The long, dragged-out, unpredictable, emotional, let's-nearly-kill-'im version of Sam dealing with the trials (setting S08) */* Hard gen (no slash), sick Sam, hurt Sam, big bro Dean, shmoop, brotherly love, platonic hugs & cuddles, recovery. */* Complete rewrites/revisions of this fic were completed on 8/20/2019. Posting brand new chapters as of 8/20/2020!

AU universe. Canon content, but coming at it from a different angle. Wincest-oriented, so if that's not your thing, don't read. The boys open up to Bobby about what's been happening with Sam, and Wiley makes a shocking revelation.

Love and hunting in the time of coronavirus.

Dean had failed to protect his kid brother once, and Sam had been left to live with the consequences, he wasn't about to do it again. Not ever. Set in Season 1. Teenchester flashbacks. Hurt/Sam and Protective/Dean.

Wee!Chester OneShot. John has left his boys without food or money. Dean, though, comes up with a brilliant plan to get some food into his baby brother's belly.

After a hunt gone wrong, Sam is completely dependent on his big brother; and Dean reminds his little brother of an important promise he made to him years ago. Weechester/Teenchester. Pre-series. Hurt/Sam and Protective/Dean.

Hibbing 9-1-1 tag story: When Sam's injured and Dean is nowhere to be found, Jody steps into the gap. And she's not the only one. (Jody POV)

"I wasn't choking on food, but a memory; one so dark and so violent that my body was physically rejecting the recollection. Sammy's face was frozen in a look of abject horror, a look I had sworn would never again obstruct his features." Sam and Dean discover that not all evil is supernatural; in fact the darkest evil of them all is of a human nature. Hurt/Sam, Protective/Dean.

Wee!Chester. A bit of fun for the Winchesters before they leave town to go in search of their next case.

Just your ordinary Christmas story with ghosts and claw-wielding, flesh-eating monsters. Sam Winchester Whump, Daniel Jackson whump, and of course, protective Dean Winchester and Jack O'Neill! Takes place SPN post 7.10 and SG1 season 3. (SG1 prequel now added. "Celebrate Me Home")

Set around Fallen Idols and beyond. The boys email each other. Up now: Ch 13. Dean asks Sam to get him some beer.

Within this drabble lies the explanation for the political insanity that is our country these days. No worries, though. Sam and Dean are ON IT! The challenge word was Esurient. Ha! God, I love drabble challenges.

Sam and Dean Winchester have the most unhealthy, tangled up, crazy relationship known to man and they wouldn't want it any other way. Brotherly!Feels. Hurt/Comfort. Angst. Readers' Choice/Prompt!Fic.

Someone was going to die for this. Dean didn't know anything else at that moment but of that much he was certain. Someone was going to pay. HurtSam, BigBroDean

On occasion, Sam forgets exactly where he falls on his big brother's list of priorities. Luckily, Dean has no problem reminding his kid brother of his invaluable worth. One-Shot. Weechester/Teenchester. Hurt/Upset/Sam and Protective/Caring/Dean.

Pre-series – Teenchesters – It was them against the world. And it seemed their world now included cancer.

After all these years Sam and Dean are still together.

Pre-series – Little Brother Sam (16), Big Brother Dean (20), & Awesome Bobby – Sam was soaked and freezing. Changing a tire in the rain would do that...

Sam and Dean Winchester do not go quietly into that dark night. In fact, when three very different beings show up to battle it out over who will finally be gifted eternal possession of the brothers' combined soul, well… let's just say, Death would be making popcorn, if he were still around. Written for the 2016 spn j2 xmas gift exchange on LiveJournal, for madebyme x.

November 2nd has never been a bright day for the Winchester Brothers, and Mary's recent departure has only added to the pain of the dark anniversary. Slight tag to 12.03 - The Foundry. Teenchester Flashback. Hurt/Caring/Sam. Protective/Caring/Dean.

All he knows is that he has to get away. (Cursed/amnesiac!Sam)

Both recovering from recent events between the second and third Trials, Sam and Castiel happen upon a disused magical laboratory in the Men of Letters Bunker, with rather interesting results which they decide to share with an unwitting Dean. Written for LJ's SPN BigPretzel exchange. Here be fluff, de-aging, and very loose Season Eight timeline-play; proceed at your own risk.

