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[eighth_horizon]

3500 words of ‘Open Doors’ fic by request - an unofficial ‘what if’ that occurs immediately after chapter 2 of ‘Woven’, where the Unlocker Of Doors tries to feed on Dean. Read that first or this’ll make no sense. Birthday tale for Hope. <3

R for Open Doors-style Wincest, meaning sexin’ of a more spiritual variety.

Open Circuit

Comments

[transtempts.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous, lovingly rendered, and the breathless sensuality of intimacy in touch on every level is just beautiful.

No wonder Sam can barely stand to let go, and what each of them says with their hands is lovely.

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

::squee:: Thanks!

OMG! You! I keep forgetting to ask you: is it okay to include the very badass No Scratch For The Dealer on the Turn Of The Wheel section of my webpage? Pleeeease?

[transtempts.livejournal.com]

*hugs you*

Oh, yes, you definitely can include No Scratch For The Dealer on your page. I would be delighted. :)

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

AWESOME. \m/

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

YAY! A brand new 'Open Doors' scene! *flaps*

I suck at giving feedback at 1:30 in the morning, so I'll just use "OH BOYS!" to stand in for 200 words of gushing praise and hope you know exactly what I mean. ♥

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

OH BOYS is viable currency here! XD (Hi D!)

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

Huh. I just noticed something... Am I crazy or is the icon for 'Open Doors' on the new website the same door pic I used on the front cover of the fanmix? Where did you find it? (omg Hi Bob!)

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

Yes! If you hover over it, it says "icon by Dei". <3 It is FROM the fanmix cover. I screwed around trying to find another door I liked, but, you had already found the best door.

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

*big stupid grin*

[trinity_clare]

Wow, this was rich and intimate and...more warm than hot, if that makes any sense. Lovely, though.

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :) It makes perfect sense. Sometimes they prefer to be warm.

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, honey. I'm speechless. Could you mash my buttons any harder? I doubt it. And so, so gorgeous, and lyrical. I feel like Sam does right now, and I might need to lie down.

{{{{hugs you in wordless awe}}}}

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

\m/ Button mashing FTW! I may have to do that more often. XD

[maygra.livejournal.com]

you know I love it when you take it deeper and go further, you little sensualist you.

This is lovely, barb, and perfectly in keeping with the story as it is. REally, really slow and sweet and warm and just a little bitter.


(Although you've got a "two" in there when I think you mean "too"...

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

lthough you've got a "two" in there when I think you mean "too"

Heh. I noticed that as well, but then I amused myself by imagining it was a play on words-- the boys not quite separate = "just shy of TWO"-- and reveled in how even Barb's typos have subtle hidden meaning. \o/

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

Dude, my subconcious, it has its own agenda!

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

Can't help myself.

OMG, it's a Freudian typo, I swear. XD

[dolimir-k.livejournal.com]

This is just lovely. And sweet. And makes me very happy. *g*

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

YES! Mission accomplished. Thanks. :)

[albeitslowly.livejournal.com]

Mmm, I absolutely adored this. Thank you.

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[tabaqui]

Oh, man. That's so utterly, amazingly gorgeous. Just...beautiful.

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

N'aww. Thank you.

[innie_darling]

remapping familiar landscape That's just wonderful, the quintessential Sam and Dean statement here.

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

I still love them just as much as I did two years ago. How is that possible?

[astolat]

This is just so incredibly LUSH. gorgeous. ♥

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

I'm relieved. I was afraid I'd lost my Open Doors touch. LOL

[riverbella.livejournal.com]

'Open Doors' opens all my doors. I wish I knew how you do this. Its not something you understand with your brain at all. You have to just feel it, get it in a very Zen sort of way. And the way you write it, I do. Every time (and there have been, yea, many) I read 'Open Doors' I get in a little deeper, even though I couldn't give you the words to describe in where? if my life depended on it. How lovely to have another moment to add to the richness that is already there.

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

omg, thank you. It's all Kripke's fault. I've discovered that it all works best if I stop thinking about it and just do it.

[dreamlittleyo.livejournal.com]

Just beautiful. Sam's restraint and how difficult it is for him... the incredible way you convey all these levels beyond the physical. Makes me happy on the inside. Thank you for this.

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

....and he looks just like your icon when he stares at Dean and thinks about all of it. <3

[dreamlittleyo.livejournal.com]

*dies happily*

[girlguidejones.livejournal.com]

You...deserve statues in your honor, and graduate courses built around your writing.

"...he could feel the concave hollows of his palms sealing themselves to skin."

Absolutely gorgeous imagery. I was right there with Sam, every moment.

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

\m/

Okay, but I want Jensen to teach the courses, wearing those little wire rim glasses and something in tweed. GUH. How the hell do glasses make that boy even hotter? It boggles.

[girlguidejones.livejournal.com]

Jensen?

He can haz ruler?

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

YARDSTICK.

[girlguidejones.livejournal.com]

*faints*

[blackcat333-99.livejournal.com]

It was just that it would have to be offered to him the next time; he would not trespass.

It never occurred to him that Dean had been holding it out to him since the day he’d been born.

"next time"... heh. Freud would be proud, Sam. You don't want to go too far, take too much, violate the trust and individuality of Dean... but you're already thinking of next time.

He wondered for an instant what it would be like to have full body contact, nothing but skin to skin and permission to swallow him whole.

It raised the hair on the back of his neck. He had done the right thing in getting out when he had.

Ummm. Yeah, exactly. Like I said. Freud.

It was a relief that Dean didn’t seem to know what the hell had really gone on, but it was also a disappointment he couldn’t show. There was no way Dean would have been able to hide a reaction of some sort if he had any conscious recall of what had just happened.

...

Dean grabbed the laptop and booted it, turning his back to Sam as he sat on the bed furthest from the door. Sam figured he'd had enough time to think about what they'd run into earlier that morning, and he’d work it out somehow.

It's interesting that you combined the surface reaction of Dean per Sam's interpretation of his behavior with the blocking of the scene. Considering how much the show using scene blocking to give us tells about the boys' emotions, especially Dean, this is fascinating (and perhaps a little more layered than even Sam is comprehending, considering his own baggage issues).

Kudos.

[tenillypo.livejournal.com]

*sniffles* Boys! Man, your emo porn trumps actual porn every time. That's a real gift.

(Psssst! Some of the next chapter links on Woven are screwy...yes, I went back and reread the whole thing after reading this snippet. Couldn't help myself! :-)

[daydream03.livejournal.com]

I love the whole touching with out touching... nice

[twasadark.livejournal.com]

Lovely work! It's so sweet and intimate while at the same time being uncomfortable for the participants ... :-)

[audreytiphaine.livejournal.com]

so. this was exceedingly sexy. and now i have also read Woven 4/9 and you have DEVASTATED me. i'm a mess. please, please tell me it works out, that dean is saved, by himself or sam, whichever, just. i don't want dean to be dead. or not dean anymore.

sorry, i get maudlin and desperate when i'm bawling.

[audreytiphaine.livejournal.com]

OH MY FUCKING GOD. AND NOW I'M READING WOVEN 5/9 AND GEEZ. i'm dying along with dean, this is just killing me. i didn't know i was such a wuss and a crybaby. ;______________;

[eighth-horizon.livejournal.com]

<3 No worries, those boys are tough. If it helps any, I was a mess while writing it. XD