Linda Fic Recs
Never Go Home (1352 words) by kalliel
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Linda Tran & Kevin Tran, Linda Tran & Dean Winchester
Characters: Linda Tran, Kevin Tran, Dean Winchester
Additional Tags: Episode: s09e14 Captives, episode coda, 9x14, Character Study
Summary:
There is only one way to mean what you mean, and you mean you’ve lost your son. This is the longest wake you’ve never left. Coda to 9x14 “Captives,” Linda!POV
This is such a lovely look at Linda following 9.14. The second person narration creates a fabulous atmosphere.
all and nothing (2654 words) by alethiometry
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Linda Tran, Kevin Tran, Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, Crowley (Supernatural)
Additional Tags: Non-Linear Narrative, POV Second Person, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Racist Language, Post-Season/Series 09
Summary:
Some nights you dream of shackles, and when you wake up it takes an extra minute to remind yourself that you aren’t with the demons anymore. You are whole. You are safe. You are free. You have your son, incorporeal as he is, and that is all you need. (Post-season 9.)
I have a thing for Linda fics set after Kevin’s death told in the second person. This is an atmospheric look at Linda’s headspace that really worked for me. Warnings for racism/racial slurs and off-screen rape.
Cooking for the Dead (9036 words) by Sophia_Prester
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Linda Tran, Kevin Tran, Death (Supernatural)
Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Cooking
Summary:
If you’re trying to figure out how to help the ghost of your dead child hang on to his sanity, first you’ve got to figure out how to hang on to your own.
This fic absolutely blew me away. It combines a wonderfully characterized Linda with a portrayal of death we’re rarely allowed to see in the show itself. Beautiful.
Haunted (2917 words) by Balder12
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kevin Tran & Linda Tran
Characters: Linda Tran, Kevin Tran
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Angst, Canonical Character Death, Ghost Kevin
Summary:
Linda Tran is a hunter on a mission.
I know that I’ve recced this at least once. But the relationship here between Linda and Kevin is portrayed so well that I had to rec it again. Hunter!Linda is always one of my favorite tropes in the fandom.
Let her under your skin by lyryk.
Rating: PG-13
Relationship: Jody/Linda
This was my springfling gift this year and it is awesome. Post-Apocalyptic Jody/Linda, with both characters written beautifully.
Vacancy (639 words) by mako_lies
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kevin Tran & Linda Tran
Characters: Linda Tran, Kevin Tran
Additional Tags: Demonic Possession, Hurt/Comfort, Season/Series 08, Mother-Son Relationship
Summary:
Kevin is there when Linda comes to from the possession. Set between 8.02 and 8.07.
I hate to rec my own story, but I couldn’t find another fic on AO3 about Linda & Kevin where Kevin was actually alive apart from this one, so here we are.