Initial Thoughts
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Dean plops down on his own bed, feels the stupid thing screech under his weight. “Saw the motel pool, totally abandoned, thought it’d be fun. Suit up, dude.”
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Motel pools as sanctuary: a concept
(Set sometime after Season 8)
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- Part 1 of Initial Thoughts
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“Sam, listen, man. Your body is yours. All of it. Always has been.”
It’s a nice thought.
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Or: Sam struggles with bodily autonomy. Dean doesn't hold up his end of the metaphysical discussion. Some sort of conclusion is reached regardless.
(Probably set during Season 8)
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- Part 2 of Initial Thoughts
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“Sometimes, I think I’m going insane again,” Sam says, conversationally. “I don’t feel real.”
“Well, gas stations are a bitch like that.” Sure, there’s something wrong here, lapping up constantly against the edges of Dean’s perception—but it’s never been because of Sammy.
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A surreal road trip in five parts, ft. Sam, Dean, and the omnipresent gas station.
(Set during Season 11, not canon compliant)
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- Part 3 of Initial Thoughts
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“Don’t check out on me, man, c’mon. You're all over the place. Why’d I let you choose what?”
“When we were kids, Dean,” he clarifies, “I had bangs. I don’t—I guess I don’t get why you let me keep them.”
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In which Sam gets a haircut and asks a question. (Contrary to popular belief, he's not okay.)
(Post s12e03)
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- Part 4 of Initial Thoughts
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It’s been a really long time since Sam could know a thing about himself, such as ‘Dean runs headfirst into the fires I light,’ and not have it be stripped out from his brain, fed into a hallucination.
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In which there’s no magical cure for centuries of trauma.
(Post s7e17)
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- Part 5 of Initial Thoughts