011 - [theme: crossovers; - 21 recs - gen, sam/dean, sam/other]
We haven't had a rec post in awhile, and though very few of these are hurt/comfort, i feel their focus on sam might interest many of our members. Also, because my fandoms are not everyone's fandom, please feel free to add to this post by reccing your favorite sam-centric supernatural crossovers in the comments!
As many of these fics have multiple pairings (e.g. sam/dean & sam/other), please pay attention to the pairing heading if there are things you don't enjoy reading.
supernatural/rps
title. many worlds
author. wesleysgirl
rating. nc-17
words. 5,700
pairings. sam/jensen + (vague dean/jared & sam/dean ust)
warnings. none
summary. "i'm sam," jared says, with enough desperation in his voice that jensen is taken aback. "i'll call you jensen if you want me to, but you have to call me sam. who the hell is jared?"
reccer's comments. it's funny and sweet and sad all at once. i love sam/jensen and this is my favorite of all that i've read.
title. the sky is broken
author. aynslee
rating. nc-17
words. 6,896
pairings. sam/jensen
warnings. none
summary. future au-sam’s struggling to resume the life he had before the demon destroyed his world, but he never expected to come face to face with a man who looks just like the brother he lost. (in this world, dean and john died during the s1 finale.)
reccer's comments. lovely and sad.
supernatural/gilmore girls
title. haven't i seen you here before
author. your-hero-died
type. amnesia
rating. pg
words. 851
characters. sam (as dean forester)
warnings. none
summary. still, all of it adds up, weighs on his mind, and no matter how much he tries not to, he's always asking the question: what happened? what happened in the sixteen years before that terrifying morning when he woke up with a blank slate for a mind? how did he get the scars--some old, white ridges on his skin, others newer, pinker--that litter his body? why was there never a missing person report that matched his description? why did no one ever come looking for him?
reccer's comments. short, but heartbreaking. considering that jared padalecki's character on gilmore girls was named dean, there's already a lot of fuel for some wonderful crossovers with supernatural, exploring the idea of sam winchester taking on his brother's name in star's hollow.
title. the north side of my town faced east (and the east was facing south)
author. mcee
rating. pg
words. 1,600
characters. sam (as dean forester), dean and john (briefly).
warnings. none
summary. you couldn't make this up if you tried... or could you? in which dean forester is a cover for sam.
reccer's comments. this might make you think of dean forester and all the things he does a little differently.
title. a beautiful taster
author. monimala
rating. r
words. 2,475
pairings. sam winchester/lorelai gilmore
warnings. none
summary. his face is leaner than dean forester's.
reccer's comments. depending on who you talk to, there were some dean forester/lorelai gilmore vibes on the gilmore girls. this takes all that to the next level.
title. down the road the streetlight glows
author. pixel-0
rating. pg
words. 5,773
pairings. sam (as dean forester)/rory
warnings. none
summary. his name is the only thing that stays a lie. everything else becomes a truth.
reccer's comments. sometimes it's hard to believe that sam winchester and dean forester could ever believably be written as the same person - this fic sets out to overcome that hurdle, and does so beautifully.
title. you don't have to be crazy to work here (but it helps)
author. kellifer-fic
rating. pg
words. 3,156
pairings. sam/jess mariano
warnings. none
summary. the rush ebbed and the guy disappeared into the stacks behind him, sparing a frown for jess because he’d just been staring the whole time. ella paused in front of the counter and looked at jess for a moment. “cute, huh?” she said, flicking her head in the direction the guy had disappeared and jess made a face.
reccer's comments. sam/jess set during the stanford years.
supernatural/doctor who
title. time relative
author. mute90
rating. pg-13
words. 705
characters. sam, nine
warnings. none
summary. the doctor always came back for him.
reccer's comments. i am a sucker for winchester's-as-the-doctor's-companions, and this is a great one. set during the stanford years.
title. common ground
author. drabblewriter
rating. g
words. 800
pairings. sam/ten (pre-slash)
warnings. none
summary. a strange feeling leads to doctor to find sam winchester in a coffee shop.
reccer's comments. short and schmoopy!
title. better with three?
author. jlnni
rating. pg-13
words. 1,551
characters & pairings. sam & rose/ten
warnings. implied main character death
summary. there's a new companion traveling with the doctor when he finally finds a way back to her...
