"Miles to Go" (Woods are Lonely 'verse)

[blueiris08]

Title: “Miles to Go”
Category: Gen
Characters: Sam, Dean
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3400
Summary: Dean finds closure on an old job, and new worries about Sam’s psychic abilities. Melancholy and angsty, except for a brief misunderstanding about Sam’s candy cane. Dean POV.
Author’s notes: This is the third fic in my “The Woods are Lonely” ’verse. You’ll

Comments

[cellia]

I've really liked all these stories, and thought the reveal that the girl was dead on the 1st was really well-done. Love the way you have the brothers interact and describe Sam's powers.

Sam looked back at the screen, lips still tight. “You sneak out for eight hours without leaving a note again, and I might start seeing another brother on the side,” he said.

hee!

[blueiris08]

Heh. The Yoda section is my favorite, but I like that line too. I'm very happy you liked the stories; thanks for letting me know.

[lelann137]

oh i love this verse! lots of fun, and its really interesting to see sammy's different powers and their affects on dean too. thanks

[blueiris08]

I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting!

[hey_mockingbird]

Again, I really love this work, and it was SO much fun to be able to read, and thank you for letting me help! *goes off to shamelessly read your other fics now* ♥

[blueiris08]

Ack! I didn't respond! I owe you the thanks for the beta work, especially for your thoughts on the limits of using candy cane metaphors for comedic misdirection.

Thank you again!

[harrigan]

I've been in those woods - you capture them beautifully! I really liked the psychic visions/empathy aspect of the story - the growing sense of foreboding that things are bad and may be getting worse, but we don't know what the future will hold.

Very atmospheric and haunting - definitely bookmarking!

[blueiris08]

I've been in those woods - you capture them beautifully!
I'm so glad to hear that. It wasn't easy to find a place that met the geographical conditions described in "The Woods Are Lonely" (old-growth deciduous forest in an area that still had stagecoach travel around 1900); I did all the research on the internet, and just had to hope the atmosphere was right.

but we don't know what the future will hold.
Spoiler: Well...the future will definitely hold more angst, and slash. But it'll be a while before the next story gets written.

Thank you for commenting!

[sistabro]

I'm not sure how I missed this one when it came out, but let me say that this series is one of my favorites. I particularly love how the boys boomerang between spinning apart due to Deans inability to get what Sam is going through but the consequences of Sam's shining bring them closer together again.
Creepy, funny, and spot on. I can't wait to see more in this verse.

[blueiris08]

spinning apart due to Deans inability to get what Sam is going through but the consequences of Sam's shining bring them closer together again.
That's going to be the most difficult thing for Dean to cope with in this series. He's a fighter by nature with a very direct approach toward the world: identify the threat, tackle it head-on, and defeat it. The progressive negative effects of Sam’s psychic-ness is something fundamentally different. They'll always stick together, but it'll take a toll on both.

On more stories: it takes anywhere from 6 months to 2 ½ years to write fic over 3000 words. The next “Woods” story is far enough along that I’m shooting for just a couple months. Knock on wood.

Thanks for commenting!