Two sick brothers on a late-night supply run, unintentionally, leave a powerful impact on the owner of a small variety store. Weechesters. Teenchesters. One-shot. Caring/Sick/Sam and Sick/Big Brother/Dean. Brotherly-feels galore.

Assumptions and labels can be incredibly incorrect when you don't truly know a person; that is a lesson a teacher learns when she crosses paths with Dean Winchester and his little brother Sammy. One-shot. Weechesters/Teenchesters. Hurt/Asthmatic/Sam and Protective/Big Brother/Dean.

Sexy just got scary. The owners of the boys' favorite BDSM club call for a little support and what should be a deliciously naughty vacation for all concerned becomes something much darker and deadly. Hurt/Comfort/Angst and oh yes, Dom!Dean, Sub!Sam and an energetic foursome. Dean/Sam 9th in the 'BYC Verse'

Cole gets what's coming to him. Spoilers through to S10.

Bobby never wanted kids to begin with, and he was never going to admit to anyone that watching a preschooler trying to get a toddler to walk across his kitchen floor was turning out to be one of the high points of his life. Those rugrats of John's were growing on him. (Wee-chester fluff)

Dean liked the guardian angel gig. Gabriel made him a kick-ass vessel, and his charges never needed more than an occasional glance. But those jobs were just a warm-up: for some reason Sammy Winchester's got Heaven and Hell after him, he's too often left all alone, and he refuses to believe that Dean's NOT as cuddly as a teddy bear. Castiel's welcome to stop laughing any time now.

Sam and Dean are just vessels right? Right?

The first, and last, time John Winchester hits Sam.

Pre-Series fluff – Every night, Dean gives his four-year old little brother an insulin shot.

AU Tag to 9x07 – 10-year old Hurt Sam, 14-year old Big Brother Dean, Awesome Sonny – He was familiar with the type of kid who was currently handcuffed and sitting on his couch. But the one thing throwing Sonny for a loop was this other kid. This scrawny little guy in an oversized hoodie who was clearly several years younger than the thief he was sitting beside.

1-shot. A hunt in Wisconsin turns out to be nothing, but Dean learns that it's not just monsters that need to be hunted when something from their past comes and shows him why is brother is so afraid of clowns. He is reminded that it's never too late to be Sam's big brother. *Angry/protective/slightly guilty!Dean & a nervous/uneasy/limp!Sam* Set mid-Season 7.

Sam discovers a book of new Devil's Traps in one of the library rooms of the bunker, but when he tries duplicating them, one backfires on him. Unfortunately, Dean is still in town when Sam realizes he is trapped and steadily growing weaker inside the circle. Comment-fic fill for LJs ohsam birthday meme.

Tag to 9x07, "Bad Boys" – Pre-Series – Sick Sam / Big Brother Dean / Awesome Bobby / Almost-As-Awesome Sonny / Not-So-Nice John – While Dean had briefly considered accepting Sonny's offer and staying at the boys' home, one look out the window had changed everything. Seeing Sam had changed everything.

The intensity of the close bond between the Winchester brothers inspires envy, awe, admiration, longing and even suspicion in outsiders. A series of stories told by individuals after unforgettable encounters with Sam and Dean.

AUish Tag to "After School Special" – Teenchesters – Sick Sam / Big Brother Dean – There was a distinct line between feeling like you might throw up...and knowing without a doubt that you were definitely going to throw up. Such was the horrifying realization as Sam shifted uncomfortably and swallowed hard while he stood beside Dean in the hallway of Truman High.

Doris has plans that might prove tragic for one 5-0 member.

On the darkest days, Dean would remember Sam saying "It's no fun when you're not around" and he would fight to hold. Pre-Series. Warning: mental health issues.

Or: the times Dean Winchester threatened to put a collar on his wayward little brother, the time he did, and the time he didn't need to.

When they are in pain, most children regress to an infantile state and instinctively, blindly, call out to their mother. Sometimes to their father. Dean doesn't. He calls for Sam.

