SPN Fic: Talk About Boys
She misses Corbett. A lot. The two of them used to talk.
They still do.
But not in a creepy, he’s-a-ghost kind of way. She’s pretty sure Corbett’s ghost disappeared after he saved them from Daggett. Maggie doesn’t know what happened to him afterward, but she really hopes he’s happy.
Anyway, like she was saying. They still talk, in a totally non-supernatural way that means she does all the talking. She likes to visit his grave, always brings flowers too. Bright colors: yellows and oranges and fuschias, because she thinks Corbett would like that. Though even he was too much of a boy to ever admit he liked flowers.
The others visit too, Ed more than the others, and maybe it’s because they're siblings so he always knows when she’s visiting, and maybe it’s something else. But Maggie visits the most, and she stays the longest.
Back when Corbett was alive, they talked about boys. She never really understood what he saw in Tom Cruise. The guy’s nuts, and even when he was younger, he kinda looked like a rodent. And he never saw the appeal of Owen Wilson, which. Whatever. But they both agreed that George Clooney was a silver fox and if either of them ever had the chance to sleep with Jake Gyllenhaal, they were obligated to take it.
Even if they were in a relationship at the time.
She knew he had a crush on Ed; though neither of them ever mentioned it. Corbett wasn’t exactly subtle. Sometimes, she’d even daydream about her marrying Harry and Ed marrying Corbett (in a world where gay marriage is legal, and also, her brother never actually has sex. Ever. Because, ew.), and then she and Corbett would be siblings-in-law and watch movies together and share tips on raising kids and moon over movie stars. Spruce would be around too, doing something. She was never really clear on that part.
It was a stupid daydream, yeah, she’ll admit that. Maggie’s like eighty-five percent sure Ed’s straight anyway.
But she still misses Corbett. Back in May, when she saw the new Star Trek movie, her first reaction was to call Corbett and gibber about how insanely fine Chris Pine was. GQMF, indeed. And that was a whole year and three months after Corbett’s death.
She mentioned Chris Pine to Corbett when she visited, but she didn’t dwell on him. Boys are what they used to talk about; they talk about everything now. Well, Maggie does. First thing she ever told Corbett after he died was that she was done being a Ghostfacer.
Or, done as she could be while being the sister of one and dating another. But she hadn’t even really believed in ghosts before the Morton House. It was just another one of Ed and Harry’s silly fantasies, and it had seemed like a fun way to pass the time and to spend more time with Harry. Which, okay, was incredibly stupid, because that’s what they always say in horror movies, and rule number one of horror movies is don’t go into the fucking haunted house, fucktard. But she went into the haunted house- they went into the haunted house- and Corbett died. And, yeah, there are ghosts and probably an afterlife and all that, but there’s still something terribly final about death. It wasn’t really something she could deal with, not really something she wanted to deal with.
So Maggie quit being a Ghostfacer.
She still tells Corbett about what the Ghostfacers are up to though, because being a Ghostfacer is what he wanted more than anything in the world (besides her brother, which is cute but also really awkward and weird if she thinks about it too much), and because she doesn’t think he would really approve of her quitting. But that’s okay, Harry and Ed weren’t happy either. She mentioned their internet videos once, and how well those are doing. Most people seem to think they’re a joke, meant to be funny, but there are some true believers out there. A guy named Dean Smith wrote in back in April, thanking them for their advice. Said it was really helpful for a ghost problem he had at work.
She talks about personal stuff too. Like her relationship with Harry, school, how much trouble she’s having getting a job. Current events and politics get covered as well. November 5th, she sped on her way to the cemetery, to tell Corbett all about the election results. Even back in February when Clinton and Obama had been in their knock down, drag out war of attrition, he’d been campaigning for the Illinois senator. It was nice to be able to tell him that, would have been nicer to not have to have told him at all.
Actually, current events are more and more her main topic of conversation these days. There’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. North Korea, Iran, fires, floods, earthquakes, and the bizarre news feeds that Harry and Ed follow have been overflowing with stories. Plagues of locusts, rains of frogs, people disappearing, rivers running red.
Maggie’s scared, and Corbett’s the only one she’ll tell that to.
She still has Sam and Dean’s number, and she thinks about calling them sometimes. But she remembers what Sam said about Dean dying soon, and if she’s having a hard time dealing with Corbett’s death, there’s no way Sam could ever get over Dean’s. Maggie didn’t know either of them that long, but it was pretty clear they’re more important to each other than she’ll ever be to anyone or anyone will ever be to her. She’s thankful for that, really.
But she still misses Corbett. So she visits him every week, brings flowers, and talks about whatever. Because she thinks he’d like that, and he was her friend, and the thing about being a Ghostfacer is that you have to be brave enough to face the dead.
