title. Tinker Tavern Road
characters. Dean, Sam
rating. PG-13
words. ~600
summary. They stop in the middle of nowhere.
read this. Short, and it feels a little disconnected, but that just works to put more emphasis on the point: These boys need and love each other.

title. His Master's Voice
characters. Dean, Sam
rating. PG-13
words. ~800
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reccer's notes. rainylemons is one of my favorite authors.  Notable for the intensity of her prose, which manages to be both breathless and grounded, detailed and expansive, heartbreaking and hilarious, she has also written some of the most fantastic OCs I've ever read.  Every world she creates in her fic is truly a world unto itself, populated by real people ( Read more... )

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title. Dean to Sam / Sam to Dean
author. zempasuchil
characters. Sam and Dean
rating. PG [reccer's rating]
words. 463
summary. I would touch your bones as a disoriented hunter feels a skeleton to burn.
read this. Two 5.22-centric poems that are beautiful in their symmetry and emotional weight. Heartbreaking as only Sam and Dean can be.

title. Apocrypha
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We all have stories that are our cocoa, tomato soup or grilled cheese of reading - those stories we turn to over and over because they make us happy, warm us up inside and cushion a lousy day. For me when I'm down or just want to feel great my 'go to' authors are cha & anyothergirl415. The plots are always interesting, the sex hot and the emotional tone is rich and ( Read more... )

title. A Thin Chain of Next Moments
author. dotfic and batyatoon
characters. Sam, Dean, John, Bobby, Sam/Ava, Dean/CRD, Dean/OFC, Jo/OMC
rating. PG-13
words. 22000
summary. Dean makes a deal, and lives a life.
read this. Go. Read. Now.

title. Pretzels
author. dotfic
characters. Dean/Ellen
rating. NC-17
words. 900
summary. It's an hour after last call, and Dean ( Read more... )

title. The Runaway Bunny
characters. Sam [age 3, age 18]
rating. PG
words. ~1600
summary. If Sam learned one thing growing up, it's that Dean and Dad, they don't ever give up. Not on anything or anybody. No way they'd give up on him, really cut him loose like that. No way.
read this. Sam running away from his family is a common theme in fic, but I don' ( Read more... )

title. As Certain Dark Things
author. azephirin
characters. Sam/Dean
rating. NC-17
words. 2500
summary. Two people, each with their secrets.
read this. This is the first story in azephirin's boarding-school AU. The differences highlight the essence of Sam and Dean and their relationship while letting us experience the rush of learning about them - and their ( Read more... )

title. the burning of paper instead of children
author. coyotesuspect
characters. john/mary, dean, sam
rating. pg-13
words. 4000
summary. the human body is mostly water.
read this. a look at mary’s life from in the beginning to the beginning of the pilot. chilling and spot-on, with a perfect take on john/mary.

title. odysseus, american
author. coyotesuspect
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title. The Land of Unlikeness
author. aesc
characters. Dean/Castiel
rating. PG-13/R
words. 11,176
summary. Once his brain stops turning circles in his skull, he tries to take stock. His gun is gone, and so is Ruby's knife. His body's a cacophony of aches and pains, small, stinging cuts where the sand has worked in. Give him twelve hours and he'll be ( Read more... )