FILLED: You Have One Saved Message (Sam & Dean, Gen) 1/4killabeezApril 27 2011, 14:26:15 UTC
Sam came back from the library as the sun sank low over the trees. He crossed the motel parking lot without watching where he was going, head bent over his printout, and almost took a header on the two-inch-high sidewalk that ran in front of the door to their room.
He regained his balance and let out a sigh. The Impala was parked right next to him, covered in a thin layer of road dust, and what were the odds Dean hadn't seen that? The way Dean had been watching him lately, probably about as good as the odds that Sam would grow a third head overnight.
Sam paused, and mentally took that back. The way their lives tended to go? That was definitely not the kind of thing you wanted to think lightly.
He steeled himself to be mocked as he walked through the door, so it caught him by surprise to find Dean sitting at the table staring into space with something clasped between his hands, a look on his face that was anything but mocking.
* * *"Hey," Sam said, a question in his voice as he stopped on the threshold. Dean blinked, for what might
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Re: FILLED: You Have One Saved Message (Sam & Dean, Gen) 2/4killabeezApril 27 2011, 14:29:16 UTC
That's what he'd been thinking about when his eyes fell on the alert that had popped up on the screen: one voicemail. Play?
Dean put the key in the ignition. But for some reason, his eyes stayed on the phone. He reached out and turned it toward him, so he could read the screen better.
The number looked familiar. Dean frowned a little, trying to place it. Wasn't Bobby's number, not with that area code. Wasn't Dean's either-except, yeah, that was it. It had been one of Dean's, but a couple years back. Before Lisa and Ben. Before everything
( ... )
Re: FILLED: You Have One Saved Message (Sam & Dean, Gen) 4/4killabeezApril 27 2011, 14:33:23 UTC
Sam stared at him for a long, awful moment that felt like being under the knife. It still happened like that sometimes. Not nearly as bad as when it was Robo-Sam looking back at him, but the wall in Sam's head wasn't just a metaphor. Sometimes Dean looked in his eyes and was reminded all over again that there was so much Sam didn't remember. Sometimes, he thought it didn't stop at the moment Sam stepped into the Pit. He'd more or less accepted that, because it was so goddamned worth it to have the real Sam back, whole and alive and at his side, but that didn't mean it didn't squeeze at his guts sometimes, knowing Sam could slip away from him at any moment. That Dean might never know just how much of himself Sam had sacrificed that day. That maybe it was too good to be true
( ... )
Re: FILLED: You Have One Saved Message (Sam & Dean, Gen) 4/4kaspa2009June 26 2011, 03:10:09 UTC
If I shouldn't reply to this, please let me know and I'll delete it, but I was wondering... is there a masterlist somewhere of 'The Voicemail" fics? Or do you have any recommmendations. I've only recently discovered that there were stories that addressed 'The Voicemail'! I mean, I'm just looking for anything where Dean realizes what Sam heard and then sets him straight. I wasn't sure where else to post this. I've had livejournal a while, but I've only used it a little and I'm new to the Supernatural communities here on livejournal (though I've been following since first season). Thank you!
Re: FILLED: You Have One Saved Message (Sam & Dean, Gen) 4/4kaspa2009June 26 2011, 03:19:12 UTC
I'm just getting back into the fandom myself. Real life forced a hiatus on me after season 3! Ugh! My friend who watches has kept me updated on all the big stuff happening, but I only recently started watching again. I decided to start at the beginning and watch all the way through to season 6. I actually discovered 'The Voicemail' through a story I read. Now I want MORE. I'm not sure where to look. Do you know if it's ok to post story requests in this community?
Re: FILLED: You Have One Saved Message (Sam & Dean, Gen) 4/4khakigrrlApril 27 2011, 18:37:20 UTC
*sniffles*
Oh, boys!!!
You made me cry, dang it. Just when I'd thought the voicemail'd been done every way possible you come in and make me hurt with Sam like it just happened. Soooooooo good. Love that scene at the end of the boys hugging and Sam crying all sloppy and lovey and Dean right there with him. :-D Does my heart good.