In between hunts, the Winchester family gets to have an ordinary day at the park. Short & fluffy Weechester! and Papa Winchester goodness.

1-shot. Sam falls sick unexpectedly leaving Dean to deal with a sick brother & an out of time grandfather who understands very little of what Sam being sick means to Dean or how vastly different Sam is when sick. *Sick!Sam and caring/protective!Dean with Henry trying his best.* Set during 08x12 As Time Goes By.

Sam's childhood centred around his big brother and despite how hard John tried - it was inevitable that the truth about his role as a father would one day come to light. "Are you sure you know how many sons you have?"

A picture on a long lost phone leads to a revelation of just how far Heaven was once willing to go to keep the Winchesters on their course to the apocalypse. Set somewhere in Season 8 after Sam has begun the trials. Dean/Sam

Dean's making the bunker home, but not just for himself.

AU Spin on 8x20 – Sick Sam / Big Brother Dean / Quirky, Supportive Charlie – If Sam was sicker now than when they had left him...if they indeed found him on the floor coughing up blood...then Dean would handle it; Dean would take care of his brother; Dean would somehow make it better. Charlie had never been so sure of anything else in her life.

Takes place immediately after Sam completes the spell in 8x19 Taxi Driver. There was one thing that Dean was better at than being a warrior….

non-human AU. Sam and Dean are the only surviving members of a colony of Homo-Felinus. When Henry finds out about them, he and the rest of the Men of Letters relocate the pair to the bunker. They receive help from a clan of Dragons and information from Professor Visyak which opens their eyes to the importance of the pair. M/M sex, Wincest, MPreg

The boys go looking for a cursed amulet with the power of hypnotism and things go slightly awry, allowing them to make a long overdue discovery about each other. Set in season 1. Dean/Sam 1st in the "BYC verse"

With a gun pointed at his head, John Winchester realizes what he has turned his son into. And what he has become himself.

"Suddenly feeling a clenching grip around his stomach and throat, Dean hurried forward to their door. "Sammy-boy, rise and shine, sleeping beauty!" he called out. The doorknob was scalding hot when he touched it so he kicked the lock through with one try, then shoved the door open. A wall of smoke and flame met him, and he had to stagger back."

Sam only calls once from Stanford. AU - warnings for heavy suicidal themes.

Dean is on a supply run and a sick Sam is alone when someone breaks into their motel room.

Pre-Series Fluff – 4-year old Sam, 8-year old Dean, Awesome Bobby...and a dash of John – Bobby never doubted that John loved his kids, but the father was missing so much; so many precious moments that would never return. Like making pizza with a four-year old...

A vet gets a call to the scene of a fire, where she finds an injured puppy. Then she meets a man called Dean, who seems just a little crazy. Also, there's a witch in there somewhere. Set vaguely after the S6 finale; no spoilers past 6.22.

Sam can just barely see Dean looking down at him. They lock eyes. Dean nods once before looking up. "Dad?" "Dean." Dean sighs. Then looks back down at Sam, his baby brother, hanging from his hand above his possible death. "Dad, I'm going to let go." preseries and moves into wincest but nothing too major. I keep the focus on the plot.

Set in the Retribution 'verse, at least a year post Sam's kidnapping. Dean's exhaustion from looking after Sammy wins out over his temper, frightening his little brother into taking off. A frantic search leads to the conclusion that he's been kidnapped again, but is big brother merely panicking? Mild hurt/mentally injured Sam. Guilty/exhausted, anxious Dean, John and Bobby.

Halloween Pre-series – Hurt Sam, Big Brother Dean – Dean blinked at the wall covered with photos of Sam; the snapshots displayed in a way that implied obsession...and careful study. Dean swallowed at the implication as he turned a slow, deliberate circle in the middle of the room; his eyes now scanning every object he had previously dismissed.

Jim Murphy first met the Winchesters when they were on the run from Samuel Campbell. He, Bobby Singer, Rufus Turner and Caleb Reeves find out that the Winchesters aren't exactly human and they vow to keep the family safe. AU, rated for language, Angst/John, Awesome/Jim, Bobby, Rufus, and Caleb, Cute/Dean 9 and Sammy 5

Gambler 'verse – Pre-series, Sick Sam / Awesome Dean – Dean never ceased to be amazed at the cast of characters that could be found around a poker table...which tonight included a sick little brother.

