Fic - SPN Gen - Sam, Dean, John, Bobby - Cruisin' - PG-13

[benitle_writes]

Title: Cruisin'
Author: benitle
Characters: Sam, Dean, John, Bobby; no pairings
Rating: Rated PG-13 for angst
Warnings, Spoilers: Wee!chesters, angst, no spoilers, pre-series
Summary: John returns from a hunt and Dean needs to drive the Impala for the Winchesters to escape.
Word count: 1,866
Notes: Written for my darling petiii for the asylum_spnfics exchange. Her prompt was

Comments

[sammy_stevenson]

ACK! I am certain this is exactly how it would have been! Excellent story!

"Dean!" Dad hisses from the passenger seat and Dean knows he's been thinking too much.

Yes! I'm glad to see I'm not the only one. Dean thinks too much. He's always thinking too much. It kind of annoys me when people say Dean is a very shallow or not overly bright character, because I think quite the opposite is true.

mind if I add to memories?

[benitle]

Thank you! Glad it seemed "real" to you. I don't think that, with their pasts, that Dean would have been eased into driving.

Oh, I definitely see Dean as a very bright person. He might not have the book smarts like Sam does, but he's a clever guy when it comes to other subjects. I believe that he thinks a lot and keeps it to himself.

I totally don't mind if you add the fic to your memories, far from it. I'm thrilled.

Thank you for reading and commenting! Glad you enjoyed the fic!

[benitle]

Thank you. :) I'm happy that it came across as real. As I said above, with Dean's background, I don't think there'd be much time for normal.

Thanks so much for reading and commenting. It means a lot.

[1aquaesulis76]

Oh yes - I can imagine Dean's intoduction to 'real driving' going down exactly like this. Loved the part at end, Dean not dwelling - on the horror of it all, the responsibility thrust on his shoulders, but rather on the fact that he obeyed his dad, kept his family together.

As for Dean being a thinker - I feel the evidence comes down on the side that Sam didn't get all the Winchester brains. We'll never know how Dean would have done at school with a mother's influence (WIWSNB was the djinn) but he certainly has a knack of putting things together, as well as feeling things deeply. Dean's front of the insensitive, smart-mouthed girl crazy is a very strong front, one he's been using and perfecting for years as perfection. JA's performance always has hidden depths for me though - if you look beyond the words. A glance, a mouth-twist, the odd statement, all combine to show that Dean isn't shallow or a 'one brain-cell' character. Imho of course!

Thanks for writing and sharing though - loved it.

[benitle]

Seeing how family and being loyal to them is first priority to Dean, I just can't seem him dwelling on it but rather being proud about how he was there for them when they needed him.

Definitely. I can't even see where people are coming from when they put Dean off as stupid. He might not have the book smarts like Sam, but he knows about constructing stuff and makes him not stupid. The Dean we see is shaped by the hunt and as you said, we never know how he would haven been if developed normally. I assumed that the garage he's working at in WIWSNB was John's and if John died from a stroke, we can assume that Dean's the one handling it, so he'd had his own business. It takes brains to take care of a business, even if it's a small one.

Thank you very much for reading and your views. I'm thrilled that you enjoyed the fic. Thank you! :D

[embroiderama]

Oh, I love that you had John get hurt and need to turn to Dean for help! ♥♥♥ And Dean driving the Impala--weighed down with so much and scared, but still proud of taking care of things--that feels just right.

[benitle]

Thank you! I think that - seeing how Dean sees family and loyalty - he'd try not to waste too much time on the bad things but rather on how he can be loyal and make his Dad approve.

John getting hurt was what I needed to make this more believable. *g* John never was the best father but still he wouldn't tell his 13 year old son to drive them through the country in the middle of the night, just because he felt like it, you know?

I'm very glad that the fic worked for you, thanks so much for reading and commenting.

[benitle]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! :D