An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
By Hansbekhart
Summary: John Winchester walks the badlands, lost on the Path of the Dead, when he meets two mysterious men: a pair of hunters chasing the same ghost that he is, who tell him that he's wound up more than twenty years in the future. They promise to get him back to his own time - back to his young children - but refuse to tell him anything about themselves. The three men find themselves entangled with the warring spirits of the land, but John is pursued by nightmares and caught up between the two hunters, who are keeping secrets that John doesn't understand.
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So rare to get pre-series John POV fics, or SPN fics based in Native American spirit contexts. Toss in some post-Sam-1st-resurrection trauma & sprinkle with repressed Dean wincest angst and then desert-sand-flambé for that perfect gritty-sweat guilt flavor. Caution: Minor surprise twist at end.
