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Ahahahahahaha! Evil puppets FTMFW! This was written for me and I ADORE it. Early s4, Dean and Sam think they're on a relatively easy hunt, but things aren't exactly as they seem. Full of good brotherly interaction, shadowed with Dean's experiences in hell, and of course, featuring EVIL PUPPETS. Wonderful!

Fascinating use of outside POV and documents as narrative devices, plus a really cool use of a local legend to explain how Dean gets himself out of hell. Really cool.

"Believe me Sam, two naked guys will not be the oddest thing whatever zombie is sitting in that place will have seen, possibly even tonight." Sam and Dean are cursed to nekkidity. HILARITY ensues. I can't decide if the happy meal (and Sam's subsequent pouting) or the ending is my favorite thing.

Dean's not superstitious, he's just a little 'stitious. (Sorry! I couldn't resist.) Lovely look at the role superstition plays in Dean's life.

Really interesting AU look at how things could have gone with Sam's visions, including a nicely creepy casefile, and a wonderfully caring Dean.

wow. just. wow. what a slayer is. brilliant and powerful. this reduced me to tears.

Once, while battling an ancient Native American curse, which caused insects to kill people, the Winchesters made the sun come up five hours early in order to defeat it. This legend is known as The Bee Story. Clever and funny look at how stories get told and myths get made, full of perfect pop culture references.

fantastic marriage of song to source text. Sarah, and what she sees (and wants) from Cameron.

"There are three Slayers in this town and it would be cool to know a cop who understands the fanged and horned part of the population of do-badders." Adorable, bantery, low-angst Buffy/Connor. (get website link)

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Creepy casefile with some excellent brotherly interaction. (set in season 1)

Exceptionally creepy casefile, with a nice non-linear structure that ratchets up the tension. (Set during season 1)

Sharp, heartbreaking casefile set during season 3, just after BUaBS. Dean's not dealing so well, and Sam has to hold it together for both of them.

Ellen's origin story. Spectacular. Amazing. I don't have enough superlatives to describe it, how vivid the people and the places are, and the emotions, how clearly Ellen shines through it all. Absolutely beautiful, with a perfect ending. I cannot recommend this highly enough.

Velma meets Dean, finds some common ground with him, and discovers ghosts are real. This is an adorable crossover that sounds crazy but really works. I always thought Dean and Velma would get along.

"Xander," she said, with exaggerated patience, "is not someone. Xander is Xander, and I would like to know if he's going to be here." Warm, achy, lovely Dawn/Xander, post-Chosen.

And something knots high in Sam’s belly, between a cramp and a knife-blow, the slow-crawl realisation that, after everything, Dean would go to the ends of the world for them but can’t understand that Sam might -- could, would, will -- do the same for him without a backwards glance AU where Sam is the elder brother - not generally something I go for, but this is beautifully written.

"You think about fucking me," says Dean, and damned if it's not the most screwed up thing he's ever said to his brother. Slow and sweet first kiss(es), with enough uncertainty on Dean's part to feel true, and no rush to get to sex. (wincest)

Dean is sick, but his hunting instincts are still sound. Adorably funny.

He had been fluent in Dean all his life, but it was a dead language now. Heartbreaking look at Sam, who he is now, and how he's changed.

The latest crossroads demon, keeping an eye out for Sam. Harsh, heartbreaking, beautifully written.

AH, YES. BROWARD COUNTY. AN INTRIGUING COSMIC WRINKLE. THE AUDITORS WERE EXTREMELY VEXED. THE REQUIRED INJUNCTIONS ALONE RESULTED IN UNIVERSAL DELAYS. I HEAR THE PAPERWORK WAS EXTENSIVE. DEATH comes for Sam and Dean. Hilarity (with a side of heartbreak) ensues. "I don’t think we punch Death, okay? I don’t think that’s something we do. Why don’t you stand back here and chill for a second?" Hee!

Beautifully done story laying bare all three three Winchesters; when John hits his head and comes up with amnesia, Sam likes this new version of his father, and Dean just wants things to go back to what passes for normal in their family. Heartbreaking and evocative, full of palpable detail and emotion. (I have my suspicions who wrote this)

"You survived," she says. "Don't throw that away." Tony and his PTSD, post-Afghanistan. Sharp and heartbreaking.

Tony brings the beach to his house when he wants a beach part.y. Nicely done Tony/Pepper UST.

Eeee! Pepper sends Tony on vacation. Tony sends Pepper a lot of texts. Slutty shoes! Sea urchins! Adorable and hilarious and sweet.

Dean runs into Cordelia in a sewer in LA. There are tentacle monsters and then some hot, hot sex (er, not with the tentacle monsters, to be clear). Sweet, funny, hot, and just a little sad.