Heat Beneath Your Winter

[x_strangeangels]

Heat Beneath Your Winter

Word Count:  1672
Overall Pairings:  Dean/OFC (HET)
Overall Rating:  PG-13 (Language)
Feedback: Absolutely. Concrit is always welcome.
Disclaimer:  The Winchester boys aren't mine, but I'd make Dean wear boots all the time if they were.
Spoilers/Warnings:  None.
A/N:  This is a vignette in the Gobsmacked 'verse.  Like

Comments

[hhhellcat]

One small correction: Penny made a noise back in her through and Dean smiled. I believe that would be throat there...

That said, *sniff* I can totally see why E would cry because I got choked up too. in the game of loss, if anyone was up there keeping score, Dean and Sam Winchester had won hands down. The line slayed me dead, seriously. I mean I literally choked up reading it. And of course I had to read through twice because it's just that beautiful. Dean's affectionate names for her lend such a depth of intimacy that they don't need to be having sex for it to come across loud and clear.

Thankee for a lovely holiday gift! It's great as always, hon.

[elanurel]

Er, um... I made the correction. ;-P (And here I thought I had edited the thing with a fine-tooth comb.)

*shakes fist at dyslexia*

I mean I literally choked up reading it. And of course I had to read through twice because it's just that beautiful.

*is blushing*

One of the things I wanted to show in this piece was a contrast between Dean and Penny's lives. I think that's where are lot of their character-driven dynamic comes from. She sees all the things she grew up with and they didn't, so it makes her seem them as even more deserving for what they do. She knows Dean isn't perfect and she'll call him on things, but I think it also makes her fiercely protective of him all the same.

Dean's affectionate names for her lend such a depth of intimacy that they don't need to be having sex for it to come across loud and clear.Thank you! I did want to show a level of intimacy between them by how he is letting her do something job-related - see a part of himself that he wouldn't have shown her prior to the last story. (And, subtle,

[pheebs1]

Aw I really liked this.

Loved the detail about looking at his gloves and getting distracted.

[elanurel]

Thank you! I tried very much to balance the sweet with the snarky in this one - and I love writing Penny POV.

Well, who wouldn't get distracted with his hands in gloves. Well, with his hands. His hands, I tell you!

[joans23]

Yeah, the gloves would distract me too! I loved the last part about Dean being a hero, you just wrote it so perfectly sweet/sad, it would make anyone's heart ache.

[elanurel]

The hands are almost as bad as the shoes! ;-P

I loved the last part about Dean being a hero, you just wrote it so perfectly sweet/sad, it would make anyone's heart ache.

Thank you! One of the things I love about writing Penny's POV is that she has, for all her own troubles, truly been blessed by certain experiences. I think part of their dynamic is wrapped up in that, knowing what Dean and Sam sacrifice for the memories of family. That's a really important thing for her.

[eesia]

Oh adorable! Dean Penny and sex in the crypt.
*giggles*
Awesome

[elanurel]

Well, to be truthful, they didn't have sex in a crypt. ;-P

*smishes*

[eesia]

Details, detail ;)

[elanurel]

Here I was, all happy that I'd written something that didn't require an explicit adult warning and y'all are having dirty thoughts anyway about them going into a crypt. Sheesh... ;-P

[elmathelas]

Were they in Woodlawn, by any chance? I used to live down the street from that cemetary and there was a grave with a HUGE celtic cross as its marker... I don't remember the name on the grave, though.

That bit of trivia aside, this was really sweet and well written, as are all the Dean/Penny fics I've read. I haven't kept up with the verse, though-- I look forward to catching up.

[elanurel]

Were they in Woodlawn, by any chance?

I don't believe so. This was a cemetery pretty much out in the middle of nowhere. I'm not even certain where we were driving now, given how long ago this was... ;-P

But I did envision the cross being a Celtic one...

this was really sweet and well written, as are all the Dean/Penny fics I've read. I haven't kept up with the verse, though-- I look forward to catching up.

Thank you so much!

I've not posted much in the 'verse since July (which, ironically, *is* a Christmas story taking place directly after "No Exit"). And, truly, it's not going anywhere, so no worries there. I've got a little bit more to write about Dean and Penny before I'm well and truly done with them. ;-P