behind the scenes of The Third Wheel Adds Greater Stability
Is it weird that I feel like there's so much less to say than some of my other fics? If it's not Feel Bad, I think it gets its hooks into me less. But it's the lighthearted version of Feel Bad maybe? Who doesn't feel left out sometimes.
There's a version of this that was supposed to be really punchy, like more in line with pregnancy brain. It accidentally got into some weeds.
There's a lot of conflict resolution in here too, which I usually just throw up my hands and say, "oh well, this is unsolvable! everyone should inhabit a different corner of the earth and stay out of each other's way! or continue to make each other miserable until the eventual heat death of the universe!" But I'm growing and changing and maybe that doesn't always have to be the case.
The holding the hands under the table is inspired by something that happened to me in college. I knew these two people through my customer service job, and I think I thought they were friends? Roommates? (Oh my god they were roommates) Or maybe I just didn't think about it too hard. They were nice customers, we would joke around when they came in. Anyway, I went to a friend's birthday at a bar, and he says he needs to introduce me to a couple he knows, because they also like [thing my customer service job was centered around]. AND YES, it was the two people I'd never clocked as a couple, and YES they were holding hands under the table. Luckily, they were just as surprised to see me. They probably thought I lived at work for how much we saw each other. (unfortunately, they are not still together, but this was a long fucking time ago now.)
(this is not the only time I ran into customers outside of work. another incident involved me, my roommate, a bunny rabbit, and the guy that always came in high who turned out to also be my roommate's physics TA. the double take that guy and I gave each other is still happening in my head)
It feels like there's so many versions of Sam Knows or Sam Doesn't Know. I wanted to add an extra aspect, where it's like, Sam thinks h'e s the authority on Dean, but it's possible Dean (either because of or independent of the relationship) is just more comfortable with himself and ready to deviate from the typical "masculine" beverages.
It was originally referred to as the "drinks draft" in my notes.
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