This is the way the world ends

by Jimelda

E/O Challenge: toothbrush. "This one was supposed to be on me." A different way the conversation at the end of 8.16 could have gone. AU-ish.

E/O Challenge Word: toothbrush

Words: 100

Disclaimer: Not mine. Title from T.S. Eliot's The Hollow Men.

Spoilers: 8.16 – Remember the Titans

"This one was supposed to be on me." A different way the conversation at the end of 8.16 could have gone. AU-ish.

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I need you to be safe, Sam. That's what I need. – Dean Winchester (8.14)

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This is the way the world ends.

"Cas, you got your ears on? Listen, you know I'm not one for praying, 'cause in my book it's the same as begging, but this is about Sam, so you've gotta hear me. I knew something was off, knew he was hurtin' even before he started using blood as a toothbrush, but now–"

"Doc says it's cancer. Freakin' cancer. Chemo's starting tomorrow but–

"This one was supposed to be on me, y'know? So for all that we've been through, can you fix my little brother? 'Cause if anything happens to him..."

"..."

" Where the hell are you, man?"

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Sorry this is late. Zoology and chemistry are killing me slowly.