Filthy Fingers by [livejournal.com profile] tebtosca for <user site="livejournal.com" use

Jun. 11th, 2012 11:12 pm
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Title: Filthy Fingers
Pairing: Lisa/Meg, past Lisa/Dean
Rating: R
Any warnings: noncon & dubcon

Written by [livejournal.com profile] tebtosca for [livejournal.com profile] kalliel!



“Hey there, pretty lady.”

Lisa opens her eyes slowly, pushing against the pressure on her lids. It feels like needy little fingers tapping against the skin.

A woman is sitting in the chair next to the bed, and Lisa’s hazy vision scans her once, and then again. The woman’s face is round and pale like a porcelain doll, soft edges and a wisp of a smile.

Lisa closes her eyes again. Can’t bear the thought of false kindness.

“They say you’re a real storyteller, Lisa Braeden.”

Lisa’s eyelids twitch.

“They say you keep talking about invisible men, men that don’t exist.”

Lisa swallows. Her voice is raspy from days of disuse and the after-effects of newly-introduced chemicals. Yet, she needs to speak, to correct. It’s suddenly important that at least one goddamn person understands.

“One man. It’s just the one man,” Lisa says. Her eyes open at last, fluttering against the moonlight coming through the window. “And he exists.”

The woman cocks her head, her smile spreading. Her eyes are dark, too dark. She leans over to stroke Lisa’s hair and it makes Lisa shiver even though the room is warm. She whispers her next words right into Lisa’s ear, breath tickling the lobe like the legs of a caterpillar.

“I’m Nurse Masters. But you can call me Meg.”

****

When Lisa was five years old, she had friend named Sally.

Sally was her best friend, always ready to sit down and have tea with Lisa or play with the doll her Mommy got her for her birthday. Sally wore pink lace and knee socks, and was the most beautiful thing Lisa had ever seen.

Sally’s face was round and pale. Like a porcelain doll.

Daddy came to Lisa one day while she was having a tea party with Sally and said that they had to go to the hospital to meet Lisa’s new baby sister. Lisa asked if Sally could come. Daddy said “Who is Sally, honeybear?”

Sally looked at her and smiled from where she sat cross-legged on the floor of Lisa’s bedroom.

Mommy told Lisa later that she was a big girl now and was too old for imaginary friends. She had a sister now, didn’t she want to look after her? But Lisa didn’t want to be her sister’s caretaker. It wasn’t her job.

She wanted Sally, but Sally was gone. After a little while, Lisa could only remember her smile.

****

Lisa had tried to get people to believe her.

At first it was just flashes, glimpses of memories that Lisa didn’t have. Tactile things like the slide of leather or the smell of frying bacon. Common, everyday things that should have been normal, but became twisted and unsure when filtered through the idea that they never happened.

She moved, took her son and headed one state over, thinking that distance would make her forget all these things that she shouldn’t quite remember. But every box she packed made her remember packing another box that didn’t exist.

Ben noticed her crying one night and crept into her bed to comfort her. He was too old for this, but he held her strong and sure as she begged him to remember as well. He was her big boy, her strong, wonderful boy, but he couldn’t help her.

“I’m sorry, Mom. I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Later, much later, Lisa’s baby sister took her boy.

“It’s for the best, Lis,” she had said, eyes wary as she took in Lisa’s disheveled appearance. “Just until you get better.”

“It’s never going to make him not real.”

Lisa’s baby sister had looked like she was going to touch Lisa’s face, but thought better of it.

****

Meg comes to her in the middle of the night, every night, sneaking closer and closer to her body until finally she is lying beside Lisa in the tiny little hospital bed.

“Why are you here?” Lisa asks her one night, and can feel the vibrations from Meg’s chuckles.

“Let’s just say that my current charge is a total snoozefest,” Meg says, rolling her eyes, that pouty little mouth twisting into a grin.

She swings one leg over Lisa’s body suddenly, trapping them together as she curls closer. She strokes down Lisa’s jaw, over her cheekbones, and across the slope of her nose.

“I wore your face for over a year back then,” Meg breathes against Lisa’s mouth. “Made him whimper like a baby every single time.”

