Zork. One of the most awesome classic video games in the entire world. And when two nerds with a passion for playing awesome video games meet, it's like the world stops. Well, in their minds anyway.

So begins the tale of I, Charles Bartowski, and my ex-best-friend-now-dead-nemesis-who-was-actually-just-protecting-me, Bryce Larkin. That fateful ninth day into the Stanford class of 2003's four years of schooling was the same fateful day that our friendship began.

Enter Zork. Bryce happened to stumble upon my mad gaming skills out of plain curiosity. I was sitting on a bench after my afternoon classes that autumn day, not expecting to meet someone who'd become one of my best friends.

To be honest, I didn't even realize him as I sat down and looked over my notes from my latest class. Stanford was tough, and if I wanted to even think about keeping my scholarship, I had to work hard or I could say goodbye to my far off degree. I placed my trusty copy of C++ on the bench and didn't even think about it until I heard someone mention it.

I have to admit even I was a little dazzled when I looked up and saw the guy that I supposed was a jock. Yeah, I was embarrassed to admit that I was planning on reprogramming Zork, but the guy surprisingly thought it was a good idea and introduced himself as Bryce Larkin. He even offered to introduce me to one of the few girls in Stanford who actually appreciated video games, but I didn't get the chance meet Jill Roberts until class the next day.

We started hanging out after that brief experience and he even got me out of my crappy dorm and into the frat house he stayed at. The big guy Bryce was sharing a room with eventually decided he had had enough of his roommate sneaking in at a horrendous hour every morning after helping me out with Zork and threatened me to swap rooms with him. Well, I like to think of it as more of 'asked' because he only had to shove me once and I was ready to accept without any violence.

My new roommate was, well... a stud, to put it lightly. All the girls would drool over him and he didn't seem to have noticed even though he had been passed a dozen or so phone numbers every day. This was the reason as to why I was so surprised to find out he spent quite a lot of time playing video games and adored Zork.

So became our weekly ritual. We'd put aside Thursday night, no homework, no distractions, and would order in something then gather around a TV or computer and play something, or work on Zork. The games we played were usually classics that we had practically grown up with, like Mario, but we'd sometimes chip in together to get the latest instalment.

And so our friendship grew. Since I was studying computers, I was able to save our frat house's beloved PC when a nasty virus overtook it and save our game in the process. The hardest thing Bryce had to do during our first semester was turn down several girls pining after him.

Our fairytale companionship did hit a few bumps and bruises down the road, not everything going as smooth as we had planned. Gaming Thursday eventually became Go Out With Friends Thursday. We'd hit the local bar, just me, Bryce, Jill and a girl from her sorority, Jessica Moore.

Yeah, Jess and Jill were cute, but it's not like they'd ever fall for a guy like me. They were both studying Bio, something well beyond my understanding. Jess tried to explain to me that bodies were just like computers: each part played a different yet equally important role, but the explanation didn't really get beyond that. She didn't know enough about computers to get beyond how they could both do amazing things.

After a snowy winter break that had been spent with my dearly missed sister who was about to head to med school and my best friend Morgan who had gotten a job at a Buy More, I returned to school, expecting things to pretty much be the same as they had over the past few months. How wrong I was.

Jill suddenly expressed a strong desire into knowing how I was and when I was free. Being new to the strange experience, I was oblivious to the signs until Bryce was kind enough to point out the fact that she liked me. I was so shocked that I sat staring at a blank wall instead of finishing off an assignment for an hour. We began dating sometime in our second year.

I also began to become a little better known amongst my fellow nerds through a total accident. It all began when I had accidentally made a virus worse instead of getting rid of it in one of my classes. After several hours of anxiously wondering if the computer would make it, Professor McCain congratulated me on being the first student to ever conjure a computer problem that had baffled even him. Ever. After some practice, I was able to whip it up whenever it was requested and it became known as the 'Bartowski Special'.

As un-huge as the final change was, it wasn't really expected and it changed all of our lives. Bryce and I were called into the counsellor's office one day to discuss a new student that would be starting up at school. He was so smart that Stanford wanted him as soon as possible rather than having him wait for another eight or so months to begin school in September. He had accepted the challenge to catch up on work and put extra effort into his classes.

Me and Bryce were asked if he'd be able to make him feel welcome and crash on our floor since our room was slightly bigger than the others, just until a free room opened up when the graduates left in September. We accepted, excited to meet the guy who'd hopefully become a friend, but we were still slightly reluctant. Would he out nerd us?

A lanky looking guy walked into the office a few minutes after we had given the OK. I was surprised to see he was my height, if not taller, which was a pleasant change from my usual towering over people. He looked at the floor nervously for most of the time the counsellor blabbered on, but smiled and began talking when we walked back to the frat house. And so began Sam Winchester's days at Stanford.

This story is something that just kind of happened without me planning, and I have a very basic idea of where it going. This'll be completely AU!SPN, meaning no hunting, no monsters etc., but still all the characters. Please review and tell me if I should continue with it or not! :D