crack_van | Thrice He Knocked Upon My Door by Laguera (PG-13)

Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Gen
Author on LJ:

laguera25
Author Website: Author’s fic tag on LJ.
Why this must be read: In my head, this is the way Missouri Moseley met John Winchester. It’s a great story with a spectacular Missouri POV and spot-on Winchester perceptions.

The first time Missouri Moseley sees John Winchester, he's just an indistinct figure behind the wheel of his car, arms draped loosely over the steering wheel. There's an air of possessiveness to the gesture even with the slumped shoulders and the wary observation from the dim interior of the Chevy, and she suspects that he's a man who loves his cars. If the Chevy's any indication, he loves hard. And he's a detail man.

"Well, that's sinister, isn't it?" says a voice to her left. It's coming from Mrs. Lindstrom, one of her regulars. She's a bona fide hypochondriac, and she's bundled so stoutly and fanatically against the Kansas winter that she look like the Michelin Man, with doughy rolls of white skin bulging from between layers of winter clothes. She'd come today for reassurance that her gas pains aren't the heralding pangs of oncoming colon cancer, and she doesn't have the heart to tell her that she'll never see death coming. One morning three years from now, she'll be at her grapefruit and bran flakes and drop in her bowl from a stroke. It's a truth she keeps to herself. Sometimes, there's nothing to be done.

She pats Mrs. Lindstrom on one coat-puffy shoulder. "I don't think so," she says. "He's just a tad shy like as not. Most folks are the first time they come to see me."

Thrice He Knocked Upon My Door