After Effect

By: chocolate rules

(Post Devil's Trap)

A/N: So, I'm back, won't make any excuses and will just get into the story. Should have next update up by the end of the week (Prob. Wednesday).

Disclaimer: Does every chapter even need one of these? Cause all they do is depress me L:( Still no ownership.

Note: Will be ignoring all of Season2. Except that, well, the dad really did die. :'( Guess it was a bad omen to write that he had died.

Chapter 12: Grieving or Nightmares

"What happened!" he demanded once more.

Dr. Brooks sat at his desk, reviewing his notes on his newest patient and shaking his head. Dean was seating in front of him, having followed the man after the tranquilizer worked its magic on his kid brother.

"Honestly," Dr. Brooks said after a few seconds of reviewing the file and placing it back down on his desk, "the only thing I can think of is that it's delayed grief."

"Grief? That didn't look like grieving, Doc." He said with a shake of his head.

"You say he was unreasonable. That he was desperate. Well, both can be resulted from delayed grief.

"You must understand, Mr. Winchester, that your brother has spent these last few weeks in a physical standstill. Then, he awakens to the news that your father is now departed and, though the reactions were belated, they remain. Possibly with the realization that you were still there along with him and his closest friends held back that trauma. However, the rested mind when one slumbers brings up what the conscious mind held back. The unconscious mind, however, has a favor of nitpicking through one's most horrid encounters and raising them towards the surface."

"Nightmare," Dean says, amazed he understood what the man was telling him.

"Yes, that would be one cause for nightmares. However, like dreams and dreaming in itself, us doctors have yet to really connect the nerves that would contribute towards these revelations"

"Uh, yeah," Dean said. Well, he couldn't go on forever understanding the man apparently.

"All I mean, is that yesterday your brother was fine. After last night, however, he seems to have regressed into it. You spent the night with him, right?" Dean nodded. "Did he sleep restfully?"

"Actually," Dean said. He figured that he could tell the doctor this, seeing as it was not a vision or anything. "He did awake in the middle of the night. He was squirming around, like he was having a nightmare, but when I asked him about it, he said he didn't remember anything."

"That's not so unusual. Most people don't recall their dreams."

"Yeah, but Sam's always been able to remember his. Especially his nightmares."

"He's always remembers his dreams and nightmares?"

"Yes, always. Practically every night."

"Strange." He says with a frown. Dean's about to ask what's so strange, but he's pretty sure he doesn't want to know just yet.

"I'll look into this." Dr. Brooks says as he flips open the file once more, rummages through a few pages and then starts writing in it again. "Mr. Winchester, I'm not certain just yet what's going on with your brother, but for the time being, we'll call it delayed grieving and treat it as such. Even though he frantically removed his attachments, none were in all necessary, mainly just protocol. If it bothers him so much, with your consent, we can have them removed. It will only slow his process of reclaiming nourishment, but nothing bad will occur. After a few more days of observation, I'm still set to allow him to leave."

So, review, cause it'll make me happy :D Please, please. I've come back to this story cause I'm taking Intro To Psych and thought ' Huh, know where this would come in handy...'

Next Chapter: Probably Wednesday