Supernatural fic: Up the Stairs [Gen, allusions to het, PG-13]

[dotfic]

Title: Up the Stairs
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, allusions to het, PG-13
Word count: ~2,000
Timeframe: set during "Home"
Disclaimer: None of them belong to me. They are the property of Eric "I have a plan, no really" Kripke and the CW.

Thank you to offbalance for the beta read. Beta readers are love.

A/N: Written for the 2006 spn_gleeweek Request Fest: #17 I'd like a tag

Comments

[embroiderama]

Wow, very powerful story!

She senses it long before the front door opens. Something clicks into place and she feels complete, no longer fragmented.

This line really got me.

[dotfic]

Thanks so much! (It's nice to have a line quoted back like that, glad that worked for you).

[quellefromage]

Oh, so very good. Loved this, explained Mary so very well, and it was heartbreaking. Poor Mary. We always think about what the boys lost, and never what she lost. This was a perfect homage to her lost life. Thanks so much for sharing it.

[dotfic]

We always think about what the boys lost, and never what she lost.

That's how I felt about it too. It's mutual grieving. She's lost even more than the boys or John did--they still have each other, but she's alone.

Thanks for the nice comment! :)

[eloise_bright]

This is so beautiful, but there were a couple of lines in particular which broke me:

For the first time Mary doubts that John kept the promise he whispered at her gravestone.

0h, John. What did you tell her? *weeps*

It's as if Dean wears the scars so Sam doesn't need to.

That sums up the boys' relationship, and I love that you had Mary see that immediately. Seriously, this is fanastic writing.

Kudos.

[dotfic]

0h, John. What did you tell her? *weeps*

Makes me sad just pondering it. *wibbles*

I think it comforts her to know Dean is looking after Sam, but it worries her too--who is looking after Dean?

Thank you! I'm really glad you liked this!

[musesfool]

*sniffle*

Lovely and sad.

[dotfic]

Aww, thank you! :)

[marinarusalka]

Oh wow, that was really powerful. I adore Mary's strength, and her love for her boys, and her determination to fight the other ghost even before Sam and Dean show up. I guess protectiveness runs in the Winchester family from both sides, huh?

[dotfic]

Thanks! I really wanted to show her as a protector, and not just of her own children, although once Sam and Dean were in peril, that gave her an added push to tap into her power.