Safekeeping
safekeeping
Supernatural
Sam/Dean, John
200 words
adult content: sexuality and theme
summary: John creates a safe place for his sons.
John sometimes questions the wisdom of letting the boys bunk down together on the road — one room, two beds, three men, and zero privacy. When they think he’s asleep, listening to their whispers, and hushed laughter; when the childish giggling and meaningless banter and restrained horseplay turns into the breathy secret sound of kisses; when the slide of slick skin on skin can’t be ignored or mistaken for anything else; and when he can pinpoint the exact moment each of his sons reaches their climax — by Sam’s stuttering hiss, by Dean’s characteristic growl. When the sex and the lethargy make them reveal heart-secrets to each other that no other person should be privy to, especially a father.
But when he wakes in the morning to find them tangled in each other, sprawled every which way like wild dogs in a den, or cuddled and cradled in each other’s arms; when he watches them fight together, back to back, side by side, instinctively protecting the only thing in the world they can call their own: each other. He knows he’s willing to accept the lesser evil.
God help him, he thinks, but he knows: What keeps them together, keeps them safe.
March 1st, 2008 at 8:42 pm
This is fabulous. I love the depth that comes across in it. I haven’t been reading SPN for quite a while, but now I’m definitely going to read through your archive! (As an aside, yay for using a CC license!)
March 1st, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Ponderosa:
Hello and thanks! Allow me to take a few words to return the favor and say I’m well-acquainted with your Spn art — I think it’s lovely. And also awesome.
Re: Safekeeping & the archive –
I’m pleased you enjoyed it. Some of the other stuff here is… not really… a lot of it is just random self-indulgent stuff. You may find something else here that you might like, but it’s a bit of a slog. :)
Thanks again for the comment.
And yay for yay for Creative Commons!
March 1st, 2008 at 11:36 pm
This was spectacular! So very within John’s Character. I loved it to pieces! Would have loved to read more thank you!!! :)
October 19th, 2008 at 11:27 am
This. This is the only way I think John could ever justify it. I’m in awe at just what a punch you can pack into so few words. Beautifully written.
September 12th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Oh wow, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen quite that angle before, where John knows but accepts it because he knows the deeper bond keeps the boys safe. I love it.