Fic: Duct Tape and Glue

[triquetralmoon]

Title: Duct Tape and Glue
Author: triquetralmoon 
Rating: R
Genre: Gen, H/C
Warnings: Swearing. Winchesters leering at women. No spoilers, but someplace past Bloody Mary.
Word Count: ~6100

Summary: When something is broken, you fix it. [The hurt: Dean's getting repeated nosebleeds. More annoying than anything else]

Thank you to wave_obscura  for the wonderful beta-ing.

Comments

[borgmama1of5]

This was a wonderful story!

Real liked the vibe you had going on between the boys, and the plot was very well thought-out and developed. I liked that you took the time to explain why the case was different than the standard poltergiest. The supporting characters were fleshed out in a way that made them real. And Dean's problem was a a nifty twistbecause it wasn't job-related.

[triquetralmoon]

Thank you!

Glad you liked the boys - because siblings fight - antagonism and love all wrapped up in the same package.

Dean's problem was loosely based on something that happened to my own brother. Family vacation out west - and the slightest thing would set it off.

[embroiderama]

I like this a lot, especially the way you showed the ongoing nosebleed problem threaded through the hunt and the research and all of that, how it gradually became a bigger and bigger problem. And yay for woozie Dean there near the end and Sam dragging him to the hospital.

[triquetralmoon]

Thank you!

And yes, woozy!Dean is love.

[greeneyes_fan]

Very classic case-fic feel. And Dean bleeding and passing out, can't go to wrong with that.

[triquetralmoon]

Thank you!

Yes - kinda strange, isn't it? The closer to nicking a vein we get, the more compelling a story.

[ratherastory]

Eesh, poor Dean. I had a friend have that happen (not the bleeding-from-the-eyes thing, mind you) when we were in school. Anything could set her off, and the next thing we knew she'd be gushing blood into her cupped hands. A nuisance at best, total freaking nightmare at worst.

You did a great job weaving an unrelated-hurt into an interesting case, making it complex on multiple levels. The level of urgency of the case mirrored the increasing severity of the nosebleeds too, which was a deft touch in terms of the storytelling.

Great job! :)

[triquetralmoon]

Oh wow! Thank you!

Yes, this is loosely based on this happening to my brother - meaning the nosebleeds where clearing your throat would start one, he did have the bleeding from the eyes. It is more common in children (nasal vessels closer to the eyes), which - in hindsight - I probably should have had the doctor mention, so that Sam could have gotten a laugh in at Dean's expense. ::snaps her fingers:: Ah, well.

[ratherastory]

Next time. Sometimes missed opportunities in fic are a good reason to write more! I missed out on a "Lassie" reference in a one-shot in which I tossed Dean down a well, and it turned into a 30-chapter epic Lassie Come-Home story, so you never know!

That's an interesting fact about the nosebleeds, though. *files away for future reference*

[canter76]

Good job!!

I liked your effortless storytelling, where you create characters through their responses, instead of through how they are described by others. The details you put in the case was also a nice change from the standard "poltergeist = purification rite, no explanation necessary"-thing.

I've never had a nosebleed in my life, but my brother used to get them a lot when he was little. The doctor did the cauterize thing, but instead burnt too much and in the end his septum disintegrated and he had to have a titanium plate inserted to keep his nose, uhm nose-shaped.

[triquetralmoon]

"Effortless storytelling." I'm blushing, I'll have you know. Wow. Thank you.

Eek! Your poor brother!