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Here are a few recs that involve drowning/near-drowning, or tentacles, or poisoning, or water generally speaking, and occasionally all of the above! And believe me, I have more. I have a problem, I know. I do not care. XD

Title: Sea-themed hurt!Dean
Artist: a_starfish
Characters: Dean
Rating: SFW
Medium: Digital
Summary: None provided. HT's summary: 'Deep into a case' has multiple meanings. Most of them aren't good.
Reccer's Notes: This is the first posted work for our case!works month, and it's setting the bar crazy high, guys. XD (But in a way that INSPIRES, yes??) The detail to this piece is breathtaking, from the aquatic-themed wallpaper in the motel, to the chipping blue lacquer on the table, to the casts of the light. As you scroll down the piece tells a story rich with ambiguities and--pun unintended--depth. The light fades from the top of the piece to the full dark of the bottom to dazzling effect.

Title: …Balls!
Artist: sillie82
Characters: Sam, Dean
Rating: SFW
Medium: Crochet(!!!)
Summary: To save a young girl, Dean insists on rushing into a job before they really know what they're hunting. They just barely make it out intact: one small injury, a bite to Dean's neck, and as far as Sam's concerned they got lucky. At least until they find out the bite they'd thought was no big deal is slowly changing Dean into a lake monster. Now Sam has to decide between killing his brother and risking that Dean will turn him next.
Reccer's Notes: This is one of the amazing sets of artwork that came out of spn_reverseband this year! This is one of those pieces that's both the most adorable thing in the world, yet undeniably creepy. And the scene illustrations she does in addition to the original piece are absolutely priceless. The fic that goes with it is Between Scylla and Charibdis by cherie_morte, which you should also check out, though I've not yet read it. The fic is NC-17 Sam/Dean.

Title: Prickly
Author: mad_server
Genre: hurt/comfort, angst
Characters: Dean, Sam
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1165
Summary: Dean gets poisoned by a sea urchin.
Reccer's Notes: No one does short, dialogue-centric, punchy H/C like mad_server does. She writes brotherly love at its absolute highest, and it'll make you happy and comfortable and it'll make you fall in love (with Sam and Dean, with H/C, with fan fic) all over again. And then it'll rip your heart out when you're least expecting it with a single thought, a line, a loose Winchester train of thought. And it hurts so good.

( 3 more fics - drowning/near-drowning, animal transformation, kelp monsters, and supernatural mutism )