reccer's comments. the doctor returns to rose, with a certain someone at his side.
supernatural/heroes
title. in a state (sequels linked at end of fic - pairings vary)
author. nu-breed
rating. nc-17
words. 2,459
pairings. sam/peter petrelli (in sequels: 2 sam/peter, 1 sam/peter/dean & sam/dean)
warnings. none
summary. pain and loss and peter can't help but think of himself, of his own pain that's been eating away at him. there's something else too, something that makes his blood hum and his skin prickle. something different, something not quite normal. just like peter. (or: pretty boys who have powers are really quite emo.)
reccer's comments. yum!
title. not heroes
author. mute90
rating. pg-13
words. 205
pairings. sam/nathan petrelli
warnings. none
summary. they're not heroes. they're too sharp and unclean.
reccer's comments. the author draws some extraordinary parallels between sam and nathan.
title. as the days roll
author. transposition73
rating. pg-13
words. 934
pairings. sam/hiro nakamura
warnings. none (is voyeur!dean a warning?)
summary. the first time dean catches his brother in bed with the japanese guy they've been carting around with them for a week, he doesn't think much of it.
reccer's comments. i wasn't expecting to like the pairing when i clicked on the link - by the time i reached the end of the fic, i was grinning like a loon. adorable.
supernatural/chuck
title. chuck versus the uncanny
author. rivkat
rating. g
words. 2,277
characters. sam, chuck bartowski, dean, sarah walker, john casey
warnings. none
summary. for the prompt: chuck flashing on something hanukkah related would be fantastic ... three million bonus points if fellow stanford drop-out sam winchester is in the buymore at the same time!
reccer's comments. what makes this even better? that jared and zachary levi are real-life buddies.
title. get your head in the game
author. nevcolleil
rating. pg-13
words. 500
pairings. sam/chuck (pre-slash)
warnings. none
summary. the author says: as much as i love the chuck who actually appeared in the monster at the end of this book, i couldn't help but wonder: what would happen if those prophecies had been sent to a different chuck.
reccer's comments. chuck bartowski writes the supernatural video game!
supernatural/harry potter
title. the gypsy boy and i
author. transposition73
rating. pg-13
words. 937
pairings. sam/luna lovegood, (allusions to sam/madison)
warnings. none
summary. he's a big man--broad-shouldered and long-legged and dark-faced--but he's hunched over an old book when she decides she likes him enough to sit next to him and tuck his hair behind his ear.
reccer's comments. this is beautiful. luna's voice is perfect, and sam? well, you just fall in love with sam here.
supernatural/terminator: the sarah connor chronicles
title. because i could not stop for death
author. neversince
rating. pg-13
words. 1,400
characters. sam, john connor, dean
warnings. none
summary. sam winchester and john connor share a love of emo bangs and emily dickinson.
reccer's comments. a very sweet relationship blooms between sam and john
supernatural/ten inch hero
title. coffee for broken hearts
author. gentlezombie
rating. r
words. 2,600
pairings. sam/ (boaz) priestly
warnings. none
summary. dean's in hell, and sam's on a downward slide. sam walks into a sandwich shop with three dollars and twenty-five cents. the guy behind the counter is really nice though, even when sam falls asleep in the corner booth because he's been grinding himself into the dirt.
reccer's comments. sad and touching. a lovely outsider-pov even if you aren't familiar with the movie (trust me; i only watched jensen's scenes on youtube.)
supernatural/the o.c.
title. on taking it like a bitch and ten other ways to say i love you
author. phaballa
rating. r
words. 5,342
pairings. sam/seth cohen + (sam/jess and allusions to sam/dean & seth/ryan)
warnings. recreational drug use
summary. by the time seth drags sam to newport for winter break, sam has started to say 'dude' and 'man' a lot, for which he entirely blames seth.
reccer's comments. sweet and funny.
supernatural/eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
title. the world forgetting, by the world forgot
author. blincolin
rating. r
words. 1,500
pairings. sam/ofc + allusions to sam/dean
warnings. none
summary. if you don't know your destiny - if you're unaware you even have a destiny - can it still chase you?
reccer's comments. does nifty things with the premise of the movie and sam's storyline.
supernatural/watchmen
title. everybody laugh
author. gentlezombie
rating. nc-17
words. 2,168
pairings. sam/the comedian
warnings. explicit non-con, torture
summary. sam’s captured by a stranger who thinks he and his brother are criminals.
reccer's comments. c'mon, i had to end with a real gut-clencher. disturbing on many levels.
