Just One More Thing 4/4

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Title: Just One More thing
Author: jennytork
Rating: PG
Words: about 456
Characters: Sam, Dean, Bobby, OMC
Warnings: None
Spoilers: "Devil's Trap", "In My Time Of Dying"
Summary: Sam is deafened in the car crash that ultimately stole their father. He's been trying to hide it from Dean.
Disclaimer: They ain't mine. And probably a good thing, too, seeing as how I treat them...
Author's Note: Many thanks to embroiderama for letting me write to her prompt in the hurt-comfort fic meme. I had a fantastic time! Sam-- not so much.



As they approached the hospital room, Bobby tried one more time to get Sam to be rational about things.

"No, Bobby!" Sam couldn't hear his own voice to regulate the volume. He was shouting as they walked down the hall. "I am not going to tell Dean i can't hear, and neither are you! It'd be just one more thing for him to worry about!"

As they passed by the nurse's station, Bobby heard a nurse answer a page and Dean's voice coldly reply that he needed a doctor to his room now.

Bobby fought the grin. Everybody on that floor had heard Sam.

Including Dean.

Sam walked in and smiled. "Ready to get out of here?"

Dean glared at him and shook his head. He jabbed a finger at the chair beside his bed -- a clear order for Sam to sit down.

Frowning, Sam sat. "Dean?" Too soft, now. "Dean, what's the matter?"

Dean turned his head as his doctor came into the room. He shook it and Sam saw his mouth shape, "No, Doc. Not for me." Then Dean's eyes were on Sam. "This is my little brother Sam. He was in the crash with me."

"Dean...." Sam began.

Dean plowed on. "He could hear just fine before it, and now he's apparently deaf as a post."

Sam sighed. "Dean...."

"Why did you try to hide this, Sammy?"

Another sigh seemed torn out of Sam. "I... I just didn't want you to worry. Not after.....Dad."

Dean nodded, understanding. Then he looked back at the doctor. "Can you fix him, Doc?"

As it turned out, the answer to that question was no. Sam's slowly encroaching deafness was due to his brain had swollen and bled in the exact spot for the swelling to press on the auditory nerve.

The good news was, Sam would most certainly get his hearing back.

The bad news was, the doctors couldn't tell them exactly when. The brain is a tricky thing, after all. Sam's deafness could last a week.

Or several.

Or a month.

Or several.

"So," Sam sighed when the doctor left the room. "Now you know."

Dean nodded slowly.

"So..." Sam repeated. "Now what do we do?"

Dean met his eyes, and watched them skitter down to focus on his lips.

"Dad's gone," Dean said slowly, carefully. "We're all we've got, Sammy. We stick together. Deaf or not -- we'll make it."

Sam nodded and they checked Dean out of the hospital. Bobby took them straight to his home.

And when Dean caught his first sight of the savage damage the semi had done to his baby?

Well, that was one of the very few moments that Sam was actually glad that he was now deaf.

END

Comments

[greeneyes-fan.livejournal.com]

Even at one of their roughest times, they are still on the same side! What a fun story.

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[gidgetgal9.livejournal.com]

You know if Sam had been hurt/deaf on the show, I think that focusing on Sam would have kept Dean from being so self destructive after his dad's death. Nicely done. :)

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

You know what? I never thought of that!

[insertcode11.livejournal.com]

Awesome fic, hon. I love it to pieces. The last bit made me feel warm and fuzzy. I also hope that you're feeling better! :)

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

Slowly. Now an uncle is in the hospital with the same thing that killed his sister.

And thank you for the feedback!

[strgazr04.livejournal.com]

4/4? What? No I don't think so missy! I demand more! :P It would be really interesting to have Sam either still deaf or just get his hearing back right when Dean starts taking that crowbar to the Impala.

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHA Yes, it is 4/4! *grin*

All teasing aside, more will be coming soon as I get more of the big bangs written.

[vonnie836.livejournal.com]

Loved the ending. Sam gave himself away, it was actually funny. And Dean was wonderful about it, but Sam should have know that. Great job. Hugs, Vonnie

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

thank you!

Hugs back!

[phx69.livejournal.com]

Perfect. Absolutely perfect. I am so glad that Dean didn't get too angry at Sam over trying to spare him for a little while. I got chills when he paged the nurses station and again when he claimed Sam as his little brother and told the doctor that he was in the crash too. Awww... very nicely done. And that last line? Perfect. I like this little verse and the knowledge that Sam will get his hearing back. Eventually. And while waiting for the eventual, there is lots of time for fun!

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly! Thank you so much!

[dont-hate-me01.livejournal.com]

Loved the way you made things better! I can believe that Sam was greatful that he could not hear when Dean found out about the damage done to his baby! Thanks for sharing, loved reading this story!

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[cece-away.livejournal.com]

Love how as soon as Dean finds out about something wrong with Sam he goes to fix it immediately. Always a man of action, esp. when it counts.

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

Yes, he certainly is!