Lisa doesn’t understand, but it doesn’t matter. The sedative Meg slips onto her tongue like a communion is strong and Lisa hasn’t been kissed since before. Lisa’s entire body relaxes in submission and she allows herself to taste Meg on her tongue.

“He killed my father, you know. Your man.”

Lisa’s eyes open just briefly enough to see Meg’s eyes flash black, but Meg eats the scream right out of her mouth.

****

“You’re a monster.”

“I’m also the only one that believes you, darlin’.”

Lisa curls into herself and cries for the first time since she entered the hospital.

Meg presses against her from behind and slips delicate fingers down her thigh, biting words of fire and ice into Lisa’s skin.

****

The first time Meg opens up her mouth and pours her vileness inside of her, Lisa tries to fight against it, but fails.

It feels like she’s being suffocated and, as she gasps for breath, Lisa remembers another time.

Green eyes glassy with tears, breath warm with whiskey. Fingers pressing into her windpipe, cutting off air, thought, life. She smacks at the hands, the knuckles hard with calluses, and the green eyes clear as the pressure lifts.

“Oh god, I’m so sorry,” the man, a good man, her man, says, and kisses her mouth as the calluses skim gently, so gently, against the bruised skin of her neck.

“What have I done to you?”

Lisa lies in the hospital bed, staring at the tendrils of black smoke that are rising up to the ceiling.

****

The night the lights go out, Meg comes to her later than usual.

“He’s coming,” Meg says breathlessly, straddling Lisa and pulling up the material of Lisa’s shirt until she lies there exposed and aching.

“Who’s coming?” Lisa asks, pulling at Meg’s hands where they are twisting her nipples into raw points.

“Your mystery man, pretty lady. He’s on his way right now.”

Meg’s eyes are pitch black and her smile is cruel in her porcelain doll face. Her teeth are sharp and she smells like rotten eggs and bile.

Lisa gasps, not knowing whether to fight Meg off or promise her anything so she’ll tell her more.

“What? Oh God, why are you lying to me?” Lisa sobs, her shoulders shaking as Meg licks blood off her skin.

“Didn’t you get the memo, sweetpea? There is no more fucking God for either of us.”

Later, when Meg is sated and Lisa feels tremors course throughout her body, she finally dares to ask again.

“He’s real, isn’t he?”

Meg nuzzles her neck, nose slicked wet with Lisa’s still-drying tears. “Oh he’s real all right, but you won’t know that for long.”

Lisa wants to ask what she means, but the press of Meg’s fingers on her neck brings nothing but darkness.

****

When Lisa opens her eyes again, there is a man next to her bedside. He’s dressed like her, a patient, the ones that no one else believes. He’s not the man in her head, but his presence fills her with a wash of light that almost cancels out the black of Meg’s evil.

“I don’t think this is right,” the man says, his voice halting. His eyes are haunted as he stares at Meg over Lisa’s shoulder.

“It’s like putting down a wounded bird, Castiel,” Meg’s voice drawls from behind her. “I think you angels call it mercy.”

Heavy, familiar fingers touch Lisa’s forehead and she remembers.

“Castiel?” Lisa echoes.

Castiel. His friend. Dean’s friend.

Dean, his name is Dean.

She remembers.

But then she blinks.


Date: 2012-06-11 10:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mekina.livejournal.com
!!! I want to read more of this. Like, thousands of words more. Not something I ever thought I would enjoy (I don't even like Lisa much!) but wow. This is so good.

Date: 2012-06-23 11:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
So glad you enjoyed it and that it made you intrigued enough to want more! <3

Date: 2012-06-11 10:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laconicisms.livejournal.com
HO FUCK CRAP THE ENDING ASKDJFDSKJFKSDLFKDJLFKLA

No really, this is fucking gorgeous and it aches and it's creepy and beautiful and ngkdkjlfskdjlfsjkkd. Brilliant!

Date: 2012-06-23 11:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! I absolutely love a good keyboard smash haha <33

Date: 2012-06-11 10:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] salty-catfish.livejournal.com
D: sums up my reaction.