It turns out Dean was right.The world wanted to end.It didn't take long after the leviathans got the upper hand for everything to start going down the drain.And it went fast.The Winchesters haven't been seen for months.Some think they're dead.

Dean thinks everything is going great. Sam is healing, and that's all that really matters. All that changes when two men from the future randomly appear. Now they get to see what would've happened if he had never gone to that bar. Sequel to Dean's Rules

Tag to 7x23 – Hurt Sam, Big Brother Dean...and a few surprises – "While it is possible you will live..." the Alpha Vamp explained to Sam. "It is also highly likely you will bleed out by the time Dean is brought back to this side."

He's the only one who gets to call him that, and when he stops, Sam feel like he's withering inside. Lucifer has risen and Ruby has run away, but rogue angels and a legion of demons are still the least of his worries. He just wants his brother ...

Sam and Dean have an argument. Dean goes out for a night on the town. They're Winchesters, so this isn't going to end well. Hurt Sam.

On the run from John Winchester, Sam, Dean and Tobius head for safety, only to encounter a battle ground where the rules keep changing and the foe turns out to be far smarter and more dangerous than ever imagined. But, just who is this faceless enemy?

Sam's been having trouble with bullies at school, but hasn't told anyone. Dean's been acting like he doesn't care, but is there more to the story? John's been a bastard like normal, but will he regret it when Sam's secret comes to the light?

When Sam Winchester was 15, he ran away from his family. When he is 20, his family finds him and a Christmas Miracle helps to heal them.

I disliked John Winchester twenty-seven seconds after I laid eyes on him. Of course, I discovered that was practically a record – for the longest amount of time it took someone to dislike him. Pastor Jim meets John Winchester for the first time.

Dean just wants his little brother back where he belongs: beneath him, screaming his name.

Hunting's a dirty job and it would be really easy to drown in the filth if Sam and Dean didn't have each other's back.

The moment Dean became the wall between his brother and absolutely everything else. Pre-series.

The angels failed to save Dean, so he saved himself. Part 3- Bobby's POV on his boys as they are now. Dark!Dean Hurt!Sam Gen.

Set after MBV. Just trying to have a quiet beer, Dean and Sam meet up with an idiot. Up now - Ch2: Sam and Dean meet up with the idiot the next day. Outsider POV

Dean interrupts a hold up and is taken hostage. The bad guy doesn't believe him when he says his little brother is going to save him. Now up Ch2: the detective investigating the robbery meets up with Dean & Sam. Outsider POV.

Until he met the Winchesters, he hadn't known what family could be like. Partly outsider POV.

Pre-series – Sick Sam / Surprisingly Awesome John / Big Brother Dean – "He's sick, and it's only a matter of time before neither of you can ignore it anymore."

A freak accident at the library sends Sam into cardiac arrest and throws Dean back into an unending nightmare.

She's always had a soft spot for strays but there's something different about this one, and more than anything she wants him to find whoever he's lost. Outsider POV with hurt boys!

For Dean, it's hug or die. Gen.

Tag to 6.22. Dean and Bobby deal with Sam and his broken wall as they figure out what to do next.

Sam's doing ok, getting better all the time but, when his family are called away on an emergency hunt, he sits at the window, watching and waiting anxiously... Tag to Retribution

Sam has special needs and is taken by Lucifer.

AU from Jus In Bello. The demons never attack. Sam and Dean never escape. They are separated and send to prison as planned.

The team is off to a conference to 'connect' with other agencies. Let the snow balls fly!

Small town bullies pick on a certain young Winchester with devastating consequences. Severely Hurt Traumatised Sam/Angry Protective Shocked Dean/Angry Papa Bear John and Bobby Singer.

Ben gets an up close look at what family really means.

Sam's not been scratching the wall. Dean's been the Awesome Big Brother. But when the good guys need information, Sam will have to put his sanity on the line. In the aftermath, Dean will have to be the big brother in more ways than one. Spoilers to 6.11.