So maybe she’s still a Ghostfacer after all.
-End
They still do.
But not in a creepy, he’s-a-ghost kind of way. She’s pretty sure Corbett’s ghost disappeared after he saved them from Daggett. Maggie doesn’t know what happened to him afterward, but she really hopes he’s happy.
Anyway, like she was saying. They still talk, in a totally non-supernatural way that means she does all the talking. She likes to visit his grave, always brings flowers too. Bright colors: yellows and oranges and fuschias, because she thinks Corbett would like that. Though even he was too much of a boy to ever admit he liked flowers.
The others visit too, Ed more than the others, and maybe it’s because they're siblings so he always knows when she’s visiting, and maybe it’s something else. But Maggie visits the most, and she stays the longest.
Back when Corbett was alive, they talked about boys. She never really understood what he saw in Tom Cruise. The guy’s nuts, and even when he was younger, he kinda looked like a rodent. And he never saw the appeal of Owen Wilson, which. Whatever. But they both agreed that George Clooney was a silver fox and if either of them ever had the chance to sleep with Jake Gyllenhaal, they were obligated to take it.
Even if they were in a relationship at the time.
She knew he had a crush on Ed; though neither of them ever mentioned it. Corbett wasn’t exactly subtle. Sometimes, she’d even daydream about her marrying Harry and Ed marrying Corbett (in a world where gay marriage is legal, and also, her brother never actually has sex. Ever. Because, ew.), and then she and Corbett would be siblings-in-law and watch movies together and share tips on raising kids and moon over movie stars. Spruce would be around too, doing something. She was never really clear on that part.
It was a stupid daydream, yeah, she’ll admit that. Maggie’s like eighty-five percent sure Ed’s straight anyway.
But she still misses Corbett. Back in May, when she saw the new Star Trek movie, her first reaction was to call Corbett and gibber about how insanely fine Chris Pine was. GQMF, indeed. And that was a whole year and three months after Corbett’s death.
She mentioned Chris Pine to Corbett when she visited, but she didn’t dwell on him. Boys are what they used to talk about; they talk about everything now. Well, Maggie does. First thing she ever told Corbett after he died was that she was done being a Ghostfacer.
Or, done as she could be while being the sister of one and dating another. But she hadn’t even really believed in ghosts before the Morton House. It was just another one of Ed and Harry’s silly fantasies, and it had seemed like a fun way to pass the time and to spend more time with Harry. Which, okay, was incredibly stupid, because that’s what they always say in horror movies, and rule number one of horror movies is don’t go into the fucking haunted house, fucktard. But she went into the haunted house- they went into the haunted house- and Corbett died. And, yeah, there are ghosts and probably an afterlife and all that, but there’s still something terribly final about death. It wasn’t really something she could deal with, not really something she wanted to deal with.
So Maggie quit being a Ghostfacer.
She still tells Corbett about what the Ghostfacers are up to though, because being a Ghostfacer is what he wanted more than anything in the world (besides her brother, which is cute but also really awkward and weird if she thinks about it too much), and because she doesn’t think he would really approve of her quitting. But that’s okay, Harry and Ed weren’t happy either. She mentioned their internet videos once, and how well those are doing. Most people seem to think they’re a joke, meant to be funny, but there are some true believers out there. A guy named Dean Smith wrote in back in April, thanking them for their advice. Said it was really helpful for a ghost problem he had at work.
She talks about personal stuff too. Like her relationship with Harry, school, how much trouble she’s having getting a job. Current events and politics get covered as well. November 5th, she sped on her way to the cemetery, to tell Corbett all about the election results. Even back in February when Clinton and Obama had been in their knock down, drag out war of attrition, he’d been campaigning for the Illinois senator. It was nice to be able to tell him that, would have been nicer to not have to have told him at all.
Actually, current events are more and more her main topic of conversation these days. There’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. North Korea, Iran, fires, floods, earthquakes, and the bizarre news feeds that Harry and Ed follow have been overflowing with stories. Plagues of locusts, rains of frogs, people disappearing, rivers running red.
Maggie’s scared, and Corbett’s the only one she’ll tell that to.
She still has Sam and Dean’s number, and she thinks about calling them sometimes. But she remembers what Sam said about Dean dying soon, and if she’s having a hard time dealing with Corbett’s death, there’s no way Sam could ever get over Dean’s. Maggie didn’t know either of them that long, but it was pretty clear they’re more important to each other than she’ll ever be to anyone or anyone will ever be to her. She’s thankful for that, really.
But she still misses Corbett. So she visits him every week, brings flowers, and talks about whatever. Because she thinks he’d like that, and he was her friend, and the thing about being a Ghostfacer is that you have to be brave enough to face the dead.
So maybe she’s still a Ghostfacer after all.
-End