comment fic meme!
Aug. 2nd, 2011 01:56 amFollowing 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
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.
THE RULES
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THE MASTER LIST
Headache by
Sam has a headache and Dean tries to make him feel better.
Taming the Dragon by
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sam lifts a car. Of course, Sam throws his back out doing it.
Near Miss by
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
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
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
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
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
Sam suddenly knows when people are lying.
Bleed as it Grows by
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
Sam has a terminal heart condition. Dean rents a beach house.
It's All Fun and Games by
Sam and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Haircut
Do I Not Bleed? by
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
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
Sam gets mauled by an escaped panda or other cuddly animal at the zoo.
The Other Brother by
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
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
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
Hilarious. Cas rocks! No wait, you rock!
Where There's Smoke by
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
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
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
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
Sam's soul watches, terrified and desperately wanting to join his body as it gets dragged from the cage.
Another Point of View
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sam shoots his father. On purpose or accident -- repercussions are going to be severe in any case.
You Never Forget Your First by
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
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
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
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
Sam falls apart. Dean tries to help. That is all.
Draining by
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
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.

Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 1/5
Date: 2011-08-06 10:42 am (UTC)“Hmph.”
“Hmph?”
Balthazar looks at Castiel and sighs. “Hmph. A sound expressing thought, or consideration.”
“You are considering this vehicle?”
Balthazar completes his circuit of the van, pausing to admire the barbarian queen riding the polar bear. “Oh, I’m more than considering it. This is definitely… how would Dean put it? Our ride.”
“We will not be inconspicuous in this,” and Castiel’s missing the point so badly that he’s practically in a semi-circle.
“Inconspicuous is not what we’re after here, brother. We’re on a journey of discovery. “
“I’ve already discovered far more than I’m comfortable with lately. Did you have some specific quest in mind?”
Balthazar eyes Castiel up and down and stops short of rolling his eyes. He grasps the sleeve of the hideous tan trench coat and in the blink of an eye they’re halfway across the country on the grounds of a spacious estate. They rematerialize in the middle of a flock of birds, who continue to peck at the ground, oblivious to the sudden appearance of angels in their midst.
Castiel gazes imperturbably at the birds before raising a questioning eyebrow. “We are on a quest for avian life forms?”
“Not just any avian life forms, my sartorially challenged friend. We are on a quest for the regal peacock.” Balthazar sweeps his arm in an encompassing gesture. “And we have found him.”
“It would appear that our quest is complete. I had anticipated it taking a bit longer.”
“No, no, no.” A despairing headshake is the best Balthazar can manage. “Our quest is not complete. Not until we take the peacock into ourselves.”
“I do not eat poultry.”
“Not literally into ourselves …” Balthazar calms himself with effort, “figuratively into ourselves.” He waves his arms and the flock startles, tail feather popping open as far as the eye can see. They’re gorgeous, flashy and unexpectedly breathtaking. “We’re…well, you more so than I, a little drab in comparison. I can’t see two such powerful beings as ourselves being outdone by a strutting peafowl.”
Another blink has them back at the van and Castiel’s brow furrows in thought. A moment later, his trenchcoat is bright blue with iridescent circles of green, orange and gold decorating it.
“It’s a good start,” Balthazar encourages, “we’ll work on internalizing it as we go.”
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 1/5
Date: 2011-08-06 10:45 am (UTC)*dies*
I love you.
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 1/5
Date: 2011-08-06 11:24 am (UTC)Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 2/5
Date: 2011-08-06 10:46 am (UTC)Castiel is beginning to understand, though. He’s got more color inside him now than any hundred peacocks. He’s just not sure what to do with it yet. Balthazar’s more certain. He’s getting lucky almost every single night and he uses only peacock wiles to get it done. Their voyage of discovery is going quite well until they run into one Samuel Winchester.
In addition to his coat of many colors and his swirling, multihued aura, Castiel has taken a fancy to certain other psychedelic substances. Balthazar should have known better than to let Cas park the van while he was under the influence of a potent concoction of peyote and cannabis, but a gorgeous blonde beckoning from the doorway of the bar sent good sense out the window. How even an angel as fucked up as Cas was could have missed the Impala parked two cars down remains a mystery that may never be solved.
Castiel is exiting the van, his coat lighting the parking lot with muted blues and golds, when he spots Sam. It’s too late to hide, not to mention that it’s impossible anyway, so Castiel doesn’t bother. Sam’s head is down, intent on his cell phone, and there’s a moment when Cas thinks he’ll just walk on by. It’s too much to hope for and Cas can’t believe he actually thought it might happen. Nothing in his history with the Winchesters suggests any such luck.
Sam looks up and his eyes widen as his cell phone falls unnoticed to the ground. Iridescent colors flare in his irises and he drops to his knees, face contorted in pain.
