Call A Man Cold

[ratherastory]

Title: Call A Man Cold
Summary: Part of the After the End ‘verse. While Cas is away on a supply run, Sam has a seizure outside in the middle of winter. This was written for rainylemons’ prompt at the ohsam Sam-centric h/c challenge. She asked for hypothermia, so that’s what she got. Hypothermic!Sam, with a side order of Sam/Cas cuddling.
Characters: Sam/Castiel

Comments

[amberdreams]

Ah poor, poor broken boys....at least they have each other. And the cat.

[ratherastory]

It's not a happy 'verse, but I do like Renegade a lot. :)

[harrigan]

Hypothermia FTW!!

[ratherastory]

My thoughts exactly when I saw the prompt! \o/

[de_nugis]

This 'verse is sure at the hurt end of h/c, but the c is there, I think. And I think Cas actually feels a bit less angry to me in this installment, as though he's begun to work through things a little. I love the tiny bits of wry humor they manage in all the bleakness, and the baseline fear of losing the only thing that they have (if Cas does turn out to be semi-immortal, that would be a horrifying future for him).

[ratherastory]

Yeah, "bleak" doesn't begin to describe it, but I never intended it to be hopeless. Sam and Cas might think it is, but author knows best. :)

I like the idea of Cas being trapped in a Sysiphian-type penance for all of eternity (Sam too, for that matter, but in a different context). It's horrifying and poetic and terrible and that's probably why I like it so much.

[madebyme_x]

It was a treat to see this verse again.

Thank you for writing and sharing. Take care, ;)

[ratherastory]

Thank you so much! It's nice to dip my toes back into the water. :)

[ratherastory]

*beams*

*smishes you back*

I do enjoy making it super bleak precisely for those more tender moments.

Also, how did I miss that story of yours? (Did you catch the reference to my other End 'verse hypothermia fic? It was one you prompted too, back in the day!)