OhSam Triple Play 2015!
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ohsamThe comm hosted this little event a couple of years ago, and as November 2 is an auspicious day for our darling Sam, today would be the perfect time to revisit this challenge. Welcome to the Triple Play 2015!
BOOST THE SIGNAL
And here's how we play!
Step One (mandatory): Write a three-part prompt.
1.) Pick a setting
2.) Pick an additional character or characters (Sam is assumed, naturally.)
3.) Pick an H/C scenario, with Sam as the focus. Other characters can share the misery, but Sam should get the brunt of it. That's how we roll. :D
You can make as many prompts as your little heart desires, one set per comment, but it would probably work best if kept simple. For instance: 1.) the Impala 2.) Dean 3.) a hangover, or 1.) autumn 2.) Rowena 3.) a curse.
Step Two (optional): Participants can choose to make visual art: create a drawing, painting, photomanip, or video based around an offered prompt set. All three points must be addressed. The art can be doodled or extravagantly detailed, artist’s choice. And, of course, Sam should be the primary focus of the h/c. Please reply with your art under the prompt you choose, and either put the art beneath a cut or supply a link to it, with appropriate header and warnings! (See "Posting Guidelines" in the left sidebar.) As subject lines are no more, please begin your fills with the word FILLED and a TITLE in BOLD.
Step Three (optional): Participants could also choose to write a ficlet, again with Sam as the primary victim of our dastardly h/c scenarios. (No minimum or maximum word count is required; just go where the muse takes you, as long or short as you'd like.) Again, please reply with your fic under the chosen prompt set, using the appropriate header and warnings. (See "Posting Guidelines" in the left sidebar.) As subject lines are no more, please begin your fills with the word FILLED and a TITLE in BOLD.
If more than one author or artist wants to work with the same prompt, have at it! The ideal goal is to make a Triple Play, where a prompt set gets both art and fic – the art potentially inspiring the fic or the fic inspiring the art. But no matter how it's sliced, we get lots of delicious Sammy h/c! Have all the fun … at Sam’s expense. ;)
The usual courtesies apply:
→ If you notice that your fic is not on the master list after a decent amount of time (say, three days), please poke us in a PM. We might have missed it.
→ Anon posting enabled.
→ NO SPOILERS FOR UNAIRED EPISODES.
→ Play nice - no flaming and no character bashing, period. Any comments that break this rule will be deleted without warning.
→ Feedback is catnip for writers. Leave some author-love!
→ No spam comments.
→ Contact one of the mods if you have a question.
→ Spread the Sam love - pimp this meme!
MASTERLIST
Sick City by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fireheart13
1.) Las Vegas
2.) Dean
3.) Gall stones
Better Than Trick or Treat byseptembers_coda
1. town of 200 people
2. john
3. parasite
What's in a Job bycherry916
1. the bunker
2. a service dog
3. PTSD
Hour of Darkness byamypond45
1. Squatting in an abandoned building.
2. Mary.
3. Fever dream.
Twist in the Wind bythursdaysisters
1.) the bottom of a ravine
2.) the ghost of Sarah Blake
3.) broken bones
Untitled bycaranfindel
1. The bunker (maybe a newly discovered part?)
2. Dean
3. Impaled
It's Gotta Be a Hex bytarotgal
1. Crappy motel room
2. Dean and John
3. Strep throat
We Shall Gather at the River bycrowroad3
1. Monument Valley
2. Dean
3. Staked out in the burning sun
Break No Bones bymilly_gal
a) Bobby's panic room
b) Bobby and/or Dean
c) broken leg
What You Don't Know (Can Kill You) bycenter_galaxy
1. A foggy deserted road.
2. Jess
3. Car accident.
Bleed byhugglewolf
1) The Bunker
2) Cas
3) Sam wakes up wounded and weak from blood loss on the floor of the Bunker—with no memory of how he got there, how he got hurt, or where Dean is.
