Bunny time!

[janissa11]

So, bunny based on one of the (many) interesting tangents about pretty!Dean in the earlier discussion. No beta, no nada, this is purely off the cuff here, an impulse, a one-off. John-centric, pre-series. Hope you might enjoy it. EB

Comments

[kittyfisher]

Dean’s last innocence is gone, taken by a man who met beauty with greediness, lust, and John thinks that he will give himself, anything, a limb or an eye or anything at all to keep it shining from Sam’s wide eyes.

Oh, wow, that was just *perfect*. From the above quote, which I think sums up John's attitude to Dean to the end, which is just so sad. I could weep for that lost childhood and lost innocence - and the loss, thanks to John's monomania - of even the faintest chance of Dean recovering it. Sam was lucky, all in all.

Beautifully written too. Wow. Thank you!

[janissa11]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! :-D

[without_me]

Oh, man. I'm not sure "enjoy" is the right word for this. But I'm very grateful to have had the chance to read it.

[janissa11]

Yeah, in retrospect I suppose it should be plastered with various flavors of warnings. I lose the habit of doing that when I only post to my own journal. And I think you for your comments! *hugs*

[without_me]

Oh, I didn't mean any criticism! Just, "Wow, what fun!" didn't really seem like an appropriate response, you know?

(And don't think you're going to get rid of me whining for hookerfic anytime soon, either. I'm a stubborn cuss.)

[janissa11]

I'm stuck on the hustler stuff, trying to come up with something that hasn't been done already 26 times. *thinks* Gotta be some twist to it that hasn't been explored very much, right? Hmmm. *HUGS*

[madame_d]

*takes a deep breath* Oh god. So textured, so *real* and horrific but real and I just have no words.

he doesn't feel anything but relief when one of Sam’s punches puts a bruise on Dean's jaw that swells to gargantuan proportions a couple of hours later

If the rest of the story didn't break me, this did. Meep. I read your earlier post, about pretty, androgynous Jensen and, by extension, Dean, and just. It must've been so hard growing up that pretty.

And I just. *flaps* I'm glad he's rougher, scruffier now.

[janissa11]

Scruffy is definitely safer, in some ways. *nod* I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!

[emella]

Love this.

I love the fact that it's from John's P.O.V. I like the idea of a place like Eldon's, and the whole compound feel is a neat concept.

You totally win bonus points for reasoning about why Dean keeps the knife, I think I love that idea the most.

This is really good, great job. :)

[janissa11]

The knife wasn't very planned out, so I'm really glad it worked. *grin* So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[hinter]

Ah, amazing! I'm a newcomer to the fandom (finished watching the season finale last night at 11), a convert of ladyjaida's, but I've been poking around and read some of your fic, and it's some seriously good stuff. You can take a plot bunny that would be utter crap if I wrote it and turn it into something good and enjoyable and powerful. ♥

[janissa11]

I didn't actually mean to do something so somber -- I've been WANTING to do smut. *g* But anyway. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!