This truly was a fantastic story, its ending being as satisfying as I'd hoped and expected. Beverly was a terrific OC, as were all the less important ones you included in this wonderfully complex case-fic. To call it that... "a case-fic" seems so trite because it's truly so much more but, as case fics go, it stands up (at the very top!) with the very best I've read, plus you've given us the added more than welcome bonus of an exceptional character study of all of the Winchesters and from the outside POV that is often most fascinating.

Anyone who knows my own fic, knows without a shadow of a doubt that I'm a John girl. But, what I try to do is show this man's complexity, his flaws as well as his strengths, his pigheadedness as well as intelligence, and I try to suggest the reasoning behind what are often perceived as (and often simply are) poor choices on his part. So, saying all that, I have to say that what I love best about this story is your fair and balanced treatment of the complex man that is John Winchester, showing both his heart and warts and making this one of the most human portrayals of him that I've had the pleasure of reading. This story is swiftly going into my memories... thank-you again so very much for sharing it.