drop whatever you're reading--

[roxy]

--and read this *now*! OMG, friends, this just kept me frozen in my chair for HOURS! Trust me when I tell you, this story is*amazing*! Really, fucking brilliant!


Blue Skies From Rain
Word Count: 178,000
Genre: Wincest
Characters/Pairing: Sam/Dean, various OFCs
Fic Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Slash/wincest, dark, angst, amnesia, mental institution, unsubstantiated group and art therapy techniques, laundry, oatmeal, and true love with schmoop mixed in.
Summary: The morning after Sam rescues Dean from the djinn, Sam and Dean go back to the warehouse to take care of the bodies of both the victims and of the djinn. But instead of what should be a simple clean-up job, Sam and Dean are sucked into a nightmare world brought about by the djinn’s last dying act of revenge. (Takes place directly after What Is and What Should Never Be.) What do you do when you wake up in a mental institution and you think your brother is dead?

Comments

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the background link. It helped. Just to let you know - I spent the day reading this. It was an excellent story and thought the author did an incredible job with all the psychology stuff. It was also nice to read a story of a ward in which everyone wasn't a power hungry psychopath.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was much quieter than the usual institution fic, what drove it was more issues of neglect rather than the joint being packed with sadistic abusers. It had a more realistic feel to it, though of course some aspects were simplified and others a bit exaggerated but it didn't take the enjoyment of the fic away. I don't often read mental institution stories--RL kind of lessened my fondness for those kind of stories--but this one just sounded so different, and went so far beyond just an institution fic, plus I didn't feel like the writer took a cheap shot anywhere.

I'm glad you liked it, too. The episode it's based on is an excellent one, as well. It's got that SpN thing going on--funny, but really, not funny at all. I love how they do that... *G*