Hi again!

This is not gonna be a live review either, but I have to tell you I LOVED this chapter, from beginning to the end. I wouldn't dare to say it's been the best for me so far (because I haven't read chapter 6 yet, for a start), but it's definitely one of the bests. Abe is a great character, and I like very much you he inmediately cares about Dean, to the point of pretending to be his father to keep him calm. Concussed Dean has stolen my heart, Jesus, the way towards the reservation is the most anguishing thing I've read in a while! Sam's behaviour during the whole ordeal has been incredible too (“Go,” Sam said, his voice faint. Abe looked down at him. “Go find him.” :D:D:D), how he goes along with Dean's belief Abe is their father for his brother's sake, how they check on each other all the time...Nice insight into Dean's mind in the flashback of Faith. And that scene in Scarecrow? It's in my favourites top list.

Rereading it now...But I'd just copy and paste everything!

Oh, and I love Outside! It's my favourite song of the album!

It was a nice detail that Sam left it for Dean (as he obviously did :))

Rereading for the sixth time when Dean falls down on his knee and then in Sam's arms...

"“Sam,” Abe said in a low voice that only Sam could hear. “What would he do?” He was somewhat afraid of this father of theirs, afraid that he would have slung Dean over his shoulder and pulled the travois at the same time." LOL, poor Abe, all scared of John even without knowing him!

"“Sammy,” Dean whispered. “Let me go.”

“You asked me that once before, man, do you remember?” Sam said in a watery voice.

“I remember,” Dean said.

“What did I tell you then?”

“That you’d hold on forever if you had to,” Dean answered immediately, as if those words were never far from his memory.

Apart from the conversation itself, it liked the insight in Dean's mind when he answers.

You want us to let you know what we think? "With the wendigo defeated, the next few chapters will be pretty much focused on survival and the brother’s bond." Since when that has been a problem!

This was it! I'm going to read the latest chapter at last!

Love

xx

OH i love this story so much! Poor dean and sam. My boys are half dead and sad...sniffs keep it up i love it!

TBC very soon... Um do you mean like RIGHT NOW! Please!

Mean, to leave me hanging like that. LOL!

"I’m working on the notion that sometimes the boys' story can be best told through the eyes of an observer and sometimes we need to hear it directly from them."

Just wanted to say I think that's an excellent insight. It's weird that some of the best characterization of the Winchesters sometimes comes from OCs, but it happens with relative frequency.

I think Dean is especially difficult to characterize from his own perspective. He works so much better when other characters are trying to pull back his layers. He's just so complex and self-contained, that hearing him in his own voice is sometimes too much detail or something. It's like, with Dean, something has to be left to the imagination or it's not Dean anymore. Once the mystery's gone, the character is gone too.

But then there are other times when things *have* to be told from his perspective because otherwise we would never know about them.

Okay, rambling. Just wanted to show my appreciation for these meta-ish notes. You always get me thinking! Even before the actual story starts, lol! :)

"He had seen something truly evil, Abe realized. And it had changed him from the person he might have been into the person he was."

Love that. So well put. And so true to his character. Brings up the whole issue of what Dean would do if he didn't hunt. Can't imagine him being anything else, but that's sort of the whole tragedy of his character, I guess, that he *could* have been so many other things...

"Abe looked down at Dean’s bloody face. 'I didn’t choose,' he whispered. 'He did.'"

Woobie! The fact that this characterization is coming from the OC...yeah. It totally works. And it would be impossible to do from either Winchester's perspective.

"George, tell Mark to bring me three units of O neg..."

Totally self-centered comment: Dean has the same blood type as me! Heehee!

Actually, that's sort of fitting, because people with O- can donate blood to anybody, but can't receive anything but their own blood type. Sort of fits with Dean's self-sacrificing nature - or am I taking this metaphor too far? :P Was the choice of O- intentional on your part? (They never mentioned anybody's blood type on the show, right?)

"Our Town...The role of George is played by Sam Winchester."

Bwah! A high-school-drama-geek flashback! I love it!

"The world seemed wrong if Dean was still."

Nice.

"Dean blinked again, a small smile pulling up the corner of his mouth. And then on a brief exhale of air, his eyes slid shut. The shrill cry of the heart monitor drove into Sam’s head like a knife."

Hey, that happened on "Smallville"! I like this much better than that crap with Clark and Lana, though. :P

Great chapter. I loves me some Whumped!Dean. And poor Sam! Looking forward to the chapter, as always.

One critical note: I see some recurring syntax issues. Not a huge deal (it's more style than grammar) and would take some space to talk about, but if you're ever interested in a grammar/style beta, lemme know. I'm sort of a nut about little mechanical issues like that.

Okay...I'm back! I confess I had already read chapter 4 and 5, only I didn't have time to review...but when I saw that chapter 6 was up...I said to myself: "Put yourself at work, girl!"

So, this review won't be really "live", but I'm gonna read the chapter again too write it!

