[Fic] Peanuts - Sam, Dean, Jess; Stanford!era/Wee!chesters; angst, hurt/comfort

[kalliel]

Title: Peanuts
Genre: character study, hurt/comfort (hurt!Dean, some hurt!Sam), pre-series/Stanford!era
Characters: Sam, Dean, Jess, OCs (Stanford friends)
Rating: PG-13 for a lot of alcoholic slander
Word Count: 4600 or so
Summary: Sam's Stanford pals start trading life stories. Sam's just not sure what his is--at least until he gets a taste of

Comments

[rusty_halo]

I really liked the writing and characterization in this.

[kalliel]

Thank you; I'm glad you enjoyed! :)

[rince1wind]

Really nicely done. Gave a really present feel to the interactions in the bar. I almost forgot that Jess dies later; I feel as though I know her better now and it matters more somehow that she doesn't survive to make alife with Sam and his family.

[kalliel]

Hee, thank you! I don't write about Jess very much, but I randomly have a lot of head canon for her, and her time with Sam. She has a lot of weight for someone with such a brief role in the actual series--just like Mary. Jeeessss ;________;

[kalliel]

I think that's what I really love about comments; I love how there are so many different perspectives to things. 'Cause here I was being like OMG, JESS. I AM SO SORRY because I felt like my characterization of her was pretty weak. I'm glad that's not how it seems in the eyes of people not me! 8D Considering the amount of random headcanon I have for Jess, I thought writing her would be easier than it was.

Awww. <3 I haven't listened to that much Led Zeppelin (just the Physical Graffiti album, Stairway to Heaven, and whatever's been played on Show) but they are lovely.

Thank you for reading! I'm glad you enjoyed. :)

[hold_onhope]

This was just flawless, especially the characterization. I felt like I knew all of Sam's friends afterward, especially Jess, who I've seen in fic a fair few times and I love it when she's this classy and down to earth. A real person, I mean.

The last scene with the popsicles was so great. Dean shoving Sam and then giving him the rest of his popsicle, like it was his plan all along, but really I just know how second-nature it is for him to take care of Sam. ♥

[kalliel]

I'm glad you enjoyed this! Especially Jess--as I articulated to samidha above, I felt like I wasn't doing Jess's narrative justice the entire time. XP

I'm personally a fan of the popsicle scene, too! I was trying to decide whether it fit, because it was so much further in the past than the other flashbacks, and just kind of dangling at the end there, but I was just like. No, I want this here. So I'm glad it worked for you.

Thank you for reading!

[laurapetri]

This makes my heart bleed

[kalliel]

I hope that's a good thing! XDD I'm glad it was powerful for you. Thank you for reading!