SPN Fic: Silence

[prufrock_26]

Title:  Silence
Characters:  Castiel, Dean, Sam
Genre:  Gen
Rating:  PG
Word Count:  1256
Spoilers:  Set early S5.  Some plot elements discussed.
Summary:  Sometimes all you needed was an extra hour and a half of summer. Sometimes you needed to get your hands dirty and scrub caked grease out of a pistol or two.  
Disclaimer:  I do not actually know

Comments

[juppschmitz]

This is a perfect little piece! I absolutely love it. It's like Dean is in the eye of a hurricane. You describe this moment of silence so evocatively and the warmth from the little patch of sun and the dust motes dancing in it so graphically that I practically heard the quiet and felt the heat! I love those little moments. You have to cherish them when you get them and I love you for giving Dean this moment. He needs all of those he can get to get him through his life.

The exchange between Dean and Cas is minimal and yet it's worth volumes. But you've caught it all in those few sentences.

...the blue eyes peering straight ahead as if there was nothing else in all of creation to look at but the hideous painting of a clock tower hung over the empty bed.
Yes, this is so totally Cas! I can just picture him.

Dad, of course, would call that a weak excuse. Guy always had been a dick.
Sad, but true. After a lifetime of hero-worshipping his dad this is what he now thinks of him. :(

I love how you oppose what Sam would make Dean do in this situation with the quiet understanding and companionship there is between Dean and Cas. Even though he does remember the bit of hospital arson (LOL) that went before.

Also, while I don't have any knowledge of weapons either, what you write, true to life or not, is so true to Dean! Complete with his thoughts of Sam and his eye for a good gun.

In short, this is another of your fics that I loved reading! Now I know what people mean when they say they'd like to quote the whole piece back to the author.

Thanks for sharing! (And keep them coming!:))

Once more I am humbled by your flattering and insightful comment.....

[prufrock_26]

Thanks! Once again, you've caught all these little details (the dust motes, the hospital arson) that I thought nobody would notice. And this -- the eye of a hurricane? That's beautiful. I feel like you summarized exactly what I was trying to say, right there.

RE: Cas's steady gaze: half the reason their conversation was so short is that it's just *so* fun trying to capture that expression from Misha. The man has crazy eyes, and they are delicious to write. :)

Thanks again for reading!