A Hiccup in Time Ch. 22
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Author's Note: Thanks for the review Nikki Edogawa---I'm glad I could make your day better!
Warning: Sam uses some colorful language in this one.
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Previously:Nodding his understanding, John watched as his baby boy's eyes soon became droopy and he faded off to sleep. "Sweet dreams tiger." he said as he kissed Sam on the forehead and then placed him back into the crib.
About an hour after Sam had fallen asleep, a nurse came in carrying the equipment she needed to give the boys their sponge baths. Noticing John and Bobby who were sitting in the corner and quietly discussing something, she said, "Excuse me gentleman, but I need to give the patients their sponge baths. Could you please give us some privacy for the next thirty to forty five minutes please?"
"Yes ma'am" John stated as he and Bobby stood up to leave. "We'll go to the cafeteria to get some lunch and be back in about an hour or so. Dean watch out Sammy."
"Yes Sir, you know I will." Dean answered with trepidation as he watched the nurse approaching Sam's bed. "Please be gentle with him, his arm was hurting him pretty bad earlier." He said as he watched the nurse carefully undressing his baby brother.
"Don't worry sugar, I'll be extremely gentle with him." Kate said as she eased the shirt carefully off of Sam's splinted arm and around the I.V. that was in his hand. Dipping a washcloth into the lukewarm soapy water, the nurse wrung out the excess water and carefully washed Sam's face, neck and ears before moving down to his chest and arms. She took extreme care in washing around the snakebite area making sure not to cause any pain to her sleeping patient. Next, she removed Sam's diaper and then washed his legs, feet and little bottom before drying him and applying powder to said bottom and putting on a fresh diaper. Once that was finished, she grabbed the new t-shirt she had brought in for the little tyke and carefully slipped it on.
"Oh crap, Sam is really going to flip out over that one." Dean thought silently as he tried not to laugh. "Barney was bad enough, but this one really takes the cake."
Finishing up with Sam, the nurse quickly changed the water before returning to give Dean his bath. "Okay sugar, you ready for yours?" Kate questioned as she put the wash basin on the stand beside Dean's bed.
"Oh hell yeah." Dean grinned at the pretty nurse as she helped him remove his hospital gown. "Are you going to powder my bottom too?"
"You never know handsome, I just might." Kate answered with a wink as she set about bathing Dean. She was used to having flirty patients so Dean's remarks didn't bother her at all.
That'd be cool." Dean replied as he grinned at the nurse as she washed ran the washcloth over his chest area. He couldn't help but think that he sure would like to get to know her better.
When the nurse removed the blanket to wash his nether regions, Dean said, "Well know that you're seeing me in all my glory, I guess that means we're going steady huh?
"Sorry sport, but I'm married" Kate replied as she held up her left hand for Dean to see the ring.
"Aw damn, that's just my luck." Dean stated as Kate finished up with his sponge bath. "Well, ya can't blame a guy for trying. Thanks for being gentle with my little brother.."
"Anytime sweetie. You try to get some rest now." Kate said as she picked up her things and quietly left the room.
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By the time that John and Bobby had finished their meal in the hospital cafeteria, Kate had finished with the boys bath and had already left the room. Returning to the room, the hunters entered to find both boys sleeping comfortably with Dean turned on his side as if watching over Sammy, even in sleep. Walking up to the crib to check on Sammy himself, John groaned at the sight of seeing how his youngest was now dressed.
"John, is something wrong with Sam?" Bobby inquired as he walked over to stand beside the crib and glanced at the sleeping youngster. "Oh, I think I'll let you deal with the fallout from that one." Bobby snickered as he noticed the four colorful characters that adorned the latest t-shirt that Sam was wearing.
"Thanks a lot you big chicken! Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll wake up as Sammy instead and everything will be just fine." John said hopefully as he brushed an errant strand of hair away from Sam's forehead.
"Are you kidding me, you know Winchester luck better than that ya idjit. You better get ready for one pissed off twenty two year old who's stuck in toddler form. Speaking of which…" Bobby nodded towards Sam who was now beginning to squirm and on the verge of waking up.
"Hey kiddo. How are you feeling?" John asked with a smile as he saw Sam look up at him with those captivating blue green eyes of his.
"M'okay I guess. My arm isn't hurting as bad anymore." Sam answered with a yawn as he pushed himself into a sitting position and stretched. Noticing that he was now wearing a different colored t-shirt, he wondered when he had been changed and what was on this one. Pulling out the bottom to look at the picture, his eyes got huge as he took in the yellow, purple, green, and red characters on the front.
"Son of a bitch, get this damn shirt off of me and get it off now." He seethed upon seeing the Teletubbies smiling up at him.
"Now Sam, it's not that bad." John stated upon seeing how angry Sam was getting.
