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Title: Days of Yore
Authors: [livejournal.com profile] nilchance
Rating: Adult
Pairing: JDM/Misha Collins
A/N: Sequel to If Bird or Devil. Jeff's a dom, and Misha is his boy. Read the first bits first, or this will make no damn sense at all.



Misha dreams crow-black dreams.
****
The pigs dance. He watches from the street, sipping his tea. Waiting.

They go free, these wretched things. They flit and laugh and spurn, and a man can only catch the edge of their skirt before they're gone with a ghost of perfume. He's outlived these games, but they still catch his eyes.

He turns the page of ecclesiastical art, and his fingers smooth the Madonna's chaste white dress.

He chooses his canvas, again and again, imagines the pale of their vertebrae like rosary beads and the sweetness of their tears. He remembers the intoxicating drum of his heart as his last project screamed into the muffling kiss of the gag.

They do not understand. He will make them understand.

Soon, he thinks. Soon.

****
"Wake him," says Aunt Rosemary. "It'll see him."

"It's his initiation," rebukes Aunt Sage. "We all did it."

"Men," Aunt Pepper grumbles, her quick fingers making the needles click. "They're in everything else, they don't need to be in the circle. Oh, what we've come to."

"Stop your damn muttering," Rosemary growls. "This isn't some fool like your husband, it's Mary's boy."

Mary Collins, nee Marigold, holds her son's head in her lap and strokes soothing patterns across his sweating brow. Misha's eyes roll beneath their lids and his back bows, grinding his head back into her legs. He's filthy with ash and sweat, furrows dug beneath his heels. Her son's man ought to be here, but Pepper's right, there's no room for more men in their circle. Particularly not a Morgan. She had to fight hard for Misha to be let in, and it was only softness of heart that allowed it.

Only softness of heart and keen awareness of what would come. That poor girl, skinned and hung. There will be more.

It's war again.

"Don't wake him," Mary says. "He has to get through this alone."
****
Misha dreams crow-black dreams.

Date: 2008-11-10 03:34 pm (UTC)
embroiderama: (Castiel - wings!)
From: [personal profile] embroiderama
This verse is so crazy and cool and interesting.

Misha dreams crow-black dreams.

*shivers*

Date: 2008-11-10 03:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fureux.livejournal.com
goose bumps.

Date: 2008-11-10 03:59 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] cream-fudge.livejournal.com
You are a twisted genius!
Damn.

Date: 2008-11-10 04:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gypsy-atavari.livejournal.com
Pinpricks of unease were crawling up my arm as I read that. Incredible!

Date: 2008-11-10 05:54 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] ysbail.livejournal.com
O_o

Seems to be getting a little supernatural around here ...

Date: 2008-11-10 05:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mona1347.livejournal.com
Oh man, that's LOVELY. This part is very much like a poem. And the dreaming is so surreal and whipcrack-sharp disorienting and sense-making all at once.

Date: 2008-11-10 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jdsgirlbev.livejournal.com
Jeff is going to be so hurt, and angry.

Date: 2008-11-10 07:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zelda-zee.livejournal.com
Oh, wow. Fascinating! This is the most unusual fic I've read in a long time!

Date: 2008-11-10 07:45 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] spae.livejournal.com
Hah! For a moment there I was wondering if Misha was the killer (hee!) but then I think I see a little light - and this is why Jensen must wait for Misha's return, no?

Date: 2008-11-10 08:35 pm (UTC)
tabaqui: (deandrug)
From: [personal profile] tabaqui
Dude. That is so amazingly creepy. And the aunties - yeeergh. *shudders*

And...He chooses his canvas, again and again, imagines the pale of their vertebrae like rosary beads...

Yesss....

Date: 2008-11-10 08:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lomer.livejournal.com
Okay for a second I thought MISHA killed the girl, but then his mother rebuked that (thank goodness. I think that'd break Jeff.) I'm loving this series!

Date: 2008-11-11 01:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bathsweaver.livejournal.com
Oooooh, love this flip--that it all (seemingly) started with a woman as a victim, only to have it revealed it's the men who are in the dark and therefore have the lesser power.

Shiny.

Date: 2008-11-11 02:34 am (UTC)
poisontaster: (AKB)
From: [personal profile] poisontaster
There's such a wonderful atmosphere to this in so few words. You have such a gift and I always feel such a deep intellectual and emotional pleasure that you choose to share it with us so freely.

Date: 2008-11-11 05:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] livrelibre.livejournal.com
Damn, this is the good stuff-just beautiful imagery and a call to mythology. This is going far deeper what I originally thought and I can't wait to see where you take us next.

Date: 2008-11-11 11:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malamysza.livejournal.com
OMG, I can't believe I haven't noticed this verse until yesterday! I've read all the fic belonging to it and I gotta say I'm in love with it. So dark and disturbing but absolutely awesome! Update soon, please!

