glasslogic | Crossroads of Eden

title: Crossroads of Eden
author:

glasslogic
artist: inanna_maat
wordcount: 48k
fandom: SPN
pairing: Sam/Dean
rating: NC-17
warning: Sex, blood, and language. It's an NC-17 vampire fic...
disclaimer: I have no rights to any of the copyrighted materials within this fic, and make no profit from it.
summary: It’s been two years since Sam nearly died in a hunter’s trap and accepted Dean’s offer to become a vampire. Two years of running and hiding as the gradual transformation slowly takes hold in a desperate gamble to put himself out of reach of the demons pursuing him. But two years is a long time to stay hidden from the world, and one little slip is enough to catch the attention of not only the demons searching for him and the hunters who want him dead, but also the one person in the world he least wants involved-- his father.

This story is a sequel to In Arcadia Ego

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author's notes: Much love to my fantastic artist,

inanna_maat, who made this art for me when I asked nicely after In Arcadia Ego posted, because I wanted to have some continuity in the illustration (and she's so freaking fantastic!!!) <3<3<3 Make sure you check out her Art Masterpost

xcziel has made the story available in convenient download files: PDF or epub

This fic only managed to come into being because

elusive_life_77 loves me and managed not to block my email when over the course of 14 months she was handed the first two chapters about thirty times. The amount of hand holding needed for this freaking fic was un-fucking-believable. And I don't use the language lightly. I'm having her canonized, or bronzed -- something like that. My profound thanks go out to several other individuals as well:

vodou_blue, who is certainly dealing with enough of her own problems right now, but still worked this story in. I hate posting things she hasn't seen, and I'm so grateful she managed to carve out the time to review it <3.

heard_the_owl also did some much needed review work and made some greatly appreciated suggestions! She disproves of my italics, but I can't stop, it's like a disease *solemnly* Believe that I do penance when it's time to code them in *dryly*

weeping00willow patted my head and checked each chapter as it happened, and then patiently told me the story needed another chapter next, which since this thing is so incredibly late was really more necessary than you would generally expect. Appreciation to

caz2y5 for showing her usual fortitude and patience when I harass her with random comments and griping at all hours of the night, though lately she's started to talk about learning how to block people, so it's a good thing this story is over.

roshni06 was there as always to help man the pompoms! And also thanks to my friend,

elumir_calemmir, who has some unpleasantness coming up and wanted to read the story first. Uh, think of it as a reward this way? *hugs*

Anyone who helped me out and I haven't mentioned, feel free to remind me so I can add you to the list!