Supernatural: gen, or very mild Dean/Sam slash.
Maygra brings the creepy more than a lot of authors in the Supernatural fandom, and it never fails to make me happy. This is a little less on the creepy side than on the oh hey that’s cool side.
June 12, 2006
the only people for me are the mad ones by ignipes; 3.500 words
Supernatural: Gen.
The Winchester version of a happy ending after they get the demon. This is gen but it could just as easily be labeled non-explicit slash. Such a lovely story, good characterization, interesting, well detailed.
and feel what it’s like to be new by flipmontigirl; 2.647 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Light on the slash and heavier on the introspection. This is a post-Devil’s Trap story with an angsty, lightly written touch.
and feel what it’s like to be new
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interesting times by trollprincess; 4.100 words
Supernatural: Gen.
So I don’t read a ton of gen in this fandom (or any other really) because I’m OTP enough to prefer to see Sam and Dean be SamandDean, but Trollprincess is one of those authors whose fic is guaranteed to be good no matter what. In this one Dean gets cursed with that ancient proverb: May you live in interesting times. This is almost a five Sam’s that didn’t exist type story and it’s really fucking awesome. The kind of story which would make for a damned interesting episode.
people livin’ in competition by ladyjaida; 1.440 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Dude. Oneupmanship is one of my very favorite things in fic. And Dean and Sam are perfect for it because they’re brothers and they compete and play practical jokes and bicker. And I’m pretty sure I was just waiting for someone to write this story. I’m very pleased that
June 5, 2006
an the first two don’t count by ladyjaida; 5.254 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Ladyjaida has always been particularly good with characterization in all of the fandoms I’ve read her in. Supernatural is no exception for that, Sam is very good in this.
deemed salvageable by hans; 2.066 words
strong>Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Post-Devil’s Trap. A sorta pwp with just the right amount of complexity and outside meaning.
When it happens, they aren’t drunk or thoughtlessly looking to relieve morning wood. It’s barely dawn and Sam is stirring contentedly from a sunlit dream when he feels a wetness on his back where Dean’s cheek is pressed against it. He freezes, certain that Dean is crying and will never, ever forgive him if he turns around, when Dean snorts loudly and Sam realizes that his brother is merely drooling on him.
until i can see again by poisontaster; 19.194 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
There’s Sam learning about his powers and Dean angsting as Dean does, and a Missouri we maybe sort of got a glimpse at in canon, and really, really good plotting.
and here we are on a darkling plain by lyra; 3.583 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Set during one of the months Lyra wrote about in In Miles, In Laughter, In Strife this story is a brilliant, fun piece about what happens when a Satanist’s spell gives Dean angelic powers and Sam demonic powers for one month.
in miles, in laughter, in strife by lyra; 7.466
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
So canon tells us that a year passed from the beginning of the season to the end of it. And Lyra fills in the blanks between all of the episodes we saw and all of the other stuff that must have gone on off screen. At times funny and at times serious, but always imaginative. I think that’s probably how I would describe all of Lyra’s writing actually: imaginative. And the Supernatural universe lends itself to that perfectly.
falling like rain by rachel shanz; 2.700 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
I’m not generally a fan of the idea of Dean and Sam having had sex pre-series, but for some reason it works for me in this story. And I like the author’s summary because it’s pretty true to the story: Sam doesn’t think it will ever go back to how it used to be. But mostly, any plot this has is really just an excuse for the porn.
May 23, 2006
the flow of darkness by halfshell venus; 5.500 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Artful, plotty and well characterized. This is set in the near future probably, and is slightly AU as it has no mentions of the season 1 finale events. Sam’s powers are developing more, the boys take a case in Michigan. It’s creepy and detailed and well characterized; basically everything you can ask for in a Supernatural story, with a lovely slow burn of relationship building.
practical men of the world by esorlehcar; 7.609 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
A companion piece to Stumbling Across Its Bleak Ending (previously recced here) this is that story from Sam’s perspective. The contrasts between the two stories are what make this for me (you know, aside from the excellent writing) because where that story is all about Dean’s having left Sam, this one is all about Sam’s determination to get him back. And it’s just gorgeous.
on the banks of the tiber by hope; 5.372 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
This is fantastic; I love the slow reveal of what’s really going on, and Dean and Sam’s subtle shifts in personality and action as time passes. Also, I am a huge sucker for unreliable narrators and this story totally rocked that; I loved Dean’s perspective and how we learn what’s going on at the same time he does. It’s just such an effective narrative style for a story like this; wonderfully suspenseful. Plus! Werewolves!
light of a match by candy m; 2.984 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
I am totally obsessed with stories that get into the circumstances around Sam leaving for college, and while I don’t often buy the idea that Dean and Sam ever had sex in the pre-college days, this is the kind of story I can buy it in. A refreshingly original take on the situation that so many fic writers have tackled. Much less about the sex than the relationship, this story is both heartbreaking and powerful enough to leave an imprint.
and when they fall by fryadvocate; 5.307 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Complex and perfectly heartbreaking. I love an author who doesn’t flinch at writing the fucked up complicated parts of the Dean/Sam relationship, because it can’t possibly all be puppies and bunnies the way the fall lines are drawn in canon.
