Title: Gone
Author: TJ Sparkles
Prompt: Challenge #225: Matter
Notes: Written for supernatural_100 at LJ.
Spoilers: Nope.
He just wanted to matter again.
Through all the ups and downs they'd been through, from the nights when they'd screamed and denounced each other's existence, to the nights when they thought they'd never make it out of whatever hole in the wall town they were trapped in, Sam and Dean had found comfort in the fact that they had each other. Sure, their relationship would be analyzed and picked apart by every common quack as dysfunctional, but at the end of the day, they were just two brothers with one mutual goal: find the bastard that killed their mom, and waste his ass.
It seemed like ages ago. Truth be told, Dean would give anything to go back to those days. Hell, he'd even sell his soul all over again if it meant that they wouldn't reach this point. Him and Sammy, they were a team. They needed each other, because after all, if you can't count on family, who else can you count on?
The one thing he'd grown accustomed to, the sense of security and stability, was now gone. And fuck if it didn't hurt, but he couldn't stand by and watch Sammy do this to himself. Or to them. It was a decision that he'd struggled with, but as anyone knows, sometimes the most justified decisions are often the hardest ones to make.
Dean knew he was doing the right thing, even if he didn't wanna admit it just yet.