comment fic meme!

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Following 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!

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THE RULES

→ Leave a comment here with your prompt. This is a Sam-focused hurt/comfort community, so Sam should be the one in the hurt/comforted role. Your prompts may involve sick!Sam, hurt!Sam, angsty!Sam, basically anything that results in Sam being on the receiving end of hurt/comfort. (No rules against whumping other characters as well, of course, but you have to whump Sam first. ;) )
→ In your prompt, please state your desired characters or pairings. All genres/pairings welcome, but no real-person (RPF) prompts.

Example A: “Sam, Dean, gen, set in season 2. Sam has a vision and passes out. Cue caring!Dean and limp!Sam.”
Example B: “Sam/Dean, trauma. Sam is injured on a hunt, Dean freaks out when he thinks Sam might be dead.”

→ Post as many prompts as you like - but one prompt per comment. If you've got a couple, comment with each separately.
→ 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.
→ Go through the prompts! If you find one you like, write a fic for it. There's no limit to how many users can reply to a prompt, or how many prompts someone can write for.
→ When replying to a prompt with your comment-fic, put ‘filled’ in your subject line and then anything else you want, like a title if you have one/part numbers. It’s not a big deal if you forget this step, but it will make it easier for people to find your fic.
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THE MASTER LIST

Headache by verucasalt123
Sam has a headache and Dean tries to make him feel better.

Taming the Dragon by mentholpixie
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 by tahirire
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 by running_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 by mamapranayama
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 by ramblin_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... by jennytork
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 by emmram
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 by mimblexwimble
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 by brokenangel6662
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 by youaredriving
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 by vail_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 by verucasalt123
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 by monicawoe
Sam lifts a car. Of course, Sam throws his back out doing it.

Near Miss by laurificus
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 by ennyousai
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 by authoressnebula
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... by monicawoe
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 by honeylocusttree
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 by jpunkin
Sam suddenly knows when people are lying.

Bleed as it Grows by transfixeddream
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 by tattooeddevil
Sam has a terminal heart condition. Dean rents a beach house.

It's All Fun and Games by cherry916
Sam and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Haircut

Do I Not Bleed? by greeneyes_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 by monicawoe
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 by mamapranayama
Sam gets mauled by an escaped panda or other cuddly animal at the zoo.

The Other Brother by radiumgirl
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 by cherry916
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 by si_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 by greeneyes_fan
Hilarious. Cas rocks! No wait, you rock!

Where There's Smoke by roque_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 Colors tifaching
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, Mirror purplehrdwonder
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 paper glovered
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 Soul brokenangel662
Sam's soul watches, terrified and desperately wanting to join his body as it gets dragged from the cage.

Another Point of View ceedeeandco
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?

Metronome geek_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 by honeylocusttree
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 by mamapranayama
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 by jpunkin
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 by youaredriving
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 by ramblin_rose
Sam shoots his father. On purpose or accident -- repercussions are going to be severe in any case.

You Never Forget Your First by authoressnebula
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 by purplehrdwonder
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 by authoressnebula
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 by minviendha
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 by brokenangel6662
Sam falls apart. Dean tries to help. That is all.

Draining by 27_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 by norahy
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.

Comments

FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

When Castiel broke the wall in Sam’s mind he caught a look (a brief glimpse, like a flashlight beam running over monsters in the dark) of the things it held back. Not enough to understand, but enough to understand better than anyone else why Sam is currently screaming and trying to claw his own eyes out. Dean doesn’t understand. He thinks he does, with all the things that were done to him in hell, but his hell wasn’t like Sam’s hell and his guess isn’t even close.

Holding Sam close, soothing and comforting him isn’t going to work. It only makes things worse because they (Michael more than Lucifer) used to do it so often wearing Dean’s form. (Made Sam believe he was back, then bit his neck and ate him.) So right now Dean isn’t pulling his brother out of hell, he’s pushing him deeper in with every gentle touch, every whispered comfort.

Castiel could tell him, but he doesn’t. Dean doesn’t even know he’s here, and even Castiel with all that new power at his command cannot tell if it is a coincidence that Sam screams harder whenever his wild eyes happen to stray in his direction. Maybe he sees him and remembers what Castiel did to him. (Castiel is sorry, he is, but he would do it again.) Maybe he senses the angel Castiel once were and it plays into his nightmare of being in the cage. Either way, Castiel is not helping him by being here. He could help by telling Dean he’s getting it all wrong but he doesn’t because Dean wouldn’t listen. He could help by fixing the wall but he won’t. This is Dean’s punishment. Castiel promised to save Sam if Dean refrained from getting in Castiel’s way, but Dean didn’t and Castiel had to kill an old friend because of him. As God he represents authority. He has to be feared as much as loved, and his threats would be meaningless if he didn’t follow through with them. So he doesn’t save Sam even though he could.

Even though Dean will not learn anything from it but hatred.

Sam wails and claws at his arms. It is better than his eyes and Dean doesn’t stop him. Perhaps he believes the pain will ground his brother like it sometimes grounds him. He is, once again, wrong. Sam doesn’t even realise he’s doing it and the pain he does feel is all consuming.

Dean’s hold is restraining and keeps Sam from causing himself grave injury. It is the only thing Dean is doing right.

