comment fic meme!
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ohsamFollowing the results of the poll we took last month (don't make it easy on us or anything, guys, haha!), we've decided to hold a comment fic meme once every three months. This gives everyone time to write and prompt to their heart's content, and allows us mods to keep up with y'all. And we're starting right now!
THE RULES
THE MASTER LIST
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verucasalt123
Sam has a headache and Dean tries to make him feel better.
Taming the Dragon bymentholpixie
Dean finds out Sam has become addicted to some kind of very hard street drug (heroin, meth, cocaine, something like that) and tries (with or without success, surprise me) to help him kick.
Light Will Guide You Home bytahirire
Sam/Sarah Blake, anytime after they parted ways at the end of "Provenance." Because Sam needs non-monster lovin', and he's into dark-haired girls anyway.
The Shadow Dancer byrunning_hot
Sam has a high fever. A monster has Dean. The rescue would be going much better if Sam could tell which things were actually happening and which were in his head.
Touched By an Angel bymamapranayama
Fill in the gaps between when Cas took down Sam's wall in that alley, until Dean and Bobby get Sam back into the panic room.
Mo Bhràthair E A' Chantainn byramblin_rosie
Dean and Sam had their own language when they were children, like twins sometimes do. In long car trips, to signal each other, to communicate in close quarters without their father knowing what they were saying. It faded over time, but now, with Sam so often broken form reality and Dean desperate, remembering that language is what saves them. Post 6x22.
In My Time... byjennytork
Sam on a spinal board. Don't mind why, how whatever, but Sam freaking out due to being strapped down, and Dean reassuring him that it will all be ok.
Eternity byemmram
What if the cage were timeless, or outside of time, and returning to time after being timeless had major repercussions? Physiological, where all Sam's heart rate and breathing rhythms and such were fouled up; psychological, where he no longer knows how to follow a conversation or text or train of thought consecutively without jumping about. Go wild: anything from nausea and dizziness to psychosis. Maybe strong rhythms, like waves or music with a regular beat, help ground him. Or sex, if you wanted to go the pairing route.
don't let me know we're invisible bymimblexwimble
ean finds out Sam has become addicted to some kind of very hard street drug (heroin, meth, cocaine, something like that) and tries (with or without success, surprise me) to help him kick.
Real bybrokenangel6662
Post-6x22. Sam falls apart. Dean tries to help. That is all.
Folk Rememdies by anonymous
Giant jellyfish. Sam's in the water. Dean isn't. GO!
Into the Night byyouaredriving
Sam starts sleepwalking - he walks into the cold night air (not very healthy), he hurts himself while asleep (like cutting or banging his head)
Turn Your Back byvail_kagami
From Cas's POV. Post 6x22. During one of Sam's worst breaks, Dean clings to his brother in just another cheap motel room that make up their lives. He holds Sam and whispers and tries to soothe him, desperation radiating off him as Sam gets worse. Unseen, Castiel watches the two people who'd called him family. He either doesn't know why he feels compelled to watch them suffer like this or realizes he still feels something for them (love/remorse). Would prefer no romantic attachments.
Untitled byverucasalt123
Sam smokes cigarettes. He knows it's a bad habit. He knows he smokes way more than he should. He keeps on smoking anyway.
Automatic Reflex bymonicawoe
Sam lifts a car. Of course, Sam throws his back out doing it.
Near Miss bylaurificus
Sam does not want to be comforted. Dean is like, 'Yeah well I don't want to make you feel better anyway'
Vegetable Pot Pie byennyousai
Dean has to feed up a Sam who doesn't trust the world around him. Dean is the only person he sorta kinda trusts; he won't accept food unless Dean is the one who prepares it and offers it. Cue lots of cooking!Dean, talking soothingly and acclimating Sam to a domestic routine.
To Hold Your Broken Soul byauthoressnebula
I just kind of loved remembering-hell!Sam, and would like to see more of him. Especially some physical h/c. Sam’s face is burned and he looks like he could use a Dean to clean him up and take care of him, you know? And if you want to move on to emotional h/c after that, that’s fine too.
Spiders from Mars by anonymous
Sam loses his hair (reason up to you) and he is embarrassed by his lumpy skull. Depending on the cause of the hair loss, I can actually see this as being either really lulzy or really sad and either is okay with me.
