Title: Infection.

Author: Supernoodle.

Disclaimer: As always, sadly, I only own the order that the words are written in.

Challenge Phrase: Nauseous.

Word Count: 100, on the button!

Fellow Players: See Enkidu07's profile for the current list of fellow drabblers.

A/N: Written specially for Enkidu07's Birthday! Hope you had a great one!

Oh, and it's my birthday next Sunday! Do I get a special challenge too? :-)


76 stitches across his abdomen, two busted ribs and fever of 103 degrees. The claws of the black dog were full of dirt and shit and God knows what, and Sam's really worried.

He told the doctor it was a cougar attack. Dean said nothing – he could barely speak, shocky from the blood loss. Nauseous and in agony.

Antibiotics, fluids and blood are pumped into him – Doc's worried too. It takes two days for Dean's fever to finally break.

"I'm sorry, Bro." Sam murmurs beside him and Dean shifts in the darkness of his hospital room.

"Not your fault, Sammy."