Then of course there is
Heartfelt thanks also go to my long suffering Flist, who put up with whingeing, stropping, and me just gibbering in corners. And I promise to go back to every fic I put on hold, to attempt my very first multi-chaptered (and possibly last *G*) Supernatural story.
Thanks also go to
Finally here is the tale of how this little *ahem* story came into being. Many moons ago, I read a Magnificent 7 fan fiction, called ‘The Measure of a Man’. It involved the Trial I used in this story. I contacted the author for permission to use that part of her story, as I felt it was something that Dean would put himself through to protect others. She kindly agreed to let me use it, and I am very grateful for her kindness in allowing me to use her idea. The rest of it (And dear god is there a lot of it) is totally my own invention, and gentle readers I'm so bloody sorry for how long it is.