Title: The Fetters of Fenrir Rating: NC-17 (language, sex, violence) Characters: Dean, Sam, John, Bobby, Bela, Ash, Jo, Gordon, Creedy, Kubrick, Ellen, YED, Meg, Ruby and a Partridge in a Pear Tree Pairing: Dean/Sam primarily; mention of Sam/Jess, Dean/OFCs, and Dean/OMCs Spoilers: very, very vaguely for Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things ; mythology but not actual plot points taken...

...verse, which is itself AU. As illustrated in the diagram below (included because I’m neurotic and also because I seem to have trouble explaining this) , both the wincest!berserker!verse (ie: Fetters of Fenrir) and the gen!berserker!verse (TBA) share most of the written beserker!verse fics as a common history. The two diverge during Devil’s Trap , which means that any berserker!verse fics...

...news that he has picked up a passenger. Dean, who has tried and convicted himself for what he considers to be their father’s murder, doesn’t want to add to the rift between them. From Veritas to Fetters: During the events of Faith, Dean finally breaks down and tells Sam about their father. He’s concerned that Sam will continue to look for John once he’s dead: terrified of what John will do to...

Chapter One Sam took Advanced Theoretical Physics during his first semester at Stanford: Intro to Philosophy during his second. So he’s familiar with the concept of alternate realities...He’s already moving for the front door, digging for the keys in his pocket, so if she says anything in response, he doesn’t hear. Two hours later, he’s well on his way to South Dakota. Next Chapter

Chapter Two When Bobby opens the door, Sam doesn’t even give him a chance to take in who’s on his front porch before he punches the man square on the nose. Bobby gives a pained yell...from being tossed back and forth between them and that’s when he wakes up screaming and manages to startle the economy section into a minor panic. Freud was a fucking asshole. Next Chapter

Chapter Three New York is frozen, but Sam’s too worn out to notice. Despite his exhaustion, he makes Powder his first stop once his plane lands. He wanders around the parking lot for...one person. Instead, he finishes showering and then, even though it’s only four in the morning, he gets dressed and heads out for the day. He can still feel Dean’s hands on his skin. Next Chapter

Chapter Four From the outside, and despite the general degeneracy of the neighborhood, the church is small and immaculate. In fact, ‘immaculate’ is its name: St. Mary of the Immaculate...laughing, malicious voice. ‘You didn’t really think we were just going to hand Dean over to you, did you?’ Amused, cruel laughter. ‘Oh, Sammy, how stupid do you think we are?’ Next Chapter

Chapter Five Bobby stays with Sam for a week, and by the end it seems like they’re having shouting matches every other hour. Sam doesn’t remember arguing this badly with his father:...he’s able to say, “If he dies—if you fuck this up or double cross us in any way—I’ll kill you.” Bela blinks at him, that high color still in her cheeks, and then nods. “Fair enough.” Next Chapter

Chapter Six The Arena is actually miles outside of Las Vegas, nestled in the foothills of the mountains. There are no high walls around the perimeter, no electrified fences, but they’re... “Fenrir, Fenrir , FENRIR .” It’s deafening, and Sam thinks Dean’s shoulders hunch a little under the assault. Then the cage door slides open, and Dean darts through and is gone. Next Chapter

Chapter Seven “Did you enjoy the show?” Vincent’s all smiles: a façade of civilization with his flashy suit and neatly trimmed beard and manicured nails. Sam knows better, though. ...Dean manipulate him, and he sure as hell isn’t going to let Dean push him away ‘for his own good’. He’s yanking his brother out of that hellhole whether Dean wants him to or not. Next Chapter