Like Rembrandts

[vanimadin]

I typically write in 12-point Arial font in Word, and at those settings Horror High was almost 50 pages (so far.) But I am aware that most sites (including AO3) operate at a slightly smaller font size, so to give me a more accurate idea of how long HH will actually end up being I switched to 11-point Arial instead, so now it's down to 42 pages (again, so far), which is still respectable and also WAY longer than I originally intended. Go New Meds Brain! :D;;

I have another one-shot in the series, called Counting Scars, that I'm going to be writing after Cheap Motel. It takes place about five years after Horror High and Cheap Motel, and about seven years before The Road So Far, and is very similar to Cheap Motel, just with the boys about 23 years old and Dean a lot more hardened to the world after some time of serious Hunting. Then the end is Cas being called to his duties as an angel finally, so it explains why he vanishes and is MIA in the seven years between then and The Road So Far. Also there's smut.

Anyway, I'm still chugging along. Started a SPN rewatch from Episode One the other day so I have lots of inspiration right now. Here, have another (very short) blurb:

“I see the way you look at each other,” Sam told him almost idly, then continued; “it’s okay if you’re in love with him, you know.” He didn’t even glance up from the shirt he was folding. “I’m pretty sure he loves you, too.”

Cas didn’t jump or jolt at the words, but he did blink several times and give Sam a surprised look. Sam didn’t flinch, just kept folding laundry. Cas looked away, eyes turning downward, and was silent for a long couple of minutes before he licked his lips and managed weakly, “I don’t think he can love me, Sam. With his life, with the way things are for him.”

Sam scoffed at that. “Just because he’s a Hunter doesn’t mean he can’t love. And the way he looks at you…” Trailing off a little, the younger boy laughed softly; “he looks at you like people look at Rembrandts or the Sistine Chapel. Like you’re the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen. I’ve never… seen my brother this way before, the way he is with you.” Finally Sam spared a glance over to give Cas a little smile, “I think he might even give up Hunting for you, if you asked him to. And that’s something I never thought I’d say.”

“I could never ask him to do that.” Cas shook his head, “being a Hunter is everything to him.”

“Not everything.” Sam corrected knowingly.