Vigil

Author: Cheryl W.

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters or any rights to Supernatural, nor am I making any profit from this story.

Summary: Sitting beside his hospital bed, Lisa Braeden didn't quite understand why she was had come and certainly didn't know why she hadn't left already.

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Chapter 1

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Sitting beside his hospital bed, Lisa Braeden didn't quite understand why she had come and certainly didn't know why she hadn't left already. She didn't belong here, especially with him. And she really shouldn't have brought Ben along.

But she did and she was staying and, God help her, she was glad she was there, that he wasn't alone. As convoluted as her emotions were about him, she didn't want to see him hurt. Even as she watched, he feverishly tossed his head and his bruised features tightened, in pain or mental torment she didn't know which. Not until his brother's name fell from his lips, a beseeching little boy, lost tone that she wasn't at all immune to, in fact, it went through her, made her feel like she always did when Ben called out in pain for her.

Though his eyes slid open, she knew he didn't see her, was too drugged and too feverish to comprehend his surroundings. Achingly, he called out for his brother again.

She raised her hand but then hesitated, let it hover over his fevered brow. But she couldn't hold back comfort, not when his call turned from beseeching to fearful. He stilled under her light touch, blinked as she cooed, "Shhhh…It's alright, Sam." Sharply she remembered the nights she had spent soothing Dean after a nightmare had ripped him out of sleep, his choked back shout still echoing in their bedroom.

Some clarity suddenly appeared in Sam's gaze and it seemed as if he was seeing her for the first time since she had arrived. "Where's Dean?" he forlornly asked.

Lisa felt her own throat close up. Sam's question was her own, had been running through her head ever since she had walked into that hospital room fully expecting to see an injured Dean. But instead of Dean, she had found Sam Winchester lying in the hospital bed, so still and looking so very vulnerable that she couldn't turn around and walk away, couldn't even contemplate leaving him unprotected.

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TBC?

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Alright, I still like Lisa. (Please hold off throwing the tomatoes.) And I want Sam and Lisa to come to an understanding, to do it for Dean, because, no matter their differences, they both love Dean and don't want him to be hurt.

I would love to know if you want more.

Have a great evening!

Cheryl W.