Re: filled: Salt Lines 3/3sandymgMay 12 2011, 17:42:54 UTC
Sam swallowed hard. Fought the burning prick filling his eyes. What would he do if he heard that? Sammy, come home.
“You okay?”
His freshman year had passed very fast. A blur. Like jumping from town to town and never stopping. Always moving. He needed that. It was familiar.
Dammit.
“My stupid big brother calls me ‘Sammy.’”
Ed’s lips twisted into a puzzled frown. “You never said you had a brother. In fact, I’m sure you said-“
“His name’s Dean.”
“Oh.”
“And I do.”
“Have a brother?”
“No, believe in ghosts.”
Ed gaped at him, body moving back slightly along his bed as if to put more distance between them. He was staring at Sam as if Sam had just turned into a specter himself.
Sam’s bitchface came out. “Didn’t you just ask me about that the other night?”
“G-ghosts?”
“Yeah.” Sam was getting annoyed.
“No.”
Sam stared back. The dream about the Impala played like a broken film reel in his mind. “Okay … I … sorry. Just kidding.”
“But you do have a brother? Because I could swear you said you didn’t have any sib-“
“Yeah, I do.”
Two weeks and classes would start and things would return to normal. His new normal. And the damn salt would keep the ghosts away.
Re: filled: Salt Lines 3/3tmn1966May 13 2011, 12:58:13 UTC
First off, I love reading about Sam's time away from his family while he's at Stanford, since it's all kind of fill in the blank for us. Secondly (and I'm putting this here so I don't forget, 'cause I have a tendancy to do that), I don't know if I'm reading too much into it, but I love your choices of icons (Sam alone the first two parts, then Sam and Dean together for the third), and it really pulled the story together for me and made it all the more poignant.
Your descriptions are so wonderful, as always, with how Sam compares the differences in Ed from Dean. Also loved the bit about the bed being made for elves, but not really because that would be dangerous. LOL
Made me sad to see the To be safe. in there, but yeah, that's part of what it was for Sam, and being normal. And I'm so glad you had this centered around Sam putting down salt lines. That may have faded after a while, but I can't see all those years of knowing what's really out there in the dark would have prevented Sam from taking some basic precautions when he first left his family.
The ending, made me happy and sad. I was so glad that he told Ed about Dean. The last three lines... :(
Re: filled: Salt Lines 3/3sandymgMay 13 2011, 13:31:41 UTC
Thanks so much! Gonna post a slightly edited version on my journal. But the gist will stay the same. I think Sam might have immersed himself at first in school to keep from thinking of his family. And then eventually he met Jessica and that also helped fill in some holes in his life.
Acknowledging Dean to Ed in the story was important as it meant Sam allowed himself, at least for that moment, to really feel his loss. And miss Dean.
“You okay?”
His freshman year had passed very fast. A blur. Like jumping from town to town and never stopping. Always moving. He needed that. It was familiar.
Dammit.
“My stupid big brother calls me ‘Sammy.’”
Ed’s lips twisted into a puzzled frown. “You never said you had a brother. In fact, I’m sure you said-“
“His name’s Dean.”
“Oh.”
“And I do.”
“Have a brother?”
“No, believe in ghosts.”
Ed gaped at him, body moving back slightly along his bed as if to put more distance between them. He was staring at Sam as if Sam had just turned into a specter himself.
Sam’s bitchface came out. “Didn’t you just ask me about that the other night?”
“G-ghosts?”
“Yeah.” Sam was getting annoyed.
“No.”
Sam stared back. The dream about the Impala played like a broken film reel in his mind. “Okay … I … sorry. Just kidding.”
“But you do have a brother? Because I could swear you said you didn’t have any sib-“
“Yeah, I do.”
Two weeks and classes would start and things would return to normal. His new normal. And the damn salt would keep the ghosts away.
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Your descriptions are so wonderful, as always, with how Sam compares the differences in Ed from Dean. Also loved the bit about the bed being made for elves, but not really because that would be dangerous. LOL
Made me sad to see the To be safe. in there, but yeah, that's part of what it was for Sam, and being normal. And I'm so glad you had this centered around Sam putting down salt lines. That may have faded after a while, but I can't see all those years of knowing what's really out there in the dark would have prevented Sam from taking some basic precautions when he first left his family.
The ending, made me happy and sad. I was so glad that he told Ed about Dean. The last three lines... :(
Great fill! :)
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Acknowledging Dean to Ed in the story was important as it meant Sam allowed himself, at least for that moment, to really feel his loss. And miss Dean.
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