Challenge 2: A Dean-focused SCHMOOPFEST! (fic and/or art accepted) / GENERAL INFO & RULES

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A Dean-focused
SCHMOOPFEST!

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The Basics:

I think we could all use a little schmoop this hiatus! So, for the month of June, from today up to and including June 30th, I challenge you to write a fic or create a piece of art featuring one (or more, if you’re extra-crafty) of the following schmoopy prompts - with Dean as the one getting all schmooped up, of course.

Schmoop is the name of the game, so your fic/art does not have to include sick!Dean or any kind of hurt/comfort - it’s optional. (Albeit extremely awesome.)

This is a very easygoing challenge, and is done a bit differently than our other challenges in that you can participate anonymously if you'd prefer. I know some people are embarrassed by their schmoopy tendencies. ;D Whatever for, I do not know.

Schedule:

Posting period

June 1st through to June 30th, submissions to be linked or posted right here in this post (+ directly to the comm if you'd like!)

Prompts:

Prompt #1: hugs/cuddling

Prompt #2: bed-sharing

Prompt #3: Dean wearing Sam’s hoodie!

Prompt #4: clothes-sharing (i.e.; Dean wearing Castiel’s trenchcoat, pre-series fic with Dean wearing daddy Winchester’s leather coat, or any other variation of clothes-sharing you can think of.)

How this is going to work:

Before we get started: Anonymous posting is enabled and IP tracking is off in case you’re embarrassed by your schmoopy tendencies. Seriously, feel free to be RIDICULOUSLY schmoopy – it’s good for you.

01. There's no need to sign up for this challenge. If you choose to participate, you will have the month of June to write/create art for any of the above schmoopy prompts. Your fics may be full-length or comment-fic length. You can comment to this post with a link to your submission on your journal, or you can comment to this post with your submission in the comments the way you would a comment-fic. If you go longer than one comment, you can reply to your original comment until you have finished posting. And if you choose to post your submission to the comm at any time, that’s great too. Please see what tags are suitable to use in the FAQ, below.

02. People can follow this post and give you love.

03. At the beginning of next month I’ll make a new post with the hopefully schmoop-filled masterlist!

Posting:

All I ask is that when you comment to this post with your fic/art/whatever, you put your title, (if you have one) what prompt you chose, the genre/pairing; e.g.; gen or Sam/Dean, etc., and spoilers (if applicable) in your subject line - or, if there isn't enough room, in the first line of your comment. Please make sure anything porny is clearly marked as such as well, and adhere to LJ's TOS when posting images.

See guideline #1 for more info on posting.

FAQ:

Here are the answers to some questions you may have about the challenge (including a definition of schmoop if anyone is unclear on that.) Feel free to PM me or e-mail me at hoodietime [at] gmail [dot] com if you have any others.

--> Schmoop is generally categorized as fic/art with minimal angst, the kind that gives you that “awwww” feeling. But no worries - nothing will be turned away for not being schmoopy enough or whatever. I know a prompt can run away with a writer and I think it’s great when it does. So angst is fine as well as pure angstless fluff, but as a general rule the comfort should overwhelm the angst in the end.

--> No, your fic/art for this challenge does not have to include sick!Dean or any kind of hurt/comfort, although it would certainly be appreciated.

--> All genres and pairings are loved and accepted here, however this is not an RPF comm. Fictional characters only, please.

--> Fics can be as short or as long as you’d like, and WIPS are fine.

--> Yes, any type of art that fits a prompt is awesome also. Drawings, icons, picspams, etc. - it's all good!

--> You can submit as many entries as you want.

--> As I said above, anonymous posting is enabled and IP tracking is off, so don’t be scared to be as schmoopy as possible!

--> There will be no extensions for this challenge. Entries are due anytime up to and including June 30th. If your submission is posted/linked in the comments to this post by June 30th, you can use the .challenge 2 tag whenever you post, before of after the challenge is over. If you write any fics/have art for this challenge after that date, it won’t be part of the masterlist, but please use our new .amnesty tag and post it to the comm anyway. We’d LOVE to see it whenever!

Okay! Let’s whip up some schmoop!

ETA: The schmoopfest masterlist is now up HERE. Check it out!

➽ This post was compiled by maypoles and is posted under this account for organizational purposes.

Comments

Re: Tatters, part 2

[cordelia-gray.livejournal.com]

She can fix this one little thing, though. She had put a few things in a bag – things that were too badly torn to be useful. She had planned to cut them up for rags, or throw them out, but she hasn’t, maybe feeling that it wasn’t time yet. It’s still there in the laundry room. She pulls out the bag, and finds what she’s looking for. It was a hoodie, once, big and brown and sturdy, but it’s been worn and washed and patched and mended so many times there’s just not much left of it. Once sleeve is badly tattered – like maybe something tore through it into the flesh beneath, and then it was cut to get at the wound below.

But when she hands it to Dean, he lights up like Christmas morning. He wraps it around himself, sitting with his knees drawn up to his chin, on the floor of her garage. “It’s my brother Sam’s” he tells her earnestly, snuggling into it like the world’s largest security blanket. “Yeah?” she says, smiling in spite of herself. It really couldn’t be anyone else’s. “I thought maybe you stole it from Bigfoot.”

He smiles, suddenly, sun from behind clouds. “One time we were hunting something in the Cascades, thought it might be Sasquatch. Told him he should just stop shaving for a week or two, and they’d think he was their long-lost cousin.” Dean grins at her. “He didn’t think it was funny. Told me it’d be easier just to stake me out & use me as bait.”

“Was it Sasquatch?” Lisa asks, trying to draw him out. Dean laughs. “No, turns out it was just a big ol’ grizzly bear. We turned the whole mess over to the Park Rangers. Sure had fun on that one, though.” He looks down, sadness already creeping back in.

Lisa bites her lip, wondering. She never knows if she should be trying to get talk about it all, or just letting him deal in his own way. She gets up and goes to the shelf above the washer, pulling down a small box that she keeps there to put things she finds in Ben’s pockets.

“This was in the pocket of the hoodie,” she says, pulling something out and handing it to Dean.

Dean looks at the amulet in his hand, then at her. His face kind of crumples, like he’s been sucker-punched. Suddenly he’s crying, actually crying, for the first time since he’s been here. Lisa puts her arms around him and just holds him while he sobs, rubbing little circles into his back with her hand.

Eventually he pulls away, wiping his face. He settles the amulet around his neck, then climbs to his feet and gives her a hand up. He starts re-folding the scattered clothing and putting it back in the bag. Lisa helps. Dean doesn’t seem embarrassed by his breakdown, exactly, but she can see his walls staring to go back up. He seems easier, though, less tension vibrating through him.

Lisa has to go to bed, she has an 8:00 am class to teach and it’s already nearly 3:00. Dean gives her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. “Thank you, for everything,” he says, clutching the amulet. “I never thought I’d see this again.”

Lisa smiles. “You’re welcome, Dean. Get some sleep.” She climbs the stairs to bed, leaving Dean sitting in the dark at her kitchen table, Scotch in hand, wrapped in his brother’s big brown hoodie.

Re: Tatters, part 2

[hoodietime.livejournal.com]

Angsty is good! ;) This actually brought tears to my eyes. THE SAMULET! And your take on Lisa is just awesome.

Thanks so much for this.

Re: Tatters, part 2

[cordelia-gray.livejournal.com]

Yay! glad you liked it. I was a bit trepidatious about writing Lisa POV, so I'm very relieved to hear it worked for you. Tears even! *Hands you tissues*

I may have a bit of an obsession with the Samulet.

Thanks you for coming up with awesome prompts that inspire us to write fic instead of working!