August 27th excerpt:

John started with the bacon, setting a small pan on the stovetop and placing on it two strips once it was hot. He almost put more on in consideration of his guests, but then he remembered that their portions would amount to crumbs compared to his own. He wouldn’t miss anything he took from his own meal if he gave it to the brothers.

While those sizzled in the background, John cracked a couple of eggs into a bowl and started mixing them up with a fork, meandering back to check on Sam. “Found ya some cherry tomatoes,” he reported warmly.

Sam brightened up, distracted from his wanderings on the table. “I love those!”

August 26th excerpt:

“How old are you, Sam?” John asked while he looked around for something to continue Sam’s path. With the kid so open with him, he allowed himself to indulge in the curious questions he hadn’t had time to ask the night before.

“Ten,” Sam answered offhandedly, distracted by his new surroundings. Then, corrected it to “Ten and a half.”

In the new (ish) story w tiny Dean and big Stan , I feel like Dean has anxiety and just general stress both in and out of the wazoo. Can you spare a exerpt when he isn’t stressing?

Dean is about 99% STRESS in most of Kept so far, so those excerpts would be pretty hard to find! 😂

In his defense, he has a lot to worry about! What if they don’t like him? What if they decide he’s too much work and send him back? And of course, Stan went and bought him without telling Nate first! What if Nate doesn’t like him??

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August 25th excerpt:

Turning back to the nightstand, John’s heart gave a little stutter to see Sam so close to the edge of the nightstand. “You okay?” he blinked, not quite yet putting two and two together.

Sam’s lips turned down into a frown. “I can’t follow you,” he said disconsolately, rubbing the sole of his boot over a mark on the nightstand’s surface. It was wider than his boot, but so relatively small to everything else.

So re-reading Hershey Kisses and Salt Lines, I noticed a few Sonic references in your stories ( this one and the Pinky Promise short) and a thought appear. Did Sam ever played Sonic Advance from Game Boy Advance (SP)? Since, you know portable game consoles are like arcade machine to him.

Both brothers are fans of Sonic while they’re growing up, at least in the BA series!

I think Sam would have a lot of fun playing it, but as things were for them, neither brother got much of a chance to play video games while growing up. They didn’t really make many friends, and their dad wasn’t the type to let them get a game system.

It’s why they had such a fun time on the arcade system Gabriel made in The Lounge!