[Fic] Below Breath - Sam/Dean, S2 casefic, hurt/comfort, undernegotiated kink

[kalliel]

Title: Below Breath
Genre: slash, S2 casefic, hurt/comfort
Pairing: Sam/Dean (Dean POV)
Rating: R
Word Count: 3000
Summary: Ghost hunt, black dogs, desert winter, and undernegotiated kink.

That’s why Sam says, Wait. It must be the wrong move, after all. If it’s something Sam wants, then it must be wrong

Comments

[borgmama1of5]

This:

These floors are laminate over concrete, pleasantly southwestern in ways the old Victorians back east just aren’t. You used to be a fan-honest-to-god haunted houses-but you’ve been pulled through too many floors now. Basements are a pain in the ass.

and this:

What you end up with is this: Sage in an herb jar from a WinCo way back in Henderson. Sage in a plastic container from Safeway-a salad garnish. Sage tea. Cheese and sage-encrusted brioche from a health food store you think was basically just called Food. They cost $8.99 for a damn four-pack.

and this:

The cotton candy of insulation, not where it’s supposed to be. You breathe in, and feel the fiberglass at your gums, the tip of your tongue. There’s particleboard everywhere, torn like cardboard wherever your bodies encountered it, pink glass wool puffing out like entrails. Cheap-ass house. But at least that shit’s not flammable.

Are. Just. Magnificent.

I really believe those are Dean's thoughts and at the same time they create amazing visuals!

The only thing that confused me is where the Black Dog comes in. Were there 2 monsters in this case?

[kalliel]

I'm glad you enjoyed those descriptions! I think my favorite is all the various sages they had to cobble together. XDDD Though I'm especially glad the insulation descriptions worked for you, because I feel like it's sort of difficult to describe insulation and do it justice, because unless you've spent a lot of time putting it in walls, the weirdness of glass wool is hard to get? BUT IT IS THE WORST. THE WOOOORST.

Sam and Dean didn't really discuss it explicitly, but the idea behind the fic was that they were never going to find the remains of this nameless ghost with no backstory, so they smudged the house with sage to excise her from it. Which, sort of like in 1x04 where they "made the demon corporeal" before sending it back to Hell, turned her into a black dog (because apparently that's what happens in Arizona. XD) But it made it possible for them to deal with her in a permanent way.