Tornado Warning byameliacareful
1.) Setting: somewhere flat and Midwestern
2.) Other character: Dean
3.) H/C scenario: tornado related injuries
(Art) Untitled bycassiopeia7
1. pacific northwest
2. dean
3. drowning
West of Omaha bylaughablelament
1) the lonesome highway
2) Dean & whoever's in the trunk
3) feverish magic-induced flashbacks
It's Gotta Be The Pie bytarotgal
1.) the bunker in the middle of the night
2.) Dean
3.) stomach flu
Stone Number One bycaranfindel
1. Bobby's
2. Hallucifer
3. Psychotic episode that doesn't seem to want to end
(Art) Vatican Prison byamberdreams
1) Vatican jail cell
2) Dean
3) stigmata
It's Gotta Be At Least 200 Stairs bytarotgal
1. fire escape
2. Dean
3. permanent limp
Remember bysoserendipity
1. A cornfield at night.
2. Dean.
3. Bleeding out.
Surf's Up byfiresign10
1) The beach
2) Jess
3) Kelpie attack
Can We Call It Bob? bysoserendipity
1. Hanging off the ledge of a bridge/tall building
2. Dean
3. Dislocation
Cor Unum bycrowroad3
1) the bunker
2) Dean
3) heart condition
The Forest at Night bythursdaysisters
1) Car accident
2) John
3) Head Injury
I Can Move Forward Looking Back byhugglewolf
1) A hunt
2) A hunter (one we've met, or a new one)
