SD Minibang: God Save the Human Cannon Ball

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Title: God Save the Human Cannon Ball
Author: downjune
Characters/Pairings: Sam'n'Dean (with some vague Sam/Dean), Claire Novak, Jody Mills, Castiel. Also, brief Sam/Jody.
Rating: R for violence
Word Count: 19,250
Warnings: Case-related incident of homophobic violence
Summary: In nearly every major religion, and in all the lore he can find on the subject of Purgatory, the living can influence the fortunes of the dead through prayers and offerings. And Sam's sure Dean isn't even dead, so, piece of cake. All he has to do is make the right offering. It only takes seven months -- and 29 years.

A post-Season 7 AU, and a story of past and present heroism.


Notes: Here's my minibang from over at samdean_otp ! I hope everyone's been checking out the goodies posting there! Massive thank yous go to harrigan for whipping this beast into shape and for being appropriately ruthless in her beta reading. Sam is a better Sam because of her careful eye. Also, hugs and squeezes to killabeez for being a much-needed third set of eyes when all perspective had been lost. Any remaining errors are entirely my own.

As for music, here's a link to the songs that inspired the story. There'll probably be a download available in the future, but for now enjoy Sam's songs for Dean. The title of this story is taken from "Wild Billy's Circus Story."

Finally, art! petite_madame swooped in and hammered out such gorgeous achy lonely pretty art, I'm still trying and failing to describe it properly. Just look at it! Be warned, it is very spoilery—beautiful and spoilery.

Here's all of her collected art!

And here's a link to the fic!