These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty

Title: Wear and Tear
Author: superbadgirl
Category: AU, Halloween story, MotW, Angst
Season/Spoiler: S4
Rating: R
Word Count: 10,993
Summary: Dean and Sam are hunting an unknown cryptid, struggling to find balance within themselves and with each other after Dean's return from Hell.

Author's Notes: I did it! I'm not sure I accomplished what I wanted to completely, but I friggin' finished this before Halloween was over. Despite the 2.5 hours of sleep last night, and the fact my power kept cutting out on me tonight. This fic is mostly me trying to make up for the lack of Sam so far in S4. I've no doubt it's coming, but I'm impatient. It's obviously AU, as we got Halloween last night. Not betaed, but only because I literally just finished it. Please do let me know what needs fixing.

“We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar…” ~~ William James

( Wear and Tear )

Title: Sweet Caroline
Author: superbadgirl
Category: Horror/Mystery, A/A, H/C, Case Fic
Season/Spoiler: mid to late S1
Rating: R
Word Count: 5,374 this chapter/57,900, all told
Summary: Dean and Sam head to a small Minnesota town to investigate the mysterious death of a college student. They struggle to put together the pieces and end the hunt before anyone else gets killed.

Author's Notes: My thanks to ldyanne for the alpha and encouragement, and to meg_tdj for the beta. Any remaining mistakes are mine.

Disclaimer: I don't own Dean or Sam. Pity. I do own the OCs. Pity that, too. ;)

Prologue

( Chapter One )