Here's the moment when I realized this fic was transitioning from brilliantly cracky entertainment to sheer genius:
""Union," Castiel said, because he loved those one word cryptic answers like they were the only good thing God left in the world."
There are so many other fantastically witty lines in this story, but I don't want to make the review just quotes. I was grinning throughout the entire thing with all the times that Cas demanded Dean's pants or his shirts, and Dean's "D'oh!" moments (and that line about teeth during the blowjob!). Yet there was a thread of seriousness running beneath it, and I got a lump in my throat several times at Dean's blunders that cut Cas to the core. Yeah, the dummy hadn't read the book all the way through, but I can't blame Castiel for thinking Dean had.
The best revelation was when Dean realized Cas had given him an out in the text--very poignant, and thank Chuck Dean finally got it!
One last note: For some reason, I really liked your take on Sam and Afterlife!Jess. It's unique in rejecting the idea that Jess will always be Sam's One True Love; I loved your high school/college analogy, and really, after all both of them have been through, it seems more likely that their sweet college romance just can't keep going.
Thanks for writing and sharing such a fantastic story!
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""Union," Castiel said, because he loved those one word cryptic answers like they were the only good thing God left in the world."
There are so many other fantastically witty lines in this story, but I don't want to make the review just quotes. I was grinning throughout the entire thing with all the times that Cas demanded Dean's pants or his shirts, and Dean's "D'oh!" moments (and that line about teeth during the blowjob!). Yet there was a thread of seriousness running beneath it, and I got a lump in my throat several times at Dean's blunders that cut Cas to the core. Yeah, the dummy hadn't read the book all the way through, but I can't blame Castiel for thinking Dean had.
The best revelation was when Dean realized Cas had given him an out in the text--very poignant, and thank Chuck Dean finally got it!
One last note: For some reason, I really liked your take on Sam and Afterlife!Jess. It's unique in rejecting the idea that Jess will always be Sam's One True Love; I loved your high school/college analogy, and really, after all both of them have been through, it seems more likely that their sweet college romance just can't keep going.
Thanks for writing and sharing such a fantastic story!