Summary- Dean is granted his "heart's desire" while tangling with a witch. Now under a witch's spell, he feels compelled to overprotect Sam from every danger and wants complete control to keep Sam safe. Will the brother's relationship survive? S2
This story is a birthday dedication to my wonderful beta and friend- Sendintheclowns.
Heart's Desire Part Four
Sam's eyelids felt heavy. He slowly opened them, and was blinded by the fluorescent lighting of the room he was in. He closed them, trying to remember where he was. Sam was sitting with his back against a cold wall. He could tell that his hands were bound behind his back. When he tried to move his legs, Sam realized that they were bound together in front of him.
As he sat there trying to collect his thoughts, a voice invaded the quiet of the room.
"So Sam, waking up there?" Sam's eyes flew open towards the voice of Kira and his memory came flooding back.
"Dean!" Sam shouted out as he looked around in a panic.
"Oh your brother is fine, he is just resting against the wall opposite you." Kira pointed in Dean's direction.
"Who are you? What do you want with us?" Sam growled out. Things were definitely not going as planned.
"Oh, that's rich, you want to know who I am? I think I should be the one asking those questions." Kira replied as she sat down at the table in the middle of the room and placed Dean's gun on the table.
Sam decided to remain quiet. He wasn't sure how to reply without giving away too much.
"Oh, so now I get the silent treatment. That's fine, I can do all the talking. Here is what I know- about you two. You're hunters who like to stick your noses where they don't belong. I'm not breaking any laws here, and I haven't done anything to you. How dare you come into my shop to confront me!" Kira looked at Sam with contempt.
Sam mirrored her expression when he replied. "Your black magic has caused the death of six women in this town. We came here to stop you before anyone else died."
"It was Susan's request not mine- so technically it was her fault that she and the other girls died." Kira stared Sam down.
"You can't really believe that!" Sam was appalled by this woman in front of him, she had no remorse.
"Oh, you guys think you're the enforcers of the supernatural world, huh? Well, unfortunately for you I have the upper hand this time. You see, I've dealt with your type before. I always have paid informants in each town I set up shop, so that I'm aware when people are talking about me. You were asking around about me at the bar last night. It didn't take me long to find out you were outsiders, and had gotten here in a '67 Impala. I called some of my contacts and found out that there were two hunters, brothers who drove such a car. I was just waiting for you to show up." Kira folded her arms in front of her chest with a smug look on her face.
"So you caught us, what are you going to do with us?" Sam asked, his heart was racing but he tried to put forth a calm exterior.
"Well, as much as I would like to just shoot you and be done with it, I can't! I don't need the cops on my ass, so instead I'll just grant Dean his heart's desire!" Kira was smirking at him.
"No, you leave him alone, if you have to cast a stupid spell let it be on me, not him!" Sam knew he was begging but he didn't care, he could let her hurt Dean.
"Oh so tempting, but no. I did readings on both of you to see who would be the best victim and Dean is by far more appealing. Sam, you've already been touched by some powerful black magic, and I don't want to mess with that. But Dean will make a perfect target, because his wish will take care of you too. Once I cast the spell, the two of you will no longer be able to cause anyone else trouble." Kira actually giggled at her comment.
Sam started struggling against his bonds. "You bitch! Don't you dare touch him!"
"Oh, I won't have to touch him. In fact, I can perform the spell while he is taking his little nap so this will be easy. He cares about you so much that he almost overdosed himself on my sleeping potion trying to keep it away from you. Dean is going to be out for quite awhile." Kira replied, with a sinister smile.
"Please, don't do this! You can walk away and I promise we won't follow you." Sam knew that this went against everything they stood for but he felt he could let someone else hunt her down. He needed to keep Dean safe.
"How sweet, you love each other so, don't you? In fact, that's going to play into my spell. Do you know what Dean's heart's desire is, Sam?" Kira rose from the table looking down at Sam.
Sam didn't reply and looked away.