“The colors…please make it stop,” he moans, and Cas is both stunned and gratified that Sam can see his inner peacock. Sam’s hands grip his skull, tiny pinpricks of blood begin to trickle from every inch of exposed skin and Castiel thinks that perhaps it’s just as well that he’s never gotten anyone into the back of the van. He’ll have to ask Balthazar if his inner poultry attacks when someone catches a glimpse of it.
The angel’s mind isn’t following any sort of linear progression, but the longer he looks at Sam, writhing and bleeding on the ground, the more he thinks that he should be on the lookout for something. Someone. Some Dean. He casts an eye around the parking lot, but there’s no denim clad nightmare headed his way.
Getting a bleeding, disoriented Winchester somewhere where an intact, fully functional (Cas has to force his mind back to the subject at hand, here)Winchester can’t spot him is the first order of business, so Castiel zaps Sam into the back of the van. He fluffs one of Balthazar’s silk covered pillows and props it under the wounded man’s head. Sam’s eyes are practically spinning in their sockets and Cas isn’t in much better shape, so he decides that reinforcements are in order.
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 2/5
Date: 2011-08-06 10:50 am (UTC)*dies more*
He casts an eye around the parking lot, but there’s no denim clad nightmare headed his way.
*resurrects only to die all over again*
Oh my God! \o/
Sam’s eyes are practically spinning in their sockets and Cas isn’t in much better shape, so he decides that reinforcements are in order.
*giggles madly*
God only knows what stoned!Cas' idea of "reinforcements" is...
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 2/5
Date: 2011-08-06 11:25 am (UTC)Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 3/5
Date: 2011-08-06 10:51 am (UTC)“Ah, there you are. I thought perhaps you’d gotten lost.” Balthazar’s tone is just a trifle sharp. His brother’s forays into recreational drug use aren’t something he sees the need for. “Madeleine, here, has a friend who would be perfect for you….”
“There’s a Winchester in the back of the van.” Castiel cuts Balthazar off, and grabs his arm, trying unsuccessfully to pull him from his seat.
Balthazar’s eyebrows climb and he sends his most irritating smirk Castiel’s way. “Finally making your move, are you? Well, I must say it’s about time.” He turns to his date. “I’m afraid your friend will have to make other plans tonight. Castiel’s going to consummate…”
“It’s Sam. He saw my inner peacock and had some sort of seizure. Then, I believe, it pecked him. He’s bleeding and his eyes look like the aurora borealis. I felt it was better that Dean not see him that way, so I took the liberty of secreting him in the van.”
“Dean’s here?” Balthazar’s eyes scan the bar far more thoroughly than Castiel had managed, but if the older Winchester is there, neither angel can spot him. He lifts the blonde’s hand and presses a kiss to it. “I’m so sorry to cut our evening short, my dear, but it’s possible that someone will be here shortly that it would not be in our best interests to run into.” He pauses for a moment, then smiles. “But if you should happen to run into this man,” he projects a picture of Dean into her mind,” he’ll show you almost as good a time as I would have. And if you can keep him off of our trail for a few hours, I would be most grateful.”
In moments, they’re back in the van, kneeling on either side of Sam, who’s bleeding onto the leopard print sheets. It’s not just his hands; red is seeping through his clothes in numerous locations. The angels glance at each other helplessly, then a bottle appears in Castiel’s hand.
“I have seen Dean take these when he is in pain,” he says, shaking half a dozen aspirin into his palm. A bottle of water appears next and Castiel gently tilts Sam’s head toward him.
“You should close your eyes,” he murmurs as Sam huffs in pain. Sam obeys with a moan and Cas tips the aspirin into his mouth, following it up with a few gulps of water. “These will help your head. I think.”
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 3/5
Date: 2011-08-06 10:54 am (UTC)Well, at least Cas is trying to help, right?
“It’s Sam. He saw my inner peacock and had some sort of seizure. Then, I believe, it pecked him. He’s bleeding and his eyes look like the aurora borealis."
Oh, Cas.
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 3/5
Date: 2011-08-06 11:25 am (UTC)Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 4/5
Date: 2011-08-06 10:58 am (UTC)“Do you think…” he mutters doubtfully.
“No I do not.” Balthazar is extremely certain. “I’m positive that we don’t want Dean catching up to us and finding his brother stark naked in the back of our van. Now, if we want to postpone that moment as long as possible, I suggest we, as they say, hit the road.”
Castiel finds himself alone in the back with Sam as the van lurches to a start and accelerates out of the parking lot. They’re twenty miles down the road when he pops into the front next to Balthazar.
“We should accept the inevitable and make it easier on ourselves by just bringing him here. He’ll be much less of a thorn in our sides if we do that.”
