Not Like You

[scullspeare]

Author: Scullspeare
SUMMARY: H/C tag to Jump the Shark. Dean cares for Sam in the wake of the ghouls’ attack, as his brother battles fears and guilt, as well as physical injuries.

Comments

[borgmama1of5]

The way you write the boys feels very true to canon, esp. Dean carrying on a one-sided conversation.

What impressed me about this was that it could be inserted as part of the episode and fit right into canon.

[scullspeare]

That's an awesome compliment, thank you.

I like writing within canon because it lets me build on what Kripke & Co have given us, hopefully expanding and elaborating on those elements - like Sam's guilt and fears - that SN itself sometimes glosses over (often for legitimate reasons).

I'm thrilled you thought it worked. Thanks again.

[alphabet26]

Great story! Really in-character and I liked how you portrayed Sam's addiction issue. Thanks for sharing!

[scullspeare]

Thanks so much. I've always viewed Sam's use of demon blood as an addiction, and so much of his behaviour is that of an addict, so it was 'fun' to explore the guilt and fears it would raise in more lucid moments.

Thanks for reading.

[dont_hate_me01]

This was really good, are you going to take this further with Sam's need vs his struggle against demon blood?

[scullspeare]

Never say never!

I'm working on a couple of other stories right now but there's so much to explore with Sam's demon blood addiction, I'm sure I will tackle it again in another fic.

There's no way that the Sam of Season 1 and 2 would willingly drink demon blood. To me, it's all tied into his devastation over not being able to rescue Dean from Hell, and his desperation to avoid his destiny. His internal struggle with what he's doing fascinating to me.

Thanks so much for reading.

[harrigan]

This hurts so much to read (in a good way)! It's exactly what I was hoping for in this summer_Sam_love celebration: stories that are totally rooted in an episode (couldn't really take place without the episode), but that give us insights into Sam (or the brothers) that the show sometimes seemed to just leave to our imaginations!

This is a perfect example!

[scullspeare]

Thanks so much for all your support while writing this. Your advice is awesome, as are you!!

Cheers, my friend.

[mlebayre]

Very nice.

[scullspeare]

Thanks so much.