Spn_reverse Big Bang Fic Masterpost 'Sound of Your Heart Under Your Skin'

[stripytights]

Title: Sound of Your Heart Under Your Skin
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: None/Gen
Wordcount: 6366 words
Warnings: Minor drug use

Summary: Music echoes in every beat of Dean Winchester's life, and he lets his skin show what he remembers.

Author's Notes: tdorian, I'm sorry I haven't managed to hit every beat of your beautiful prompt, but I hope you

Comments

[stripytights]

<3 Thank you so much! I was very worried about this particular piece, so it's lovely to hear that Dean worked for you in it.

Ooh I'm jealous, I haven't even had one yet!

[sanshal]

Really enjoyed this... and honestly, while i got the part about music & lyrics (and i agree with Dean here-"they keep a better secret than painting your knowledge on your skin") ; before this fic, I never really thought about tattoos that much- liked them (on others), sure; appreciated their beauty; but never thought about what they meant. This fic changes that.

Thanks for sharing!

[stripytights]

Thank you very much! I think tattoos can be quite a powerful symbol of what people love enough to keep with them permanently. Cheers again :)

[tdorian]

I loved the first unfinished draft. This, left me with a clenched gut. The way you describe Dean's first concert is a thing of beauty. How he struggles with his guitar lessons is such a wonderful idea and so much Dean.
I hoped when I put this drawing for the challenge that it would be picked by someone who loved tattoos and music as much as I do. I haven't been disappointed in the sligtest and you even gave me more.
Thank you, thank you, this is just wonderful.

[stripytights]

I am so glad that it worked for you! Your prompt was lovely, and the whole collaboration has been great :) thanks again!

[snickfic]

Aw, this is a neat character study, tattoos and music all intertwined. I really felt for Dean in this, so often lonely, and I liked the tattoo artist. She's clearly a character. :)

Was I supposed to know what Dean's last tattoo was? The thing Sam thought was an eagle?

[stripytights]

Appreciate that, thank you! OCs are always hard to judge so really glad to hear you liked the tattoo artist :)

That's probably something I should go back and fix heh, as Rincewind below guessed, it was supposed to be a phoenix.

Thanks once again

[rince1wind]

Very moving writing. I almost cried when I got to "He wonders if Sam will remember him." I really felt for him -- and it seems so true of Dean, even if he never "really" had guitar lessons -- that he would want desperately to be able to play the music he loved, but be unable to make himself practice. He'd have wanted to live it from the start. And the "eagle" ... You never say, but it feels like it ought to be a phoenix -- since Dean is recreating himself from the ashes of his own history. I really liked this.

[stripytights]

Thank you very much, so glad it rang true! And have a prize because you're completely right, the tattoo was originally designed to be a phoenix (and uh I should probably go back and edit that into the final paragraph because it got swallowed up somewhere!) Really appreciate the comment, thank you