Fic: Entwined
Author: spnxbookworm
Artist: cassiopeia7
Beta: remy-areyousrs
Fandom/Genre: SPN, hurt/comfort, case!fic, gen.
Characters: Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, Original Characters, Hallucifer.
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Up until S07E11 'Adventures in Babysitting.'
Word Count: ~10.1k
Warnings: swearing, hallucinations, violence, self-worth issues, wavering mental health.
Summary: What starts off as an odd case and a large number of dead bodies, turns into a sinister unfinished job as Sam and Dean find themselves in the midst of dangers they'd never expected to encounter.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Supernatural. It all belongs to our overlord, Kripke.

Acknowledgements:

This has literally been the most hectic journey. In the midst of exams and dealing with computer problems, I was so afraid I wouldn't be able to get this done on time, but thankfully, I did. It would not have been possible without the following angels:

cassiopeia7. During claims, I was so hoping I'd get her art piece and boy was I on cloud nine when I did! You have been such a sweetheart and listened to me rambling and have been so patient with me. Thanks for putting up with me, love! You are an absolute darling. And your art work is absolutely stunning. *sits staring at it for hours* It was amazing working with you :)

remy-areyousrs. She is literally the fastest beta I've ever had. And one of my most closest friends. Thank you so much for making this fic even close to readable, babe! And thanks for enduring my freak outs and worries about the fic. You are my everything.

Chronic Potterphile. For once again, being one of my biggest supporters apart from remy-areyousrs. Thanks for all the encouragement and always standing by my side. Both of you.

And finally the amazing mods over at spn_reversebang on Livejournal for conducting this every year! You guys are troopers! Awesome job, guys!

Author's Note:

Hey, everyone! I know I have been MIA for quite a while now with my WIPs rotting in the dust on my FF dashboard. And I sincerely apologize to everyone waiting for updates. Please bear with me. I am doing my best to write up as much as I can. I also have a horrible habit of picking up other projects and then completely forgetting about the previous ones. I will slowly and surely update the rest of my fics that lay waiting, I promise. Along with exams and mad as hell course work in my now second year of med school, fanfic has taken a backseat. I promise I will be back and updating as soon as I can.

This fic is complete and will be updated once a week.

Art work can be found on cassiopeia7's livejournal! Do check it out! :D

This fic is set after season 7, episode 11 - Adventures in Babysitting. Gratuious hurt!Sam (gosh, he's my weakness), protective!Dean with a dash of hallucifer ;)

Hope you enjoy!

Prologue

Sam struggles to breathe as he slips in and out of consciousness. Dean, he thinks. He needs Dean. Dean can fix this. He can fix the crazy that's overwhelming Sam right now.

Stone number one.

Sam is aware of every throb of pain that assaults his body as he sits on the ground, head resting against the back wall. Dean says that the pain he feels now, it's different than when he was in Hell. Sam believes that. If anything, the pain he feels right now should be helping him. He digs his fingers into the healing scar on his palm. Once, twice, thrice. He digs hard enough to draw blood. This should be helping him.

Then why the fuck isn't it helping him already?

Sam fights to stay conscious. He startles as he hears a loud crash. Squinting, his heart jumps to his throat at the sight of Dean lying motionless while the creature he dreads the most slowly advances towards his big brother.

It's not real, Sam thinks. But then why isn't Dean getting up? Why is he getting hurt at all?

"No," Sam chokes. He can't be back in the cage. Dean told him he was out. Dean would never lie to him.

Unless...

"No!" Sam says, louder. Lucifer turns, grins at Sam before finally kneeling in front of Dean, a malicious look on his face.

Sam's heart rate speeds up in fear. The only way Lucifer can hurt Dean is if he is still back in Hell, back in the cage.

"Nonono," Sam gasps.

Black spots begin to colour his vision. Sam slumps towards the floor, vision blurring.

He can't be back. He just can't. Dean got him out. Dean wouldn't lie.

Stone number one. Dean is his stone number one.

"Dean," Sam whispers as he feels himself starting to drift away.

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