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slashthedrabble challenge #61 - Cards
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darkhavensAuthor: darkhavens
Title: Choices 1/1
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: PG-13
Words: 500
Spoilers: Character name spoiler for Ep 1x09 'Home'
Feedback/Concrit: darkhavens @ slashverse.com
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made
Warnings/Squicks: Budding Wincest
Summary: Sam has a choice to make
Notes: Written for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
slashthedrabble challenge #61 - Cards
Choices
The motorcycle courier arriving at the door of their motel room, less than an hour after they'd chosen the place at random, was unexpected, but discovering the man had been entrusted with a parcel by Missouri somehow explained the inexplicable.
"How did she…?"
Dean rolled his eyes at his brother.
"Dude, think about what you're saying. Now, open it already and see what she sent us."
"Us?"
Sam dropped onto Dean's bed and slid a hand under the pillow, fingers carefully searching out the razor-sharp hunting knife.
"It's addressed to me, Dean."
Supremely aware of his brother leaning over his shoulder, hot breath gusting across the nape of his neck, Sam sliced away the tape, lifted the lid and blinked.
"Tarot cards?"
Dean's phone rang, and Sam's eyes fluttered shut as Dean leaned across him, chest plastered along Sam's back, to snatch the offending article off the bedside table.
"Hello?"
Dean stayed pressed against Sam, so that Sam could hear Missouri's voice.
"Hey, Sweetcheeks, put your brother on the line, and don't be messing with anything in that box unless I tell you to."
Pouting, Dean slapped the tiny phone into Sam's open hand and settled in close to 'overhear'.
"Strictly speaking, Sugar, you're not supposed to read for yourself, so you're gonna pick a card and I'll read it for you, okay?"
Sam stared at the battered deck of cards in the bottom of the box and said nothing.
"Sammy? Sweetheart, do what Missouri tells you, hon. Open the pack, shuffle, and pick one. I'll do the rest."
Hardly noticing that Dean had taken the phone from his suddenly unsteady fingers, Sam slid the cards from their frayed cardboard box and shuffled them, the laminated squares feeling slick and somehow alive in his hands.
"Cut them, Sugar, and tell me what you see."
Sam twitched at the sound of Missouri's voice, only then realising that Dean was holding the phone to his ear with one hand while the other was resting on his shoulder. Too close!
He watched, nerveless, as his hands cut the deck, turning up the chosen card.
Missouri sighed in his ear before he had a chance to say a word.
"I thought that might be it." The words were muffled, a thought mistakenly voiced aloud. "You have a choice to make, Sam, a big one. You have to choose between the sacred and the profane. Life or death, him or her, forward or back. It's down to you, Sam. It's time to choose."
Sam stared at the card in his hand, eyes tracing the entwined limbs of the very naked, very male Lovers. The rest of the deck slid from numb fingers as Sam finally saw. And chose.
A turn of his head brought his lips into contact with Dean's. A shared, shuddering breath hung for a second between them before they both groaned and pressed in closer.
Missouri hung up before Dean's cell phone hit the floor. Her part in this was done now.
Title: Choices 1/1
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: PG-13
Words: 500
Spoilers: Character name spoiler for Ep 1x09 'Home'
Feedback/Concrit: darkhavens @ slashverse.com
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made
Warnings/Squicks: Budding Wincest
Summary: Sam has a choice to make
Notes: Written for
slashthedrabble challenge #61 - CardsChoices
The motorcycle courier arriving at the door of their motel room, less than an hour after they'd chosen the place at random, was unexpected, but discovering the man had been entrusted with a parcel by Missouri somehow explained the inexplicable.
"How did she…?"
Dean rolled his eyes at his brother.
"Dude, think about what you're saying. Now, open it already and see what she sent us."
"Us?"
Sam dropped onto Dean's bed and slid a hand under the pillow, fingers carefully searching out the razor-sharp hunting knife.
"It's addressed to me, Dean."
Supremely aware of his brother leaning over his shoulder, hot breath gusting across the nape of his neck, Sam sliced away the tape, lifted the lid and blinked.
"Tarot cards?"
Dean's phone rang, and Sam's eyes fluttered shut as Dean leaned across him, chest plastered along Sam's back, to snatch the offending article off the bedside table.
"Hello?"
Dean stayed pressed against Sam, so that Sam could hear Missouri's voice.
"Hey, Sweetcheeks, put your brother on the line, and don't be messing with anything in that box unless I tell you to."
