Fic: Misplaced

[finchandsparrow]

Title: Misplaced
Genre: gen; angst, drama, hurt/comfort; early s12 (canon divergent)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,955
Characters: Dean, Sam, John
Notes: Written for AnotherWriterWhoWrites for the 2018 spn_summergen exchange.

Summary: Dean facilitated a divine family reunion and God’s sister gifted him John Winchester. The world is upside-down-but they’ve

Comments

[borgmama1of5]

This one hit hard when I read it during Summergen, and it still hurt when I read it again. My heart is breaking for Sam...and it's not much better for Dean...

[finchandsparrow]

Thanks for the re-read!! <3 Someday, maybe, I shall write happy Winchesters-but today is not that day...

[madebyme_x]

*clutches heart* This one still hurts, but in the best kind of Winchester way. Such a awesome little fic, because really, this one small change would have flipped everything on its head. Thank you for sharing :)

[finchandsparrow]

"hurts...in the best kind of Winchester way" is one of my favorite flavors. :) Thanks so much! <33

[lira_chimera]

"The thing is, Sam is going to be okay. Sam’s going to be okay because Sam’s always okay. Sam’s always okay because he has to be; he’s never okay because he should be. When John says okay, when John says stubborn, he means that Sam’s going to come out on some other side. That’s not Sam anymore: Sam stays on the same side and convinces himself it’s survivable until it is. That’s Sam’s stubborn. That’s Sam’s okay

[finchandsparrow]

Thank you for reading!! And for highlighting those parts-it makes me happy to hear what stood out to someone. =)

[holyhelly]

Wow. This whole read was like being punched repeatedly in the face and i mean that in tbe best possible way. Well done on the complexity of Dean's reaction and Sam's non-reaction.

Favourite sucker-punch lines:

"You won, Dad had said. He smiles; his eyes water; he looks proud.

Dean waits for him to lean in and whisper a terrible secret."

And

"When John says okay, when John says stubborn, he means that Sam’s going to come out on some other side. That’s not Sam anymore: Sam stays on the same side and convinces himself it’s survivable until it is. That’s Sam’s stubborn. That’s Sam’s okay."

[finchandsparrow]

I’m so sorry it took me such a long time to reply to this-especially since it’s so fantastic to get lovely feedback out of the blue like this!! This comment is such a wonderful compliment, aaahhhh. <333 Thank you so much for reading! :D