Writer's note: Aright so I got this idea just a few hours ago and in my defence-I just couldn't help it.

I mean everywhere I go I see fanfics about the Mark of Cain and based off of 'The Purge' and basically the usual fluff in the end. So I was thinking to myself, 'How can I not be a part of this? I need to be a part of this!'

Just then I got this wonderful idea and so I knew I needed to write this down and update it ASAP and here it is! I've tried to make it something different and original so I'm sorry for any resemblance it has to any other story that you've read.


"I can't trust you. Not the way I thought I could…not the way I should be able to."

"Okay, look whatever happened, we're family."

"You say that like it's some sort of cure. Like it can change the fact that everything that has ever gone wrong between us has been because we're family."

"So what we're not family now?"

"I'm saying you wanna work, let's work! But if you wanna be brothers….those are my terms."

On the ride back to the bunker, there was complete silence.

Sam was still angry at Dean and wasn't about to let him off the hook that easy. Not this time. Kevin had had to pay for Dean's stupid mistake with his life!

When Dean had made all those attempts to save Sam's life in the past, it hadn't involved anybody else getting hurt. Dean had always sacrificed his own life; always put his own life on the line. But this time, he had let an innocent man get killed-an innocent man who happened to be their friend Kevin.

But I'd rather let Kevin get killed a thousand times over than let Dean go to Hell or even Purgatory again, a voice deep inside his head said to him. Sam, of course, ignored that voice and immediately felt guilty for even thinking that way because he knew that that was the truth.

But there was also another truth; something that he was sure Dean had no idea about. It was the fact that he wasn't angry on Dean for what had happened to Kevin. Maybe he was a little angry at Dean for it, but that wasn't what the majority of the anger was for.

He was angry at Dean because he was hurt. Hurt by the fact that Dean had tricked him into letting an angel possess him, hurt by how Dean couldn't trust him enough to tell him about it later and hurt by the fact that Dean didn't love him enough to let him go.

Dean on the other hand was just trying not to think about how majorly he had screwed up. He had been telling Sam the truth the other night when he had said that Kevin's death was his fault, not Sam's. But most of all he didn't get why Sam was so angry.

Of course, Dean guessed that he would be a little angry at Sam if he had let Kevin die and it had been the other way around, but he would've gotten over it soon enough. He didn't get why Sam was still holding onto his anger, and holding onto it so hard.

He knew that letting an angel possess Sam's body had been the most stupidest thing that he'd ever done, but he'd genuinely never thought that anything even remotely dangerous would happen. He'd thought that Sam would be happy that he hadn't sold his soul to a demon this time.

He didn't know why Sam had seemed so surprised though, that had kind of hurt him now that he thought about it, when Dean had mentioned how badly he's screwed up. It was as if Sam didn't know that Dean would do everything in his power to save him…and more.

Besides, I'd do it again if I had to, Dean thought and he knew that he should feel guilty but he didn't because he knew that if the roles were reversed Sam would do the same for him. Wouldn't he?

In the midst of all their thoughts, they didn't notice the Trickster, who was eyeing them up like a prize from a distance. How was he still alive, you might ask. Maybe it was because he had never died in the first place, maybe his death had just been a trick or an illusion. He was a trickster after all.

A naughty smile crept up his face and grew as he realised that he was going to have to teach both the Winchester brothers a lesson that they would never forget. Just like the old times! And maybe make up for all the times he'd missed. ;)


Writer's note: I have a pretty good idea about what lesson the Trickster is going to teach them both but I'm open to any suggestions.

What lessons would you want the Trickster to teach both the boys? And who should the Trickster mess around with first-Sam or Dean? Or maybe alternate between them?

I definitely hope your ideas are better than mine!