Annnd...that's all she wrote.

[janissa11]

Two crack-chapters for the price of one, and that concludes this little tale. My deepest thanks to ann_tara and schnaucl for beta duty -- y'all just flat-out rock. You do. I've had a blast writing this. Hope you enjoy the rest!

Comments

[the_jackalope]

I have loved this for a while now, following it with baited breath, and this ending is beautiful. And terribly suspensful, for a moment I was quite sure the death was going to be real and then I'd have to hate you.

Really, really loved this story.

[janissa11]

Aw, man, I'm so happy to hear that! *beams* It was such a fun piece to write, and I'm just knocked out that you enjoyed it too! Thank you!

[maygra]

am broken now.

will attempt coherency/much deserved praise later but this:

“Yeah, Dean,” Sam says, pretty sure it’s inaudible over the music. “Everybody loved you.”

broke me.

[janissa11]

::industriously pastes Maygra back together::

I don't work in an ER for nothing. *g*

Thanks so much, chica -- I appreciate it more than I can say. *fierce hugs*

[without_me]

Oh! OH!!! BLESS!!! And, lord, for a minute there I thought you were gonna leave him a kid and I was going to have to mutilate callsigns. But no. LOVE!!!

[callsigns]

I WOULD HAVE MUTILATED MYSELF!!

THIS WAS CAPSLOCK FANTASTIC! Dean's quiet scribble of CRAYONS!

[janissa11]

I...had alternate endings, I'll admit. This was the one that won out -- there were at least two others. Heh.

And thank you! *bounce* I'm delighted that you enjoyed the story!!

[without_me]

Popular though kid!Dean may have been with many, Sam deserves his big brother back. Not that we always get what we deserve (or that Sam or Dean do, especially), but. I think this was the right choice.

[janissa11]

I get too sad writing bummer endings. I need hhjj, you know? Although, after, you know, bonks and owwies and stuff. *eg*

I appreciate your kind words so very much -- thank you!! *glee*

[innie_darling]

I don't know where you live but I was ready to hunt you down and do something horrible to you for killing babyDean. Thank goodness I'm so addicted to your stories that I kept reading. You're safe.

“We don’t have time for your mercy. We never have.” . . . “What you did, to us, was a kind of rape. It was trespass,” the woman says with meaning. . . . In talking with Lily, in touching her with kindness and staying their weapons, they had killed her as dead as if Dean had let fly with the crossbolts, Sam with his silver bullets. I LOVE this. There have been a few stories I've read that deal with the idea of how Dean (in particular) would show mercy (surprising Sam) and this take on it is just brilliant.

An hour later Sam sits motionless on the sand, watching Dean venture out into the foamy curls of water, yelping when his toes get wet. They’re not entirely strangers to big water, but most of Dean’s life so far has been very landlocked, and this is a rare treat. . . . But the Gulf water is blood-warm and comfortable, and it’s too

[imjinnie]

I hope Sam remembers to pick up those pictures from Dean's PO box!

Might I beg for an epilogue? Teehee. Sorry, but how will I live with no more crack to sustain me? *bats eyes*

[janissa11]

The thing was, Wee!Dean kinda had to die. Which always stuck in my craw, because I'm kinda attached to the little guy. But for the curse to be broken.... ::sigh:: Want to know the truth? I miss him like my right arm. I was...very attached. Extremely.

I'm thinking about an epilogue, or very brief sequel or something. To deal with the pics, and Sam's feelings post-guardian. Nothing definite; playing with the idea. *nod*

*big hugs* And thank you for your wonderfully supportive comments -- it's been fun writing this story, and it totally elates me that you've enjoyed it, too. *beams*

[innie_darling]

come to my lj, baby, for a little thank you

And I would love to read an epilogue.

Like I always say, I simply leave the kind of feedback I like to receive.