Date: 2012-06-23 11:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
But then you totally went \o/, don't lie

Date: 2012-06-11 10:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evitably.livejournal.com
Oh, wow! This was lovely! Lisa's fear and confusion come through so strongly, and when finally she remembers it's only to forget. I don't envy her at all.

And Meg! Lovely Meg, curious about the woman who'd kept Dean sane, who finds herself attracted to her despite (or even because) she was Dean's. There's real affection in there for Lisa in the way Meg convinces Castiel to destroy the leftover memories, and worry and it's also a test for Castiel, to see if he'd do what Meg asked him to, just like he had with Dean.

Brava! Very well done!

Date: 2012-06-23 11:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
You totally got it exactly right, my dear. *snuggles you*

Date: 2012-06-11 11:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jaimeykay.livejournal.com
:DDDD SO PERFECT.
Edited Date: 2012-06-11 11:50 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-06-23 11:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
You better capslock the fuck out of my journal version of this :P

<333

Date: 2012-06-11 11:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fiercelynormal.livejournal.com
So gooooood!! Poor Lisa! D:

Date: 2012-06-23 11:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
I feel bad about tormenting her so, but my darling Cindy looks so beautiful when she angsts!

Date: 2012-06-12 12:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moragmacpherson.livejournal.com
Wow. Amazing. You write great Meg voice, and (being a quiet Dean/Lisa shipper) I love the idea that her brain/soul fights against the memory erasure constantly, trying to hold on to him.

I do have one question though: when Meg mentions wearing Lisa's face for a year, is she talking about the year Dean spent with Lisa, or one of the ways she tortured him in Hell? I am perfectly happy with either answer.

Date: 2012-06-23 11:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
Thank you for this comment! Meg is hard to write sometimes, because it's very easy to tilt over into caricature, especially with her dialogue. So glad it worked for you!

Oof, yes, I thought after the fact that maybe using 1 year would be confusing! But the second one was right--Meg wore her face while ~helping out Alastair and torturing Dean in hell

thanks for reading! <3

Date: 2012-06-12 12:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cassiopeia7.livejournal.com
Wow. Creepy and awesome. Not to mention beautifully written. Bravo, anony!author!

But poor Lisa . . . D:

Date: 2012-06-23 11:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
I know, poor Lisa! I almost felt bad tormenting her lol

So glad you enjoyed it, and thanks so much for reading! <3

Date: 2012-06-12 12:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mariahlee.livejournal.com
Ooh, the simplistic style works so well here. Seriously, awesome awesome job.

Date: 2012-06-23 11:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
Thank you, my love! <3

Date: 2012-06-12 01:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marciaelena.livejournal.com
Oh wow, this was amazing. Darkly beautiful and very creepy.

Date: 2012-06-23 11:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
Thank you! It's definitely on the darker side for me, but I'm so happy it worked for you <3

Date: 2012-06-23 11:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marciaelena.livejournal.com
It definitely worked for me, I love stories with a little (or sometimes a lot of) darkness in them.

Date: 2012-06-12 01:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maypoles.livejournal.com
This is really creepy and intriguing and excellenttt. ♥

Date: 2012-06-23 11:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! I will happily take all of those things <3

Date: 2012-06-12 01:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anyothergirl415.livejournal.com
I don't usually read fics like this but I'm glad I took the risk, this is creepy and dark in all the best ways. And I don't particularly care for Lisa but you did a good job of drawing out that sympathy. Fantastic job!

Date: 2012-06-23 11:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
YAY! Glad you liked it and thought the risk worked. Thank you, darling <3

Date: 2012-06-12 05:11 am (UTC)
kalliel: (gumby girl)
From: [personal profile] kalliel
EEEEHEEEEEEEEEEEE INHUMAN NOISES :DDDDD First of all, haha world! More people who are writing Meg/Lisa. \O/ NOW I JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO YOU ARE.

