If you're a Daryl Dixon fan and interested in his backstory, this is it. It's a Yuletide 2011 story by Wilde_Shade. Realistic, moving backstory mixed in with more current scenes of the brothers. Daryl's loyalty and the unnourished kernel of decency so much a part of him are prominently featured.

This note is helpful when reading it: It's probably ( Read more... )

It's short, Wincest, and fucked up. Sam's kind of peripheral and I didn't get much of a read on his character (I felt some distaste for him here, and I credit the POV with that one), but he's important. This is Dean's POV and he's a conflicted, violent mess, brilliantly done - yet I felt sorry for him, like in this version of the SPN world, Dean ( Read more... )

I think it's been recommended quite a bit already, but here's my two cents on it. When canon falls short of its potential, fandom steps in: Recall by de_nugis, Sam/Dean. If you want to see a Sam who is truly disturbed as befits current canon, read this. If you want to see Dean who is scared and sad and still strong, always, when it comes to Sam, read it. ( Read more... )

Title: Shattering The Cage by chokeonirony 
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Sam and Dean find themselves and each other... via copious amounts of sex.
Warnings: Messy, unsafe and disorganised but generally consensual BDSM. Kinks including but not limited to d/s, dirty talk, voyeurism, orgasm denial, biting, marking, bondage, knife play. Also a fair bit ( Read more... )

It's underage Wincest, and it folds out so beautifully. Lovely Dean POV - I wish he could have stayed this way, sigh - content, happy, and so sure everything would turn out okay (and therein's your little touch of heartache, but it's mild). This is one of those stories that make you feel the surroundings, the heat, the moment, and how it should be ( Read more... )

This is horror, guys, truly, so if you're a fan, I say step right up. It's also fantastical and full of imagery. The warning list itself is insane, but I don't think you'll end up rolling your eyes over it. It's one of those rare stories that actually earns the use of every one of those labels, even in passing. But it's still not about all that. It ( Read more... )

Bolt From the Blue by spoons1899 - a storm is coming. Late season 4 angst, gen.
Dean's unease and fear and sorrow all beautifully done, from the very air inside the Impala feeling different and safe compared to outside where Sam is:

"The air crackles like flames and Sam is still standing in the road like this is all for his benefit and he’s going to drink ( Read more... )

January Sun by lemanya - features a young Sam and Dean and a lovely original character, December Jones.

from the story:

The house has been empty for as long as December can remember, but not ‘cause it itself is haunted. This town is a ghost town of the living, and no one wants to live here. This is where spectres exist in drawn out memories and ( Read more... )

Sam's not just living in Hell - he's absorbed it. He's dry and dirty and ringed in fire. It's lovely. Here

God Says Nothing Back by mimblexwimble 
This is my favorite kind of story: hard hitting, dark, hopeless, word choice like strokes of paint on a canvas. Follows My Bloody Valentine.