searching for a fic...

[bitchy_merlin]

For any SPN fans who see this:

I'm looking for a fic of the Sam/Dean variety that I read some time ago but seem to have lost. I don't remember it too clearly, but I do know it was vaguely Christmas-themed. The brothers Winchester decide to take a break from hunting after Sam gets mauled/contracts appendicitis (that part I remember, because I was thinking appendicitis, what?). So, after that, Dean decides they need a place to lie low for a bit, and they end up in a cabin somewhere... Their neighbours include a man who owns a small car repair shop (Henry? Hank?), an elderly gentleman, and a spirited woman whose name, I believe, was Mickey. I could be wrong about the names, but the general plot was Sam and Dean kind of sorting their lives out, and dealing with the hunting/not-hunting issues. Flashbacks were involved.

I remember thinking it was cute, and I'd really like to reread it, if anyone knows what it's called/who the author is.

Thanks!

Aha, never mind. Due to my incredible ineptness, I've been informed that the fic I've just described was actually two fics that I melded into one in my head. The Christmas-cabin flashback one is by Vee017 found at the Sam/Dean Slash Archive.

As for the other one, the one involving appendicitis and the neighbours, another cabin, and the togetherness/life-issues is still eluding me.