“You mean much less of a pain in our asses? You’re probably right. Why don’t you just go and get him?”
“Me? I was thinking that you should go and get him.”
“Well, I’m driving aren’t I? Can’t very well pop off and leave no one behind the wheel.”
“You can.”
“Yes, well I don’t want to. So, off you go. I know how you go into withdrawal when you don’t see him for too long.”
Castiel give Balthazar a level look, but he goes, rematerializing in the parking lot of the bar to the dulcet tones of Dean yelling his brother’s name. Dean’s got Sam’s phone, so there’s no way to pretend that everything’s a okay and that Sam just decided to come for a ride with them.
Castiel clears his throat and Dean whips around, gun pointed at the angel’s chest. His eyes narrow and the gun drops as he takes in the swirling colors of the formerly drab trenchcoat. Castiel knows what the coat looks like and he tries unsuccessfully to mute it back to tan as he sees the laughter start to build.
Dean doesn’t even get the “what” of his “what the fuck, Cas?” out before he has a finger jabbed into the middle of his forehead and he’s stretched out beside his brother, flat on his stomach in what looks like the back of Andy Gallagher’s van.
“Sammy?” Dean gently shakes his brother and Sam slowly opens his eyes. Dean swallows back a groan at the sight of the colors still swirling in Sam’s irises and picks at his blood stained shirt. “What did those dicks do to you?”
“Hmmm. Castiel is a peacock.”
“I noticed.”
“The colors went in my mind. Just floated in. Then they pecked me. Hurts a little.”
Dean’s gaze takes in the back of the van, surveys and catalogues all he sees, then turns back to his brother. “Uh, huh. So tell me, Sam. Did you maybe help yourself to a little angelic weed? ‘Cause it sure seems like there’s plenty back here.”
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sidedCas/Dean 5/6
Date: 2011-08-06 11:03 am (UTC)“It might,” Dean agrees. Then he gently tugs at Sam’s shirt, “Can you sit up a little for me, Sammy? Looks like those fucking birds got you in some hard to reach places.”
Sam raises up off the pillow and Dean slides the shirt over his head. He whistles softly and swears under his breath. Then he bangs on the panel behind the front of the van.
“Hey! I don’t know what the fuck is going on with you two and your peacocks, and I don’t want to know. I need some more water and some clean towels back here and I need them right now.”
The supplies appear immediately and Castiel’s plaintive voice follows. “Are you sure you don’t want to know?”
“Positive.” Dean shuts anything else the angel has to say out and Balthazar gives Castiel a sympathetic look.
Dean eases Sam out of his pants too, and continues his muttering at the sheer number of times Sam’s skin has been pierced by virtual angelic peacock beaks. “Okay, hold still now, this might take a while.”
“Kay,” Sam slurs agreeably and begins to sigh in pleasure and Dean’s hands roam his body. “Oh, yeah Dean. Right there feels good.”
Dean stares as each blemish the ointment touches immediately disappears and Sam’s moans of contentment begin to dissipate Dean’s annoyance and jump start a whole different dynamic. Sam’s hand traces Dean’s face and grips the back of his head, pulling him into a kiss.
“Feeling a little better there, are you kiddo?”
“M hm,” Sam replies nuzzling at his brother’s neck. His hand slides down and fumbles with the snap of Dean’s jeans. “Come on, Dean. Get naked with me. “
“Think the peacock might still be a little stoned, Sam.”
“So?”
“There are angels in the front seat.”
“Dicks.”
“We’re in the back of Andy’s van.”
“He loved gay porn. He’d be thrilled. If he knew, he’d be broadcasting us all over the world.”
That’s the only statement Sam’s made that Dean takes issue with, but since Andy’s not around to broadcast anything, he shrugs and gets naked with Sam. Stoned Sam is handsy and strong and he pulls Dean on top of him and anchors him there by wrapping his legs around his brother’s waist.
“Umph,” Dean grunts. “Haven’t done this in a while.”
“Nope,” Sam smiles, reaching a hand down to guide Dean to where he needs him to be.
The disco ball begins to rotate above them, bathing their bodies in peacock hues. Soft music comes from surround sound speakers and Dean bangs on the partition again.
“What the hell!”
“Just trying to create a mood,” Balthazar yells back.
“Fuck you!” Dean replies.
“Me?” Cas calls hopefully.
“No!” comes in stereo from both Winchesters. No more words come from the back, but there’s definitely not silence.
In the front, Balthazar turns to Castiel. “They do know they’re brothers, don’t they?”
“It doesn’t seem to matter,” Cas replies dejectedly.
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sidedCas/Dean 5/6
Date: 2011-08-06 11:07 am (UTC)Broadcasting gay porn! Bossy, stoned!Sam! THE DISCO BALL! \o/
“They do know they’re brothers, don’t they?”
