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I'm about to take my first step on this long journey, Ten Thousand Miles, last year's Big Bang by

mimblexwimble.

I've put it off long enough. Each time I clicked on that fic I backed off when I reached this line - It’s 3:19 AM and the last time Dean ever sees Sam.

It's not that I don't do sad. Some of my favourite fics ever are actually death fics that made me bawl like a baby - When It's Over by

wynter_rebel, We Were Twenty by

elohvee, White Ladder by

tru_faith_lost, to name a few.

But that line up there is just so depressing, even more so than

elohvee's It's sunny the day he buries his brother.

Maybe because that line implies that Dean will never ever find out what happens to his brother? I don't know, but no matter how many glowing recs that fic received, I had never managed to get past that line.

But today, I'm determined to read that story. And if the fic is as good as all the recs said, then I'll probably going to be this sobbing mess by the end of it.

ETA : Yes, I am a sobbing wreck now. Flawless writing, 10/10, but the jury's still out on the story per se because I'm an absolute mess now. One thing's for sure though, I will not forget this story for a long, long time.

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I love death!fics but even for me, this story is a bit much. Oh it was good, there's no mistake about that, very good actually, but it's filled to the brim with despair and loneliness and grief. It's like the episode of 'I know what you did last summer' but with Dean on the receiving end, him pining and grieving for his brother. It's a tragic story.

I know Layne, this fic is good. Otherwise, you wouldn't rec it. :D

But I already felt depressed looking at Jensen's sad face at those airport pics. I'm sure, I will imagine his face while I'm reading it.