Dean couldn't do it, he tried to drive straight through to Sioux Falls but the man was exhausted. He pulled into the first dive motel he could find and paid cash for the room.

The bed was sunken and the sheets questionable but Dean was to the point where sleeping was all he could think of. The hunter stripped to his boxer briefs and crawled under the sheet; he began to cough again and laid there trying to remember what it felt like to take a deep breath.

…

Dean had nightmares of purgatory, the twilight world he was trapped in with Benny. There they forged a sort of life together; every moment spent trying to survive. When the pair found a safe haven like an unoccupied cave they took advantage of it.

The first time Benny kissed him Dean pulled back and punched his friend in the face. If he couldn't have Sam then Dean didn't want anyone but as the time wore on and help never arrived he needed the comfort. The second time Benny kissed him Dean kissed back and he had to admit it felt good.

Dean had finally allowed Benny to have sex with him and the pain was worth it. Dean felt more alive than he had in a long time. Letting go and allowing someone else to take away what he was hoping Sam could give him was healing. Benny gave Dean a reason to keep going and not lose hope. For that he was forever grateful to the vampire.

Once the brothers found each other again Dean was shocked to learn Sam never looked for him instead opting for a meager existence as a handy man of all things. The fact Sam took up with a woman and seemed to forget about him easily enough was painful for Dean.

Not once did his brother apologize, not really. Sam had a way of turning it around on Dean, rationalizing his lack of action and new life easily not seeing a single thing wrong with what he did. Sam was harder on his brother than anyone else yet Dean still loved him.

No matter what Sam said or did to his brother Dean forgave him even though Sam never asked for the forgiveness. Now when Dean needed Sam the most he let him down once again.

…..

Sam called Dean's phone and left another message, "Dean come on answer me, don't do this we can find a way. You can't run from me I'll find you no matter what, that kiss…" the phone beeped and Sam hung up.

He hit the steering wheel and cursed the wasted time they spent apart.

…..

The semi pulled into a truck stop off the highway, the vampire was feeling hopeful now because the trucker was traveling the most direct route to Sioux Falls. Benny was constantly on the lookout for the black Impala, he told the driver his friend was very sick and he had to find him.

The fact Dean had a car that stood out so much was a bonus; the semi driver had radioed his buddies to keep an eye out for it. Benny told him the most likely places they might see it.

He knew Dean was too sick to drive through without at least stopping one night and he hoped that would be his advantage.

…..

Sam took a straight route only stopping to check possible places Dean might be holding up for the night. After reading the discharge papers he figured there was no way his brother could shoot straight through and wouldn't dare go off the beaten path.

He worried the vampire would get to Dean before he did and Sam wanted to talk to his brother first before something happened they couldn't take back.

He dialed Dean again and left another message, "Dean, pick up, I know your sick and I can help you. If Benny gets to you first wait for me, call and tell me where you are."

….

The phone sat forgotten on the floor of the Impala as Dean had a fitful, nightmare filled sleep. It was a mix of that day Sam walked in on John and Dean in that hot, stinking little apartment combined with the night Dean found Sam broken on the floor of the motel room and rushed him to the hospital.

He couldn't breathe in the nightmare and gasped for air as a hand squeezed his throat tight and Dean's lungs began to burn.

His eyes fluttered open and the hunter struggled to flip over onto his back and sit up, Dean was disoriented forgetting where he was for a moment, "Sammy?" He looked over to the empty bed next to his and then remembered he had left him.

…..

Sam had to stop for the night; he pulled into a motel only thirty miles from where Dean was staying and checked in. He tried Dean's number again and found the voice mail full.

Sam had no way to contact him anymore so he called in some favors with a couple of hunters the brothers were still friendly with. Without going into much detail he advised them Dean was heading their way and told them to keep an eye out for the Impala.

The men mentioned several spots there were cabins closed up for the season in secluded areas and offered to show them to Sam on a map when he got there. Sam figured if he left early the next morning he should hit the area by nightfall.

….

Benny was trolling for a new ride but offers were slim that time of night so he ended up stuck in the attached diner drinking coffee.

He rested his head on the table until the waitress came over and told him he couldn't sit there all night warming a seat without ordering something. Benny knew what he needed and left to find some degenerate to feed off from.

…..

Sam couldn't sleep and decided to hit a bar; he needed release and hoped to find someone easy. It didn't take long; Sam thought the young guy looked cute at least after a few drinks and good dose of bar lighting. They headed out back then grappled with each other for a few minutes until Sam shoved him against the brick and tugged down the stranger's jeans.

He was happy with what he saw, the ass was nice but not even close to Deans. Sam rolled on a condom and unceremoniously pushed his way inside with one hand clamped over the man's mouth and the other griping him around the waist.

The only sounds were Sam's grunts and balls slapping skin as he pounded the stranger's ass. The man made so much noise that the hunter was glad he remembered to cover the bar whores mouth.

Sam thought of Dean the whole time just like he always did but a new feeling came over him, guilt. It was now as if he were cheating on his brother, normally Sam felt powerful when he ravaged a stranger but after the kiss Dean gave him he found himself barely able to finish the encounter.

After a weak orgasm he pulled out and tugged off the condom, zipped up and walked back to the car.

"Hey…that's it?"

Sam didn't bother to turn around, "Yeah that's it."

…

Benny dropped him like a stone, the dealer was easy enough. Benny drank his fill then put the body in a dumpster and took his truck. Dawn was breaking and the vampire hoped a new day would bring good luck hunting his hunter.

…

Dean was up before light and on the road with a box a doughnuts in the passenger seat and a large coffee almost half gone. He would hit his destination in a matter of hours now. The place he had in mind was one he used when Sam was in school and Dean needed to get away.

It was a bug out cabin of John's so secluded that Dean didn't think Sam could find it. First he needed to know it even existed and their father sure wasn't going to tell from beyond the grave.

….

Sam hit the area that night and met up with the two hunters at a dive restaurant. They spread out their maps and had areas circled where Dean could possibly be staying. Freddie tapped his finger on a particular area, "I know John had a spot there, it's buried pretty deep but you can find it."

Sam looked the area up on his phone, "Yeah sure nothing but miles of forest, how hard could that be?"

Burton snorted, "What kind of tracker are you, didn't your daddy teach you anything?"

"Sure he taught me a lot of things but none I'm bring up in polite conversation."

…

Dean unlocked the door and hauled in the groceries and bottled water, he was done in for the night and didn't bother to change the bedding. It was musty and had a faint odor of rodent. A few spiders scurried out as he flopped back on the mattress and pulled an old quilt over him. It didn't take long and Dean was out like a light.

…..

Benny had the advantage of scent tracking, if Dean was within a range he could catch it on the breeze. The vampire also had a link to him, after their time in purgatory their bond was tight and never really broke after the pair left. He was on the trail and closing in.

TBC