Part 2, Brothers
by ctrlphreaque
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July 18, 1988 - March 30, 1997
They had been normal brothers once, Dean and Sammy having the typical brother relationship. Then one day five year old Sammy had enough of being left behind while nine year old Dean went to play with his friends. "Dean, I want to play with you," Sammy exclaimed then exerted his distaste by pushing Dean down with a thought. Both were shocked by what had happened, although Sammy had been using his mind to get things for years, a nudge here, a suggestion there.
After that Sammy practiced every day to perfect his gift, learning that he could plant thoughts in people's minds, move things just by thinking, and know where people were at any time if he concentrated enough. Sam thrilled at the power as it grew stronger year by year. He felt as if he could do anything, except he could not get Dean to cooperate.
Dean did nothing at first, frightened at what Sammy could do yet concerned, too. 'He's my brother, I have to be there for him. Help him figure this out.' He tried his best to act normal around Sammy until he younger brother realized that he could not control him like he could others. By the time Dean was ten and Sam was six, their normal sibling rivalry had turned into something darker. "Please Sammy, don't do this. I'm your brother." Year by year Dean grew more fearful of his younger brother. "It's Sam now, and Dean, I have to. I have power and you don't. You have to do what I say."
Sam subjected Dean to tests to see how much control he had over his older brother. The easiest was to make Dean trip or drop things which soon lead to total movement control. Dean's parents thought he was the clumsiest, most accident prone child ever. The hardest was finding him, Sam had to concentrate hard. Dean would hide from Sam every chance he got making Sam get a headache concentrating on Dean's location, which would make things worse for Dean. But the thing that stole his thunder was the fact that he could not make Dean think what he wanted him to think. Dean never took any of the mental suggestions Sam attempted to plant in his brain and resisted him at every turn.
Manipulation was easy with their parents, they took Sam's mental suggestions as their own. Teachers, classmates, and friends were a bit harder and took longer but it still worked. However, not with Dean, no matter how hard Sam tried. So as a alternative Sam targeted their parents as a way to get to his older brother. There was more than one way to exert mental control.
The first time Sam noticed the affect it had on Dean had been an accident. They were sitting doing their homework at the kitchen table while their mother cut up vegetables for soup. Mary liked to have the boys in the kitchen with her so she could answer questions and proof their work. Sam had just convinced her that he was done via a thought although he was bullying Dean to do his for him when at a heated point in the discussion their mother slipped and cut her hand. Dean looked wide eyed at Sam wondering and Sam knew he just found his trump card. Sitting smugly with his arms crossed Sam took responsibility for his mother's butter fingers. From that point on all Sam had to do was suggest something untoward would happen and Dean complied to his wishes. Sam thus held sway over Dean via their parent's lives and would remind Dean of that fact by examples. Nothing he did was major, a burn here, a cut there, all seeming accidental, though examples nonetheless.
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