Fusion (Master Post)

[ratherastory]

Title: Fusion (Master Post)
Prompt/Summary: This is a 'verse that started out as a single comment-fic, prompted by roque_clasique at a Dean-focused h/c comment-fic meme over at hoodie_time. The original prompt is here, and went thusly: Dean fucks up his knee one too many times and either has to amputate or fuse it, so he chooses to have it fused.
So the prompt kind of grew in my head, and turned into a Sam-comes-back-from-hell story, and then it kind of became a curtain!fic, and then it became a 'verse. Each story can mostly stand alone, although it helps if you read the first one, so you know the basic premise.
Characters: mainly Sam 'n' Dean, a bunch of OCs, and quite possibly some canon characters might pop up later.
Rating: Will vary from fic to fic, please check out individual headers
Disclaimer: I'm holding out hope that I might get them for Christmas this year. Until then, none of 'em are mine.
Warnings: Will vary from fic to fic, please check out individual headers

Fusion
Summary: Prompt: Dean fucks up his knee one too many times and either has to amputate or fuse it, so he chooses to have it fused. He can walk with little-to-no pain, but he underestimated how incredibly frustrating it is to have a permanently unbendable leg -- everything is a challenge; sitting, climbing stairs, getting comfortable in bed, and he can't even drive.

In from the Rain
Summary: The whole town knows that sometimes, Sam Winchester doesn't have the good sense to come in out of the rain.

The Han Solo Guide to Successful Retirement
Summary: Dean comes down with the ‘flu, and the world doesn’t end.

Only Found Another Orphan
Summary: Sam and Dean have an unexpected encounter one day at the bookstore.

Mock the Midnight Bell
Summary: In which Sam 'n' Dean have a long-overdue chick-flick moment in the wee hours of the morning. We all know Dean secretly likes 'em. ;)

And Death's Dark Shadows Put To Flight
Summary: Sam goes missing shortly before Christmas, and Dean manages not to freak out completely.

Home to My Heart
Summary: Chronologically set before And Death's Dark Shadows Put To Flight. Dean has to go away for a few days, and leaves Sam in the care of a friend.

Simple Misadventure
Summary: A simple coffee run goes wrong, because accidents can happen to anyone, at any time... Chronologically set after And Death's Dark Shadows Put To Flight.

Out of the Light
Summary: Set right after Simple Misadventure. Sam isn't sure what's real anymore.

A Brief Visit
Summary: Margery pays Sam a visit, mostly because she's curious about the mysterious new friend who is supposed to be looking after him while Dean is off in the city training his new helper dog. Set between Home to My Heart and And Death's Dark Shadows Put To Flight.



BONUS FIC!

The lovely an talented lavinialavender has written a ficlet set in the same 'verse (though I will not be taking it into account when writing my own stuff —much simpler for me that way). Simple Gifts, in which Bobby pays the boys a visit. It's a very sweet look at the boys through Bobby's eyes. :)

Comments

[rezuri.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I just found it and I love it! I hope you're planning on adding more, because this series is so wonderful and... gah! *incoherent love* :-)

Okay, okay, stuff I loved about it... The small-town mentality; as someone who lives in one, I can say that you've got it down perfectly. I'm really enjoying your OCs and find myself wishing to see more from their POV, and not just from Sam and Dean.

The care that you've taken in portraying Dean's disability and Sam's mental illness is just so wonderfully done. The part with Sam having an "if lost, please call..." tag around his neck was just so sad, it made me tear up. But I wonder if Dean should just invest in one of those tracking devices that they make nowadays, considering how often Sam wanders off.

I liked Castiel's brief cameo. His solemnity and being so touched by Sam's acceptance into his family was really sweet.

But anyway, write more soon? :-)

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yes, I am absolutely going to be writing more in this 'verse. I have several kernels of ideas that will one day be stories.

People have suggested already that Dean get Sam a tracking chip, but those things are expensive and probably illegal to put in humans. ;)

[rezuri.livejournal.com]

They're actually not illegal. There was a little autistic boy in my area who wandered off last winter and died, and now the medical community is really putting a push on for tracking devices for people with dementia and Alzheimer's and the like. :-)

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Huh. Well, good to know. I'll have to look into it, I guess.

[rezuri.livejournal.com]

I should also add that I don't think it's something that would be implanted directly into someone's skin. From what I've read, it's more along the lines of a bracelet, or something sewn into the person's clothes.