Possession - SN fic - PG

[tigriswolf]

Title: Possession

Fandom: “Supernatural”

Disclaimer: not my characters. just for fun.

Warnings: Spoilers for “Skin,” “Asylum,” “Nightshifter,” and “Born Under A Bad Sign”

Pairings: nada

Rating: PG

Wordcount: 285

Point of view: third

 

           

             See, the thing is—it wasn’t Dean’s body kicking the shit out of Sam. It was someone assuming the shape, stealing the skin—but not his blood or his bones or his mind.

            But the demon—it wore Sam’s body and sometimes he remembers how it felt to break Dean’s face with his hand.

            They never talk about it, either of them, though sometimes they both think they should. But to speak of it, they’d have to acknowledge it, and if it’s acknowledged, it becomes true.

            Dean didn’t kick the shit out of Sam, didn’t torment him. Didn’t shoot him six times, once with a real bullet.

            But Sam did all that to Dean, and sometimes he closes his eyes and sees it all again. He’s never apologized, not since that first attempt when Dean shut him up with a look. Sam wants to beg forgiveness but Dean won’t listen.

            They both know they should talk about it. But the words build and build, behind walls of sheetrock, and neither will bend beneath the load, will break the strained silence. They’ve been hurt too many times, shattered and torn, mended with tattered thread and pieced together with soiled bandages. Neither can take much more pain, but the world will still lob more their way.

            Sometimes Dean wonders if he was built for anything but hurt, and sometimes Sam wonders how long till Dean snaps—and if Dean breaks, what will become of him?

            But they just continue their quest, their trek across the country, one step ahead of the FBI, barely in front of the hunters, unsure of where The Demon is.

            It wasn’t Dean’s body, but it was Sam’s, and the memories haunt them both.

Comments

[iamstealthyone.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I love this! You’ve pointed out the big distinction between Dean/the shifter in “Skin” and Sam/Meg in BUaBS, one that I’ve thought about a lot. And both boys would have to be so, so affected by what happened in BUaBS, but in the typical Winchester way, it wouldn’t get talked about very much, and you’ve captured that well.

Favorite lines:

But the demon—it wore Sam’s body and sometimes he remembers how it felt to break Dean’s face with his hand.

Oh, Sam. This would definitely haunt him for a while.

Sometimes Dean wonders if he was built for anything but hurt, and sometimes Sam wonders how long till Dean snaps—and if Dean breaks, what will become of him?

Poor boys!

It wasn’t Dean’s body, but it was Sam’s, and the memories haunt them both.

Awesome last line.

*hugs broken boys*

[tigriswolf]

Thank you so much! I get hit with the first line while driving and was scared I'd lose the thread before I got somewhere I could write it down.

[sleepless3333.livejournal.com]

Sometimes Dean wonders if he was built for anything but hurt, and sometimes Sam wonders how long till Dean snaps—and if Dean breaks, what will become of him?

That's a reylly, really good question! *sigh*

... and I love the last sentence! *sob*

[ileliberte.livejournal.com]

wow. Loved this. It resonated even more because I'd been thinking about the same thing. It's not like Sam could have done anything about it but he did have to remember and that's heartbreaking. And just to echo the others, wonderful last line.

[tigriswolf]

Thank you for reading!

And _lovely_ icon.

[tigriswolf]

Thank you so much!

[feline-fury1.livejournal.com]

Oh, this hurt so good, I can't stand it, especially the part about Dean breaking someday. Uh...you wouldn't be writing about THAT soon, would you?

[tigriswolf]

I think I've already written that. In many different ways. *hee*

Thank you for reading!

Gah ...

[(Anonymous)]

How could something so short convey so much hurt?

*whimpers in a corner*

-Labseraph

[smilla02.livejournal.com]

As usual your writing is gorgeous. Somany things said in so few words.

Sometimes Dean wonders if he was built for anything but hurt, and sometimes Sam wonders how long till Dean snaps—and if Dean breaks, what will become of him?

I want to squish them in a hug and tell them everythig will work out in the end.
My beautiful, damaged boys.

Re: Gah ...

[tigriswolf]

Thank you so much!

[tigriswolf]

Aren't they a lovely pair? And they wear angst so well...

Thank you for reading!

[lark_ascends]

So sad...

[tigriswolf]

Yeah, a bit.

Thank you for reading!

[just-ruth.livejournal.com]

*whew* That packs quite a punch - have to wonder if those walls will fall down from their own weight and what happens then?

[hi-falootin.livejournal.com]

I'm going to parrot the other reviewers by saying you packed quite a punch in these 285 words.

Sometimes Dean wonders if he was built for anything but hurt, and sometimes Sam wonders how long till Dean snaps—and if Dean breaks, what will become of him?

afjshlghahdk tragic but awesome.

[tigriswolf]

Thank you for reading!

[tigriswolf]

Thank you so much!

[alleysweeper.livejournal.com]

But to speak of it, they’d have to acknowledge it, and if it’s acknowledged, it becomes true.
So well said.

It wasn’t Dean’s body, but it was Sam’s, and the memories haunt them both.
Gorgeous words, here!

Thank you,
Alley

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Ohhh....

Ohhh BOYS...

*Cuddles them*

*hugs you*

[tigriswolf]

I am so sorry I missed this comment!

Thank you so much for reading!

[tigriswolf]

Thank you!