ohsam | Happy Birthday, Sammy!

In honor of our dear Sammy’s 33rd birthday, we’re hosting a comment fic and art meme!

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Fills:

Somewhere Older Than I Was by

crowroad3
Sam opens a cursed box on his birthday. It activates a truth spell which Dean takes advantage of. Angsty Sam guilty Dean. Preferably in the bunker.

Cracks by

familybizness
Jessica/Sam, Stanford Era. After Jessica throws Sam a birthday party that goes horribly awry, she finally realizes why he doesn't want to celebrate. He misses his family. Cue comforting!Jess and if you want, a cameo from Dean. All the Jess/Sam feels please!

Solo by

shangrilada
Sucks to be sick and/or in the hospital on your birthday. Luckily, Dean's there to try to cheer Sam up.

Bonus points: Sam's cheered up the second Dean gets there, but he hides that fact because he enjoys watching Dean keep trying to come up with new ways to make him feel better.

Whatever Lies Beyond This Morning by

center_galaxy
Sam's had a recent head injury and doesn't remember, among other things, Cas. Dean is forced to go on a hunt for a few days and leave Cas in charge of his damaged brother.

Blindsided by

lennelle
AU, Sam's 17th birthday present was a hunt that went south, landing him in the hospital facing months of recovery. Sam's 18th birthday was him receiving his first daily living aid as he leaves the hospital.

It can be a wheelchair, braces, cane. Totally up to the writer what happened to Sam and who gives it to him.

Cupcake by

lennelle
Sam has miserable hayfever. Sam's birthday is in May. Dean usually teases him about it, but on Sam's birthday he indulges all the comforting and niggling worry he usually shoves down.

Addict by

center_galaxy
John Winchester is a high functioning alcoholic. He loves his boys more than anything. But one night he loses control and hits Sam.

These Old Shoes by

lennelle
Sam. Pneumonia. Camp Chitaqua.

Aftermath by

shangrilada
Sam. Pneumonia. Camp Chitaqua.

Messy as a Secret Shared by

dreamlittleyo
It's Sam's freshman year at Stanford, and all he wants to do is run home to his brother. But he made his decision and he's sticking to it...except for those nights when he gets drunk and calls Dean.

Because the Beyond Called by

mentholpixie
Sam wakes up on a psychiatric ward with no clue as to how he got there. The time setting and reason is all up to you, could be due to a curse, real life illness, body swap etc! Bonus points for including Dean!

California Dreaming by

center_galaxy
Dean shows up at Stanford unexpectedly, to surprise Sam for his birthday.

Bonus points for finding Sam the worse for wear, burning the candles at both ends and discovering California isn't nearly as "sunshine and lollipops" as Dean had imagined it'd be for his lil' brudder.

Behind Blue Eyes by

lennelle
It's Sam's first birthday at the bunker, and Dean has every intention of making it a good one. After all, now they have a real kitchen for Dean to make a cake in, and they're not currently in any life-or-death situations.

But Sam comes down with a cold the day of/day before his birthday, and Gadreel takes over, with the intention of healing Sam from his illness. Which is great, except that now Dean is stuck with an angel who doesn't really get the point of birthdays, instead of his actual brother that he just made this awesome cake for. How long does it take for Dean to get the real Sam back, and what does he do then?

Cold Flesh by

lennelle
Sam can't get warm

Bad Creek Fairytale by

crowroad3
On his thirteenth birthday, Sam is desperately sick and close to death; Dean's alone with him in Bumfuck, Nowhere, and Dad is nowhere to be found.

4500 by

steeplechasers
Sam counts the candles, there aren't enough. He's sure that there are not enough candles in the world to show exactly how old he is

Take My Heart (And Please Don't Break It) by

center_galaxy
Jess is worried about Sam; he's getting a lot of phone calls that he leaves the room to answer, there's a pile of books on his desk that she knows aren't for a class or paper, and whenever she tries to talk to him about it he tries to pass off one of those half truths that she sees right through. But it's the clothes she finds in the back of the closet in a duffle bag, covered in blood that freak her out. Well that, and the fact that one day, he doesn't come home.

A Floor Too High by

holyhelly
Gen. Any season. First line, "Sam always knew it would somehow come to this."

Empty Worlds by anonymous
The first time Sam discovers what anxiety is truly like: it's his birthday and Dad and Dean (or just Dean) are out on a hunt and unreachable.

Nightmare by

familybizness
Sam has a nightmare. Time period and situation is up to you. I just want to see him freaked out and crying, preferably with Dean there to make him feel better.

Santa Lucias by

crowroad3
Sam goes to Stanford. He and Dean lose contact, especially after the big blow up that severs any ties once and for all. Through the years, Dean assumes the radio silence is intentional, that Sam has his apple pie life and finally left his real family behind. He thinks about tracking Sam down when a hunt lands him in Palo Fucking Alto.

Turns out Sam's been dead for years and that ghost that Dean's in town to handle has an awfully familiar face.

He's My Witch by anonymous
Dean is really sick of randoms thinking his baby brother is some kind of devil-monster that needs to be destroyed. He did NOT spend the last two days losing his shit in this ass-backwards town full of jumpy yokels just to watch them torch Sam on a stake like some Salem witch bullshit.

