You captured Dean's difficulty adjusting so well. I loved all the authentic details even down to I'm finding it difficult to get in the shower. I loved how he avoided the donut that bled red.

Oh. My. God. This was so freaking awesome.

Yeah, it's a departure for you, to end a story so hopelessly, but it's so GOOD. You captured so well what it must have been like for Dean after the violence and purity of Purgatory, and then, just as he's beginning to come back to earth, to realize what Sam had (and hadn't) done ... GOD.

Well done, well done.

Dean did have a hard time getting back to the present earth.

Great story.

Yeah that's why i disliked season 8 and the Dean from purgatory, with a passion. there were alot of good times later in that season but overall, it was my least favorite season.
And even though this tag was sad, it personified dean's state of mind.

Nicely done.

Nicely done, getting into Dean's headspace: sensory overload, physical dissociation, confusion, and the looping comparisons to Purgatory. I appreciate how you focus the grief and anger at Sam for not coming to Dean's rescue, how Dean needs to make things black and white.

Thanks for writing. You got me right in the feels, as usual. :)

I find that I still have contempt for this episode and much of this time period during the show (it was so badly done that someone should have been demoted for it)... but I always enjoy your writing. You know how to do justice to Sam and Dean. You have the gift. Our boys deserve the best.

Whenever I want to read supernatural fanfic that I know I love, I come back to your fanfic page... Thanks for your stories !

Oh, I totally love this. It's what we needed to see - there wasn't enough on-screen (of course there wasn't!) of Dean's post-Purgatory reactions/mood. We got a bit of it, but this really filled in the rest of it.

Masterfully done!

(And I kinda miss the Purgatory stuff, too - should've gotten more of it!)

You do such a fantastic job depicting Dean's disorientation, both physically and emotionally, as he finds himself back in the world. Such a difficult time of both reunion and disappointment from his POV...

Nice glimpse into Dean's possible thoughts during this time. Well done.
It will always be so bizarre to me how the writers did something so weird here... and set us up waiting to find out how it would all makes sense... and then just abandoned it and didn't bother to have it make any sense at all. So bizarre. A blight on my beloved show inflicted by the writers. But fortunately Sam and Dean, now in season 11, and all things Winchester and Supernatural, are as amazing and wonderful as ever!

I was so excited to see another story of yours- your writing is always spot on for me. As to this specific story, I was very glad you gave us Dean's POV. I think i was more disappointed in Sam than what Dean was portrayed as being. I spent all of season 8 so angry with him! (Of course the season 8 finale was my all time favorite, I just wanted to hear Sam say those things sooner). Anyway, I am eager to see your next offering, I hope it too gives me more of what I wish I had seen in the show's script. It was kind of you to let us know this is not all of what you have to add. For the record, i am not a Sam hater, I love the brothers equally. I just needed more from both's perspective. Thanks for giving that to me!

Wow...this is amazing. You are such a great writer. And I love how you write our boys. You're awesome

You're right it was rather sad... but I'm content to know that at one point Dean did learn that Sam had believed him to be in Heaven and therefore stopped trying to get him back. And I'm already looking forward to your next piece. Thanks for writing and sharing! D.