Salt and Dirt to Taste
Writer: @kayliemalinza Artist: @free-to-be-impaled Summary: There's mountains and saltflats and the planet has two moons and rings like Saturn. Dean has SUPER GROSS BLISTERS all over his body but they're also a ~manifestation of his inability to let Sam go. Sam's fine; he's waiting to be reincarnated, but Dean is holding him back. Cas is the angel who rescued Dean and it is FRUSTRATING trying to help this man who resists assistance at every turn like a feral cat. There's forced bathing and dub-con wound care. Like I said. Feral cat.
Teaser:
Dean was in the salt flats long enough to learn the difference between the crackling white of dry salt and the shine of wet, the undulation near the foothills and the broad scoop where old seas used to be, before the world got hot and water disappeared. Dean's been cooked all over, the underside of his chin swathed in sunlight reflecting off the ground and burned just as red and crispy as the back of his neck and the bridge of his nose.
Dean doesn't know how he got from the salt flats to here; he doesn't know who has him now, if they're ally or foe of the people who had Dean first.
Dean thinks of Alastair's slow grin, his quick fingers, and thinks they must be foe; Alastair would never let go of his favorite chattel without a fight.