By the time he's wrapped up his Big Damn Hero routine though, Sam's...well...he's stopped screaming.

Untitled (art) by anonymous
Sam's had worse birthdays for sure, but this is not fun: he's had to dig up a grave in cold, pouring rain, all fifty-nine layers of his clothes are muddy and clinging and chafing, and he's too tired even to get coffee reliably to the vicinity of his mouth. How fortunate that the Bunker has some amazing retro bath fittings somewhere, maybe with a surprising variety of retro bath gels. Sam/Dean? Gen? Other? Being plotless, it might make a good art prompt.

In The End by

lennelle
Blood don't matter. They're Bobby's boys. Always have been.

A father shouldn't have to bury his sons. Even at the end of the world.

Line 'Em Up by

center_galaxy
Sometimes, Sam needs to take a quiet moment to look through his memory box.

Heal by

foolscapper
Sam develops selective mutism, and will only talk to Dean.

(And sometimes, he won't even do that.)

In Memoriam by

backroadsspirit
Sometimes, Sam needs to take a quiet moment to look through his memory box.

Old Soul, New Body by

broken_cinders
What if your body and your soul don't have the same birthday, Sam?

Thirteen Ghosts by

broken_cinders
Sometimes, Sam needs to take a quiet moment to look through his memory box.

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"Dean," he starts, guilt in the sound of his brother's name.

"Don't," Dean cuts him off. "It's not— You don't have to explain, okay? Whatever your reasons, you got a right to 'em. You don't owe me anything." But he says it like he wishes the words weren't true.

"Why are you here, Dean?" Sam asks, only this time the question is soft and serious. He's staring at his brother's profile, willing Dean to look at him. Hating Dean's caution, his hesitation, his obvious doubt. Dean doesn't think he belongs here, and that's on Sam. Sam excised his brother from his life. Necessary or not, he still feels like shit about it.

"I got your message earlier. And like I said. I was in the neighborhood."

"Why?" Sam asks.

Then Dean does look at him. "You know why, Sammy." Dean's mouth quirks in an uncertain shadow of a smile, and a moment later he nudges Sam with an elbow. "Happy birthday, little brother."

There's too much affection in Dean's voice, too much weight in the words. And Sam's not thinking right. He can't be. Because if he were, he would jostle Dean back. He would ignore the way Dean's tone is warming his chest and making him ache. He would pretend away the mess of wrong feelings like he's done a thousand times before.

Instead he leans in, and there's no time to second guess.

No time for the widening of Dean's eyes to scare him off.

Kissing Dean is nothing like he imagined. But then, when Sam has allowed himself to fantasize about this, he hasn't wasted his time on realistic fantasies. He shouldn't be surprised—isn't surprised—when Dean doesn't close his eyes, or melt against Sam, or reach to twist greedy fingers in his hair. Sam shouldn't be surprised that all he gets is frozen stillness, shocked disbelief unmistakable up close.

Sam abruptly retreats. He curls in on himself and covers his face with his hands. He's mortified. His chest hurts.

Silence crashes in on him, heavy and suffocating. He could almost believe he's alone in his room. Dean is so quiet beside him Sam could convince himself his brother isn't here. This could just be a hallucination. Or better yet, a dream. An awful dream Sam won't remember through tomorrow's hangover. Unwelcome and unreal.

Then Dean breathes a shaky exhale. Real enough. Christ, he'll never look Sam in the eye again.

"Fucking hell, Sammy," Dean mutters.

But he doesn't sound angry. He doesn't sound disgusted. He doesn't even sound that surprised. Mostly he just sounds tired, and Sam cautiously lowers his hands and straightens his spine. Takes a moment to brace himself, then turns to find Dean watching him with a dangerously careful expression.

"You already knew," Sam realizes.

For fuck's sake, all this time tearing himself apart trying to keep this one filthy secret, and Dean knew.

"How?" Sam sounds more wrathful than he intends.

"You're a terrible liar, Sammy. Always have been."

Sam doesn't have the fortitude to be offended. He has other priorities at the moment. "Why aren't you angry?"

Dean shrugs again. "No point. I'm sure as hell surprised, though. Didn't figure this was why you called me tonight. Not after you went to so much trouble walking away in the first place."

"But you're not—" Sam starts to protest. "You don't— You weren't supposed to know."

"We can go back to pretending I don't," Dean says. "Is that what you want, Sammy?"

He's always hated when Dean calls him Sammy, but somehow he doesn't mind this time. Maybe it's the way Dean says it, all complicated and... Scared? For a moment Sam is wildly confused. What does Dean have to be scared of? Sam's the one whose secrets have just been laid bare.

But there's an unspoken weight to Dean's question, and it gives Sam pause. He hesitates, watching Dean now every bit as closely as Dean is watching him. He doesn't trust his own perceptions where Dean is concerned. Sam's never been able to look at his brother with an impartial eye. He doesn't know now if what he's seeing in Dean's eyes is anything more than Sam's own hope projected where it doesn't belong.

Happy Birthday, Sammy! - a commentfic meme

FILLED: Messy as a Secret Shared [2/3]