Ficlet: Spin Cycle

[lirazel]

This one's for eldritchowl , who wanted Dean Winchester and Dawn Summers, in a laundromat.  It's been a while since I've written Dean, so this may be a bit rough, but Dean/Dawn is an inspired pairing--he would totally go for her.  Little Dawnie grew up sexy and smart.

I'm turning this into a choco_cherries  entry, too.  Hope you don't mind!

Title: Spin Cycle
Fandoms:  Supernatural/Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing:  Dean Winchester/Dawn Summers
Rating:  PG
Wordcount:  464
Written for:  choco_cherries  Week 29
Summary:  She's perched on top of a washing machine when the truth comes out.

She’s perched on top of a washing machine when the truth comes out.

                                                                                                                    

He’d known she was raised in this world from the moment she spun around to stare down that werewolf, a tranquilizer gun held steady and aiming true, her hair swinging around her, her eyes absolutely calm.  She’d dropped the beast with a cool efficiency that only comes from years of practice, and she didn’t flinch at all at the ugly wound on Sam’s side—just helped Dean patch him up with steady hands.

 

She shot Dean a look as she slid into the Impala for the first time—shotgun, because Sam was sprawled out, bandaged and still groaning—in the backseat.  It was a look Dean’s seen before; Cassie looked at him like that the first time they met.  The look says: I know your type.  Don’t even think about making a move. 

 

So he doesn’t.  Not during the long rides in the Impala, the brief ugly skirmishes with monsters and demons of various kinds, the nights spent in drab hotel rooms and the mornings in anachronistic diners.  They fight side-by-side and sing along to ‘80’s power ballads and ‘70’s punk hits and consume huge amounts of pie and mock late-night TV, and through it all, Dean, for once, doesn’t ask.

 

And now, weeks later, at 1:17 in the morning in an anonymous laundromat somewhere in Idaho, she shifts on top of the washing machine, flips her hair behind her shoulder, and speaks.

 

My first kiss was with a vampire.

 

And then it all comes out in an endless highway of words Dean is scared he’ll lose his way on.  Because he’s finally found a girl whose life is more bizarre than his: apparently her sister is some sort of superhero vampire hunter who saves the world by stopping apocalypses on a regular basis—and who died twice—and her hometown was destroyed by the original evil, whatever the hell that means.  Her best friend is a souled vampire, she was half raised by a pair of witches, her life a succession of werewolves, souled and unsouled vampires, vengeance demons, and British guys called Watchers. 

 

And she’s a millennia-old ball of green energy transmuted into human form.  She can open doors between dimensions.  She nearly destroyed the universe.  And she taught herself ancient Sumerian.

 

She’s still talking when he moves between her legs, tangles his fingers in her gorgeous hair and finds her mouth with his.

 

He’s never going to find another woman who fits into his world so well.  Who’s smart and sexy and for whom the things that go bump in the night are as natural a part of life as breathing.

 

Yeah, he thinks as she wraps herself around him, he won’t be letting her go anytime soon.

.

Comments

[snickfic]

Cool! I love seeing Dawn grow up all smart and sexy (even though I've never actually seen an ep of SPN *g*).

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Thank you! So glad you liked her here! And I'm especially pleased you liked it considering that you haven't seen SPN. All you really need to know is that Sam and Dean are brothers and demon hunters and they pretty much live in their car from motel room to motel room.

[snickfic]

And now I've come back, actually knowing who Dean is, and this is so much better! Two of my favorite characters ever, together. YAY.

[uptheapples.livejournal.com]

OMG. Hand-in-the-hair, washing machine kisses = officially my new fic kink. Wow.

Also, this is wonderful. Little Dawnie all grown up.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Hee! Any time I can contribute to the formation of a new kink, I'm a happy girl.

And don't you think Dawn will grow up to be awesome? I certainly do.

Thanks so much! I'm so glad you liked it!

[scoob2222.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I love this pairing.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Thank you! So glad you liked it!

[xc-runner50.livejournal.com]

Ah I love this. All grown up sexy experienced Dawn.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I think Dawn would grow up awesome, don't you?

Thanks so much!

[timeofchange.livejournal.com]

*Dies from the beauty and perfection of this*

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

*blushes at your kind words*

Thank you!

