Loved when Dean told Sammy he was thinking too loud and the snark about whiskey going to his head. Plenty of angst and intrigue, too. I'm anxious to read the next chapter and learn more about how Brenna's parents died. I've said it before and I'll say it again: not normally a fan of OFCs but I love me some Brenna! I also think you've done a great job with the Sam POV. I know that's not normally your forte but you nailed it. I think alternating POVs can be a great storytelling tactic. Type away, you! You're on a roll (as usual)!

Author's Response:

Thanks lady! I'm jazzed that you're diggin' this. And that you like Brenna. My hope is that she reveals more about our boy than he'd reveal about himself.

I'm hoping to have the next chapter next week. When you're rollin you don't want to stop -- hard to start again, right?

Cake. ;)

GS

That's nor a boring transitional chapter, all kinds of stuff happened in there, Good snappy dialogue. Dean pain..all good

 

Author's Response:

Hooray! I guess I was thinking that they aren't fighting anything but their inner demons in this one... but you gotta set up the house of cards before you can knock it down, right?

Thanks for reading! And for the dialogue comment. That stuff can be hard to write!

*hugs Terry*

Mmmm....I agree.. they gotta be vulnerable, we're gettin pretty close though! Cool angle by the way with  the whole Dad thing.....what Brenna was saying......very deep

Author's Response:

Thanks -- glad you got the double meaning there. I like using Brenna to draw stuff out of Dean that he wouldn't normally admit. And in this story, she'll end up doing that with Sam, too.

Hope you enjoy the rest!

GS

Yay you're back!! And in one chapter I'm hooked!  Glad to have Brenna in the picture again....she definately makes things interesting. Can't wait to find out what Declan has gotten himself into this time!

Author's Response:

How exciting that you're hooked after chapter 1! I'm thrilled. :) Hee. Writing chapter 2 now. Hope to have it posted next week.

Declan's a bit of a trouble magnent. And the bad part is, he pulls others into the chaos. It always hurts more than himself.

Hope you enjoy the rest.

GS

I was so happy to see you had a new story up! I just "discovered" the first two Brenna stories. I generally don't like new characters to the Supernatural universe, but you have done a fabulous job with her. Not surprising, of course, because all of your characterizations are bang on. I love what you do with the boys and the detail with which you do it. I too loved the dryer scene, and I've been imagining Dean sleeping fitfully with one eye open ever since Sammy went AWOL. I love what you've done with Sam's character too. I think you're absolutely right that the new, darker Sam is a result of his loss of innocence and you capture it beautifully. Looking forward to the next chapter (s).....

Author's Response:

*grins* Thanks so much. I'm glad you're enjoying it and I hope you like the rest. I'm challenging myself writing the boys in Season 2 -- they alternately blow me away and gut me with their reactions to what has happened to them. I want to do the character's justice while telling an entertaining story.

If all goes well (because life has a tendency to throw some curve balls sometimes...) I'm giong to have the next chapter posted next week.

Looking forward to seeing what you think!

GS

Aw man, I spent way to long writing this review and wasn't the first...*sigh* Anyway:

Dean sat Indian-style on top of the dryer, his eyes momentarily breaking from their guardian-like observation of his brother standing outside in the darkened parking lot, and resting on the spinning laundry in the clear-fronted washing machines across from him. His legs crossed at the ankles, the soles of his boots were anchoring him, the sleeves of his grey Henley pushed up to his elbows, his arms resting on his knees. He held his right hand in his left hand, unconsciously twisting the silver ring on his right ring finger in much the same way he’d seen his father do when lost in thought.

Whenever they were forced to visit a laundromat, he heard Steve Perry’s distinct wail in his head: they say that the road ain’t no place to start a family. It probably wasn’t the best place to raise one either, but it had always worked just fine for Dean. As long as he made sure John had stopped frequently enough that their clothes remained in decent shape – especially when Sam had been young and Dean was able to pass down his outgrown clothes for a second use – and that they had enough food when John left on a hunt, they’d done just fine.

I love you for those two paragraphs alone. See, I do that, I sit on dryers. And the song Faithfully, my dad would play for me, because he was on the road a lot. When I started writing Supernatural I always thought that would be a fitting song for the Winchesters *huge grin*

Laughed at the puppy line. Can’t really see the boys with a puppy. Dean would probably just stare at it and Sam would be making baby talk to it the whole time. Anyway I digress…

Loved this part:

“Damnit, Sam,” Dean said in a soft voice. “Don’t you know when to quit?”

Sam shook his head. “No.”

Dean sighed and rubbed a hand over his eyes. “Why not?”

“’Cause you taught me everything I know.”

That bar fight was intense! Brenna is back. I loved how you used John's phone to get them this hunt and Dean's reason for being pissed. And poor Dean is down. Whiskey upside the head is no way to take it.  

I saw the alert for this in my inbox and ran. So good to have you back. *smile*

 

Author's Response:

I love your reviews. Love them. I am a nervous wreck every time I post, but now I'm just excited to finish the next part and post it.

Thanks for making me smile. I laughed at the image of Dean staring at the puppy while Sam talked baby talk. So true! And YAY for the Faithfully love. Hee.

I hope you enjoy the rest...

GS