I'm extremely intrigued by the idea that Meg would fetch Castiel for this occasion; all the implications of that are wondrous. It makes me think so much about where Meg is in this story (psychically, not physically lol) , in addition to Lisa. I think the most heartbreaking moment, though, was the moment Lisa's sister took Ben to live with her for a bit, omg. ;________; I have intensssseeeee amounts of love for post 6x21 Lisa fics where her recurring memories just haunt her, and this was beautiful.

Thank you, anon. <33333333

Date: 2012-06-23 11:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE right back at you! :DDDDD

So glad you liked it! I've written a tiny little Lisa/Meg thing before, but I didn't want to mess up your lovely prompts too badly lol.

I find myself terribly intrigued by what happened to Lisa post-mindwipe. I could probably write a BB-length fic about my feeeeeeeeeelings about it haha. And, yes, throwing Meg into the mix is never a bad thing, because Meg is, well, Meg. :D

<333333

Date: 2012-06-23 06:22 pm (UTC)
kalliel: (meg)
From: [personal profile] kalliel
I didn't want to mess up your lovely prompts too badly lol.

ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. And I approve of this BB-length wealth of feelings. <3333333333333 Thank you again for this!

Date: 2012-06-12 11:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] counteragent.livejournal.com
This is excellent. I like that Meg is not cuddly, because she should never be cuddly.

Date: 2012-06-23 11:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
Noooooo Meg should never be cuddly. Meg is evil and delicious and amazing :D

Thanks for reading! <3

Date: 2012-06-12 04:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moxay.livejournal.com
I took a tiny leap of faith, since I don't read a lot of Lisa- centric or femslash, but this was perfectly wonderful and disturbing (in the best way)!

Date: 2012-06-23 12:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
So glad you took the chance and enjoyed it, even if it was disturbing haha. Thanks so much! <3

Date: 2012-06-12 05:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] strangeallure.livejournal.com
This is amazing writing: excellent idea and beautiful words and phrases. You really twisted my gut with this, but in the best possible way.

I could fill a whole comment with lines and expressions I love, but I'll limit myself to this one:

Tactile things like the slide of leather or the smell of frying bacon. Common, everyday things that should have been normal, but became twisted and unsure when filtered through the idea that they never happened.

Date: 2012-06-23 12:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
Thank you SO much for the lovely comment! I remember writing for you last year during [livejournal.com profile] spnspringfling so it seems like this challenge brings out the, um, darker side of me LOL

<33

Date: 2012-06-13 02:54 am (UTC)
colls: (SPN Impala!sky)
From: [personal profile] colls
Oh wow. This is just fantastic.

Date: 2012-06-23 12:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! <3

Date: 2012-06-13 05:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bellevue.livejournal.com
Oh wow, that was really fascinating and disturbing. D: I sometimes wonder if there are traces of Dean left in Lisa's memory and this is such a terrifying take on that. Great story.

Date: 2012-06-23 12:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
I wonder, too! What happened to Lisa will always be one of the great mysteries that I don't think we'll have answered lol

Thanks for reading! <3

Date: 2012-06-14 07:53 pm (UTC)
inalasahl: (jackles)
From: [personal profile] inalasahl
Eek. Poor Lisa. This was an interesting look at the damage the mindwipe caused.

Date: 2012-06-23 12:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
I know, poor Lisa! So glad you enjoyed, thank you! <3

Date: 2012-06-17 04:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kalymnos.livejournal.com
Oh gosh, between this and the other wonderful Lisa/Meg fic I've read so far, we've been absolutely spoiled in this challenge. This was intense, and powerful, and drew me in from the start. The creation of Sally as Lisa's imaginary childhood friend was so clever (do we really believe it?), and taking Ben away so so heartbreaking.

Date: 2012-06-23 12:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
They are an interesting pair, right? For some reason it works.

So glad you enjoyed this take on it, and that things like Sally intrigued you. Thanks for reading! <3

Date: 2012-06-17 10:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] irina-something.livejournal.com
wow. this is so twisted and dark but so well thought out. and unlike the lisa story in spn, this story is one that makes you care and one that makes sense.
so congrats !

Date: 2012-06-23 12:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tebtosca.livejournal.com
Thank you, my dear! So glad it sucked you in <3
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