Break the Lock

E/O Challenge – Thanks. Follows 4.01. Mild spoilers for season 3 finale and 4 premier.

Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Supernatural.


That night, the night after Dean (the brother he believed in hell) had arrived at the threshold of his hotel room, Sam buried his head in the pillow and allowed himself to break for the first time since he had put Dean in the ground.

(Surprise! What's dead doesn't always stay dead!)

He did his best to keep quiet, to make sure Dean wouldn't wake (but, God, it was still strange to know he could wake), but that didn't stop the tears.

"Thank you, thank you, whoever brought him back."

Sam repeated the mantra until exhaustion pulled him under.