"Oh the silent treatment again, well that's fine." Sam watched as Kira walked over to the shelves located at the back of the room, she pulled out a book and walked back over to the table.
"Sam, your brother's desire is to keep you safe. It weighs on his mind all the time. Every hunt, he worries you might get hurt, and after your little possession he worries about letting you out of his sight, and then of course he is worried you might turn evil. So much stress and pressure to keep you safe. This spell is going to free him, make it okay to protect you, regardless of the consequences. It will take a week to totally take effect, but when it does Sam, you'll be one safe puppy." Kira started giggling again.
Sam wanted to smack the smile off her face. He was frightened. The spell didn't sound too bad, but he knew that it involved black magic, so that it wouldn't have pleasant consequences.
"We'll stop you, I promise you that." Sam replied, trying to not let the fear show on his face.
Kira smirked and walked back over to the shelves, this time taking down some duct tape. She tore off a piece and walked towards Sam.
"As much as I'm enjoying our little conversation, I don't need you yelling and taking my concentration off of my spell." Kira stooped down with the tape and Sam tried to fight her off, but in the end she was able to secure the tape over his mouth. Sam silently cursed to himself.
Sam watched as she walked over to the table and opened the book. He noticed that there was already a small cauldron in the center of the table.
Kira started stirring the contents in the cauldron, humming to herself.
"Oh powers of the night so dark, I call on you to help me spark this one's desires.
The one named Dean, his heart aches, he needs the pain released.
He worries of his brother becoming deceased.
Grant him the strength and power, to take care of his brother Sam at every hour!"
A spark of fire erupted and a black cloud appeared in front of Kira. She smiled almost sweetly at Dean.
"It is done, you have your heart's desire Dean!" Kira walked over and kissed Dean's forehead. She walked back over to the table and closed her spell book, and then walked over to Sam.
She looked down at him and spoke. "Well Sam, I got to go, it's been fun! Your brother should be awake in a couple of hours and then the fun will begin!"
Sam shouted muffled curses at the woman as she left him and Dean alone in the backroom.
Sam dragged himself over to his brother. He positioned his bound hands over Dean's left foot and reached into the boot with the tips of his fingers, carefully pulling out the knife that Dean kept hidden there. It took a bit of time and Sam had a few shallow cuts on his hands, but he was finally free. He carefully cut the bonds off of his brother and tapped him on the check.
"Come on Dean, wake up please!" Sam watched as Dean continued his deep sleep.
Sam sighed. "Well big brother, I guess I'm going to have to drag your heavy ass out of here. I don't want to be here any longer than we have to be."
Sam realized that there was a back door to the shop kind of hidden next to the shelves. He walked over unlocked and opened the door. Once he had the door open, he realized that the back of the shop had an alley way set up for deliveries.
Sam grabbed the Impala's keys out of Dean's front jacket pocket and headed to the front of the store. He walked out noticing that the downtown was dead. He was thankful for that. Sam got into the Impala and pulled it into the back alley behind the shop.
He opened the back door and walked in. Sam walked over to Dean and picked him up in a fireman's hold and carried him to the Impala where he loaded him into the backseat.
Sam drove back to the motel and was able to get Dean into the room without anyone noticing. He carefully laid Dean down on his bed and sat down beside him
"Dean, man, you got to wake up soon. I'm scared, and I don't know what to do." Sam took Dean's hand in his, willing for him to wake.
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Dean thought he could hear someone's voice but it was hard to focus on.
"Dean, man, you got to wake up soon. I'm scared, and I don't know what to do."
Dean realized that it was Sam's voice and he sounded very upset. Dean's eyes flew open and he jumped up in bed almost colliding with Sam.
"Sammy you okay?" Dean looked at his brother, who was on the verge of tears.
Sam wiped the side of his right hand against his eyes and smiled.
"Oh, I'm fine. I didn't act like Rambo and jump in front of smoke bomb full of a sleeping spell!" Sam rolled his eyes, but Dean could tell he was worried.
