* SACRIFICE / HOPE

--- so get this. I'm looking for any dean winchester writers out there who'd be willing to do a 1x1 on discord with me. I'm heavy into the following:

case based threads

codas/episode gap filling (writing our own version of what happened between scenes or after an ep concluded)

lore and world building

emotional threads/angst based threads

au writings

♦     (X) So in terms of personal space, Sam and Dean never had too much of it. I'm thinking of them cooped up in the back seat of the impala, knees occasionally knocking as the car jostled with the imperfections on the asphalt. When Sam was trying to carve out any sense of his independence and developing an awareness of his own value placed on personal space, Sam tried to maintain as much of that space as he could but once he hit his growth spurt I imagine it became next to impossible if Dean wasn't in the front seat. When Sam gets roped back into the life I'm thinking its almost like a gravity shift back into a habit. They're working a case and there's enough room on the sofa for them to fit another person between them but instead their knees and boots scrape against the other while they talk. It's so instinctive that they don't even notice it, probably never mean to do it. Subconsciously, I'm almost thinking in new environments (like the home of a witness or even the jail cell in season 3) it's a source of comfort and provides a sense of safety to group so closely together.

--- so get this. I'm looking for any dean winchester writers out there who'd be willing to do a 1x1 on discord with me. I'm heavy into the following:

case based threads

codas/episode gap filling (writing our own version of what happened between scenes or after an ep concluded)

lore and world building

emotional threads/angst based threads

au writings

⠀⠀⠀ 𝐁oredom struck much earlier than expected leaving the eldest to frequently tap his pen onto one of the hotels tables 。He’s been staring at the same page for what felt like hours 。He was far from the type to indulge in books outside of research but a part of him reread his fathers journal to keep his memory fresh on the things they were hunting 。But it sucked 。That’s when he heard the blatant annoyance in the youngers voice, the edges of his lips curving upright into the smallest smirk as he hoisted himself up from his spot 。Game on 。With frequent persistence he knew he could break his brothers streak of consistency thus he made his way over to him, thick digits curling inwards as he wrapped a single arm around the tallers neck 。Said fist made contact with the others head and began to mess up his hair 。True brother hassling 。

⠀⠀⠀ ⠀❛ 𝐂’mon birds nest, let’s go out and have some fun there is an arcade down town 。 ❜

♦     Sam has always wanted a dog. However while he's known other hunters with dogs/familiars/pets, he's learned a few things about himself in regards to this. A dog to Sam represents friendship, unconditional love, loyalty, and constant companionship. Sam had the opportunity to foster and care for Riot when Dean disappeared into Purgatory and he met Amelia. That was one of the few periods in his life where Sam had stability and no real plans to return to hunting. It was upon Dean's return that Sam realized he could never put a dog in a position to live with him and Dean. There was too great a chance their dog could get hurt by something malevolent or left to wonder what happened if Dean and Sam met their untimely deaths on a hunt. Sam doesn't want the slightest chance for a dog to think the brothers simply abandoned them out of lack of care or love. He'd rather spare them all that heartbreak until such a time when stability is even a glimmer of a possibility in their future.

Character Archetype

50% Caregiver

Friendly, sincere, and compassionate, the Caregiver finds their reward in helping others. No one could ask for a better best friend.

28% Intellectual

The Intellectual is the ultimate dinner-party guest. Engaging questions and thoughtful debate are their trademarks.

22% Visionary

Leave it to others to live by the status quo. The Visionary is interested in new ways of seeing, solutions not yet imagined, products not yet built.

Premise.

I'd love a plot where someone heard about Sam's proclamation that anyone wanting to take over Hell had to go through him and makes an opening salvo to take him up on his challenge. Whoever it is would make targets of Sam (and Dean) in a calculated series of moves to take Hell as theirs.

Complications.

I'm thinking of this as more of a series of threads rather than just one. I'm thinking of it as like a seasonal arc, main big bad, type of plot so there are several complications that could be introduced. I think it would be great if the villain involved looked into the Winchesters' past (as Crowley did in Clip Show) via Chuck's books and used the intimate knowledge of them to attack them in that way. Clip Show really showed Chuck's books as a vulnerability to the Winchesters in the wrong hands and I'd love to explore that more here. For instance...they could raise Madison's ghost (as Lilith did with the witnesses) and other painful spectres of Sam's past and have them go after him. They could go after Cassie and her family. They could raid John's storage lock-up (I'm sure he had more than the one that was destroyed in s5) and use something from there like a cursed object or an ancient magical weapon. They could raise old enemies that were defeated like a titan or time god. I'm open to a lot!

Characters.

Your muse could either be an ally or the villain! We could even repurpose characters like Abaddon, any of the Titans, Ruby, etc. Specifically as allies, a Dean, Jo, Rowena, Castiel, Jack, Claire, Jodi, etc. would be good. For villains (or unlikely allies) Abaddon, Crowley, Knights of Hell, Cain, BMoL.

Addendum.

spoilers below for season 14

♦     When they moved into the Men of Letters Bunker Sam began a catalogue of all the archived material in their new home. Though there had already been a system of organization for all the lore and collected knowledge, it had not been touched in some time. Sam was able to categorize and archive a lot of the books which made up their new collective library. This was mostly done because the Men of Letters weren't hunters. They were custodians of all that knowledge. Sam needed to have an efficient way for them to access and utilize the lore they had for easier research.     Plot opportunity: Sam denoted several texts which could help them find a way to spring Adam from the Cage. He never brought any leads to Dean because he wanted a sure fire plan before they ever attempted anything. It could be possible one of those leads actually amounts to something.

♦     Sam also found a way to hack resources from existing infrastructure, such as scoring him and Dean free internet service to the Bunker (since no one could know it's location and such utilities were necessary) and hacking streaming platforms for their personal use with the help of VPNs and false accounts. Sam knew some of this already but was taught some of it by Charlie Bradbury as well.