Most Likely To... bymonicawoe
Sam meets old friends from Stanford and they don't recognize him, what with him and Dean swooping in all huge and violent with guns and knives and arcane rituals to rescue them all from some horrifying eldritch creature. And then his friends are all, "OMG! It's Psycho Sam who was a closet satanist and was wanted by the FBI!" And Sam is very conspicuously injured, but he and Dean can't stop to patch him up because the eldritch creature is still trying to rip their throats out. And Sam's feelings are hurt because his old friends are scared of him now.
And They Cry to See Your Face byhoneylocusttree
Sam meets old friends from Stanford and they don't recognize him, what with him and Dean swooping in all huge and violent with guns and knives and arcane rituals to rescue them all from some horrifying eldritch creature. And then his friends are all, "OMG! It's Psycho Sam who was a closet satanist and was wanted by the FBI!" And Sam is very conspicuously injured, but he and Dean can't stop to patch him up because the eldritch creature is still trying to rip their throats out. And Sam's feelings are hurt because his old friends are scared of him now.
Cold Hard Truth byjpunkin
Sam suddenly knows when people are lying.
Bleed as it Grows bytransfixeddream
Post-6.22. One comparatively minor issue in the mile-long list of all the ways Sam's been screwed up by the destruction of the Wall is the fact that he can't shave himself anymore. But it's eating at him, not just because he's irritated by the way being unshaven looks and feels so much as it is the principle of it-- the fact that he's so freaking scared to do something that used to be so easy before. But so much as touching a razor freaks him out because of all the unpleasant associations he now has with razors and blades in general, let alone scraping one across his face, and he can't get over it. Dean realizes it's upsetting him and decides to help out.
Alone Without You bytattooeddevil
Sam has a terminal heart condition. Dean rents a beach house.
It's All Fun and Games bycherry916
Sam and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Haircut
Do I Not Bleed? bygreeneyes_fan
Robo!Sam is still human, even if he doesn't sleep. He comes down with a really horrific case of the 'flu: fever, chills, that nasty cough that settles right in your chest and makes it hurt to breathe, aching muscles, the whole nine yards. Dean knows how to deal with Sam when he's sick, but Robo!Sam is a whole other matter. How do you take care of a guy who not only views this sickness as just an annoying inconvenience and resists any and all forms of caretaking, but also can't/won't sleep which is the main thing that would help?
The Language of Angels bymonicawoe
Post 6x22. Sometimes Sam's breaks aren't too disasterous, sometimes they're catastrophic. He'll scream and tremble and speak only enochian. Desperate to help, Dean, haltingly, learns some broken Enochian words so he can try to reach his brother. Gen preferred.
Pandamonium bymamapranayama
Sam gets mauled by an escaped panda or other cuddly animal at the zoo.
The Other Brother byradiumgirl
Sam and Adam are pulled from the cage at the same time. Sam is not right, and Adam, stuck as his caretaker, is not pleased (the reason for Adam not being the same kind of drooling mess is up to the author). Basically, Adam really really doesn't want to care and holds onto his resentment for dear life, but Sam is all psychotic and hopeless so it's kind of hard. Cue grudging compassion and Adam dragging Sam around the country, hitchhiking with truckers and stuff while trying to keep Sam's lunacy on the down-low, in search of anyone else who wants to take him, anyone at all. When he finally gets his chance to be rid of Sam for good and for keeps, he barely has one foot out the door before he notices Dean/Bobby/the psychiatric nurse/whoever trying to calm Sam down and doing it all wrong. Breaking up is so hard to do.
Big Brothers and Hot Dogs Never Mix bycherry916
Sam gets sick in the Impala. Not just a little, we're talking projectile vomiting, splattering and making a big huge mess. Any season, but not pre-series. Gen, please.
Relief bysi_star_x
After a bad fall Sam badly bruises and/or cracks quite a few ribs, he's in agony and relies on Dean to help him through his simple everyday tasks.
Misplaced Comment Fic bygreeneyes_fan
Hilarious. Cas rocks! No wait, you rock!
