Close to the Sun in Lonely Lands
Author: de_nugis
Artist: amber1960
Art Masterpost: see it here
Rating, Pairing: PG-13, Gen
Warnings, Spoilers: general spoilers through mid-s9
Wordcount: c4500
Disclaimer: don't own, don't profit
Links: downloadable version with embedded art on AO3
Summary: When he’d felt the cool touch of the knife just before Dean had cut his throat he’d known it for what it was, not the last mercy but the first step.
The thing Sam doesn’t know, the thing Dean’s never going to tell him, is how long he’d had the spell ready.