Fic: light enough to draw the stars

[coyotesuspect]

Title: light enough to draw the stars
Fandom: Supernatural
Summary: Seven things Sam Winchester loves about Jessica Moore. Sam/Jess
Rating: light R
Word Count: ~420
Spoilers/Warnings: None
AN: Written for

kiwiana who requested "something Jess-centric" for the drabble meme, posted because I haven't posted any writing this month and because I actually like it. (Also, familiardevil enabled me, as she always does.) Title from this poem.
 

 

(One) The clean cotton scent of her, reminds him of white sheets hung to dry, the Midwest sky vibrant blue around them. Peaceful, neutral smell, Dean nodding off in the front passenger seat, their father singing low to Johnny Cash. (Two) Her body- not just the legs (but he loves her legs, golden and long and toned, that squeeze tight around him and hold) but also her hair, also long and golden, tangled and twisting and soft. Her nipples, peaked and pinked, soft-taste of them in his mouth, and her freckles, dusted brown and red across her face, her back, her arms. Her arms-long and slender, the fine hair that dusts them. (Three) The way she chews her thumb without thinking about it. Her habit of humming Christmas carols in March. That she leaves her bra crumpled in a ball on the couch. Her gracelessness when she’s drunk. All the things about her that should bother him, nervous tics and bad habits, and it’s a cliché that he finds them endearing. (Four) Her confidence. She asked him out, friendly, direct. We should see a movie, she said, maybe grab some dinner, and they did, and she kissed him outside her the door of her room, tasted like curry, smelled clean, like cotton. (Five) The way that confidence extends to him. Her belief, solid, unwavering, that he could take the moon from the heavens and use it for coin tricks if he wanted to. I shouldn’t let you edit my papers, he whined once. You never have anything constructive to say. And she smiled. Maybe you shouldn’t write such amazing papers then. (Six) That she still manages to keep him earthbound. Give your essay to Becky, she added later. Your introduction might be weak, and she’ll tear it apart. Sly smile, pugnacious. Her eyebrows arched with meaning and her face expressive. Amused, but mostly concerned when he’d tried to get another part-time job on top of everything else. Cool your jets, Superman. I can’t have you dying on me before you’re twenty five. (Seven) Home. She’s home. At night, their bodies curled into each other, long legs tangled with his, he awake, and she sleeping, her thumb near her mouth, looks fragile even though she isn’t, and his heart blooms expansive. It feels sometimes like he’s crossed the continent just to find her, ran away from home and found it, and the darkness of the night, and the solid four walls of their bedroom, and the smell of clean sheets, all of this, surrounds them.

Comments

[kiwiana.livejournal.com]

Said it before, saying it again.

I FUCKING LOVE YOU.

[cherie-morte.livejournal.com]

Basically this.

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

*smishes you*

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

<3

[familiardevil.livejournal.com]

EEK

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

EEEEEE!

[familiardevil.livejournal.com]

*hug*

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

*hugs back*

*caresses your clavicle*

[bloodnfire.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you reposted this, it's so sweet! :D

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

Aw. Thanks sweetie!

[moodswingers.livejournal.com]

Wonderful. <333

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :#)

[dangomango.livejournal.com]

SO ADORABLE <333

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

:D! Glad you liked!

[jacyevans.livejournal.com]

I am so absolutely in love with this <3

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

Aw, wow. Thank you so much. :#)

[sothereyougo.livejournal.com]

I always do think that, especially with a girl as beautiful as Jess, she would have to make the first move on Sam or make it so blatantly obvious that he would be emboldened. It's one of my favorite Sam traits that, while he has a certain quiet self-confidence, he doesn't seem to realize his epic hotness and sex appeal. *goes swoony* Anyway, I really like the concrete sensory details of this and that you've written Sam loving the contrast between the girlish softness of a sleeping Jess and the strong-minded, well-grounded woman he knows her to be.

Favorite lines:

The way that confidence extends to him. Her belief, solid, unwavering, that he could take the moon from the heavens and use it for coin tricks if he wanted to.

Every time I read a fic like this that wonderfully conveys how right they were for each other I get sad all over again that they didn't get to grow old together and have the devastatingly-gorgeous children that the collision of those two gene pools would have created. (That's how you know what a great job they did casting these two, that I can picture their imaginary children. Hee!) Lovely fic! :)

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

t's one of my favorite Sam traits that, while he has a certain quiet self-confidence, he doesn't seem to realize his epic hotness and sex appeal.
Oh man, you have no idea how much I agree with you about this. *swoons as well*

the devastatingly-gorgeous children
*_____* I can just imagine...

Anyway. Thank you for the awesome, detailed comment. I really appreciate you reading and commenting. <3

[taintedlove.livejournal.com]

*hands over red heels*
No srsly, take 'em. I have no other way to express my total adoration of this fic, and of you for writing it.
It's perfect.

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

:#) Oh bb! I can't accept these! Though I do appreciate the gesture.

*hands back* *smishes*

[sylvanwitch]

What's most impressive to me about this is the economy of images that still create such a complete and completely vivid picture of their lives together, and the way you evoke his love for her, suggest her love for him. This is really fantastic. Bravo!

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

What a great comment! Thank you so much; I'm really glad you enjoyed. <3

[misa-sue03.livejournal.com]

that was beautiful. this has to be one of my favorite Sam/Jess stories

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Thank you so much. :#)

[asaneismrnuts.livejournal.com]

No I'm totally not crying... what those wet eyes? Yeah totally due to the cold I'm fighting right now...

DANG IT!

Man this was gorgeous - Stanford!Sam and Jess always makes me smile through my tears because they've got so much promise and yet we all know where they are going to end up.

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

yet we all know where they are going to end up.
;___; *sniffles with you*

Thank you for the lovely comment. <3 I'm glad this worked for you.

[asaneismrnuts.livejournal.com]

OH it worked like a charm!

[nitro26.livejournal.com]

Aww, beautiful. <3

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[opheliahyde.livejournal.com]

This was so, so very beautiful. I wish I had your way with words. It honestly felt like seven polaroid snapshots strung together to tell a story. Lovely.

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

*g* I am actually, in real life, blushing right now. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. <3

[opheliahyde.livejournal.com]

You're so very welcome, bb! You deserve every word ♥

[hawk50.livejournal.com]

Amazing. Absolutely wonderful.

Not enough Stanford!Sam and Jess fic out there. This is one of the best. Amazing that we got to see so little of them onscreen, yet we feel as if we know how perfect they were for each other.

I felt melancholy for part of reason six: Amused, but mostly concerned when he’d tried to get another part-time job on top of everything else. Cool your jets, Superman. I can’t have you dying on me before you’re twenty five. No, but she did.

Truly a lovely, well thought out look at Jess. Thanks you for sharing this.

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Thank you for such a lovely comment!

I felt melancholy for part of reason six
I felt melancholy writing it- for the very same reason.

[folie-lex.livejournal.com]

Beautiful!

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

:D!

Thank you so much. <3

[little-missmimi.livejournal.com]

♥ ♥ ♥ Oh, Jess.

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

<3