[fic] utsusemia: Sufferance
[ Open Reccing: Gen ]
Title: Sufferance
Writer: utsusemia
Status of work: complete
Characters and/or pairings: Sam, Dean, very minor OCs
Rating: PG-13
Warnings, kinks & contents: [Click to read]permanent injury
Length: c6000
Summary: Eighteen months, two weeks, and four days.
Reccer's notes: This is an oldie but goodie I recently had the urge to reread. "What if Sam and Dean had stayed apart after 5.3?" is a popular AU subgenre, and this is my favorite example. Dean's state of mind, his gradual perception and discovery of the changes in Sam, his realization that he's actually forgiven when he thought he couldn't, and the pitch-perfect dialogue mixing heavy and light, all make for a Sam and Dean moment that never happened but feels completely convincing, moving, and perfect.