“It doesn’t seem to matter,” Cas replies dejectedly.
*is more dead than before*
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sidedCas/Dean 5/6
Date: 2011-08-06 11:27 am (UTC)Also glad you liked the lines from past episodes. They just had to be included.
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 6/6
Date: 2011-08-06 11:08 am (UTC)“Sam seems to have made a full recovery.”
“So it would seem.”
“Why do you suppose your peacock reacted that way to him?”
“I have no idea.”
So, Balthazar thinks, his brother has learned to lie. He shakes his head and Sam and Dean hit the bed in their motel room so hard that they bounce.
Dean grins up into the empty air. “That was awesome! Do it again!”
There’s another whoosh and their clothes slam into the foot of the bed. Sam’s eyes are clear and his body unblemished except for the marks Dean’s put on him in the last few hours. Dean’s still sprawled between Sam’s legs, kissing him lazily. Just before he drops off to sleep, he remembers.
“Stoned peacocks?”
“I don’t know. But yeah. Stoned peacocks.”
Balthazar and Cas drive on into the night. Castiel’s coat is still muted, and Balthazar glances at him in concern.
“You know you are never getting between those two.”
Cas lets out a choked breath. “Between…..” he murmurs. Then he stares at Balthazar. “I know.”
A joint appears in Castiel’s hand and Balthazar winces at the acrid waft of chemicals that should never be mixed. He opens a window and waves his hand, trying to avoid getting high.
Castiel smokes in silence, Balthazar’s complaints not even registering. After an hour or so, he lets out a gasp and turns to the angel in the driver’s seat.
“If I were God….he’d worship me.”
The van swerves as Balthazar stares at his brother in shock. “You’ve met Dean Winchester, have you? And what do you think Sam’s going to do about you poaching his brother. And you’re not God. Perish the thought.”
Castiel can’t perish it, though. It seems like the perfect solution. It’ll take some doing. A lot of doing actually. But the end result will be worth it. Dean will be his and if Sam knows what’s good for him, he won’t get in the way. Glowy peacock eyes spring out over Cas’ trenchcoat. Pecked to death is not a good way to go.
*hides*
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 6/6
Date: 2011-08-06 11:13 am (UTC)And oh, man, peacocks. I had NO IDEA what I was unleashing with that! I just thought it was a pretty good bird for Balthazar and kind of rolled with it since it was cracky and fun.
Hee!
This was awesome. I hope you're very proud!
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 6/6
Date: 2011-08-06 11:24 am (UTC)I also rolled with the cracky, fun peacocks and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully this blew my writer's block right out of the water and I'll be able to get some stuff done.
I am kind of proud of this. I do love crack! (in the fic sense of course)
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 6/6
Date: 2011-08-06 11:58 am (UTC)Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 6/6
Date: 2011-08-06 07:04 pm (UTC)And it would bring about an entirely different Godstiel debacle, in my mind. A much crackier one.
I'm glad you liked Balthazar. It's funny, he's a character I never considered writing until this. I think, like Alastair, he's a smoothly snarky asshole with amazing possibilities. And he does love that van.
Thanks, I'm so glad you enjoyed!
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 6/6
Date: 2011-08-06 02:53 pm (UTC)Now THIS is what crack is all about!
Poor, poor, Sam, attacked by stoned jealous interdimensioanl celestial wavelength peacocks.
Also: STONED!CAS!!!! I lurved Stoned!Cas in "The End." :DDDDD
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Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 6/6
Date: 2011-08-06 07:07 pm (UTC)I mean, what else could you do with a thought like Castiel and Balthazar go on a road trip to discover their inner peacocks?
I also was a fan of stoned Cas. This almost ended and entirely different way with Cas and Balthy riding off into the night and Balthy starts talking about a stoned orgy and Cas begins to get over Dean. I had to go the way of a tiny bit of angst though. Just couldn't help it.
Glad you enjoyed, thanks so much!
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sidedCas/Dean 5/6
Date: 2011-08-06 06:22 pm (UTC)“Fuck you!” Dean replies.
“Me?” Cas calls hopefully.
Epic win.
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sidedCas/Dean 5/6
Date: 2011-08-06 07:09 pm (UTC)Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 4/5
Date: 2011-08-06 11:04 am (UTC)On the plus side, Dean is being pretty sanguine about the whole business.
I love Cas' peacock-themed technicolour dream coat of doom. :D
Re: Filled: True Colors Sam/Dean one sided Cas/Dean 4/5
Date: 2011-08-06 11:21 am (UTC)Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the inspiration!
Now, I've really got to get ready for work. I was up half the night writing crack/porn probably wouldn't be a good excuse for being late!