Except a Memory of the Smell of Smoke

[ratherastory]

Title: Except a Memory of the Smell of Smoke
Summary: Garden 'verse. Dean has a bad reaction to a fire safety class at school.
Characters: Sam, Dean, Lisa, minor OCs
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 3,211
Disclaimer: I want a wee!Dean of my own. Can I have one?
Warnings: None.
Neurotic Author's Note #1: This was written for the latest comment-fic meme at hoodie_time

Comments

[klutzy_girl]

Aww, Dean. And I love that he calls her "Mama Lisa". And poor Sam for thinking he wasn't good enough for Dean - I'm glad Lisa reassured him there.

Great fic! I hope there's more coming to this 'verse eventually.

[ratherastory]

*g*

Thank you!

I do have plans for this 'verse. Long-term ones, actually, with Dean growing up and everything. I don't know if it'll ever get as long or involved as Fusion, but it just might...

[embroiderama]

Aw, wee Dean just kills me here, and Sam and Lisa are both wonderful.

[ratherastory]

Isn't he the saddest thing ever? I could barely stand to write that. :(

Glad you liked it!

[saphirablue]

♥ ♥ ♥

This is so wonderful. Sam coaxing Dean out in the boiler room. Tom purring while Dean and Sam have lunch. Dean crying. *sniff*

Thank you very much for this fic! :)

[ratherastory]

My pleasure. I'm so pleased you liked it! :)

[quickreaver]

What never ceases to amaze me is how unique the characters in each of your 'verses are. Despite the fact we're still talking Dean, Sam, the usual suspects, you have re-envisioned them in such interesting, believable ways. As much as I love the canon Lisa/Dean relationship, this one with Sam definitely has a little corner of my heart. (My middle child used to freak out over fire drills too, and he didn't spend a lifetime in Hell! At least I don't think he did...)

I have to go back and read the precursors now!

[ratherastory]

I like to think of my 'verses as exercises in "What if?"

So, knowing what I know of Sam, or Dean, or Lisa, I ask myself: "How would they be if [x] changed in their lives as I know them?" and I go from there.

Also, fire drills are freaky, even without previous trauma. Poor Dean has a very poor track record with fire anyway.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the 'verse!

[maypoles]

How much do I love that this is a 'verse? <333

The fact that Dean's memories are all tangled up and the Sam/Lisa dynamic and how Dean fits into that is all so intriguing, and your execution is perfect. WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS I ADORE THIS.

[ratherastory]

How much do I love that this is a 'verse? <333

:D

I quite like it too. It's just different enough from my other stuff that it's very enjoyable to write, to see where things go.

I'm so glad you're enjoying it!