendered. What a great fic. Wonderfully bittersweet, this one will stick with you.
Title: A Hole In The World
Author: honeylocusttree
Tags: hell/post-hell issues, hospitalization (psychiatric), mental illness, PTSD
Characters: Dean, OFC
Genre/pairing: Gen
Rating: PG
Word-count: 4000+
Spoilers: Season 4
Warnings: Tense shifts, weirdness.
Summary: S4 AU of post-Hell Dean, traumatized to the point of non-functionality.
Reccer’s comments: honeylocusttree is a fairly new writer in this fandom, and I’m so glad we have her. Her writing is dark and inventive and crisp. This particular fic features a great OC - her POV is so cool, very surreal. A thought-provoking piece.
Title: hope won't hide the loss
Author: katriel1987
Tags: injury
Characters: Dean, various OCs, a bit of John and Sam
Genre/pairing: Gen, preseries, hurt/comfort
Rating: Strong PG-13
Word-count: 8500
Spoilers: None
Warnings: whump and naughty language
Summary: It was official: Cam didn't just dislike Dean Tyler. She hated him.
Reccer’s comments: The OC *and* outsider POV in this ghost story fic is quite interesting in and of herself, but then there's smokin' hot teen Dean (the Sheepdog) and fabulous writing to keep me glued to my screen.
Title: Dean's Bob
Author: K Hanna Korossy
Tags: amnesia/memory loss
Characters: Dean, OC, a teeny bit of Sam
Genre/pairing: Gen, friendship, h/c
Rating: PG-13
Word-count: 4,377
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Summary: If he didn't have a Sam, I guess a Bob was the next best thing. Outsider POV.
Reccer’s comments: I like that the reader doesn't know at first who of the Winchester is hurt and that we get a great Outsider POV of both brothers and some wonderful protective!Sam.
Title: Not a regular
Author: K Hanna Korossy
Tags: exhaustion, stress
Characters: Dean, Sam, OC
Genre/pairing: Gen, h/c, friendship
Rating: PG-13
Word-count: 2,905
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Summary: At first glance, he looked like a thousand others who'd stopped in the diner over the years. Outsider POV.
Reccer’s comments: I'm not sure that this one fits the criteria of this rec post, but maybe it does because in my book: If you whump Sam you automatically whump Dean too. A wonderful little fic in which we see Dean on coffee/food runs while caring for an injured Sam through the POV of a waitress.
Title: Rest Your Weary Head
Author: K Hanna Korossy
Tags: concussion/head trauma, gunshot wound
Characters: Dean, Sam, OC
Genre/pairing: gen, h/c, friendship
Rating: PG-13
Word-count: 7,018
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Summary: He'd thought older brothers were supposed to be the protective ones. Outsider POV.
Reccer’s comments: Wonderful Outsider POV from a Doctor who shot Dean and now has to deal with a very protective (and also hurt) Sam. Just so you know, there is some great Dean whump but the focus is a bit on Sam.
Title: But I Heard You Coming, From Way Across Town
Author: onelittlesleep @ littlesleepfic
Tags: fever, flu
Characters: Dean, OFC, Sam
Genre/pairing: Dean/OFC, future-fic
Rating: NC-17
Word-count: N/A
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Summary: onelittlesleep and I think that Dean should have this ultra-dorky thing going on with, like, a kindergarten teacher, where he'd be all "...cardigans!" and she'd be all "IS THIS GUY RETARDED?!? What is WRONG with him?" and-- oh, it's hard to explain, I don't even KNOW." - this series, as explained by meyerlemon in a previous section.
Reccer’s comments: This was recced here at the comm foreverrr ago, but the link I had it saved under died and I just recently found it again under onelittlesleep’s new fic journal, so I thought I’d re-rec it. onelittlesleep has a nifty, captivating writing style you shouldn’t miss. A crazy-awesome blend of h/c and ridiculous levels of hotness.
Title: You Say Pumpkin, We Say Pie
Author: postfallen
Tags: cough, fever, respiratory illness
Characters: Sam, Dean, OC
Genre/pairing: pre-series gen
Rating: R for language
Word-count: N/A
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Summary: God, Fiona needs to quit her job.
