for creeno
Oct. 4th, 2008 07:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tigriswolfTitle: everybody knows the good guys lost
Fandom: “Supernatural”/“Dark Angel” crossover
Dedication: for![[info]](https://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
creeno , in honor of her birthday
Prompt: “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” Alec, Ben, and the Impala.
Notes: Title from Leonard Cohen; AU for "Dark Angel"
The sun is setting when Alec finds the car. It’s old, big, and black, one of those cars some normal probably used to worship, back before the Pulse. Looks like a gas guzzler, so he’d be better off finding another.
But something about this one, this ancient monster of a car…
“Alec,” his brother calls, finally back from his quest to appease his creepy-ass Blue Lady. “You found us a car?”
Alec nods. “This one,” he says, patting the black behemoth’s hood.
Ben assesses the car, expression softening. “She’ll do,” he murmurs, tracing her lines with his fingertips.
She’s covered in dust; Ben pulls off his jacket and brushes it against her hood. Alec watches in shock—his twin isn’t one who cares about worldly possessions, and if he just made an offering(which Alec knows he did), then they need to skedaddle out of town before the poor bastard is discovered.
“Ben,” he says. “Don’t worry about that.”
“She has to be clean,” Ben replies, not even glancing up.
Alec grabs his arm. “Ben,” he growls. “We’re leaving now.”
Ben whirls to face him. “She needs to be clean, Alec. Please.”
Ben so rarely asks for anything. Alec stares at him, dropping his arm. “After we’re away. I promise, you can do whatever you want then. But we have to go now.”
After a moment, Ben nods. Then he grins, boy-bright, and rushes around the car, calling, “I’m driving!”
Alec says, “Oh, no, I am. I found her!”
Ben laughs, carefree like Alec hasn’t heard in… ever. “I’m older, I drive.” He starts fiddling with the handle, trying to open the locked door.
“Let’s spar,” Alec suggests, hopping the car to join Ben. “Winner drives.”
The sun sets fully on Ben’s smirk. “Thought we had to leave, little brother?”
Alec raises a brow. “I think I taught you too well.”
Ben gets the door open and slides in, reaching across to unlock the passenger side. Alec rolls his eyes, but goes back around the car and slips in. Ben grins at him again.
Alec smiles back and says, “After supper, I’m driving.”
Ben hotwires the black monster and responds, “Maybe.”
The engine growls, sending a thrill through Alec’s body, and Ben crows, “Full tank of gas.”
“Finally,” Alec says. “Somebody’s lookin’ out for us.”
Ben sighs in contentment, shifting into drive. Alec stretches his arm along the back of the seat and yawns. “Drive till we’re out of Washington,” he says.
Ben nods, fiddling with the radio dials. He pushes a few buttons at random and music roars out; Alec jumps, cursing, and Ben laughs.
Alec cuffs the back of his head, but he’s smiling, too.
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break my heart, why don't you...
Date: 2008-10-04 02:15 pm (UTC)and maybe ben and alec can survive what sam and dean couldn't...
Re: break my heart, why don't you...
Date: 2008-10-05 01:45 am (UTC)Re: break my heart, why don't you...
Date: 2008-10-05 02:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-10-04 05:19 pm (UTC)I feel like I need to know more about why Alec would put up with Ben's homicides. I can imagine all kinds of emotional brotherly love stuff and desire to help him adjust.
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Date: 2008-10-05 01:45 am (UTC)Thank you for reading!
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Date: 2008-10-05 02:23 am (UTC)I'm curious, what are your opinions on each Atlantis character? (I know what you think of Sheppard, of course, or I think I do)
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Date: 2008-10-05 01:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-10-05 04:01 pm (UTC)I like them all, really, especially Elizabeth and John. Not Ronon and Woolsey so much at first, but they've grown as characters. Of course I didn't like Ford when he was whacked out enzyme guy.
You will listen to those pieces of music from the Doctor Who Proms, won't you please? I like you and this is excellent music, so I want you to have the chance to appreciate it. You'll like them if you like Atlantis, Labyrinth, or Narnia music. The last one is a song, it's on page 2.
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Date: 2008-10-06 01:14 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-10-07 01:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-10-07 07:48 pm (UTC)They truly are excellent pieces of music. But you can forget 'Song for Ten' on page 2, actually, as the singer gave a crappy performance at the theatre. The best (original) version is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ETyeNOg_Y
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Date: 2008-10-05 07:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-10-24 06:05 am (UTC)I was wondering if they'd find like Dean's old license or something for them to identify in a way that THAT car was meant for them.
Nicely done!
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Date: 2010-10-24 02:36 pm (UTC)Hmm, I don't know if they'll find anything of Dean's. I think when I wrote this, the backstory I had for the impala is that Dean and Sam had left the car when they went off the map.
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Date: 2011-12-08 04:19 pm (UTC)XD
I like to think that car has sentience of some sort, knew there were still Winchesters to take care of, and she couldnt' just lay down and rust. That's why the tank was full.
...or maybe, Sam and Dean were close by, and when they finished burning a gosth and went out to the street they said: "dude, where the fuck is the car?"
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Date: 2011-12-08 08:09 pm (UTC)And, yeah, Metallicar is part of the family.