In E Minor. Sending a ghost to bring holiday cheer to a hunter may have been the worst idea since electrified tooth brush. Satire on A Christmas Carol.

Solo story. A visit to Bobby's after Dean is hurt brings a chance encounter. Dean learns of a secret Sam has and reacts in typical Dean style. Set S5 after they start hunting together again. Tension builds. Hurt/Sam,Angsty/Protective Dean.

S6 AU wherein Dean is turned by the Alpha Werewolf and things start getting out of control, including the sudden need to claim Sam as his mate. Written for a prompt on LJ, contains violence, language, wincest and MPreg.

Steve and Danno are married. Kind of. In which there are speculations as to the marital status of Steve and Danny that they deny but are unhelpfully contributing to.

When a hunt goes wrong, John is forced to make a decision no parent should ever have to face. Pre-series, teen!chesters.

AU Tag to 6.01 – Why did Sam stay away for a year and not tell Dean he was back? Because Lisa asked him to.

Sammy grows up, and God gives him something too. Sequel to God Help Me

There was a pecking order. God ordered the Angels, the Angels ordered the Humans and the Humans obeyed. Castiel did not understand why Dean did not understand. Sequel to Dean's Weird Day

Wee-chester story. 2nd Grader Sam is supposed to write a list of "What Mom's Do Best". Outsider POV. Up now: Ch2 - Sam goes back to visit Miss Smith when he's all grown up.

Nancy Calloway is just about done with her shift when the two kids come out of the night like ghosts. OPOV, Pre-series, wee!chesters

From a prompt asking for Sam/Gabriel, abusive Dean, and Gabriel finding out. Slash. Domestic violence.

FOR DARKSUPERNATURAL on her special day. The long awaited sequel. All that matters is friends and family, but sometimes the past will have its say, and the rising of a new kind of hunter doesn't help matters.

When Dean was given a mission from God to find the Boy King he was expecting danger, not cookies.

Sam and Dean walk into a bar, but Sam ends up carrying Dean out.

Prompt response: 5x10 Abandon All Hope AU. It's Sam who goes back for Dean, not Jo, and Sam who thus suffers the consequences.

Don't make Sam angry; you wouldn't like him when he's angry. And taking his brother? That makes Sam REALLY angry.

AU tag to Swan Song: God has never given Dean one single damned thing that he asked for. Except this.

Saying you're sorry and that you love someone is one thing. Showing it is something else completely.

Gordon Walker gets sent back to 1984 to Terminate a diapered demonic menace named Sammy Winchester & his pesky Pre-School brother Dean. The boys go after him to save their younger selves but Time Travel is tricky! It's a De-aged 80's flashback nightmare!

An AU where John stays in Lawrence and raises the boys.

When the boys are investigating a haunting at a college, two students think it'd be funny to lock Dean in "The Tombs." Until Sam catches up with one of them. Now up - Ch.2, Dean's POV. For Angel's Rest.

Lucifer finds Sam. The results are not good.

Some cars have better anti-theft systems than others. Gen, Wee!chesters, Outsider POV. Rated T for language. (Winner of the February 2016 Flash Fiction/Preseries Award from Supernatural Monthly Fanfiction Awards)

Dean's bored and fills in a questionnaire on the computer, with the intention of deleting its revealing contents before anyone - namely, Sam - reads it. Oops. Set just after 'The Monster At The End Of This Book'. Prequel to 'Virgin Territory'.

AU. The Yellow Eyed Demon was a liiiiiiittle bit delayed in getting around to his psychic kids.

Top Secret Fic for Darksupernatural. Happy Birthday! Teenage Sam and Dean on a hunt with their father, but when things go badly wrong it drastically alters the Winchester family dynamics. Will the boys survive? Lots of LIMP Sam and Protective Dean.

The forest was bombarded with a blinding light. When it faded, Dean stared down at the body before him. It was Sam, Dean knew, but only because Dean remembered what Sam had looked like at four years old.

Sequel to Point of Contact. Inspired by and written for the wonderful Phx: After the run in with the Benders, Dean's already feeling over-protective. Then, they run across a few familiar faces from eight years ago.