May 22, 2006
carry on by liz; 2.287 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Written after Salvation but before Devil’s Trap, this goes AU before the season 1 ending but it’s a gorgeously executed look at what could have happened if Sam and Dean hadn’t gotten to Papa Winchester in time to save him. Dean and Sam’s characterization is great in this; Sam and Dean always seem like the kind of characters whose best (and worst) qualities come out in times of crisis and Liz totally understand this.
Carry On by
May 18, 2006
in harm’s way by dark roast; 2.439 words
Supernatural/Veronica Mars: gen, Dean and Logan centric.
This is just a short vignette without much plot to speak of but it’s just to cool. Logan and Dean, while not the first combination of characters that come to mind when imagining Supernatural crossovers, play off each other in some really interesting ways. This whole story is just delightfully inventive. And it all takes place at the Fitzpatrick bar, The River Stix, which is so wonderfully Dean to have picked that bar when he goes to Neptune.
stumbling across its bleak ending by esorlehcar; 5.519 words
Supernatural: Sam/Dean.
Stories that go into the whole Dean wants Sam to stay, Sam wants to go conumdrum fascinate me, and this one feels incredibly true to how I think, things should play out if the boys are ever going to find some common ground (and, you know, if they were having the dirtywrong incestuous sex now and again, too.)
the hands series by poisontaster; 4.326 words
Supernatural: Sam/Dean.
While I haven’t loved all of poisontaster’s writing, (she tends to go the dark, incest can never be right and Dean’s a bad bad man for thinking about it route more often than I prefer) I really like this series. All three are short, pwp style stories with a heavy emphasis on the public sex kink which, dude, I can totally get behind. Jerk off sessions in bathrooms and crowded bars? Hell yes. So if you’re into that at all, you will probably like this series as much as I did.
May 14, 2006
gulf coast highway by ethrosdemon; 5.614 words
WB rps: Christian Kane/Jensen Ackles.
My girl Kassie writes like no other. Every story is just riddled with amazing lines that could pretty much only come from her. She world-builds like no other, too. This story is heavy with the south and so atmospheric it fucking kills me. It also has the benefit of being incredibly fucking hot, and brilliantly characterized, as always.
listening to the animal within by niz4; 4.326 words
Supernatural: Dean/girl.
This is het, which, you know, I pretty much wouldn’t even read, let along rec except it’s Dean and it’s this fascinating, perfect, heartbreaking backstory of him falling in love a little and getting heartbroken by failure and it’s just good.
the world so high by niz4; 4.364 words
Supernatural: gen.
Niz4 has a solid Dean voice and weaves the perfect amount of meta into her stories.
“I don’t know Sam…” And he can hear it in your voice – didn’t mean for it to sound so bleak – it makes him turn to watch your face. “Sometimes I feel like the fight is already lost, the rest of the employees got their pink slips, and we just never got the memo…”
crash by maygra; 8.528 words
Supernatural: gen.
A good post-Devil’s Trap story, note: this is, obviously, chock full of spoilers for the season 1 finale.
crossing the line by eighth horizon; 13.218 wods
Supernatural: gen.
I love that this is a fandom that gives good gen fic, This is exciting and well told, and Sam and Dean’s voices are spot on. There’s fantastic banter and a spooky bad guy and some really cool spell mythology.
just reach out by sevenfists; 1.900 words
Supernatural: Sam/Dean.
In terms of bulletproof kinks, you know the ones that always, always push every damned button you’ve got, exhibitionist masturbation has to be one of my favorites. May is National Masturbation Month and Sevenfists killed me with the hot in this one.
go the other way by sevenfists; 7.900 words
Supernatural: Sam/Dean.
Guh. Funny, and hot, with just a little bit of kink. I love authors who keep in touch with the fact that Sam and Dean are such boys all the time, with the little digs and the name calling and everything.
May 9, 2006
romance goes out the window with dad in the next room by merepersiflage; 6.143 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Set after Dead Man’s Blood there’s a lot of nice brotherly one-upmanship and some smokin hot sex, all with Papa Winchester in the next room. Bringing a whole new level of kink to the whole Wincest thing.
Romance Goes Out the Window With Dad in the Next Room and sequel And a Little Angst Flies in the Window of the Impala With Dad a Half Mile Up the Road
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by merepersiflage; 13.233 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Pre-series, Christmas, the boys have to stay with relatives while Papa Winchester goes off on a hunt.
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give or take the subject or the verb by joyfulgirl; 9.038 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
This has to be the best take on body switching in the fandom. It’s funny and introspective, and joyfulgirl just has so many fantastic lines that if I quoted them I’d end up having to quote everything, but it’s for moments like these that I love reading fanfic:
because all Dean ever wanted was for them to be together. Not this necessarily. The ‘how’ never really mattered to him. Just that Sam was there.
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