3) PTSD
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream bycenter_galaxy
1.) Stanford
2.) Brady
3.) Chronic insomnia
The Definition of Insanity bycenter_galaxy
1. The Impala
2. Dean
3. Gunshot wound to the gut
In the Woodsman's Cottage bythursdaysisters
1.) Setting: a forest
2.) Other character: Bobby
3.) H/C scenario: bear trap
Shaken bycowboyguy
1. A laundromat
2. Dean
3. Trying to heal from a bad fight while trying to wash blood out of their clothes
It's Gotta Be a Plane This Time? bytarotgal
1) Airport security gate
2) Dean
3) bullet wound
Trapped bycowboyguy
1. tunnels
2. Dean
3. mutism/voice loss
Cold as Ice byindiachick
1.) Byberry Mental Hospital
2.) Dean
3.) botched lobotomy
The Source of All Sorrows bycenter_galaxy
1.) Hospital
2.) Charlie
3.) coma
Draconids bycrowroad3
1.) High school
2.) EMTs
3.) Fever
Like a Rock bycaranfindel
1.) middle of nowhere
2.) Baby
3.) dislocated shoulder
Dead River bycrowroad3
1. Impala
2. The ghost of a loved one
3. Poisoned
Broken Memories bycherry916
1) motel room
2) Jody Mills
3) head injury/concussion
Hidden byhugglewolf
1. backwoods
2. castiel
3. buckshot
Empty Hearts bycenter_galaxy
1.) Hospital
2.) Charlie
3.) Panic attack
Unsettled bycowboyguy
1.) the bunker in the middle of the night
2.) Dean
3.) stomach flu
Splintered bythemegalosaurus
1. THE BUNKER
2. DEMON!DEAN
3. HAMMER
Fingerprint by anonymous
1. Impala
2. Dean
3. touch starvation
It's Gotta Be Four in the Morning bytarotgal
1. Roadhouse
2. Ellen
3. Respiratory illness
Bitter and Sick byindiachick
1. Setting is author's choice
2. Dean
3. Forced/tricked into ingesting demon blood
words like glass by anonymous
1.) Camp Chitaqua, post-apocalypse
2.) Dean, Stoner Cas
3.) disfigurement, mutism
Feathers and Claws bythemegalosaurus
1) Decrepit old building
2) A priest
3) Demonic possession
Maleficus bycrowroad3
1. Field at night
2. Witch doctors
3. Blood-letting
Sup byhugglewolf
1) A grassy field at night
2) Castiel
3) Poison
It's Gotta Be a Damn Ghost bytarotgal
1. A busy bar in Stanford
2. Jess/Brady/Becky/Zach/Luis (any or all!)
3. Beaten up (bruises, bloody nose, scrapes, or maybe even a broken bottle to the head/body!)
Somewhere, Beyond the Sea bycenter_galaxy
1) Somewhere watery
2) Dean
3) Amnesia
Dis(connected) bycenter_galaxy
1) On the end of a phone
2) Bobby or Castiel
3) Blood loss, in and out of consciousness
It's Gotta Be a Day and a Half Now bytarotgal
1.) Singer Salvage scrap yard
2.) Bobby
3.) exhaustion
Placebo by anonymous
1) the woods
2) Dean
3) bitten by a snake
Hiss bycowboyguy
1) the woods
2) Dean
3) bitten by a snake
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly bycaranfindel
1) Coffee shop or Diner
2) Employee of said establishment
3) Gun shot wound
Check It Out bythemegalosaurus
1. MOL Bunker
2. Dean (and/or Charlie, Cas, or Kevin)
3. A curse involving plaid shirts or plaid in general (you're screwed, Sammy! Will they figure it out?)
The End of the World (and Back Again) byharrigan
1. A boathouse
2. Dean
3. Permanent physical disability (knee/hip/leg etc)
If Only byfoolscapper
1. Hell, the cage
2. Castiel
3. hallucinations
Bitten (art) byfoolscapper
1.) zombie infested suburbia
2.) Dean, Bobby
3.) bitten
Play It Again, Sam bycaranfindel
1) A hospital
2) Dr Cara Roberts
3) Axe wound(s) to the upper body
The Mustard Seed bykettle_o_fish
1. Out on a case
2. Dean
3. Sam develops minor healing powers (not angel-level resurrection or demon killing, more like curing lesser illnesses, fixing broken bones, moderate wounds, etc). However, each time he helps someone, there's a drain on his own health/strength. Dean wonders if it's worth the toll it takes on Sam.
BOOST THE SIGNAL
And here's how we play!
Step One (mandatory): Write a three-part prompt.
1.) Pick a setting
2.) Pick an additional character or characters (Sam is assumed, naturally.)
3.) Pick an H/C scenario, with Sam as the focus. Other characters can share the misery, but Sam should get the brunt of it. That's how we roll. :D
You can make as many prompts as your little heart desires, one set per comment, but it would probably work best if kept simple. For instance: 1.) the Impala 2.) Dean 3.) a hangover, or 1.) autumn 2.) Rowena 3.) a curse.
Step Two (optional): Participants can choose to make visual art: create a drawing, painting, photomanip, or video based around an offered prompt set. All three points must be addressed. The art can be doodled or extravagantly detailed, artist’s choice. And, of course, Sam should be the primary focus of the h/c. Please reply with your art under the prompt you choose, and either put the art beneath a cut or supply a link to it, with appropriate header and warnings! (See "Posting Guidelines" in the left sidebar.) As subject lines are no more, please begin your fills with the word FILLED and a TITLE in BOLD.
Step Three (optional): Participants could also choose to write a ficlet, again with Sam as the primary victim of our dastardly h/c scenarios. (No minimum or maximum word count is required; just go where the muse takes you, as long or short as you'd like.) Again, please reply with your fic under the chosen prompt set, using the appropriate header and warnings. (See "Posting Guidelines" in the left sidebar.) As subject lines are no more, please begin your fills with the word FILLED and a TITLE in BOLD.
If more than one author or artist wants to work with the same prompt, have at it! The ideal goal is to make a Triple Play, where a prompt set gets both art and fic – the art potentially inspiring the fic or the fic inspiring the art. But no matter how it's sliced, we get lots of delicious Sammy h/c! Have all the fun … at Sam’s expense. ;)
The usual courtesies apply:
→ If you notice that your fic is not on the master list after a decent amount of time (say, three days), please poke us in a PM. We might have missed it.
→ Anon posting enabled.
→ NO SPOILERS FOR UNAIRED EPISODES.
→ Play nice - no flaming and no character bashing, period. Any comments that break this rule will be deleted without warning.
→ Feedback is catnip for writers. Leave some author-love!
→ No spam comments.
→ Contact one of the mods if you have a question.
→ Spread the Sam love - pimp this meme!
Sick City by
fireheart131.) Las Vegas
2.) Dean
3.) Gall stones
Better Than Trick or Treat by
septembers_coda1. town of 200 people
2. john
3. parasite
What's in a Job by
cherry9161. the bunker
2. a service dog
3. PTSD
Hour of Darkness by
amypond451. Squatting in an abandoned building.
2. Mary.
3. Fever dream.
Twist in the Wind by
thursdaysisters1.) the bottom of a ravine
2.) the ghost of Sarah Blake
3.) broken bones
Untitled by
caranfindel1. The bunker (maybe a newly discovered part?)
2. Dean
3. Impaled
It's Gotta Be a Hex by
tarotgal1. Crappy motel room
2. Dean and John
3. Strep throat
We Shall Gather at the River by
crowroad31. Monument Valley
2. Dean
3. Staked out in the burning sun
Break No Bones by
milly_gala) Bobby's panic room
b) Bobby and/or Dean
c) broken leg
What You Don't Know (Can Kill You) by
center_galaxy1. A foggy deserted road.
2. Jess
3. Car accident.
Bleed by
hugglewolf1) The Bunker
2) Cas
3) Sam wakes up wounded and weak from blood loss on the floor of the Bunker—with no memory of how he got there, how he got hurt, or where Dean is.
