I don't own Supernatural. What I do own are four betta fish. Elsa, Olaf, Eeyore, and Murphy.

The fluorescents of the small exam room made the sterile whiteness even more excruciating. Dean had no idea where Sam was, but he vowed to one day make him suffer the same ordeal.

"Probably enjoy it," Dean mumbled. He picked at the paper gown the nurse had requested he put on. No way was he going to do that. That thing looked like it wouldn't cover more than one arm and he did not want to get naked with a doctor until they had at least shared a drink. He had undressed down to his T-shirt and jeans and that would have to do.

A knock grabbed his attention and he glanced up just as a younger female doctor walked in. Probably fresh out of medical school. Maybe he should have put on the gown. She took a seat at the small desk.

"Hello there Mr. … Stark?"

Dean nodded with a broad smile.

"Great. My name is Dr. Conor. I see this is your first time with us."

"Yeah, just moved in a few months ago."

"Mmhmm." She tapped a few buttons on her tablet with her stylus. "Now just some general questions. Do you smoke?"

"Once in eighth grade. Didn't work for me."

"Drink."

"Oh yeah."

"How many would you say you have on a weekly basis?"

"High twenties."

"How active are you? Lot of time on the couch or very active?"

"My job keeps me pretty active."

"And are you sexually active?"

"That's a little personal there, ain't it Doc?"

Dr. Conor raised an eyebrow but didn't look at him. "Please answer the question."

"Yes." Dean rolled his eyes.

"And when was the last time you had a physical?"

"Uh, I don't remember. Been a while."

"I see that you came in complaining of a persistent cough?" She squirted some hand sanitizer on her hands and rubbed them together as she talked.

"Yeah. Started months ago. I think I'm fine but my brother wanted me to get checked out."

She stood and put on her stethoscope. "Would you describe it as a deep cough or more in your throat?"

"Uh, deep?" Dean flinched as the cool metal of the stethoscope touched his back beneath his shirt. "Coulda warmed that up a bit."

"Sorry about that. Breath in for me. And out." She listened intently to both lungs. "And is your cough productive? Mucus? Blood?"

"Yeah." Dean was getting an uneasy feeling his appointment wasn't going to be short and sweet.

Dr. Conor removed her stethoscope and moved back to her chair. "You said this cough has been going on for a while? Any other issues? Nausea? Weakness?"

Dean shrugged. "Not too bad. I'm more tired than normal and I've been feeling a little carsick lately. Having some chest pain." Dean erupted into a bad coughing fit without warning. Dr. Conor quickly handed him a napkin to cough into. A blood tinged glob of sputum ended there.

"Actually, don't throw that away." She held out a plastic bag and Dean deposited his tissue in there. "I'd like to have someone take a look at this, if you don't mind waiting."

"No problem, Doc."

She left, leaving Dean alone again. He sat for a few moments to make sure no one was coming in right away, then whipped out his phone.

"Dean?"

"Sammy! Listen, ya gotta come pick me up." Dean began rifling through the cabinets to see if there was anything of use as he talked.

"Are you done?"

"No, but when have we ever waited to be done with a hospital?"

"Well, do you at least have some medicine?"

"No. And the Doc isn't gonna let me off easy. She's doing some extra tests. I don't like extra tests Sammy."

"Come on, Dean."

"You come on, Sam!" Dean slammed the cabinet shut and began pulling on his jacket.

"Dean, calm down and do what the doctor says."

"I swear to God if you don't come over here and pick me up I will—" A knock on the door cut Dean off.

"I'll call ya back." Dean snapped the phone shut and smiled as the doctor entered. "Brother."

Dr. Conor sat down and motioned for Dean to do the same. "I'm afraid. It's not concrete, but there were a few strange cells in your sample that have me concerned. I need to run some bloodwork and I'd like to send you for a CAT scan or at least an x-ray. I don't know if there's anything to worry about yet, but I would much rather be safe than sorry."

Things are heating up!

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