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Title: A Keycard, Not a Key
Author: justinedelarge
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Wincest
Word Count: 440
Disclaimer: I don't own what I don't own.
Summary: Sam and Dean have it all. Sometimes, that's too much, not enough.


They retired from the life without a shred of guilt, set up a nice little house on ten acres, with a huge organic garden for Sam, where he grew every kind of fruit, vegetable, nut and legume the climate would allow, extended with the greenhouse Dean had built for Sam’s 35th birthday. He even made wine during some years, purple-black Syrah which he bottled with a  hand-operated corker, emblazoned with a simple black wine label with the anti-possession symbol in black, and the words Winchester Winery.

There was a repair shop for Dean, complete with a machining section where he got to show everyone what a genius he really was, engineering and fabricating complex and beautiful parts. Sam wrote books now, meticulously researched tomes that were considered the new gold standard for supernatural lore.

They had the best mattress money could buy, a nice wide California King to accommodate them and their two dogs, a custom  bed frame and headboard that never so much as squeaked, with concealed O-rings and for hooking restraints that could take the full force of Sam or Dean tugging with all his strength. They had central air and heat, a fireplace in the living room and the bedroom, a full larder, a wine cellar, and a commercial Wolf gas range. On the master bedroom’s deck was a beautiful redwood hot tub, large enough for both of them to stretch out, where they could soak with a drink in their hand, dogs napping on the dog beds set out on the redwood planks, surveying their property as dusk turned to real country dark and the fireflies came out to dance.

They had everything they could ever want. Keys to the castle.

But every now and again, they both got that itch. They called a trusted friend to come dogsit and guard the property, and they hopped in the Impala for a road trip. Canned soda and beer nuts as they drove, cold beer and hamburgers at a diner, wet sloppy side-of-the-road blow jobs. And the real destination. The motel. With its stiff plastic keycard. Shots of whiskey straight from the bottle and sweetfilthy motel sex on the stiff sheets. And rough carpet. And in the shower, faucet sputtering under the weak, erratic water pressure. Falling asleep in each other’s arms, bare skin daubed blue and red from the neon lights shining through the thin polyester curtains.

They always came back so happy and relaxed, their friend assumed they had stayed at a nice B&B or done one of those ranch work vacations.

Sam and Dean never mentioned they’d never gone farther than 100 miles from home.

Date: 2013-09-04 02:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deansdirtybb.livejournal.com
Ack - I love this! This is so their version of happily ever after.

Date: 2013-09-04 04:08 am (UTC)

Date: 2013-09-04 03:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kazluvsbooks.livejournal.com
Excellent. Loved every word.

Date: 2013-09-04 04:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] justinedelarge.livejournal.com
I'm so pleased. With flash fiction like this, every word counts, and I was very careful with them. Thank you!

Date: 2013-09-04 04:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] masja-17.livejournal.com
Yes, this is them!

Date: 2013-09-04 05:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aerynsun5.livejournal.com
Woo hoo! Great job. But where did they grt the funds for their swank new life (the seed money)? Credit card fraud? ;D

Date: 2013-09-04 10:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] justinedelarge.livejournal.com
Part of the answer to that is that Sam's books sell quite well. I can't tell you the other part yet, because the part of my other story that deals with it hasn't happened yet.

Date: 2013-09-05 05:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aerynsun5.livejournal.com
Ahh. I figured they could keep it going, I just wasn't sure how they got the ball rolling. Looking forward to what comes next.

Date: 2013-09-04 10:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackrabbit42.livejournal.com
This is so perfect, and my headcannon 100%. Two years ago I put this exact prompt out there somewhere- I'm so glad the universe sent my request to you somehow!

:)

Date: 2013-09-04 09:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] justinedelarge.livejournal.com
How funny! Well, I guess I sensed it and filled your prompt!

Date: 2013-09-05 12:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frndlyghst.livejournal.com
enjoyed the story and your writing. It's a bit of a shock to think of Sam ever being 35... i actually binge-watched the series about 2 years ago once it came on Netflix. Then rewatched it. Then found the fanfiction. Am now trying to write some to deal with the emotional attachment to the characters...I know many of you may have spent the whole 9 years with the boys. What an amazing story their relationship is. :) Whatever happens on the show, we now get this to keep in our heads. Thank you!

Thank you!

Date: 2013-09-05 04:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] justinedelarge.livejournal.com
BTW, if you only ever watched Supernatural on Netflix, you were cheated out of a major part of the show, because they did not use a lot of the classic rock songs that were used in the show/on the DVDs. I highly recommend you track down someone who owns the DVDs, or just spring for the first couple of seasons, and then resell them if you want. The real songs they used are such a huge part of the show. It's really worth it.

And yes, it's funny how some of us have to start writing Supernatural fanfiction to deal with our emotional attachment to the characters. I approve wholeheartedly!

Date: 2013-09-06 05:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] imaginecoolname.livejournal.com
Aww, how absolutely wonderful! This is exactly what I want for them and what I could definitely see them doing. A perfect future vision of our boys. Thank you. :)

Date: 2013-09-06 05:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] justinedelarge.livejournal.com
I've resigned myself to the fact that the show itself is not going to give me what I need from the story, and I'm just writing those things myself now. :) Thank you!

Date: 2013-09-07 04:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ousoonerfan.livejournal.com
Freakin loved this...This is my canon :)

Date: 2013-09-07 04:20 pm (UTC)

Date: 2013-09-08 10:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] samisan76.livejournal.com
One word: Canon!

Date: 2013-09-08 11:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] justinedelarge.livejournal.com
In my 'verse it is!

Date: 2013-11-14 02:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deezy-y.livejournal.com
I think that this is a Sam/Dean lover's dream. Made my heart happy. :)

Date: 2013-11-14 06:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] justinedelarge.livejournal.com
It's certainly MY dream. I'm so glad. I want to make hearts happy.

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