Prompt: The Little Mermaid
Disclaimer: not my characters
"You want to see your brother again?" the demon demands, host's eyes blood-red. "You'll have to make a sacrifice."
All the lectures Dad ever gave are forgotten, pushed aside by fear and sorrow and an ocean of regret. "Anything," he says. "Anything that's mine to give is yours."
The host's body is large, towering over him, dark skin and hair turning white. The demon holds out a hand. "Anything?" it asks. "Powerful word, that." It smirks, pulling him close, placing the host's mouth a breath away. "You sure, boy? You won't get a do-over."
"I'm sure." His voice is strong; his soul is shaking.
"Done," the demon whispers, lips dry and chapped against his. It pulls back and says, "Go home. You'll wake tomorrow in the world that was, your brother yours again."
He opens his mouth, but the demon holds up a hand. "Not a word between now and dawn, or the deal is forfeit."
He nods and turns, hurries back to Dad's car and breaks the limit on the way home.
Dad is still passed out, dried tears gleaming by light of the TV. He kisses Dad's forehead in forgiveness-no matter what he screamed before he left, he knows it wasn't Dad's fault-and goes to what had been a shared room. His brother is not there. Clothes still cover the floor, testament to his tantrum, papers and debris spread all over.
A part of him thinks his brother will walk in any minute. It hurts.
You'll wake tomorrow in the world that was, your brother yours again.
He curls up in his brother's bed and dreams of his brother ever-present, warm and boisterous and alive.
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Sam wakes to Dean shoving him out of bed. "Dude," he says, "my property, 'member?"
He opens his mouth to cry "You're alive!" but no sound comes out.