Where There's Smoke byroque_clasique
Sam smokes cigarettes. He knows it's a bad habit. He knows he smokes way more than he should. He keeps on smoking anyway.
True Colorstifaching
CRACK. Or whatever. Castiel and Balthazar go on a roadtrip together in order to rediscover their inner peacocks. (Don't ask, it's an angel thing.) Unfortunately, things go horribly awry and Sam ends up getting pecked half to death when the peacocks turn murderous. Luckily for him, Dean is awesome.
Mirror, Mirrorpurplehrdwonder
There's an old belief that you see your soul when you look into a mirror. Sam's soul has been in the Cage for hundreds of years. What does he see when he looks at his own reflection? What's in the mirror, staring back at him every morning when he tries to shave?
My life on paperglovered
Seems like after what happened when the wall fell, Sam's brain periodically reverts to amnesia under stress. He doesn't go into a coma, but whatever random triggers he has for his hell flashbacks, his consciousness sidesteps them by becoming blank!slate!Sam.
Sam's Soulbrokenangel662
Sam's soul watches, terrified and desperately wanting to join his body as it gets dragged from the cage.
Another Point of Viewceedeeandco
Post-wall: It’s not that Sam is hallucinating so much as he’s now capable of seeing into other dimensions. Which, of course, to the untrained eye, comes off as Sam hallucinating. Dean, unfortunately, is an untrained eye, and the inter-dimensional being who might have formerly conveniently let Dean in on the secret is currently off playing God somewhere. So, Dean is going to go with the “Sam hallucinates ALL THE TIME” theory and acts accordingly. Does he ever figure it out?
Metronomegeek_chic_girl
OK, this is an odd idea I've had kicking around since 5.22. What if the cage were timeless, or outside of time, and returning to time after being timeless had major repercussions? Physiological, where all Sam's heart rate and breathing rhythms and such were fouled up; psychological, where he no longer knows how to follow a conversation or text or train of thought consecutively without jumping about.
Your Name in Lights byhoneylocusttree
What torments Sam most about his memories of the Cage, after he gets a tenuous grip on the flashbacks and fear, is how he broke there: in the worst way a Winchester could possibly break. He remembers wishing Dean was there instead of him. Dean assumes that Sam is miserable and ashamed because of something done to him, instead of anything he'd done, and Sam is inconsolable. Does Dean ever figure it out? Can Sam ever move on?
Along Came a Spider bymamapranayama
As many cellars, abandoned houses, rotting warehouses, and other manky spaces as these guys have run through, I figure their chances of getting tagged have to be pretty high. Sam has a run-in with Lactodectrus mactrans, which in turn leads to all the fun and joy of latrodectism. Dean's there to do the motel rool triage (and the big brother thing) when the agonizing full-body cramps set in, of course. Mega-super bonus points and my eternal love for some kind of background plot, especially if it gives Sam occasion to be awesome, but mainly, I'd just love to see him in agony from Black Widow venom.
Lest Thou be Consumed byjpunkin
After being in the Cage, Sam can't even really tell when he's been hurt, no matter how bad it is. He'll get hurt in a hunt and not know till Dean freaks and tells him he's bleeding. He'll wander off barefoot, lost in his head, and Dean will wake up and run after him. His feet will be all cut up and bloody and Dean's panicking that he doesn't know what's wrong with his brother and doesn't know how to help him. Gen preferred.
Unable to Stay byyouaredriving
Sam is a bit shell-shocked after a hunt (maybe an innocent person dies? Someone he knew/got to know?) and has blood on his hands, arms, and face. Thus, Dean has to gently remove his clothes, get him into the shower, get in after him, and bathe him. Sam, still very much out of it, is highly compliant. Afterwards, Dean gets him dressed and into bed. Maybe he cuddles with him, and/or tries to coax him out of his stupor.
Just Following Orders byramblin_rose
Sam shoots his father. On purpose or accident -- repercussions are going to be severe in any case.
You Never Forget Your First byauthoressnebula
The boys are arguing. And this happens to be the one and only time that Dean ever takes his anger out on Sam in a violent way. Maybe it was an accident. Maybe he was really drunk. Maybe he was cursed. Maybe he was just really angry and he screwed up. The thing is, Sam actually gets hurt, and it's Dean's fault. Cue massive guilt and general awesomeness afterwards.
