October 31st excerpt:
“They put us in a cage,” Sam said quietly as he thought of the humans they’d gone to for help. “Some of them didn’t even acknowledge when we talked, they just acted like we were some kind of… parrot or something. And then they shipped us overseas before we could find a way out, and sold us to the highest bidder. To be pets.”
October 30th excerpt:
Sherlock was absolutely fuming at this development, now fully assured that this was a personal jab at him. He spent nearly the entire day going back and forth between ranting and raving about it and silently stewing.
“What have I ever done to them?! ” he exploded that evening after nearly two hours of silence. He was curled into an angry ball in his armchair.
John shot him a look, tilting down his laptop screen. "It may have something to do with you trapping them in jars, Sherlock.”
“I meant LATELY!”
October 29th excerpt:
“Guys, guys,” John interrupted, opening one hand in a calming gesture. He at least knew better than to reach for them. His brow quirked at the smaller men’s bickering. The shoving, the name-calling… They really are brothers, he mused with a grin.
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He could and it’s great and my god is he turning those powers to driving Sherlock up the wall!
Too bad somehow John gets caught in the middle…
“Well, obviously you two still take issue with the way Sherlock treated you when we all first met,” John pointed out. “Which is totally fair, I’ll admit. But frankly, the way you’ve been dealing with it is driving him mad, and I have to live with him.”
October 28th excerpt:
“Told you this was a bad idea,” Sam hissed at Dean, watching John lift a pile of paper into the air that most likely weighed more than the pair of them together.
Dean rolled his eyes. “Him? He’s harmless,” he said. “Sherlock is the one we have to worry about.”
“But–” Sam’s protest cut off in shock when Dean pushed himself away from the side of the couch and went to stroll out into the open. It was too late for Sam to dive forward and grab his arm, and all he could do was watch Dean greet what was, to them, a giant.
October 27th excerpt:
“I applaud you for your maturity! ” Sherlock called to the empty room, loud enough that the brothers were sure to hear it, wherever they were, and he immediately began to tear down the notes.
“I applaud you for your tenacity! ” Dean hollered out the hole, glad he was nowhere near their home by the fireplace.
Sherlock’s head snapped up at the sudden voice and he stared into the mirror, turning slowly to scrutinize the yellow smiley-face high on the opposite wall.
October 26th excerpt:
“What’s up, doc?”
John’s heart leapt into his throat at the unforeseen greeting, sputtering in the middle of his sip of tea. Quickly transferring the cup onto the counter before he lost his grip on it, he lightly coughed to keep the tea from going down the wrong way.
Once John had his breath back, his eyes darted around the kitchen. The voice sounded like it had come from higher up, so that narrowed down his search considerably, and he spotted Dean soon enough.
October 25th excerpt:
John quirked an eyebrow at the strange note, glancing at Sherlock’s deep frown. “Morning puzzle, then?” he quipped.
“It means something,” the detective surmised, pressing his hands into a posture of prayer. “They’re trying to communicate.”
“Whatever you say, Spock,” mumbled John, partaking in their landlady’s kind treat.
October 24th excerpt:
All his meandering thoughts were cut off when he saw Dean burst out of their front entrance, shoving the block of wood that served them as a ‘door’ out of the way in a rush. Sam skid to a halt, then couldn’t stop from snickering at Dean’s disheveled appearance. Even the spike in his hair was crooked.
“Dude!” Dean hissed, just as aware of the humans sharing the room adjacent to them. “What the hell! Where’ve you–”
October 23rd excerpt:
Sam carefully arranged the food, pushing the slices of mushroom to form straight edges and adding the raisin in for good effect. The crackers formed the curves, with the wheat cereal helping thicken the line, and for balance Sam used his knife to scrape off the mustard and add it to the design, highlighting the word with yellowy emphasis.
NO.
No, they wouldn’t accept food left out like that. Sam thought it got his point across perfectly. He glanced over his shoulder at John, and his smile was a little easier this time. “Think he’ll get the point?”
Brothers Apart 