Ipod Shuffle Challenge - Supernatural Themed!

I came across this challenge on someone else's story list, and thought it'd be fun. I'm not sure how this went, but it's a few flashbacks for Dean & Beth, pre-relationship, early relationship, and more recent. The rule was to write only while the song was playing, and then move on with the music change: no going back to edit, no pausing, no revising.

The only thing I did was go back to put in the singer's names, two favourite lines from the song, and the rough timeframe for when this was written (because it's all over the shop), but the writing itself was all done to the challenge rules. All Dean & Beth (OFC) pairings from my Supernatural fanfics, except for one little Beth and Sam moment.


1. Love me like you never did – Markus Schulz
(Early Dean & Beth, pre-relationship)

Wrapped in this moment, I don't want to quit
Arms up to Heaven ...cause if this is it, I wanna give it all


Dean

Her hair was like silk, flying around her shoulders as she ran along the path, laughing and shrieking as I launched myself at her. I tackled her to the grassy knoll by the lake and we rolled through down the slight incline, hitting the cold water with an unceremonious splash.

I hadn't been planning that.

My name escaped her lips and it washed over me. Say it again. I loved her, I knew that without a doubt, I had loved this girl for so many years it hurt having her this close. I struggled to find a foothold, my feet squishing into the muddy ground below and squelching into my shoes. I didn't care.

Beth laughed again, shaking her head at me and crossing her arms. "You're insane."


2. One Call Away – Charlie Puth
(Early Season 5 after Sam left Dean & Beth to find his 'normal life')

No matter where you go
You know you're not alone


Beth

It had been three weeks since Sam had left. I sat in the pew of the dimly church and fingered the worn rosewood rosary in my hand. My phone buzzed silently next to me, vibrating against the hard wooden seat. I glanced at it, expecting Dean, I was wrong.

"Hey," I said, picking up my phone. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I just thought I'd touch base."

"Where are you?"

"Oklahoma," he replied.

We fell silent and I fought to say everything. I loved my brother. Everything that had passed between us, all the pain and the hurt, everything – it was gone. I couldn't explain it, but I didn't question it. At the end of the day, he was my brother.

"I'm only one call away," I said and thought I heard him smile before hanging up.


3. Love Yourself – Justin Bieber
(Pre-relationship Dean & Beth as he's starting to realise his feelings for her. We heard mention of Rhonda in "The End" Chapter 4 'Between Heaven & Hell')

Didn't see what's going on
But now I know
I'm better sleeping on my own


Dean

I looked at Rhonda, lying face down on the mattress, her red hair sprawled out over the pillow. It had been a crazy night, any man would be pleased with the things we'd done. I felt empty.

Sighing, I felt the guilt sink into my chest, pulling on my overshirt and heading to the door.

One more night, without her. One more night losing myself in flesh, and I felt nothing.

I stepped outside, shutting the motel room behind me and walking quickly along the pavement, eyes meeting hers as she sat on the Impala, waiting for me. Damn.


4. Que Sera – Justice Crew
(Early relationship Dean & Beth)

We keep falling, but the world keeps spinning
And I might stop winning, just as long as I got you by my side


Beth

Six down. Six to go. Candy apple eyes met mine with a defiant challenge across the table. I smirked at him, reaching a hand out to slide to the back of his neck and pulled him in for a lingering, soft kiss.

"Stop trying to distract me," Dean warned, his eyes slanting at me yet sparkling with amusement.

"Who me?" I asked innocently, I picked up the shot glass closest to me and downed it. "I wouldn't dream of it."

The voices of the people surrounding us started to filter through. "$100 on the girl," someone shouted, and money was waved around. Either way we were already sinners tonight.


5. Wherever I Go – OneRepublic
(Pre-relationship Dean & Beth, after their trip with Jefferson to hunt in Philadelphia and his night with Lisa – No Exit, Ch6 'All Hell Breaks Loose')

I come alive when I'm close to the madness
No easy love could ever make me feel the same


Beth

Alone. It was just Dean and I in the motel room. The clock told me it was 1:11. In some cultures that was fortuitous. Dean shifted in his sleep, rolling on to his face and reaching under his pillow to cradle it under his head.