Tornado Warning by
ameliacareful1.) Setting: somewhere flat and Midwestern
2.) Other character: Dean
3.) H/C scenario: tornado related injuries
(Art) Untitled by
cassiopeia71. pacific northwest
2. dean
3. drowning
West of Omaha by
laughablelament1) the lonesome highway
2) Dean & whoever's in the trunk
3) feverish magic-induced flashbacks
It's Gotta Be The Pie by
tarotgal1.) the bunker in the middle of the night
2.) Dean
3.) stomach flu
Stone Number One by
caranfindel1. Bobby's
2. Hallucifer
3. Psychotic episode that doesn't seem to want to end
(Art) Vatican Prison by
amberdreams1) Vatican jail cell
2) Dean
3) stigmata
It's Gotta Be At Least 200 Stairs by
tarotgal1. fire escape
2. Dean
3. permanent limp
Remember by
soserendipity1. A cornfield at night.
2. Dean.
3. Bleeding out.
Surf's Up by
firesign101) The beach
2) Jess
3) Kelpie attack
Can We Call It Bob? by
soserendipity1. Hanging off the ledge of a bridge/tall building
2. Dean
3. Dislocation
Cor Unum by
crowroad31) the bunker
2) Dean
3) heart condition
The Forest at Night by
thursdaysisters1) Car accident
2) John
3) Head Injury
I Can Move Forward Looking Back by
hugglewolf1) A hunt
2) A hunter (one we've met, or a new one)