"Then you wear the damn thing." Sam answered as he started trying to pull it off. "I can't believe you let them put this thing on me. Just what the hell were you thinking?"
"Aw come on Sammy, you know you like the Teletubbies." Dean replied with a grin, having woke up from the commotion that his family was making. "As a matter of fact, I'll bet your favorite one is Tinky Winky, or wait, maybe it's La La.
"Shut up Dean before I kick your….wait a minute, how in the hell do you know their names? And come to think of it, just why were you able to sing the Barney theme song huh? Is there something you're not telling us big brother?" Sam questioned with a smirk of his own seeing the embarrassment creep up on Dean's cheeks at having been called on his knowledge of children's shows.
Looks like he's got you there Dean." John laughed as he gave Sam a high five with his uninjured arm. It wasn't easy to get one up on Dean and Sam had done it twice already.
"Yeah, well at least I'm not the one wearing the damn shirt." Dean replied with a snort as he stuck his tongue out at his baby brother in payback.
"That's it, it comes off now." Sam said as he began pulling at the shirt once again only to whimper as pain shot through his arm again.
"Damn it Sam, take it easy, and I want the both of you to stop acting so childish right now." John said as he grasped Sam's hands to keep them from pulling at the shirt fearing he could hurt his arm. "The doctor said that because of the deep tissue bruising, you're going to have trouble with that arm for a little while. So just wait a minute and I'll see if I can get a nurse to come in and change the shirt for you." John quickly left the room and went in search of somebody to help them before Sammy had another tantrum.
A few minutes later, Sam watched as his dad returned with a nurse who was carrying another small shirt in her hands. He smiled as the nurse walked up to stand beside his crib, glad that he was finally getting rid of the hated shirt.
"Hey there little one. Your daddy tells me that you don't like the Teletubbies." The nurse said as she began to remove the shirt replacing it with one that had Spiderman on the front. "I think you'll like this one much better."
After the nurse finished changing Sam's shirt, she said, "Okay little one, now that we've got that done, let's see if you need a diaper change." She reached down and fingered the front of Sam's diaper checking for wetness, causing Sam to blush before placing him on his back so that she could take a peek inside his diaper to see if he had soiled it. "Looks like you're good to go little one." She said before patting him on the head and exiting the room.
"Damn, Sam, even in toddler form you have the women fondling you." Dean smirked, noticing the tinge of embarrassment on Sam's cheeks. "You sure are becoming quite the ladies man, uh baby, uh, well you know what I mean." to which the hunters replied "Shut up Dean."
'Jeez, can't a guy have some fun around here?" Dean retorted before laying back down and flipping on the television set to see what was playing now.
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Later that evening as Bobby and John were discussing some ideas about possibly involving some of the other hunters in the hunt for the Kupua demon, they were suddenly started by loud whimpers coming from the area of Sam's crib. Pushing up out of their chairs quickly, John and Bobby raced over to see Sam caught up in what they assumed was a nightmare as he thrashed about in the crib.
"Sam? Sam wake up." John said as he gently shook his shoulder so as not to hurt him. He watched as Sammy startled awake and then was taken by surprise as his baby boy began to softly cry. "What the hell?" he thought wondering what could have scared Sam so bad that he actually felt the need to cry.
"Dat snake trying to get me 'gain daddy." Sammy cried as he reached his arms into the air pleading to be held.
"Aw baby, you just had a nightmare." John said knowingly as he picked Sammy up and cradled him to his chest, rubbing his back in comfort. "There's no way that snake can ever hurt you again."
"You pwomise?" Sammy asked as he looked at his dad with tear filled eyes before sticking his thumb into his mouth and sucking on it.
"Yeah baby, I promise." Daddy killed the snake so you don't ever have to worry about it hurting you again.
"Kay. I wuvs you daddy." Sammy said as he snuggled into John's chest drawing comfort from the arms that were tightly wrapped around him.
"I love you too kiddo, I love you too." John replied as he kissed Sammy on top of his head. Carrying his youngest over to the corner of the room, he sat down in the rocking chair and started rocking as he hummed Hush Little Baby to his whimpering child.
"He alright dad?" questioned Dean as sat up in his bed in concern after having been awakened by Sammy's whimpers.
"Yeah Ace, he's fine. He just had a nightmare." John explained with a tight smile as he continued to rock. "Get some sleep Dean. The doctor said if things were still going okay in the morning that he would most likely release you boys from the hospital."
"Cool, I'm getting sick and tired of being laid up in this bed." Dean replied as he shifted trying to get more comfortable. He couldn't wait to get catheter removed and get back to the salvage yard again.
TBC I'm not totally sure about this one…but I hope you enjoyed it anyway! If you haven't already, check out Maxandkiz story titled Setting Things Right---it is awesome!!!!