Their dad's death, echoes of Stanford, and a hunt that isn't what it seems bring Dean's doubts to light about Sam's commitment to the hunt, and to him.

He'd thought older brothers were supposed to be the protective ones. Outsider POV.

Sam had never liked getting his hair cut. Written as a prompt response for "Sam, Dean - haircut" and it works as a coda for Everybody Loves a Clown as well.

15 year old Sam faces another move, another battle with his dad, and the neglect that surfaces when Dean isn't around to be the buffer between them. Limp Sam to come, and whumpage for Papa Winchester and Dean too!

Post 2x03: In the midst of Dean's distancing, John's death, and Sam's hurt over both, a spell goes awry and leaves Dean with Sam at five years old. He starts to see himself through Sam's younger eyes, though, and doesn't like who he is. Lyrics by Beatle

He was terrified. This wasn't what I'd signed up for. Outsider POV.

Not sure where this came from but it wouldn't get out of my head so here it is -- Pretty much a character study with a plot, HEAVY Sam Angst, something of an overview look through the lens of one particular incident. Anyway, I hope you like it!

Gen. Spoilers for Season 3. There's a way out of the deal, one that'll have Dean back at Sam's side. Problem is, it isn't going to really be the same; not with Sam now the oldest between them. Sam, Dean, Ruby, Bobby.

Dean's 13, Sam's 9. Set in the 'verse, but CAN be read as a stand alone: Dean's tired of Sam bugging him at night with his nightmares, but when he gets what he wants, he's not so sure he wants it.

Turns out the boys' latest hunt wasn't quite finished,and a curse leads Sam to a new understanding of his brother's past. No longer a one-shot.

A nonamnesia sequel to Lil' Sammy. The guys really need a break, so a few days off at Bobby's seems in order. When odd things start happening the brothers discover that there may be more at Bobby's place than just junked cars. Complete

In the main ring, a stunning feat performed by two brothers: raising an eight year old with a dead mother. Without the benefit of a safety harness. A 'Ben-goes-with-the-Winchester's' story. What If for 3x02. Oneshot.

At first glance, he looked like a thousand others who'd stopped in the diner over the years. Outsider POV.

Set a few months after the events of ‘Further And Further Out’. Sam is still not entirely himself when a vision of their father in trouble sends a reluctant Dean off to track down John Winchester. AU, Contains wincest.

The Impala may be pregnant and that's just the start of Sam and Dean's problems. Humor fic, not to be taken too seriously:

John never disappeared before the pilot episode, so Dean never went to Stanford to find Sam. Two months later and they discover the demon went after Sam after all… Alternate Reality, graphic wincest in later chapters

Sam has an unexpected encounter that has some interesting consequences. Strangers and Angels universe.

Winchester isn't stupid. Dangerous, unpredictable and often reckless. But definitely not stupid. So there has to be a good reason that, knowing full well that he's on the FBI's radar, Dean Winchester brazenly walked into a Federal Building.

Sam takes a nasty knock on the head, resulting in strange amnesia. He thinks he's five years old. Now Dean has to deal with his big lil' brother and all the trials and tribulations that entails. Ch22 Up. COMPLETE

A family tragedy during a hunt redirects the lives of the Winchester's in a way they could have never predicted. Will be AU.

John gets all he can ask for on his birthday. Supercute Wee!chesters short.

It's an average day for 16 yr old Dean and 12 yr old Sam, and Sam is really excited that it's Laundry Day.

What happens when Sam & Dean stop in for supplies at a convenience store and find themselves in the middle of a robbery? OC POV. Complete.

Dean always tried to be good enough, and now Sam's giving him the chance. But John might just mess everything up!

Preseries. Scholarships don't pay for everything. When you're not talking to your family, that makes summer the worst time of the year.

Kidnapped and imprisoned, Sam & Dean only have each other and their inner resources to get them through. *warning - wincest*

AU story where Sam and Dean were separated as children and meet as adults, not knowing they are brothers. They fall in love, but they have Dean's past & Sam's family to contend with. And then there is the biggest secret of them all...

At a parentteacher conference, a principal expresses some concerns to John Winchester. His sons are special... very, very special.