Date: 2008-11-11 01:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maharetr.livejournal.com
God. I got nothing. I'm just gonna go sit in the corner and reel for a little while. That's seriously intense.

Date: 2008-11-11 02:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iwwfw.livejournal.com
*flails* I love this intensely. We're just scraping the surface of what you have coming. Now I've got to go back and reread.

Date: 2008-11-11 07:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nilchance.livejournal.com
Thank you!

Date: 2008-11-12 01:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] niccy07.livejournal.com
very creepy. Your description at the begiining felt intense and scary. I can't wait for the next part

Date: 2008-11-12 07:48 am (UTC)
fufaraw: mist drift upslope (crow)
From: [personal profile] fufaraw
This is visceral, it almost hums at the edge of vision.

That made sense to me.

Date: 2008-11-12 02:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nilchance.livejournal.com
OMG YOUR ICON. *covets*

Um. o hai. Thank you!

Date: 2008-11-12 02:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nilchance.livejournal.com
Thank you! *beam*

Date: 2008-11-12 03:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nilchance.livejournal.com
Oh, icon love!

Thank you so much, and yes, that certainly made sense to me.

Date: 2008-11-12 03:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nilchance.livejournal.com
Thank you!

Date: 2008-11-12 03:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nilchance.livejournal.com
*beam* Yay! I'm twisted, AND a genius! \o/

Thank you verrah much.

Date: 2008-11-12 03:11 pm (UTC)
ext_19832: (Default)
From: [identity profile] cream-fudge.livejournal.com
You're welcome!

Date: 2008-11-12 03:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nilchance.livejournal.com
Thank you!

Date: 2008-11-12 03:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nilchance.livejournal.com
*grin* Well, it's appropriate, in a way?

Thank you!

Date: 2008-11-12 03:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mona1347.livejournal.com
*had to open page to look at which icon*

OH. Ha! Mmm yes, yes. The keyword for it is "kink". Would you believe me if I said I made it (and as usual, that means "cropped")? I forget where the source pic is from, but it's all yours, baby, if you want it.

things that made me go "hmm..."

Date: 2009-02-03 03:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] realpestilence.livejournal.com
Why "particularly" not a Morgan? What do the Aunts know about Jeff that *he* doesn't-and does Misha know it? Did he know it *before* he got together with Jeff, or is it a coincidence that there's something *to* know? I wouldn't let Jeff find out, if it's the former!

And why no men in the circle? If it were men saying no women, they wouldn't like it much...just like any group that gets their -isms flipped back on them. Unless there's solid reasons to exclude them, like the power they're worshipping doesn't like men or something, then it's just a bunch of old biddies being possessive of their status. Like a gentleman's club! *iz amused*


I'm practically cross-eyed with tired right now, but I wanted to try to catch some up on this verse. I love it very much, and fell behind, BOO. I'm impressed with how consistently you're keeping the mood and tone, even when dealing with the more mundane conversations. :)

Date: 2009-03-22 06:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] darthnikki.livejournal.com
This is getting more an more interesting, I was wondering at firt if maybe Mischa was the killer, now I'm guessing he maybe psychic or something?? Anywyas goin on to read more xxx

Re: things that made me go "hmm..."

Date: 2009-04-24 03:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nilchance.livejournal.com
The aunts do know Jeff's deal; Misha does not, and has not known the whole time, but the quality of Jeff that drew Misha in... well.

I think there are no men in the circle because these women, in particular, have no reason to TRUST men. Especially not with the degree of secrecy involved in their circles. But yes, as they age, it does have a lot to do with keeping the elder status they feel they've EARNED. Their line is all male this generation; Misha is the lesser of all evils, and they NEED someone to step up and be in his position. And so he did, and because of the situation with Legion (and worse) Misha wasn't just a witch or a seer; he ended up an Oracle.

I do love the aunts, though, and I deeply want to write little stories about them and their trials and such.

Re: things that made me go "hmm..."

Date: 2009-04-25 01:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] realpestilence.livejournal.com
Have you ever read 'The Thread that Binds the Bones', by Nina Kirikki Hoffman? It *is* on topic, actually !:D


Are you finding old mail, or re-reading and thinking of new stuff you want to say? I find that always happens to me in your verses...I tend to wake up in the middle of the night, mutter "BUT-mumble mumble telly nilly later snores" *rotfl*

Date: 2009-11-08 12:56 am (UTC)
ext_2955: black and white photo of flying birds and a lamp-post (Default)
From: [identity profile] azdaja-dafema.livejournal.com
This verse is one of the most original and fascinating that I've read in a long time. I am so enjoying it.

Like

Date: 2010-05-07 11:11 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-10-28 08:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maschalismos.livejournal.com
I'd forgotten how hard this 'verse and story gripped me and how it just feels *right* the whole way through. Thanks again for sharing it with the rest of us.

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