I went to add this to my favorites list and guess what? It’s already there. I loved this both times I read it. :)

So good! :)

I love this fic so much. Their characters are so written. I felt like I shouldn't have laughed because this is what some people go through, but goodness I laughed so hard reading this fic. It was just the right balance of Dean-and-Sam-ness and the whole awkwardness of some situations. Brilliant.

A great that you showed the progress of how Dean and Sam was coping.

So good.

This is both heartbreaking and adorable. I love it.

:) very sweet

One of the boys being blind, even briefly, would make a really good episode

Such a heartwarmng story. Love it!

Believe it or not I have only recently discovered Supernatural (yes, I knew it was there, I just ignored it.) and so have only started reading the fanfics. I must say, you captured the early Sam/Dean relationship here. I can see Dean not accepting his handicap and I can see Sam trying to neither mother nor smother his big brother.
Love the addition of the puppy. She lets Dean show his marshmallow insides. I also have three older brothers and have worked for GM so the language is familiar and almost commonplace for me.
Well done. I promise to read more of your work.

Mom

Perfect. This perfect! Brilliant concept and portrayal of the brothers. And so sad :(

So, hey, looks like you wrote this like, forever ago, but then I was thinking, hey, I like it when people review my old stories, so maybe this person still checks that stuff too. Just wanted to say that your writing style is absolutely delightful. Very precise, not too much fluff (whatever that means). And I love your sense of humor, and Sam and Dean are wonderfully in character. You've probably heard (read?) all this before from other reviewers, gosh, I wish I could come up with something more useful. This was all kinds of adorable, and hilarious, and I think the "I'm just gonna cuddle it" scene had me laughing for a solid five minutes.

This is so, so perfect. Everything was so true to character, and I just couldn't stop laughing. Keep up the good work! :)

Poor blind Dean! This is actually one of the worst permanent ailments Dean could acquire, imo. He could never hunt again, maybe he can do research like you had him doing here, but he'd never be satisfied with just that.

I love that they got a puppy! Sam is really trying hard here and doing a great job. I love how your characters in your stories have such realistic reactions and attitudes. Nothing is ever easily resolved, but there is always so much apparent love, that we have hope that it will eventually get better.

Dean may never see clearly again, but they are adapting and learning how to find happiness. It was beautiful.

The best thing I've read in a long, long time. Even though it's years since it was published, I loved every word. I've read a couple other fics that deal with blindness, in Supernatural and other fandoms, but yours is by far more genuine, in character and just plain realistic! So many of these fics lack the realism and depth that really comes with such a debilitating accident/disease, and you see some authors whipping out cancer as a plot device - just no. Yours is so brilliantly refreshing. If I am being brutally honest, I wanted more angst, and I felt Dean would've cracked much sooner than he did - even though he actually did, something else I also appreciate about your story - and the logical side of me is saying that John would have made an appearance. But I don't really care, your story is just too good to be concerned with petty things like that.

I don't know how much writing/life experience you have but you come across a very seasoned writer. Your story is very technically accurate and you are very apt with your punctuation etc and consequently communicate the tone of your writing very well. Nice vocab too, there a real wealth of words here but nothing too tricky - people who aren't avid readers can also read your fic with ease. Your writing in general just flows well and there are no bumps or surprise moments in the story, even it occurs over time and you jump to different scenes. I think it just goes to show you are obviously a talented writer because there was hardly any plot to keep me on my toes, it was just all about Sam and Dean and how they were trying to adjust and even though your fic is so long and I just read every word until I reached the end.

My absolute favourite scene is the short one where Dean says Sam will do all the hard work in looking after Grace, while Dean will just cuddle her, and then Sam laughs and Dean accidentally hits him and then Grace pees on Sam’s shoe! I was in fits! So unbelievably funny, for a moment I couldn’t control myself and laughed really loudly out loud and my sister shot me a concerned look! It was brilliant, and inside I’m dancing because it means you can also write humour well and for me that’s my sign of a good author: one who can write both the angst and the heavy, meaty stuff but can also balance it with good banter and light touches to the atmosphere – which you can! Another thing that struck me was how easy the banter came across to me in this, as it should. And when you used the whole “Jerk”, “Bitch” thing it didn’t seem desperate, as it does to me in other stories where people struggle to come up with good dialogue of their own.

You also did your research! Unless you have personal experience – everything seemed accurate (if not, you have me fooled) and I couldn’t find any gaping holes. It had actually never crossed my mind that Dean couldn’t pay for things because he couldn’t see the bills – very impressed you picked that up! And just the little things, like counting along the buttons on the DVD player. There is great detail packed in here.

Um, I think that’s me. Haha, I hope you don’t mind the long review! I can get carried away if I find a story that’s really good… Oh, and how in the HELL do you not have more reviews? People are crazy, I see mindless drivel all the time that’s about 500 words and badly punctuated and horribly out of character with 50 reviews – madness! I love uncovering true gems like this. Makes all the trawling worthwhile! Overall, a very accomplished piece, and I really appreciate you sharing it with us. Keep writing!

All the best,

Haylz x