Cold Comfort
E/O Drabble Challenge: word count 100
Challenge word: Bite
Warnings: Spoilers for Season 6 and angst galore. Sam and Dean cope in the aftermath of Dean's appointment in Samarra. Sam is feeling like Death warmed up…
Cold's teeth, sharp as needles, biting into his skin. He holds out chapped hands, desperately garnering some warmth from the blazing brazier, only to recoil in horror as he notices what is fuelling the flames.
Mary is burning. Jess is burning. Flesh blackening, sloughing, turning to black ashes, mouths stretched wide screaming, mirroring his own.
His frozen fingers claw at his face until warm hands grip him tight.
"Sam."
And
"Don't scratch."
And
"It's ok, I'm here. You're safe now."
He wakes, weeping; Dean's heartbeat strong against his cheek where he's pressed in a firm embrace against his brother's chest.
A/N – not the kind of scene we are ever going to be shown, methinks, but something necessary for the rehabilitation of Sammy's soul…and Dean's…
