Disclaimer: I don't own them, I just play.

Challenge word: Face

A/N: I'm definitely more of a Dean girl, but I felt like laying some angst on Sammy for a change. Hope you like!

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Jessica

He'd known from the moment he saw her face. A spark of what felt like recognition – there you are! – despite them never meeting before.

She'd walked into the library and changed his world. Her beautiful, open face, framed by the blond curls he would soon become accustomed to seeing on the pillow beside him.

He'd never been loved this way before. Just for him, not though any sense of duty. Just for being Sam. Normal Sam, with the normal life and the bright future.

Now Jessica was gone, and with her that future. But Sam could still see her face.

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A/N 2: Just so folks don't misunderstand, I don't actually think Dean (or John) loved Sam out of 'duty'. But I think at that point in his life estranged!Sam could have looked at it that way. Maybe.