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SupernaturalI'm currently writing my own Supernatural story and to be honest the quality of the writing in the Supernatural fandom is so incredibly high I'm as nervous as hell about posting it!Anyway on to the recs:Tiny A's All in a Row by jwynnGenThe author describes the story as her love letter to Dean and it really is a truly beautiful look at Dean and his reationship with Sam. There are so many images that I love in this - Dean casually breaking the nose and arm of a bully who attacked Sam, Dean's pride over Sam's report card and the revelation that their no nonsense Marine father keeps all of Sam's report cards hidden in a box under his bed, Sam rescuing Dean from the demon that stalks their family and the final image of Sam sleeping with his fingers monitoring Dean's pulse. Choices by weestaGenEssentially Sophie's Choice but with a nasty demon instead of the Nazis, this is an interesting look at the Sam/Dean/John dynamic.For Whom the Bell Tolls by Spooky-girlGen, horror, extreme violenceThis story plays out like the episode The Benders should have done had the writers opted for a little more imagination than Deliverence-lite. Sam and Dean's R&R is interrupted when they face danger from an unlikely source. Well paced, compelling and strongly characterised throughout, the story is unfortunately let down by a very weak uninspiring final chapter which the author herself dismisses as "dull". It's a story crying out for an emotional resolution that it doesn't get - it's like the author finished the action part of the story and just didn't know how to proceed - so she just ended it. Word of warning - the author seems unfamiliar with fan fic etiquette and hasn't put a single warning at the start of her story - it is gen but for the more sensitive among you it is extremely violent with poor Dean being tortured to hell and back.Side of the Road by estrella30Sam/Dean slashSexy, angsty coda to The BendersShoot out the Lights by whereuponSam/Dean slashAnother extraordinary piece from whereupon both harsh and gritty and yet packed with beautiful, evocative imagery. Her Sam and Dean seem to love and hate each other equally while knowing that their only way of life is with each other.There are spaces between them. There are gestures without words and words that mean nothing at all. There are riddles and rhythms and textures and lines. There are photographs of a past that doesn't quite exist and there are dreams of a future they do not yet know. There are times when they've tried to leave, one and then the other, when they've said, I don't need you, and they've pretended to believe it was true.I'm Not Touching You by trollprincessSam/Dean SlashFun fic which imaginatively makes use of Sam's telekinitic abilities and features a novel, supernatural plot device to bring Sam and Dean together. Plus the concept of Sam using his supernatural abilities purely to irritate the hell out of Dean is entertaining.Comparative Morality by cupiscentSam/Dean slashVery hot and very believable Sam/Dean with no fluff or sentiment in sight. What Remains by annehigginsDean/Sam slashHighly original well-written story in which Sam is killed whilst on a hunt and his body is reanimated by an entity who falls in love with Dean. Whilst featuring plenty of (rather crassly described- I guess I like my porn to be more pretty) hot gay monkey sex this is hardly a fluffy piece dealing as it does with Dean's grief and his fears of abandonment. I'm also not too sure how I feel about the real Sam in this piece - his conversation with Dean at the end seems brutally harsh and insensitive with him dismissing his life with Dean as a life he never wanted. I guess because I'm a sucker for the fluffier fics I also rather hated the notion that even in death the two boys would remain permanently separated with Sam choosing a life with Jess over a life including Dean. Supremely angsty and really rather sad despite my reservations it is a very strong character study of Dean.