Fic: SN (Samverse), "A Matter of Choice"

[lonetread]

Samverse doubledrabble set during "Swan Song". Major spoilers, of course. And I didn't get all I wanted to address addressed in this one -- and I had to cut it down from about 260 words as it is! -- so I'm expecting this to be the first of two. We'll see how it goes; this one was hard enough! Enjoy.

“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” -- William Jennings Bryan 

A Matter of Choice

At first, it’s like light coming through fog. Just a tiny hole in the wall barricading Sam in the back of his own mind, but it gives Sam the strength to fight.

He’s fought to inhabit his body before, after all; he’s suddenly perfectly sure he can do it again, now, when it matters more than ever.

He focuses on Dean’s rambling reassurances, on Dean – and emerges, gasping, from the fog. His body solid around him again, his.

“I’ve got him,” he says, and it’s true. He can feel Lucifer angrily pounding away, and it takes half his concentration to not lose the ground he’s gained, but he has the upper hand now.

He fishes the rings from his pocket, the Latin spilling out easily between gasps.

At the sight of the hole, he’s scared despite himself. Allows himself to be distracted by Michael calling his name, trying to convince him to stop.

“It’s my destiny!” Michael says over the wind.

Screw destiny, Sam thinks, not for the first time.

And he closes his eyes and prepares to jump.

(When Michael runs at him, taking him down with him is simply instinct. And maybe destiny of a sort, after all.)

Comments

[dime-for-12.livejournal.com]

Well, jesus, let's just make me start crying all over again, shall we? ;_;

Beautiful, though, and it's amazing what you do cover in just a couple hundred words. So succinct and true to the characters.

<3

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

*sits back and just* wow. Fabulous work and in such a short space. Succinct and to the point. I like it. :-) I really like the insight into Sam here. Loverly work.

[scorpiod1.livejournal.com]

EEEEE! I just read the entire verse and I adore it! I think my favorite is the one with the kid in the library, that one just warmed my heart all over! And I also adored Sam meeting Castiel; you could feel how wonderful it was for Sam to hear that. And I absolutely love the slight difference in this one, with Sam getting back control of his body; he's done this before and he can do it again. Brilliant <3