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Chapter 4

Dean couldn't help smiling as he realised Sam had fallen asleep, curled up against him. Poor kid must have worn himself with all the worrying and then changing into a wolf and back again. Dean took the time to really study this new, older Sam, his hand hovering just above Sam's skin, scared to touch and wake him. He hadn't seen Sam up close since he'd driven him to the bus stop so Sam could get to Stanford. He'd driven by a few weeks later to make sure Sam was happy and safe, had seen him from a distance but now he could to really look. Sam had shot up in height again, Sam had been barely taller than him when he'd left for Stanford and now the kid was at least four or five inches taller. He'd filled out a lot too and had turned brown so he was healthy and obviously spent a lot of time outdoors.

The ringing of a phone had Dean moving, not wanting it to wake Sam up. He grabbed Sam's phone and hit the answer key, moving away form the bed and into the bathroom, not sure how good Sam's hearing had become.

"Sam's phone." He answered softly.

"Who is this? Why do you have Sam's phone?" A female voice asked and Dean winced at the worry in her voice.

"Dean, his brother. Sam's asleep right now." He answered and there was silence on the other end.

"Dean? He called you then. He's alright?" She demanded and Dean smiled, women always wanted to protect Sam.

"Yes ma'am, just worn out."

"Drop the ma'am Dean, I'm Sue Clearwater, please call me Sue." She told him.

"The one Sam saved. Thank you….for looking after him." Dean told her.

"It was never any trouble Dean. How much did he tell you?" She asked nervously and Dean chuckled.

"It was more show than tell Sue." Dean admitted and she gasped.

"Will you boys be coming back here now?" She asked and Dean froze, talking to the woman who had saved Sam was one thing…seeing them was totally different.

"We haven't talked about out. I'm meant to be in New York at the moment so…"

"Well you have to come visit soon and tell Sam that Seth misses his big brother." Sue told him and Dean found himself nodding.

"I will." With that they hung up and Dean crept back into the room, smiling when he saw Sam was still out. He got back onto the bed beside Sam, figuring he might as well sleep for a while too.

When Sam woke up he was confused to feel the warmth of another body beside him. Had Seth crawled in with him again? He opened his eyes expecting to see the kid only to be met with achingly familiar blonde hair.

"Dean?" Sam whispered and green eyes blinked open. Dean grinned at him and Sam reached for him shakily. Dean rolled his eyes but pulled Sam into a hug.

"It's okay Sammy, I'm here." Dean whispered gently.

"Dean…..I wasn't dreaming?" Sam asked and Dean shook his head.

"Nope, I'm really here wolf boy." Dean teased and Sam smiled.

"Missed you so much." Sam admitted and Dean nodded.

"I missed you too. Your phone rang earlier, Sue Clearwater."

"Sue! Is everything okay?" Sam demanded and Dean nodded.

"I think she was just checking on you, said to tell you someone names Seth misses you and that we should come visit soon." Dean informed him and Sam nodded.

"Seth is Sue's son, he's just a kid. Kind of looks up to me like an older brother." Sam admitted, grinning at Dean.
"How did you keep from strangling me at that age?" Sam asked and Dean laughed.

"Simple, you mastered the puppy eyes at a very young age." Dean told him, reaching out to ruffle Sam's hair and then frowning.
"That worked so much better when you're hair was longer."

"Maybe but have you ever seen a long haired wolf? Trust me, its better this short."

"And the tattoo? Dad sees that he'll flip." Dean told him and Sam snorted.

"Think a tattoo'll be the last of my problems with Dad." Sam muttered and Dean sighed.

"It'll be okay Sammy; I won't let him hurt you. We can explain, make him understand. You can't help genetics." Dean whispered and Sam nodded, not really believing him.

"You said you're meant to be n a hunt. Are you gonna leave to finish it?" Sam asked and Dean shrugged.

"It's in New York, was part way there when you called. We can go if you want or I can call Bobby, have him hand it off. Whatever you want to do." Dean offered and Sam stared at him in awe.
"What?"

"You really…..you really want me to stay with you?" Sam asked and Dean nodded.
"Then we should probably finish that hunt huh?" Sam offered and Dean grinned.

Sam looked in the window to see Dean fast asleep, dialling the number from memory.

"Hello?"

"Harry? It's Sam."

"Good to hear from you kid. Sue said you're with your brother now, is everything alright?"

"Yeah, we're good. In Colorado at the moment, heading for New York to handle the hunt Dean was meant to be on when he detoured to see me. I uh…..could use some help though. Something really weird happened."

"Weird how? Do you think Dean's going to change?" Harry asked in concern.

"No, I don't think so. When we met up and I looked him in the eyes it was…..I don't know how to explain it."

"Just take it slow son, take some deep breaths. You don't want to shift in public." Harry soothed and Sam closed his eyes, following his advice.

"Sorry. It was like everything just froze and all I could see was Dean. I completely spaced out, scared him when I didn't answer." Sam admitted.

"And now?"

"I hate letting him out of my sight, I want to do whatever it takes to keep him happy…..Harry please." Sam pleaded and heard Harry sigh.

"It sounds like you Imprinted on him somehow."Harry admitted and Sam slammed his head into the wall behind him.

"Great, I can't even get being a wolf right! How the hell could I Imprint on another male, my brother!" Sam whimpered.

"I don't know but I'll see if I can find anything. Does he know?"

"Well he knows something happened, told him I needed to talk to an Elder about it before saying anything. My life seriously sucks sometimes." Sam moaned and Harry laughed.

"I'll call you when I find something, keep in touch kid."

"I will." Sam promised, hanging up and slipping back into the room to curl up beside Dean in bed.

TBC…