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writingbyebonioTitle: Not Running
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eboniorchid
Fandom: Supernatural
Characters: Jake, mentions of Sam Winchester and Dean Winchester
Word Count: ~270 words.
Rating: PG-13 for violence.
Warnings/Spoilers: Gen. Angst. Dark. Violence. Blood. Character study. Character death. Spoilers for "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part I" (SPN 02x21).
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Really. Nothing.
Summary: Jake's not running. He's not that kind of guy.
Soundtrack: "Soldierman" by Sebastian Sturm from the This Change is Nice Album (lyrics).
Author's Notes: Written forspn_standstill.
He's not running. He's no coward. He's a soldier. He's used to fighting, in wars that he doesn't understand, under leaders who he's not sure that he believes, and against enemies who might have just as easily been friends. He wishes sometimes that it didn't have to be this way, and he used to say that it was just his job, but now he says that it's just his destiny.
When it comes down to the final things, when he knows the stakes and what his opponents will and will not do, he knows that he's won, that he'll live to see another day, that he'll live to be what he was meant to be. There may be the weight of a blood-heavy knife in his hands this time and not the weight of a gun on his shoulder, but it's all the same. He protects what's his, because what other choice does he really have? If the question of life becomes him or the other guy, what kind of fool would choose the other guy? Not him. He's no fool.
So, as the knife sinks in and he angles it up, cutting through the vital organs that pull oxygen in and pump blood out, it doesn't matter that his opponent's backup has arrived, that one brother has to watch another die. The deed is done, the target utterly destroyed, and he knows that he's free of nothing but death, and only for now, but that's good enough.
He's a soldier, a decorated lone survivor who's achieved his mission's objective, and now? He's not running. He's making a strategic retreat.
Author:
eboniorchidFandom: Supernatural
Characters: Jake, mentions of Sam Winchester and Dean Winchester
Word Count: ~270 words.
Rating: PG-13 for violence.
Warnings/Spoilers: Gen. Angst. Dark. Violence. Blood. Character study. Character death. Spoilers for "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part I" (SPN 02x21).
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Really. Nothing.
Summary: Jake's not running. He's not that kind of guy.
Soundtrack: "Soldierman" by Sebastian Sturm from the This Change is Nice Album (lyrics).
Author's Notes: Written for
spn_standstill.He's not running. He's no coward. He's a soldier. He's used to fighting, in wars that he doesn't understand, under leaders who he's not sure that he believes, and against enemies who might have just as easily been friends. He wishes sometimes that it didn't have to be this way, and he used to say that it was just his job, but now he says that it's just his destiny.
When it comes down to the final things, when he knows the stakes and what his opponents will and will not do, he knows that he's won, that he'll live to see another day, that he'll live to be what he was meant to be. There may be the weight of a blood-heavy knife in his hands this time and not the weight of a gun on his shoulder, but it's all the same. He protects what's his, because what other choice does he really have? If the question of life becomes him or the other guy, what kind of fool would choose the other guy? Not him. He's no fool.
So, as the knife sinks in and he angles it up, cutting through the vital organs that pull oxygen in and pump blood out, it doesn't matter that his opponent's backup has arrived, that one brother has to watch another die. The deed is done, the target utterly destroyed, and he knows that he's free of nothing but death, and only for now, but that's good enough.
He's a soldier, a decorated lone survivor who's achieved his mission's objective, and now? He's not running. He's making a strategic retreat.
Tags:
- !fanfic,
- category: gen,
- character: dean winchester,
- character: jake,
- character: sam winchester,
- fandom: supernatural,
- fic universe: spn pseudo-canon,
- genre: angst!fic,
- genre: challenge!fic,
- genre: character-death!fic,
- genre: character-study!fic,
- genre: dark!fic,
- rating: pg-13,
- warning: blood,
- warning: violence
