SPN dark!ficlet - Brother's Keeper

[amy_star_]

Title: Brother's Keeper
Rating: R for language/icky factor
Pairing/Characters: Gen, Dean-centric
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: 275-ish words of SPN dark!fic. Be warned - character death. Beta and hand-holding by wenchpixie.
Sadly, I do not own the Winchesters. Dean owns me.

Comments

[amy_star_]

Thank you. *twirls* I did grow up on horror movies, and this whole scene just popped fully formed into my head on Thursday night - I just had to write out exactly what I saw. And it was icky in my head. :P

I think I was really nervous about posting it because the imagery is messy (and it *is* dark, too). It's not a clean death; there's blood and mud and dirt and it's all rather sad to see Dean having to hunt his own brother and die a lingering death in the woods. You know, I read somewhere that a wound to the liver will kill you in about 20 minutes, so it's not fast at all. Poor Dean, tracking his last living family member, in horrible pain, for almost a half-hour, yet still putting one foot in fromt of the other until he can't any more, never mind the personal cost.

Why am I breaking my poor Dean? ACK!

Anyways, I was sort of afraid that people would somehow think I'm really twisted for coming up with dark!fic. I know that's silly because a)it ain't that dark; emotionally torturing off-camera, but nothing like ely_jan's Angelus, that I

Feedback Exchange - Part 2

[keerawa]

First of all, I admire you for having the guts to write a major character death story. I'm glad you requested that I read and feedback this one, because it is incredibly difficult to get people to read fic with such hard-core warnings.

"Sam!" His breath is ragged; it's a while before he can call out again.
This is a great sentence. It evoked for me that almost claustrophobic sense when you are out of breath, your heart is pounding, and it makes it hard to hear anything.

I literally had a cold shiver run down my spine when I read those last two sentences. Dean, dying of this horrifying wound, and the best he can hope for is ... that. Destruction of all he'd tried so desperately to save in his life. Ugh.

Powerful stuff.

[labseraph]

AAAAARRRGGGHHHH.

You. Killed. Dean.

Oh noes.

But fantastic (presumably) Sam-gone-dark-side snippet!

[amy_star_]

Well, he's not *necessarily* dead... Ellen could have picked him up in a fireman's carry and gotten him to a hospital or something, right? :)

Thanks for reading!

[a_phoenixdragon]

Damn and hells yes!! You are so right! This IS right up my alley!!

*Snuggles you*

[amy_star_]

*hee* Nice to know there are people out there who share my love of dark!fic. *hugs*

[a_phoenixdragon]

Is there any other kind?! *Laughs*

*hugs*

[lovetheguys]

At first, I thought Bobby was going to shoot Dean--like John shot Jo's father "in the head" after he was so damaged during their hunt. Then I realized he must be talking about whoever sliced up Dean so badly--and that must have been Sam! Either way, this is terrible--but what a great story! Love, Robin

[amy_star_]

Thanks! In my head it was Sam who attacked Dean, but I honestly have no idea what caused this or the outcome!