A/N: Happy birthday Supernoodle, you dedicated whumper of Dean!


"How many fingers?"

"Thirty-seven."

"Yeah. OK." Sam flips over the ice pack on Dean's forehead. White-lipped, Dean winces.

"Head hurts."

"I know, man." Sam licks his thumb and smoothes a smear of blood off Dean's chin. "Just talk to me, all right? What color's my shirt?"

"Ugly."

"Oh, a smartass." Sam twists the cap off a tube of antibiotics. "OK. Where would you go right now if you could go anywhere?"

"Sleep."

"Wordplay. Nice. Soon. I promise." Sam dabs at his cuts. "Uh, what's the first thing you're gonna do when you wake up?"

"Puke."

"I..."

Dean sits, panting.

"Oh."