July 23rd excerpt:
“Anything?” Celeste hummed, thinking it over. “You would give up… anything… for your baby brother.”
“Yes, please!”
“No! ” Sam grit out, renewed determination in his eyes. He slammed a boot into the wall. “I won’t let you!”
Month: July 2017
Bowman Lost Excerpt
Bowman crouched down on the railing to watch the world go by. Without thinking, his hands dropped to the surface beneath him and brushed over the pronounced grain of the dead wood. The railing came from a tree that had long since died for the humans to build their dwellings. It was so different from the way the sprites used trees.
Back home, tucked away in the very center of Wellwood, his home, the village nestled on a stand of pine trees. Each home was shaped out of the wood itself, often with the trunk as support and propped up on a branch. Everything smelled of pine, strong and alive, and the wood grain wasn’t just a side effect. It was part of home and safety.
Oh, he definitely has!
Sam’s learned to ignore it as best he can. He doesn’t want to go making Dean self-conscious with something they can’t help, and if Dean’s driving while he eats a quick bite, Sam wouldn’t want to be down on the seat of the car. Too unsafe for a guy too small for a guy who can’t wear a seatbelt.
Completely forced ignorance from Sam, knowing he’s not in any danger whatsoever. Occasionally losing his appetite.
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July 22nd excerpt:
“Some days I wonder if it’s worth the effort to curse you like little Sammy here. You’d get none of the benefits, but then… you’re just a thorn in my side to begin with. A tiny, insignificant thorn.”
Part of Dean turned to stone at the implied threat, the other part… “You said it only works on children,” he said flatly.
“Oh, I say… a lot of things,” she said teasingly, turning her back on him and dismissing him as a threat. She walked back towards the table.
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Dean would definitely be harsher, but he wouldn’t kill Sam right away (one of the times it’s really, really good Sam was found by Dean and not by certain other hunters).
He would likely close his hand around Sam much tighter, though, and confiscate the knife from him before anything else. If Dean takes the time to look at the knife, there would be a lot more shock and demands of where did you get this and Sam completely confused and winded by it all, likely ending up under a vase until they both realize why they have matching knives, and then guilt for the ages for Dean.
I agree! Everyone is off the mark!
I guess it’s fitting that this last story name to guess will be the hardest to get!
There is no ‘everyone’ in the name, and this one is from an obscure reference that most people won’t know because not many people listen to the same music as I do.
July 21st excerpt:
Sam might have seen all this if an invisible hand hadn’t grabbed him in an unrelenting grip, tossing him heedlessly into the cage. One shoulder rammed painfully into the bars, the door slamming shut behind him and the metal melting together until there was no entrance and no door.
Trapped, with no way out.
Bowman Lost Excerpt
“Bowman, dude, come on out, I’ve got something for ya.”
Using his actual name was unusual. Bowman narrowed his eyes, unsure if he wanted to come out or force the human to reach in and start moving stuff, like he usually did when he got impatient.
“Come on, Bowman, you’ll like this one, I swear. I think it’d be good for you to get some fresh air outside, and this’ll help,” the human called.
Bowman’s heart fluttered oddly in his chest. He almost didn’t recognize the hopeful longing for what it was. He hadn’t had a reason to hope for any leeway in so long.
Jacob camps a lot, and is for the most part a more outdoorsy type than Dean is, so he’s more likely to tan (in addition to being Mediterranean, which helps his chances in the sun). Dean spends most of his days holed up in a room researching, with a good amount of his waking hours at night hunting spirits. He will burn quick before he tans if he’s not expecting it.
Sam will never let Dean hear the end of it, but he better keep out of the sun himself. All those years in the motel left him even paler than Dean, so he’ll burn faster.
Bowman would be very critical of all of this. People burning just from spending time in the life-giving sun?! It’s such a weird idea. Even knowing that sprites can get themselves dried out and overheated, he will be baffled. Of course, the shedding will have him wondering if they’re sick and need some kind of medicine. Dean would get such a Look for all of this.
Brothers Apart 