A Pair of Drabbles

[amberdreams]

A couple of season 9 drabbles

Blame

Word: nice
Warnings: Season 9 spoilers. Set in between Holy Terror and Road Trip.
Summary: Dean has some cleaning up to do after Gadreel’s dramatic exit from the Bunker...


He’s not sure how long he stays still, unable to look away from the ruin he’s made of a young life.

Long enough for his knees to fuse with the cold tiles. Long enough for the stench of burned flesh to seep into his soul and make his guts feel as though Gadreel is still twisting up his insides.

Not long enough for him to sink through the floor like he wants.

Eventually he has to move.

He finds a blanket, gathers Kevin up tenderly like the child the prophet was.

Watches the flames – a final destination for them both.

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The Sound of Silence

Word: nice
Warnings: Season 9 spoilers. Set immediately after Road Trip ends.
Summary: Back in the bunker, Sam and Cas settle in with the consequences of Dean’s actions.


Castiel’s scrutiny weighs heavy. Sam doesn’t know how Dean coped with…no. Not thinking about Dean right now, if ever. Sam reaches for the whiskey, takes another gulp.

It doesn’t help. His mouth tastes of ozone and sulphur and something else he assumes is essence of Gadreel and Crowley, and that’s just too disturbing to contemplate.

He’s scoured out, hollow, but not clean. Never clean.

Well, there’s one good thing to come out of this whole crap-fest.  The silence inside Sam’s head feels kinda nice.

There’s an empty space by his side and in his heart, but at least it’s peaceful.

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Comments

[monicawoe.livejournal.com]

Oof, these both pack a punch, but in a great way. Poor boys. It's gonna be rough for them from here on out (not like it's ever easy).

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Nothing's ever easy for them, eh. Thanks babe, I had to re-write the Sam one today because I somehow failed to save the original (which I'm sure was better LOL)

[borgmama1of5.livejournal.com]

Way to kill me...

These are perfect.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Don't die yet, we need to see what happens at the end of the season... Thanks my dear!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Watches the flames – a final destination for them both.

*guh* Dean saying he'll burn for Kevin's death packed a punch - because he knows exactly what hell is like.

The silence inside Sam’s head feels kinda nice.

Oh yes. Good point - especially after having two of them in there.

These are both great. I'm still processing that last episode so it's great to read little moments like this.

Can't wait to see where they take it now.
xox

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I'm loving that there is so much TO process and of course, all the lovely angst....

Thank you!

[raloria.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful and so, so sad.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you!

[freya922.livejournal.com]

Such a small number of words, and such amazing power. My heart broke for Dean all over again, and Sam... You captured the violation, the exhaustion, the sadness, and the confusion of it all so perfectly.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. My heart hadn't really broken for Dean until the beginning of Road Trip (that OPT hadn't done it for me!) so this was the first time I felt I could write something a bit deeper.

[chomaisky.livejournal.com]

There’s an empty space by his side and in his heart, but at least it’s peaceful. This.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I get the feeling Sam is exhausted and just wants rest - but we'll see tonight I suppose!

[counteragent.livejournal.com]

Great job--these are filled with emotion!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you!