Season 8: The trials were also taking a toll on Kevin, but he didn't have a big brother.

Crowley read those books, and he has some things to say to Dean. It's time for truths to be told. Spoilers through to 8.22, "Clip Show".

1-shot. It's Mother's Day, Dean's cleaning guns until a simple move from Sam reminds him of how much his brother misses their Mom and shares some memories and a gift. *Protective!Dean * Limp/sad!Sam* Brotherly fluff. Set before 08x22 Clip Show.

Birthday schmoop for Sammy. That's all. This is for strgazr04's prompt for ohsam's birthday challenge. I've put the prompt after the story. Spoilers through to 8.21, "The Great Escapist".

Dean could see it, Sara's death was nearly Sam's undoing from this whole thing. Spoilers: 8x21"The Great Escapist" and 8x22: "Clip Show"

Sam and Dean are sick. Castiel just wants to help.

Missing Scene for 8x21 – Sick, Feverish Sam / Worried, Big Brother Dean – Sam had followed through with their plan and had managed to call Dean before dropping like a rock.

1-shot. Dean's POV. A single statement from Sam leaves Dean speechless and wondering how to help Sam over this sudden dark period of self-doubt when he finally comes up with a way that only Dean Winchester would think of. *Angsty/worried/big brother!Dean and a little of limp/doubting!Sam* Spoilers for 08x21 The Great Escapist.

Season 8 – Sick Sam / Big Brother Dean – Outsider POV – Dean frowned suspiciously at the grocery store cashier before glancing at the plastic bags now loaded with his must-haves these days – the juice and the soup and the meds...and everything else. Which of course had led the cashier to her conclusion about Dean having a sick kid at home...and in a way, she was right.

Post 8X20. "I hate that thing, I want one." Yeah...that wasn't the first time Dean heard those words. Birthday!Sam fic.

1-shot. Fevered, sick, & resonating Sam's in bad shape leaving Dean to not only deal with him but everything else. Dean's problem? Remembering how hard it is to handle a sick & fevered little brother who likes to talk when he's sick. *Sick/fevered/angsty!Sam & Frustrated/tired/stressed/big brother!Dean* Spoilers for 08x21 The Great Escapist.

Season 8: Batcave!Fic. Dean is thrilled to have his own room; Sam, not so much.

Porque si, Sam sabe que Dean siempre le escucha, aunque a veces no lo parezca.

1-shot. Dean's plans for a night out change when he realizes what day it is so he takes a weakening Sam out for a night out that the younger man won't forget. *Plotting/big brother!Dean & Limp/confused!Sam* Some spoilers from previous episodes but mostly some brotherly fluff. Set before 08x21 The Great Escapist.

Another present-day Sam's birthday oneshot.

Dean goes looking for a gift for Sam's birthday. Brotherly fluff.

1-shot. Adventures in haircutting as Dean struggles with his little brother at his first trip to a barbers and then another struggle as Dean's threat to use clippers on Sam's hair nearly comes true. *A little Wee-Chester stuff mixed with a slight tag to 08x20 Pac-Man Fever* *Cranky/tired!Sam & plain awesome big brother!Dean* Slight spoilers toward the end.

Zombies in the south. Sounds like fun until the bodies start dropping…and rising back up. Post 8x13 "Everybody Hates Hitler" the usual hurt/comfort/awesome!boys

1-shot. Sick from the trials and getting worse, Sam wakes up one night and decides to seek out his sleeping brother to confess a truth that he's been hiding from Dean since Dean's return from Purgatory. Only the confession doesn't quite as Sam planned. *Sick/angsty/Hurt!Sam & Comforting/concerned/big brother!Dean* Slight spoilers from 08x20 Pac-Man Fever*

Tag to 8.19, "Taxi Driver." In the aftermath of the second trial, Dean asks Sam one simple question - "how are you feeling?" - but he's not remotely prepared for the answer. Angst abounds.

"You want me to do the whole airplane thing with the spoon?" *sick!Sam and wee!Chesters, season 8 spoilers, one-shot*

Sometimes a brother's love is shown in the smallest things. Please read and review. A special thanks to Yelloz for the awesome cover picture.

Alone & sick, a common attack leaves Sam bleeding & hurt when a chance meeting saves his life but brings back the past to both Winchesters in a way that neither had been expecting. *Hurt/limp/angsty!Sam & Concerned/worried/angry/angsty/big brother!Dean* Set before 08x20 Pac-Man Fever.

Dean is worried about Sam's health and fearful of losing him to the trials, to the point of not letting him out of his room. Sam just wants Dean to trust him to make it out alive. Light spoilers for 8x20. Birthday present for the amazing agent iz hyper, featuring Hurt!Sick!Sam and Worried!Awesome!Bigbrother!Dean. Enjoy, bro :)

Set between "Pac Man Fever" and "The Great Escapist". Dean takes care of Sam. Oneshot. Please R&R! Title from the Blue Oyster Cult song "In Thee".