Reccer’s comments: Generally, I dislike OCs. They remind me of Mischa Barton. But the OC in this fic, Fiona, has such a voice and personality that permeates every aspect of this fic that I kind of fell in love. I read this fic for the first time a long time ago at the autumn meme, but it's stayed with me since then. I don't even know what else to say about it- it's just fantastic.
Title: Small Potatoes
Author: roque_clasique
Tags: respiratory illness
Characters: Dean, Sam, OCs
Genre/pairing: Gen
Rating: G (rated by reccer)
Word-count: 1170
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Summary: For the prompt: Dean has a gnarly upper respiratory infection and both boys are cold and hungry and broke and tired of sitting in their car watching the snow fall. So they go have a turkey dinner at a homeless shelter. Outsider pov, maybe?
Reccer’s comments: In which Sam and Dean are broke and go to a homeless shelter for turkey dinner. And Dean is sick. The premise sounds like it could end up being incredibly sad or floofy (Is that a word? Well, it is now.), but this is neither. A fun little fic, with an equally fun OC.
Title: Stubborn
Author: sams1ra
Tags: learning disability
Characters: Dean, OC, mentions of Sam
Genre/pairing: pre-series gen
Rating: PG
Word-count: 3600
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Summary: He just wanted to quit, said it would make everyone's life a lot simpler.
Reccer’s comments: I love how Dean's teacher doesn't give up on him. She sees right through his crap and manages to get through to him despite Dean's best efforts to not graduate
Title: The Kissing Curve
Author: wave_obscura
Tags: broken bone/fracture, cough, delirium, fainting/collapse, fever, flu, pain, pneumonia, respiratory illness, sneezing
Characters: Dean, Sam, OCs
Genre/pairing: This fic is 100% gen. That said, there is a quick and TOTALLY meaningless and unromantic Dean/OC kiss.
Rating: PG
Word-count: 10,000
Spoilers: None
Warnings: H/C, sick!dean, sick!sam, hurt!sam, OCs, language
Summary: A couple of locals stumble upon Sam and Dean, who are flu-ravaged, delirious and trying to hunt a ghost. Fever, cough, sneezing, and nonsensical banter ensue. Also, Sam on crutches.
Reccer’s comments: What fabulous OCs! The POV was really engaging, and totally hilarious in places, and delirious!Winchesters were in turn adorable/heartbreaking in their protectiveness of each other, and scary, which is just how it should be.
BONUS #1: The reccer wasn't sure if this next fic belonged in the OC/outsider POV rec list, but said that it does involve a bit of outsiders (of the Supernatural fandom) POV. I really have no idea either, knowing nothing about DC, (I'm told the fic is inspired by it, rather than a true crossover?) but it's a GREAT rec, so I thought I'd put it here:
Title: Land's End
Author: janissa11
Tags: daddy issues, motion sickness, nausea/vomiting
Characters: Dean, John, OCs
Genre/pairing: pre-series gen
Rating: N/A
Word-count: N/A
Spoilers: None.
Warnings: None.
Summary: “You want money, oughta come work with me.” Larry swigs from his bottle of beer and gives Dean a what-the-hell look. “Lots of it up north. You done me a big-ass favor here, anyway, kid, I owe you. Put in the good word for you.”
Reccer’s comments: Dean is very green in this fic as well as being his normal swaggering, heroic self. I have not watched "Deadliest Catch," so this is a fic that can be enjoyed with no knowledge of the show it is crossed with. The rough environment of this fic is part of its success. It was easy for me to pluck Dean from hunting the supernatural to hauling the natural (crabs), and the crab fisherman seemed similarly rough around the edges like hunters. If you didn't get enough of crab fisher!Dean janissa11 has two sequels: Man's Allotted Span [complete] and That Fine Simplicity [WIP.]
BONUS #2: I'd like to add a shout-out to two fics that have been recced here before. Both are WIPs that haven't been updated in a very long time, but they're well-worth the read. I say that as someone who tends to shy away from WIPs. They're The Sharpness of the Outline by kimonkey7 (gen) and The Lee by pdragon76 (gen, some Sam/OFC.)
Rec contributers for this post include: purple_carpets, vie_dangerouse, dreamer_613, marlowe78, saphirablue, several anons, and myself, maypoles. Thank-youuuu.
➽ This post was compiled by maypoles and is posted under this account for organizational purposes.