Warm Strangers (The Next of Kin Remix) by dsudis (pg)

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Fandom: SUPERNATURAL
Pairing: none
Length: 3,650 words
Author on LJ: dsudis
Author Website: Words Words Words
Why this must be read:

This is a remix of Warm Strangers by extraonions (which I also recommend), in which a group of people Sam and Dean have saved over the years come together in Monument, CO after news of their deaths in the explosion gets out. I love stories that show the people the Winchesters have helped standing up for them and this is a good one, achy and sweet.

Warm Strangers (The Next of Kin Remix) by dsudis takes that story and tells it from Bobby's POV, so that we see Bobby get the news of the Winchester boys' deaths (and the reprieve when Dean finally calls to tell him they're still alive), and then we get to see him watch other people mourn Sam and Dean and show their appreciation for what the Winchesters have done for them. We revisit characters from the first couple of seasons of the show, and the boys get a memorial they deserve and would probably never get otherwise.

Bobby runs a thumb over the surface of the photo, worn around the edges from being kept in his wallet, and then he shoulders his way quietly up to the fence. Sure enough, it's remembrances of Sam and Dean--all jumbled together, with no attempt to give each of the boys his own shrine. There's some weird stuff--that doll would have given either of the boys the creeps, but it probably means something--but there are drawings and notes and a couple of photos, too, enough to make it unmistakable.

For a half a second, the idea flits through Bobby's mind: he could stand up in front of all these people and shout out the good news, tell them Sam and Dean are safe and well away. They can stop grieving and go home. But that wouldn't serve the boys any--if there's good that comes of this, it's that everyone who might trouble them thinks they're dead--everyone human, anyway.

To say nothing of the fact that the grief is only premature, not misplaced.

I'm kind of an easy mark when it comes to crying over stories (I cry at lots and lots of things), but I would definitely suggest having tissues handy for these two.

Warm Strangers by extraonions

and the remix:

Warm Strangers (The Next of Kin Remix) by dsudis

Don't forget to let the authors know if you enjoy the stories.

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Comments

[dameange.livejournal.com]

thank you for reccing these wonderful stories.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you enjoyed them. I hope you let the authors know!

[dameange.livejournal.com]

Yes, ma'am, I did.