one more drink oughta ease the pain

[theladyscribe]

Title: one more drink oughta ease the pain
Characters: Dean, Jess
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 266
Summary: Jess turns twenty-two on January 24, 2006.
Notes: Written for un_love_you prompt 23: You remind me of me. Table is here. Also a part of the Bruce Springsteen Fic Project, with the song "The Long Goodbye."

one more drink oughta ease the pain

Jess turns twenty-two on January 24, 2006. Dean takes her to a bar and says, "It's my birthday. Let's get smashed."

She'd all but forgotten that first year when she and Sam were together and he got drunk on her birthday, muttering about his stupid asshole brother and his stupid asshole birthday. Remembering it now doesn't make the hollow in her heart where Sam should be any less painful.

But she and Dean order round after round of shots – so many, Jess can't count the glasses on the table (though that may be because the room is spinning). They stay there until the bar closes, then help each other stumble to the car.

Jess wakes to hot sunlight on her face and a sharp elbow wedged into her stomach. It takes her a moment to untwist from Dean's arms, takes even longer to sort out how to get out of the back seat without making the pounding in her head even worse.

"You vomit in my car, I'll kill you," Dean's muffled voice says against the leather of the car.

Jess opens the door and lets the morning breeze ease her headache. She hasn't felt this hungover since before she met Sam, when she was stupid and crazy and Sam was just her boyfriend's weird room mate. Dave hadn't lasted much longer after that last night of binge drinking, when Sam took her home and cleaned her up.

She shakes her head to rid herself of the memory, regretting the motion instantly. She takes a deep breath and whispers, "Happy birthday, Dean."

"Right back at you."

Comments

[aislinamara.livejournal.com]

I liked this. Neither of them were assholes. :)

[theladyscribe]

Thanks! :)

And Dean is always kind of an asshole, no matter what. But I still love him.

[samescenes.livejournal.com]

More Dean/Jess *happy sigh*.

Beautiful, as usual.

[theladyscribe]

Aww, thank you!

I'm just relieved to be writing and posting again! My monthly round-up is going to be sadly small this month, though. :(

[samescenes.livejournal.com]

I, too, am feeling the pinch. School ftl /o\

[neetha.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm. Loves it. Please to be finding me a pretty Dean/Jess icon because I have crossed over.

[theladyscribe]

Mmm, I have a couple extras from when quiet_rebel made me the one I'm currently using. I could send them along to you. :)

This fic isn't my best, but I really just needed to get something posted, because I was feeling very... unmotivated. Have not been feeling the fic muses recently. :(

[joans23.livejournal.com]

You vomit in my car, I'll kill you. You just got that spot on! You rock when you write Dean!! Matching birthdays FTW \o/!!

[theladyscribe]

Hee, thanks! :)

[lark_ascends]

Beautiful as always.

[theladyscribe]

Thank you. :)

[lizzydoodle024.livejournal.com]

i somehow missed this when you posted it!!

you catch the two of the perfectly as usual, and i loved "You vomit in my car, I'll kill you." such a dean moment.

cant wait for the next one!

[theladyscribe]

That moment really is pure Dean.

And thank you! I love it when people comment even if it's been ages since the post was made! :D

[rei17.livejournal.com]

Oh - my favorite impossible-pairing ever!
Loved it. Very bitter and intense.

[theladyscribe]

Thanks! I need to finish these, but I kind of lost the impetus for a while (though I do have one sitting around somewhere that's mostly complete).