On with it:

"“Couldn’t get you, Sammy. You see that?” He tilted his head back and yelled to the canopy of trees, “Couldn’t get him you sonuvabitch!”" This is heartbreaking. He's a complete mess and still I can feel how honestly, completely damn HAPPY he feels when the wendingo cannot get to Sam thanks to his protection spell.

"“Gimme a minute, Sam,”" LOL, do I need to say more?

General comment: You've got an amazing way to convey agony, babe. Your style is extremely beautiful and sensitive.

Oh, I love how Sam manages to get Dean to focus, see the wendigo is toying with him, and not waste the last flare

"“Dude, get on the canvas with me,”" :D That would have been quite a sight. But face it, Dean. It made sense.

"“Y-you sounded…” he swallowed, “you sounded just like Dad.”

...“No wonder you reacted so fast,”" Nice one.

"“You broke your promise,” he said suddenly, realizing that Sam was several feet from the travois. Sam looked at his brother out of the corner of his eyes. “Yeah. I did.” Dean blinked, dropping his head to the ground, unable to hold it up any longer. “Took you long enough,” he said, a corner of his mouth pulling up into a trembling smile. Sam’s tired grin reached his eyes as he shook his head. “You’re a friggin’ jerk,” he replied." -And after a breathtaking action sequence you got us smiling along with them. At least me!

"So tired, Sammy… hurts…" Oh, God. Remember what I once told you about how you use "Sammy" or "Sam" in every situation? It so gets the right effect...

"“What do we do, now, huh?” Sam said, his voice shaking from suppressed tears of pain and frustration. “You’re the one with the plans, Dean. What do we do now?”" It's so hard to point out a sentence when I've been grinning like "oww" for paragraphs...Anyway, I liked that line. I tend to feel a lot for Dean, but Sam is having a hard time too.

"Funny, he’d forgotten his brother had freckles." Four years of regrets condensed in one line!

"“Hello kettle, I’m Dean. You’re black.”" Yep, I can see him saying that.

"“Dean, please,” Sam tried.

“Sam,” Dean's voice shook with the realization that he wasn’t going to be able to do it. He wasn’t going to be able to pull Sam out of there. And now, he couldn’t even walk for help. “If I don’t do this…”

“Dean,” Sam’s voice was low, pulling his brother’s eyes to him. “Just… just stop, man.”" -Aww, the million dollars plea. And then Dean admits "defeat" and apologizes. Simply wonderful.

I like that Dean talks Sam about his dream too.

Hehe, okay, it's so sweet having them talking about Jess and Cassie. It's hard to imagine, but the show doesn't...well, show a lot of thinks. And I won't believe that after months and months of being together 24/7 there haven't been some "girly talks" :D And the little story about Jess and BOC (and how Dean asks about the particular song), Sam drunk and all was great.

"He needed to be close to his brother… needed Sam to know that he was close. His pain tried to push to the forefront of his mind, but he resolutely hammered it back. He needed to be in control. He needed…" -I abolutely love this bit.

Ok, enough with chapter 4!

PS. You know you've turned me into a Staind sucker?

Love xx

I just have to start out by saying: Awesome! I love your other 2 stories but this one has my heartstrings. Continue on, Oh Master!

I love Staind! No need to change! Hehe, don't listen to me. Don't let my Dean die. Please! Ah! *Wipes away tears* Ok, I'm ok. Um...next chapter please!

This was a really, really good chapter. I liked the length. Alot of people make their chapters too short but I loved the length of this chapter. I think Dean was a little too soft but everything else, the character's and all, were perfect.

No No NO...come back! come back NOW! you can't just give me a heartattack by writting something like that and then just go!you wanna kill me? so come back and make it right, dean can't (isn't allowed to) die and he won't,right?

*grummel* but i love you anyway as long as dean gets better *beg*

I'm sorry I haven't had the time to review before - this one really gripped me right from the start and I've been following it ever since. Your writing style is fantastic, and the story is really involving - definitely one of the best I've read. Can't wait to see how you handle the rest... Keep up the good work :)

Terry waves "hi" and makes impatient motions with her hands.

Okay, you are seriously breaking my heart here. With hurting both the boys, all the emotion, and now Dean smiling his goodbye. Damn, I need a whole box of tissues! (but this is all in a good way, cause I love every second) Brilliant chapter. I like the different points of views. I like to see how other people see the boys. Great 'other characters' too. I like Abe and the Doc. Can't wait for more!

Oh, I canNOT believe you left me there. I canNOT believe you would choose that moment to stop the chapter. Are you related to Kripke? You are, aren't you. :D

Excellent chapter. Looking forward to more.

Ahh, how can you end it there. That's so not fair. I hope I don't go into cardiac arrest before the next chapter is up.

I was enjoying the story very much when the brothers were both badly injured and trying to take care of each other but now I feel it is so one sided. I am disappointed. I had been excited when Sam had the infection and was with a high fever while Dean had a serious concussion going on but then Sam's infection really didn't go anywhere and he even seemed to get better on the trip to the clinic and now it is all about Dean. I am still holding out hope that Sam isn't as well as he seems.