Dean has rough skin and strong hands, built for carrying guns and fixing cars, and an even rougher personality, crass and impatient and filled to the brim with snark. Yet when Sam is hurt, even if it’s just a gash on his hand, Dean is tender and gentle, moving slow and careful as to not exacerbate things. But it’s not just the hand. Something is fundamentally wrong with Sam, it’s clear as day to him, though he has no idea how bad it really is yet. So he dotes on him more than he would have a few weeks ago, before the wall was broken. Like he did when Sam was young. And Sam watches Dean, a mixture of terror and confusion swimming in his eyes that are a heartbeat away from swelling up with tears as he struggles to keep his mind in reality. He looks to Dean like he did as he was growing up, searching for answers and subconsciously needing him to make it all okay.
DEAN SKIPPED OUT ON HIS ONLY PROM AND FIRST GIRLFRIEND FOR SAMMY
HE KNEW BANANA AND PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES WERE SAM’S FAVORITE, SO HE TRIED TO STEAL FROM A STORE, AND HE GOT CAUGHT AND ARRESTED AND SENT TO A BOY’S HOME FOR SAMMY
HE RODE TO THE ER BY HIMSELF ON A BICYCLE IN A FUCKING SUPERMAN COSTUME FOR SAMMY
HE SOLD HIS SOUL AND WENT TO HELL FOR 40 YEARS FOR SAMMY
HE WENT TO A SILLY KID’S PLAY BECAUSE HE KNEW NO ONE ELSE WOULD BE THERE CHEERING WITH THE REST OF PARENTS FOR SAMMY
HE KNEW THEY WERE RUNNING LOW ON FOOD, BUT HE GAVE UP HIS PORTION OF THE LAST BOWL OF LUCKY CHARMS FOR SAMMY
HE COULDN’T LIVE WITH HIS BROTHER DEAD, SO HE MADE TWO HUNTERS SHOOT HIM POINT BLANK WITH A SHOTGUN FOR SAMMY
HE GAVE HIS CAR KEYS TO A RANDOM GROUP OF PEOPLE AND TOLD THEM TO TAKE THE IMPALA IF IT MEAN THAT THEY WOULDN’T KILL HIS BROTHER FOR SAMMY
HE STOLE PRESENTS FROM OTHER HOUSES AND SAID THEY WERE FROM THEIR FATHER SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO OPEN ON CHRISTMAS FOR SAMMY
HE THREATENED TO TEAR OUT A KID’S THROAT WHO WAS BEING A BULLY FOR SAMMY
HE TOLD BOBBY WOULD RATHER SEE THE APOCALYPSE END THE WORLD THAN HAVE TO BURY HIS BROTHER FOR SAMMY
HE KNEW BATMAN WAS SAM’S FAVORITE SUPERHERO GROWING UP, SO HE CALLS HIMSELF BATMAN AS AN ADULT FOR SAMMY
EVERYTHING DEAN DOES IS FOR SAMMY, AND IF THERE’S ONE THING DEAN WILL SACRIFICE HIMSELF FOR, IT’S FOR SAMMY
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