Re: FILLED: You Have One Saved Message (Sam & Dean, Gen) 4/4killabeezApril 28 2011, 14:28:57 UTC
You know, I missed all those voicemail stories because I stopped watching the show (and reading fanfic) in early season 5, and didn't start again until Sam got his soul back. It occurred to me just as I was finishing this that it had probably been written about five hundred zillionty times, but luckily, I didn't think of that until after I wrote it. *facepalm*
Thank you so much for reading it. There is pretty much nothing I love more than Sam's messy crying and him and Dean hugging. *sigh*
Re: FILLED: You Have One Saved Message (Sam & Dean, Gen) 4/4jagfanljAugust 19 2011, 10:17:22 UTC
Never let the fact that it's been done before stop you from writing a story.
Not everyone visits the same comms. I've only read a couple that focused on the vm, plus maybe a half-dozen that mentioned it. Yours is so beautifully written and gut-wrenching that it would have been a terrible loss if you had decided not to do it.
Re: FILLED: You Have One Saved Message (Sam & Dean, Gen) 4/4authoressnebulaApril 27 2011, 19:33:48 UTC
You...
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You is AMAZING. And yes, thank you for making it gen! Now that you've mentioned it, though, I'd love to see the Sam/Dean ending too. Because I'm just that selfish. :P
LOVE. LOVE how Dean's trying to come out pissed off that Sam could believe it but it's tearing him up inside that Sam's been listening to this, Sam's been believing this for so long.
This is what I want in show. OH you have made my DAY.
Also, this?
until it was long past the point of embarrassing and well into unmanly, in a permanently ego-damaging sense.
He regained his balance and let out a sigh. The Impala was parked right next to him, covered in a thin layer of road dust, and what were the odds Dean hadn't seen that? The way Dean had been watching him lately, probably about as good as the odds that Sam would grow a third head overnight.
Sam paused, and mentally took that back. The way their lives tended to go? That was definitely not the kind of thing you wanted to think lightly.
He steeled himself to be mocked as he walked through the door, so it caught him by surprise to find Dean sitting at the table staring into space with something clasped between his hands, a look on his face that was anything but mocking.
* * *"Hey," Sam said, a question in his voice as he stopped on the threshold. Dean blinked, for what might ( ... )
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Dean put the key in the ignition. But for some reason, his eyes stayed on the phone. He reached out and turned it toward him, so he could read the screen better.
The number looked familiar. Dean frowned a little, trying to place it. Wasn't Bobby's number, not with that area code. Wasn't Dean's either-except, yeah, that was it. It had been one of Dean's, but a couple years back. Before Lisa and Ben. Before everything ( ... )
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Oh, boys!!!
You made me cry, dang it. Just when I'd thought the voicemail'd been done every way possible you come in and make me hurt with Sam like it just happened. Soooooooo good. Love that scene at the end of the boys hugging and Sam crying all sloppy and lovey and Dean right there with him. :-D Does my heart good.
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Thank you so much for reading it. There is pretty much nothing I love more than Sam's messy crying and him and Dean hugging. *sigh*
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Not everyone visits the same comms. I've only read a couple that focused on the vm, plus maybe a half-dozen that mentioned it. Yours is so beautifully written and gut-wrenching that it would have been a terrible loss if you had decided not to do it.
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♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
You is AMAZING. And yes, thank you for making it gen! Now that you've mentioned it, though, I'd love to see the Sam/Dean ending too. Because I'm just that selfish. :P
LOVE. LOVE how Dean's trying to come out pissed off that Sam could believe it but it's tearing him up inside that Sam's been listening to this, Sam's been believing this for so long.
This is what I want in show. OH you have made my DAY.
Also, this?
until it was long past the point of embarrassing and well into unmanly, in a permanently ego-damaging sense.
Full on snorted. That line is GOLD.
~Nebula
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