Fanfic - SPN: I Didn't Know Me Until I Met You (Sam/Dean)

[writingbyebonio]

Title: I Didn't Know Me Until I Met You
Author: eboniorchid
Fandom: Supernatural (AU)
Pairings: Sam/Dean, implied Sam/Kane
Characters: Sam Winchester (aka Sam/Shemhazai Gregory), Dean Winchester, John Winchester, Meg Masters (aka Gadriella Gregory), Kane Gregory (aka The Demon's unnamed son), and The Demon (aka Alistair/Azazel Gregory)
Prompt: "Hot Vengeful Assassin + Sexy Hero Target = Good Triumphs Over Evil + Love Conquers All" for undermistletoe's Harlequin Romance Week (due Dec. 12). Full undermistletoe prompt available here. List of 100moods chapter prompts available here, with my whole challenge table available here.
Word Count: ~30,000 words altogether.
Rating: NC-17 for language, violence, and sexuality.
Warnings/Spoilers: AU. Slash. Angst. Dark. Wincest. Violence. Graphic m/m sex. Smut. Manipulation. Implied non-con. Implied underage. Implied non-wincest incest. Hurt/Comfort. First time. Humor. Plot. Multi-chapter (complete). Lots of spoilers for the "Pilot," "Dead Man's Blood," "Salvation," and "Devil's Trap." Potential vague spoilers for various other episodes of Season 1.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Really. Nothing.
Summary: On his first half-birthday, Sam Winchester was taken from his human family to be raised by one of the clans of the Grigori. These fallen angels, myth to most, are often called "demons" and many are hunted for their contributions to human bloodshed. Dean Winchester is one such Hunter. When these two connected souls find each other after 22 years apart, sparks will fly, but who will be burned?
Author's Notes: I thought this was an idea for a fic, but it turned out to be an idea for a fic UNIVERSE. *oops* Thanks to missyjack and miriad for audiencing. References available here. Translations of rituals available here.
Soundtrack: Information over here.
Archive: Umm ... probably. Just ask.
Feedback: PLEASE! I'd love it after chapters, but if you left some FB after you've read the whole thing, that would be fantastic. I LOVE FEEDBACK!



Chapter 1: I See and See into You
Chapter 2: I Feel You and Forget Myself
Chapter 3: I Bleed and I Kneel for You
Chapter 4: I Mend and Break for You
Chapter 5: I Laugh for You and Cry for Me
Chapter 6: I Find You and Lose Myself
Chapter 7: I Know Myself and Change You
Chapter 8: I Hear for You and Speak for Me
Chapter 9: I Call and I Open for You
Chapter 10: I Die for You and Stand for Me
Chapter 11: I Love and Leave for You
Chapter 12: And Now It Is for Us to Do

Comments

[cocombat.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed this.
Good, entertaining read, with a fleshed out AU, and nice parallels with the canon.

Reading the prompt afterwards was hilarious though, because while this was more serious, and less camp than the prompt-novel, I could definately see the plot parallels.
So - is Dean actually of succubus descent? That sounds like an interesting idea to play with. ;)

Just to make sure I've got this straight: Sam is Mary & John's son, by way of John's possession by Azazel, right? And Azazel is the one that killed Mary, then kidnapped Sam to be raised by them, yeah?
If so, why does Sam refer to himself as a bastard? Is it because Azazel is being counted as a third parent? Or did I miss another guy there?
;)

Also, nice twist on the standard cesty guilt trip, Dean's was more the standard - oh god, my brother (but I'll deal with it anyway). Sam's more - oh god, my brother again. And ow. Could be worse things, obviously.

[writingbyebonio.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you found the story entertaining!

On canon: It's good to hear that the canon parallels worked for you.

On the prompt: Yeah ... the prompt was ... umm ... very hilarious in its bizarre drama, but I definitely tried to keep this in the spirit of the prompt as much as possible.

On succubi: Well, there are certainly some things I have thought to explore, but we'll see.

On Sam's origin: It's intentionally left ambiguous. I'll leave it at that for now. But I'd actually say that Sam's reference to himself as a "bastard" has less to do with the traditional "born out of wedlock" definition and more to do with being a "mixed-blood" or "half-breed", a person of mixed heritage, neither fully human nor fully Grigori. Too, I get the distinct impression that "bastard" is just a term that's been thrown at him a lot, so I think he's internalized it.

On incest guilt: I'm glad that twist was intriguing to you, because the whole idea of Sam trying to process his relationship with Dean in some twisted comparison with his relationship with Kane was really interesting for me to explore. And will hopefully continue to be as I add more stories to this verse.

Thank you so much for leaving detailed feedback. I really appreciate it!