As many of these fics have multiple pairings (e.g. sam/dean & sam/other), please pay attention to the pairing heading if there are things you don't enjoy reading.
supernatural/rps
title. many worlds
author. wesleysgirl
rating. nc-17
words. 5,700
pairings. sam/jensen + (vague dean/jared & sam/dean ust)
warnings. none
summary. "i'm sam," jared says, with enough desperation in his voice that jensen is taken aback. "i'll call you jensen if you want me to, but you have to call me sam. who the hell is jared?"
reccer's comments. it's funny and sweet and sad all at once. i love sam/jensen and this is my favorite of all that i've read.
title. the sky is broken
author. aynslee
rating. nc-17
words. 6,896
pairings. sam/jensen
warnings. none
summary. future au-sam’s struggling to resume the life he had before the demon destroyed his world, but he never expected to come face to face with a man who looks just like the brother he lost. (in this world, dean and john died during the s1 finale.)
reccer's comments. lovely and sad.
supernatural/gilmore girls
title. haven't i seen you here before
author. your-hero-died
type. amnesia
rating. pg
words. 851
characters. sam (as dean forester)
warnings. none
summary. still, all of it adds up, weighs on his mind, and no matter how much he tries not to, he's always asking the question: what happened? what happened in the sixteen years before that terrifying morning when he woke up with a blank slate for a mind? how did he get the scars--some old, white ridges on his skin, others newer, pinker--that litter his body? why was there never a missing person report that matched his description? why did no one ever come looking for him?
reccer's comments. short, but heartbreaking. considering that jared padalecki's character on gilmore girls was named dean, there's already a lot of fuel for some wonderful crossovers with supernatural, exploring the idea of sam winchester taking on his brother's name in star's hollow.
title. the north side of my town faced east (and the east was facing south)
author. mcee
rating. pg
words. 1,600
characters. sam (as dean forester), dean and john (briefly).
warnings. none
summary. you couldn't make this up if you tried... or could you? in which dean forester is a cover for sam.
reccer's comments. this might make you think of dean forester and all the things he does a little differently.
title. a beautiful taster
author. monimala
rating. r
words. 2,475
pairings. sam winchester/lorelai gilmore
warnings. none
summary. his face is leaner than dean forester's.
reccer's comments. depending on who you talk to, there were some dean forester/lorelai gilmore vibes on the gilmore girls. this takes all that to the next level.
title. down the road the streetlight glows
author. pixel-0
rating. pg
words. 5,773
pairings. sam (as dean forester)/rory
warnings. none
summary. his name is the only thing that stays a lie. everything else becomes a truth.
reccer's comments. sometimes it's hard to believe that sam winchester and dean forester could ever believably be written as the same person - this fic sets out to overcome that hurdle, and does so beautifully.
title. you don't have to be crazy to work here (but it helps)
author. kellifer-fic
rating. pg
words. 3,156
pairings. sam/jess mariano
warnings. none
summary. the rush ebbed and the guy disappeared into the stacks behind him, sparing a frown for jess because he’d just been staring the whole time. ella paused in front of the counter and looked at jess for a moment. “cute, huh?” she said, flicking her head in the direction the guy had disappeared and jess made a face.
reccer's comments. sam/jess set during the stanford years.
supernatural/doctor who
title. time relative
author. mute90
rating. pg-13
words. 705
characters. sam, nine
warnings. none
summary. the doctor always came back for him.
reccer's comments. i am a sucker for winchester's-as-the-doctor's-companions, and this is a great one. set during the stanford years.
title. common ground
author. drabblewriter
rating. g
words. 800
pairings. sam/ten (pre-slash)
warnings. none
summary. a strange feeling leads to doctor to find sam winchester in a coffee shop.
reccer's comments. short and schmoopy!
title. better with three?
author. jlnni
rating. pg-13
words. 1,551
characters & pairings. sam & rose/ten
warnings. implied main character death
summary. there's a new companion traveling with the doctor when he finally finds a way back to her...
reccer's comments. the doctor returns to rose, with a certain someone at his side.
