Monsters We Have Been

[glorious_spoon]

Title: Monsters We Have Been
Pairing: Gen
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: PTSD, alcoholism, substance abuse
Summary: Sam thinks most hunters end up like this, if they survive. Future-fic, not very happy.

Comments

[ginzai]

Excellent as always. I'm a bit more optimistic about the chances Dean and Lisa could have had, but these boys break my heart and you've done a fantastic job of capturing that.

[glorious_spoon]

I actually love the Dean/Lisa could-have-been, but I think that settling down for good wouldn't have come easily to him. Thank you :)

[kalliel]

My ability to deal with this fic: -20. I got through the first line and thought, "Fuck. I need drink first." Irony of that thought/the first line aside, this was really powerful, in the quietest, unassuming manner possible. There aren't any splashy, colorful revelations or dramatic turns of event; and that is absolutely how it should be. Measured quietude or not, my heart rate jumped while reading this and has yet to calm itself. This is the fic that really just needs to exist, and I love every bit of it.

Really beautiful. Thank you for sharing this. <3

[glorious_spoon]

I think I was drinking when I wrote this (it's been sitting around on my computer for a while now), so.... :P

One of the things I like about the show is that for all the fantastical elements, the characters are gritty and *real*, and that's what I was hoping to capture here. So thank you :)

[naatz]

Fuck.

How do you always do this to me?

I adored the style, and the punchlines. The little details that are factual and how Dean dismisses them, flows along with them. How even when Sam knows what's wrong, he doesn't think he can fix it, so he doesn't even try.

/broken hearted

|Meduza|

[glorious_spoon]

Thanks, bb!

*fixes broken heart*

This season is kind of depressing me; does it show?

[naatz]

/bounces back up!

Kind of, yes. Is it good depressing or bad depressing? XP

|Meduza|

[glorious_spoon]

It's a good depressing, as long as they fix it eventually. GIVE US SAMMY BACK, DAMN IT.

[chloe_amethyst]

This is so quietly devastating in all its little details. It's fascinating and heartbreaking to read. It hearkens back to Rufus' warnings about what hunters become. Thanks so much for the lovely work.

[glorious_spoon]

*grin* Thank you!

Yeah, I always kind of thought that Rufus had a good point about what Dean (and Sam) was going to become.

[jaimeykay]

awwww :(

very realistic - no big revelations or fireworks or magical healing, and this is exactly how it would be.

*clutches both of them*

*and you*

well done.

[glorious_spoon]

*clutches back*

I'm so glad you liked!