Brownie points if Sam thinks he deserved it for whatever reason. Or is angry about it. Or somehow scared of Dean.
The Cancer Inside bypurplehrdwonder
Dean tangles with a djinn who grants you what you want most, with a wicked sense of what it probably thinks is humor. Dean's pissed at Sam, angry, just wants Sam to shut up and listen and grovel maybe a little bit more because hey, the guy jumpstarted the apocalypse and betrayed Dean. So yeah, Dean wants that. And in this world, Dean gets just that.
Cooler Than Me byauthoressnebula
Wee!Sam (5-12) catches the eye of an infertile witch. She kidnaps him and casts a spell on him to make him believe that she is his mother.
Not Exactly Clarence byminviendha
Sam, Cas, gen, sometime in Season 5. Sam gets sick, and Cas is the only one who notices. Sam is ignoring the problem until it goes away; cue Cas trying (awkwardly) to take care of him.
To Be Redeemed bybrokenangel6662
Sam falls apart. Dean tries to help. That is all.
Draining by27_jaredjensen
Sam has the mother of all chest colds, a raging headache, draining fever, wracking chills. By all rights he should be in bed, but people are dying and bones need to be burned and Dean can't do it alone. So here they are, in the middle of a forest in the pouring rain, trying to light a stupid match because of course the lighter fluids all gone...you get the idea, right? One of those no good, pain in the ass, nothing going right, suck-the-life-from-your-bones days. Grumbling but protective Dean would be awesome.
Mother Instinct bynorahy
Season 2: The boys are forced to crash at the Roadhouse for a time. Sam is hurt/sick/whatever and in bad shape, and Ellen decides the poor boy needs some serious mothering.
THE RULES
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→ Prompts can be as short or detailed as you like. Remember though - more detail means less wriggle room for the writer, which might lower the chances of someone picking up your prompt.
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→ Anon posting enabled.
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THE MASTER LIST
Headache by
verucasalt123Sam has a headache and Dean tries to make him feel better.
Taming the Dragon by
mentholpixieDean finds out Sam has become addicted to some kind of very hard street drug (heroin, meth, cocaine, something like that) and tries (with or without success, surprise me) to help him kick.
Light Will Guide You Home by
tahirireSam/Sarah Blake, anytime after they parted ways at the end of "Provenance." Because Sam needs non-monster lovin', and he's into dark-haired girls anyway.
The Shadow Dancer by
running_hotSam has a high fever. A monster has Dean. The rescue would be going much better if Sam could tell which things were actually happening and which were in his head.
Touched By an Angel by
mamapranayamaFill in the gaps between when Cas took down Sam's wall in that alley, until Dean and Bobby get Sam back into the panic room.
Mo Bhràthair E A' Chantainn by
ramblin_rosieDean and Sam had their own language when they were children, like twins sometimes do. In long car trips, to signal each other, to communicate in close quarters without their father knowing what they were saying. It faded over time, but now, with Sam so often broken form reality and Dean desperate, remembering that language is what saves them. Post 6x22.
In My Time... by
jennytorkSam on a spinal board. Don't mind why, how whatever, but Sam freaking out due to being strapped down, and Dean reassuring him that it will all be ok.
Eternity by
emmramWhat if the cage were timeless, or outside of time, and returning to time after being timeless had major repercussions? Physiological, where all Sam's heart rate and breathing rhythms and such were fouled up; psychological, where he no longer knows how to follow a conversation or text or train of thought consecutively without jumping about. Go wild: anything from nausea and dizziness to psychosis. Maybe strong rhythms, like waves or music with a regular beat, help ground him. Or sex, if you wanted to go the pairing route.
don't let me know we're invisible by
mimblexwimbleean finds out Sam has become addicted to some kind of very hard street drug (heroin, meth, cocaine, something like that) and tries (with or without success, surprise me) to help him kick.
Real by
brokenangel6662Post-6x22. Sam falls apart. Dean tries to help. That is all.
Folk Rememdies by anonymous
Giant jellyfish. Sam's in the water. Dean isn't. GO!
