Le Chant Des Oiseaux

[charredwood.livejournal.com]

Title: Le Chant Des Oiseaux
Author: charredwood
Genre: Gen
Rating: PG-13
Word count: ~20, 700
Warnings: Self-Harm, Bloody Imagery, Language
Summary: The spring Sam turned twelve spawned a summer of vicious heat. Dean spent most of it bored out of his mind, while Sam whiled away the hours poring over books of birds. One stifling hot summer night, Dean finds a feather, gifting it to Sam. Years later, angry at Sam's flight to Stanford, Dean burns the feather Sam had returned to him.

A year since Sam fell into the Pit, Dean sleep walks through a parody of suburban life with Lisa and Ben. Nights he isn't crawling into a bottle, he spends grieving in the Impala. Castiel appears there one night with a barely alive Sam, refusing all questions. A year more passes as Dean struggles to care for a hell damaged Sam who eventually reaches relative lucidity.

A normal night suddenly turns bloody and violent in the patchwork household. In the swirling aftermath, Sam's youthful fixation on birds rears its head once more as Dean discovers the stunning choice Sam made to replace that simple feather and how it will save all their lives.

Le Chant Des Oiseaux

Comments

[doctorinchains.livejournal.com]

I have no words....this was so marvelously crafted from beginning to end. This is undoubtedly one of the best fics I've read in any fandom. The imagery of the feather and the birds really worked and the brothers' closeness was beautifully demonstrated. I loved your take on the cage, as well. Thank you so much for a truly wonderful read. *mems*

[charredwood.livejournal.com]

I am floored and flattered by your heartwarming comment :')

I am so pleased that everything came together for you! It is so lovely to hear that it all threaded together like I'd hoped.

I was very nervous about the twist on the cage would seem to out of left field, so yay that it contextually worked for you.

Truly, thank you for your lovely and kind words <33!

[sylvia37.livejournal.com]

Amazing. Seriously, one of the best post season 5 fics I've read. I wanted to scream along with Dean through the whole thing in trying to understand Sam and shake answers out of Castiel. I loved it from start to finish and your characterizations were spot on.

Really awesome job.

[charredwood.livejournal.com]

Gosh, thank you ever so much!

Poor Dean - trying so hard for Sam :) Thankfully, Sam came through in the end!

Its so, so pleasing to hear that you enjoyed the characterizations - I was very nervous about them.

So glad you enjoyed the story, THANK YOU <3!