Oh yeah, no angst and emotional trauma here. Hope a few of these fit what you’re looking for, anon:
These Lies We Cherish by Semira Pairing: Gen | Rating: PG-13 | Wordcount: 4,999 | Archive: AO3
John responds a little too enthusiastically to Sam’s snark when he uncovers his son’s acceptance letter, and Sam leaves, injured and betrayed. Thankfully, it doesn’t end there. For the prompt: What happened during the Stanford fight and how Dean felt about his brother leaving (and not wanting him to go). Anything about this would be great.
Pairing: Gen | Rating: PG-13 | Wordcount: 30,326 | Archive: ffnet After being told he can’t go to Stanford, Sam is found with his wrists slit in an apparent suicide attempt. Only thing is, he doesn’t remember doing it
Only One I Need by zana_zira Pairing: Gen | Rating: PG-13 | Wordcount: 3,220 | Archive: LJ
John’s never been supportive of Sam’s academics, but even Dean never imagined he’d try to forbid Sam from going to his own graduation. The fallout is bigger than John probably intended, but now that Sam’s made his choice there will be no going back. Ties into Sam’s acceptance to Stanford.
They Then Ate The Sailors by coyotesuspect Pairing: Wincest | Rating: R | Wordcount: 24,364 | Archive: AO3
The summer before Sam leaves for Stanford, Sam and Dean sublet a student apartment in a heat-wave gripped Chicago. With John tied up with a case in Iowa City, Sam and Dean are left to figure what’s behind a recent spate of drownings. Sam wrestles with the weight of the secret he’s keeping from Dean, while Dean struggles with his feelings for Sam. Things come to a head when a young girl goes missing and Sam nearly drowns.
falling through by cautionbeware Pairing: Wincest | Rating: NC17 | Wordcount: 3,400 | Archive: LJ
Sam is seventeen years and one day old when his world rapidly collapses in on itself.
Sam’s life from sixteen to twenty-two years old. This is a story of the last days of innocence during a sweltering Southern summer when Sam is so in love with his brother, he can barely stand his touch. It’s the pain between them through lies, through jealousy, through seeing each other with someone else. Theirs is a story of leaving and Stanford, of Dean feeling lost and Sam nearly losing himself without his brother. It’s fire and reunion and a love never lost – ever-present and no longer deniable.
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