Into the Night by
youaredrivingSam starts sleepwalking - he walks into the cold night air (not very healthy), he hurts himself while asleep (like cutting or banging his head)
Turn Your Back by
vail_kagamiFrom Cas's POV. Post 6x22. During one of Sam's worst breaks, Dean clings to his brother in just another cheap motel room that make up their lives. He holds Sam and whispers and tries to soothe him, desperation radiating off him as Sam gets worse. Unseen, Castiel watches the two people who'd called him family. He either doesn't know why he feels compelled to watch them suffer like this or realizes he still feels something for them (love/remorse). Would prefer no romantic attachments.
Untitled by
verucasalt123Sam smokes cigarettes. He knows it's a bad habit. He knows he smokes way more than he should. He keeps on smoking anyway.
Automatic Reflex by
monicawoeSam lifts a car. Of course, Sam throws his back out doing it.
Near Miss by
laurificusSam does not want to be comforted. Dean is like, 'Yeah well I don't want to make you feel better anyway'
Vegetable Pot Pie by
ennyousaiDean has to feed up a Sam who doesn't trust the world around him. Dean is the only person he sorta kinda trusts; he won't accept food unless Dean is the one who prepares it and offers it. Cue lots of cooking!Dean, talking soothingly and acclimating Sam to a domestic routine.
To Hold Your Broken Soul by
authoressnebulaI just kind of loved remembering-hell!Sam, and would like to see more of him. Especially some physical h/c. Sam’s face is burned and he looks like he could use a Dean to clean him up and take care of him, you know? And if you want to move on to emotional h/c after that, that’s fine too.
Spiders from Mars by anonymous
Sam loses his hair (reason up to you) and he is embarrassed by his lumpy skull. Depending on the cause of the hair loss, I can actually see this as being either really lulzy or really sad and either is okay with me.
Most Likely To... by
monicawoeSam meets old friends from Stanford and they don't recognize him, what with him and Dean swooping in all huge and violent with guns and knives and arcane rituals to rescue them all from some horrifying eldritch creature. And then his friends are all, "OMG! It's Psycho Sam who was a closet satanist and was wanted by the FBI!" And Sam is very conspicuously injured, but he and Dean can't stop to patch him up because the eldritch creature is still trying to rip their throats out. And Sam's feelings are hurt because his old friends are scared of him now.
And They Cry to See Your Face by
honeylocusttreeSam meets old friends from Stanford and they don't recognize him, what with him and Dean swooping in all huge and violent with guns and knives and arcane rituals to rescue them all from some horrifying eldritch creature. And then his friends are all, "OMG! It's Psycho Sam who was a closet satanist and was wanted by the FBI!" And Sam is very conspicuously injured, but he and Dean can't stop to patch him up because the eldritch creature is still trying to rip their throats out. And Sam's feelings are hurt because his old friends are scared of him now.
Cold Hard Truth by
jpunkinSam suddenly knows when people are lying.
Bleed as it Grows by
transfixeddreamPost-6.22. One comparatively minor issue in the mile-long list of all the ways Sam's been screwed up by the destruction of the Wall is the fact that he can't shave himself anymore. But it's eating at him, not just because he's irritated by the way being unshaven looks and feels so much as it is the principle of it-- the fact that he's so freaking scared to do something that used to be so easy before. But so much as touching a razor freaks him out because of all the unpleasant associations he now has with razors and blades in general, let alone scraping one across his face, and he can't get over it. Dean realizes it's upsetting him and decides to help out.
Alone Without You by
tattooeddevilSam has a terminal heart condition. Dean rents a beach house.
It's All Fun and Games by
cherry916Sam and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Haircut
Do I Not Bleed? by
greeneyes_fanRobo!Sam is still human, even if he doesn't sleep. He comes down with a really horrific case of the 'flu: fever, chills, that nasty cough that settles right in your chest and makes it hurt to breathe, aching muscles, the whole nine yards. Dean knows how to deal with Sam when he's sick, but Robo!Sam is a whole other matter. How do you take care of a guy who not only views this sickness as just an annoying inconvenience and resists any and all forms of caretaking, but also can't/won't sleep which is the main thing that would help?
The Language of Angels by
monicawoePost 6x22. Sometimes Sam's breaks aren't too disasterous, sometimes they're catastrophic. He'll scream and tremble and speak only enochian. Desperate to help, Dean, haltingly, learns some broken Enochian words so he can try to reach his brother. Gen preferred.
