I've always liked Faith. This is a perfect bridge. I know Dean hated the hospital and had "accepted" his so called fate except for Sam and then his expression when he arrived at the hotel room. I just absolutely adored the story. I can feel their emotions leaping off the page. Awesome!

I have to say, I love this. Everything from Dean's POV, but you captured his failing body, snark, caring for Sammy quite well. I can see him resenting the hospital. And Sam crying, breaking down in the middle of the night. The brief time of just being brothers, and Dean knowing that it was going to come to an end soon.

Very good insight into the thoughts and feelings of Dean on the ride to see Roy!

Awesome fic, and loved that you filled in the time between Dean checking himself out of the hospital and arriving at the motel room and them getting to Roy Le Grange. You got both boys emotions spot on, especially Sam sobbing in the bathroom and Dean staying where he was so Sam could keep up his illusion. Could so imagine it all playing out in my head as I read it. A real gem of a missing scene, you may have written this 8 and a half years ago but so glad I eventually found it!

Good!

I enjoyed this, it felt natural, and in character. :)
-Mal

Wow, really well done.

This was breaking my heart: "Maybe he had some stuff he’d like to say to the brother who had gone away, maybe he’d like to spend some last few precious days trying to tell Sam everything he couldn’t say before . . . ." *tear*

Loved this bit of irony: "It was against the doctor’s strenuous advice, of course, with much head shaking and warnings of everything that could go wrong (I’m dying, how much more wrong could it go?)"

This was such a poignant description: "His heart, his broken, failing heart, thudded in his chest, beating away to count off the seconds and minutes he had left in this world." And this: "If this was what it felt like to be old, he was glad he wasn’t going to be around for it." Poor Dean!

LOVED this: "What Dean had thought was his pillow actually turned out to be Sam’s leg, and Sam’s arm was draped protectively over Dean’s shoulder. His first instinct was to pull away. Except he was warm, and comfortable, and moving would take too much work. So he went back to sleep." Such a sweet image.

And loved Sam not letting Dean kid himself that he'd be just fine without him: “I know. You’ll be okay, though, Sam. It’ll be all right.” “No it won’t,” he said, his voice low. “Not ever.”

The image of Sam crying in the bathroom was really haunting. You did a great job with this fic, fitting it in seamlessly with the episode. Nicely done!

Wow - I loved that! The nurse squeezing Dean's shoulder, talking in the dark because that conversation was easier in the dark, Sam crying in the bathroom... It was so well written and so angsty without one drop of fluff.

I have read a lot of Faith tags and that was definately my favourite so far.

TTFN, Supernoodle x

Just adding my two cents of agreement with everyone else-your fic filled in the blanks beautifully, stayed so true to character for both Dean and Sam, and just made my heart ache. Thanks!

This was lovely. Your take on Dean feels so spot-on with what we saw in 'Faith' - his acceptance of his encroaching death, which isn't necessarily the same as him wanting to die, but rather his understanding that this is the kind of life he lives. It was a facet of his character that fascinated me, and you've done a wonderful job of fleshing it out here. Just lovely.

You're right. There has been a ton of fics done on this episode, but I think you've done just about the best version of all of them.

This: "Sam, however, was another story. How did he deal with it for Sammy? He hadn’t quite figured that one out yet." was absolute gold, so telling of Dean and just completely en pointe with the characterization. (imho) I don't know how to tell you how perfect that simple sentence really is.

And Sammy crying in the dark. *clutches heart*

Its a shame you haven't more reviews. Its a real masterpiece.

Cheers,

Sera

That Dean has accepted the fact that he's not going to get an old age is so very much in character for him. I honestly wish we had gotten to see this road trip in cannon because it must have been just one giant ball of angst for the boys. Lovely fic.

good missing scenes... this was one of those shows that needed to be 2 hours to fit in everything we would like to see... good job

Beautifully written.

I had to cry with Sam. Very good work though.