Your Sorrow for Another Coin
Master Post
Word Count: ~33,400 (Current)
Pairing(s): John/OFC, Dean/OFC, Dean/Cassie (background), OFC/OMC (Het)
Overall Rating: NC-17
Feedback: Absolutely. Concrit is always welcome.
Disclaimer: The Winchester boys aren't mine but I'd make Dean wear his boots all of the time if they were.
Spoilers/Warnings: There are no spoilers for the show but everything through Season Three is fair game.
A/N: This was supposed to be my Big Bang entry this year but life had other plans. It wouldn't have been possible without pheebs1 - who challenged me, a very long time ago, to break out of my comfort zone and just write. And it wouldn't have been possible without every single one of my lovely betas cheering me on every step of the way.
Prompt:This story was inspired by the spn_xx prompt - #149, Spelling by Margaret Atwood. All things being equal, it is also my response to the This Woman's Work challenge on spn_het_love.
Beta(s): Various chapters were beta'd by discordia_intus, embroiderama, katelennon, quellefromage, quirkies and sarahcascade. Everything that rocks about this is because of them. The mistakes? Those are all me.
Summary: Winchesters always needed protecting, from themselves as much as anything else - so maybe it was no surprise that Mama added all that thyme and basil and oregano into spaghetti sauce every time a Winchester crossed their doorstep.
Mama would smile and say the signs were there if you learned how to read them, in the songs the universe sent you and in the way grass felt underneath your bare feet.
Alice listened to the radio every waking minute after that, wondering how many people would believe that Robert Plant was actually an oracle, and spent so much time in bare feet that she'd probably never have to wear shoes. She'd even sit with her back against the oak tree just like Mama did every morning before school; trying to feel the roots, trying to tap into the power twirling underneath the grass that was a woman's to call same as a bright full moon let a woman dream true.
All she got for her trouble was the ugliest pair of feet east of the Mississippi.
Chapters and Miscellaneous Information:
Chapter One / Chapter Two / Chapter Three / Chapter Four / Chapter Five / Chapter Six / Chapter Seven / Chapter Eight / Chapter Nine / Chapter Ten / HTML Version / .PDF Version / Thank You's / Author's Notes / DVD Extras