While away at school, Sam receives Dean's amulet in an unmarked package. Could it be a simple mistake? Or is there something much more sinister at play? Sam and Dean are captured by a hunter desperate for revenge. Hurt/Worried/Sam and Hurt/Protective/Dean. Pre-Series. Stanford-era.

While helping Dean dig up a grave on a lonely hilltop cemetery, Sam gets struck by lightning.

Summary: Tag to 5.01 Sympathy For The Devil. Sam leaves thinking Dean and Bobby don't want him around, but ends up in the middle of a very dangerous turf war between two different species of supernatural monsters. Spoilers for 5.03 and 5.04.

Season One – Hurt, Missing Sam / Worried Big Brother Dean – Dean shifted where he sat; an uneasy feeling twisting his stomach as he read the words once more on the small screen of his phone and stared at the unfamiliar email address that had sent them. Because he only had one thing in his life that would fit the description of an Achilles heel...and the kid wasn't there right now.

AU Tag to 8.06 – Hurt Sam / Guilty Dean / Garth...being Garth – Nobody moved as the faint ping of the cursed coin falling to the floor was lost in the sudden deafening sound of a gun being fired at close range. A gun that had accidently gone off during the brief struggle. A gun that had been aimed directly at Sam.

Pre-Series, Teenchesters – It was just routine surgery. But this was Sam. Nothing was routine. - Sick!Hurt!Hospitalized!Sam, Worried!Awesome!BigBrother!Dean – John, Bobby, and Pastor Jim also included

I-It's okay..." Sam gasped, his hands gripping the bloody arrow protruding from his side. "I don't think it went that deep..." He managed a shaky breath before his eyes rolled back and he tumbled into the swirling rapids below. Hurt Sam! Protective Dean!