SPN FIC - Take a Breath

[ficwriter1966]

*looks around*
Anybody still here? Want a fic? 'Cause I wrote one. :)
Just a little interim moment, somewhere... oh, I guess Season 9. Wherever you feel like it fits.

The thing is...he's pretty sure he fell asleep in the car.CHARACTERS: Dean and Sam

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[adinarj]

Carol, you're back! I thought you'd given up on Sam & Dean! I was so excited when you tagged me on FB. I'd check here every once in a while, but didn't really expect to see anything new. Then this gift!

The story is, of course, gorgeous. The imagery is powerful and there's such a bittersweet quality of Dean's every other thought about Sam.

Even with everything, there was a certain innocence about them as kids, wasn't there? Even in S1, compared to now. This is lovely. Thank you for visiting our boys again.

[ficwriter1966]

Thanks, Adina! I thought you might enjoy a little visit with the boys. :)

At first I was going to have Sam be there as an adult - but there's something so important about retrieving the relationship they had 20 years ago, when they could still hold onto being kids for a little while longer.

[ramblin_rosie]

"You good, Sammy?" Dean asks in a whisper.

"I am now," his brother whispers back.
BOYS. ♥

[ficwriter1966]

Indeed!!

Glad you enjoyed it. :)

[ramblin_rosie]

I did indeed, as usual. :)

Oh, funny coincidence--I was on Goodreads the other day, and what should pop up in the ad rotation but your Wool books for Kindle Worlds! :D Not my fandom, but I hope they're selling well.

[ficwriter1966]

Huh! I didn't know there *was* an ad rotation on Goodreads.

The Wool stories sold really well at the beginning (about a year ago), but interest in that world has been slacking off pretty steadily. People are moving on to other things, which is understandable. I've done it a time or two (or 20) myself. :)

[may7fic]

Lovely, Carol. You certainly haven't lost your touch (not that I ever thought you would) and you captured Dean wonderfully.

This was bittersweet to me - for me, I went with heaven but the aloneness of it made me achy. And then wee Sam showed up :)

Nice to see you dipping your toes in these waters again :)

[ficwriter1966]

Thank you! I'm glad you guys all enjoyed it.

I'm hoping to be inspired enough to do a story or two a month. Though LJ continues to make me crazy with its unnecessary (and unfathomable) changes.

[freya922]

I love how you manage to mix the poignant and the humorous... I loved this line: "Although no matter what kind of product Sam uses, his hair never quite stops looking like ass." Snort.

But it was also so sad... I nearly cried when young Sam found suddenly-young Dean...they break my heart.

[ficwriter1966]

I've missed writing Dean! He has such a particular way of looking at things - and it's fun when you can make yourself laugh while you're writing. Doing this one brought me back to Dean and the steam shower from S1.

Glad you enjoyed it!

[irismay42]

Finally, finally got to read this! And it was worth the wait. Although you've set it in season 9, it does have a lot in common with the themes of season 10 in some ways - Dean only being able to relax and enjoy himself when he's turned into a demon. So it's nice to see a non-demonic Dean getting to take a load off for a while and just enjoy himself. Once he's found Sam, obviously!

And it kind of makes sense he would like Catherine from Hawaii Five-0. She's his dream girl, after all! (She did well for herself after that El Sol commercial!)

[ficwriter1966]

Glad you enjoyed it! I've done a couple of stories along the way that didn't fit exactly into the timeline - so I leave it up to you guys to decide where they go. There's always a *right* place. :)