Night Terrors

[dizzojay]

NIGHT TERRORS

Genre: mild angst
Rating K+
Character: Dean Winchester
Spoilers/warnings: spoilers for 1.04 - Phantom Traveller
Word count: 100
Disclaimer: Don't own, sorry!

This little snippet is dedicated to a certain scene in 'Phantom Traveller';a scene which I utterly and wholly blame for my hopelessly pathetic Supernatural obsession.  Every fanfic I've written, every single name on my F-list here, every single penny I've spent at conventions; it can all be traced back to fifteen jaw-dropping seconds at the beginning of this episode.

Damn you Kripke ...

Even at rest, he is never 'at rest'.

Sprawled long and lean across the motel bed, the sweeping curve of his spine is taut beneath the black T-shirt that enfolds it.

Sheets kicked aside during a night of restless motion, are knotted around bare legs muscled and tightened by a lifetime of danger.

Beneath his pillow, slender fingers are closed around the hilt of his knife, secreted there for peace of mind which doesn't come.

He is a coiled spring.

Wary eyes snap open and the last vestiges of tormented sleep recede as Sam arrives bearing caffeine.

As if he needs it.

xxxxx

end

Comments

[sasha-dragon.livejournal.com]

Wow! just wow, in those few words you've captured the essence of Dean. The constant awareness and tension he carries with him always.

Also I really loved the introduction, and yes I totally blame that fifteen seconds for firmly cementing my obsession with all things Winchester.

[metallidean-grl.livejournal.com]

Very funny. Little did they know when they filmed that scene that it would long be a scene for increasing objectification on our little fangirl hearts over these last years. Oh Jensen, the curve of your spine, such a wonder to behold.

So very true, this story. When at rest, Dean is rarely truly at rest. Always the soldier, always on guard. Perhaps it is all the caffeine drips that Dean gets all the time that seems to help keep him on edge. Perish the thought of him every having to go a day, week or month without his caffeine. He would probably be a mess. Loved this.

[just-ruth.livejournal.com]

Ah, wonderful! I fell for the show with "Phantom Traveller" too - although mine was because there was a series of scenes that made me shout at the television . LOL

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed this, and I'm much relieved that I don't seem to be the only one whose descent into the gutter was kickstarted by this scene.

Very reassuring :)

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's not often that I could admit to being jealous of bedlinen but ...

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Indeed, my eager eyes have traced that lucious curve many a time ...
I blame the menopause - although it could be that I'm just a pervert ...

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

It's great that we've all got our stories of how we became hooked!

[metallidean-grl.livejournal.com]

I think we are all just red-blooded women, that appreciate a good looking man, and appreciate a good looking man with a very very very fine form. Nothing wrong with that, I say.

[leighannwallace.livejournal.com]

Whoa. Very nice.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank you x