Pouting, Dean slapped the tiny phone into Sam's open hand and settled in close to 'overhear'.
"Strictly speaking, Sugar, you're not supposed to read for yourself, so you're gonna pick a card and I'll read it for you, okay?"
Sam stared at the battered deck of cards in the bottom of the box and said nothing.
"Sammy? Sweetheart, do what Missouri tells you, hon. Open the pack, shuffle, and pick one. I'll do the rest."
Hardly noticing that Dean had taken the phone from his suddenly unsteady fingers, Sam slid the cards from their frayed cardboard box and shuffled them, the laminated squares feeling slick and somehow alive in his hands.
"Cut them, Sugar, and tell me what you see."
Sam twitched at the sound of Missouri's voice, only then realising that Dean was holding the phone to his ear with one hand while the other was resting on his shoulder. Too close!
He watched, nerveless, as his hands cut the deck, turning up the chosen card.
Missouri sighed in his ear before he had a chance to say a word.
"I thought that might be it." The words were muffled, a thought mistakenly voiced aloud. "You have a choice to make, Sam, a big one. You have to choose between the sacred and the profane. Life or death, him or her, forward or back. It's down to you, Sam. It's time to choose."
Sam stared at the card in his hand, eyes tracing the entwined limbs of the very naked, very male Lovers. The rest of the deck slid from numb fingers as Sam finally saw. And chose.
A turn of his head brought his lips into contact with Dean's. A shared, shuddering breath hung for a second between them before they both groaned and pressed in closer.
Missouri hung up before Dean's cell phone hit the floor. Her part in this was done now.
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on 2006-01-29 03:30 am (UTC)This was quite interesting. I would have preferred a little more background, to be honest, but this was still enjoyable.
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on 2006-01-29 03:40 am (UTC)Thanks! I have been known to be explicit too, but this called for a more subtle approach.
As for the background, the comm it was written for only allows drabbles and ficlets of 100, 200, 300, 400 or 500 words exactly, so I couldn't expand on it the way it wanted to be expanded.
I guess it's my own fault, really -
I might come back to this and expand it. Once I started writing, there was suddenly so much detail there I had to cut 250 words and could easily have taken the piece to 1000 without even reaching the explicit bits. *g*
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on 2006-01-29 03:43 am (UTC)I think Dean being that close would put anyone in the moment. ;)
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on 2006-01-29 03:52 am (UTC)I'm not sure Missouri approves, but she understood that Sam had to make the choice. The deck of tarot cards she sent seem to be developing their own little backstory in my head, which is a tiny bit unnerving. I'll have to see what comes of that. *g*
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on 2006-01-29 03:40 am (UTC)I loved the story!I'd love to know more about Missouri, or perhaps, you could gift us with a sequel...that was really nice ^^
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on 2006-01-29 04:04 am (UTC)If you miss your ankh you should get another one! They rock. :D
Missouri appeared in ep 1x09 'Home' and intrigued me. She obviously knew the boys when they were kids and still feels a lot of affection for them. With her specific skill set she is probably someone I'm going to use and reuse in fic.
I'm not sure about a sequel, but this piece is crying out to be expanded. I have words and ideas and backstory bubbling in my head. ;)
Icon snap! (almost *g*)
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on 2006-01-29 03:48 am (UTC)This is so full & Sam's emotions so clear. I really like his panic/want of Dean that close to him, and Dean's comfort with being that close. Sometimes the best heat comes from the subtle. :)
I <3 Missouri. It's always a pleasure to see her show up, and you made good work of her. How great that is what she thought, that she gave Sam the choice (the push!) and what came next. Way to go, Missouri (heh, you ;} ).
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on 2006-01-29 04:21 am (UTC)Sam felt like a bit of an emotional powderkeg in this piece and I was tempted to light the blue touchpaper and retire to a safe distance but the plan called for subtle - leaning and pressing and brushing and... Yeah, all of that. ;)
I <3 Missouri too. I hope they bring her back on the show occasionally. I love the way she winds Dean up and it makes Sam grin. And with her specific skill set she's a wonderful character to fic with. :D
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on 2006-01-29 04:34 am (UTC)Thanks so much for writing.
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on 2006-01-29 04:39 am (UTC)Now, I'm off to post at your archive before I forget. *g*
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on 2006-01-29 05:22 am (UTC)Nice.
Ordained!by!Fate!
I like.
:)
There's someone in the Supernatural 'verse called 'Missouri'? I like!
:)
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on 2006-02-08 05:22 am (UTC)*tries hard not to picture Dean in vestments and dog collar when using the word 'ordained'*
Missouri rocks!