I reached an unsteady hand out to brush the hair out of his eyes. He sighed. Closing my eyes I fought the uncontrollable urge to kiss him. Philadelphia had done a number on us this time. Now I was left, caught between desire and a promise.

"I'm sorry," I whispered, knowing it wasn't enough, I'd already said it so much.


6. Stand By You – Rachel Platten
(Post Dean's rescue from Hell – early 'To Hell and Back')

Even if we're breaking down, we can find a way to break through
Even if we can't find heaven, I'll walk through Hell with you


Beth

Dean's yells woke me from another restless night. I reached for him instinctively in the dark, and found myself pulled on top of him, the wind knocked from my lungs.

"You're dreaming!" I said urgently, waiting for his hands to slide around my neck and squeeze. I fought the panic that rose in my chest each time, and then let out a breath of relief when he froze, holding me as his chest rose and fell fast and hard.

"I'm here," I said softly, reaching a tentative hand out to brush against his face. "I've got you."


7. Dear Future Husband – Meghan Trainor
(Pre-relationship Dean & Beth go undercover on a hunt, playing newlyweds – probably around a year before they get together)

Even when I'm acting crazy
Tell me everything's alright


Beth

We were probably going overboard on the cover, but I was playing it up for all it was worth. It had been a month, a simple month where we'd let ourselves come undone. It would come to an end, I knew that, it always did. John's ultimatum always won – but for now, why not go with the motion?

Slipping a hand into Dean's arm, I leaned comfortably against his shoulder, lifting my lips to that sensitive spot behind his left ear. "Do you see her yet?" I breathed against him, and was certain I felt a shiver pass through his body.

"No," his voice was husky and he glanced at me.


8. Alarm – Anne-Marie
(Post-Philadelphia No Exit – Ch 6 'All Hell Breaks Loose', Beth's reaction to seeing Dean take Lisa home)

Now you're lying here knowing where he goes
Now he gotta getcha


Beth

I lay in Dean's bed, staring at the cheap cottage cheese ceiling in the dark. Watching him walk that girl home had hurt more than I wanted to admit. Even as I wanted to be angry with him, I was more angry at myself. Instead I lay here, knowing he wasn't coming home tonight, so I didn't have to share with Sam. John was passed out on the couch, and I rolled over on to my side, catching a whiff of Dean's pine and leather scent on the pillowcase. Tears welled up in my eyes and I forced them back, I would not cry. I could not cry.


9. The Ballad of Mona Lisa – Panic! At the Disco
(Very early Dean & Beth, first few months she was with them and getting trained by Dean)

Give me a sign
I want to believe


Dean

A left fist, followed by a right hook. I ducked and batted at her side with a slap of my hand, landing it against her right buttock. Beth's angry cry was fueled by a spinning kick. I blocked it with both hands, gripping her ankle and flipping her, pushing her face down on the grass. I stood over her, watching her lay there, shoulders rising and falling as she groaned.

"Get up," I said, cold, detached, I could be Dad right now. Except that I wasn't.

Beth rolled over and looked up at me, and in that moment I was lost when I saw the determination in her eyes, she was stronger than me, and she had me.


10. When we Stand Together – Nickelback
(Early Season 5 after Sam left Dean & Beth to find his 'normal life')

We must stand together
There's no giving in


Beth

The images of the chaos Lucifer had started on earth flooded the TV screen on CNN. There was one catastrophe after another and I sat glued to the screen.

"You need to turn it off," Dean said, standing in the bathroom door, brushing his teeth.

"What have we done?" I asked, feeling the horror sink in as I saw a cyclone hit the Florida coast, taking with it houses, cars, injuring people – killing some.

"We haven't done anything," he said, spitting out the toothpaste and rinsing his mouth. He fell to his knees in front of me, grasping my face between two calloused palms. "This isn't our fault, Beth."

"How can you say that?" I asked tearfully.

"Because I have to believe it."


Author's Notes


Hope you enjoyed the little snippets. I'm in a Dean & Beth mood, slowly working on the next chapter. I'm having trouble focusing on one thing at a time right now, and there's some of Jefferson's story, and Gabriel's that wants to be written. The struggle is real, and the next few weeks I have assignments due which will require my full attention – which means of course I want to hide in fanfic :)

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