fandomania | SN Fic: Shades of Grey, Part 1 (of 2, i hope)

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Title: Shades of Grey
Series: Mayaverse AU
Author: Trystan
Rating: teen, language
Spoilers: “Everybody Loves a Clown,” “Bloodlust”; Mayaverse
Word Count: Part I, 3651
Notable Credits: thanks to a spoiler summary (based on the sides) at supernatural.tv, my Mayaverse voices started talking again!! and thanks to my wonderful betas,

acostilow,

aphrodite33,

x5vale and

jainadurron. Sam and Dean are not mine, although goddess knows I wish Dean was.
Author’s Notes: this is set in an AU where the Impala did not get reamed by the semi, John didn’t make the same deal with the Demon in the show, and never told Dean ... whatever it was he told him in “In My Time of Dying.” Also based on early sides of ELaC, not the filmed episode.
Tagline: Dean’s bite is as potent as his bark when it comes to a new hunter. But an old friend has a more pressing matter for the Winchesters, and this time, it’s Sam who’s the skeptic when he meets another new hunter.

How did I get here?
And what went wrong?
Couldn’t handle forgiveness...
Now I’m far beyond gone
I can hardly remember
The look of my own eyes...
How can I love this, a life so dishonest
It made me compromise?
~ Shinedown ©2005

( Shades of Grey, Part I )