Title: Brothers In Pain, Brothers In Peace
Author: PlatinumRoseLady
Disclaimer: Didn't create them, would love to comfort them.
Challenge Word: "Coffee"
Word Count: 200 words. Yes, it's a Double Drabble – I'm such the maverick.
Players: Go to Enkidu07's page, and you'll find all the usual suspects. Resistance is futile – you will be drabbleized. We're like the Borg, only cuter.
Spoiler Alert: What we didn't see after the end of "My Bloody Valentine" – that we damn well should have!
Sam knows the need for blood is fading; the pain now that it's gone means he's getting clean again.
He can feel himself walking up the cellar stairs; he can't raise his head, partially from weakness, more from shame.
Dean is holding onto him, not letting him fall. Dean never lets him fall.
They're in the Bobby's Living Room now, the air smells of coffee and old books and exhaustion.
He's lowered onto the couch, but he won't lie down; he's been doing enough of that, thrashing on the cot in the Panic Room.
The tears fill his eyes, drip down his cheeks.
The couch creaks as Dean sits down beside him.
"Don't cry anymore, Sam, it's alright, it's gonna be okay…"
Sam wants to agree with his brother, wants to call him a liar, wants to…
He doesn't know what he wants anymore. His head rests against Dean's shoulder, long bangs flopping into his eyes.
His big brother's hand strokes his hair. "D-Dean, I-I'm sorry…"
"Shhhh, bro… we'll get through this together."
He can hear the strength, however faint, still in Dean's voice.
Together.
That one word allows Sam to fall asleep with the faintest smile on his lips.