supernatural/heroes
title. in a state (sequels linked at end of fic - pairings vary)
author. nu-breed
rating. nc-17
words. 2,459
pairings. sam/peter petrelli (in sequels: 2 sam/peter, 1 sam/peter/dean & sam/dean)
warnings. none
summary. pain and loss and peter can't help but think of himself, of his own pain that's been eating away at him. there's something else too, something that makes his blood hum and his skin prickle. something different, something not quite normal. just like peter. (or: pretty boys who have powers are really quite emo.)
reccer's comments. yum!
title. not heroes
author. mute90
rating. pg-13
words. 205
pairings. sam/nathan petrelli
warnings. none
summary. they're not heroes. they're too sharp and unclean.
reccer's comments. the author draws some extraordinary parallels between sam and nathan.
title. as the days roll
author. transposition73
rating. pg-13
words. 934
pairings. sam/hiro nakamura
warnings. none (is voyeur!dean a warning?)
summary. the first time dean catches his brother in bed with the japanese guy they've been carting around with them for a week, he doesn't think much of it.
reccer's comments. i wasn't expecting to like the pairing when i clicked on the link - by the time i reached the end of the fic, i was grinning like a loon. adorable.
supernatural/chuck
title. chuck versus the uncanny
author. rivkat
rating. g
words. 2,277
characters. sam, chuck bartowski, dean, sarah walker, john casey
warnings. none
summary. for the prompt: chuck flashing on something hanukkah related would be fantastic ... three million bonus points if fellow stanford drop-out sam winchester is in the buymore at the same time!
reccer's comments. what makes this even better? that jared and zachary levi are real-life buddies.
title. get your head in the game
author. nevcolleil
rating. pg-13
words. 500
pairings. sam/chuck (pre-slash)
warnings. none
summary. the author says: as much as i love the chuck who actually appeared in the monster at the end of this book, i couldn't help but wonder: what would happen if those prophecies had been sent to a different chuck.
reccer's comments. chuck bartowski writes the supernatural video game!
supernatural/harry potter
title. the gypsy boy and i
author. transposition73
rating. pg-13
words. 937
pairings. sam/luna lovegood, (allusions to sam/madison)
warnings. none
summary. he's a big man--broad-shouldered and long-legged and dark-faced--but he's hunched over an old book when she decides she likes him enough to sit next to him and tuck his hair behind his ear.
reccer's comments. this is beautiful. luna's voice is perfect, and sam? well, you just fall in love with sam here.
supernatural/terminator: the sarah connor chronicles
title. because i could not stop for death
author. neversince
rating. pg-13
words. 1,400
characters. sam, john connor, dean
warnings. none
summary. sam winchester and john connor share a love of emo bangs and emily dickinson.
reccer's comments. a very sweet relationship blooms between sam and john
supernatural/ten inch hero
title. coffee for broken hearts
author. gentlezombie
rating. r
words. 2,600
pairings. sam/ (boaz) priestly
warnings. none
summary. dean's in hell, and sam's on a downward slide. sam walks into a sandwich shop with three dollars and twenty-five cents. the guy behind the counter is really nice though, even when sam falls asleep in the corner booth because he's been grinding himself into the dirt.
reccer's comments. sad and touching. a lovely outsider-pov even if you aren't familiar with the movie (trust me; i only watched jensen's scenes on youtube.)
supernatural/the o.c.
title. on taking it like a bitch and ten other ways to say i love you
author. phaballa
rating. r
words. 5,342
pairings. sam/seth cohen + (sam/jess and allusions to sam/dean & seth/ryan)
warnings. recreational drug use
summary. by the time seth drags sam to newport for winter break, sam has started to say 'dude' and 'man' a lot, for which he entirely blames seth.
reccer's comments. sweet and funny.
supernatural/eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
title. the world forgetting, by the world forgot
author. blincolin
rating. r
words. 1,500
pairings. sam/ofc + allusions to sam/dean
warnings. none
summary. if you don't know your destiny - if you're unaware you even have a destiny - can it still chase you?
reccer's comments. does nifty things with the premise of the movie and sam's storyline.
supernatural/watchmen
title. everybody laugh
author. gentlezombie
rating. nc-17
words. 2,168
pairings. sam/the comedian
warnings. explicit non-con, torture
summary. sam’s captured by a stranger who thinks he and his brother are criminals.
reccer's comments. c'mon, i had to end with a real gut-clencher. disturbing on many levels.