"That Kira chick didn't hurt you, did she?" Dean looked his brother up and down trying to tell if he was hurt.
"I'm fine Dean." Sam replied as he brought his hand up to scratch the back of his head. It was a nervous tick of Sam's that Dean had watched him do since they were children. As Sam brought his hand down, Dean noticed small cuts on it.
"Sam, you're not fine, look at your hands!" Dean immediately grabbed both hands and started to examine them. Sam grabbed them back.
"I'm fine Dean. I just got them a little scratched up when I used your knife to cut the ropes. You're the one I'm worried about. That witch cast a heart's desire spell on you while you were asleep!" Sam face was filled with tension. Dean decided to lighten the mood.
"So, I'm Batman?" Dean asked as Sam rolled his eyes and sighed in frustration.
"No, you wish Dean." Sam looked down at his hands. Dean could tell that his brother was reluctant to tell him the details of this spell.
"C'mon Sammy, what's my heart's desire? It can't be that bad." Dean gave his brother a reassuring smile.
"The spell compels you to protect me no matter what the circumstances or consequences." Sam replied with eyes wide with worry.
"What? How lame is that? I already protect you no matter what the circumstances. Sammy, I don't think you have anything to worry about." Dean replied with a confident smile.
"Oh I don't Dean? Well let's see, the spell you're under was cast by a witch using black magic, and the last time she cast one of these heart's desire spells, six girls ended up dead. I think I have reason to worry Dean!" Sam replied jumping off the edge of the bed, he began to pace.
"Okay, I admit that part is not good, but she just cast a spell echoing what I already do, and you know what Sammy? I don't feel any different." Dean wished that Sam would calm down he hated seeing him all worked up.
"I don't think you're supposed to feel different Dean, and Kira said that it would take a week for the spell to take full effect." Sam replied as he continued to pace the room.
"Okay, Sam, first sit down. I need you to calm down. Pacing and getting all worked up is doing us no good. We just need to relax and think things through." Dean watched as his brother plopped down on the opposite bed and took a deep relaxing breath.
"You're right Dean. Tell you what, I'll go and pick us up some food, and you can lay down and relax and give your body sometime to get over the after effects of the sleeping spell." Sam replied as he started to get up.
"Oh no, Sam, there is no way you're going out for food by yourself after the whole Meg fiasco!" Dean felt bad for bringing Meg up when he noticed the way his brother's face dropped.
Sam slowly sat back down on the bed. "Okay Dean, tell you what, I'll order pizza, and call Bobby and ask him if he could help us out, while you take a shower. Because to be quite honest, you stink like the sleeping spell smoke and it's starting to get to me." Sam replied with a smirk.
"Sam, we don't need Bobby here. I got things under control, and I don't need him getting in the way!" Dean wasn't sure where these feelings were coming from. He just knew that he didn't want Bobby around him and Sam. He watched at Sam's face scrunched up with concern and then relaxed.
"Fine Dean, but I'm still calling him so he can help me on the research end of things, okay?" Sam asked putting on his puppy dog expression.
"Sure fine, but be sure to tell him, we got things under control, okay?" Dean replied as he grabbed some clean clothes and headed for the bathroom.
"Sure, no problem, Dean. Pepperoni sound good to you?" Sam asked as he grabbed the local phone book on the night stand.
"Yeah, that's cool Sam, but call Bobby first, I wanna be out of the shower when the pizza comes. That way I know it is good and hot." Dean replied but in his gut he was fearful of Sam answering the door while he was in the shower. Dean watched as Sam nodded face full of concern and replied "Sure Dean."
Dean took a deep breath and headed into the bathroom. He could tell that the spell was affecting him and that Sam had picked up on this by his responses on getting food and Bobby. It had Dean somewhat concerned but he was confident that his will was strong enough to beat it.
AN: I hope to have more posted soon! Thanks for reading and feedback is much appreciated. Thanks to my wonderful beta, sendintheclowns, she is the best!
