What Can Be Untied, by Stringertheory (PG)

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Rec Category: Sam and Daniel friendship

Categories: Sam, Daniel, angst, episode related, five things
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: stringertheory
Author's Website: stringertheory
Link: What Can Be Untied

Why This Must Be Read: Stringertheory writes the loveliest gen fic, and I've recommended many of her stories in the past. Now that she's moving her fics to AO3, I have an excellent excuse to rec yet another one!

This is a wonderful five things of Sam and Daniel friendship, at the canon points when thing were sharp-edged and difficult. It's wonderful to see their mutual honesty and faith in one another. An intelligent, thoughtful read.


“This is bothering you a lot more than it is me,” he says, surprise coloring his voice.

“It's just—I thought of you as our—our conscience. Now it's like you're just another hand on a gun.” She shakes her head. “I know you're the same person, that I've simply learned about something that was already there, but it...” She trails off with a shrug, unsure how to phrase what she feels. “I thought I knew you, understood you. This is like starting over.”

Daniel nods in a resigned way, and she sees in his expression the Daniel she expects. He looks pensive, a frown forming around his eyes, so Sam places a hand on his arm. She doesn't let go until he looks up at her and she can give him a small smile.

“We'll be okay,” she tells him, and she knows it to be true.