3) PTSD
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream by
center_galaxy1.) Stanford
2.) Brady
3.) Chronic insomnia
The Definition of Insanity by
center_galaxy1. The Impala
2. Dean
3. Gunshot wound to the gut
In the Woodsman's Cottage by
thursdaysisters1.) Setting: a forest
2.) Other character: Bobby
3.) H/C scenario: bear trap
Shaken by
cowboyguy1. A laundromat
2. Dean
3. Trying to heal from a bad fight while trying to wash blood out of their clothes
It's Gotta Be a Plane This Time? by
tarotgal1) Airport security gate
2) Dean
3) bullet wound
Trapped by
cowboyguy1. tunnels
2. Dean
3. mutism/voice loss
Cold as Ice by
indiachick1.) Byberry Mental Hospital
2.) Dean
3.) botched lobotomy
The Source of All Sorrows by
center_galaxy1.) Hospital
2.) Charlie
3.) coma
Draconids by
crowroad31.) High school
2.) EMTs
3.) Fever
Like a Rock by
caranfindel1.) middle of nowhere
2.) Baby
3.) dislocated shoulder
Dead River by
crowroad31. Impala
2. The ghost of a loved one
3. Poisoned
Broken Memories by
cherry9161) motel room
2) Jody Mills
3) head injury/concussion
Hidden by
hugglewolf1. backwoods
2. castiel
3. buckshot
Empty Hearts by
center_galaxy1.) Hospital
2.) Charlie
3.) Panic attack
Unsettled by
cowboyguy1.) the bunker in the middle of the night
2.) Dean
3.) stomach flu
Splintered by
themegalosaurus1. THE BUNKER
2. DEMON!DEAN
3. HAMMER
Fingerprint by anonymous
1. Impala
2. Dean
3. touch starvation
It's Gotta Be Four in the Morning by
tarotgal1. Roadhouse
2. Ellen
3. Respiratory illness
Bitter and Sick by
indiachick1. Setting is author's choice
2. Dean
3. Forced/tricked into ingesting demon blood
words like glass by anonymous
1.) Camp Chitaqua, post-apocalypse
2.) Dean, Stoner Cas
3.) disfigurement, mutism
Feathers and Claws by
themegalosaurus1) Decrepit old building
2) A priest
3) Demonic possession
Maleficus by
crowroad31. Field at night
2. Witch doctors
3. Blood-letting
Sup by
hugglewolf1) A grassy field at night
2) Castiel
3) Poison
It's Gotta Be a Damn Ghost by
tarotgal1. A busy bar in Stanford
2. Jess/Brady/Becky/Zach/Luis (any or all!)
3. Beaten up (bruises, bloody nose, scrapes, or maybe even a broken bottle to the head/body!)
Somewhere, Beyond the Sea by
center_galaxy1) Somewhere watery
2) Dean
3) Amnesia
Dis(connected) by
center_galaxy1) On the end of a phone
2) Bobby or Castiel
3) Blood loss, in and out of consciousness
It's Gotta Be a Day and a Half Now by
tarotgal1.) Singer Salvage scrap yard
2.) Bobby
3.) exhaustion
Placebo by anonymous
1) the woods
2) Dean
3) bitten by a snake
Hiss by
cowboyguy1) the woods
2) Dean
3) bitten by a snake
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly by
caranfindel1) Coffee shop or Diner
2) Employee of said establishment
3) Gun shot wound
Check It Out by
themegalosaurus1. MOL Bunker
2. Dean (and/or Charlie, Cas, or Kevin)
3. A curse involving plaid shirts or plaid in general (you're screwed, Sammy! Will they figure it out?)
The End of the World (and Back Again) by
harrigan1. A boathouse
2. Dean
3. Permanent physical disability (knee/hip/leg etc)
If Only by
foolscapper1. Hell, the cage
2. Castiel
3. hallucinations
Bitten (art) by
foolscapper1.) zombie infested suburbia
2.) Dean, Bobby
3.) bitten
Play It Again, Sam by
caranfindel1) A hospital
2) Dr Cara Roberts
3) Axe wound(s) to the upper body
The Mustard Seed by
kettle_o_fish1. Out on a case
2. Dean
3. Sam develops minor healing powers (not angel-level resurrection or demon killing, more like curing lesser illnesses, fixing broken bones, moderate wounds, etc). However, each time he helps someone, there's a drain on his own health/strength. Dean wonders if it's worth the toll it takes on Sam.
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Date: 2015-11-04 01:51 pm (UTC)2. Ellen
3. Respiratory illness
It's Gotta Be Four in the Morning part 1
Date: 2015-11-09 03:03 am (UTC)Lightning illuminated the sky ahead just as thunder rumbled. From inside the Impala, it sounded like the thunder was all around them. Dean had the windshield wipers on full blast and kept flipping the headlights from regular to brights and back again, desperately hoping for some visibility in this terrible storm. Total concentration was needed to stay on the road, and Dean's knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel. They didn't speak, not even about the storm or the road conditions or the possibility of pulling over somewhere until all of this blew past, because they both knew that wasn't a possibility. Even though Sam and Dean did not speak, it was hardly silent inside the car. There were the occasional bursts of thunder and the constant barrage of rain against the car. And there was also the sneezing.
“There it is,” Dean finally said, pressing down on the gas pedal. It was a little reckless, but he was desperate to get there.
“I still dond't thindg this is a good idea,” Sam said. Dean didn't say anything; Dean didn't even look over at him. But Sam could tell from his expression that he didn't want to have this argument a third time. So Sam just bunched Dean's bandanna up and buried his runny nose in it with some small sniffles and light coughs.
Dean pulled into parking lot of the Roadhouse, threw the Impala into park, and cut the ignition. “On your feet, Sammy.”
Sam coughed bu obeyed his brother, grabbing his bag from the backseat in the process. Despite his slightly longer stride, Sam had to double-time it to catch up with Dean. Before he could voice his uncertainty again, Dean tried the front door. Finding it locked “Dean?” Dean raised a fist “Dean?” and knocked loudly. “Dean...”
The door flew open and a shotgun was shoved right into Dean's face. “Whoa!” he stepped back, throwing his hands up. “Hey, Ellen, hey. Don't shoot. It's us.” Instinctively, he stepped to the side, in front of Sam, protecting his younger brother.
Rain pelted down upon them, drops running down their faces. Ellen lowered the gun and sighed, staring at them. “Winchesters.” Wet and pathetic, the boys stared back at her.“Of course it's Winchesters. What are you two doing here?”
“Told you we should have called ahead,” Sam said from behind Dean.
“Boys, it's gotta be four in the morning. What are you doing here?”
From behind Dean, Sam drew a sharp breath and sneezed, mostly smothering it into the now rain-soaked bandanna. Dean turned and grabbed Sam by the shoulders. He pulled Sam a few steps forward, as if presenting his little brother to Ellen. “We're hunting a pack of fledgling vampires. Shouldn't be a problem for us, except this one here has to go and get all sneezy on me.” He poked at Sam, who flinched.
“God, Deand, I cand't just sndeeze ond comband.” Sam rubbed the side of his hand at his nose.
“He's sneezy, trust me on that. It's one hell of a head cold,” Dean explained. “And all it takes is one sneeze for the vamps to wake up and be all over us.” Dean positioned himself behind Sam now and pushed him a step forward toward Ellen. “He needs a place to stay until he kicks this thing.”
Rain ran down their faces, dripping from their hair and clothes. Sam couldn't have looked more pathetic if he'd tried.
