On the banks of the Tiber

[hopeful_fiction]

Supernatural, Sam(/)Dean, R (for violence/horror), AUish

Note: marked as slash for the faint of (wincest) heart. The author would like it known that she prefers to consider this a gen story.

Read the sequel: Field of Mars.

This story was nominated in the 'Best Horror' and 'Slash: Best Alternate Universe' categories of The Lawrence Awards.

Comments

[ginnytonnick]

I really enjoyed this, though I wonder what Dean would have done had Sam been the one bit first.

[angstslashhope]

Something slightly different, methinks :)

I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for the feedback :)

[jubilancy]

Holy shit, this ruled.

[angstslashhope]

hee, your icon is kinda appropriate.

I'm real glad you liked it :D ♥

[almostpretty]

Holy shit. You are clearly made of awesome.

[angstslashhope]

\o/ my favourite!

thanks, honey :)

[sharpest_rose]

It's totally not fair that you're able to make a vid and write a fic while sick, dude.

This is utterly amazing. I think the thing which punches hardest is how their worldviews slip and shift as the story progresses. I have a deep love for unreliable narrators/viewpoints, and Dean is that here from the word go. The way things are revealed, and then how they turn on a pin, and the things that stay the same even as the rest changes is all just fantastic. I want to say more, but I don't know how to say it. You are an incredibly accomplished storyteller, and I love this example of your work.

[angstslashhope]

aw, shucks. I still want to reply to this with "my cat's breath smells like cat food", but uh.

Your icon is funny, because I know your ulterior motives, Miz. And I can only vid and fic while sick because I have a valid reason for not doing homework, thus all the fandom ideas that have compounded in my head for the past... several months can actually have an outlet.

I'm really glad it worked. The 'What Would Dean Do?' clause is a Very Important Thing for me when reading fic, so I'm glad my messing with it came through in my own stuff :D

Also, I totally got sidetracked typing this by making an icon to reply with. hah!

[zortified]

This was fantastic. Amazing, loved seeing the changing from Dean's point of view, and how Sam dealt with it - becoming one as well, to help keep Dean out of trouble. ;-)

I would so love to see the coda when dad finds them, heartbreaking as it might be.

[angstslashhope]

Heartbreaking indeed! Thus I'll leave it to speculation, methinks, as tempting as a coda is.

Thank you for the feedback :) I'm glad you liked it.