Fic: Once in a Lifetime, Gen.

[switchbladesis]

Title: Once in a Lifetime
Characters: Jimmy, Amelia, Claire, Castiel
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 3000-ish.
Summary: Goldilockstiel And The Three Novaks. (In Jimmy, his thoughts; In Amelia, his words; In Claire, his grace.). Or, Jimmy cooks some pasta, Amelia takes a bath, and Claire jumps off a boat.
Notes: For ferricent, using his prompts:

Comments

[ferricent]

"It was a miniature horse,” Castiel corrects, a little testily. “And I told Applejack to stay put until Claire got home."

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[switchbladesis]

HE JUST WANTED TO GET CLAIRE A MINIATURE HORSE. GIRLS LIKE HORSES, RIGHT?

also, I'll totally stealth my little pony into a gift fic if I want to

[ferricent]

I'm dying of happiness here.

[ferricent]

I love every single fucking particle of this. Everything that Cas becomes in this, entering and changing the Novaks' lives. The unifying trinity of the boiling water, the bath, and the ocean! (!!!) Claire's relic memories! I'm just... I'm reading this over and over again right now, and it's incredible, more than I could've dreamed.

Thank You.

[ferricent]

No. Really. I mean, the cool, clinical tone of Jimmy's analyzing his role in the Holy Plot? The way the water drawn up in the tub turns into something completely creepy? The way Claire's dive into the sea is written like poetry, like water itself? This is my favorite thing.

[jaimeykay]

I loved all of this, but especially the Claire part - loved how you described the Claire/grace with the water, eee.

A life filled with grace and fire. But that’s gone now, that can never be. This is what she gets from now on.

eeeeeeeeeeeeee

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

(ridiculous comment is ridiculous)

[switchbladesis]

eeeeeeee! :D!

God, Claire. I've got so many feelings about all of them, but Claire. She's so young, it's so much part of her identity-it's like she's not allowed to be anything else, or not allowed to ever realize who else she could have been.

[axilet]

She will understand someday. He has faith.

you and you killer lines. goddamn it. *cries* argh Godstiel probably rifling through Jimmy's memories to do stuff for Amelia and Claire, wanting to make things right, Claire bonding with Castiel in an ocean, and then

But that’s gone now, that can never be. This is what she gets from now on.

The characterizations. The title. The format (THE THREE NOVAKS *_*) <3 <3 <3

[switchbladesis]

Hahaha, I can't take credit for the three Novaks-that was all Ferricent's prompt. But I'm so glad you like the rest of it!

I almost feel bad for Godstiel in Amelia's section. He's just trying to do right by them!

[metonomia]

dakjweoiaproij This is AMAZING. Jimmy's part is great, but I am especially in love with the Amelia and Claire sections. AMELIA DON'T YOU LIKE MY GIFTS TO YOU. AMELIA I'VE SCREWED YOU OVER BUT LET ME MAKE IT UP TO YOU.

And Claaaaaaaaaaire. Claire/oceanstiel IS THE BEST.

[switchbladesis]

Haha, thank you! I had a lot of fun with the Claire and Amelia parts-especially thinking of the little favors in the Amelia section.