A Diminished Thing -- PG-13 -- Sam, Dean, glimpses of others (Gen)

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Title: A Diminished Thing
Author: de_nugis 
Pairing: Gen, with background Dean/Lisa
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers:  future!fic, spoilers through 6.4
Warnings: Not a happy fic. Warning for (highlight to read) character deaths, semi-major and major
Wordcount: c1300
Disclaimer: don't own, don't profit
Summary: Sam stays changed. Life goes on, mostly.
A/N 1: I set out to write birthday fic for the delightful and excellent debbiel66, but this turned into the kind of fic no one wants for a festive occasion, unless, to quote Buffy, you could smash in all their toes with a hammer and it would still be the bestest birthday bash in a while. Still, a happy birthday to Debbiel.
A/N 2: title taken from Robert Frost, "The Oven Bird." "The question that he frames in all but words/Is what to make of a diminished thing."

("When his phone rings at 3:23AM, Dean knows who it's going to be, and why.")