kitewithfish

Oh, man, I was feeling nostalgic about some SPN writers from about 9-10 years ago and reached out to one, and wow, still around on DW, that's such a delight to find out!

Unrelatedly, here's something I just read in my newfound love of horror fics in Supernatural, and oooof, I need people to read this so we can all share this experience.

Recs:
Fandom: Supernatural, involves elements of the film The Descent (2005)

Title: Every Part of the Animal

Author: komodobits & Askance (doomcountry),

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/11423637

Author Summary: It’s their first case after the Trials, after Heaven has collapsed: playing back-up to another team of hunters taking out some werewolves in the mountains. It's a routine job, an easy job - at least until the radio goes silent. Sam, Dean, and Cas follow after, but the caves into which the hunters have vanished wind deeper and darker than they could have expected, and something is wrong. Cas can feel it. The Winchesters may not believe what he’s hearing, but there's something down here with them—and it's not the people they came here to find, and it's not the werewolves they've been tracking. It's something else, something older, something violent, and it knows they're here.

Why I love it: Oh, ok, first of all, HEED THE WARNINGS - I will also add that this fic takes place in a cave setting and has strong claustropobia elements. This is above and beyond canon, but is very much like what the show might have been if it could have been R-Rated. But, God, this just takes every little bit of the Supernatural canon on angels and uses it to hurt you. It's true and real and amazing horror and it was particularly incredible compelling because, due to being exposed to the Marvel comic book character Venom back in the 1990s, I have always been highly susceptible to the trope of "two beings sharing a body and they love each other." This fic absolutely weaponized that concept and every bit of lore about possession and vessels. This is a hell specifically created for Castiel to suffer in, and it's so fucking compelling. I read this in one sitting, and cried.