Pandamonium by
mamapranayamaSam gets mauled by an escaped panda or other cuddly animal at the zoo.
The Other Brother by
radiumgirlSam and Adam are pulled from the cage at the same time. Sam is not right, and Adam, stuck as his caretaker, is not pleased (the reason for Adam not being the same kind of drooling mess is up to the author). Basically, Adam really really doesn't want to care and holds onto his resentment for dear life, but Sam is all psychotic and hopeless so it's kind of hard. Cue grudging compassion and Adam dragging Sam around the country, hitchhiking with truckers and stuff while trying to keep Sam's lunacy on the down-low, in search of anyone else who wants to take him, anyone at all. When he finally gets his chance to be rid of Sam for good and for keeps, he barely has one foot out the door before he notices Dean/Bobby/the psychiatric nurse/whoever trying to calm Sam down and doing it all wrong. Breaking up is so hard to do.
Big Brothers and Hot Dogs Never Mix by
cherry916Sam gets sick in the Impala. Not just a little, we're talking projectile vomiting, splattering and making a big huge mess. Any season, but not pre-series. Gen, please.
Relief by
si_star_xAfter a bad fall Sam badly bruises and/or cracks quite a few ribs, he's in agony and relies on Dean to help him through his simple everyday tasks.
Misplaced Comment Fic by
greeneyes_fanHilarious. Cas rocks! No wait, you rock!
Where There's Smoke by
roque_clasiqueSam smokes cigarettes. He knows it's a bad habit. He knows he smokes way more than he should. He keeps on smoking anyway.
True Colors
tifachingCRACK. Or whatever. Castiel and Balthazar go on a roadtrip together in order to rediscover their inner peacocks. (Don't ask, it's an angel thing.) Unfortunately, things go horribly awry and Sam ends up getting pecked half to death when the peacocks turn murderous. Luckily for him, Dean is awesome.
Mirror, Mirror
purplehrdwonderThere's an old belief that you see your soul when you look into a mirror. Sam's soul has been in the Cage for hundreds of years. What does he see when he looks at his own reflection? What's in the mirror, staring back at him every morning when he tries to shave?
My life on paper
gloveredSeems like after what happened when the wall fell, Sam's brain periodically reverts to amnesia under stress. He doesn't go into a coma, but whatever random triggers he has for his hell flashbacks, his consciousness sidesteps them by becoming blank!slate!Sam.
Sam's Soul
brokenangel662Sam's soul watches, terrified and desperately wanting to join his body as it gets dragged from the cage.
Another Point of View
ceedeeandcoPost-wall: It’s not that Sam is hallucinating so much as he’s now capable of seeing into other dimensions. Which, of course, to the untrained eye, comes off as Sam hallucinating. Dean, unfortunately, is an untrained eye, and the inter-dimensional being who might have formerly conveniently let Dean in on the secret is currently off playing God somewhere. So, Dean is going to go with the “Sam hallucinates ALL THE TIME” theory and acts accordingly. Does he ever figure it out?
Metronome
geek_chic_girlOK, this is an odd idea I've had kicking around since 5.22. What if the cage were timeless, or outside of time, and returning to time after being timeless had major repercussions? Physiological, where all Sam's heart rate and breathing rhythms and such were fouled up; psychological, where he no longer knows how to follow a conversation or text or train of thought consecutively without jumping about.
Your Name in Lights by
honeylocusttreeWhat torments Sam most about his memories of the Cage, after he gets a tenuous grip on the flashbacks and fear, is how he broke there: in the worst way a Winchester could possibly break. He remembers wishing Dean was there instead of him. Dean assumes that Sam is miserable and ashamed because of something done to him, instead of anything he'd done, and Sam is inconsolable. Does Dean ever figure it out? Can Sam ever move on?
Along Came a Spider by
mamapranayamaAs many cellars, abandoned houses, rotting warehouses, and other manky spaces as these guys have run through, I figure their chances of getting tagged have to be pretty high. Sam has a run-in with Lactodectrus mactrans, which in turn leads to all the fun and joy of latrodectism. Dean's there to do the motel rool triage (and the big brother thing) when the agonizing full-body cramps set in, of course. Mega-super bonus points and my eternal love for some kind of background plot, especially if it gives Sam occasion to be awesome, but mainly, I'd just love to see him in agony from Black Widow venom.
