I want to put off *disappointment* as long as possible. If it's bad, I don't want to know now, because right now I can still imagine all the lovely ways it *could* go if I were the boss of everything.

This.

I still want to write a not!coda that's just Dean's trip between Bobby's and Lisa's. Sort of a farewell tour of places he and Sam have been together or something.

See, I don't think he'd have been able to do that on the way from Bobby's to Lisa's. I think he would have been on autopilot until he'd done what Sam had told him to do.

I'd like you to write a not-coda about a farewell tour of places he and Sam had been together after he and Lisa decide to take a break, or she sends him away alone for a few weeks to think over if he's really ready to stop hunting and settle down, or things with her don't work out and he doesn't know what else to do. If, you know, I get to request.

I think he would have been on autopilot until he'd done what Sam had told him to do.

See, in my mind, he has to say goodbye, has to let it sink in all the places Sam is not, before he actually show up at her door. Because once he gets there, he knows he can't balk. Because he promised Sam. So he needs to be ready to knock on that door.

Season 3, Round 2, Bracket #1/2:

• It's just, I wish you would drop the show and be my brother again, 'cause... just 'cause.
• I lost my shoe.
• First thing you have to know is we have the coolest dad in the world. He's a superhero.
• I don't want to die. And I don't want to go to hell.

Bracket #2/2:

• Right, you're a mind reader. Cut it out, Sam... Sam! You think you're funny but you're being really, really childish! - Sam Winchester wears makeup. Sam Winchester cries his way through sex. Sam Winchester keeps a ruler by the bed and every morning when he wakes up..... Okay, enough!
• Sam and Dean Winchester were in the chopper when it caught on fire. Nothing's left. Can't even identify 'em with dental records. Rest in peace, guys. 9:6
• What do you say we kill some evil sons of bitches and raise a little hell?
• Just--bring him back. Please.

I think the problem with that is, maybe, there's a lot surrounding that to fix first, you know?

Just write a double-size coda. Spend a little less time dwelling on how Dean had to leave Lisa to get back to Sam (because we all know that's what happened), and then wham! Castiel comes back.

Or, Castiel comes back and tells Sam to go get Dean from Lisa. I have actually seen that, but it wasn't D/C. Or Castiel comes back and tells Dean to find Sam and fix him. Or Dean finds a fallen Castiel.

OR SOMETHING.

Man, just feed me, ficwriters.

Castiel comes back and tells Sam to go get Dean from Lisa.

Oooh. I like that very much.

Dude, I'm tempted to get this just because of their name.

Although if stand back and squint it could almost be Dean and Cassie on the cover.

Oooh. I like that very much.

Free to a good owner...

Dude, I'm tempted to get this just because of their name.

Dammit, now I'm shipping Sam/Ruby, the singers.