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on 2006-02-08 05:27 am (UTC)There's so much emotion packed into each scene and word in the show, it was easy to take my cue from that and get really intense.
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on 2006-02-08 05:32 am (UTC)It spent several days growing in my head until I had to let it out or go insane. *g*
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on 2006-01-29 05:54 am (UTC)I want to tacklesmooch that woman ;)
Very nicely done, babe.
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on 2006-02-08 05:33 am (UTC)I hope they bring Missouri back for more eps. I love the way she interacts with Dean. :D
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on 2006-01-29 11:22 am (UTC)Hot and perfect and mmmmmm I wish that'd happen on the show.
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on 2006-02-08 05:34 am (UTC)Oh yeah, me too! Thanks! :D
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on 2006-01-29 03:31 pm (UTC)Seriously, totally, absolutelly.
I am in love.
This is... WOW!
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on 2006-02-08 05:37 am (UTC)*waves sceptre*
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on 2006-02-08 05:39 am (UTC)The story is still bubbling so there will definitely be more, though hopefully it will be more appealing than porridge. *g*
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on 2006-01-31 02:47 pm (UTC)Short, but so full of promise.
Also very visual.
Thank you for sharing.
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on 2006-02-08 05:42 am (UTC)The visual cues were actually put in during editing, as I have developed a bad tendency to pare my fic down to the bare essentials - a side-effect of becoming addicted to drabbling, I fear. *g*
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on 2006-02-01 03:05 am (UTC)"You have a choice to make, Sam, a big one. You have to choose between the sacred and the profane. Life or death, him or her, forward or back. It's down to you, Sam. It's time to choose."
Like...choose your dead girlfriend or your live brother, dear. It's about damn time!! :)
I loved all the little details. Dean listening in (as we all know he would), and you had Missouri's voice PERFECTLY! I love that she knows them so well.
"Hey, Sweetcheeks, put your brother on the line, and don't be messing with anything in that box unless I tell you to."
Did I mention how I LOVE your Missouri voice? :) LOL!
And this reminded me of another fic, where Missouri tries to help John comes to terms with his sons...umm...activities. It's by
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on 2006-02-08 05:45 am (UTC)I am so very glad that people think I got Missouri's voice right. She's such a delightful character - full of character!
I went and read 'Sacrament' and the other parts, including the latest one 'Guardian'(?). Lovely! Just like your icon says, Missouri knows. :D
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on 2006-02-01 04:34 am (UTC)Thanks for sharing!
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on 2006-02-08 06:08 am (UTC)I like to imagine it really is inevitable. *g*
He had a choice - he could have kept moping after his dead girl, but he was smart and went for box number 2. ;)
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on 2006-05-17 05:44 pm (UTC)Sometimes subtle is so much more effective and powerful than outright porn - but I do that too, occasionally. *g*
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on 2006-06-29 09:09 pm (UTC)haha, i'm sorry but that was a definitely new approach to wincest. excellent job =D
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on 2006-07-03 04:23 pm (UTC)I liked the idea that it was foretold, that it was just a matter of time and of Sammy getting with the program. *g*
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on 2006-09-28 12:57 am (UTC)this little fic: Missouri helping the
boys take that leap to the next level in their
relationship, the casual & loving affection, the
implied wincest (sometimes I prefer the
less is more method which is usually more effective
IMHO) and of course the very IC repartee. I really
enjoyed reading this fic -- thanks for bringing it
to my attention.
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on 2006-09-28 01:55 am (UTC)Sometimes I like the subtle approach, and sometimes I just turn on the wincesty porn, but in Choices I had fun with Dean being all tactile with Sam, the obvious lack of personal space, and then Missouri pretty much telling Sam to get on with it already!
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on 2007-06-24 04:44 am (UTC)I like the use of Missouri and her abilities as a way to urge Sam to make a choice between the past and the possible future. The ease that Dean feels being so physically close to Sam is nicely contrasted with Sam's near-panic about it. Sam's trust in Missouri is what coaxes him to take that step-knowing she's right and he needs to either cut himself off completely from other emotional contacts (not good!) or choose to love and live again, reaching for what he wants. Very believable reasoning underpinning this.
I'm very impressed by how much control and content you manage to put into your short pieces.
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on 2007-07-31 01:34 am (UTC)I fell in love with the drabble form, learning to compress everything into 100 words exactly, and I think that is why I continue to try and make every word work hard for its place in my fic. *g*