[pennydrdful.livejournal.com]

Wow. Definitely not a pairing that I had thought of before. Dean/Faith or Dean/Buffy, sure. But not Dawn. I think I like it. I know I like Dawn confessing her life's story at midnight in a laundromat with Dean's hand in her hair. Well done.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I hadn't considered it before, either, though I've written Dean with everyone from River Tam to Lilah Morgan to Veronica Mars. But eldritchowl thought it up and I couldn't resist.

I'm glad you think you like it! And I'm glad to know which things you know you like! Thank you!

[rosie1234.livejournal.com]

AWESOME! :) I've never thought of Dean/Dawn and now I have to try and write them myself (and all of the other awesome crossover ships you've created). And I just got a request for Dawn/John Connor, lol, I guess that's pretty new too.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I never would have thought of them either, but the awesome eldritchowl requested them, and I was pleased to comply.

I've only seen a few episodes of TSCC, but I think Dawn/John Connor would kick some serious ass.

[hide-r.livejournal.com]

Wow! I expected to really dislike this pairing when I saw it at the community but, as always, you've managed to change my mind. This was so perfect! You have a way of writing lists without them seeming like boring ol' lists. I love his perception of her and I really think that's exactly how Dean would think of her past. So great that it all just came out at a laundry mat one night.

Pie! Late night tv! Cassette tapes! I think we need more of this duo. Yes, yes we do. *nods*

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Yay! You liked the pairing! It totally threw me for a loop when I was prompted with it, but it's grown on me, you know? I'm thrilled that you ended up liking it.

You have a way of writing lists without them seeming like boring ol' lists. You know? I have never noticed this about myself, but I totally love lists. And it is such a relief that you don't find them boring, really.

Pie! Late night tv! Cassette tapes! I think we need more of this duo. Yes, yes we do. *nods* I haven't written a long (i.e. longer than a choco_cherries entry) crossover fic in a while. I might just have to do that....This fic was kind of about how well she fit into his world; it could be cool to watch him try to fit into hers. It might be a harder fit, but I think it would be worth it for him because DAWN IS AWESOME.

Thank you, as always, for your kind words!

[eldritchowl.livejournal.com]

!!!

Oh man. I log onto a computer for the first time in 3 weeks, and I find the best possible thing to find ever. This is one of those pairings that floats around in the magical, crossovers-are-totally-canon corner of my brain where characters from different universe are just a convenient plot device away from OTPness and joint shenanigans.

You just make them work so well. (Though, I'm convinced at this point you could make just about any fictional situation work well. Your words, they are infused with epic.) I love that they'd be such equals.

He’s never going to find another woman who fits into his world so well. Who’s smart and sexy and for whom the things that go bump in the night are as natural a part of life as breathing.

*flails*

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Oh, hon, I am so glad you liked it. Because I honestly probably would never have thought of pairing them on my own (and what does that do to my aspirations for Queen of Crossover Pairings? I know not).

the magical, crossovers-are-totally-canon corner of my brain where characters from different universe are just a convenient plot device away from OTPness and joint shenanigans. I HAVE ONE OF THESE, TOO! *loves you hard for having one* And yes, yes, these two have totally entered that part of my mind as well.

You are so, so sweet. I'm so glad you liked it, really.

And YES! You picked up on the equals thing, which was so important to me, because, honestly, I think the only person she's ever felt equal with was Spike, and that kind of fizzled out, but I want her to have someone like that so hard because DAWN SUMMERS IS MADE OF WIN.

Thank you for the prompt! I loved writing it!

[candylea.livejournal.com]

ok, it had been too long since i visited this comm but to log on and find this was so worth it!

That was amazing, again I would never have thought of this but you seriously rock.

And Dawn would totally have a look, you definitely need to write more of these. You have an awesome voice for them both!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked it! I never would have thought of them together, but someone prompted me, and it was much fun.

And thanks so much for the encouragement--I may just have to write more sometime!

[firedancersoul.livejournal.com]

I love this! Dawn and Dean are my new fave pairing and I've got loads of half formed plot bunnies in my head. This was a lovely interlude, smart and sexy.

[kwritten.livejournal.com]

CUTE OMG SO CUTE!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA this is the oldest thing!

[kwritten.livejournal.com]

I know! I just discovered your 'crossovers' section and started plowing through all of the Dawn-centric stuff.

((also wtf is that Weevil/Blair fic? omg so gorgeous))

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Man, my choco-cherries days were such happy days. I'm glad you're finding things to enjoy like five years later!