all duct tape and safety pins inside

Title: Kintsugi
Author: brightly_lit
Rating: PG-13
Genre: gen, intense angst, h/c, emotional h/c, brother feels
Characters: Dean, Sam
Word Count: 4,600
Warnings: language, horrific concepts, mentions of child abuse and torture, PTSD
Summary: Dean needs a new protective sigil tattoo, and he visits the tattoo artist other hunters recommend--the only person in the area who's precise enough for the work. Getting two words in a row out of the guy is hard labor, but undeniably worth it in the end.


Kintsugi is a Japanese method of mending broken pottery with gold, where the pot is considered more beautiful for having been broken.

READ HERE.