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Chapter 12 Sleep

That day Sam spent most of his time in Bobby's library reading books and helping Bobby with tidying up some of his book collection. Dean slept the rest of the day away but woke up just as Sam was thinking of bed.
"Hey Dean. How you feeling?" Sam wondered over to check on his brother.
"Hungry." Again with the one word answers but at least it was an answer.
"What do you want to eat?" Sam decided to load the question.
"Mmm. A huge big steak."
Sam was startled by Dean's answer. He looked closely at his brother, he was still looking very tired but gone was the punch drunk totally confused look.

Dean only looked mildly confused now.
"What have I grown a third eye, Sammy?"
"What about the dog?" Sam was dying to know.
"What dog?"
"The dog you were looking for this morning?"
"I have no idea what you are talking about. Now can I get some food?" Dean coughed dryly, "or a drink even?"
"Sure Dean."

Sam helped Dean up and they went to the kitchen where Sam pulled a steak out of the refrigerator and put it on the skillet. As Sam was cooking Dean drank two glasses of water and went to the bathroom. Sam noticed he was rubbing his neck like it was stiff, either from the accident or sleeping so much he guessed.
"So where's Bobby?" he asked when he came back and sat at the table.
"Out checking on a car." Sam replied glancing over at Dean.
"Oh okay. When did we get here? I can't remember a thing."
"Yesterday. You don't remember?"
"I remember leaving the motel, driving for a bit, then waking up here just now."
"Well you got tired and you slept the rest of the way."

Sam left out the accident on purpose to see if Dean would remember it on his own.
"Weird. All I feel like doing is sleeping all the time."
"You feel like sleeping now?"
Sam came over and kneeled down close to Dean and stroked his face with concern. He had a nice purple and blue bruise sticking out from the plaster on his forehead and he was pale with dark puffy rings under his eyes like he had been going without sleep for some time. Sam could have sworn he looked thinner in the face too. Dean had been to the bathroom but didn't coment on the new stitches and bandage. Maybe he hadn't looked in the mirror.
"Ah ha." Dean nodded sleepily and yawned as if to emphasize the point.
"Well get this into you." Sam got up and handed Dean the plate with the steak on it.
"Thanks."

Dean started to eat with enthusiasm but it soon tapered off until he was chewing slowly again. Sam sat and watched, noting that Dean was again just eating and not talking or looking around. After a while Sam realized that Dean would normally be telling him off for watching him eat this closely. That thought just entered his head when Dean looked up at Sam. Sam waited for the smart arse remark to come spilling from Dean's mouth but it didn't happen. He just gave Sam a half smile and turned back to his food stopping after two more mouth full's, having eaten just less than half the steak.
"Sorry Sammy," he said as he leaned back ,"You cooked it good but that's all I can push in."
Sam came up behind Dean and hugged his brother before rubbing his back as he kissed him. Dean reciprocated looking and feeling to Sam that he wanted and needed the attention. Sam cleared the table in something of a daze, he head never seen Dean leave half a steak behind.

Dean sat with Sam and watched TV for half an hour before he started to close his eyes for longer periods of time lying in Sam's arms and yawning jaw cracking yawns until he had tears running down his face. Sam helped him to bed and Dean asked why the bed was down on the bottom floor.
"We were worried you would go sleepwalking and break your neck on the stairs."
Dean looked like he was going to argue the point for a second but then shrugged.
"Good move".
Dean fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow after kissing Sam good night. Sam went to bed shortly after Bobby got back but before they went to bed they had coffee in the kitchen. Bobby let Sam know how things were going and Sam telling Bobby about Deans improved state. They both went to bed after checking on Dean, who was back into a deep sleep.

Sam woke up in the morning feeling very warm and like he had had the best sleep he'd had in a few days. After a moment he realized why, he had two strong arms around him. Dean's arms. It seemed that Dean had wondered up here during the night and had climbed in with Sam and held him tight. Sam climbed out of bed and had a shower. When he came back to check on Dean he was sitting up with his hair all wild looking around him slowly.

Sam's heart sank in his chest, hoping Dean hadn't gone back to the way he was the morning before.
"Morning."
"Hey Sammy. How did I get up here?"
"Sleepwalking?"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to kick you out of bed."
"Its okay Dean you didn't kick me out and I had the best sleep I've had in a while. I hate sleeping alone, but I don't know what Bobby would think about us sleeping together. We never got a chance to discuss if we were going to tell him about us or not."
"I know where you're coming from. Best to avoid it I guess. Save Bobby being uncomfortable around us."

Dean looked Sam straight in the eye as he talked. Sam was taken back that Dean showed no embarrassment talking about this with him. He seemed more self assured than Sam felt. Dean got up out of bed slowly and went to the bathroom. Sam made the bed as he waited to take Dean down to breakfast as he still looked wobbly on his feet.
"Damn." Dean exclaimed in the bathroom.
"What?" Sam looked in the partly open bathroom door.
"How long has it been since I shaved?"
"A few days I guess."
"Have you got my kit? I'm going in for a shower."
"Are you sure you are up for it?"
"It's just a shower, Sam."

But Sam noticed Dean yawned his way through the words.
"Okay, I'll get your kit. You should try to keep your stitches dry."
"Yeah, I noticed the new ones and the nice bruise."
Sam braced himself for questions from Dean about how he got them, but Dean merely huffed and undressed for a shower. Dean had a quick shower, he was slightly scared of failing asleep again. Sam returned with Dean's shaving kit but Dean ended up having to sit on the closed lidded toilet to finish his shave as he suddenly got tired again and yawning through a shave proved dangerous.
"This sucks." Dean yawned as Sam helped him put his things away.
"You wanna go back to bed?"
"No, I wanna stay awake for five minutes." He yawned again.

Sam felt for him, he had never seen anyone look so tired.
"Breakfast?" Dean nodded yawning again.
Sam gave Dean a cuddle and kiss before walking down to the kitchen with him. Dean stopped several times, his yawns threatening to engulf his face. By the time breakfast was ready he had fallen asleep at the table and had to be shaken awake to eat only one slice of toast and drink half a coffee. Sam pulled him up from the chair and back to bed downstairs this time. He was asleep before his head hit the pillow still muttering about how he was sick of sleeping.

Sam went into town and did some shopping for Bobby since they, well he was at least, starting to eat him out of house and home although Bobby would never say that. He got back in the late afternoon and put the bags in the kitchen before going into check on Dean, but Dean wasn't in his bed or the bathroom when he checked. He was about to go out and see if he was with Bobby when he thought to go upstairs and check. Just as well he did because Dean was curled up asleep on Sam's bed. Sam went back downstairs and grabbed the blankets off Dean's bed and laid them over his brother. He looked quite cute lying there on Sam's bed but Sam was at a loss to why Dean kept going up there. He didn't seem to have a clue he was doing it and even though Sam wasn't there when he got there, he had still laid on the bed but made no effort to get under the covers. Sam went downstairs and unpacked the shopping. Bobby found him as he was finishing up as he had some more unpacking of car parts that he thought would keep Sam busy.

TBC


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I am putting a new story up today, my first crack at Teenchesters.

But dont worry 'Sleep' is finished and there will be a chapter added every second day as usual.