Long ago (May 31st of last year, to be exact) in a galaxy far, far away, I posted my Command Me Fic Challenge. A lot of people replied. About half have gotten their requested fics. I fail.

But! Almost a year later, I've coughed up another, this being for the lovely, talented gwendolyngrace. Belated happy birthday, hon! I hope this comes close to what you wished for.

Title: Wordsmith
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG
Length: @ 4,000 words
Characters: Sam, Dean
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: gwendolyngrace requested: "Teen!chesters (or Sam is a teen and Dean is 20-21), shopping for firearms? Or how about...Dean is secretly writing reviews for either "American Rifleman" or "Guns and Ammo" as an income source, and Sam finds out? Light on angst, please!"

( WORDSMITH )

( Challenge Me fic requests still outstanding )

Why, hello, drive-by muses! A little something that struck me this afternoon...

Title: Love Like A Prayer
Author: ErinRua
Rating: Het / R
Length: @ 760 words
Characters: Jamie, Dean
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: Addendum to 4.05 "Monster Movie." Dean waited this long to find a girl after his resurrection? Judging by their farewell, it must have been a special night. (Ever so gently smutty.)

( Love Like A Prayer )

Title: Crawdad Logic
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG - wee!Chesters
Length: @ 1600 words
Characters: Sam, Dean
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: Sam, Dean, some disgruntled crawdads, and how a thirteen year old philosopher faces life.
This is for fangirlsays who prompted me with: "Ooh, how about some wee!chesters? Maybe Sammy being a pain-in-the-ass little brother and Dean torturing ('cause what are big brothers for, if not to torture their little brothers?)." I rarely write children, I had absolutely no idea where this story would take me, but I kind of like where it went. So I hope you'll enjoy the trip, as well! (No crawdads were harmed in the making of this story.)
( CRAWDAD LOGIC )

REPOST! - This is for almightyspaz who prompted me with: Okay, I command you to write a Supernatural fic that involves... Elizabeth Bathory. This necessitated me getting in touch with my inner Sam and doing actual research, lol, but I hope this works! Thanks, luv!

Title: Blood Ties
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG
Length: @ 3600 words
Spoilers: Season 3-ish
Characters: Sam, Dean, OCs
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: In small-town America, an evil over five centuries old leads Dean and Sam on a deadly game of hide-and-seek. Set very firmly amidst Season 3.
( BLOOD TIES )

I'm back! This ficlet is for scribblesinink who prompted me with: Cowboy!Dean, complete with horse and duster, please. This may or may not be what you had in mind ... *g* Thank you, however, for giving me an excuse to plunk Dean down in my world. :-D

Title: A Thousand Square Miles of Wide Open
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG
Length: @ 3200 words
Spoilers: None
Characters: Dean, OC, including the equine kind
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: Dean gets in touch with his inner cowboy. Set pre-series, shortly before Season 1, when Dean was flying solo.
( A THOUSAND SQUARE MILES OF WIDE OPEN )

Howdy all ~ For those not in the know, I am presently off on my annual holiday with my LOTR gal pals, (road trip, photos will follow!) which means laptop time is minimal. But we're having an early evening in, so thought I'd post a couple more of my challenge fics that I've had simmering on my laptop. :-)

The first ficlet is for rinkle whose prompt read: That time when Dean got knocked out by a broom. Thank you, sweetie! :-)
Title: True to Type
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG
Length: @313 words
Spoilers: None
Characters: Sam, Dean
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: Dean struggles against stereotypes. Sort of.
( TRUE TO TYPE. )


I also present a double-drabble for smilla02 who prompted me with: Three words for you: labyrinth, underground, touch. This one I found especially tasty - thanks, luv!
Title: Rescue
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG
Length: @ 200 words
Spoilers: None
Characters: Sam, Dean
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: Darkness, Sam, and finding Dean.
( RESCUE. )

I'm slow but I'm steady! :-) Here is the first of my Command Me fics, in answer to the prompts my friends and flisties so kindly gave. I have 20 prompts total, so it's ... gonna be a while before I get them all ground out. *g* But please don't worry, I'll get to each prompt eventually.

The first is Supernatural and it is for roguebitch Her prompt read: Took me a while to come up with one, but here 'tis: Sam & Dean (or Sam/Dean, your choice), "blues from a gun." This is what the muses dealt, my dear! I hope you enjoy. :-)

Title: Blues from a Gun
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG
Length: @ 1200 words
Spoilers: Season 3
Characters: Sam, Dean
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: Sam contemplates an old song, a load of laundry, and knowing where to stand.

( CLICKETY FIC --> )

Title: (Untitled)
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG
Length: @ 850 words
Spoilers: All episodes
Characters: Sam
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: In an effort to get a muse, any muse, to function, I present a random collection of Sam, 1:01 through 3:16. Broody and moody - it's just been that kind of month. ;-)
(Un-beta'd, so please ping me with any con-crit. Or even a title!)

( Untitled Sam ficlets )

Title: Do You Hear What I Hear?
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG
Length: @ 3000 words
Spoilers: 3.8 A Supernatural Christmas
Characters: Dean and Sam
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: Coda/gapfiller to "A Supernatural Christmas", Dean POV, thanks to an unwitting prompt by kimmer1227. Companion fic to "That Mourns in Lonely Exile Here".
A big, warm, gingerbread-smelling "thank you' to rinkle and may7fic for the fastest betas in the West - on Christmas Eve!

( DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? )

Title: That Mourns In Lonely Exile Here
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG
Length: @ 4000 words
Spoilers: 3.8 A Supernatural Christmas
Characters: Sam and Dean
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: A coda/gapfiller to "A Supernatural Christmas", because it broke hearts and left so many things unsaid. This is my attempt to see what Sam saw. (Title from the carol, "Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel") - Companion fic to "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
Special thanks to Celebsul for the insta-beta! *HUGS!*

( THAT MOURNS IN LONELY EXILE HERE )

So, I'm kinda nervous about sharing this, but. I wanted to do something extra special for the cast and crew of SPN. What I hit on was an idea that just ... appealed to my inner geek.

( CLICK TO SEE )
ETA: Text version is now posted HERE.

Title: Enter Sandman
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG / Gen / Angst
Length: @ 1600 words
Spoilers: SPN 3.4 "Sin City"
Characters: Sam
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: A ficlet written especially for odd_for_sods, who did me a good turn. I offered to reciprocate, and she asked for a "Sin City" coda to include Sam and angst. Thus, after much frying of brain circuitry to imagine Sam's thought processes, I came up with this. I hope it fits the bill!
A big Thank You to the wonderful rinkle for beta-ing and nudging my continuity on track. (Story title borrowed from Metallica.)

( ENTER SANDMAN )

Title: Fire Down Below
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG / Gen
Length: @ 1000 words
Spoilers: First 3 episodes Season 3
Characters: Dean, Sam
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: Just a couple monologues from Dean and Sam early in Season 3, each regarding the other. Their voices were in me and I had to get them out ... (Story title borrowed from Bob Seger) Thanks, Celebsul, for the quick beta-read! :-p
I dedicate this fic to smilla02 and rinkle, because they are good people who could use a little something special just now.

( FIRE DOWN BELOW )

Title: Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
Author: ErinRua
Rating: Gen / PG-13
Characters: Sam, Dean, OC's
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: A haunting in Pennsylvania's Civil War battlefield country turns ugly, and Sam and Dean must deal with hazards both supernatural and secular. ETA: Set in the 3 weeks or so between 3.03 and 3.04. Story title borrowed from Bob Dylan.
(Originally written for spn_xx's Women of SPN fanfic July/August '07 challenge.)
Special Thanks go to sillimarilli and Celebsul, my dear friends and most awesomest beta-readers ever. This story would not be nearly what it is without the two of you. You so rock! *HUGS!*
Length: @ 19,000 words

( PROLOGUE - CHAPTER ONE )

Title: Sweet Child O' Mine
Author: ErinRua
Rating: Gen / PG-13 (some language)
Length: @ 4000 words
Characters: John, Sam, Dean, OMC's
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: Not every danger the Winchesters face is supernatural. - (Story title nicked from Guns 'n Roses.)
This is for hugemind in thanks for uploading an awesome collection of classic rock for me. She asked for the story behind the monogrammed money clip we see Sam carrying (and Dean swiping from him) in S2 "Tall Tales". I'm not sure this is what she imagined, LOL, but it's what the muses delivered - a little angst, a little shmoop, a little oh-crap-this-sucks. Thanks for the tunes, Sofy! Special thanks to Celebsul, my excellent nit-picker beta and friend. :-)

( SWEET CHILD O' MINE )

Title: Hell's Bells
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG / Gen
Length: @ 1000 words
Spoilers: All Hell Breaks Loose 1 & 2
Characters: Sam, Dean
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: Following "All Hell Breaks Loose II": Dean drives and Sam broods.
(Yes, I just had to join the coda-crowd. But imagining Sam's current state of mind was an exercise in weirdness I found hard to resist.
A/N: I took a chance with a beta-reader I didn't really know, and improved my story three-fold. Thank you, mooncross, for your honesty and efforts! You are a genuine treasure. :-)

( HELLS BELLS )

Title: We Were Soldiers Once
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG / Gen
Length: @ 2000 words
Spoilers: IMToD and Folsom Prison Blues
Characters: Dean, Sam, Deacon
Summary: Deacon gets a phone call he never wanted to hear. And yeah. Angst. Be ye warned.

( WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE - A Vignette )

Okay, folks, I'm playing serious hooky from what I should be doing, but the muses would not leave me alone. ;-) I present for your reading pleasure my first full-length Supernatural fic.

Title: Traveling Riverside Blues
Author: ErinRua
Rating: Gen / PG-13
Characters: Sam & Dean Winchester, OCs
Notes/Disclaimers/Summary: A series of unexplained drownings draw the Winchester brothers to a sleepy Mississippi town. They must put an end to it before anyone else dies - but who or what is the culprit? In a place steeped in history and ghosts, the answers are not easy to find. Season Two references, including IMToD.
(Special thanks to my incredible beta, Celebsul, who has never seen SPN in her life but she loves me anyway.) ;-)
Length: @ 25,000 words.

( PROLOGUE & CHAPTER 1 )