Title: In which Sam finds humor in Dean's plight

Characters/Pairings: Sam, Dean, Castiel/none

Warnings: tag to 5.09 "The Real Ghostbusters", slight spoilers (maybe?)

Genre: humor/general

Disclaimer: Characters belong to Kripke, unfortunate authors like myself can only borrow them.

Dean and Sam finally managed to push their way through the crowd of people – a sea of corduroy and denim that looked so damn familiar it was making Dean sick, to the doors.

"I'm – going – to – kill him!" the elder Winchester raged as soon as he made it safely through the doors of the convention hall, sucking in a deep dramatic gasp of air.

Sam made a choking noise beside him and the doubled over with his hands resting against his knees as his shoulders shook with laughter.

"Dude, you think this is funny?" Dean shot his brother an incredulous look. "This is like attack of the clones meets stranger than fiction meets crazy and you're laughing!"

"No," Sam said seriously. "I don't think it's funny." He paused as Dean eyed him questioningly. "I think it's hilarious! You should've seen your face!" He doubled over again, laughing.

There was a rustle of wings and suddenly Castiel stood with them. His expression was solemn as always but it melted into a look of familiar confusion as he observed the Winchester brothers, Sam shaking with laughter and Dean glaring sharply at his back.

"I – what's going on?" the angel asked, curiosity overriding his current news at the moment. He tilted his head and looked to Dean for an answer. "Is Sam alright?" he glanced worriedly at the younger brother.

"Sam's sick," Dean growled with a shake of his head.

Castiel, confused at Dean's apparent lack of concern at his own words, turned questioning blue eyes on Dean. "He isn't well?" he frowned in thought, "What happened?"

Sam chuckled once more and then shook his head, looking up to meet the angel's eyes. "I'm fine, Cas." He said. "Dean's just grumpy because there's a whole room full of people pretending to be him – well, us – in that building." He pointed a lazy thumb behind him at the convention center Chuck had led them to.

"And you're not?" Dean interrupted, raising an eyebrow. "You've officially reached a whole new level of freaky, Sammy."

Castiel was looking between the two brothers, looking even more confused than he had been when he arrived. Finally his eyes settled on Dean and he asked in the same serious tone he used to declare that Lucifer was free and running about, "There are people pretending to be you?" He tilted his head in confusion. "Why?"

"Chuck." Dean growled in answer. "I'm going to kill him," he swore. "Archangel security system be damned."

Castiel's brow furrowed disapprovingly before he turned to look at Sam for verification. The younger Winchester just shrugged.

"He isn't taking the attention too well," he said helpfully.

Another tilt of the head.

"Why not?" the angel asked in earnest confusion. "Why would people not want to be Dean?"

Sam managed to choke down the laughter that threatened to spill from his lips. "You're kidding, right?"

Dean glared at him.

"Why not?" Castiel said again. "Dean is a righteous man," he deadpanned. "He's the one who is destined to stop Lucifer." He blinked, considering and finally added. "He's Michael's true vessel."

"Gee, thanks, Cas." Dean quipped.

"You're welcome."

Sam made a strangled noise of mirth that caused both Dean and Castiel to look at him in alarm. For the second time in a short time Sam collapsed into a fit of laughter, his hulking shoulders shaking in mirth.

Dean continued glaring; Castiel just looked on in confusion.

"What?" They both asked in unison.

"Hah!" Sam snorted, losing his words to laughter again. It took several moments before he could straighten and look up at the two of them, angel and human standing side by side. Fighting to keep his amusement at bay, he said,

"Hey, Dean," he said to his brother with a snicker. "It looks like Cas is your original fangirl!"

fin.

A/N: Hey there everyone! This is my first venture into the world of Supernatural fanfiction, or well, published Supernatural fanfiction anyway, so go easy on me, mmkay? (Also, excuse me if the writing is poor, trying to write coherently while listening to your teacher drone on about politics is more difficult than it sounds.)

So this here is the first installment in a series of drabbles I've planned that are mostly just episode tags. I've got four others written all for various episodes from season five, let me know if you'd like to see more! Reviews are loved!

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