Blood will Flow

For the spn_j2_xmas secret Santa exchange

Title: You can never go home
Gifter: amberdreams
Pairing/Characters: Sam, Dean, Jess
Word count: c6300
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: A bucket load of angst in the end. A/N: hopefully this will hit the spot for a few of alethiometry’s likes, some of which could double up as warnings – in particular - canon divergence; unreliable narrators; open/ambiguous/unhappy endings…

Thank you to kalliel for the speedy beta, which has improved this no end!

Summary: A retelling of the Pilot, where Jess goes with Sam and Dean to look for John Winchester and ghosts in Jericho. In the process Jess learns more about Sam and herself than she bargains for.

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Nine days to go until Season 10 starts, and nine seasons of SPN to celebrate as we go. Seems like a great idea to me so here we go with Season 1.

The season that grabbed me from the Pilot and never let go. I wish I could remember how I came to buy the box set Seasons 1-3 in the first place, but I can't...I just remember watching those two pretty boys and falling in love with Dean immediately. I've always been a sucker for the damaged, pretty ones who cover up their pain with a smart-arse mask. Or even without the pain, I tend to fall for the hero-jokers. Manolito in High Chaparral, Hannibal Heyes in Alias Smith and Jones, John Sheppard in SGA - you get the picture.

I think I'd have carried on watching even if they'd stuck to monster-of-the-week formats but the deeper story-lines are the ones that sparked a real devotion in me - the search for John, the mystery of Mary's death, what was happening to Sam and Dean binding everything together. Home and Heart Faith (I meant Faith!) are still amongst my all time fave episodes for a reason. And that season finale - still shocks me even now, after having watched it so many times I've lost count.

I love rewatching season 1 and seeing how far our boys have come, especially Sam.

What Season 1 was all about for me( Read more... )

I love this photo and had a play with some effects.

Ok I know I'm fiddling but I thought this one ended up better cropped, with more transparency on the boys...and with that grainy effect I'd been looking for and finally found thanks to advice from adrenalineshots and benchwench.  Thanks guys.


And I made an icon too, just for the hell of it

Ok I know I'm fiddling but I thought this one ended up better cropped, with more transparency on the boys...and with that grainy effect I'd been looking for and finally found thanks to advice from adrenalineshots and benchwench.  Thanks guys.


And I made an icon too, just for the hell of it