Fic: Eyes Wide Open 1a/2

Title:  Eyes Wide Open

Summary:  After a difficult hunt, Dean is forced to face one of his little brother’s secrets and gets a whole lot more than he bargained for.

A/N 1:  I’m having a hard time prefacing this piece so as to appropriately preempt some of the ire I suspect I’ll elicit.  As simply as I can, I don’t believe either boy is perfect.  I don’t believe either boy is the “victim” while the other is the “instigator.”  I believe that both boys are screwed up, messed up, emotionally damaged to the extent that they don’t even know how to help each other.  Just as so many fics post Sex and Violence are designed to show Sam the error of his ways, this fic is designed to open Dean’s eyes up a bit to where Sam is coming from.  If that’s not your thing, my suggestion is not to read.  My intent is not to demonize Dean and glorify Sam.  My intent is to help Dean see where Sam’s coming from.  Just because I have focused on that does not mean that I think Sam is guilt-free in the entire ordeal. 

A/N 2:  Beta’ed by geminigrl11 .  A secondary look by sendintheklowns .  And a reassuring once over by a certain lurker who has been so much fun to rant with.  Also, this will be a two-shot only because I got too wordy for it to stay a one-shot.  Part two will be posted in a day or so.
Disclaimer:  Really, not mine.

( Eyes Wide Open, part one )

Fic: Eyes Wide Open 1b/2

A/N: This post was only split due to length restrictions on LJ.  As I said in the last part, part 2 (probably a and b) will be up in a day or so. Part 1a here.
( Part 1b/2 )