“hahhh-IHPTshxxxtttt!”
Correction: now he couldn't have looked any more pathetic. He snuffled and wiped his nose on the soggy bandanna before tucking it into his jacket pocket.
“Let me get this straight: you want me to take your obviously sick brother into my establishment, knowing I have to be up in four hours to put the coffee on?”
Dean gave her a part-sheepish, part-worried look. “Yes?”
It's Gotta Be Four in the Morning part 2
Date: 2015-11-09 03:04 am (UTC)Sniffling, Sam stepped forward. “Thandg you, Ellend. I really mbeand it.”
“Yeah, yeah. Just get your ass in here and get out of that rain.” She patted Sam's shoulder as he passed her in the doorway. Once inside, he sneezed again, bending forward so suddenly he only had time to lift his arm and direct his nose at it. Ellen shook her head. “I've got more than one extra cot, if you want to wait out this storm, Dean.”
Anyone with any sense at all would have taken Ellen up on that offer. But Sam wasn't surprised when Dean refused it. “Vamps are a few hours away, and I'm not going to make good time in this storm. I need to get a move on.”
“hahhh-IHKTschxxxxttttt! Heh-hehhh-URKTSchxxshhh!” Both Ellen and Dean stared at Sam, who stood just inside the bar with his mouth open, rocking on the balls of his feet. “hahhh... hahhh... hah-HAH-HahhKTSchxxxxttttttt!” Sam grabbed a few napkins out of a dispenser on a table and blew his nose into the. “Sorry. Excuse mbe. Sor...ry—hah-IHKTSchxxttt!”
Ellen looked back at Dean. “You are coming back for him, right?”
Dean watched Sam cough and snuffle and blow his nose.
“Dean?”
“Yeah, I'll be back.” Dean raised his voice, calling over to Sam. “Get better, kiddo!”
Sam nodded wearily then bunched another handful of napkins to his nose. “hahh-IHPTSchhxxxt!”
“I'll look after him,” Ellen reassured Dean.
Dean nodded in appreciation, then called back over to his brother. “You listen to Ellen, all right, Sammy? You got your knife and some salt?” Sam nodded. “Good. I'll be back as soon as the job's done.”
“Get those... get those vamps.” Sam nodded again before snatching another napkin from the table. “hahh-KTschxxxttt! Huhhh-Hekktschxxxxtttttt!” When he looked up up, Dean was gone and the door was closed.
Ellen locked the door then came over and put a hand on Sam's back, guiding him on. “Come on. Let's get you dried off and into bed.”
Though dabbing at his nose with a napkin, Sam gave her a grateful smile which didn't go away even after he had crawled into bed under layers of blankets. They were the sort of blankets you don't get at cheap motels, the kind normal people have and hold onto for years. And the sheets warmed right up to his body as soon as his head hit the pillow. She dosed him up with some sort of syrup that made him want to close his eyes just two yawns later. Before he did, Ellen forced two big boxes of tissues at him, and he pulled one under the covers with him, dipping one of his hands right in as he wheezed and coughed into the other, held with a fist to his mouth.
“Now you come wake me up if you need anything else,” she told him. “But you're not going to need anything else, are you?”
He shook his head. “This is wondderful. Thandk you. I dow you didnd't have to...”
“Sometimes you don't get to choose your family, and sometimes your family chooses you. And when they show up at your doorstep at four in the morning, all sick and pathetic, you just feel glad it's because of a cold and not a gunshot to the gut or a pair of fang marks. Now get some sleep, Sam.”
With only a brief thought of his brother, out there driving in the rain on his way to a solo hunt, Sam fell asleep.
RE: It's Gotta Be Four in the Morning part 2
Date: 2015-11-10 02:29 pm (UTC)Thank you for sharing :)
RE: It's Gotta Be Four in the Morning part 2
Date: 2015-11-11 06:00 pm (UTC)RE: It's Gotta Be Four in the Morning part 2
Date: 2015-11-12 02:02 am (UTC)The observation about the "normal" blankets really got to me. Poor Sammy. And the being thankful it's not a gunshot, etc, so sad.
Not all sad though. I LOL'd at Dean briefly pretending he might not come back for his germy kid brother.
I think my favorite bit was Dean presenting sick Sam to Ellen all like "see how sick he is! Isn't he so pathetic you can't help yourself? Here, I'll give you more reasons to take him. C'mon Sammy, show her how sick you are!" He's almost proud of Sammy's powers to look like a lost, wet puppy, at least in my head. I love it!