E/O Challenge: Word Prompt: Nail

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AN: Okay, this should catch me up. And yes, I have noticed a dramatic change to my once extensive vocabulary. Between Fanfiction and Texting, lol, I'm afraid we've slaughtered the language. Do you remember the days when we used to actually write 'ha ha' instead of 'lol'? Lol.

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Sam flinched as his brother gasped awake again, the girls names on his lips. Two more names added to an already long list, each one branded deeply into Dean's tattered soul. Older, younger- it didn't matter. Each of those names had been members of their fucked up little family, and Dean had taken it upon himself to protect each of them.

And failed. Each name a nail in the coffin around Dean's heart. How many more before it was sealed? Lost to any and all- including him?

How many more tears could one man shed before he had nothing left?