My take on the start of season 12

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Dean didn't know he was capable of standing on his own.

"Mom?"

She turned to him, smiling softly, clearly not in the least surprised to see him.

"Am I dead?"

She smiled but did not answer him.

"Mom?"

Still, she didn't speak. Was she real? She merely looked at him, her eyes filling with tears.

Everything, everything else slipped away. It was as though a day hadn't gone by. As though she had frozen in time- that she had kissed Dean good night and then woken up the next morning.

Then she was opposite him. A hand on his cheek, the other pulling him towards her.

He hesitated only slightly before returning the hug.

She finally spoke.

"Where is your brother?"

When Sam awoke, he was sprawled on the floor.

He gasped, came to his senses and quickly looked around. The Lady Penelope wannabe had gone. He felt his chest... no pain. Just a blood stain over his shirt.

Then something even greater hit him. Dean.

"Where is your brother?"

Dean pulled away gently from his mother, his body shaking.

She looked at him, her smile still gentle but her eyes searching.

"Dean...where's..."

"I need to find him. Mom, we need to...before he does something stupid..."

Sam lay back on the floor again, grief overwhelming him. He should search the place, make sure the woman had indeed gone. Work out why he was still alive... had he actually felt disappointed when he woke up? He spoke his brother's name and allowed, for the first time, sobs to curse through his body.

"Why did you leave him?"

Dean's eyes didn't leave the road. "Huh?"

"Why was he by himself?"

"Because... I needed to go alone. I was protecting him."

"And now he's alone. Little Sammy..."

Mary paused and put a hand on Dean's arm. "Sorry, sweetheart. I keep forgetting, he's... how old?"

Dean smiled softly. "You're gonna freak at how tall he is."

"Tell me about him."

Dean laughed, "He's a pain in my ass."

Mary gave him a look and Dean stopped laughing. His eyes stayed on the road.

"You're going to be so proud of him." he said softly.