Set in the Retribution 'verse, at least a year post Sam's kidnapping. Dean's exhaustion from looking after Sammy wins out over his temper, frightening his little brother into taking off. A frantic search leads to the conclusion that he's been kidnapped again, but is big brother merely panicking? Mild hurt/mentally injured Sam. Guilty/exhausted, anxious Dean, John and Bobby.

Retribution: in this tag, temporarily brain damaged Sam turns a bit kickass when something comes back to threaten him. And, of course, we have protective, older brother Dean cheering him on.

5x04. AU. The brothers have been separated for six months, unbeknownst to Dean that in all those months, his little brother was being held captive by a group of hunters and tortured severely every day. When he finds that out, he goes for his rescue. And when he finally finds him, he doesn't like what the months of abuse has done to his baby brother. Brotherly love.

When Sam is kidnapped by something evil, he is forced to relive a childhood trauma and Dean is left to figure out what happened in order to rescue his brother.

A follow-up to Mousme's story "Ex Crucio", I was given permission to continue. Sam is out of the hospital after the gruesome torture and pain he received. As he and Dean head to Bobby's to help Sam with his recovery, it is made known that Sam isn't so willing to talk about his experience, much less re-live it. Can Dean and Bobby help him before he destroys himself?

A moment of panic inside an old house...

Tag/coda/thing to 5.16. Sam gets kidnapped by hunters who have nothing good in mind for him. Cue Dean to the rescue. T for swearing.

From a comment-fic meme on LiveJournal. The prompt was: Crucifixion. Tortured!Sam and Dean to the rescue, sort of. Spoilers for Season 5.

What with detoxes and resoulings, Sam's memories of the panic room can't be good. So it's unfortunate that they are under some supernatural siege at Bobby's and retreating into the panic room and closing the door is the only way to be safe...

Dean decides to surprise his brother with a new phone. Even better is when he finds that he's been able to save all of Sam's old information and restore it to his cell. That's when he discovers an old voicemail that Sam has kept saved...

Sometimes, no matter how much he loves his kids, John Winchester ends up dropping the ball. Especially when November comes around.

Dean's constant drinking comes back to haunt him when he does something he actually has good cause to feel guilty about for once: he drives under the influence and very nearly runs over a child. But the child is lucky: Sam pushed him out of the way.

Part 20 of the Fusion 'verse. It's Sam's birthday, and Dean has every intention of making it special. He just didn't count on it being a bad day.

Part 19 of the Fusion 'verse. Sam has the flu, and Dean has a bad day.

Part 18 of the Fusion 'verse. Dean gets sick and runs Sam ragged, but Sam finds he doesn't actually mind all that much.

Part 17 of the Fusion 'verse. Cas stops by for another visit.

Part 16 of the Fusion 'verse. Sam has a bad night. Dean has a bad day. They both make it through anyway.

Part 15 of the Fusion 'verse. Sam finds a way to help out.

#14 in the Fusion 'verse. Sam takes a wrong turn in Sioux Falls looking for Dean, and finds some unexpected help along the way.

#13 in the Fusion 'verse. Sam and Dean look for a house.

#12 in the Fusion 'verse. Sam gets strep throat and somehow it's Dean who ends up on the doctor's exam table.

#11 in the Fusion 'vere. Sam walks out of hell and finds his way home.

#10 in the Fusion 'verse. Margery pays Sam a visit, mostly because she's curious about the mysterious new friend who is supposed to be looking after him while Dean is off in the city training his new helper dog.

#9 in the Fusion 'verse, set just after Simple Misadventure: Sam isn't sure what's real anymore.

#8 in the Fusion 'verse. A simple coffee run goes wrong, because accidents can happen to anyone.