Tony started to stir on top of Sam and dean whimpering slightly. Dean knew instantly that Tony was having a nightmare.
"Come on Tony wake up…your safe your safe I promise. It's not real. Come on kiddo wake up deany is here" dean internally grimaced as he used his childhood nickname that Tony had given him but desperate times calls for desperate measures.
Tony gasped and sat strait up in his bed "DEAN! SAM!" he called out desperately, effectively wakening Sam up in the process.
"Tony? What's the matter bud?" Sam asked groggily.
Tony could only shake his head. He could still feel the snakes crawling all over his body. Feel the snake tongue's tasting him. He started to tremble at this memory, and both brothers saw it. Sam pulled Tony back to him and Tony slowly placed his head back on Sam's chest, while reaching for deans arm.
"Tony? Come on please talk to us man. Its ok. We're here for you and we aren't going to go anywhere until you tell us to go away, and even then when you really mean it and we fill like leaving. And let me tell you something we don't really feel like moving for a while. So you're stuck with us for a while bud. Come on please talk to us." Dean pleaded with Tony. This silence was very unnerving to Dean. Although Tony never really talked dean still missed it when he was silent.
"Didn't know you were such a girl dean." Tony said quietly from Sam's chest.
Dean gave a big smile at hearing his brother's voice, not tinged with fear. "Yah well that's because I didn't want your pansy ass feeling alone."
"haha whatever dean! Tony? Dean has something to tell you don't you dean? Remember that surgery that you went through a couple of years ago?" Sam said very teasingly.
"hahaha I knew it!" Tony said with a smile in his voice.
The familiar banter was very therapeutic to Tony. He knew his brothers were doing it so that he could feel more comfortable and hey, Tony wasn't complaining.
After a few minutes of very comfortable silence from the brothers Tony without moving from his position said "Dean? Dean. I have to go to the bathroom. Can I go to the bathroom?" in a very small voice.
"Sure kiddo you don't have to ask to go to the bathroom you know." Dean said looking down at Tony.
However Tony didn't move to get up.
"Hey Tony what's wrong bud? I thought you said you have to go to the bathroom." Sam said starting to get a little concerned about his brothers strange behavior.
"I do have to go." Tony said, with almost no emotion in his voice.
"Well then why arnt you going?" dean said.
"Because I'm not in the bathroom dean." He replied like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Well why arnt you in the bathroom yet, Tony?" Sam said having a slightly easier time dealing with Tony's strange.
"Because you haven't taken me in there Sam." Again like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Ok Sam was officially going to kill that bastard, even if it meant going to the prison and killing him in his cell. As soon as Tony said those words he knew what Tony was saying. Tony was saying that he wasn't allowed to go anywhere without anyone's help.
"Ok kiddo lets go then" Sam said leaving a obviously confused dean still sitting on the bed. Sam left him to figure it on his own.
Tony walked down the hall behind Sam, who walked him straight to the bathroom. Sam stood to the side waiting for Tony to go in and relieve himself, but Tony just stood outside the bathroom and shifted uncomfortably.
"What's the matter kiddo?" Sam asked gently.
"I need to go to the bathroom?" Tony said in a whisper with his head down.
"Tony look at me kiddo…you don't ever have to ask to use the bathroom and you can go whenever you want…and you know what else? You can use the bathroom by yourself. Do you understand me Tony? You do not need anybody to help you use the bathroom you can do it yourself ok…Tony look at me," Tony lifted his head up to look at Sam. "do you understand me? You don't need anybody to help you go to the bathroom ok?" Tony once again shifted in his spot and after a hesitation nodded his head and slowly walked into the bathroom. Sam shut the door to give Tony some privacy