Friend of the Devil (masterlist)

[ellerkay]

Title: Friend of the Devil
Fandom: Supernatural
Category: Gen
Characters: Sam, Lucifer, Dean, a little Castiel, a little Amelia. Canon Sam/Amelia.
Rating: R, mostly for language
Wordcount: ~18,000
Warnings: Lucifer trying to talk Sam into suicide (early in fic and not for long)
Disclaimer: All for fun, none for profit.
Summary: An AU woven into existing canon, in which Hallucifer isn't removed from Sam's head by Castiel, but only suppressed and his power over Sam diminished. When he reappears, he and Sam have to learn to live with each other (mostly through the power of snark) during the Purgatory year and throughout the course of season eight.
A/N: Dialogue is incorporated from the following episodes (some a chunk of a scene, some just a line or three): The Born-Again Identity, Survival of the Fittest, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Blood Brother, Torn and Frayed, Man’s Best Friend With Benefits, Remember the Titans, Goodbye Stranger, Taxi Driver, and Sacrifice.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

(I did my best to break the story in logical places, but it's only split up because of LJ's character limit, so consider the story of a piece.)

Comments

[supernutjapan.livejournal.com]

I read this at AO3 but for some reason it wouldn't let me comment 😤so:

Very entertaining!

I've been watching a lot of the Vampire Diaries recently, and this Lucifer really reminds me of Damon, a character there. You think he is just totally evil at first, then gradually you see him doing things that make you question your first judgement, and then he starts saving people's lives and pretty soon, reluctantly or not, the characters are considering him a friend.

But I am starting to question if Luci is really just a part of Sam, or is he actually Lucifer... I am one who feels badly for Luci (how he was influenced by the Mark) and would have liked to see him redeemed on the show (as was Damon), so I enjoy imagining that possibility as well.

I like how you tie it in with the Season 8 issue of WHY DIDN'T SAM LOOK FOR DEAN? as well. I like to think that it was his psychological exhaustion/depression left over from Hallucifer, and you just went a bit further with that 😊

[ellerkay.livejournal.com]

:D Thank you!!

Oh man, Damon is one of my SUPERFAVES. There is a bunch of old slash with him on this journal from my early TVD-watching days, lol. And I can definitely see why he reminds you of this Lucifer, with their character arcs (and even voices, to a degree; I think they're similarly snarky).

Because I'm so protective of Sam, I sometimes have trouble sympathizing with Lucifer, especially when Jared is doing FAR too good an acting job acting traumatized around him. But when I can put that aside, I'm completely with you. It seems pretty clear that the Mark really fucked with him, and then God just locked him away instead of trying to help him. (And then abandoned him AGAIN to go galaxy-hopping or whatever with Amara.) And I thought they had done so much to make him more sympathetic in S13 - there was that great stuff with Anael, and that devastating conversation he had with Gabriel where he actually ROLLED A TEAR. Between all that and how lovely Jack was, I was really hoping for a redemption arc, and was very disappointed by the outcome.

(Also because he's wildly entertaining and I never get tired of watching the utter glee with which Mark Pellegrino plays him. Seriously, on a show where one of the best things about it is how much fun the cast obviously has making it, Pellegrino still manages to stand out as someone who is having a fucking BALL playing his character.)

Thank you SO much for commenting! This is maybe my favorite fic I ever wrote, so I'm always delighted to find that someone else enjoyed it, too. <3

[supernutjapan.livejournal.com]

Heeeee<3<3 I will just have to check those out later won't I?! :D
I am soooo late to the party - I stopped watching real time around Season 4 and I just finished binge watching the whole thing for the first time several months ago. Now I'm obsessed with it... or should I say, obsessed with HIM. OMG Damon just kills me.

I totally got the similarity in snarkiness as well XD Awesome<3

Between all that and how lovely Jack was, I was really hoping for a redemption arc, and was very disappointed by the outcome.
This. So much. I wonder if we still have a chance to see it.

[ellerkay.livejournal.com]

:D If you do, I hope you find something that's to your taste!

Season 4 was around when (I felt) the show started to go downhill, so you were wise to tap out then. XD I imagine it's more enjoyable as a binge. I toughed it out till the end, but there was a lot I didn't like. Damon always made it worthwhile, though. He is GREAT.

I wonder if we still have a chance to see it.
I sure hope so. With SPN, I feel like there's always hope. Let's start a prayer circle for the resurrection. :P