Putting the Fün Back in Dysfünctional -- Masterpost
Putting the Fün Back in Dysfünctional
Author: greenthumb421
Artist: annartism
Summary: Laughing used to come easy to the Winchester boys. Sometimes Sam thinks they'll never really laugh again.
Sam n' Dean, worn down by Bobby's death, Sam's hallucinations of Lucifer, lack of sleep, and the (temporary) loss of the Impala, decide to take a week or two off from hunting, rest up, and try to have some fun, see if they can remember how to laugh. The old Reilly 'House of Death' case in Pittsburgh, PA, seems like a nice, non-urgent case to chew over while they kick back and catch up on sleep. Unfortunately, the hyena demons infesting the house have other ideas.
Characters: Dean, Sam, Sheriff Jody Mills and OMC's.
Pairings: Gen. No, really! Okay, some if-you-squint slashiness, but no worse than canon.
Disclaimer: No profit, no glory, just borrowing the boys from Kripke and the CW.
Rating: PG-13 for language, violence
Word Count: approx 33,000
Warnings: Spoilers through 7.12 Time After Time. Language. (Seriously, gratuitous overuse of the F-bomb.) Criminal misuse of the Pittsburghese dialect, the Ethiopian Christian Church, italics (and parentheses), Trojan condoms, and stuffed cats (but not together, ewwww). And epically long run-on sentences.
.pdf version, created by annartism (thanks, hon!)
The freakin' awesome artworks by annartism can all be seen here, including some tinted versions not seen with the story. Be sure to look for all the hilarious 'Lord of the Rings' references in the scene she created of Sam sitting on his bed!
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Song lyrics taken from Bruno Mars' Grenade.
Many thanks go to my primary beta namichan89 for reading and cheerleading and idea bouncing and for making me laugh. The world would be a better place with more sweet souls like you.
Thanks also to my backup beta vyperdd for her emergency handholding and critical feedback. Also, thank you to paleogymnast, one of the mods of the immensely helpful omgspnbigbang, for taking the time to answer my questions and lend a helping hand. Finally, thank you to slightlysatanic, the other mod of omgspnbigbang, and to wendy and thehighwaywoman, mods of spn_j2_big_bang. Our fandom rocks because of people like you ladies!