Lest Thou be Consumed by
jpunkinAfter being in the Cage, Sam can't even really tell when he's been hurt, no matter how bad it is. He'll get hurt in a hunt and not know till Dean freaks and tells him he's bleeding. He'll wander off barefoot, lost in his head, and Dean will wake up and run after him. His feet will be all cut up and bloody and Dean's panicking that he doesn't know what's wrong with his brother and doesn't know how to help him. Gen preferred.
Unable to Stay by
youaredrivingSam is a bit shell-shocked after a hunt (maybe an innocent person dies? Someone he knew/got to know?) and has blood on his hands, arms, and face. Thus, Dean has to gently remove his clothes, get him into the shower, get in after him, and bathe him. Sam, still very much out of it, is highly compliant. Afterwards, Dean gets him dressed and into bed. Maybe he cuddles with him, and/or tries to coax him out of his stupor.
Just Following Orders by
ramblin_roseSam shoots his father. On purpose or accident -- repercussions are going to be severe in any case.
You Never Forget Your First by
authoressnebulaThe boys are arguing. And this happens to be the one and only time that Dean ever takes his anger out on Sam in a violent way. Maybe it was an accident. Maybe he was really drunk. Maybe he was cursed. Maybe he was just really angry and he screwed up. The thing is, Sam actually gets hurt, and it's Dean's fault. Cue massive guilt and general awesomeness afterwards.
Brownie points if Sam thinks he deserved it for whatever reason. Or is angry about it. Or somehow scared of Dean.
The Cancer Inside by
purplehrdwonderDean tangles with a djinn who grants you what you want most, with a wicked sense of what it probably thinks is humor. Dean's pissed at Sam, angry, just wants Sam to shut up and listen and grovel maybe a little bit more because hey, the guy jumpstarted the apocalypse and betrayed Dean. So yeah, Dean wants that. And in this world, Dean gets just that.
Cooler Than Me by
authoressnebulaWee!Sam (5-12) catches the eye of an infertile witch. She kidnaps him and casts a spell on him to make him believe that she is his mother.
Not Exactly Clarence by
minviendhaSam, Cas, gen, sometime in Season 5. Sam gets sick, and Cas is the only one who notices. Sam is ignoring the problem until it goes away; cue Cas trying (awkwardly) to take care of him.
To Be Redeemed by
brokenangel6662Sam falls apart. Dean tries to help. That is all.
Draining by
27_jaredjensenSam has the mother of all chest colds, a raging headache, draining fever, wracking chills. By all rights he should be in bed, but people are dying and bones need to be burned and Dean can't do it alone. So here they are, in the middle of a forest in the pouring rain, trying to light a stupid match because of course the lighter fluids all gone...you get the idea, right? One of those no good, pain in the ass, nothing going right, suck-the-life-from-your-bones days. Grumbling but protective Dean would be awesome.
Mother Instinct by
norahySeason 2: The boys are forced to crash at the Roadhouse for a time. Sam is hurt/sick/whatever and in bad shape, and Ellen decides the poor boy needs some serious mothering.
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Light Will Guide You Home
Date: 2011-08-02 03:52 am (UTC)Light Will Guide You Home
The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out.
"Sam?"
You don't recognize her at first. Not because of time, or because she's changed, but because you can barely sense her standing there. But she is there and she glows, one light brighter than the dead souls all around you. Even though you can't see her face, the sparkling purple aura that surrounds her makes you want to smile.
"Sarah Blake,” you say, drawing the name out slow. It has been at least five years - more than a lifetime ago. You answer without turning around, knowing that she hasn't seen you yet - not really - and you aren't sure that you want her to.
Then her hand is on your shoulder and you let her turn you - you don't want to burn her - and you wait to see her soul-light stutter and grow dim like all the others.
Nothing happens for a a handful of heartbeats. You hold your breath.
Then she moves, but to your surprise, it isn’t to pull away. There is a rustle of fabric, probably something sheer - classy - and Sarah’s small hand touches your cheek. You close your eyes, for what protection it will give her.
