O Brother, Where Art Thou?
E/O Drabble Challenge, word: linger.
Set in season 9, so beware of spoilers
Summary: There's a deep gap between 'brother' and 'partner', and it's getting harder every day to build a bridge and cross it.
A/N: Some of you know how hard it is on me to watch what's happening with the brothers, not only because it hurts but because I think this just isn't who they are after the last few years. So this drabble is heartfelt - both parts...
He lingered in front of the closed door. Trying to catch a familiar sound – soft snoring, the rhythm of long fingers dancing over the keyboard, the old jazz records he'd made fun of a lifetime ago. But there was only silence. And he couldn't stand it anymore. For the first time in his life he'd rather fight alone than stay with this empty shell that used to be his brother. To think that maybe he'd never really known him was a constant agony. He had to leave to save the last memories of Sam that were still whole and unharmed.