Summary: It had hurt, hurt until it was like he never knew what it was to feel good in the first place. Season 5, Episode 4 spoilers.

Challenge Word: Green.

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The fire around him swells, follows on each side of the street as he walks. It roars like wind through a canyon, screams of the dying rising and falling. And he can't remember the last time he saw something green or saw someone smile.

Dean walks towards him from up ahead, but it's never really Dean. It's Him. Always Him.

"This is it, Sam. This is all there is for you. All there ever will be."

Sam knows. It had hurt, hurt until it was like he never knew what it was to feel good in the first place.

"Yes."

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A/N:I'm seriously tempted to write a long one-shot on how Sam came to say yes to Lucifer in the future look we got from "The End." I want to go through the whole process from the very beginning. Maybe I will tackle it one of these days.