“Sam,” she says again, in that soft hushed tone you are used to hearing in hospital rooms and funeral homes, and then it comes, the flutter you were waiting for. The vibrant purple light deepens and takes on a darker hue, rippling with what can only be a deepening wave of fear.
You move to turn away from her before her fear can become grief. You are tired of seeing people grieve for you - grief is wasted on the dead.
You manage two steps and it hurts -you are trying to push too hard, move too fast, escape - every ounce of weight sends screams through the fissures and pits that Lucifer left inside you, and you can’t help it, you bite back a groan of pain and wipe the sudden sweat from your brow with your sleeve.
Sarah catches your hand and you freeze, disbelieving. “Sam, wait,” she says, and the dark hue covering her soul swirls into the mist and is gone, leaving the bright, untainted light behind. You can picture the flush of her cheeks, the way she bites her lip shyly as she threads her fingers through yours, barely reaching all the way around. “Come with me,” she says, and, “I missed you.”
Now she is the one holding her breath.
You shake your head out of reflex. “I couldn’t, I ...” you start to say, but the lights shimmer and dance, and you feel her laughter before it meets your ears.
“Nonsense.” She dismisses your weak protest with a haughty toss of her soft brown hair. It is shorter and there are more layers, and you wonder if your fingers would recognize the strands. “You’re coming with me.”
She’s just as willful as she was on the day that Dean told you to marry her, and now you really do smile.
She pulls your hand in close to her heart, threading her arm through yours. She is small, but what little weight she takes from you feels huge. She starts to move through the crowd, and you go with her.
You go.
Re: Light Will Guide You Home
Date: 2011-08-02 04:03 am (UTC)Broken!Sam and Compassionate!Sarah. Nicely done! (And wow you write fast.)
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Date: 2011-08-16 02:32 pm (UTC)http://tahirire.livejournal.com/312001.html
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Date: 2011-08-02 04:12 am (UTC)Re: Light Will Guide You Home
Date: 2011-08-02 04:14 am (UTC)(But I blame Coldplay for nearly everything else in life. Well, at least things that I don't blame Jared Padalecki for. #iblamejaredpadaleckiforeverything )
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Date: 2011-08-02 11:36 pm (UTC)I love Sam's thought processes here, so sad yet beautiful.
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Date: 2011-08-04 02:31 am (UTC)Re: Light Will Guide You Home
Date: 2011-08-04 09:45 pm (UTC)I only have one more section to go of this before crossposting, I'll let you knnow. :) Thanks for reading!
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Re: Light Will Guide You Home
Date: 2011-08-04 07:26 pm (UTC)You inadvertently filled one of the prompts I asked for with this, which was Sam meeting Sarah again while he's got a head full of Hell, making you rock forever. I am SO glad that Sarah decided not to turn around and walk the other way when she saw that he wasn't really okay.
And the way Sam's changed--seeing souls and colors and auras, and feeling physical pain from the things that had been done to him--absolutely brilliant.
Re: Light Will Guide You Home
Date: 2011-08-04 09:47 pm (UTC)I kept going a little farther with this one, it kind of grabbed me. I keep finding out more things, lol. Now I have to know what all happened to him. (And where Dean is ... WHERE IS DEAN!?)
~clears throat~
In other news, ILOVEYOURICONSOEFFINGMUCH!!!! ♥_♥
Re: Light Will Guide You Home
Date: 2011-08-05 12:57 am (UTC)Now I want to know where Dean is too, dangit.
Or how Sarah's reacting to Sam from her own POV, maybe...?
As to the icon- ;D It's my own personal life philosophy. Not a great one, but honest. I nabbed it from the iconomicon community.
By the way-
"You move to turn away from her before her fear can become grief. You are tired of seeing people grieve for you - grief is wasted on the dead." That's the best line. I got chills from the starkness there.
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Re: Light Will Guide You Home
Date: 2011-08-11 10:05 pm (UTC)Re: Light Will Guide You Home
Date: 2011-08-14 01:35 pm (UTC)Thanks so much! I was so pleased with this one that I have extended this fic and it should post this afternoon, only 1-2 more paragraphs to go. :)