Thank you so much! Steampunk is really such a broad genre of fiction; ask any two people what it actually means, and you'll probably get two different answers. :D I'm so pleased this story worked for you, both as steampunk and as a story that is fundamentally still about the Sam and Dean we know and the supernatural world they live in.

And no worries, I'm not offended in the least! You're right, that detail completely slipped past me when I was writing the story. Let's just call it one of those little alternate history things. *shifty eyes*

Again, thank you so much for this wonderful comment!