Clearing out the drafts folder part one

[blubird_pie]

Title: There’s Never Enough Time

Summary: Jess has three hours before Sam comes home from that stupid roadtrip with his brother
Word count: 1,700
Rated: pg (Language)
Notes: Set S1, during the pilot
Warnings: Implied cannon character death
Genre: Het, angsty in context
Characters: Jess, mentions of Sam and Dean
A/N:Title from the eponymous

Comments

[borgmama1of5]

I've never read a story about this time frame, and you did it perfectly! The glimpse you give of Jess allows us to see what Sam would have seen in her. Her musings about Dean feel very realistic--she sees the truth that Sam idolizes Dean even as he won't talk about him. The whole 'musing while baking' and discovering about the ring--the whole lead up while we know how it's going to end is so sad.

A truly elegant short piece!

[blubird_pie]

Thank you very much! It was a bit hard to write, not having much info to go on regarding Jess. It always seemed a pity we didn't get to know her! I'm really flattered that you liked the musing and the cooking- I think baking is one of those tasks that lends itself to deep thoughts.

[sandymg]

So good. Never read much Jess fic. No particular reason. Just haven't sought it out. Really liked this. Sad, so sad. Last line is killer. Loved this, too:

Dean’s not calling because Dad said not to, and in the end Dean always picks Dad.

[blubird_pie]

Thanks! Jess always seemed like kind of an enigma to me, even though she's sort of the driving motivation for 50% of the main cast for like, the entire first season. So I wanted to explore that a little- her opinion of Dean was kind of the starting point. He didn't make such a good first (only) impression, did he? ;)

[lexhibition]

Oh, this is just wonderful. Jess! I wish we could see more of her, you've given her such life here.

[blubird_pie]

Thank you! I do feel like she's a bit underrepresented considering her centrality to Sam's character, esp. early on. Happy you think I wrote her convincingly!