Oh, just wow. Do you have any idea how hard it is to read 20K with misty eyes? I wasn't going to read this because I'm not a big fan of apocafic but I got one rec too many and needed some good, long Wincest to read. Now I just want to beat myself senseless for waiting so long because I think this may be my favorite Wincest story ever.
Every single word here made me ache. I loved that you were never maudlin--all of the emotion was so subtle but so much more real and appropriate to Dean because of that. All of the little moments he remembered when he was taking care of Sam, Jesus Christ, I was in *agony* over Sam just because of the way Dean remembered him. I loved the way you characterized this Dean--he still felt like The End!verse Dean, but you gave him such depth and brought him back to the Dean we know and love.
And Sam, POOR Sammy. God, you made everything he was thinking and feeling so clear, even when he was hardly moving, it was incredible.
I also really adored that you didn't make the cross into a romantic relationship overwrought. We got Dean's delicious shame, which is always fun, but it still happened like this inevitable snapping of a twig under too much weight. You didn't need constant kissing and graphic sex scenes to make their love so palpable I almost couldn't stand it, and I feel like that was really genuine to the way Dean would be telling this story.
I just...I don't even have words to express how much I loved this story. Your writing style is impeccable and you did so much right by their relationship that I am in awe.
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Date: 2010-08-09 10:01 pm (UTC)Every single word here made me ache. I loved that you were never maudlin--all of the emotion was so subtle but so much more real and appropriate to Dean because of that. All of the little moments he remembered when he was taking care of Sam, Jesus Christ, I was in *agony* over Sam just because of the way Dean remembered him. I loved the way you characterized this Dean--he still felt like The End!verse Dean, but you gave him such depth and brought him back to the Dean we know and love.
And Sam, POOR Sammy. God, you made everything he was thinking and feeling so clear, even when he was hardly moving, it was incredible.
I also really adored that you didn't make the cross into a romantic relationship overwrought. We got Dean's delicious shame, which is always fun, but it still happened like this inevitable snapping of a twig under too much weight. You didn't need constant kissing and graphic sex scenes to make their love so palpable I almost couldn't stand it, and I feel like that was really genuine to the way Dean would be telling this story.
I just...I don't even have words to express how much I loved this story. Your writing style is impeccable and you did so much right by their relationship that I am in awe.