For the Hope Verse fans -- a small interlude between Morgan and her brother, a few hours after 2-year-old Liz has latched onto a stranger in the Walmart and decided he's a keeper.

CHARACTERS:  Morgan and Aidan (with much discussion of Dean and Liz)
GENRE:  Het
RATING:  PG
SPOILERS:  None
LENGTH:  812 words

( The Courtship of Lizzie's Mother )

In a house like this, you can't help but be overheard.  Most of the time, it doesn't matter.  But when you're discussing the fact that you went to Hell...

A single tear slides down her cheek.  It's settling into the groove alongside her mouth when she chokes out, "Is it true?  What you said to Mom?"

CHARACTERS:  Dean and Lizzie (age 11)
GENRE:  Gen
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Tuesdays?  Just never have been a good thing, and this particular Tuesday is no different.  It's two days before Christmas, and the boys are in the midst of tackling a roaming nest of gremlins.  Then the voicemail messages start arriving...

Dean took another long, mournful look at the phone, then climbed off his bed.  When he reached Sam, he pressed ( Read more... )

Just a little interlude... Dean and his lady, on his 50th birthday.

CHARACTERS:  Dean and Morgan
GENRE:  Het
RATING:  G
SPOILERS:  None
LENGTH:  500 words

( We Went Out to the Dock and Drank Champagne )

December, 2009.  Lucifer's out of the box and the world's turning to crap -- but it's still almost Christmas, and there's a little girl demanding Dean's attention.

"Hey," says She Who Not Be Ignored.  "HEY."

CHARACTERS:  Dean and Lizzie
GENRE:  Gen
RATING:  G
SPOILERS:  None
LENGTH:  1000 words

( Christmas, According to Miss Donahue )

He's Dean Winchester, dammit.  He's battled every kind of evil son of a bitch.  He's badass, and the world knows it...
Except when he's sicker than a dog.  And all he wants to do is get some sleep.

CHARACTERS:  Dean and Lizzie
GENRE:  Gen
RATING:  PG
SPOILERS:  None
LENGTH:  1000 words

( All You Need Is Love )

When you're head-over-heels in love -- as Dean is with a certain 3-year-old someone named Lizzie -- you'll do just about anything to make her happy.  Including carving yourself up like a Thanksgiving turkey.

CHARACTERS:  Dean, Sam, and Lizzie
GENRE:  Gen (heavy on the silly schmoop)
RATING:  PG
SPOILERS:  None
LENGTH:  1100 words

( Wrapped Around Her Little Finger )

One for the Hope Verse fans!  I don't bother cross-posting some of these, because they'd make sense only to those of you who are familiar with the verse and its characters -- and this is another one that fits that description.  You might remember a conversation between Dean and Morgan in How Bright We Shine, where she tells him there's been Show & ( Read more... )

I was doing some online research the other day, and happened across some photos of an actual town in the Adirondacks that fit my vision of Thompson Lake to a "T".

For those of you who love the verse, and would like a glimpse of what it looks like -- here you go!

( Photos below the cut )

A bit of Hope Verse, for those of you who requested it!

Sam's communing with nature, out in the woods; Dean's off to Thompson Lake for some quiet time.  Or so he thinks.

CHARACTERS:  Dean, Morgan, Lizzie
GENRE:  Het
RATING:  PG for language
SPOILERS:  None
LENGTH:  1780 words

( A Room at the Inn )