Just a scratch
E/O Drabble Challenge, word of the week: paint.
Summary: It's two months since Dean's deal has come due. Sam isn't as tough as he thought he'd be…
Set after 3.16, "No Rest for the Wicked"
He has tried to hold up the façade for so long now that he's caught off-guard when it happens. A moment ago he's been chatting with the receptionist, checking out of just another roach palace, now he's crouching beside the Impala, trembling under wave after wave of unbearable memories. It's just a scratch running across the driver's door – but all he can see is his brother's body, torn apart by invisible Hellhounds. Red gashes appearing on soft skin, painting an impressionistic picture that's imprinted on the very core of his soul. He leans his forehead to the door and cries.