Title: It's a Long Way to the Promised Land
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 20,120
Warnings: Gen, casefic, spoilers through 4x13 After School Special, pure speculation for S5 and how it all ends
Summary: Let's pretend the series ends with the boys' relationship mended; the world didn't end; and they drive off into the sunset in the Impala. This takes place after that. Having stopped the apocalypse, Sam and Dean settled slowly but surely into retirement. Six months later, a missing cruise ship turns up, every passenger dead save for one under suspicious circumstances. Sam and Dean go to check it out, reasoning that too many people were killed for them not to, with the promise that this will be their last hunt for good.

Author's Note: For spn_j2_bigbang and also filling the 10_inspirations prompt between a rock and a hard place.

I'd like to thank the following people for the hand-holding, fact-checking, and all around encouragement: ellel, inthekeyofd, lostandalone22, elise_509, gottalovev, romelwen, rugbybaby, aoibhe, siluria, philomel, cynthia_arrow, isis2015, kikiriki23, and flyingmachine. This wouldn't have happened without you all. ♥

Prologue - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Epilogue

Art (and a fanmix!) was done by the incredible kikiriki23. Be sure to check out the art post!

Were TBBT and HIMYM new tonight? I watched Harper's Island on CBS.com and fell asleep. Oops!

Received my confirmation email - my SPN Big Bang first draft is officially turned in. I'm gonna want a beta, probably, and am willing to do like a beta exchange but first I need to get back to work in May and figure out if I'll have time for that. I think I will, but I'm gonna wait anyway, since I don't want to say I'll beta something only to not have the time.

Then snagged from slybrunette:

For those unfamiliar, first pick a letter. Then pick a fandom (or a crossover) and a character or pairing. For example, H is for Hug, Michael/Pam (The Office). In turn you'll receive a drabble/ficlet of some kind.

Fandoms: Lost, Supernatural, Band of Brothers, Buffyverse, Firefly, Oz, House MD (just nothing S4 related since I didn't see it), Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Firefly, Grey's Anatomy (through S4), and Life/Standoff but only crossed over and not separate plzkthanx. ;)

Letters claimed: 26/26
Claims completed: 26/26

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