But Castiel doesn’t tell him.

He walks around the bed they are sitting on and maybe Sam is following him with his eyes. Maybe he’s trying to get away when Castiel steps closer. Dean is holding him tight and it’s impossible to say.

When Castiel touches Sam’s forehead, the boy falls silent. Dean panics for a second, until he realises his brother is breathing, has only passed out. His shoulders sag in relief, for one reason or both.

Castiel watches as Dean wipes the tears off his own face and then his brother’s before tugging Sam into bed. He didn’t fix anything, so it was excusable to do this. When Sam wakes up, he will still be broken. Dean will still have to watch him suffer for the brief rest of his life. All Castiel did was give them a break that will pass soon enough and be forgotten the next time Sam slips back into the cage. There was no real point to it. Castiel is not sure why he even bothered.

The new God waits until Dean curls up beside his brother and drifts off to sleep before returning to heaven and the new paradise he created.

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[4422shini.livejournal.com]

oooooooooh awesome! I like your Castiel's POV.

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[greeneyes-fan.livejournal.com]

Oh, boys. This is just so STARK

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
Not like I have time for indulging in non-deadline writing. Fortunately, boring day at work was boring.

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

*shakes fist as Castiel* BAD god! BAD! (But very well written! So take THAT, Cas. Ha!)

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

We shall punish Cas with good writing! That's an awesome plan!

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[brokenangel6662.livejournal.com]

Oh so heartbreaking, but a wonderful fill ^_^

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it!

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[marziebarz.livejournal.com]

Oh, lordy...this is just perfect, absolutely perfect. Because in a twisted way, Castiel's reasoning makes sense, and its so Cas but at the same time its NOT. This is absolutely fantastic and is kind of leaning towards becoming head-canon for me.

Dean will still have to watch him suffer for the brief rest of his life.

This line completely broke my heart in so many ways, but especially the back half of it. Because nevermind how strong Sam is; its really a miracle he's survived everything thats happened to him this long, there is no way on Earth he is going to live much longer.

HEartbreaking but perfect and beautiful. I love this.

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

Seriously, sometimes I'm convinced Sam's life expectancy depends on how mayn seasons are left. At this point I don't see him getting out of there alive.

Thank you so much for the comment!

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[sinka.livejournal.com]

*wipes tears* You are a damn genious, you know that? I know you must.

Castiel is sorry, he is, but he would do it again. <-- This sentence just gave me the creeps. It perfectly defines everything Cas became at the end of Season 6... He's cold and detached, but yet maybe somewhere in there our beloved Castiel is buried.

Surprisingly, Dean broke my heart even more than Sam in this. Trying to help Sam and unknowingly making him relive his hell even more strongly. His desperation when he cannot calm down his little brother as he probably did countless times in the past...

No foreseable happy ending for them, huh? As usual, this fic is painful perfection.

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, as always!
Their situation sucks on all ends. I wouldn't want to trade places with Dean either. Sometimes it's worse being the one who has to watch.

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

That's a chillingly effective and complex Cas POV you've got going there. The way he understands his own ruthlessness and is puzzled by his impulses towards compassion, and the way he understands Sam's pain as cold data so much better than Dean does but without any of the desperate caring that's the only thing Dean can really bring to the situation. Very bleak, but beautifully written.

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
I'm really curious what they are going to do with Cas. Until we find out, I like to explore possibilities.

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[ladyjane]

This is Dean’s punishment. ...So he doesn’t save Sam even though he could. Even though Dean will not learn anything from it but hatred.

The new God is a cold-hearted bastard, ins't He?
Cas is so wrong-headed, yet he doesn't see it. A just and compassionate God doesn't punish the guilty by destroying the innocent. He's fallen; the same sin that brought Lucifer low has claimed him: Pride. If he's not careful, he's going to find himself cast down out of Heaven and stripped of his Grace.

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

Provided anyone can be found to cast him down.

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[ladyjane]

The original God, perhaps? Even if He didn't care about the apocalypse, He might not like an usurper to His throne.

I still wonder if this wasn't all a test. According to the Bible, God's been testing human's faith and loyalty since long before Job. Maybe he decided it was time to test the Angels. If so, they've all failed miserably.

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[mamapranayama.livejournal.com]

Loved this! You wrote Castiel's thoughts out so well. Thanks for sharing this. :)

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

Thanks for commenting!

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

The logic of the all powerful. He has to be feared as much as loved, but he acknowledges that what he's doing will accomplish neither with Dean. Yet he continues to do it. Because it's punishment. And it has to be done.

Brutal look at the situation; Dean not being able to soothe Sam through his distress because he was such an integral part of Sam's torture. Sam's life expectancy being so short.

That last line is pretty killer. Glad there's paradise in heaven, because the new God sure isn't worried about there being one on earth.

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comment!
Yeah, Cas is pretty fucked in the head right now. And he didn't come across as the forgiving type in the finale...

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[debbiel66.livejournal.com]

You've done a really good job with your Cas pov. The voice works really well, and I had to go back and read it again to really appreciate that. Thank you!

Re: FILLED: Turn Your Back (1/1)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot! I find it an interesting pov to explore!