MONTHLY GUEST RECCER FOR APIRL - THEME: Short, Pre-Series Recs.. (Gen/ Family)
Hey everyone... Your Monthly reccer is finally posting, yes.. I'm terrible but I promise I have all the fics I want to rec bookmarked, it was all about how the hell would I present it...
and so, here you go, my first Post of April.
Pre-Series Recs, but the theme I'm really going with is: fics with end just seems ripe for more.
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Title: Empty Nest
Author: MissAnnThropic
Tags: insomnia, sleep deprivation,
Characters: Dean, John and mentioned-Sam.
Genre/pairing: Drama/Family, Gen.
Rating: PG-13
Word-count: 2,816
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Summary: We know how Sam and John Winchester felt about Sam leaving for college, but how did Dean handle it?
Reccer’s comments: Oh, Just the perfect… Dean handling Sam’s leave for Stanford… what NOT to love. Also… it has the advantage of being from John’ POV, Papa Winchester, Cruel yet Warming…
-II-Title: Leaving for Stanford
Author:seeing_ghosts
Tags:flu, cuts/lacerations, blood-loss, broken bone/fracture, abandonment issues,
Characters:Dean, Sam, John
Genre/pairing: Gen
Rating:PG
Word-count:5,000 words,
Spoilers:None
Warnings:None
Summary:Weird little chunks and pieces about how Sam left his family and the impact it had on them all.
Reccer’s comments:Another Sam leaves to Stanford, but no… Emo/Hurt!Dean was NOT why I’m reccing this, it was actually a sentence that made me want to give Sam a punch and hold Dean tight and never let him go.
-III-Title: Don’t Stop Talking Part.1/ Part.2
Author:wilwarin1
Tags:broken bone/fracture, blood-loss, shock,
Characters: Dean, John. Sam’s mentioned,
Genre/pairing: Gen.
Rating: G
Word-count:2119
Spoilers:Season 1/Route 666
Warnings: Blood.
Summary:He knows how Dean gets when he’s hurt. He always downplays it, puts up a brave face. He can’t have that happen now.
Reccer’s comments: I love Some intra generation bonding, hurt!dean's a bonus
-IV-Title: For The Grace
Author: ginzai
Tags:emotional pain/hurt, hypothermia/extreme cold, fainting/collapse, cuts/lacerations, bites/stings, weight loss,
Characters:John, Dean (mentions of Sam)
Genre/pairing:Gen.
Rating:PG-13
Word-count:4600
Spoilers:Stanford era, no major spoilers
Warnings:Some language
Summary:Sam's gone and John receives a harsh lesson in listening to what isn't said when Dean gets hurt on a hunt.
Reccer’s comments:Sam is gone, Dean is dean and John is a wonderful ignorant, until he is NOT… one of my personal Favorite Stanford Era.
-V-
Title:Croup
Author: Janissa11
Tags:childhood illness, illness (misc./other/uncategorized), infection.
Characters:John, Dean and mention of Sam
Genre/pairing:Drama/Gen
Rating: PG
Word-count:2,135
Spoilers: Not really, just about the first scene of the series
Warnings: None
Summary:Dean's sick, and John's doing the best he can
Reccer’s comments: There is always something about Dean wanting Mary that really broke my heart whenever I read even just a sentence concerning that, this... this just captures Dean's need for his mother and John's helplessness in replacing her just perfectly.