The long, dragged-out, unpredictable, emotional, let's-nearly-kill-'im version of Sam dealing with the trials (setting S08) */* Hard gen (no slash), sick Sam, hurt Sam, big bro Dean, shmoop, brotherly love, platonic hugs & cuddles, recovery. */* Complete rewrites/revisions of this fic were completed on 8/20/2019! WOOHOO!

Written for kazluvsbooks 's prompt: I would love to see Sam injured and becoming slightly mentally disabled (or slow) so that Dean has to start doing stuff for him. The thought of massive Sam having to have Dean help him with fine motor skill stuff like tying shoes etc. -This will be a series of one-shots based off of prompt.

AU set after 'Swan Song'. Castiel rescues Sam from Hell but Dean finds out that 180 years in the Cage have changed his brother. Will Dean be able to leave hunting behind and take care of his damaged sibling?

Sometimes demons are not supernatural. 'They tell him not to take it personally. But Sam did, and he was sure Dean would too.' Sam's teacher isn't very nice... Overprotective, Pissed Dean! John comes in later, too. Hurt! Sam! NOW COMPLETE.

Pre-Series AU. Sam leaves for Stanford, thinking only about finally fulfilling his dream of having a normal life. Instead, he is kidnapped and his life becomes anything but normal. Can the Winchesters cope with the changes forced upon them and stick together or will they crumble under the pressure? Major hurt!Sam.

Tag to 8x23. For once he felt like he could win this. He was so close to victory. But then Dean was there begging him to let go. And even though he suffered from the effects of the first trials, he wouldn't risk losing his life because Dean needed him and to be honest he didn't want to die. But how was he supposed to let go of hell trials? It's what Sam wondered as he collapsed.

Season 8: Sometimes, Sam feels like he's regained Dean's trust; but deep down, he's scared that might be too much to ask for. Spoilers up to 8:19, "Taxi Driver". Written for the Jedi Sapphire/Scribble2Much fic exchange. Companion piece to "A Heart to Ache or Swell".

Wee-Chester story. Dean needs to figure out why Sam's having such a hard time letting him go on his first hunt. UP now: Ch 2 tag scene to Sacrifice. Dean & Sam are at the ER. Sam asks, "Do you remember your first hunt?"

Sam completes the third trial. Completely alternate version of S8's ending. Inspired by S08E23's promo images of Sam. Tags: Season Eight, Sick!Sam, Hurt!Sam, BigBro!Dean, Brotherly Love

After finding a clearly confused and not fully with it Sam chained in their new dungeon, Dean soon begins to learn why his brother's scared of the chains and also why Sam's so determined to stay chained up as something from Sam's year alone returns to try to claim him no matter who has to die. *Limp/ groggy/in shock/hurt!Sam & Over-protective/angry/worried!Dean. (OOC Amelia too)*

Sam and Dean must drop everything and reach their rendezvous point when an epic apocalypse hits in 1995. Preseries AU. Dean is 14/15, Sam is 10/11.

Sam's gone. Did he walk away? Dean believes so…until things begin adding up in a way that he doesn't like & finally figures out the real reason his brother didn't look for him. Follow Dean's path as he learns some truths, faces some truths, deals with old & new enemies alike all as he fights to find Sam. Angsty/furious!Dean & Hurt/Drugged!Sam *See full Summary for notes, warnings

Teen!Chester. Sam needs glasses and John's not happy. One-shot.

He couldn't really blame Dean's angel for not wanting to deal with the guy who had demonic blood in his veins and was consorting with a demon, but Sam would do anything to find his brother. Anything.

Tag Scene to Freaks & Geeks Sam has a coughing fit while they're grocery shopping. Outsider POV.

AU Spin on 8x20 – Sick Sam / Big Brother Dean / Quirky, Supportive Charlie – If Sam was sicker now than when they had left him...if they indeed found him on the floor coughing up blood...then Dean would handle it; Dean would take care of his brother; Dean would somehow make it better. Charlie had never been so sure of anything else in her life.

Waking up in the Impala, Dean soon realizes his meeting with Zachariah has caused a lot more problems than he had. Finding Sam locked in a Psych ward soon becomes the least of his worries when he must fight to get his brother's scattered mind to recognize the truth. Angtsy/angry/worried!Dean & Hurt/limp/confused!Sam *From Season 4's It's A Terrible Life*

Set S1: Dean can't seem to get over what Sam did to him at Roosevelt, and his inability to forgive places his little brother in jeopardy. Sick Sam and Guilty Protective Caring Dean. A/N: Dedicated to Phx. You'll see why.