Author's Note: This was a Dean-centric week, and there are two birthdays to celebrate! This chapter, however, was just a darker image that wouldn't leave me alone. Please, just read this and continue on to the two birthday drabbles. They are much better!
Challenge word: Pressure
Disclaimer: If they were mine I wouldn't do this to them. Honestly!
Word count: 100
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Like Any Other Wound
Sam saw Dean go down, and he isn't answering! When he finally finds him he sits against a tree, blood pumping too fast from a leg wound, his arms folded.
"You should have put pressure on this immediately!" Sam says, covering the gash.
Dean stares into the distance.
"Gotta hurt like hell", Sam prompts, wishing his brother would whine, joke, boss him around… He gets a reaction:
"Not a patch on Hell," Dean whispers. Truth so naked Sam can't bring himself to meet his eyes. He grips the cloth tighter:
Just another wound, keep staunching the flow and it'll heal.
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Alright, that out of the way. Now, on to the birthday presents!