Tornado Warningdear_tiger | Mature | Graphic depictions of violence.
A failed attempt to restore Sam’s soul leaves roboSam with a demonic infestation. He and Dean set off across the country, searching for a way to reverse the damage. Elsewhere, an amnesiac ex-con lands a job at the Winchester Meat butcher shop, gets harassed by local monsters and falls in love with the sheriff. There are two stories that develop independently, and the connection is a name, and the name is a memory, and memories are hard to come by. But what you gotta remember first and foremost, sonny, is to watch out for the tornado.
The powerful imagery of the second story as it converges with the first is fascinating, and Sam and Dean's struggle to find each other is as compelling as ever.
Leviathan
revenant | Mature | Graphic depictions of violence.
It is said that the Leviathan is the gate through which the souls of the damned pass into Hell. A sea-beast so vast and terrifying that it had to be killed to prevent it destroying the world. A terrible demon that will walk the earth during the end of days, which will be slaughtered and served to the righteous as a feast.
Whatever it is, it doesn't sound good, and according to Ruby, it's been traveling in their wake for some time. Sam and Dean have bigger problems. Ever since Dean was rescued from the pit the brother's have been struggling to cling to the fraying bond stretched thin between them. The secrets they've been keeping from each other certainly haven't helped, especially when those secrets start to come to light. Sooner or later their rift is going to get too big to mend, but if they break apart they might just take the world with them.
Intriguing plot with a nice variation on the boys keeping secrets from each other. (A few typos, but the story is worth it.)