Hope for Happiness, for Madebyme_x

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Title: Hope for Happiness
Recipient: Madebyme_x
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 2.5k
Warnings: brief mentions of past trauma, swearing
Author's Notes: Thanks so much for the wonderful prompts. Hope I did justice to it.
Characters: Sam, Dean, doggie pal
Summary: After Sam falls ill and loses the use of his legs, Sam and Dean retire. For good this time. It's not easy

Comments

[anactoria]

Ahh, this is great -- love their interactions and the idea of them finally getting some peace. This struck me as really true, too:

Sam learned how to talk without withholding things. It’s funny--he knows people view him as the more open brother, more in-tune with his emotions, but the truth of the matter is that he’s all fucked on the inside.

[madebyme_x]

Oh my dearest anon, this is perfect in every way, and I absolutely adored every single word it!

You really took the prompt and went with it! I love the quietness of it, the feel of a broken person recovering, and now only seeing happiness in a future that once felt so dark.

I loved loved loved Sam's voice; the melancholy, and the acceptance, the healing and peace that he now knows he deserves. The bond between Sam and Dean is perfect, the way they opened up to each other so that they could both heal, and the future they've carved together is just what I would want for them (chickens, and a dog, and a little piece of the world that's just theirs), and I loved the idea of green-fingered Dean who relishes his quiet life.

I'm so delighted with this fic, it's beautifully written - thank you so very much (and I can't wait to find out who you are!) Take care :)

[thruterryseyes]

I love curtain fic when it has a happy ending. Lovely!

[tabaqui]

Aw, boys. A bitter-sweet ending to the life of the hunter, but sweet, all the same.

Lovely stuff.

[red_b_rackham]

Aw, I love how soft and quiet this is! You can feel how quiet it is, amongst the pain and memories and thoughts, and I love how you pulled that off.

It’s made Dean less wild. For a while, Sam had been certain Dean would never fully recover from purgatory, from all the losses suffered, but their retirement has been kind to him. He’s smoother around the edges and quieter, contemplative. Hands out hugs and noogies with more ease. Talks more, too. Says more real things.

Maybe that’s partly Sam’s fault. He broke down one night. It was all on his back, oh the irony. He still thought of Dean as a bit of a lion, and he’d caged him. It felt like Dean wanted out and away, wanted a brother who wasn’t humpty-dumpty and graceless and birdlike. Sam was useless, not good if they ever came under attack, and endlessly sullen.

I love, love, LOVE this bit so much. <333