Title: Beside You Agiain
E/O: Curl
Spoiler: None
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
A/N: Why, yes, now that you mention it Dean does show up in time...


She was curled beside him, keeping him warm as her hand ran playfully over his chest. She kissed his cheek gently while humming softly. Sam made no move to return the affection. The short dress she wore was damp smelling faintly of lilacs, even now after their bodies had tumbled. "Sam, say my name. You say it so nicely."

He turned a little to look at her. "Ophelia…"

A flush of color blossomed on her grey cheeks. "Will you stay?"

"Until my brother comes." Sam said honestly. His broken leg throbbed again.

"Have I asked too much of you?" She frowned. "I just want someone to lie with me, to tell me they love me."

Sam thought of those moments when he had laid with Jess in their small apartment just breathing, enjoying the quiet. He used to be able to touch that memory, but each day it was fading more. "No," he said almost inaudibly.

The ghost who had taken him down to her grave sighed. "Then let me pretend."

Sam didn't try to protest. As fever swept over him, reality and memory blurred. The stone walls of the well seemed to go upwards endlessly as the sun faded.

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